The Fires Down Below (WC3 demo)

The Fires Down Below
Location	Darkspear Islands
Result	Prisoners rescued and escaped Sen'jin dies
Belligerents   Orcish Horde Island Trolls Prisoner   Underworld Minions   Human Expedition
Commanders and leaders   Orcish Horde Thrall Sen'jin †   Underworld Minions Murloc High Sorcerer † Sea Witch
Casualties and losses   Orcish Horde Light   Underworld Minions Heavy   Human Expedition Annihilation
Previous	Riders on the Storm
Next	Countdown to Extinction

This article contains lore taken from Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, the manuals, and/or official bonus maps.

The Fires Down Below is chapter 4 of the Exodus of the Horde campaign.

Thrall, finding himself a prisoner of the murlocs in a cavern, combines forces with jungle trolls to escape. During their escape, Sen'jin was sacrificed by a Murloc Sorcerer and although it was killed the cave began to quake and the Horde had to escape.

Transcript

Loading Screen

Thrall finds himself in an underground lair, held prisoner by the murlocs and separated from his companions.

Main Quests

20px The Great Escape

• Objectives
  • Rescue 10 Prisoners
• Description
  • Murlocs have captured several of your companions, as well as the native Trolls. You must free the prisoners before making your way back to the surface.

20px The Ritual

• Objectives
  • Kill the Murloc Sorcerer
• Description
  • You must kill the Murloc Sorcerer who holds Sen'Jin captive.

Mission Fails

• Thrall has been slain.
• The Great Escape (Although is not explained, it is when various prisoners die).

Hints

Hints

• Attack prison gates to destroy them and free prisoners.
• Some rocks may be destroyed.

Notices

• Thrall's Far Sight spell is not available for use in underground caverns.

Quotes

Intro cinematic

Thrall: "I wonder what these strange fish-creatures want with us?"

Troll Headhunter: "The murlocs used to be peaceful, but lately they been catchin' us and usin' us for sacrifices."

Thrall: "Sacrifices? To what?"

Troll Headhunter: "A long time ago they started worshipin' some witch. They say she lives under the ocean, and if they don't make the sacrifices, she'll destroy this island."

Thrall: "Well, someone should have told them that orcs don't scare that easily. Now, let's get out of here!"

Between the battle

• Grunt: "Throm-Ka, Warchief!"
• Troll Headhunter: "Thanks, mon."
• Troll Headhunter: "I thought I be dead for sure."

Prison Break Scene

• Footman: "This is our chance. Let's make a break for it!"
• Footman: "Keep fighting, men! We're almost there!"

Between the battle (2)

• Grunt: "I knew you'd find us, Warchief."
• Thrall: "These humans must have put up a fight. Too bad it wasn't enough."
• Shaman: "I dedicate my power to the Horde!"
• Troll Headhunter: "You come just in time."
• Grunt: "I knew you'd find us, Warchief."
• Grunt: "I believe we are no longer welcome in this place, Warchief."
• Thrall: "I cannot allow any more prisoners to die."
• Thrall: "Let's see if we can break through these boulders."
• Troll Headhunter: "Hey Chief-mon, it look like there be a passageway here. Maybe we find a way out?"

Middle cinematic

Grunt: "Warchief, Sen'Jin was just taken away by the fish-creatures! I tried to stop them, but there were too many. They said he is to be sacrificed to their witch!"

Thrall: "Then we have no time to lose! Sen'Jin must be freed!"

Shaman: "Warchief, I sense a protective shield around the sorcerer. I believe these three fish-creatures are helping maintain it."

Murloc Sorcerer: "Pathetic fools! You will not stop us from receiving what has been promised."

Thrall: "Sen'Jin!"

Murloc Sorcerer: "Don't despair. You'll soon be joining him!"

Murloc Sorcerer: "The exalted one would be most displeased if I allowed you to escape. Her will must be done!"

Thrall: "Perhaps you and the witch can discuss it in the afterlife."

Ending cinematic

Sen'Jin: "The vision told me you would lead my people off this island."

Sen'Jin: "You don't have much time, young one. Go!"

Thrall: "But you and your people are coming with us!"

Sen'Jin: "It be too late. I'm already gone."

Thrall: "Those of you who wish to follow me will face many dangers. It will not be easy. But if you wish to join us, you're welcome."

Troll Headhunter: "Yah, mon, pretty soon there be nothing left here anyway. We come with you."

Sea Witch: "Make peace with your gods, land-dwellers! You cannot escape the currents of death so easily!"

Grunt: "Where is that voice coming from?"

Thrall: "I don't know, but we have no time to waste. This cave is about to collapse!"

Unused quotes

• D04Footman16: Orcs! Get 'em!
• D04Footman23: Orcs. I should have known... attack!
• D04Grunt11: Free at last!
• D04Grunt13: Those fish creatures must pay!
• D04MurlocSorcerer30: You may have rescued the others, but I'll see to it that the Exalted One does not go completely unpleased.
• D04Thrall15: There are maybe other creatures down here. These poor wretches died before they were even sacrificed.
• D04Thrall17: Will you humans never learn?!
• D04Thrall20: These cave may lead outside, but we can't leave without the others.

Units

Named

• Thrall
• Sen'jin
• Murloc High Sorcerer

The battle

After escaping from his cell Thrall moves forward rescuing Orc and Troll prisoners, even as he leads them against the Murlocs and other creatures. At one point in their march to rescue Sen'jin and escape, Thrall witnesses a massive jailbreak of trapped Alliance forces. Deciding to hang back, Thrall allows for the Murlocs and Alliance to significantly weaken one another before deciding to moving in to finish off the survivors. Soon after he frees the last of the prisons but discovers that the Murlocs just took Sen'jin in order to sacrifice him. With this knowledge in hand Thrall quickly moves forward to save Sen'jin but is ultimately too late. With Sen'jin avenged and the Darkspear apart of the Horde (per Sen'jin's dying wish), Thrall leads the survivors to the surface in order to reunite with the rest of the Horde.

Forces

Orcish Horde

• 1 Far Seer
• 1 Witch Doctor
• 6 Grunts
• 2 Shamans
• 5 Troll Headhunters
• Spirit Wolves

Underworld Minions

• 1 Murloc Sorcerer
• 1 Black Widow
• 1 Gnoll Gold Miser
• 1 Tome Wraith
• 9 Black Spiders
• 6 Ghosts
• 1 Giant Skeleton Warrior
• 16 Gnolls
• 6 Gnoll Wardens
• 6 Mud Golems
• 6 Murloc Flesheaters
• 3 Murloc Guardians
• 15 Murloc Huntsmans
• 46 Murloc Tiderunners
• 1 Rock Golem
• 1 Salamander
• 6 Salamander Hatchling
• 13 Skeleton Archers
• 2 Sludge Flingers
• 2 Sludge Minions

Human Expedition

• 2 Peasants
• 18 Footmen
• 4-6 Riflemen

Notes

• This mission was cut out of the full game with just the tutorial levels left in Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos. The mission was first seen in the Warcraft III Demo which was made available after the release of the game. In Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, Blizzard Entertainment made a custom campaign which included the missions that were exclusive to the demo campaign; however, the voice acting was removed as the demo voice acting had only been recorded in English and Blizzard was unable to localize it for other regions.
• In the custom campaign there is a visibility bug with Sen'Jin not present in the demo campaign. The troll appears stand up in the final cinematic and then a second later appears in the floor, even thought he was supposed to be in the floor since the Murloc Sorcerer attacked him.

Items

• 3 Potion of Mana
• 5 Scroll of Healing
• Scroll of Mana
• Potion of Greater Mana
• Potion of Greater Healing
• Scroll of Protection (Warcraft III)
• Claws of Attack +6
• Ring of Protection +2
• Tome of Strength
• Tome of Agility +2
• Tome of Intelligence +2
• Tome of Strength +2
• Tome of Knowledge (Warcraft III)
• Orb of Fire
• Hood of Cunning