The Story of The Burning Crusade Classic [Lore]

This video is brought to you in   colaboration with wowhead.com pampampampam pampampampam  Hello everyone! To understand what is going  on during the Burning Crusade,   we’ll first have to cover a bit of history, a bit  of background information so it all makes sense. This right here is Sargeras, leader of the Burning  Legion. He wants to destroy the entire universe,   including the planet of Azeroth. One day he showed  up on Argus to recruit the Eredar into his ranks.   Archimonde and Kil’jaeden gladly joined, but Velen  the Prophet saw that teaming up with Sargeras was   a really bad idea. With the aid of the Naaru he  managed to gather some of his people and escape,   pissing off Kil’jaeden greatly who pursued them  from planet to planet until, the now called   Draenei, could flee no more. Their ship made a  crash landing on the planet of Draenor, home of   the orcs. For a while things were going oke, until  Kil’jaeden found them again. He turned the orcs   against the draenei. Manipulated them into forming  the first horde and go to war against the Draenei.   Have them drink the blood of Mannoroth which  greatly empowered them but also made them slaves   to the Legion to then finish their mission of  eradicating the Draenei... Or so they thought... Velen and some of his people were able to hide  away in the Zangermarsh. This did leave the orcs   stuck on a corrupted, dieing world. Sargeras  wasn’t quite done with them yet though and made   contact while possessing the guardian Medivh.  You’ll actually raid the tower of Karazhan, home   of Medivh and witness the duality, part guardian  and protector of azeroth, part mad titan within.   As well as witness the moment of setting up the  dark portal in the caverns of time. The bronze   dragons will allow us to go back in time and make  sure that events happen the way they’re supposed   to happen. Not just setting up the dark portal  but also help thrall escape durnholde so he can   reform the Horde and the Battle at mount hiyal  to defeat Archimonde as we saw in Warcraft 3. Setting up the dark portal meant establishing a  connect between Azeroth and Draenor to have the   Horde come in and weaken the world for ultimately  the Legion to claim. In response to the horde’s   first invasion, the alliance of lordaeron rose  up. They defeated the horde, placed those that   surrendered within interment camps and shut  down the dark portal. Only for it to re-open   and the Horde to try again. This time not to  conquer azeroth. Their goal was to gather powerful   artifacts which would allow them to open up more  portals to different worlds. They even gained the   assistance of the black dragon Deathwing. He would  help the Horde out and in exchange they would   hide some of his black dragon eggs on their home  world. In time the alliance of lordaeron, the sons   of lothar, figured out what the Horde was up too  and were not about to let them get away with it.   Turalyon, Alleria Windrunner, Khadgar,  Kurdran Wildhammer, Danath Trollbane and   so many others stepped through the portal  to stop the Horde. They were succesfull   but not before many portals were opened up across  Draenor. The already corrupted world was about   to blow so Khadgar had no choice but to shut down  the Dark Portal again. They fully expected to die,   but did not. Unknown to those left on Azeroth,  the sons of Lotharactually survived the   transformation of Draenor into Outland. Yet the  dark portal remained shut and time passed on... Sargeras and the Legion weren’t quite done  with trying to claim the world though. During   Warcraft 3 they made another attempt at it.  Once more the world rose up in its defense.   Even Illidan Stormrage was let out of his cage. He  had always been an enemy of the Legion and tried   to destroy it from within, by using the powers of  the enemy against them. Something that his people   couldn’t appreciate so while he warned them that  the Legion would come back, for 10.000 years they   had left him to rot, watched over by Warden Maeiv.  His time to shine had come as his warnings were   proven right. Meanwhile the Legion and the Lich  King turned Arthas Menethil to the dark side. Had   him corrupt the high elves source of power, the  sunwell, to bring back Kel’thuzad as a lich. They   did manage to summon Archimonde unto the world,  only for him to be blown up by a world tree.  The Lich King wasn’t loyal either and worked  against Kil’jaeden so while Illidan fought   his war against the demons, Kil’jaeden recruited  him to take care of his out of control creation,   and Illidan once again pretended to work together  with the demons. Failing misserably at destroying   the Lich King, he gathered allies in the form of  Lady Vashj and Kael’thas Sunstrider. Kael’thas   being the ruler of the now blood elves, formerly  known as the high elves. Losing their sunwell had   them deal with a massive magical addiction and  their prince thought that Illidan was the way   to their salvation. But Illidan’s focus would  always be on the destruction of the Legion. “You were right to come to me Kael, I share the  pain of your addiction – your hunger for magic.” Failing Kil’jaeden had him hide away on Outland  where he was first recaptured by Maiev who   wasn’t going to let her prisoner just do what he  wanted. Chasing him down all the way to Outland,   she was about ready to drag him back home when  Vashj and Kael’thas showed up. They set their   master free and then it was time to claim Outland  as their own by working together with the Broken,   lead by Akama. These used to be draenei but had  devolved into broken. Together they claimed the   black temple as well as the title of lord of  Outland from Magtheridon. Hiding away from   Kil’jaeden wasn’t going to be that easy though.  One last chance was given to Illidan to end the   Lich King and once again he failed. His allies  dragged him back to Outland where he continued   working on his real plans, working in secret  on his true war against the Burning Legion. Having the pitlord Magtheridon chained up meant  that they could drain it of its blood, infusing   hundreds of orcs, transforming them into ruthless  battlecrazed soldiers ready to fight for Illidan.   At the black temple, the demon hunter started to  train more in his way of fighting, blood and night   elves following in his footsteps and becoming  demon hunters themselves. More troops did mean   that they were going to need more supplies. Foode  wasn’t easy to come by on outland and water was   even more rare. Vashj was sent out to secure  recourses within the Zangarmarsh while the draenei   there kept to their main refuge, Telredor,  and used its defenses to fend off the naga. Kil’jaeden eventually realised that  Illidan was more then just a nusance   and could pose a real threat to the Legion.  While sending out more demons to take him out,   plans were made to stop him. The world  already saw illidan as the enemy,   like the Legion, something that Kil’jaeden  could use to his advantage. As a bonus,   if he could manipulate the Horde and the alliance  into committing their resources on Outland,   that would leave Azeroth vulnerable to  yet another legion invasion. They could   restore the Sunwell and use its power to create a  gateway for Kil’jaeden to come in. All he had to   do was manipulate Kael'thas, turn him to their  side which wouldn’t be too much of a problem.  Illidan had taught kaelthas and his people how  to drain energy from artifacts, creatures and the   environment to sate their cravings for magic. Yet  these methods only left the elves wanting more.   The prince started snorting fel magic  and Kil’jaeden whispered to him.   Told him that Illidan was holding out and  that the legion could reveal the true power of   fel. In exchange, he simply wanted the prince  to abandon Illidan’s side. Overtime the trust in   Illidan faded away and Kael’thas, unknown to most  of his people, decided to ally with Kil’jaeden. This increase of demons coming  to Outland to fight Illidan,   it made heroes like Khadgar and Velen pretty  worried about the future. They reached out into   the great dark beyond to look for allies and  once more, the naaru answered the call. A’dal,   M’uru and O’ros showed up on Outland with  their dimansional fortress of Tempest Keep.   A’dal immediately surveyed Outland, sensing  draenei scattered across the wastelands,   as well as the remnants of the Sons of Lothar.  These creatures were divided, but they did not   need to be. They all sought to protect themselves  from the Legion so A’dal rallied them at Shattrath   City. Leaving M’uru and O’ros behind to watch  over their dimensional fortress. Kael’thas and   his blood elves gazed upon this otherwordly  technology and wanted it for themselves. The   prince decided the time had to come to abandon  Illidan’s side and make a base of his own within   the Netherstorm. The naaru left within stood  no chance against these invaders. O’ros still   managed to magically block the elves from getting  into their wing, but M’uru was not so lucky. They were captured and send back to Quel’thelas  as a tasty snack for the elves to feast upon.  Drain its holy light and birth the blood knights,  the blood elf paladins, lead by Lady Liadrin.   Seeing how the blood elves  would side with the Horde,   this is how they brought paladins to the faction. This assault on tempest keep did not go unnoticed  and when A’dal needed new allies from Azeroth,   proposed to commandeer the wing called Exodar,  Velen, the broken Nobundo and some of their   people signed up immediately. They managed to  overpower the wing containing O’ros. Off they   went towards Azeroth, not knowing that the blood  elves had sabotaged it before they took off.  A crash landing would once again  be their entry unto a new world,   one where they signed up with the Alliance  and Nobundo brought shamanism to the faction. “How exactly do you crash into a  planet? That’s what I want to know!” Back on Outland, the new found technology allowed  Kael’thas to build mana forges and farm the   chaotic magics within Netherstorm. Over time these  forges weakened the fabric of reality even further   and attracted the attention of the Ethereals.  They’re a race of gifted scientists and magi   who origianlly come from the world of K’aresh. But  their pursuit of knowledge and arcane technolgies   opened a rift into the Void and drew the wrath of  Dimensius the All-Devouring. Dimensius had bathed   their world in volatile energies that slowly tore  it apart, and the K’areshi had desperatly tried to   shield themselves from harm. Their efforts had  only partially worked. Their magic had blocked   DImensius’s shadowy power, but raw arcane energy  shattered their physical bodies. All that remained   were their souls, bristling with magic. From that  day forward, these incorporeal creatures called   themselves Ethereals, splintering into different  factions. Some became nomads and traders,   roaming the cosmos in search of sources of magic  and powerful artifacts. Other swore to destroy   Dimensius. If there’s power or a bargain  to be made, the ethereals will be there. “And now you dare enter MY realm...   You are not prepared.” That’s the major background going into the Burning  Crusade. Kil’jaeden the Deceiver has decided that   it’s time for Azeroth to come to outland and help  him deal with Illidan. The fierce doomlord Kazzak,   was guided through a great ritual to  reopen the rift at the Dark Portal.   The legion’s forces also poked at the  horde and the alliance at their capitals,   pushing them to come take them on, step  through into a brand new world. For most   of these soldiers, it was the first  time they had seen the broken world.   Many of the orcs had been there before, but  even they were shocked by what they witnessed. “YOU ARE NOT PREPARED!” The path of glory paved with the bones  of slain draenei runs from the portal   all the way to Hellfire Citadel. On the right  the Horde set up their base of Thrallmar   while on the left the alliance enters honor  hold and immediately runs into Danath Trollbane.   This base was build when the sons of Lothar  stepped through and it’s still standing,   even after outlands transformation. We’ll run  into the other lost heroes in just a moment,   all of them except for Alleria and Turalyon. They  would remain missing for quite a while but that   doesn’t stop their son Arator from looking for  them. From Honor Hold and Thrallmar, the Alliance   and the Horde continued their offensives against  the Legion. That hellfire citadel was once upon   a time the horde’s military staging ground, but  has now been taken over by Kargath Bladefist in   the name of Illidan Stormrage. Deep beneath  the citadel is where they locked away the   pitlord Magtheridon. With his blood added, the  fel orcs show no mercy and are offered none in   return while the captured pitlord, their supply  of blood, is send back to the Twisting Nether. While avoiding the massive fel  reavers patrolling the area... “WAAAAAAAAMP” Our forces moved on into the Zangermarsh,  the spot where Velen and the Draenei hid away   after the fall of Shattrath. Vasjh and her  naga have control of all the waters of Outland,   and through it, taken control of its people.  Much like the Horde’s attack on Magtheridon in   Hellfire Citadel, the Alliance’s assault  on Coilfang Reservoir was succesfull,   sending off lady Vashj into the Shadowlands. “Lord Illidan...I am....sorry.” Above the Zangarmarsh are the Blade’s Edge  Mountains where once upon a time Khadgar and   the sons of Lothar took on the Black Dragon Aspect  Deathwing. They weren’t particullary looking for a   fight, but at this point in time, Deathwing  had been working together with the orcs. In   exchange they hid some of his black dragon eggs on  Draenor but then he noticed a powerful artifact,   the skull of Gul’dan. He wanted that one as well  and since the orcs saw no further need of it,   they gave it away. The skull was a key component  for Khadgar to shut down the dark portal   so their battle commensed. This is the fight that  earned Gruul the Dragonkiller title. Even now you   can still see many of deathwing’s brood spiked  upon the clifs. The aspect himself was forced to   retreat back then and was kind enough to drop the  skul. His son Sabellian is still hanging around.   Not surprisingly, the black dragon isn’t too fond  of Gruul, the gron and their ogre servants. We get   to join him in taking a whole bunch of them out,  eventually even raiding into Gruul’s lair itself.   Quite the hostile dragon, but there is one that  Sabellian quite likes, Rexxar of the Mok’nathal.   The half-ogre, half-orc saw the necesity of  allying with the first horde. His father Leoroxx   disagreed, rejected the old horde and his son is  no longer welcome amongst them. That’s why we’re   the ones helping out his dad against those  that would threaten their mok’nathal clan,   like the local ogres. A small favor for such  a legend as Rexxar – Champion of the Horde. “I hunt alone.” Within Terokkar Forest we find the remants of the  city of Shattrath that I mentioned earlier. Many   of the draenei were slaughtered here to make it  look like the horde was succesfull, like they   had wiped them out just as kil’jaeden wanted.  These days the city sees some activity again   since the naaru A’dal has it made it their base of  operations and this is also where we find Khadgar.   Seeing his old model again is going to be quite  a shock. The mage will be torturing new comers   once more with his elemental giving a tour of the  city, an escort quest that takes forever. Ahwell,   atleast you get some sweet lore and  explenation about what’s going on   in the city. A city where you’ll find two  major factions, the aldor and the scryers,   and you’ll have to make a meaningful choice. “Naturally I whipped up the  thotbot, looked at the rewards.” The Aldor are the draenei that had  continued their worship of the Holy   Light in the stronghold’s ruins. It was their  holy energies that drew A’dal to the city.   Under the naaru’s guidance, the scattered outland  forces came together and started to rebuild.  The scryers are blood elves send out by Kael’thas  in order of Illidan to take them out while they   were still weak. Instead the blood elves laid down  their weapons in front of the city's defenders;   their leader, a blood elf elder known as  Voren'thal, stormed into the Terrace of Light   and demanded to speak to A'dal. "I've seen you in  a vision, naaru. My race's only hope for survival   lies with you. My followers and I are here to  serve you." The naaru accepted the defectors   and while The Aldor are followers of the  Light and forgiveness and redemption are   values they understand... They still find it  hard to forget the deeds of the blood elves   while under Kael's command. Many of the priesthood  has been slain by the same magisters who now vowed   to serve the naaru. They’re not happy to share  the city with their former enemies so picking   one won’t make you any friends with the other...  still...some sweet rewards await to be earned. If we look outside of the city, the main thing  that stands out is the bone wastes with auchindoun   in the middle. Auchindoun used to be a sacred  burial ground for the Draenei, their holiest site   on the world, a spot they desperatly wanted to  defend from the rising horde. For a while exarch   Maladaar and his forces were succesfull, but the  new powers granted to the orcs by Kil’jaeden were   incredible. Pooling their powers together,  they hoped to summon a powerful demon into the   world...in their wild desparation, the warlocks  summoned something far different. An otherwordly   elemental creature known as Murmur materialized  within Auchindoun, pulled to Draenor from a   distant corner of the universe. The shockwave of  its arrival ripped the earth asunder, killing many   of the draenei and blasting apart the tomb city.  That’s why the area is destroyed, because of this   otherwordly elemental creature from a distant  corner of the universe. Maladaar and a handful   of draenei were able to shield themselves from  the blast, but no longer had the numbers to stand   up against the orcs. They were chained up while  Murmur was contained, a few warlocking staying   in the tomb city to keep the creature from  getting loose and wreaking havoc on the Horde. A far more untouched and pristine land, a taste  of the beauty that was once Draenor can be found   in Nagrand. This is where the draenei’s  ship crashed with a dieing naaru inside.   That naaru has been unwillingly drawing in the  souls of the orcs, but the orcs didn’t know this.   All they knew was that this spot was great to be  communicating with their ancestors so it became   their holy site. It also houses the throne of  elements, the spot where the fury’s of Water,   Earth, Fire and Air hang out. You could join Hemet  Nesingwary on his latest safari and cull some   of the wildlife. Take on the opposite faction  at Halaa, a draenei research facility for the   study of naaru crystals. Take on the challenge  of Gurgthock and Wodin at the Ring of Blood,   team up with your friends, take on  powerful challenges, earn mighty rewards.  The horde will meet up with the mag’har orcs,  those that were able to remain uncorrupted,   untouched by the demonic blood. The  name Garrosh might sound familiar,   son of Grommash. This is where we see him for  the very first time, left behind by his dad as   he joined the Horde into Azeroth. All Garrosh knew  was that his father was the first to step up and   drink the demon blood, become corrupted, and that  shadow weighed heavy on his soul. Quite depressed,   he doesn’t believe to be the right orc to pick  up the mantle of leadership. We try to help   him out and while doing so chat with Greatmother  Geyah. Turns out that she’s the mother of Durotan,   Thrall’s father so we quickly run to our warchief  to let him know we’ve found some of his family and   when he visits the village, he also meets the  son of his good friend Grommash. Explaining to   hellscream that yes, his father made mistakes,  but he also sacrificed all he had to slay the   pitlord Mannoroth and free their people. There  was more to the hellscream name and this moment   right here would have huge effects for the future  of the Horde. To keep it focused on the burning   crusade lets fly from the least transformed area  to the most one, head on over to the NETHERSTORM! The chaotic magics of the twisting nether  have done quite a number on the land.   If you want a glimpse as to what Netherstorm  used to look like, then all you need to do   is peek under the Eco-domes. Area 52  is our main town here run by goblins   working hard on their space program. Entering  town won’t make you see a flash of light nor   will it erase your memories. It’s jampacked with  little references. As you quest through outland,   you’ll run into the Ethereals here and there.  That war with Dimensius the All-Devouring is   one we get to help them out with, all the while  our gaze is drawn to the occupied tempest keep.   It wasn’t easy for the blood elves to rise up  against their prince. Many didn’t want to believe   the stories surrounding him. On how he supposedly  signed up with the Burning Legion itself,   but visiting Netherstorm, seeing for themselves  what their prince has been up too...it   was undeniable. Kael’thas had embraced  fel magic and became the Legion’s pawn.  He was their prince no more so the Horde made  war on Kael’thas and his followers. Spilling   his blood within the eye, one of the wings of  the tempest keep, but not ending him for good. “Tempest Keep was merely a setback.” We’ll get to that setback in just a moment,  one last zone to explore... Shadowmoon Valley.   Remember those eggs Deathwing decided to hide away  on Draenor? Well, they were still there when the   planet was engulfed and transformed into Outland.  That infusion with raw nether-energies created a   whole new dragonflight called the Netherwing.  Their special nature draws the attention from   those with good and bad intentions. They’ll  have to find their own path in life while you   can earn your rank amongst the Dragonmaw  clan and ride these beauties yourself.  In the final zone there’s also the final missing  hero, Kurdran, holding the line here for the sons   of Lothar from within their Wildhammer Stronghold.  They’re keeping an eye on the Black Temple and   report back to Khadgar. By now, most of Illidan’s  allies have either fallen or walked away.   The Broken Akama is not pleased that his beloved  Black Temple is still a house of darkness. His   time serving Illidan had been full of suffering  and disappointment so he decided to betray the   betrayer. Free Maiev from the cage they put her in  and help with the assault upon the Black Temple.  Inside we restore Akama’s soul and free  the Ashtongue from Illidan’s service.   We also take on Teron Gorefiend, the first  of the Death Knights from the original Horde.   Once slain by Turalyon, but we accidently brought  him back while questing in Shadowmoon valley   so best to clean our mess up. Step by step we  clean out the Black Temple until only Illidan   is left standing. While his demon  hunters are off on a different mission,   the lord of outland gives it his all  but ultimately falls to Azeroth’s might. “Ahh it is finished, you are beaten. ” Just as Kil’jaeden wanted, we took out  a huge threat to the legion’s plans.   Now he could push forward with another invasion  of Azeroth. Kael’thas was brought back from the   brink of death. Little was left of the elf’s  mind. He was now kil’jaeden’s loyal servant and   would do whatever his master asked of him. Even  attacking his own city. The naaru M’uru as well   as Anveena Teague, the essence of their original  sunwell, were taken away and used to re-form   their ruined Sunwell. With energy from the mana  cells they had gathered in Netherstorm, kael’thas   fortified his ritual. Weaving the sunwells power  into a gateway for Kil’jaeden to come through. As he worked, some blood elves fled to  outland to warn the horde leadership,   amongst them was Lady LiadrinTimes were tough  for the elves considering they had just dealt   with the resurgance of their ancient enemy, the  amani trolls at zul’aman. Liadrin had witnessed   kaelthas’s assault with her own eyes and pledged  her loyalty to A’dal. The naaru welcomed her   into a new order that had been forged to stand  against the prince. The Shattered Sun Offensive,   the draenei of the aldor and the blood elves of  the scryers marched on the sunwell and took on   the legions forces. They disrupted kael’thas’  spellwork long enough for more help to arrive.  The horde went on the hunt for Kael’thas  himself within the magisters terrace,   this time truely ending him. Meanwhile the  alliance infiltrated the sunwell plateau and   stopped Kil’jaeden from coming through. The world  was spared from the legion once more, but there   were consequences. Kael’thas meddling had tainted  the sunwell... again... and again its corruptive   energies would spell doom for the elves. Luckily  for them, Velen the prophet had a solution.   By using the core of the slain naaru M’uru,  they could purify and reignite the sunwell.   Not only getting rid of its corruption, but  also buying the blood elves a brand new future. “In time the Light and hope held within will  rebirth more then this mere found of power.   Mayhap they may rebirth the soul of a nation. Blessed ancestors,   I feel it. So much love. So much grace...there   are...no words...Impossible to describe. Salvation young one. It waits for us all.” And that’s the major story that goes on during  the Burning Crusade. Quite a beast of an expansion   when you try to condense the different story  threats playing out. Wonder how we’ll manage   when wrath of the lich king classic comes out.... I’ll link a seperate playlist in the description   down below with videos that relate to the  expansion. Some things I’ve only mentioned   in passing, say that you want full details on the  journey of illidan or Nobundo or Anveena...I’ve   covered those in seperate videos linked down  below. Alternative you could also check out the   related wowhead article for more details  on all the things we talked about today.   Read it back in your own time. Say that you really  liked this video, maybe you’ll want to give it a   thumbs up. Subscribe if you want to be kept up  to date on future uploads and yeah i think that’s   all i wanted to say today. Thank you very much for  watching everybody and until next time....see ya!

Channel: Nobbel87

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Keywords: Nobbel, Nobbel87, NobbeltheNoble, Story, Lore, Burning Crusade, Classic, World of Warcraft, Beta, Illidan, Vashj, Kael'thas, Draenei, Blood Elves, Kil'jaeden, Burning Legion, Outland, Draenor, Horde, Alliance, Dark Portal, Medivh, Gul'dan, Sons of Lothar, Khadgar, Naaru, Tempest Keep, Gruul, Black Temple, Sunwell

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Length: 26min 14sec (1574 seconds)

Published: Sun Apr 04 2021

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[u/abs0lutelyharam]

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So many comments about this mans tone and voice, he sounds like many of the global WoW (and other blizzard titles) players I’ve encountered over the years. I’ve had a blast playing with and against players from all over the world.

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He's done some other Classic lore videos too. Looks like I have some catching up to do

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