The story of the Burning Crusade

[Xaraphyne]

A nice little summary.

http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/02/24/know-your-lore-the-story-of-the-burning-crusade/

[Malethia]

I would of liked it better if they hadn't felt the need to be so snarky about it.

[Aquizit]

Smarmy indeed, but ... surprisingly accurate.

Oh.. and the reference to Zul'Aman.... gold...

"Also, there was something with trolls."

[Maegannon]

its not Snarky! Its true! Thats what happened! ;p


Basicly put, when we beat the living snot out of Kil'Jaden, the burning crusade is gunna tuck its tail between its legs and retreat for a while.. while Sargeras gets more and MORE pissed off that he just can't fukkin kill these stupid mortals, WTF.



I forsee a giant nuke headed straight for Azeroth with Sargeras's name on it in the upcomming future!

[Kelven]

Well, with Kil'jaeden down, the local leadership of the Burning Crusade is pretty much toast, isn't it? I mean, there's Doom Lord Kazzak, but he couldn't steal a candy bar, let alone come up with a world domination scheme. Kazzak's the kid who shoplifts because his friends said it would be awesome, and then when the store clerk catches him he totally starts crying. You know it.

I assume Sargeras himself is off dealing with bigger things. He is going to be SO PISSED when his secretary tells him Kil'jaeden is dead. Where is he going to get a replacement in this market? Sinister Eredar warlocks don't grow on TREES.

[Okhu]

No, they grow on planets.

Sargeras is going to clap his hands around the planet, and that'll be it.

If he was THAT worried about it he would have been there already "wtfroflstomping" the "Heroes" of Azeroth / Outland / The Fifth Dimension.

[Rand_Shea]

Me thinks that the demons of the Burning Crusade are mostly using Azeroth and Outlands as a training ground of sorts to weed out the massive amounts of weak so that the truly powerful can go fight whatever real war they are in. Yeah, they leave a few tough baddies around to manage things and keep the stupid mortals busy... so that the stupid mortals have something to do other than be all like "HAY GUYZ, WHAT'S GOIN' ON OVER HERE?!".

They've probably got the majority of their strong forces fighting against whatever place the Naaru come from, since supposedly they're supposed to be the 'angels' of the WoW universe, and their war against the burning legion is like the never ending one of heaven vs hell and all that bible stuff. Mortals, much like how the bible says about us humans here on earth, are just caught in the middle and can be swayed/used by either side...

Chances are I'm wrong, but it was an interesting thing to consider when I first saw A'dal as well Burning Legion demons when I first started playing.

[Styxen]

Kazzak is going to be the new Ultros just wait, he will be the one that finds a new artifact of power and makes the boats that will take us to northrend, it will be great Kazzak will be the cause of all the expansions in this game.

[Aquizit]

Kazzak is going to be the new Ultros just wait, he will be the one that finds a new artifact of power and makes the boats that will take us to northrend, it will be great Kazzak will be the cause of all the expansions in this game.


I can see Blizzard doing this, you know.


Doom Lord Kazzak becomes...


Ice Lord Kazzak!

[Okhu]

Undead Lord Kazzak. With stinky green belching flames of death. And A MILLION BODYGUARDS.... like Sylvannas..

[Fallacy]

Me thinks that the demons of the Burning Crusade are mostly using Azeroth and Outlands as a training ground of sorts to weed out the massive amounts of weak so that the truly powerful can go fight whatever real war they are in. Yeah, they leave a few tough baddies around to manage things and keep the stupid mortals busy... so that the stupid mortals have something to do other than be all like "HAY GUYZ, WHAT'S GOIN' ON OVER HERE?!".

They've probably got the majority of their strong forces fighting against whatever place the Naaru come from, since supposedly they're supposed to be the 'angels' of the WoW universe, and their war against the burning legion is like the never ending one of heaven vs hell and all that bible stuff. Mortals, much like how the bible says about us humans here on earth, are just caught in the middle and can be swayed/used by either side...

Chances are I'm wrong, but it was an interesting thing to consider when I first saw A'dal as well Burning Legion demons when I first started playing.

You'd be wrong. Archimonde and Kil'jaeden are/were the top two commanders of the Burning Legion, just under Sargeras himself, and they got/are getting themselves killed in their attempts to seize the power of the Well of Eternity/Sunwell. Sargeras even had his body destroyed by Aegwynn. The Burning Legion is only concerned with the destruction of the Titans and all they've created, the biggest target being Azeroth, and they've failed every single time they've tried in the past 11,000 years. The Naaru are relative newcomers and work mostly behind the scenes, informing those willing to help to fight against the demons and gathering them together.

[Abric]

Yep, just like Fallacy said. Azeroth is a BIG DEAL when it comes to the Burning Legion.

Azeroth itself is kind of a 'unique' situation. The Well of Eternity is a unique thing the Titans left, and it was the original reason Azeroth was really a 'blip' on the map of the cosmos. When the Night Elves and dragons beat back the Burning Legion - well... big deal. Additionally, Azeroth was involved in banishing Sargeras. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Sargeras kind of ... 'dead' but not so dead? His body was destroyed, and when Medivh got fried, his spirit was banished. Sounds dead to me - but about as dead as space goats from outer space.

Not so sure about the Naaru being 'newcomers.' While they are newcomers to the lore and the game, it's my understanding that they are as old as the Burning Legion itself. Aren't they really supposed to be the counterbalance of demons? You know, they (demons) signify the corruption and 'evil' of the universe... while the Naaru are the purity and 'light' of the universie?

[Maegannon]

Sargares has two seperate forms. The one that Aegwynn killed/Midivh banished, and the one that the Night Elves/Dragons/Broxigan trapped between the portal and the nether durring the war of the ancients. The first one, for all tecnhical reasons, is gone. The latter, the ACTUAL Sargeras, is stuck in limbo and PISSED the flying frikk off.


His burning legion has sacked every single world it's ever come in contact with, except for Azeroth. Azeroth and its weird collection of races has managed to balk him, and his left and right hand, at every.. single.. turn.

1. Sargeras tried to convince a queen that he was a god. He "failed", and got his ass stuck in limbo and the world exploded because of it. Gogo Malfurion Stormrage and his need to blow stuff up.

2. He tried to fight the greatest warrior of "humanity" ever.. and failed.

3. He tried to destroy the world through Midivh and the Orcs, but failed cause Midivh's mom one up'd him.

4. He sent Ner'zul to make an undead army to whipe out all life on Azeroth. Fail, Ner'zul balked.


5. Archemonde got fed up and tried to do it himself. Humped a tree. Failed.

6. They asked Illidan to kill Ner'zul for him. Fail. Illidan got picked on by his brother, and then got wtfpwnt by Arthas..

7. They tried to talk Sylvannas into helping them. Failed, she kicked all the dreadlord's butts and made one of them work for HER.

8. They talked Kael'Thas into helping. Owned by "Heros". Now they're bringing him back to "life" and having him summon Kil'Jaden, cause this stuff is getting rediculous and Kil'Jaden is fed up. If you can't do something right, do it yourself, right?

WRONG, cause Kil'Jaden is gunna fail too!

Thus.. Sargeras is gonna be one pissed off titan.

[Fallacy]

Sargares has two seperate forms. The one that Aegwynn killed/Midivh banished, and the one that the Night Elves/Dragons/Broxigan trapped between the portal and the nether durring the war of the ancients. The first one, for all tecnhical reasons, is gone. The latter, the ACTUAL Sargeras, is stuck in limbo and PISSED the flying frikk off.


Not really. It's all the same guy, since there's about a 9000 year difference between those events. Sargeras went back to the Twisting Nether (he was never stuck in the portal) after the War of the Ancients, tried again and faced off with Aegwynn, had his body destroyed on purpose so he could possess Medivh, but his spirit is still around, somewhere.