King Terenas of Lordaeron called upon his greatest champions for a suicide mission. If the Orcs wouldn't stop coming to Azeroth, the Alliance would take the fight to Draenor. The —Khadgar, the veteran soldier Turalyon , the elven ranger Alleria Windrunner , the wildhammer dwarf Kurdran , and the stoic Danath Trollbane —marched through the green mist of the portal.
Deep within the red, dying world of , the Orc shaman Ner'zhul clutched his staff with trembling hands. He didn't care for Azeroth anymore; he wanted escape. To flee the dying soil of his home, he needed artifacts of immense power: the Scepter of Sargeras, the Book of Medivh, and the Eye of Dalaran. Warcraft 2: Beyond the Dark Portal
The Alliance Expedition pushed deep into the heart of the Shadowmoon Valley. They fought through the twisted citadels of the Fel Horde, racing against Ner'zhul's ritual. But they were too late. At the Black Temple, Ner'zhul channeled the stolen artifacts, tearing dozens of new rifts into the reality of Draenor. The planet began to shudder. The sky cracked like glass. King Terenas of Lordaeron called upon his greatest
"They aren't invading," Khadgar realized, looking over the charred remains of a Nethergarde outpost. "They’re stealing." Deep within the red, dying world of ,
When the rift reopened, a new kind of terror spilled into the Black Morass. These weren't just soldiers; they were desperate scavengers led by the brutal .
The Second War had ended with the shattering of the Dark Portal, but for , the silence was louder than the drums of war. He knew the rift between worlds wasn't truly closed—it was a wound that refused to scab.