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Explore the Story of Azeroth

Origins
The History of Azeroth
From the birth of the Titans to the sundering of the world, explore the deep history of the planet at the heart of World of Warcraft.
The Titans shaped Azeroth and ordered the cosmos. The Old Gods corrupted their work. The Dragon Aspects were empowered to safeguard the world. Then came the War of the Ancients, the Sundering, and the arrival of the Burning Legion.
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The Burning Legion
Sargeras and the Burning Crusade
The fallen titan Sargeras created the Burning Legion to purge all life from the cosmos, believing the universe itself was corrupted beyond saving.
Once the greatest of the Titans, Sargeras turned against his kind after witnessing the limitless corruption of the Void. He forged an unstoppable demonic army and declared war on creation itself.
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The Lich King
Arthas and the Rise of the Scourge
Prince Arthas Menethil's fall from paladin hero to the Lich King is one of the most tragic stories in all of Warcraft lore.
To save his people from the Plague of Undeath, Arthas made increasingly desperate choices — culminating in claiming the runeblade Frostmourne and surrendering his soul to become death itself.
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Faction War
Alliance vs Horde
The eternal conflict between the Alliance and the Horde has defined Azeroth for generations, shifting from existential war to uneasy truces and back again.
Born from mutual distrust and the trauma of the Second War, the faction conflict has shaped every major event in Warcraft history, from Lordaeron's fall to the Battle of Dazar'alor.
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Dragon Aspects
The Five Dragonflights
Five Dragonflights were empowered by the Titans to guard Azeroth's future — Life, Time, Earth, Magic, and Dreams.
The Aspects — Alexstrasza, Nozdormu, Neltharion (later Deathwing), Malygos, and Ysera — were given dominion over life, time, earth, magic, and dreams to protect Azeroth from all threats.
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The Void
N'Zoth and the Old Gods
Imprisoned beneath Azeroth for millennia, the Old Gods slowly corrupted the world from within, waiting for the moment of the Hour of Twilight.
N'Zoth, Y'Shaarj, C'Thun, and Yogg-Saron represent the power of the Void given physical form. Their mere existence warps reality and drives mortals to madness.
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