Talk:Dark Portal
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World Event
I don't think it's a world event. The history page on Blizzard's site says Kazzak opened it. -Burnstuff —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Burnstuff (talk · contr).
- By what I can remember, the opening of the dark portal in the expansion was supposed to be a world event having quite a bit to do with warlocks and rituals, however later on one CM (forget who) said Blizz didn't want a world event to rely so heavily on one class so they scrapped it. This was on the old forums and before the alpha tests, probably when they were still internally messing with it. Lorewise now, Kazzak finds some artifact and re-opens the Dark Portal, so it will be open on launch. -Edman —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Edman7425 (talk · contr).
Disambiguation
This article has a lot of info that belongs under Stair of Destiny, which is the Dark Portal's counterpart in Outland. ---- 
Varghedin talk / contribs 10:07, 23 January 2007 (EST)
Statues
What are the hooded statues on the edges of the dark portal? --IbbertTheGnome 02:48, 21 May 2007 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by IbbertTheGnome (talk · contr).
- I still say they hinted it was Ner'zhul in TFT, but Rise of the Horde retconned it into nobody. It says they are "cowled figures".RotH 339--SWM2448 00:21, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
- I've got, like, maybe 2 ideas about this. One's that maybe the lads on both sides are warlocks, explained to be robed and cowled. Also, it is possible that they're death knights, because they loot bulky. I think it's one of the two. Cheers! Malfurion Stormrage (talk) 2:46, 14 October 2009
- The portal was constructed on both sides long before the first generation of Death Knights, so if your theory was correct they would be warlocks. Andreioplst (talk) 10:27, October 14, 2009 (UTC)
- I've got, like, maybe 2 ideas about this. One's that maybe the lads on both sides are warlocks, explained to be robed and cowled. Also, it is possible that they're death knights, because they loot bulky. I think it's one of the two. Cheers! Malfurion Stormrage (talk) 2:46, 14 October 2009
Latest WoW patch
Would it be worth mentioning in the sections on closest flight paths that mages can now portal to these places? -leelad —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Leelad (talk · contr).
The Opening
I recall reading in the original manual (I can't remember if it's WC1 or 2) that the portal started out as a tiny, tiny tear in the dimensions, and through intense channeling Gul'dan and Medivh were able to slowly stretch it, until it was large enough for a single orc to enter, and eventually wide enough for 3 orcs shoulder to shoulder, and eventually it reached its current size. This was later retconned to the instant opening of the gigantic, already-built portal (who knew the Last Guardian was also a mason?) with legions of orc soldiers waiting to cross through on the other side. I'd edit the article myself but I can't seem to find my old manual to quote and appropriately cite it. Could someone confirm this, or correct me if I got any details wrong? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Monuke (talk · contr).
- In the Warcraft 1 manual it says that the warlocks began experimenting with the rift to make it larger. In the Warcraft 2 manual it says with somewhat more detail, but neither mentions of Medivh working with the warlocks. This is what says on the Wowwiki page about the 2 manuals. Andreioplst (talk) 12:04, October 7, 2009 (UTC)
