The Eye of Dalaran (WC2 Orc)

For lore and background information about the artifact, see Eye of Dalaran.

The Eye of Dalaran
Location	Silverpine Forest and Hillsbrad Foothills
Result	Horde of Draenor victory
Belligerents   Horde of Draenor Shadowmoon clan   Alliance of Lordaeron Kingdom of Lordaeron Magocracy of Dalaran
Commanders and leaders   Horde of Draenor Teron Gorefiend Deathwing Slayer of the Shadowmoon   Alliance of Lordaeron Unknown Alliance commander
Casualties and losses   Horde of Draenor Moderate   Alliance of Lordaeron Heavy
Previous	Alterac
Next	The Dark Portal
Alternate level	Dance of the Laughing Skull

This article contains lore taken from Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal, the manuals, and/or official bonus maps.

The Eye of Dalaran is the eleventh mission of the Horde campaign in Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal.

Mission briefing

With the Book of Medivh in your control and the Jeweled Scepter delivered to Ner'zhul, only one artifact remains to be won. The Mages of Dalaran have created a device to focus their magics in an effort to reconstruct the Violet Citadel. Ner'zhul desires this Eye of Dalaran to focus the dark powers of the underworld for the creation of his portals.

Teron Gorefiend has traveled to the stronghold of the Human Mages at Cross Island, where they now rebuild their towers amid heavy fortifications. You must break through their shoreline defenses, establish a base, and capture the Eye of Dalaran. No walls will protect them from the vengeance of the Horde.

Objectives

• Destroy all Mage Towers
• Destroy all of Dalaran (Violet)

Background

This section concerns content related to the Warcraft novels, novellas, or short stories.

When Teron Gorefiend infiltrated the Violet Citadel, Antonidas rushed to intercept him. He found the death knights in the Arcane Vault, Dalaran's store for its most precious of relics. Alongside Krasus, Kael, and Sathera, Antonidas battled against the death knights who had come to steal the Eye of Dalaran for Ner'zhul. Sathera was killed, and the death knights escaped atop the backs of Deathwing and his black dragons.

After stealing the Eye, Teron Gorefiend threw a coin in a fountain of Dalaran.

Kel'Thuzad had witnessed what the death knights did and became even more interested in necromancy after seeing what its power was capable of.

Forces

Horde of Draenor

• Grunts
• Axethrowers
• Berserkers
• Ogres
• Ogre magi
• Catapults
• Death knights
• Sappers
• Zeppelins
• Dragons
• Warships

Alliance of Lordaeron

• Footmen
• Archers
• Rangers
• Knights
• Paladins
• Ballistae
• Mages
• Demolition Squads
• Flying machines
• Gryphon riders
• Warships

Trivia

• The enemies for this mission should not actually be Lordaeron and Dalaran, but Gilneas and Dalaran. The western portion of the map would be located within Gilneas itself, as Dalaran bordered with Gilneas along the mountains.
  • This, however, is impossible; as the black faction coloration (which is Gilneas' faction designation) is taken up by the player character, as the color is shared by the Shadowmoon clan.
  • As a result, Lordaeron is used instead, fielding units they normally do not field when they appear in the campaign, such as heavy amounts of knights.
  • Furthering this connection, Gilneas is shown as a wintery location on the map presented in Warcraft II: The Dark Saga, with this map being the only one to use that tileset in Beyond the Dark Portal. None of Lordaeron's territories are displayed in a winter climate.
  • This error results in Gilneas not actually appearing at all in all of Warcraft II.
• Considering that Dalaran (or rather Cross Island) is the city on the upper-right corner, the map looks like those of Silverpine Forest and the Hillsbrad Foothills, with the wall of Southpoint Gate.
• Teron's survival is not a victory condition. Even if he dies, you'll still get to use him in the next mission.

Video

Mission playthrough