Where almost no one carries the Idiot Ball or the Villain Ball, and where the four great powers of the world are led by people who may (in some cases) loathe each other, are at the very least, not stupid enough to keep fighting wars when their populations still need to recover, and mutual threats lurk. Welcome to my AU of World of Warcraft - an Azeroth where politics and self-interest conflict with pragmatism and the imperatives of survival. And while the peoples of Azeroth remain focused on their own concerns, the Lich King looms in Icecrown, the Burning Legion waits beyond the stars, and the Old Gods lurk deep beneath the earth, plotting their freedom, the unmaking of the world and the corruption of the world-soul. The Silent War rages across Azeroth, and the Illusion of Peace is more fragile than ever. And they will fight any they must to ensure Azeroth remains safe.
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And to their north, the Night Elves have ended their long isolation and have formed the Hyjal Covenant - never again will they be so blind to the world that the Legion will launch a third invasion without them being there to stop it. On the continent of Lordaeron, the signatories of Ghostlands Pact wages war against the Scourge in the Plaguelands while seeking to rebuild their shattered kingdoms, ever watching the forces of the Alliance to their south, who have their own problems as the King of Ironforge seeks his missing daughter and Stormwind is beset by enemies internal, known and unknown.īut the Alliance must not only watch their rivals to the North, but watches across the sea, where their old enemies in the Horde have become a Grand Confederation of many peoples, building a new home and new unity for their races and seeking to forge a new sense of what it means to be, what the purpose of life even is. And yet, even as this Silent War between these groups continues to remain silent, each power finds itself in smaller conflicts along or within their borders. For the world now stands divided between several great and lesser powers, and tensions between them keep the world perched on the edge of a knife. But there is no peace to be had on Azeroth, it seems. It was only by luck, cunning and supreme sacrifice that they were repelled, and many fear that sooner or later, the Burning Legion will try again, coming once more to the world that has defied them twice.Īzeroth cries out for peace, for calm, and it is something it's people desperately need. The second invasion of the Burning Legion changed the world in ways exceeded only by their first - entire Kingdoms were destroyed, peoples ruined, and lands scarred permanently. It has been four years since Illidan tried twice to destroy the Lich King, and four years since he or Prince Kael'thas Sunstrider have been seen on Azeroth, and four years since Maiev Shadowsong followed him into Outland. Four years since the Night Elves learned just how much ignoring the rest of the world had cost them. It has been four years since the Night Elves lost their immortality, isolation, and for some at least, much of their arrogance. It has been four years since Arthas and Ner'zhul became one in the form of the Lich King, and yet four years since the Scourge have been on the warpath - Kel'Thuzzad still commands the Plaguelands for his King, and the Scourge's hold on frozen Northrend seems tighter than ever, and yet the Scourge waits. Three years since their alliance with the Tauren resulted in Mulgore being reclaimed entirely for that race, driving the centaurs from the region. It has been five years since the Orcs and Darkspear Trolls settled Kalimdor, founding Orgrimmar and establishing the Horde as the dominant power in central Kalimdor. Five years since Arthas Menethil destroyed his own kingdom and that of the High Elves and four years since Sylvanas Windrunner became the Queen of much of what he left behind.
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It has been four years since the Battle of Mount Hyjal, five years since the war that Stormwind Historians insist on calling "The Third War" began and ravaged the continents of Lordaeron and Kalimdor. Azeroth: The Silent War and the Illusion of Peace