Old Gods' forces

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Old Gods' forces
Main leader	C'Thun† N'Zoth Yogg-Saron† Presumably other Old Gods
Secondary leaders	Cho'Gall† Deathwing Sintharia† Umbriss† Nefarian† Onyxia† Al'Akir Ragnaros Twin Emperors Vek'lor† Vek'nilash† Queen Azshara Loken† Assembly of Iron Steelbreaker† Runemaster Molgeim† Stormcaller Brundir† Xavius†
Race(s)	Old god Forgotten one File:IconSmall Erudax.gif N'raqi Merciless one  Naga  Qiraji Tol'vir Air elementals Djinni Storm dragon Fire elementals Flamewaker Core hound Molten giant Dragon of Nightmare  Black dragon  Twilight dragon  Chromatic dragon  Centaur (Galak)  Satyr Azerothian Hydra Leviathan Kraken  Silithid Notable Twilight's Hammer races  Ogre Former individuals of the Horde races Former individuals of the Alliance races Elementals  Dark Iron dwarf  Sand troll
Capital	Unknown (if any)
Other major settlements	Ny'alotha, Nazjatar, Twilight Citadel, Neferset City, Blackrock Spire, Grizzlemaw, Zul'Farrak, Shadowforge City
Base of operations	Twilight Highlands, Ulduar, Silithus, The Rift, Skywall, Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom, Firelands, Maelstrom, Twilight Realm, Emerald Nightmare, Twilight Caverns, Blackfathom Deeps, Rift of Aln and believed others
Theater of operations	Elemental Plane, Twilight Realm, Twisting Nether (believed in Outland), Emerald Dream and Great Dark Beyond (knowingly Azeroth).
Language(s)	Faceless (possible)
Status	Active, possible cripple/defeat

The Old Gods' forces are the collective grouping of all the entities and organizations that serve the Old Gods that exists since the shaping of Azeroth at this time constituted mainly by enslaved elementals and Old God creations. Although the original faction suffered an defeat and their masters (and almost, if not all of the minions) were locked away or into of Azeroth the faction appears to regrow over the various millenniums, very slowly, gaining the adhesion of some groups of mortals and other factions, awaiting the time of the liberation and return of their evil masters.

In the recent times become clear the increasing of the Old Gods activities in Azeroth, and despite today the Old Gods' forces likes an unofficial faction, with most of their members just allying one with other (like the Black flight, Firelands, Skywall, naga of Nazjatar, Twilight's Hammer cult and some sub-affiliated factions) but with no real internal organization, it appears that this alliance, may be thinking that the time has come, launch a massive assault in a attempt to expand their influence, territory and power and reshape Azeroth.

Membership

Major members

• Deathwing's forces
  • The Black Dragonkin of the Black dragonflight.
    • Led by the Aspect of Death Deathwing the Worldbreaker, formerly the benevolent Neltharion the Earth-Warder, Aspect of Earth, driven mad and corrupted by the Old Gods
    • The Chromatic Dragonkin of the Chromatic dragonflight.
      • A experimental dragonflight created and led by Nefarian that failed, and was exterminated.
      • Only the Drakeadons seems have survived and are still used by the members of the twilight hammer
    • The Twilight Dragonkin of the Twilight dragonflight.
      • Created and led by Sintharia.
    • The Dark Horde serves Nefarian, Deathwing's son, which is composed of various members of various races
      • Orcs of the Blackrock and Black Tooth Grin Clan
      • Forest trolls of the Firetree and Smolderthorn Tribes
      • Ogres of the Firegut, Spirestone and Stonegullet clans
      • The Dark Horde has corrupted Dragons of all dragonflights
      • Worgs that are trained by orcs
      • The Dark Horde employs various Goblin mercenaries
    • The Stone dragons of Deepholm are controlled by Deathwing.

• Empire of Nazjatar
  • Nazjatar is the great capital city of the naga and is built into the walls of the Rift.
  • Ruled by the Empress of Nazjtar Queen Azshara
  • The former highborne that served the queen were turned into Naga by a mysterious force
    • Naga sea witches are revered spellcasters
    • Naga anomaly are the mutants of the Naga race
  • The naga have enslaved many races under the seas
    • Mur'gul
    • Makrura
  • They have also tamed many of the ocean creatures
    • Snap dragon
    • Dragon turtle
    • Couatl
    • Tube wyrm
  • Naga's allies
    • Merciless one
    • Leviathanian Kraken
    • Faceless of the Deep
    • Faceless Shadoweaver

• The Emerald Nightmare
  • Based in the Emerald Dream
  • Composed by various corrupted nature creatures.
  • The corrupted green dragons of the Nightmare dragonflight
    • Previously presumably led by Eranikus, until his uncorruption.
  • Led by the Nightmare Lord.
  • Is believed that Xavius still have corrupt satyr followers.

• C'thun's forces
  • The insectoids of the Kingdom of Ahn'Qiraj
    • Ahn'Qiraj is the city-kingdom of the Qiraji found in the southern part of Silithus.
    • Formerly controlled by the Twin Emperors
    • It's primarily ruled by it's Qiraji inhabitants.
      • • Qiraji gladiator the male ground fighters of the qiraji
        • Qiraji battleguard the female air fighters of the qiraji
        • Qiraji prophet powerful spellcasters of the qiraji
        • Qiraji emperor the rulers of the qiraji
    • The Qiraji have built many constructs for war
      • Anubisath Built and enchanted to be the guardians of Ahn'quiraj
        • Horusath A improved version of Anubisath
      • Obsidian Destroyer A creature made of Obsidian, related to the Tol'vir.
    • And have many Silithid Servants of various castes grouped into various hives
      • Silithid queen Egg layer.
      • Silithid larva Young silithid that have yet to molt into their adult forms.
      • File:IconSmall SilithidColossus Small.gif Silithid colossus Huge battle creatures with brutal strength.
      • File:IconSmall SilithidTank Small.gif Silithid reaver The hive's primary defenders.
      • File:IconSmall Silithid Small.gif Silithid wasp The very aggressive, flying attack troops of the silithid.
      • File:IconSmall SandReaver Small.gif Sand reaverUnknown, probably tunnel diggers.
      • File:IconSmall SandWorm Small.gif Sand worm Worm-like creatures with burrowing claws digging through most kinds of soil.
      • Silithid scarab Worker caste of the Silithids, who are generally not aggresive unless they are attacked.
      • File:IconSmall SilithidWorker Small.gif Silithid worker Worker caste of the Silithids, who are generally not aggresive unless they are attacked.
      • File:IconSmall Scorpid Small.gif Silithid Creeper Very aggressive scorpid-like creatures.
      • File:IconSmall Scorpid Small.gif Silithid Swarmer Carrying young silithids.
      • File:IconSmall Crab Small.gif Silithid ProtectorCrab-like creatures protecting the hive.
      • File:IconSmall Larva Small.gif Silithid Grub Unknown.
      • Silithid light Produces light to iluminate the dark caves.
      • Silithid pill bug Produces light to iluminate the dark caves.

• Yogg-saron's forces
  • Yogg-saron's Faceless ones
    • led by the Faceless general Vezax
  • The Loken's forces of Ulduar
    • Led by the corrupt Prime designate Loken, and controlled by
    • Composed mainly by the corrupted constructs of Ulduar
      • Titanic watchers like Thorim, Freya, Hodir and Mimir
      • Mechagnome
        • File:IconSmall SpiderTank Small.gifFile:IconSmall Flyingmachine Small.gifFile:IconSmall FlameLeviathan Small.gifFile:IconSmall Pummeler Small.gifFile:IconSmall Bombling Small.gifFile:IconSmall ClockworkGiant Small.gif and their Clockwork constructs.
      • Golem
      • Colossi
      • Fire giant
  • And the Iron Army led by the Assembly of Iron
    • Iron Dwarf
    • Iron giant
    • Iron Vrykul
    • Plated proto-drake

• The mortals of the Twilight's Hammer cult
  • Led by the mutant Cho'gall, first of the ogre magi.
  • The cult has various members the most notable are:
    • Mortal betrayers from Alliance and Horde.
    •  Ogre Ogres are attracted by the promises of power of Cho'gall.
      • The Ogres of the Mo'grosh clan
        • Led by Gor'kresh.
      • Cho'gall has made some disciples in his former likeness.
    •  Gronn
    • Some Ettin have followed the ogres
    • The Dark Iron clan has been divided and some decided to join the twilight hammer
    • The Sand trolls of Zul'farrak allied with the twilight hammer in a desperate attempt, led by Hydromancer Kulratha
    • Various mortals have ascended to elemental ascendants

Other factions and allies

• The Firelands minions of Ragnaros
  • Ragnaros, ruler of the Firelands has agreed to ally with Deathwing to burn down the world tree of Nordrassil
  • Fire elementals are the servants of ragnaros, shaped in various forms.
    • The Flamewakers are the nobles of the fire elemental hierarchy
    • Fire Revenants are the main infantry of Ragnaros army
    • Molten giants are the brutal and cunning front-line defenders of Ragnaros' army.
    • Core hounds are the vicious but faithful servants of Ragnaros and his minions.
    • Lava elementals are a conglomerate of both fire and earth elementals.

• The Skywall minions of Al'akir
  • Al'akir, ruler of the Skywall has agreed to work with Deathwing to find the re-origination device created by the titans.
    • Conclave of Wind serve directly under Al'akir
  • Air Elementals are the servants of Al'akir, shaped into various forms.
    • The Djinni are the nobles of the air elemental hierarchy.
    • The Lightning revenant are the main infantry.
    • The Storm dragons protect the Vortex Pinnacle.
  • Some Mortal tribes have served with Al'akir
    • Centaurs of the Galak tribe have allied with Al'akir
    • The Tol'vir of the Neferset tribe

• The Old Gods keep many Azerothian Hydras demigods as pets.

Former allies

• Neptulon and the Water elementals used to work for the old gods before the imprisonment in the Elemental planes.
• Therazane and the Earth elementals used to work for the old gods before the imprisonment in the Elemental planes.

History

Shaping of Azeroth

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Defeat and allegiances within

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War of the Ancients

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Post-first sundering

Exile of the Quel'dorei

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Interim

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World of Warcraft

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At this time, very little was known about the Old Gods and their maddened worshippers--practically none on Azeroth were directly aware of the existence of the Old Gods until C'Thun made its ominous presence clearly felt within the depths of Ahn'Qiraj.
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Organization and former members

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Notable Leaders

Known Old Gods

• C'Thun†
• N'Zoth
• Yogg-Saron†

Mortal Leaders

• Cho'Gall†
• Deathwing
  • Sintharia†
    • Umbriss†
  • Nefarian†
  • Onyxia†
• Al'Akir
• Ragnaros
• Twin Emperors
  • Vek'lor†
  • Vek'nilash†
• Queen Azshara
• Loken†
  • Assembly of Iron
    • Steelbreaker†
    • Runemaster Molgeim†
    • Stormcaller Brundir†
• Xavius†

History
Ruler	Twilight Hammer		Cho'gall
	Deathwing's Forces		Deathwing	Nefarian/Onyxia/Sintharia	Deathwing
	Ahn'qiraj		Twin Emperors
	Empire of Nazjatar		Azshara
	Ulduar Forces		Loken	Assembly of Iron

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It is self-evident however that the Old Gods possess worshippers across all the world's peoples and cultures somehow. The Old Gods are imprisoned and asleep deep beneath the earth, but their power is so vast that their maddening, destructive taint seeps from their prisons and appears to tear away at the sanity of an unknown number of Azeroth's inhabitants. To what extent sentient beings can fall under the influence of the Old Gods in this manner is not well understood, but those who hear the Old Whisperings most clearly have joined together in a coalition that is known as the Twilight's Hammer. Most of these cultists and followers have lost every ounce of their sanity and have become completely unpredictable and malefic, and, sometimes, things which are far worse. Through the leadership of the ogre-mage Cho'gall, a powerful servant of C'Thun, the Twilight's Hammer has in recent times become the focal point for mortal worship of the Old Gods, and the cult's influence has since begun to increase alarmingly. Former members of both Alliance and Horde inexplicably flock to its service as if heeding a silent calling, and unrepentantly assist in bringing about the final hour of mortal existence on Azeroth. Large groups of the Twilight's Hammer have been observed to settle at or near sites where they believe the Old Gods or their minions are sealed away; many await C'Thun's awakening in Silithus, while others appear to serve Ragnaros in the Blackrock Depths alongside the Dark Iron dwarves. The largest concentrations of the Twilight's Hammer however are located at Grim Batol and the Bastion of Twilight, within a region of the Eastern Kingdoms that is now referred to as the Twilight Highlands.

In some cases, evil but still sane individuals have been known to deliberately turn to worship of the Old Gods out of spite, when they feel that other, more mainstream powers have mistreated them. Anarchists also sometimes fall to worship of the Old Gods out of a desire to destroy the world; some believe a new, better existence will rise up in the wake of the destruction. In either case, these individuals are deluded or misinformed and any who do manage to make even the barest real contact with the Old Gods go hopelessly and irrevocably insane.

C'Thun created avatars from the silithid in its own image during ages long past. These avatars, known as the qiraji, represent dark and powerful mockeries of life and have served as the Old God's heralds for millenia. Likewise, Yogg-Saron and N'Zoth are closely associated with the entities known only as Faceless Ones, which appear to function as heralds and avatars to these Old Gods as well.

Queen Azshara and the bulk of her Highborne seem to have fallen to, or have struck a pact with, the power of an Old God and have since become the monstrous, serpent-like naga. The naga have been seen in the presence of Faceless Ones in regions as Vashj'ir, suggesting that the darkest fears about the change which has overcome Azshara and many of the Highborne hold true.