Post by Jadey/Ala/Oria on Feb 15, 2006 12:44:39 GMT -5
A great timeline using the novels and games and current World of Warcraft events!
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-147,000 (-146,406):
The titans bring order to Azeroth by defeating and imprisoning the five evil Old Gods who inhabit the primordial world. The titans proceed to form Azeroth's physical features.
The Old God C'Thun is defeated by the Titans, who believe him to be dead. However, C'Thun instead goes into hiding and begins making plans to conquer Azeroth when the Titans depart.
The Titans create the species of life that will inhabit Azeroth. First among them are the dragons, followed later by the trolls, humans, dwarves and others.
C'Thun creates the Qiraji to act as his army. The Qiraji are enhanced versions of the native insects of the Silithus region.
-65,000 (-64,406):
Azeroth consists of a single, giant continent known as Kalimdor. At its center is the magical Well of Eternity, created by the Titans as a source of restoring energy.
-64,000 (-63,406):
Before the Titans depart, they empower the dragons to watch over Azeroth and protect it from anything that might threaten the tranquility of the world.
The Old Gods, despite their imprisonment, are able to influence and corrupt the mind of Neltharion the Earth Warder, patron of the black dragonflight. Neltharion descends into madness, and begins plotting against the other dragon Aspects.
-15,500 (-14,906):
A race of feral, nomadic humanoid trolls is drawn to the Well of Eternity. Known as the Kaldorei, they are transformed by its power and become strong, wise and virtually immortal. Unbeknownst to them, their transformation and subsequent development release magic into the world.
-15,012 (-14,418): Malfurion and Illidan Stormrage are born.
-13,816 (-13,222): Tyrande Whisperwind is born.
-13,500 (-12,906):
The Kaldorei begin to actively study and practice arcane magic. They bend magic to their will and use it to create beautiful cities, craft artifacts and reshape the land. Some Kaldorei resist the lure to use the Well of Eternity's power and warn others of the dangers of abusing it. Their warnings go unheeded.
A group of upper-class Kaldorei begin to call themselves the Highborne and revel in the use of arcane magic.
-11,500 (-10,906):
The highborne slowly descend into decadence, obsessed with using the Well of Eternity's magical energies.
-10,250 (-9,656):
The highborne unwittingly attract the attention of the Burning Legion. Unable to physically enter Azeroth's dimension without assistance, Sargeras and his lieutenants begin to manipulate the Kaldorei nobles and Queen Azshara.
-10,000 (-9,406):
The highborne open a portal deep within the Well of Eternity. This portal stretches between dimensions and forges a path from the Twisting Nether to Azeroth, granting Sargeras and his army entrance to the mortal world.
The Burning Legion pours into Azeroth, led by two of Sargeras' most powerful lieutenants: Archimonde the Defiler and Mannoroth the Destructor. The demons savagely assault the unprepared Kaldorei civilization, attempting to drain Azeroth of its innate magic.
-9,999 (-9,405):
Malfurion, Illidan and Tyrande approach the reclusive demigod Cenarius and request assistance.
Cenarius hears their pleas and calls the ancient dragonflights to defend Azeroth.
Under the pretense of assisting in the war against the Legion, Neltharion convinces the other dragon flights to channel a portion of their powers into a magical device of his own creation: the Demon Soul. The resulting artifact is immensely powerful, and Neltharion has ulterior motives for its potency. The Old Gods also hope to use Neltharion and the Demon Soul to escape their prison.
As Queen Azshara and her perverted highborne work to bring Sargeras himself into Azeroth, Malfurion's forces storm the queen's palace and destroy the Well of Eternity.
The Old Gods, through Neltharion, attempt to use the power of the Demon Soul to free themselves from their Titan prison. The destruction of the Well ends this attempt, however.
The Well's implosion releases a massive shockwave. With Sargeras' link to Azeroth destroyed, the Burning Legion is expelled from the world and hurled back into the Twisting Nether.
The seas rush in to fill the void left by the Well's destruction and permanently split Kalimdor into several smaller continents. A furious, unending storm of elemental energy rages above the spot where the Well of Eternity once stood. It becomes known as the Maelstrom.
-9,998 (-9,404):
Illidan secretly creates a new Well of Eternity using water that he had stolen from original Well during Malfurion's battle with the highborne. Malfurion is enraged when he finds out and locks his brother away in an underground prison beneath Mount Hyjal.
Three of the most powerful dragons - Alexstrasza the Life-Binder, Ysera the Dreamer and Nozdormu the Timeless - endow enchantments upon the Kaldorei in order to keep the race strong should the Legion return. Alexstrasza places a magical acorn into the new Well of Eternity, from which the mighty World Tree Nordrassil ("Crown of the Heavens") grows. Nordrassil will shield and protect the new Well of Eternity from the Legion's attention. Ysera connects the World Tree to her Emerald Dream and forms a pact with the Kaldorei druids. In exchange for spending their years hibernating and wandering the Dream, the druids will be given power over nature. Nozdormu places an enchantment on Nordrassil that makes the Kaldorei immortal so long as the tree stands.
-9,900 (-9,396):
The surviving Kaldorei, now known as night elves, abandon all use of arcane magic. They seclude themselves around Mount Hyjal and the World Tree and begin practicing a safer form of divine nature magic.
-7,300 (-6,706):
Unwilling to give up its precious magics, a small band of highborne night elves is exiled from Kalimdor. The remaining Kaldorei weave a powerful enchantment and seal the borders of Ashenvale Forest in a protective mist.
-6,800 (-6,206):
Traveling to the eastern lands, the exiled highborne found the kingdom of Quel'Thalas and begin to refer to themselves as high elves. The high elves are continually besieged by the native troll war bands.
-3,900 (-3,306):
The high elves create a new source of arcane magical energy from one of Illidan's vials of water from the original Well of Eternity. They call it the Sunwell.
-2,800 (-2,206):
The human tribes band together in the face of frequent raids by the forest trolls and form Arathor, the first human nation. The high elves are also hard-pressed by the Zul'Aman forest trolls and enter into an alliance with Arathor, teaching humans the ways of arcane magic in exchange for military aid.
-2,700 (-2,106):
Due to the humans' reckless use of arcane magic, agents of the Burning Legion find their way back into the world. The Order of Tirisfal is founded by human and high elf mages. The powerful Guardians of Tirisfal are charged with fighting a secret war against the agents of the Legion, unbeknownst to the general populace.
-2,500 (-1,996):
The race of dwarves awakens and emerges from the expansive Titan-created city of Uldaman, located deep beneath the earth. They call their new civilization Khaz Modan.
-1,200 (-606):
The human nation of Arathor grows too large and splinters into seven independent kingdoms: Lordaeron, Stormwind, Kul Tiras, Stromgarde, Alterac, Gilneas and Dalaran.
-1,000 (-406):
The War of the Shifting Sands takes place. C'Thun's Qiraji and silithid attempt to drive the night elves from Silithus, and succeed in doing so when the Qiraji general Rajaxx brutally murders the son of the night elf commander, Fandral Staghelm.
However, the Qiraji forces are unable to expand beyond Silithus, even after the defeat of the night elf army. Whether this is due to interference by the Titans or a deliberate plan by C'Thun, the Un'Goro crater remains free of the Qiraji.
The four uncorrupted dragonflights counterattack and, with the aid of the night elves, manage to seal the Qiraji within their capital city of Ahn'Qiraj through the use of powerful magic. The resulting Scarab Wall ends the War of the Shifting Sands in a stalemate, until such time as the mortal races are able to open the wall and defeat C'Thun's forces once and for all.
-823 (-229):
The current Guardian of Tirisfal, Aegwynn, learns of a growing demonic presence on the frozen continent of Northrend. With the aid of the dragons, Aegwynn tracks the demons down and defeats them.
Sargeras himself appears and challenges Aegwynn. Although she easily slays his physical form, Sargeras' spirit secretly enters Aegwynn's body and hibernates inside her.
Aegwynn seals Sargeras' carcass in a hidden tomb and buries it deep beneath the Great Sea.
-500 (94):
Sargeras' second in command, Kil'jaeden the Deceiver, discovers another world ripe for conquest. The world is Draenor, homeland of the shamanistic orcs and the peaceful draenei.
-230 (364):
The three dwarf factions of Azeroth fight the legendary War of the Three Hammers. While the war initially begins to determine control of Ironforge, it quickly becomes a vicious battle for survival as the Bronzebeard and Wildhammer clans ally to defeat the treacherous Dark Iron clan. However, the final act of the Dark Iron leaders results in the summoning of Ragnaros, an ancient fire elemental who quickly subjugates the remaining Dark Iron dwarves and carves out a base of power in the newly-formed Blackrock Depths. So catastrophic is Ragnaros' arrival that a large portion of the Redridge Mountains is destroyed, becoming the Burning Steppes and Searing Gorge.
-200 (394):
Muradin Bronzebeard is born.
-100 (494):
Kil'jaeden contacts Ner'zhul, one of the most powerful orc shamans. Through quiet manipulations, Kil'jaeden starts to spread violence and savagery throughout the orc race.
-78 (516):
The tauren Cairne Bloodhoof is born.
-50 (544):
Anduin Lothar of Stormwind is born.
The future Archmage Antonidas is born.
-46 (548):
Ner'zhul realizes the threat that Kil'jaeden poses and cuts off contact. Kil'jaeden quickly replaces him with Ner'zhul's most powerful apprentice: Gul'dan.
-45 (549):
Gul'dan gathers the most powerful shaman in the orc clans and teaches them how to communicate with spirits in the Twisting Nether. A pact is formed between Gul'dan's followers and the dark forces of Kil'jaeden. Together, they create the Shadow Council.
The Shadow Council begins to quietly infiltrate the highest political ranks within each of the orc clans.
Aegwynn decides to bear a child and pass the mantle of Guardian of Tirisfal to him. The spirit of Sargeras quietly infects her unborn son as he grows in her womb.
-44 (550):
Medivh is born.
-43 (551):
Uther Lightbringer is born.
-41 (553):
Gul'dan teaches the dark arts of demon magic to other orcs, turning shaman into warlocks and training them in necromancy.
-40 (554):
The Shadow Council manipulates the clans into forming a single, unified Horde. Gul'dan coerces its leaders into outlawing shamanism and installing his warlocks as key advisors.
Kil'jaeden dispatches Mannoroth to Draenor in order to bind the orcs to his will. Chieftains from each of the twelve orc clans are tempted by his promise of power and drink from Mannoroth's blood, ensnaring themselves in the curse of bloodlust and initiating a slow corruption of their entire race.
-37 (557):
Kel'Thuzad is born.
-32 (562):
Aegwynn's son Medivh turns twelve and abruptly falls into a mysterious coma. Sargeras' presence perverts Medivh's mind and soul and bends them to his will.
-28 (566):
Khadgar is born.
-26 (568):
Grom Hellscream is born.
-23 (571):
The orcs give in to rage and attack their longtime neighbors - the peaceful race known as the draenei. Virtually unchallenged, the Horde easily defeats the vastly overmatched draenei.
-20 (574):
The orcs track down the last organized forces of the draenei and finally conquer all of Draenor. The widespread practice of necromancy finally drains Draenor completely, leaving the land dead.
The remaining draenei begin a guerilla war against the orcs and their demonic masters. Though outnumbered, the draenei manage to survive until the coming of Illidan's forces in the year 21 (614) turns the fight in their favor.
-19 (575):
With no enemies left to fight, the orc clans fall into anarchy and begin waging war against each other.
Prince Llane of Stormwind is born.
-10 (584):
Gul'dan begins to explore the Twisting Nether with a projection of his mind. He desperately searches for new worlds for the Horde to conquer.
Medivh awakens from his coma-like state and finds himself a grown man.
-5 (589):
Sargeras, working through Medivh, sends Gul'dan a series of visions, showing him images of a rich and fertile land ripe for conquest. The land in his visions is Azeroth.
Medivh creates a small rift between Draenor and Azeroth. The rift is initially too small for even a single orc to pass through, but it grows slowly.
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-147,000 (-146,406):
The titans bring order to Azeroth by defeating and imprisoning the five evil Old Gods who inhabit the primordial world. The titans proceed to form Azeroth's physical features.
The Old God C'Thun is defeated by the Titans, who believe him to be dead. However, C'Thun instead goes into hiding and begins making plans to conquer Azeroth when the Titans depart.
The Titans create the species of life that will inhabit Azeroth. First among them are the dragons, followed later by the trolls, humans, dwarves and others.
C'Thun creates the Qiraji to act as his army. The Qiraji are enhanced versions of the native insects of the Silithus region.
-65,000 (-64,406):
Azeroth consists of a single, giant continent known as Kalimdor. At its center is the magical Well of Eternity, created by the Titans as a source of restoring energy.
-64,000 (-63,406):
Before the Titans depart, they empower the dragons to watch over Azeroth and protect it from anything that might threaten the tranquility of the world.
The Old Gods, despite their imprisonment, are able to influence and corrupt the mind of Neltharion the Earth Warder, patron of the black dragonflight. Neltharion descends into madness, and begins plotting against the other dragon Aspects.
-15,500 (-14,906):
A race of feral, nomadic humanoid trolls is drawn to the Well of Eternity. Known as the Kaldorei, they are transformed by its power and become strong, wise and virtually immortal. Unbeknownst to them, their transformation and subsequent development release magic into the world.
-15,012 (-14,418): Malfurion and Illidan Stormrage are born.
-13,816 (-13,222): Tyrande Whisperwind is born.
-13,500 (-12,906):
The Kaldorei begin to actively study and practice arcane magic. They bend magic to their will and use it to create beautiful cities, craft artifacts and reshape the land. Some Kaldorei resist the lure to use the Well of Eternity's power and warn others of the dangers of abusing it. Their warnings go unheeded.
A group of upper-class Kaldorei begin to call themselves the Highborne and revel in the use of arcane magic.
-11,500 (-10,906):
The highborne slowly descend into decadence, obsessed with using the Well of Eternity's magical energies.
-10,250 (-9,656):
The highborne unwittingly attract the attention of the Burning Legion. Unable to physically enter Azeroth's dimension without assistance, Sargeras and his lieutenants begin to manipulate the Kaldorei nobles and Queen Azshara.
-10,000 (-9,406):
The highborne open a portal deep within the Well of Eternity. This portal stretches between dimensions and forges a path from the Twisting Nether to Azeroth, granting Sargeras and his army entrance to the mortal world.
The Burning Legion pours into Azeroth, led by two of Sargeras' most powerful lieutenants: Archimonde the Defiler and Mannoroth the Destructor. The demons savagely assault the unprepared Kaldorei civilization, attempting to drain Azeroth of its innate magic.
-9,999 (-9,405):
Malfurion, Illidan and Tyrande approach the reclusive demigod Cenarius and request assistance.
Cenarius hears their pleas and calls the ancient dragonflights to defend Azeroth.
Under the pretense of assisting in the war against the Legion, Neltharion convinces the other dragon flights to channel a portion of their powers into a magical device of his own creation: the Demon Soul. The resulting artifact is immensely powerful, and Neltharion has ulterior motives for its potency. The Old Gods also hope to use Neltharion and the Demon Soul to escape their prison.
As Queen Azshara and her perverted highborne work to bring Sargeras himself into Azeroth, Malfurion's forces storm the queen's palace and destroy the Well of Eternity.
The Old Gods, through Neltharion, attempt to use the power of the Demon Soul to free themselves from their Titan prison. The destruction of the Well ends this attempt, however.
The Well's implosion releases a massive shockwave. With Sargeras' link to Azeroth destroyed, the Burning Legion is expelled from the world and hurled back into the Twisting Nether.
The seas rush in to fill the void left by the Well's destruction and permanently split Kalimdor into several smaller continents. A furious, unending storm of elemental energy rages above the spot where the Well of Eternity once stood. It becomes known as the Maelstrom.
-9,998 (-9,404):
Illidan secretly creates a new Well of Eternity using water that he had stolen from original Well during Malfurion's battle with the highborne. Malfurion is enraged when he finds out and locks his brother away in an underground prison beneath Mount Hyjal.
Three of the most powerful dragons - Alexstrasza the Life-Binder, Ysera the Dreamer and Nozdormu the Timeless - endow enchantments upon the Kaldorei in order to keep the race strong should the Legion return. Alexstrasza places a magical acorn into the new Well of Eternity, from which the mighty World Tree Nordrassil ("Crown of the Heavens") grows. Nordrassil will shield and protect the new Well of Eternity from the Legion's attention. Ysera connects the World Tree to her Emerald Dream and forms a pact with the Kaldorei druids. In exchange for spending their years hibernating and wandering the Dream, the druids will be given power over nature. Nozdormu places an enchantment on Nordrassil that makes the Kaldorei immortal so long as the tree stands.
-9,900 (-9,396):
The surviving Kaldorei, now known as night elves, abandon all use of arcane magic. They seclude themselves around Mount Hyjal and the World Tree and begin practicing a safer form of divine nature magic.
-7,300 (-6,706):
Unwilling to give up its precious magics, a small band of highborne night elves is exiled from Kalimdor. The remaining Kaldorei weave a powerful enchantment and seal the borders of Ashenvale Forest in a protective mist.
-6,800 (-6,206):
Traveling to the eastern lands, the exiled highborne found the kingdom of Quel'Thalas and begin to refer to themselves as high elves. The high elves are continually besieged by the native troll war bands.
-3,900 (-3,306):
The high elves create a new source of arcane magical energy from one of Illidan's vials of water from the original Well of Eternity. They call it the Sunwell.
-2,800 (-2,206):
The human tribes band together in the face of frequent raids by the forest trolls and form Arathor, the first human nation. The high elves are also hard-pressed by the Zul'Aman forest trolls and enter into an alliance with Arathor, teaching humans the ways of arcane magic in exchange for military aid.
-2,700 (-2,106):
Due to the humans' reckless use of arcane magic, agents of the Burning Legion find their way back into the world. The Order of Tirisfal is founded by human and high elf mages. The powerful Guardians of Tirisfal are charged with fighting a secret war against the agents of the Legion, unbeknownst to the general populace.
-2,500 (-1,996):
The race of dwarves awakens and emerges from the expansive Titan-created city of Uldaman, located deep beneath the earth. They call their new civilization Khaz Modan.
-1,200 (-606):
The human nation of Arathor grows too large and splinters into seven independent kingdoms: Lordaeron, Stormwind, Kul Tiras, Stromgarde, Alterac, Gilneas and Dalaran.
-1,000 (-406):
The War of the Shifting Sands takes place. C'Thun's Qiraji and silithid attempt to drive the night elves from Silithus, and succeed in doing so when the Qiraji general Rajaxx brutally murders the son of the night elf commander, Fandral Staghelm.
However, the Qiraji forces are unable to expand beyond Silithus, even after the defeat of the night elf army. Whether this is due to interference by the Titans or a deliberate plan by C'Thun, the Un'Goro crater remains free of the Qiraji.
The four uncorrupted dragonflights counterattack and, with the aid of the night elves, manage to seal the Qiraji within their capital city of Ahn'Qiraj through the use of powerful magic. The resulting Scarab Wall ends the War of the Shifting Sands in a stalemate, until such time as the mortal races are able to open the wall and defeat C'Thun's forces once and for all.
-823 (-229):
The current Guardian of Tirisfal, Aegwynn, learns of a growing demonic presence on the frozen continent of Northrend. With the aid of the dragons, Aegwynn tracks the demons down and defeats them.
Sargeras himself appears and challenges Aegwynn. Although she easily slays his physical form, Sargeras' spirit secretly enters Aegwynn's body and hibernates inside her.
Aegwynn seals Sargeras' carcass in a hidden tomb and buries it deep beneath the Great Sea.
-500 (94):
Sargeras' second in command, Kil'jaeden the Deceiver, discovers another world ripe for conquest. The world is Draenor, homeland of the shamanistic orcs and the peaceful draenei.
-230 (364):
The three dwarf factions of Azeroth fight the legendary War of the Three Hammers. While the war initially begins to determine control of Ironforge, it quickly becomes a vicious battle for survival as the Bronzebeard and Wildhammer clans ally to defeat the treacherous Dark Iron clan. However, the final act of the Dark Iron leaders results in the summoning of Ragnaros, an ancient fire elemental who quickly subjugates the remaining Dark Iron dwarves and carves out a base of power in the newly-formed Blackrock Depths. So catastrophic is Ragnaros' arrival that a large portion of the Redridge Mountains is destroyed, becoming the Burning Steppes and Searing Gorge.
-200 (394):
Muradin Bronzebeard is born.
-100 (494):
Kil'jaeden contacts Ner'zhul, one of the most powerful orc shamans. Through quiet manipulations, Kil'jaeden starts to spread violence and savagery throughout the orc race.
-78 (516):
The tauren Cairne Bloodhoof is born.
-50 (544):
Anduin Lothar of Stormwind is born.
The future Archmage Antonidas is born.
-46 (548):
Ner'zhul realizes the threat that Kil'jaeden poses and cuts off contact. Kil'jaeden quickly replaces him with Ner'zhul's most powerful apprentice: Gul'dan.
-45 (549):
Gul'dan gathers the most powerful shaman in the orc clans and teaches them how to communicate with spirits in the Twisting Nether. A pact is formed between Gul'dan's followers and the dark forces of Kil'jaeden. Together, they create the Shadow Council.
The Shadow Council begins to quietly infiltrate the highest political ranks within each of the orc clans.
Aegwynn decides to bear a child and pass the mantle of Guardian of Tirisfal to him. The spirit of Sargeras quietly infects her unborn son as he grows in her womb.
-44 (550):
Medivh is born.
-43 (551):
Uther Lightbringer is born.
-41 (553):
Gul'dan teaches the dark arts of demon magic to other orcs, turning shaman into warlocks and training them in necromancy.
-40 (554):
The Shadow Council manipulates the clans into forming a single, unified Horde. Gul'dan coerces its leaders into outlawing shamanism and installing his warlocks as key advisors.
Kil'jaeden dispatches Mannoroth to Draenor in order to bind the orcs to his will. Chieftains from each of the twelve orc clans are tempted by his promise of power and drink from Mannoroth's blood, ensnaring themselves in the curse of bloodlust and initiating a slow corruption of their entire race.
-37 (557):
Kel'Thuzad is born.
-32 (562):
Aegwynn's son Medivh turns twelve and abruptly falls into a mysterious coma. Sargeras' presence perverts Medivh's mind and soul and bends them to his will.
-28 (566):
Khadgar is born.
-26 (568):
Grom Hellscream is born.
-23 (571):
The orcs give in to rage and attack their longtime neighbors - the peaceful race known as the draenei. Virtually unchallenged, the Horde easily defeats the vastly overmatched draenei.
-20 (574):
The orcs track down the last organized forces of the draenei and finally conquer all of Draenor. The widespread practice of necromancy finally drains Draenor completely, leaving the land dead.
The remaining draenei begin a guerilla war against the orcs and their demonic masters. Though outnumbered, the draenei manage to survive until the coming of Illidan's forces in the year 21 (614) turns the fight in their favor.
-19 (575):
With no enemies left to fight, the orc clans fall into anarchy and begin waging war against each other.
Prince Llane of Stormwind is born.
-10 (584):
Gul'dan begins to explore the Twisting Nether with a projection of his mind. He desperately searches for new worlds for the Horde to conquer.
Medivh awakens from his coma-like state and finds himself a grown man.
-5 (589):
Sargeras, working through Medivh, sends Gul'dan a series of visions, showing him images of a rich and fertile land ripe for conquest. The land in his visions is Azeroth.
Medivh creates a small rift between Draenor and Azeroth. The rift is initially too small for even a single orc to pass through, but it grows slowly.
