The Tomb of Sargeras (WC2)
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| Conflict: Second War, Tides of Darkness | |||
| Place: Tomb of Sargeras | |||
| Outcome: Blackrock Clan victory | |||
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The Tomb of Sargeras was a conflict that took place during the Second War, though it was not a battle between the Alliance of Lordaeron and the Horde, but a battle within the Horde itself.
Briefing
The Northlands have fallen, and now only the western regions of Lordaeron stand defiant before the ultimate supremacy of the Horde. As the Orc clans prepare for their final, massive campaign against the weakening Alliance, the War Chief sends you ill tidings. . . Gul'dan and his Stormreaver clan have betrayed the Horde and coerced the Twilight's Hammer clan to set sail and search for an ancient tomb said to be buried beneath the waves. An infiltrator under the direction of Doomhammer reports that Gul'dan has indeed raised volcanic islands from the ocean floor and thus has opened a hidden vault. While it is unknown what the great Warlock has released from this tomb, the War Chief has issued this command - Destroy the renegade clans and return with the head of Gul'dan.
Overview
The battle was the result of the treachery of the Warlock Gul'dan, Chieftain of the Stormreaver Clan and former leader of the then-defunct Shadow Council. Having discovered the location of the legendary Tomb of Sargeras, which was the reason for him to create the Dark Portal in the first place, Gul'dan assembled the forces loyal to him, both the Stormreaver Clan and the Twilight's Hammer Clan which was leaded by his apprentice Cho'gall the Ogre-Mage, and led them towards the Great Sea. Gul'dan cared little for the result of the Second War and sought only to find the tomb and take the power of Sargeras for himself.
With the massive loss of forces, Orgrim Doomhammer was forced to postpone the assault on Lordaeron's Capital City to deal with the traitors and sent a large contingent of the Blackrock Clan to slaughter Gul'dan and everyone of his followers.
After arriving to the Broken Isles, Gul'dan raised the Tomb from the floor of the ocean and entered it, taking with him a small group of his disciples, while his warriors remained outside. Inside the tomb, Gul'dan found not the power to become a living god, but death in the hands and claws of the mad demons locked within the halls of Sargeras's final resting place.
Meanwhile, the forces of the Stormreaver and Twilight's Hammer Clans engaged the attacking forces of the Blackrock Clan, which resulted victorious despite the larger numbers of the treacherous clans. Only a few Warlocks and Necrolytes of the Stormreaver Clan, such as Drak'thul, survived. Even Cho'gall was killed by the forces loyal to Doomhammer
Consequences
- The Horde was left divided and weakened, thus preparing the way for the victory of the Alliance over the Horde.
- Gul'dan was killed, though his Skull retained all the massive power once held by the Warlock, thus becoming an amulet of unparalleled power. The Skull was apparently taken by one of the surviving Blackrock warriors and found its way to Draenor and to the hands of a Captain of the Bonechewer Clan, who ignored the power of the Skull and wore it simply as a sign of his power.
- The corpses of the fallen Horde warriors were raised by the magics emanating from the Tomb. The undead skeletal orcs began to recreate the battle in which they fell; until Maiev Shadowsong came and wiped out the entire host of undead warriors.
- Drak'thul becomes a hermit.
- The few surviving Warlocks, Necrolytes scatter and, some hide in the Broken Isles while others reach the shores of Kalimdor. It is possible some of these survivors joined the new Shadow Council.
