Lore of Warcraft: The Flight to Kalimdor

After the fall of Durneholde Keep, the young warrior-shaman named Thrall faced an uncertain future.  The orcs were free from the human internment camps, and the Fel withdrawal that so sapped their spirits was abated by their newly rediscovered spirituality and reverence for the forces of nature.  But their legendary warchief, Orgrim Doomhammer, had been slain in the struggle, leaving the young and idealistic Thrall to take up his mantle.


Now, even with their hard won freedom, the orcs still remained in a hostile land.  How long could they survive a renewed assault by the armies of Lordaeron and their allies?  What place could his people possibly call home in this world?  These were questions that plagued the young warchief, and while he had the respect and unflinching loyalty of the orcs he freed, they were questions he had yet to answer. 



One night, in a fitful sleep, Thrall was given a vision.  A mystic voice, ancient beyond imagining, and just as wise, issued him this warning:




      
This warning was not just a vision, it was a prophesy.  It was what would indeed come to pass, if Thrall failed to lead his people to a better future, choosing instead to allow the Horde to simply renew the cycle of hatred once again.  

It was this vision that prompted Thrall to gather what clans would follow him and leave the lands of Lordaeron.  A great and terrible threat was coming, and the mysterious prophet, though seemingly human and unknown to the warchief, radiated immense power.  Thrall had learned long ago to heed the voice of the spirits, and to follow their wisdom.  This in turn made him wise, for the spirit of the dream was the spirit of Medivh himself, the Last Guardian of Tiristfal.  It was through him that Thrall learned of the forgotten lands of Kalimdor, and that their best hope lie beyond the billowing Maelstrom of the Great Sea!  It would be this journey that would establish the Horde we know of today!

Now, in the face of the coming Cataclysm, it seems this wisdom is still as relevant as ever!

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