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Originally posted by our loved lock.

lecture no 1

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Some of us would like to know what it is all about without over year of studing in libraries, scratching moss from tablets, trying to not change scrolls into dust on tree top or reading runes with those little guys attacking your knees. Dealing with demons could be included as well.
Sharing knowledge will lower cost in souls and sharpening stones.

So I will start with deep background and general idea. Most powerfull known creatures in the world are refered as Titans. Just to notice that some of dragons work for them (and Nefarian or his sister Onyxia are several ranks of power under them) or that they defeated old gods like Hakkar when those were full strenght. Those Titans leaders travel, shape worlds and watch over the universe - do this creator and protector job. One of them - main warrior and brother to the leader - got corrupted or bored of this creating and protecting. Sargeras is his name. He thinks all this creation was bad idea, not worth the effort and chaos and depravity still comes so he wants to fix it and destroy everything.

He created Burning Crusade for that purpose. Previous generations of Azeroth were stoping him. There was nice source of power - Well of Eternity - Highborn elves liked it. Sargeras came for it and became worshiped for his power and Highborn opened portal for his Crusade. Night elves got rebelious and to drive him out destroyed lovely Well in the way along with massive part of Kalimdor. Where the Well had been now is a gigantic oceanic vortex.

For second visit Sargeras possesed some humans and opened Dark Portal what brought many orcs on human and dwarven heads. His human form was defeated in his dark tower Karazhan. Orcs of the Horde stopped unholy mission and settled in Azeroth.

Meantime Ner'zhul, the dark shaman contacted Crusade, became Lich King, created and controlled undead Scourge. When Crusade invasion came he was pushed away. Horde and Alliance together were stoping the Crusade. And guess what - there was again great magic - the World Tree on Mount Hyjal - and it was almost totaly destroyed by elves when defeating Crusade invasion commander. Some could start to wonder what elves would do if there will be no great magic to waste.

Anyway those epic wars of the past left Sargeras and Burning Crusade still active and the war against total destruction still continue. This is main conflict of this world and not everyone may realize this.

Zemuldrok

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(You may know all of this but not everyone played Warcraft RTSes. If you are interested in some of this - ask or read details in http://www.wowwiki.com/ ) _________________