After Deathwing'a corruption, the flight had void forces effecting them until recently. As for Dracthyr, they seems to have inherited all of the previous flights' magic which includes the cosmic forces influencing them with the exception of void so far. That is to say, they predominately align with order, with influences of life and ...A process that apparently is not unlike the creation of the dracthyr. Chromatics were created with dragon blood but tend to have a low survival rate and are a bit unstable. All we know about Dracthyr though is they were created with the essence of …He lost a hand fighting Galakrond which was then replaced with a forged silver hand. [Tyr's Hand of Faith] was a ilvl 910 legendary in Legion. Tyr was betrayed by one of his fellow keepers, Loken, who was lost to corruption. and was killed by the C'Thraxxi led by Zakajz the Corruptor and Kith'ix. Tyr and his group were attacked, so he decided ...Murmur's the Elemental Lord of Sound, and the damage his weakened manifestation caused is about on par with what a weakened Ragnaros caused. I know the book about him says he's impossibly powerful, but, honestly he seems basically on par with any other elemental lord. Not even close.Your comment in r/warcraftlore was automatically removed because you used a URL shortener. URL shorteners are not permitted in r/warcraftlore as they impair our ability to enforce link blacklists. Please re-post your comment using direct, full-length URL's only. I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically.Whereas in game we see stormwind as a city, and the rest of the kingdom as basically lands and towns, which you are taking to mean that stormwind is a city state due to lack of other cities in the kingdom. But maybe look further, Stormwind is in the middle of it's territory, unlike Lordaeron at one end, and it's second largest city stratholm at ...Join the Warcraft Lore discord server! Meta. Hello Lorewalkers! If you're looking for a place to debate lore and story, discuss the latest narrative developments, or share news and lore findings, then this is it! We used to have a big community up in here until one of our mods was hacked a few years ago and the server was mostly wiped through ...Their magic can empower them making them stronger, faster and more durable. The proper way to destroy them, is to cut off the head or absolutely demolish the body, the weapons which are best suited for this, are warhammers. Happy hunting. They are armored in Saronite, so immunity to magic.It seems like Quel'thalas is at risk now that they are the only major presence in the Eastern continent. The undead could have bolstered the blood elves' defenses while also keeping their alliance in check. Now that Quel'thalas has lost some of it's people to the alliance, they are weaker and at greater risk. Reply.Arcane magic is about control. Fel is about losing control. Fire magic is walking right up to the line of losing control of the Arcane. So Arcane is more powerful in that it is more sustainable than Fel. The 3 dualities seem to be whether that cycle is tethered or unleashed. Life<>Death Light<>Void Order<>Disorder.Wellthy works with health plans and hundreds of employers to offer its tech-enabled care concierge service as a benefit. It’s called the sandwich generation for a reason. Millions ...The Tauren don’t worship Elune outright. They view her as the mother of Cenarius and as the eye of the Earthmother. The Tauren also do not call her Elune as the Elves do. To them, Elune is Mu’sha, and the sun is An’she. They worship …We break down the top 10 most common mistakes in pitch decks, along with a bunch of examples of how these mistakes show up. Over the last six months, I’ve written up 25 Pitch Deck ...Fel can be extremely powerful, and is easy to use in comparison. However, it carries the risk of tearing you apart or corrupting you. Some might become Warlocks out of desperation, but many others become Warlocks in a pursuit of power. Some do become Warlocks as its simply the next step in exploring the bounds of magic.The Tauren don’t worship Elune outright. They view her as the mother of Cenarius and as the eye of the Earthmother. The Tauren also do not call her Elune as the Elves do. To them, Elune is Mu’sha, and the sun is An’she. They worship …r/warcraftlore. r/warcraftlore. This subreddit is for discussions about the lore of Warcraft! Members Online. Anyone else find it funny that we met so many powerful beings in BC? ...Warcraft 1: Orcs open the dark portal to Azeroth (with the help of a demon corrupted Wizard named Medhiv), and attack the Kingdom of Stormwind. Lothar leads the human forces, but eventually Stormwind is defeated, the King killed by Garona, and those who can flee north to Lordaeron. Sometime around here Thrall is born.One piece of evidence for this is that Xavian (one of the main satyr settlements in Ashenvale) is mentioned in A Good War but there's no mention of any satyrs still being there. Well you see Satyr are like cockroaches. Once you have them, there aint no getting rid of them. A good chunk of the Nelf civilization were sleeping for 10k years.Even in the comprehensive video made by Hayvengames there is no mentionof a sand castle Easter egg. Yes, yes there is. You can find the circle in hillsbrad foothills, near the crater of Dalaran departure. I’ve clearly seen it in WoTLK, curious if it’s still there after cataclysm. You can find the remnants of the spell in Hillsbrad Foothills ...Technically speaking the Mag'har orcs are the normal orcs, while the orcs you're talking about are the fel corrupted kind. Green isn't their natural skin tone. Only aftereffects remain . Thrall or anyone from Frostwolf never drank demon blood, yet he still has green skin because of the mere influence.Wellthy works with health plans and hundreds of employers to offer its tech-enabled care concierge service as a benefit. It’s called the sandwich generation for a reason. Millions ...Worgen druids, aside from Harvest Witches which have different reasons to be druids, exist mainly because of Night Elves and to help with the worgen curse. Since the curse in druidic in nature, being a druid helps them understand how to better control or be in harmony with the inner beast. Druidism is a class as Decrit said, you don't need to ...r/Warhammer40k Warhammer 40k is a franchise created by Games Workshop, detailing the far future and the grim darkness it holds. The main attraction of 40k is the miniatures, but there are also many video games, board games, books, ect. that are all connected in the 40k universe. After much searching I found the language inscribed on frostmourne. It is identical to the High Elf runic Language Eltharin from Warhammer Fantasy. And by identical I mean you can look through a translation sheet and find a perfect match for every rune. The Runes from top to bottom (From handle to blade tip) mean the following. GrumpySatan. • 5 yr. ago. We don't know exactly how powerful that Bwonsamdi is. This is only made harder to predict because we know next to nothing about the shadowlands and death as a cosmic force. We do know that he grows in power for each soul dedicated to him, and he has been around for a long time. He is the loa of death for the oldest ...They are Elune priests. It’s never stated they abandoned that belief. And no evidence to say they worship anything else. they are the same as gnome priests, atheist light/shadow mages. thanks to warcraft's insane lore, you do not need to be religious to be a priest. I don’t think it has been explained in game.its complicated. They are divided between Forsaken, Scourge, Scarlet Crusade, the Alliance. Lordaeron was the biggest of the 7 kingdoms, and while a huge chunk of it got killed by the Scourge and later became Forsaken, you still have survivors that fleed to Stormwind/Kul'tiras or went with Jaina to Kalimdor. Plus, with Forsaken now adopting the ...Misfaran** — 1) to be in a bad state; 2) misfortune (From Old English misfaran: Wiktionary) ** These words are taken from the in-game language parser for the "Dwarvish" language. I thought a lot about how to clarify my thoughts, so I came up with these cards ( upload them to imgur ):Arbiter damned him because of the Maw's and Jailer's taint upon his soul. After all the soul of Ner'zhul was bound to the Helm of Domination and Frostmourne, which were Tools of Domination full of Maw's power. Ner'zhul is in the Maw because he was directly infused with its power when he was turned into the Lich King.A Constellar named Algalon found himself drawn to the Titans, at some point allied with them and then aided the Titans during the ordering of Azeroth, and we see him summoned to Ulduar to diagnose the planet in Wrath. Now there's a Constellar named Rygelon who was drawn to the Sepulcher of the First Ones and decided to stay and observe.r/warcraftlore. r/warcraftlore. This subreddit is for discussions about the lore of Warcraft! Members Online. Anyone else find it funny that we met so many powerful beings in BC? ...Vyranoth is empowered by Azeroth. It's not clear if she's actually an aspect of anything, though, versus just juiced up on Azerite. Same probably goes for Merithra and Ebonhorn. Alex and Noz are clearly aspects again but that may have more to do with the power just turning back on what they already knew.Currently, though, he seems to be pretty lame, having gotten kicked out of his home by other Warlocks who we can wipe the floor with. Adventurers are recognized in lore, just not specifically, so your average 120 Goblin Warlock is probably the most powerful even when we disregard all the crazy stuff the player does like killing Old Gods ... Basically, since other characters experience the story without this choice, there has to be a canon choice. They can't always ignore the fact that you could have picked either Kayn OR Altruis in every cinematic, voice acting, etc. Reply reply. Gnivil. •. Yes, so to everyone else the canon choice is Kayn. Turning Elune into a baddie coveting Azeroth's power and a future raid boss is likely to provoke hysteria and self-harm among the night elf playerbase. It's more likely they turn Elune into Azeroth's lover or something. Honestly, I would kinda dig that. We'll get the knaifu waifu followed by the laifu waifu.In the novels (which I know aren't always canon) it's stated that Malygos and Neltharion are as close as brothers, and that Malygos actually took the betrayal the hardest. In Day of the Dragon, it's even implied that Neltharions betrayal was the reason why Malygos started to go mad in the first place.Tldr: if Unseen Ones = Unseen Guests, and Zrali isn't wrong, then the Dreadlords consider Denathrius their Sire. Zrali is radiating Venthyr Anima and states that she is now an "aberration" among the Naaru and that she'll eventually just die, i.e. Possibly she is no longer part of the Light-Void cycle (personal speculation) Dawnkeep is where the ...Death Knights are the designated "Spellblade/Magic Knight" archetype class. A bit less so in the modern game (outside of Frost which is almost more spell than blade sometimes) but still.. Subtlety Rogues are pretty spellblade-like though. These days their abilities and animations feel way more like magic (and in many cases they are) than just being sneaky.For two very big reasons. Reason 1. Wild gods. All Malfurion had to do is call up Cenarius and have him bring all the wild gods from Mount Hyjal to help the night elves. This would very quickly turn the war in the night elves favor. Reason 2. The Well of Eternity. If the night elves were desperate they could let their mages use the power of the ...r/warcraftlore. r/warcraftlore. This subreddit is for discussions about the lore of Warcraft! Members Online. Does anyone else thinks the Stratholme dilemma was always a red herring? The actual important choice was made earlier. ...r/warcraftlore. r/warcraftlore. This subreddit is for discussions about the lore of Warcraft! Members Online. When did Chris Metzen stopped writing the lore of Warcraft? How far did he managed to go and where do we see the separating line in-game post Metzen? ...Druids and Shamans can be mad about him polluting and destroying nature, angering the elements. Rogues are mad because he's undercutting their illegal businesses. Warriors are mad because he's ruining the mercenary business in the same way, able to charge less for his personal mercenaries.In terms of classes, the most fitting seem to be Paladin, shaman and specifically shadow priest. In my opinion, the most thematic combos would be: human Paladin, dwarf shaman (regular or dark iron), and void elf shadow priest. Reply reply. Nothing_Special_23. •. Earthen obviously, as for class Warrior, can't really picture them as anything else.Today I broke. Shattered into a million tiny sharp pieces. If you had been paying attention, it didn’t come as a surprise. My boundaries had been weakening, the burdens I...It's not. It's just different. WC3 was telling a story, WoW is not really telling a story. In WC3, the whole Warcraft lore was a story that was being told, that changed with WoW, now the Warcraft lore is not really a story but rather a universe that people get to explore. I prefer the latter and so the WoW version of Warcraft is much more ...Mag'har Orc - Fury Warrior, spec that fits most with all their tribes. Zandalari Troll - Survival Hunter, again seen lots of them with spears and dinosaur companions. Vulpera - Subtelty Rogue, shady stuff, camouflage, and such. The most lore accurate classes are the ones they are allowed to be.Among the numerous benefits of home ownership are some nifty tax deductions. If you took out a mortgage to purchase your home, you can write off the mortgage interest you pay. Your...In WOW, we can see evil from the void, and worshippers of the void. Causing death, fear, and pain to bring forth MORE death in the service of the void, is downright evil. "We're all doomed, let's speed it up" is harmful, not helpful. In the case of warlocks, they desire power. For some, they were mages in the kirin tor who stumbled upon tomes ...Options are 1,2,3,4. The game thinks the correct answer is 3. But Sylvannas has 2 sisters Allieria and Vereesa. So the answer is 2. If the question was "How many Windrunner sisters are there" Then the answer would be 3. Which of the following is not an Old God. Options are y'shaarj, cthun, yogg saron, n'zoth.r/warcraftlore • Why did Blizzard make Sylvanas, a crafty and mischievous character in her own right, look like a complete idiot and not see the Jailer's lies about "unfair system of Life and Death?" In the end, Blackhand scores 13 Warrior Points . Varok Saurfang. Leads orc forces in various fights (Shattrath and Stormwind in particular) and never loses a battle until the Second War. +3 WP. 2nd in command under Ogrim Doomhammer because Saurfang's a cool guy. +2 WP. Has a therapy group for orc veterans. +2 WP. Your comment in r/WarcraftLore contains a link to WoWWiki/WoWpedia. Both WoWWiki and Wowpedia are out of date, and WoWWiki has been officially closed by Fandom/Gamepdia (it can no longer be updated or edited). The Warcraft Wiki community is now using Warcraft Wiki. Please use Warcraft Wiki instead.In and by itself, w3 reforged is fine. Not everyone likes the new graphics, but gameplay mostly improved. The improvements to the story to better contextualise certain events of warcraft 3 are few, but are present and are good. See - stratholme. The biggest complaints were about the changed online structure and pvp, the changed map editor tools ...Scorpions are all over Draenor. I believe the Horde symbol is a stylize scorpion claw. Dunno which came first but it's certainly related to the symbol of the shadow council which is a similar rune. its a thingy with some spikey doodads and stuff. its round, kinda. it means "rarrrrrhhggg" in old orcish.The Night Warrior. They rushed a plot line together, threw it into the game, and then did nothing with it during the rest of BFA, because they had to work it into the writing, and BfA was too far along to accommodate more than that. So instead, they worked it into the Shadowlands lore.Then onto rise of the horde and chronologically from there. Start with the 3 Chronicles if you just want the lore. Read them from 1 to 3. They're the most updated / correct lore books right now. I'd make a hard pass (big no) on anything by Knaark, especially Stormrage, Wolfheart, and Dawn of the Aspects.Warpshard. • • Edited. Yes, the Horde is evil and yes, the entirety of the Horde was fully complicit in the things that happened during the War of Thorns the minute Sylvanas stepped into Orgrimmar and was not instantly deposed/attacked. Basically, since other characters experience the story without this choice, there has to be a canon choice. They can't always ignore the fact that you could have picked either Kayn OR Altruis in every cinematic, voice acting, etc. Reply reply. Gnivil. •. Yes, so to everyone else the canon choice is Kayn. In the early days of being discovered it was also protected both physically and metaphysically by the Guardian and couldn't be entered the usual ways the Legion liked to invade (hence the Aegwynn / Medivh possession plan). The first portal the Legion tried to open there during the War of the Ancients also meant that the top lieutenants of the ...Potential locations for warfronts. Title. Where could warfronts occur from a lore perspective. Here's a few I've thought of: •Feathermoon Stronghold •Theramore Island •Gorm'gol base camp •Moonglade. Ashenvale for some of that sweet sweet Warsong Gulch nostalgia. Thousand Needles for naval warfare and bridge chokepoints.Draenei shaman were asspulled by Blizzard to give the alliance a shaman race for the Burning Crusade, as during vanilla they had not any shaman race. That way they improvised some lore: when the horde launched the red pox over the draenei, the got corrupted and decayed into transforming to broken draenei. In their decayed state they lost their ...In patch 9.1 tyrande fights sylvanis and when she is about to win when Elune takes her powers away. 9.1.5 we get the cutscene where Elune takes over tyrandes body and she has a conversation with the Winter queen, during this Elune finds out that all the souls from the burning of the tree went strait to the Maw and she is very upset about this.Firearms in Warcraft. I'll be honest with you guys, this may have a better place on r/wow, however this is a topic that I think is best-suited for the lore community. In my opinion, guns in WoW are all over the place. The appearance of the guns themselves are bizarre and don't follow any ingame or real world logic, especially how they play ...Your comment in r/WarcraftLore contains a link to WoWWiki. This is a known out-dated source and can often be incorrect. Please use WoWpedia instead. I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.For more than 20 years, PODS has been the marquee name in the moving container industry. Read our review to learn more about its pricing, services, and quality. Expert Advice On Im... Fel magic is extremely potent but unpredictable. Demon Hunters seem like a strong contender for strongest overall class since they do use a fair bit of magic. Generally magic>might in the Warcraft lore. Taken as an average, Demon Hunters or Death Knights (it's a toss up between them) for sure. The Lore of Warcraft. r/warcraftlore. u/AutoModerator. • 6 days ago. Weekly Newbie Thread- Ask A Lore Expert. Feel free to post any questions or queries here! Also check …No, not unless they want to do something in a future story and need to retcon something involving the Shadowlands in some way. WoW has always operated on a retcon basis. Vanilla had tons of retcons from Warcraft 3, TBC had a mega-fuckton of retcons from both Vanilla and Warcraft 3 and the list goes on. While some expansions have had fewer or ...Options are 1,2,3,4. The game thinks the correct answer is 3. But Sylvannas has 2 sisters Allieria and Vereesa. So the answer is 2. If the question was "How many Windrunner sisters are there" Then the answer would be 3. Which of the following is not an Old God. Options are y'shaarj, cthun, yogg saron, n'zoth.Your comment in r/WarcraftLore contains a link to WoWWiki. This is a known out-dated source and can often be incorrect. Please use WoWpedia instead. I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.It's such a shame honestly, Trolls have such a cool lore. At least until they started to homogenize them with the Zandalari. I preferred when they didn't practice arcane magic/NotPaladin! but rather it just looked that way and Troll Mages (or even Warlocks as of Cata) were just game mechanics to play Hexxers from a certain way (of course, the Demonic pets kinda throw a monkey wrench into that ...Yeah, I liked that the more sinister side of the blood elves was on display more then. I do like that they've had development, and it makes a lot of sense that their reliance on fel magic has waned with the restoration of the Sunwell, but it seems like their less agreeable side has been abandoned; surely fel magic is still a problem in Quel'thalas considering people without magic addiction ...TheOnlyFraen. •. Yrel was always young and naive. She, unlike Velen, was not prepared to be thrust into a leadership role let alone as the leader of ALL the Draenei in AU Draenor! So, like anyone who is self-aware of their lacking skills, she looked to a higher authority or power to make up the difference!There's nothing quite like a bit of self-care and whether you're looking for holistic or something a little more medically advanced, the city of Portland has Home / North America /...Discussion. Some speculations about "the first ones" in wow lore: Elune = "Nyx" (greek mythology) and most likely one of the first ones. An'she = Hemera (greek mythology) and most likely one of the first ones. Xal'athath = Possibly "Chaos" (greek mythology) and most likely one of the first ones. The Jailer is most likely mirroring Hades, ruler ...This means that they were also made in a time the intelligent protodrakes were also part of dragon society. Unlike the dragonflights specifically, protodrakes came in a wide variety of colours including orange, purple, violet, white, etc. Its likely this is was also incorporated into them in some way. 24. Reply.The Dracthyr come from five different Wyerns, with two being playable. They are meant to work together. It makes sense, in a way. MoP was an expansion of an escalation of faction war. The pandaren factions had to be very different from each other to fit the Horde and Alliance. Dragonflight has the Horde and Alliance very openly cooperate, and ...In true high fantasy fashion, World of Warcraft lore includes a universe origin story. It all started with the Titans. These godlike creatures spent the first part of their existence as slumbering ...Here is a summary of the lore. Here is a chronological order of books, spanning from the Dawn of the Aspects, the first clash of Mogu and Mantid, and the War of the Ancients to the latest expansion novel. And finally, here is everything and more. 4.Here are a few places I think you could start your search: A) YouTube: There are several YouTubers that make great indepth videos on the lore of Warcraft. 2 I'd recommend are Nobbel87 and PlatinumWoW (Honorable mention to Hirumaredx/theflyinbuttress) I'd definitely recommend avoiding Channels like Bellular and Doronsmovies, Bellular seems to ...My final criticism is the title. “War” in a “Warcraft” title feels redundant, and “the war within” being a pun about fighting emotional battles underground feels a little too obvious. I’m excited for delves and advanced class specs, I think they’ll both add nice gameplay and flavor.Tolkien head Orcs, Goblins, Naz'ghul, and Trolls, as well as humans and elves and dwarves, so it makes sense to base types of darkness on that. However, the Orcs were strongly based on those of Warhammer. Pretty much all of Warcraft lore is based on the Forgotten Realms.r/Genshin_Impact This is the official community for Genshin Impact (原神), the latest open-world action RPG from HoYoverse. The game features a massive, gorgeous map, an elaborate elemental combat system, engaging storyline & characters, co-op game mode, soothing soundtrack, and much more for you to explore!One thing to remember is that the demons are a limitless force and that they have armies all over the universe destroying planets constantly. So we aren't the legion's only goal. Yet another reason is because Sargeras knows the Old Gods have a presence on Azeroth. These Old Gods are Sargeras' primary threat and destroying them is the reason why ...r/warcraftlore. r/warcraftlore. This subreddit is for discussions about the lore of Warcraft! Members Online. SPOILER. SPOILER: The final cinematic of the misfit Dragon storyline with Vyranoth and Wrathion got dataminedkeroblade • 7 yr. ago • Edited 7 yr. ago. In my opinion, this is the ranking of best to worst: Paladin: Highlord (obvious why it's amazing) Mage: Archmage (again, obvious) Druid: Archdruid (still amazing) Monk: Grandmaster (completely badass and appropriate) Shaman: Farseer (awesome to be able to have the same title as Drek'thar and Nobundo)
Currently, though, he seems to be pretty lame, having gotten kicked out of his home by other Warlocks who we can wipe the floor with. Adventurers are recognized in lore, just not specifically, so your average 120 Goblin Warlock is probably the most powerful even when we disregard all the crazy stuff the player does like killing Old Gods ... . Rimfire central marketplace
The Dracthyr were organized into weyrns, their combat units of sort, each with specific tasks, powers and even personalities. Each of the three perfect specimens got their own weyrn, and there were two more: Ebon Scales, led by Scalecommander Sarkareth, they are Devastation Evokers (as seen during Dracthyr starting zone), whose role was to deal ...Every dollar these climate policy non-profits get translates into about a ton of emission reductions In the new year, many people are thinking about changes they want to make in th...WoW Lore TLDR is a website that takes the entire backstory of Warcraft and condenses it into digestible bullet points that you can quickly sift through. It's like a really …Troll priests are one of the most versatile classes for roleplaying for this reason. Mages: Troll mages can be seen in two lights. On one hand is a fire or frost shaman, but other troll mages are those that left their tribes behind, to study among the forsaken or to uncover ancient arcane secrets. Paladin:Your submission in r/WarcraftLore contains a link to WoWWiki/WoWpedia. Both WoWWiki and Wowpedia are out of date, and WoWWiki has been officially closed by Fandom/Gamepdia (it can no longer be updated or edited). The Warcraft Wiki community is now using Warcraft Wiki. Please use Warcraft Wiki instead.One thing i like about the recent announcement: Old Gods. They are dead. And i inadvertently like it a lot more than i would have imagined. Stopping to recycle them in every occasion, they are instead "used" in the sense that their own blood is used to empower the nerubians with a new leader trying to fill up the void ( heh) in the power struggle.Tolkien head Orcs, Goblins, Naz'ghul, and Trolls, as well as humans and elves and dwarves, so it makes sense to base types of darkness on that. However, the Orcs were strongly based on those of Warhammer. Pretty much all of …TheOnlyFraen. •. Yrel was always young and naive. She, unlike Velen, was not prepared to be thrust into a leadership role let alone as the leader of ALL the Draenei in AU Draenor! So, like anyone who is self-aware of their lacking skills, she looked to a higher authority or power to make up the difference!MG Channel/Discord Server Listing Thread. Moon Guard. Jabtrah-moon-guard March 18, 2019, 5:05am 1. Given that it has been a few months since the old thread and the update to the new forums, decided to make a new and updated one. Thus, I am building a comprehensive list of all publicly available Discord servers and in-game channels (MG only for ...r/Warcraft: Warcraft lore discussion. Hi. This guide will be dedicated to the free game with all updates via zloemu emulator.r/warcraftlore • Do you guys remember the Crusader Bridenbrad questline from Wrath? I think it's one proof that Blizz could still make amazing storylines with proper writers and if they head in the right direction!The Sunwell is a combination of holy and arcane energy, so both blue and gold eyes make sense after the fel taint fades :) Although ironically, theoretically if you weren’t tapping into either force specifically and they both affected you the same, blue + yellow would make your eyes green again haha.Blizzard was clear that Archimonde died on Draenor once they finished him in the nether. He quickly ported us out and was back on Draenor. He used the last of his magic to send Gul'dan to Azeroth and kick off Legion. It was not ambiguous we couldn't have Legion without Archimonde sending Gul'dan thru the portal. 1.Any theories on who or what "Aln" is? In reference to the Rift of Aln. My main working theory is that he was basically the Silvanus (God of Nature in DnD, not the banshee) of WoW and somehow Alm died but when they did, the Rift of Aln was created in the very spot of their demise which spawned the Emerald Dream from what was left of his power ....