Beyond the Dark Portal (History of Warcraft)

This article is about the in-game book. For other uses, see Beyond the Dark Portal (disambiguation).

• Beyond the Dark Portal
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In-Game Book

Beyond the Dark Portal

"Beyond the Dark Portal" is a book that details the Invasion of Draenor.

Location

• Stormwind City - ^{[44.0, 71.7]} or ^{[84.6, 24.3]}
• Blasted Lands - ^{[60.9, 20.2]}
• Salty Sailor Tavern in Cape of Stranglethorn^{[40.7, 73.8]}
• Stranglethorn Vale - ^{[26.9, 77.3]}
• Athenaeum in Scarlet Monastery Library

Prior to Cataclysm

• The Royal Library in Stormwind City.

Contents

Beyond the Dark Portal

Only a few months after Nethergarde's completion, the energies of the dark portal coalesced and opened up a new gateway to Draenor. The remaining orc clans, under the leadership of the elder shaman, Ner'zhul, charged forth into Azeroth once again. Intent on stealing a number of magical artifacts that would increase Ner'zhul's power, the orcs planned to open up new portals in Draenor that would allow them to escape their doomed red world forever.

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Convinced that Ner'zhul was planning a new offensive against the Alliance, King Terenas of Lordaeron sent his armies into Draenor to end the orcish threat once and for all. Led by Khadgar and General Turalyon, the Alliance forces clashed with the orcs across the burning landscape. Even with the aid of the elven Ranger Alleria, the dwarf Kurdran and the veteran soldier Danath, Khadgar was unable to prevent Ner'zhul from opening his portals to other worlds.

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The tremendous magical storms caused by the portals' converging energies began to tear the ravaged world apart. Ner'zhul, followed only by his most trusted servants, managed to escape through one of the portals as Khadgar fought desperately to return his comrades to Azeroth. Realizing that they would be trapped on the dying world, Khadgar and his companions selflessly decided to destroy the dark portal so that Azeroth would not be harmed by Draenor's violent destruction.

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By all accounts, the heroes were successful in destroying the portal and saving Azeroth - but whether or not they escaped the death throes of Draenor remains to be seen.

Notes

• The text is copied from the "Beyond the Dark Portal" section of the Warcraft III manual.
• This book is not included in the History of Warcraft. The History of Warcraft book  [The Invasion of Draenor] covers the same events, with contents also based on the Warcraft III manual, but from the longer and more detailed "Ner'zhul and the Shadow Clans" section instead.

External links

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