Theramore Isle

The plan she devised was audacious even by dragon standards.

King Varian was scheduled to travel to Theramore to meet with Jaina Proudmoore and discuss mutual concerns regarding the growing Horde presence in Kalimdor.

The voyage would take him across dangerous waters, territory where pirates and other threats were common.

If something were to happen to him during this journey, well, tragic accidents occurred all the time in such circumstances.

They did not question why their mysterious patron wanted Varian alive rather than dead, nor did they suspect the true purpose behind their mission.

The ambush was executed perfectly.

defias forces strengthened by magical weapons and intelligence onyxia had provided attacked varian's ship as it sailed near alkaz island off the coast of dustwallow marsh the king's guards fought bravely but were overwhelmed by the coordinated assault Varian himself was subdued and taken captive, spirited away to the island, while his ship was allowed to continue toward Theramore.

The crew, those who survived, reported that the king had been lost in the battle, presumably killed by the Defias attackers.

actually right but but these guys are darker blue these guys that's

fair i mean you could be some crazy colors of blue and stuff like um but just like i'm like yeah it's a high board like they're blue that's kind of just like what they are like sure they're high elves that are like the go on to be the the the quell philon or the quell dora that we would know and they're got like white skin but that's because of the sun well and stuff like that if not it may be blue too look at the look at the night uh the nightborn look at the look at the night elves they're pretty much all kind of shades of blue for the most part um but yes we ended up discussing uh just kind of some of the major foundational pieces of warcraft 3 like uh thrall and grommash and talked about uh And setting up Theramore and fighting her dad and all those major plot points that really kind of get you back set in the stage where we're going to be for a while forever, at least in science, in terms of some of the stories that they're going to be continuing to build off of.

and then yeah talked about uh dire maul how there's a big civil war this dude named the shendar takes his people off the the coast of uh kalimdor into the veiled sea and then eventually they meet up with some elemental spirits who are like we'll let you hide out in this elemental plane called skywall we do a whole quest line for the starting zone of that and uh Yeah, and then there's some big climactic battle where it's like, hey, we're going to reveal this location, the Zephyrus Isle, that was apparently hidden away from Alakir and his servants, even though it's his domain, I guess.

And now Alakir and his servants know about the location of the Zephyrus Isle, which is why they need help from the people of Azeroth and what is kind of setting up their... what seems to be their major story going into WoW Forever.

Now it had to sustain homes, families, and trade.

Farther to the south, Jaina's survivors founded Theramore off the coast of Duskwall of Mars.

She and Thrall tried to preserve their cooperation... until her father arrived.

It's too late.

He came to Kalimdor searching for Jaina, found her dealing peacefully with the people he considered murderers.

Her experience at Hyjal outweighed what he remembered of Stormwind and Lordaeron, though.

Daelin seized control of Theramore and attacked the New Horde.

Thrall's people saw human soldiers threatening the homes they had barely finished building.

she owed a debt to the goblin cartel that ran the port so her father handed over his old enchanted gem the one he had made to cheat in his exams to pay it having to admit where it came from in front of the other mages who already knew all about it He advised her, when she sold it, to leave out the part about it only working half the time.

And then came Theramore, a blue dragon named Calicos, who had become the new aspect of the blue dragonflight, came to Dalaran looking for a stolen artifact called the Focusing Iris, and Ronan sent him to Jaina Proudmoore, who by then ruled the island city of Theramore in the south.

Soon they learned what the new Warchief of the Horde, Garrosh Hellscream, intended, to conquer the whole of Kalimdor, beginning with a brutal attack on Theramore.

Jaina came to Dalaran and asked the Council of Six for help.

Ronan did not want to drag the neutral Kirin Tor into a war between the factions.

But the Council debated it, and in the end, it was Aethas Sunreaver, the Blood Elf, who cast the deciding vote in Theramore's favor.

To do nothing, he reasoned, would be to quietly support the Horde's conquests.

So the Kirin Tor sent Ronan and a company of Magiches to help defend the city.

Of all the leaders at that table, Lorthimar seemed the most tolerant of Garrosh, and Garrosh in turn came to respect him.

Sylvanas tried again and again to catch the regent's eye and win his support against the warchief's plans to attack Theramore.

She believed the Forsaken and the Blood Elves would suffer most from any Alliance retaliation, but Lor'themar ignored her repeatedly as if she were not there.

Afterward, Garrosh summoned him to a private audience and thanked him for his loyalty.

No, Garrosh was merely its leader.

Garrosh watched the blood elven retinue ride out of Orgrimmar that day, and he concluded, uneasily, that Theron in particular was worth watching.

When Garrosh attacked Theramore, neither Lorthimar nor Sylvanas came in person.

Instead, Lorthimar and Hulduron sent a blood knight named Kelantir Bloodblade with two ships of blood elven warriors.

Friend Bane, he called him, and asked after the news from Mulgore, and chattered about how excited he was to be visiting the Horde for the first time.

When Garrosh laid out his plan to drive the Alliance off Kalimdor altogether, starting with the human city of Theramore, some of the Horde's leaders were quietly appalled.

Gallywix saw value in it.

Financial value, naturally.

Garrosh, bewildered, drew the line at patting him on the top hat.

There is a small irony tucked in here.

Before the attack on Theramore, while Gallywix was one of Garrosh's more vocal supporters in public, he had also been trying to broker a peace between the Horde and the Alliance.

War was good business, so sometimes was peace.