In World of Warcraft and in Azeroth, there are many evil things. However, almost all of them can be traced back to the Old Gods. This has now been decided by Blizzard in the “new” lore.
Recently, the third volume of the “Warcraft Chronicle” series was released, which fans eagerly devoured. This work presents the latest version of the valid backstory of World of Warcraft and serves as the “rulebook” to which one can refer.
The current volume covers the events from Warcraft 2 up to the events of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm and reveals many details about the Old Gods. They have apparently had a much greater influence on the events of the world than players previously assumed.
Old Gods have stirred Kobolds, Staggers, and more
The Old Gods were responsible not only for the creation of the Emerald Nightmare and the Timeless Dragonflight but also for many other minor threats from Classic. Staggers, Kobolds, and even the threat of the Centaurs (such as in Desolace and the Barrens) are also attributable to the Old Gods.
The goal was to create a permanent environment of chaos so that races could never realize their full potential. To this end, wars were continually stoked.
For the Old Gods were concerned. The Alliance and Horde have succeeded in Silithus in finally killing the Old God C’thun. He was not just “defeated,” but actually killed. Since then, the Old Gods have been trying to drive a wedge between the Horde and Alliance.
Especially the ogre Cho’gall played a crucial role in this. While the Alliance and Horde were in “The Burning Crusade” in the shattered world, Cho’gall traveled to Northrend and loosened the chains of Yogg-Saron.
N’Zoth weaves his threads in Cataclysm
The Old God N’Zoth was also more involved in Cataclysm than previously thought. Not only did he fill Deathwing with his power, but he also personally (or by his own hand) created a rift to connect the elemental plane with Azeroth so that Deathwing could attack.
Deathwing specifically attacked Stormwind and caused destruction but intentionally did not kill many people. This was N’Zoth’s plan to drive more people into despair and into the arms of the Twilight Hammer cult, which Archbishop Benedictus was already allowing to thrive in Stormwind at that time.
Later, the dragon aspects had to sacrifice their powers to stop Deathwing. This left the dragonflights weakened and removed more protectors of Azeroth from the battlefield.
The way was further paved for N’Zoth.
This new information clearly points to what many have long suspected: In Battle for Azeroth, the true enemy is not the Horde or the Alliance, but the Old Gods, whose troops are presumably led by Azshara. For Azshara has also been described as a direct servant of the Old Gods.
What do you think of these new revelations about the Old Gods? Do you hope to see more of this in Battle for Azeroth? Or would you prefer a conflict between Horde and Alliance without other foes?
Some characters have even been completely erased! The prodigy Med’an didn’t make it into the lore.
