Story Summaries
-The Death March
-Talon of Norgannon
-What We Call Justice
-It's Not You, It's the Jungle
-I'm Literally Dying
-Cutting Teeth
-The Twisted Crown
-Last Fight Under the Burning Sun
-The Friend of My Enemy
-The Raptors of Stranglethorn
-Ashen Wake
-A Problem with Gnolls
-Something Like Justice
-What Really Matters in Negotiations
-Heroes of Old;Heroes of Today
Previous Stories
The Ardent Circle, being a heavy RP guild, focuses its time and energy into a wide variety of stories, ranging from simple one off events, to six and nine month campaigns. There's very few sorts of stories and adventures that we'll shy away from, so take heart in knowing that if you seek to join the Circle, there will never be any shortage of journeys to embark upon.
Gathered here are the synopses of previous, current, and upcoming storylines. The records of these great adventures, struggles, defeats, and triumphs, can all be considered IC knowledge for any character that has done their research, but why count it as previous knowledge when you could hear about it first hand, from an actual member in character?
-2019 Campaigns Coming Soon
Upcoming
Stories
Color Code
Blue Colored text represents events taking place on Azeroth.
Green colored text represents events taking place on Argus, Draenor, and the Outlands.
Red colored text represents events relevant to the vile, savage Horde.
Keep in mind that not all events detailed on this timeline may be canonically recognized or known by characters. This timeline serves as a unified reference sheet so that we don't all rip our hair out trying to juggle timelines.
Accuracy and canon
The timeline below is tailored to fit our guild canon, but tries as best as possible to abide by the existing lore. Some player histories and events may have been entirely flubbed, using the "Rule of Cool", but are still made to fit as best as they can.
This is not a WoW history timeline, but rather one with relevant information to our story. Expect there to be omissions.
Year 34 : The Fourth War Resumes
-Eric Donnerson, Seryn Grimzpyre, Voldi Ironarm, Wrenna Boh, Saliszar Gaelthorn, Kalilla Thurmond, Fearinal Selnathrian, Kaura Amberspark, Pensife Puretrigger, Rygwyn Spellbinder, Chaniste Skyguard, Allie Sweetsong, and Tuuroto the Starseer join the Ardent Circle.
-The Forsaken dispatch the "Indomitable" to the southern coasts of the Eastern Kingdoms.
-The Ardent Circle calls for the presence of allies at a small council meeting to address the contentious issue of the Forsaken's increased presence.
-The tenuous peace between Horde and Alliance fractures as the Horde deal a savage first strike against the Alliance, reigniting the world spanning conflict between the factions.
-The Horde launches an offensive into Stranglethorn Vale, threatening the balance of power in the region.
-The Ardent Circle gathers allies in an effort to hold back the enemy.
-Barex Tirassor joins the Ardent Circle.
-Teldrassil is burned down by the Horde after their invasion of Ashenvale, and then western Kalimdor.
-The Ardent Circle is restructured, and an Upper Council is created.
-Centori Dellanir, Carter Vanforth, Voldi Ironarm, Hal'sonas Windreaver, and Finnigan Wyman are the first Councilors elected.
-The Ardent Circle struggles against the sudden, and increasing presence of the Horde in the south. An all out war takes hold in the jungles, resulting in the ultimate siege and near destruction of Seastone Keep, the death of Carter Vanforth, and then the eventual defeat of the Horde's army, and the securing of the South, for the Alliance.
-Carter Vanforth is killed during the Siege of Seastone.
-Voldi Ironarm goes missing in action.
-Halstead Murenee, and Kanas Renard are elected to the Upper Council after the death of Carter, and the vanishing of Voldi Ironarm.
Year 33 : The Legion's End
-The Chivalric Order of Wrynn's Hospitallers reforms into the Ardent Circle.
-Forming a council of Knights, some members of the Hospitallers seek to liberate themselves from the corrupt and oppressive overreach of the nobility that are interfering with their duties, and establish themselves as an independent fellowship, which gains the blessing the crown, surpassing the nobility oppressive control.
-The Circle secures the charter and right to settle at Seastone Keep, in Stranglethorn, so long as they act in the interest and defense of the Alliance.
-Cellesta Echosong and Finnigan Wyman join the Ardent Circle.
-The Ardent Circle return to Redridge to address unrest in the region following the sentencing and execution of a criminal some months prior, which has sparked work troubles at a local quarry, where the executed served as Foreman.
-The riots resulted in the death of several civilians, and the Circle is tasked with bringing the now-outlaws to justice.
-Finnigan Wyman is discharged from the Alliance Navy.
-The Ardent Circle defeats Krath'ul at great cost, and returns to Seastone Keep.
-Olivier Ironheart, Bethil Berkerstone, Tabberny Welch, Booker Felt, and a dozen of the Circle's finest die at the hands of Krath'ul.
-Olivier Ironheart is later resurrected.
-Fletcher Alterson formally joins the Ardent Circle.
-Khadgar, Velen, and Illidan Stormrage lead the heroes of Azeroth to Argus, reuniting with Alleria Windrunner, General (now High Exarch) Turalyon, and the Army of the Light.
-The Dark Titan, Sargeras, grievously wounds the world of Azeroth, plunging his blade into the southern portion of the continent of Kalimdor.
-The Burning Legion is defeated following the war on Argus, and the heroes of Azeroth return home.
-Turalyon and Alleria return to the Alliance.
-The Highmountain Tuaren, and the Nightborne, Join the Horde.
-The Void Elves are exiled from Quel'thalas, and join the Lightforged Draenei in formally committing to the Alliance.
-Kaura Amberspark takes a leave of absence from the Kirin Tor.
-The Forsaken dredge up the Second War galleon "Indomitable" from the bottom of the seas; they ward the vessel, and refit it with new armaments, transforming it into a formidable warship.
-Walter Vanforth and Tiara Roiyaru are married.
-Karidak and Centori Dellanir, Rumaat the Stone, Rosemary Glasford, Dighton Davenwell, Aredin Hamilton, Terimas Manning, and Feltharanas Couruban join the Ardent Circle.
-Hal'sonas Windreaver joins the Ardent Circle, and his company, the Baradin Compass, merges into the order beside him.
-Vanderlease Wayhill's ship is attacked by the Forsaken, and a ghost ship under their control, which renders her and her crew helpless.
-Peyton Hallowmar strikes a bargain with the ghostly crew of the Gilnean ship, freeing them from their curse, and foiling a plot being laid by the Forsaken.
-Centori Dellanir engages in diplomatic operations in Booty Bay to secure formal, open ties with Vanderlease and her crew.
-Vanderlease Wayhill, out of respect for the Circle's efforts to liberate her crew, and as a result of Centori's negotiations, agrees to maintain open communications with the Circle.
Year 32 : The Legion's Return
-The Alliance and Horde return to Azeroth, where Gul'dan has re-opened the Tomb of Sargeras.
-The Burning Legion invades Azeroth, again..
-The Alliance and Horde mount a futile, joint offensive onto the Broken Shore, in which High King Varian Wrynn, and Voljin, Warchief of the Horde, are both slain. Anduin Wrynn and Sylvanas Windrunner become the rulers of their respective factions. Both factions are crippled during the costly assault, and retreat.
-Aredin Hamilton survives the battle of the Broken Shore before joining the push to liberate Suramar, and later joins the Westridge Brigade, and then the Ardent Circle.
-The Chivalric order called Wrynn's Hospitallers are formed in an effort to safeguard the Alliance against its enemies.
-Carter Vanforth, Olivier Ironheart, Walter Vanforth, Lane Williams, Claire Cromwell, Skiaa Flamestrike, Michael Omegaru, and Lothar Terenal are some of the founding members.
-Seryn Grimzpyre returns from her self-imposed exile.
-Hal'sonas Windreaver and Feltharanas Couruban fight side by side to liberate Suramar.
-Karidak Dellanir's second child, Mari, is slain during one of the Legion's incursions.
-The Horde and Alliance conflict reignites as tensions from the Broken Shore boil over.
-The Kirin Tor vote to allow the Horde back into Dalaran, and into its ranks once more.
-Archmage Khadgar returns to the Kirin Tor as its leader when Jaina Proudmoore abandons the Order after it swears its neutrality again.
-Various independent organizations rally in place of the factions, and wage an all out war against the Burning Legion.
-Voldi Ironarm, outraged at the Ebon Blades desperate acts during the war, abandons and deserts the order.
-Wrynn's Hospitallers ally with the Order of Aetlas, and begin the hunt for Krath'ul, one of the Nathrezim.
-Halstead Murenee and Dathon join Wrynn's Hospitallers.
-Wrynn's Hospitallers pursue a criminal investigation in the Redridge Mountains following the assault and murder of a young woman, and the execution of her alleged killer.
-The Hospitallers uncover that the wrong man was hanged for the crime, and dispense proper justice, bringing the real culprit into custody, and seeing to his sentencing.
-The independent organizations lead an all out assault on the Broken Shore.
-The Armies of Legionfall storm the Tomb of Sargeras, which leads to their journey to Argus.
-Illidan Stormrage opens a rift between Azeroth, and the Legion's home world.
Guild Canon Timeline
Year 31 (cont.): The Iron Tide
-The Dark Portal is connected to that of the Alternate Draenor.
-Garrosh Hellscream's Iron Horde storms through and into Azeroth.
-Both the Horde and the Alliance respond in force, and drive back the savage invaders.
-The Horde and the Alliance, under the leadership of Archmage Khadgar, storm the Dark Portal, and wage war against the Iron Horde on the Alternate Draenor.
-Gul'dan escapes captivity under the Iron Horde, and begins to rally support in favor of the Legion.
-Aredin Hamilton joins the Delta Marnies as an undercover operative before withdrawing, and linking back up with other SI:7 Operative on Draenor.
-Centori Dellanir leads an elite force of soldiers on Draenor under the command of a powerful Lord, but they're scattered, and take several months to regroup.
-The Alliance and Horde cripple the Iron Horde, only to have it fall entirely into the hands of the Burning Legion.
-Both factions lead an assault on the Iron Horde's final stronghold in Tanaan Jungle, and defeat the demons leading the fel infused army, slaying Archimonde once more, but fail to slay Gul'dan, who escape to Azeroth.
-Centori and Karidak Dellanir join into the Oathsworn, serving beside Olivier's mother.
--------------------------------------------------------------
Year -4: Alternate Timeline
-Garrosh Hellscream, in an alternate version of Draenor, stops the Horde from subjecting itself to the authority of the Legion, and pushes them instead to commit even worse massacres and atrocities, but of their own volition. The Iron Horde is formed, and they wage a bloody genocide against the Draenei, and even their own dissident kin.
--------------------------------------------------------------
Year 31: The Fourth War Ends
-Finnigan Wyman breaks free from the internment camp.
-Garrosh Hellscream is defeated, and deposed as Warchief of the Horde; he is replaced by Vol'jin, of the Darkspear.
-a tentative peace is secured between the Horde and the Alliance.
-Carter Vanforth, furious at the Alliance's decision to not eliminate the Horde once and for all, considers abandoning the faction, and contemplates isolation, or open revolt against the Crown.
-The tentative peace between the Horde and Alliance persists as both factions recover from the costly war.
-the Alliance is the only superpower left standing.
-The Horde is near crippled, and struggles to stabilize itself.
-Garrosh Hellscream is put on trial, but escapes with the aid of the Bronze dragonflight.
-Carter and Walter Vanforth pay formal respects to Abigail vanforth (Walter's mother), and Carter is convinced to stay and safeguard the home front, instead of seeking solitude or revolution.
-Eric Donnerson is taken in by a Wolf Cult, and learns to control his rage over the next two years.
-Olivier's Mother, Otulissa Skyheart, joins the Oathsworn, a unified, cross faction force working to protect Azeroth from all manner of threats.
-Centori Starstriker and Karidak Dellanir are married.
Year 30: The Fourth War
-Alliance and Horde forces are shipwrecked on Pandaria, expanding the conflict to new territories.
-Seryn Grimzpyre, while assisting the Alliance forces in Pandaria, deserts her post for a self-imposed exile to grapple with herself for better control.
-The Horde and Alliance forces arrive en masse to Pandaria, storming the shores the Krasarang Wild.
-Aredin Hamilton is dispatched to Pandaria to push back the Horde's advance; he takes part in Operation Shieldwall, and later joins the Alliance forces during the Siege of Orgrimmar.
-Dominance Point and Lion's Landing are established, and the conflict escalates all across Pandaria.
-Peyton Hallowmar is promoted, and leads a small squad in the jungles of Krasarang.
-Peyton Hallowmar is soon after discharged for 'classified' reasons.
-Finnigan Wyman is taken prison, and interned in the Horde's PoW camps.
-Warchief Garrosh Hellscreams continues to push the Horde to more extreme forms of depravity, brutalizing those who do not fall in line, and begins ordering the massacring of civilian populations.
-The Sindorei, also known as Blood Elves, begin secret talks with the Alliance to defect from the Horde, and return to their rightful allies.
-The Zandalari resurrect the Mogu ruler, The Thunder King.
-The Horde betrays the Kirin Tor's neutrality, again, and launches an assault on Darnassus through Dalaran.
-Jaina Proudmoore, recently named Leader of the Kirin Tor, declares the mages' allegiance to the Alliance, and purges the Horde , and the Sindorei, from Dalaran.
-Hal'sonas Windreaver and Feltharanas Couruban both participate in the purge.
-The purge in Dalaran cripples negotiations between the Alliance, and the Blood Elves, driving them back to the savage Horde.
-Jaina Proudmoore's Kirin Tor Offensive, and the Sindorei's Sunreaver Onslaught, clash as they both drive back the forces of the Thunder King.
The conflict between their forces is called to a truce for the sake of the resolution of the conflict against the Thunder King, and an agreement to stand against Garrosh, together, is formed.
-The Thunder King is slain.
-Garrosh Hellscream is finally openly opposed by the Horde, marking the beginning of the Darkspear Rebellion.
-The Tauren, Trolls, Forsaken, Blood Elves, and some Orcs commit to open rebellion, but suffer crippling casualties.
-The Alliance takes advantage of the chaos in the Horde's ranks, and leads an all out assault on Orgrimmar, laying siege to the City with the support of the Darkspear Rebellion's forces.
Year 29: Deathwing's Fall
-Deathwing is slain, and the Dragon Aspects lose their powers.
-The Alliance and Horde conflict continues to escalate.
-Garrosh Hellscream, Warchief of the Horde, uses weapons of mass destruction to erase Theramore from the map.
-The Alliance's chief military commanders, the leader of the Kirin Tor, Rhonin, and hundreds of the Alliance's best forces and their fleets are wiped out in the attack.
-The Pandaren are drawn into the folds of the Alliance and Horde conflict an airship carrying Horde prisoners crashes onto their isle.
-The prisoners revolt against the Alliance forces transporting them.
-The Pandaren find themselves divided, and seek out each respective faction.
-Eric Donnerson is bitten, and turned by the Worgen curse in Duskwood.
-Barex Tirassor adopts a worg pup, which grows up to be a fierce battle companion to the pirate.
-Warchief Garrosh Hellscream establishes a blockade around Kalimdor, seeking to strangle the Alliance's supply routes to allies on the continent.
-High King Varian Wrynn leads a naval assault and strike force to attack Orgrimmar, but is trapped in Bladefist Bay, and retreats after the Alliance Fleet is nearly destroyed.
-The Kirin Tor reaffirms its neutrality in the face of the mounting pressures of the Fourth War.
-Jaina Proudmoore is made the new leader of the Kirin Tor.
-Carter Vanforth is reunited with his son, Walter Vanforth.
Year 28: The Cataclysm
-Earthquakes and unrest drive the shamans of Azeroth to rally together, forming the Earthen Ring.
-Thrall abandons the title of Warchief, granting it to Garrosh Hellscream, and joins the Earthen Ring.
-Eric Donnerson starts a mercenary band in Redridge.
-Seryn Grimzpyre is turned as a Worgen after being afflicted with the Curse in Gilneas.
-Diminished resources drives the Horde and Alliance put tension on the Horde and Alliance.
-The Horde invades Ashenvale in order to secure vital resources, openly attacking the Night Elves.
-This open hostility ignites the Fourth War.
-Peyton Hallowmar is stationed at Tol Barad to fortify the prison against the Horde.
-Aredin Hamilton is dispatched to Kalimdor, and is stationed in the Barrens with the express purpose of pushing back Horde advances.
Azeroth is reshape, and rent open by the reemergence of Deathwing, Aspect of the Black Dragonflight.
-His return heralds doom for the world.
-Vanderlease Wayhill assumes command of her father's battleship in the wake of his death during the Cataclysm.
-the Twilight's Hammer, a cult fixated upon the coming of Twilight, and the destruction of Azeroth, reemerges and poses a critical threat to the world.
-During the Shattering, the destruction of their home, Kezan, drives the Goblins of the Bilgewater Cartel to the Horde.
-Carter Vanforth, learning of the escalation of the Fourth War, resolves to return to Azeroth and fight for the Alliance once again, if only to solve the issue of the "Horde" once and for all.
He is a firm advocate of the utter annihilation of the Horde, and their exile to the Outlands, and the sealing of the Dark Portal.
-The Cataclysm shatters the Greymane Wall.
-The Horde seek to conquer all of Kalimdor, and the Eastern Kingdoms, spreading into Alliance territories.
-The Forsaken continue to advance the genocide of humanity.
-The Forsaken erase South Shore from the map, and brutally massacre its hundreds of civilians using their plague that melts the living alive.
-The Forsaken continue to use the reanimation of the dead, and Blight, against their enemies, resulting in devastating defeats for the Alliance in Lordaeron.
-The Forsaken invade Gilneas, seeking to further their control in the region.
-an all out struggle for supremacy takes hold in Gilneas, drawing in the Alliance to support the beleaguered Gilneans .
-the Worgen are driven out of Gilneas by the Forsaken's use of Blight, and they seek refuge in the Alliance, formally joining the faction.
-Vanderlease Wayhill takes her ship and pursues a hunt of the Horde vessels in the waters near Kul Tiras, and Gilneas, though remains entirely opposed to contact with the Alliance.
-As the Worgen resettle in Stormwind and Darnassus, Halstead Murenee is found in the forests of Duskwood, and treated by the Gilneans, granting him control over his feral nature.
-He aims to return to his service to nobility, but is turned away from those he once served beside. As a result, he roams freely as an errant knight.
-The Wildhammer Dwarves formally join the Alliance, and enlist their aid in fighting to keep hold of their lands.
-The Dragonmaw Orcs, who have joined the Horde, rail against the Wildhammer Dwarves in the Highlands, seeking to drive them out, and once again subject the Red and Black dragonflights under the control of the Horde.
-The Defias Brotherhood rises again in Westfall, leading a revolt against the Alliance, and burning Sentinel Hill down to the ground.
-Barex Tirassor and Voldi Ironarm go on many adventures together throughout Azeroth, hunting down parts of Voldi's past, and his runeblades.
-The Zandalari trolls begin to reunite the Troll Empires, propping up the Amani and Gurubashi, and recalling the Frakkari and Drakkari trolls to consolidate their power.
-Both the Amani and Gurubashi are driven back, once again.
Year 27: The War Against the Lich King, and the Nexus War
-The Scourge launches a massive invasion of the world, attacking the capitals and cities of the Horde and Alliance, all across the globe.
-The factions respond by swiftly invading Northrend after driving back the initial incursions.
-King Varian Wrynn dispatches Highlord Bolvar Fordragon to lead the Valiance Expedition to the Borean Tundra.
-Warchief Thrall dispatches Garrosh Hellscream to lead the Horde's forces.
-The Alliance and Horde battle all across Northrend for control of diminished resources to use as fuel in their war against the Lich King.
-Peyton Hallowmar is deployed to the Borean Tundra to serve under Bolvar Fordragon.
-In Duskwood, Halstead Murenee is bitten, and mauled by feral worgen; he succumbs to the curse, and roams the dark woods for months.
-Aredin Hamilton is attached to the Seventh Legion as an intelligence officer, and works on assassinating high priority targets, and gathering information on Scourge troop
-Barex Tirassor meets Voldi Ironarm, and the two quickly become friends as Barex and his crew take the dwarf to Northrend.
-The Aspect of Magic and Aspect of the Blue Dragonflight, Malygos, succumbs to insanity, and wages a war against magic users across Azeroth, starting what is called The Nexus War.
-The other dragonflights forge the Wyrmrest Accord, and join forces with the mages of the Kirin Tor to battle the mad Aspect, while the Alliance, Horde, Argent Crusade, and the Knights of the Ebon Blade lead the war against the Lich King's Scourge.
-Hal'sonas Windreaver's husband is abducted, and corrupted by the Cult of the Damned; Hal'sonas is forced to kill him.
-Naxxramas is restored to worker order, and Kel'thuzad wages an aggressive campaign against the Alliance in Dragonblight, while the Vrykul in the Howling Fjord rail against the Forsaken and Horde forces.
-Both factions struggle against the presence of the Scarlet Onslaught.
-The Nexus War ends as Malygos is defeated.
-Kaura Amberspark is dispatched as a liaison of the Kirin Tor to the Argent Crusade.
-The Titan City of Ulduar becomes the next focus for the Kirin Tor as the Old God Yogg-saron awakens, and unleashes chaos within the city, turning the Titan Keepers against each other.
-Sylvanas Windrunner is deposed as Banshee Queen in a coup that drives out the ruling faction from the Undercity.
-The Horde and Alliance suffer horrific losses in an assault on Icecrown Citadel's rear entrance, Angrathar, the Wrath Gate, when the Forsaken betray the Alliance and Horde, unleashing their own blight formula.
-Aredin Hamilton loses his wife during the Horde's betrayal at the Wrath Gate.
-The leaders of the Horde and Alliance's campaigns in Northrend, Dranosh Saurfang, and Bolvar Fordragon are both slain, along with hundreds of soldiers.
-The Alliance and Horde both launch separate assaults on the Undercity, leading to a massive confrontation between the faction's leaders.
-Ultimately the Forsaken retake the Undercity, but are held wholly accountable by the other races of the Horde and Alliance.
-The Kirin Tor, without aid from the Alliance and Horde, defeat the Old God Yogg-saron in the titan city of Ulduar.
-The Horde and Alliance clash as they both lay siege to Icecrown, leading to massive conflicts in other territories, such as the Grizzly Hills, Wintergrasp, and on the Isle of Conquest.
-the Black Dragonflight launches a ruthless assault on the Wyrmrest Accord, laying waste to Ruby Dragonshrine in retaliation for their earlier assault on the Black Dragonflight's Obsidian Sanctum, in an effort to eliminate corrupted, Twilight Dragon eggs.
-The Argent Crusade, under the Leadership of Tirion Fordring, hosts a tournament.
-Intending to mend broken ties between the warring factions, the Tournament results in the formation of the Ashen Verdict, a massive coalition force comprised of the Horde, Alliance, Argent Crusade, Knights of the Ebon Blade, and the Kirin Tor.
-Aredin Hamilton joins the forces gathering in Icecrown.
-This massive army marches on Icecrown Citadel, and deposes Arthas as Lich King of the Scourge.
-Highlord Bolvar Fordragon, resurrected by Dragon fire, becomes the new Lich King.
-The Horde and Alliance forces continue to clash, escalating the conflict between them.
-Kaura Amberspark acquires her cloak.
Year 26: Return to the Outlands
-The Draenei, having been receiving aid from the Night Elves, formally agree to join into the Alliance.
-The Blood Elves struggle between internally as various factions inside the Kingdom squabble about whether to follow Kael'thas's darker ways, or Regent Lord Lorthemar Theron's more steady course.
-In an effort to lure the Alliance and Horde to the Outlands to depose Illidan Stormrage, the Burning Legion reopens the Dark Portal, and invades Azeroth. Their invasion is rebuffed by the defenders of Azeroth, under unified forces, led by the Argent Dawn.
-Aredin Hamilton is dispatched to the Outlands to collect information on High Priority targets, which he delivers to the heroes of the Alliance Vanguard.
-The Blood Elves side with the Horde, and Regent Lord Lorthemar Theron, and openly oppose Kael'thas.
-Voren'thal the Seer, under the command of Kael'thas, leads a large contingent of Blood Elven forces in an assault on Shattrath, only to surrender to the Naaru, forming The Scryers, and devoting his forces to defeating the Burning Legion.
-The Alliance and Horde invade the Outlands, establishing Thrallmar for the Horde, and reestablishing Honor Hold for the Alliance.
-Carter Vanforth, Peyton Hallow, and all of the Sons of Lothar are re-united with forces from Azeroth, whom they never imagined they'd see again.
-The Alliance and Horde fight against the forces of Illidan Stormrage, Kael'thas, and Lady Vashj, all across the Outlands.
-The Draenei, forming the Aldor, and the Scryers, unite under the Naaru to wage war against the forces of Illidan Stormrage and Prince Kael'thas.
-Illidan Stormrage and his demon hunters stage an assault on the Dreadlord's homeworld, Nathreza, and steal a precious disc which possessed the knowledge to travel to Argus, the homeworld of the Burning Legion.
-At the Black Temple, the Tempest Keep, and the Coilfang Reservoir, Illidan Stormrage, Kael'thas, and Lady Vashj, meet their fates at the hands of the coalitions arrayed against them.
-Carter Vanforth finally learns of the recent happenings on Azeroth, and is distraught at the news of his wife's death, and furious at the realization of the Alliance forming pacts and peace treaties with the Horde. He refuses to return to Azeroth.
-Voldi Ironarm is appointed to create armaments for the Knights of Acherus.
-The Amani and Gurubashi trolls lash out at the forces of the Horde and Alliance on Azeroth, prompting a swift response, and leading to the defeat of both empires.
-Prince Kael'thas is resurrected, and retakes the Isle of Quel'danas, in Quel'thalas.
-directing the remnants of his forces to use the Sunwell to allow Kil'jaeden entry into Azeroth, he forges a force called the Dawnblade.
-The Alliance and Horde support the Shattered Sun Offensive (a combination of the Scryers and Aldor) as they wage war against Kil'jaeden's forces, and defeat him.
-The Sunwell is purified.
-The Isle of Quel'danas is returned to the Sin'dorei, with a neutrality clause that permits the Alliance's Quel'dorei to return with unrestricted visitation rights as Pilgrims.
-Peyton Hallowmar returns to Azeroth from the Outlands, only to find her homeland destroyed by the Scourge, and now occupied by the Forsaken.
-She deploys to the Arathi Highlands in an effort to take back her homeland.
-Forces of the Scourge begin reappearing in force, attacking Alliance and Horde settlements.
-The remains of Kel'thuzad are secreted away to Northrend.
-The Lich King sends the Knights of Acherus to wipe away the last of the Scarlet Crusade, and erase the Knights of the Silver Hand, and the Argent Dawn, from existence.
-This suicide mission results in the defection of the Knights of Acherus and their reformation into the Knights of the ebon Blade, the return of Tirion Fordring, and the merging of the Silver Hand and the Argent Dawn into the Argent Crusade.
-Voldi Ironarm is freed of the Lichking's will, and sets out to destroy the weapons he had spent the past years forging in service to the Scourge.
-The Worgen curse spreads into Gilneas from Shadowfang Keep, and its people are turned into the feral and savage Worgen.
-King Varian Wrynn returns to Stormwind from his captivity, and reveals the true identity of Katrina Preston (aide to Regent Lord Bolvar Fordragon) as Onyxia, the black dragon, and daughter of Deathwing.
-Varian resumes his place as rightful King of Stormwind after hunting the dragon alongside Alliance adventurers, and slaying her.
Year 25: A New World
-The Gnomes are granted refuge in Ironforge after a coup leaves the city, and most of its population, irradiated, leaving to the near extinction of the gnomes.
-King Varian Wrynn of Stormwind is captured by the Defias Brotherhood.
-Aredin Hamilton is dispatched to the ruins of Lordaeron to infiltrate the Cult of the Damned.
-The Night Elves join into the Alliance, alongside the Dwarves, Gnomes, and Humans.
-The Horde cements itself as a rival to the Alliance, drawing strength from the Trolls, Orcs, Tauren, and Undead.
-The Qiraji are stirred by C'thuun, and swarm beyond the walls of Ahn'qiraj, leading to a join response from the Horde and the Alliance.
-High Overlord Saurfang leads the Might of Kalimdor, consisting of the Alliance and Horde's finest, in defeating the Qiraji, and slaying C'thuun.
-Regent Lord Bolvar Fordragon, in the absence of King Varian Wrynn, personally leads an assault on the Scourge's citadel of Naxxramas, in the eastern Plaguelands, with support from the Horde, and the Argent Dawn.
-Halstead Murenee is knighted.
-He spends time fighting in the Burning Steppes, serving under Morgan's Militia, and gains experience hunting black dragons.
-The Lich King continues to expand his ranks, and begins to recruit the Vrykul into the Scourge, expanding his control across Northrend.
-The Lich King and his Cult of the Damned continue to raise powerful heroes as Death Knights.
-The Alliance leads a massive assault on Blackrock Mountain, with minimal help from Stormwind due to the interference of Katrina Prestor, advisor to Regent Lord Bolvar Fordragon.
-Halstead Murenee joins the sparse human forces that deploy, and assists in assaulting Blackrock Mountain.
-He is captured, and help prisoner for several weeks.
-The Horde leads an assault on the upper blackrock spire, slaying Nefarian, the child of Deathwing.
-Illidan Stormrage's forces, and the Orcish Horde in the Outlands, chase the native Draenei to the brink of extinction.
-Prince Kael'thas' forces capture the Tempest Keep, a Naaru satellite station in the Outlands.
-The Draenei, led by the Prohpet Velen, stage an attack on the Tempest Keep, and steal away from the outlands aboard the Exodar, one of the vessels in the satellite station.
-The Blood Elves sabotage the ship, forcing it to crash on Azeroth.
-Archmage Khadgar, leader of the Alliance Expedition in the Outlands, calls out to the Naaru, summoning them the Outlands.
-Regent Lord Lorthemar Theron, ruling in place of Kael'thas, has guided the Blood Elves in rebuilding their ruined homeland, Quel'thalas. They join into the Horde, with support from Sylvanas Windrunner, and her Forsaken.
-Kael'thas Sunstrider strikes a pact with Kil'jaeden, abandoned Illidan Stormrage, and pledging his people in secret to the BUrning legion.
-Sylvanas Windrunner, her Forsaken, The Scourge, and Alliance adventurers drive the Scarlet Crusade to the brink of extinction.
-many of the survivors flee to Northrend, and Eastern Lordaeron.
Year 24: The Flood and Drought
-A sorcerer, not abiding by standard portal laws, drains Lake Everstill in Redridge, and floods Ironforge, causing a massive, international crisis.
-Abigail Vanforth, Walter Vanforth's mother, passes away from sickness.
-Kaura Amberspark completes her apprenticeship as a magi.
-Barex Tirassor transforms his pirate crew into a security company, and offers security and transportation for high profile nobility, and other wealth persons.
Year 22: The Frozen Throne
-The surviving Blood Elves ally with the Naga, under the command of Illidan Stormrage and Lady Vashj, and struggle to aid the human survivors in Lordaeron against the Scourge.
-Sylvanas Windrunner leads a revolt against Arthas, and breaks the Lich King's control over many of the scourge in Lordaeron.
-Sylvanas creates a brand new faction called the Forsaken.
-Illidan, Kael, and Vashj's forces battle against Arthas in a battle to stop Arthas Menethil from his efforts to join the Lich King.
-they fail, and flee to the Outlands.
-Arthas Menethil merges with the Lich King.
-The Forsaken formally join into Thrall's Horde.
Year 21: The Battle of Mount Hyjal
-Thrall's Horde, and the forces under Jaina Proudmoore rally beside the Kaldorei of Kalimdor, and defeat the Burning Legion at the battle of Mount Hyjal, resulting in the death of Archimonde.
-Vanderlease Wayhill is dispatched to Kalimdor to begin hunting the remnants of the Orcish Horde, and to locate Jaina Proudmoore, alongside the Kul Tiran fleet.
-With the death of Daelin Proudmoore, Vanderlease Wayhill returns to Kul Tiras, and the island nation cuts off ties with the Alliance.
-Vanderlease Wayhill returns to service within the Kul Tiran navy, maintaining her practices and duties as a Paladin, but independent of the Order of the Silver Hand.
-Hal'sonas Windreaver leaves Theramore to joins the Silver Covenant in Dalaran.
-He marries Alandil Thal'anor, a close childhood friend.
-The Horde begin construction on Orgrimmar.
Year 20: The Third War
-Thrall liberates the Orcs from the internment camps, and flees west, across the sea, to Kalimdor.
-The Northgate Rebellion breaks out in Gilneas.
-Voldi Ironarm travels with the explorer's League to Northrend in search of the runeblade Frostmourne, assisted and accompanied by his daughter, son in law, and grandson.
-Walter Vanforth joins the Stormwind army, and is later discharged for misconduct.
-He is later recruited into the templary of the Silver Hand.
-The Cult of the Damned unleashes the plague in Lordaeron.
-The scourge rises as a threat to the living.
-King Genn Greymane commands Arugal, a sorcerer, to summon the feral Worgen from the Emerald Dream in order to fight the Scourge.
-The Scourge razes Lordaeron, bringing humanity to its knees.
-Stratholme is razed to the ground by Arthas' forces.
-Some individuals, such as Walter Vanforth, walked away while others, like Aredin Hamilton remained, and took part in the purging of Stratholme.
-The Order of the Silver Hand is disbanded.
-Prince Arthas Menethil of Lordaeron leads an expedition to Northrend, and succumbs to the Scourge's power, and becomes the Lich King's champion.
-Arthas turns his forces as his own elite forces of undead.
-Voldi Ironarm and his family meet their deaths at the hand of Ner'zhul's Scourge in the frozen wastes of Northrend. Shortly after, Voldi is reaised by the scourge in order to see to the creation of many vile rune weapons to arm the forces of the Scourge.
-Jaina Proudmoore leads the survivors of humanity west, to Kalimdor, and founds the city of Theramore.
-Halstead Murenee, in Stormwind, begins squiring under a Knight.
-The Scourge razes Quel'thalas, and brings the Quel'dorei to the brink of extinction.
-Hal'sonas Windreaver and Feltharanas Couruban defend Quel'thalas, and then flee amongst the other survivors after the fall of their Kingdom.
-Hal'sonas travels to Theramore to seek refuge, while Couruban travels south to Dalaran, regrouping with Vereesa Windrunner and her forces.
-The remnant survivors declare themselves Sin'dorei, or Blood Elves, and follow prince Kael'thas Sunstrider in the wake of King Anasterian's death.
-The Sunwell is tainted as Prince Arthas resurrects Ke'thuzad as a Lich, using the immense powers of the well.
-The Blood Elves begin to succumb to withdrawal, and turn to siphoning mana crystals.
-Vanderlease Wayhill commandeers a force of ships and helps to evacuate civilians and soldiers alike from Lordaeron, and Quel'thalas, ferrying them to Kul Tiras, Gilneas, Stormwind, and Theramore.
-Vanderlease Wayhill returns to Kul Tiras, intending to wait out the Scourge's rampage in Lordaeron.
-Thrall founds the New Horde on Kalimdor, rallying the Tauren and Trolls to become the first of its members, beside the Orcs.
-The surviving paladins of the Silver Hand reform into the Scarlet Crusade under the command of Saidan Dathrohan.
-Saidan Dathrohan is killed, and then resurrected and possessed by the dreadlord Balnazzar.
-Alexandros Mograine, the Ashbringer, is slain by his own son, corrupting the Ashbringer blade.
-The Scarlet Crusade secretly falls under the control of the dreadlord Balnazzar.
-Many paladins of the Scarlet Crusade defect, and forge their own order, the Argent Dawn, believing that the Crusade had fallen from its path. They re-establish Light's Hope chapel as their base of operations.
Year 19:
-Barex Tirassor forms the Blackfin Corsairs, a group of pirates who swear to never harm the innocent again.
Year 15-18: The Forming of the Scourge
-The Alliance of Lordaeron splinters under economical pressures and conflict.
-Kel'thuzad leaves the Kirin Tor, and founds the Cult of the Damned.
-Varian Wrynn, King of Stormwind, marries and is granted an Heir, Anduin Wrynn.
-Vanderlease Wayhill joins into the Silver Hand, and becomes a paladin, and is promoted to the rank of Knight-Lieutenant.
-Barex Tirassor starts down a darker path, turning upon the innocent in his quest for revenge.
-His quest for revenge takes him to the man he believed killed the Captain who raised Barex, which turns out to be incorrect. Barex kills the man, but is guilt stricken when he learns that it was not the assassin he believed it to be.
-Barex goes into hiding, and abandons his quest.
Year 11:
-Karidak Dellanir's second child, Mari, is born.
Year 11:
-Eric Donnerson is born.
-Tiara Roiyaru is born.
Year 10:
-Centori Starstriker and Karidak Dellanir meet, and conceive their first child together.
-Barex Tirassor steps into the role of Captain of Falrevre's Might when its captain is killed. Barex leads the ship and its crew in a multi-year war against their rivals, the Southsea Freebooters.
--------------------------------------------------------------
Year 8-26: The Alliance Expedition
-Ner'zhul dispatches Teron Gorefiend to Azeroth to retrieve several magical items, prompting a strong response from the Alliance.
-the threat from beyond the Dark Portal emerges again, and Archmage Khadgar sounds the call to journey beyond, and forms the Sons of Lothar.
-Carter Vanforth and Peyton Hallowmar join the Alliance Expedition, and charge through to Draenor with the Sons of Lothar.
-The Dark Portal is closed again, and Draenor is destroyed, trapping the Sons of Lothar on a shattered world, now called The Outlands.
Year 8:
-The Sons of Lothar establish VANGUARD, a massive fortress built around the Dark Portal.
-Honor Hold is built.
-Draenor is destroyed, and the Dark Portal closed.
-Turalyon and Alleria vanish.
-Members of the Alliance expedition, under the command of Archmage Aetlas, escape the destruction of Draenor through a portal.
-Archmage Aetlas stays behind to prevent the enemy from following.
-They are lost amongst the cosmos. The survivors rebrand themselves the Order of Aetlas, in honor of their fallen leader.
-They begin a hundred year journey to return to Azeroth, and are pursued by the Nathrezim "Krath'ul".
Year 12:
-Carter Vanforth is captured during an assault, and is held prisoner by the Orcs for over a decade.
-He is forced into life as a gladiator/pit fighter.
Year 22:
-Illidan Stormrage and the Blood Elves, led by Kael'thas and Lady Vashj, arrive in the Outlands.
-Illidan Stormrage begins training the first generation of Demon HUnters.
Year 23:
-Carter Vanforth and the other captives lead a successful revolt, and escape captivity.
-They flee to the Allerian Stronghold in Terokkar Forest.
Year 24:
-Back on Azeroth, Carter Vanforth's wife, and Walter Vanforth's mother, Abigail Vanforth, passes away from sickness.
Year 25:
-The Burning Legion invades the Outlands in an effort to dethrone Illidan Stormrage.
-Prince Kael'thas' forces capture the Tempest Keep, a Naaru satellite station in the Outlands.
-Prince Kael'thas returns a Naaru, M'ruu, to Silvermoon City for the Blood Elves to feed off of.
-He betrays Illidan Stormrage, and forges a pact with the Burning Legion.
-The Draenei, led by the Prohpet Velen, escape from the Outlands aboard the Exodar, one of the vessels apart of the Tempest Keep; they crash land on Azeroth.
-The Sons of Lothar struggle to survive as they are now opposed by Illidan Stormrage, The Burning Legion, and the remnants of the Horde lingering in the Outlands.
-Archmage Khadgar, leader of the Alliance Expedition in the Outlands, calls out to the Naaru, summoning them the Outlands.
--------------------------------------------------------------
Year 7: The Second War ends
-the Dark Portal is destroyed; the Horde routes, and flees.
-Nethergarde Keep is established.
-The Alliance begins to construct internment camps to imprison the Orcs.
-Gilneas cedes from the Alliance of Lordaeron, and begin to construct the Greymane wall.
-The survivors of Stormwind return, and begin to rebuild their city and towns.
-Carter Vanforth settles down in the Grand Hamlet with his wife and son, Abigail and Walter.
-Halstead Murenee is born in Brightwood (Deadwind Pass), and grows up facing the terror of the remnant orcs raiding villages from deep within the Swamps.
-Peyton Hallowmar returns from fighting for the Alliance, and works on the farmstead of a man who had taken care of her during her time as a refugee; she develops a close relationship with one of the man's sons.
Year 6: The Alliance of Lordaeron Fights Back
-Anduin Lothar leads the forces of the Alliance of Lordaeron in battling the Horde in Lordaeron.
-The Alliance is pushed back by the Horde.
-The Horde begins to invade Quel'thalas, burning much of their forests, but cementing the Quel'dorei's full throated support for the Alliance of Lordaeron.
-Walter Vanforth is born.
-The Horde lays siege to the Capitol City of Lordaeron.
-The Horde falters, and splinters due to internal fighting.
-Orgrim Doomhammer defeat Warchief Blackhand, and claims the mantle of Warchief for himself.
-The Alliance liberates the Capitol City.
-The Alliance pushes all advantages, and drives the Horde south.
-The Battle for Blackrock Spire takes place.
-Anduin Lothar is slain;Turalyon takes his place.
Year 5: The Second War begins
-Refugees from Stormwind are taken in by the Kingdom of Lordaeron, and a council is convened to rally support to fight against the Horde.
-The Alliance of Lordaeron is forged, consisting of the Kingdoms of Stormwind, Lordaeron, Stromgarde, Gilneas, Alterac, Quel'thalas, Ironforge, and Gnomeregan, the Magocracy of Dalaran, the Nation of Kul Tiras, and the Wildhammer Clan of Dwarves.
-The Order of the Silver Hand is founded.
-Carter Vanforth, and Peyton Hallowmar, are early members of the Silver Hand.
-The Horde pushes north from Stormwind, and lays siege to the Dwarven Kingdoms of Khaz Modan.
-Ironforge and Blackrock Mountain are attacked by the Horde.
-The upper half of Blackrock Mountain is taken over by the Horde, and the Dark Iron Dwarves seclude themselves deep within the mountain.
-Ironforge endures a siege that lasts for years.
-Carter Vanforth marries Abigail.
-Barex Tirassor is promoted to the rank of First Mate to Captain Mostier, aboard the ship 'Falrevre's Might'.
-The Alliance forces prepare to fight back against the Horde.
-Feltharanas Couruban and Hal'sonas Windreaver travel south with other High Elves, even without orders, and join the humans in battling the Orcs.
-The Horde enslaves the Red Dragonflight, with assistance from the Black Dragonflight.
Year 4: The First War Ends
-Lakeshire is attacked, and destroyed by the Horde.
-Peyton Hallowmar narrowly survives the destruction of Lakeshire, and evacuates to Stormwind City.
-Medivh, the Guardian of Azeroth, is found to have betrayed humanity, and summoned the Horde to Azeroth.
-Anduin Lothar and his companions lead a strike into Karazhan, and slay the Guardian.
-The death of the Guardian unleashes dark magics that blight the otherwise cheerful forests of Brightwood, transforming it into a barren canyon known now as Deadwind Pass.
-Elwynn Forest is invaded by the Horde.
-Northshire Valley falls to the Horde.
-Survivors and refugees escape to Stormwind City through tunnels underground.
-the capital city, Stormwind, is razed by the orcish Horde.
-Under the command of Anduin Lothar, the survivors escape north by sea to Lordaeron and Kul Tiras.
-The Kingdom of Stormwind falls.
Year 3:
-Karidak Dellanir's first child, Fellivas, is born.
Year 2: Heart Fever
-Mutations of diseases from Draenor spread to the human population on Azeroth, developing into Heart Fever, a vicious sickness that poisons the blood, and causes the heart to become swollen, and then burst.
-Stormwind's armies falter against the might of the Horde, and suffering many losses during the years of the First War.
-Seastone Keep is razed to the ground.
-Richard Eding is born to Gilneans Royden Blackmantle, and Deborah Eding, in Westfall.
Year 0: the Dark Portal opens
-The First War begins when the Dark Portal is opened, and the Orcish Horde charges into Azeroth.
-Barex Tirassor is given his first blade, presented by the Pirate Captain who murdered his family. The blade is encrusted with a jewel taken from his mother's corpse.
Year -1:
-Peyton Hallowmar moves south, settling in Lakeshire with her family, and begins life as a trader.
Year -2: The Broken
-The Orcish disease known as Red Pox spreads to the Draenei, mutating many of them into the Broken.
-Construction on the Dark Portal, on Draenor, begins.
-Vanderlease Wayhill is born in Boralas to a family with a long line of service in the Kul Tiran armada.
Year -3: Shattrath, and Auchindon
-The city of Shattrath, on Draenor, is laid siege to, and destroyed by the Horde.
-Auchindon is destroyed when the Horde tries to summon a demon, but instead conjures a massive elemental.
-Barex Tirassor begins to train under the pirates, and is accepted as a part of the brotherhood aboard the ship.
Year -4:
-Carter Vanforth is knighted in a ceremony in Stormwind.
-Fletcher Alterson and Kaldius Rivenworth are both masterful sorcerers of Stormwind at this point, helping to train other magi in Stormwind, outside of the influence of the Kirin Tor.
-The Orcish Horde on Draenor uses the Dark Star to destroy the Draenei Temple of Karabor, and the Draenei flee for their lives.
Year -7:
-Barex Tirassor's family is massacred by pirates during a raid upon their fishing vessel. Barex is taken as a ward to the Captain.
Year -8: Hostilities Begin
-Gul'dan, on Draenor, convinces the Orcs to begin attacking the Draenei, a race of refugees from the world of Argus.
Year -13:
-Peyton Hallowmar is born in the Alterac Mountains.
Year -15:
-Carter Vanforth joins the Stormwind Army.
-Barex Tirassor is born in Kul Tiras.
Year -18: The Gurubashi War
-In response to recent provocations, the Gurubashi trolls lead an all out war against the humans of Stormwind.
-Seastone Keep endures a month long siege as the Gurubashi push north against the human kingdom of STormwind.
-The Gurubashi lay siege to the capital city of Stormwind.
-Venturing out into the world to explore beyond the borders of Quel'thalas, Feltharanas Couruban joins the humans of Stormwind in their battles against the Trolls, helping to advise their forces given his experience in battling the Amani.
-He establishes many connections with the humans of Stormwind.
-The Gurubashi are defeated when the Guardian, Medivh, arrives and wipes out their forces.
-During the siege, King Barathen is slain, resulting in the crowning of King Llane.
-Feltharanas Couruban is demoted for having disobeyed orders, and having joined the humans in the conflict down south.
-Hal'sonas Windreaver is promoted to Ranger Captain.
Year -24:
-Hal'sonas Windreaver marries Linari Dal'danar, and conceives two children.
-The goblin merchant Suctor Greksworth sells land along the western coast of Stranglethorn to the Kingdom of Stormwind after his goldmines there run dry.
-The Kingdom of STormwind begins construction on Seastone Keep on the purchased land.
Year -31:
-Carter Vanforth is born in the Grand Hamlet.
Year -40:
-Voldi Ironarm takes a keen interest in ancient runes of power, and becomes a pioneering researcher in what would later become the field of rune-forging.
Year -75: The Gnoll War
-During the reign of King Barathen Wrynn, the Kingdom of Stormwind expanded and prospered, but was not unopposed.
-Aside from Troll incursions from the southern jungles, Gnolls from the woodlands aggressed against humanity, and eventually amassed in such numbers that they laid siege to the Capital, Stormwind City.
-King Wrynn used the brashness of the Gnoll's leader to his advantage, and stole away from Stormwind during the siege, assaulting the Gnoll leader's camp directly, and slaying him. The disorder that raged amongst the Gnoll's ranks with the death of their leader scattered their armies.
-King Wrynn's armies then hunted down the Gnolls, and brought them to near extinction, ending any serious threat that they posed.
Year -110:
-Voldi Ironarm loses the remainder of his fortune to drink and gambling, and retires from blacksmithing, instead taking up a position as an instructor at the Great Forge.
Year -120:
-Allie Sweetsong is born in Quel'thalas.
Year -210:
-Voldi Ironarm's first and only child, Agatha, is born.
Year -214:
-Hal'sonas Windreaver abandons his court magus studies to join the Farstriders.
Year -230: War of the Three Hammers
-After High King Modimus passed away from old age, the three rival dwarven clans in Ironforge, the Bronzebeards, the Dark Irons, and the Wildhammers, battled for control over the city, and supremacy over their rivals.
-The Bronzebeards secured victory in the Mountain, and drove out the other two clans.
-The Wildhammers went north to the Highlands, founding the city of Grim Batol.
-The Dark Irons went south to the Redridge Mountains, founding Shadowforge City.
-The Dark Irons resented the Bronzebeards for their humiliating defeat, and gathered an army to strike back. Waging war on both of the rival clans, Sorcerer-Thane Thaurissan launched a two pronged assault, intending to wipe out the Bronzebeard and Wildhammer clans.
-Voldi Ironarm makes himself a fortune, personally overseeing a massive operation to arm the Bronzebeard clan during the war.
-Attacking Ironforge himself, he sent his wife, Modgud to assault the Wildhammer's city of Grim batol.
-His plans failed, and the two rival clans battled back the Dark Irons. The Wildhammers struck down and killed Modgud, whose death unleashed dark magics upon Grim Batol, cursing it to a place of nightmares.
-This decades long conflict, the War of the Three Hammers, continued on as the Dark Irons were driven back to their mountain city. With Bronzebeard and Wildhammers uniting to defeat their common enemy, the last battle of the war broke out on the steps outside the Dark Iron's mountain city.
-The Dark Irons attempted to summon fiery power from the depths of the mountain, but unintentionally summoned Ragnaros, the Firelord, from the Elemental Plane. The arrival of the Firelord resulted in the eruption of a massive volcano in the Redridge Mountains, shattering the land and transforming the red mountains in the apocalyptic Burning Steppes.
-The Sorcerer-Thane Thaurissan was killed during the summoning, and his people, the Dark Iron Dwarves, were enslaved by Ragnaros.
-The Wildhammers and Bronzebeards returned to their kingdoms, and isolated themselves from each other in the wake of the terrifying final battle.
-Finding their mountain home tainted, the Wildhammers continued north, settling in the Hinterlands, and up north in eastern Lordaeron.
Year -233:
-Hal'sonas Windreaver is born in Quel'thalas.
Year -379:
-Voldi Ironarm celebrates his coming of age as an adult, and graduates from his apprenticeship under Grandmaster Delvan Ironarm, and takes up his master's surname as a show of respect, and gratitude.
Year -400:
-Centori Starstriker leaves Quel'thalas in search of the druids of Kalimdor.
Year -419:
-Voldi Ironarm is born, and abandoned; left on the steps of a smithing guild, where he is taken in.
Year -421:
-Feltharanas Couruban reaches the rank of Ranger Captain within the Farstriders.
Year -975: War of the Shifting Sands
-The Qiraji break loose from Ahn'Qiraj, and covered nearly a third of Kalimdor.
-The Night Elves and Dragons rally together to drive back the Qiraji, and seal Ahn'Qiraj once more, and seal the ancient city by erecting the Scarab Wall.
Year -978:
-Feltharanas Couruban is born in Quel'thalas.
Year -1000:
-Centori Starstriker is born in Quel'thalas.
Year -1,200: Arathor, and Spreading the Light of Humanity
-The Kingdom of Arathor's power slipped away as the city states and settlements become autonomous, and the focus of structure and power was less centralized.
-In Lordaeron, the Church of the Holy Light continues to expand its influence, and one of Trollbane's descendants, Faldir, leads settlers south, founding the Kingdom of Stormwind.
-In Stormwind, the humans battle against gnolls and Gurubashi trolls, but settle across the region, and begin to spread and seed the Church's teachings in the south.
Year -2,500: The Dwarven Expansion
-The Dwarves begin to set out from Uldaman, afflicted by the "curse of Flesh", and begin to establish their own kingdom, called Khaz Modan.
-The massive mountain city of Ironforge is the first major settlement to expand.
Year -2,700: The Expansion of Humanity
-The Kingdom of Arathor expands, establishing new cities all across the northern Eastern Kingdoms, including the regions of Lordaeron, Gilneas, Kul Tiras, Alterac, and the nation state of Dalaran, where the Magi began to gather - establishing a magocracy to govern themselves.
Year -2,800: The Founding of Arathor and the Troll Wars
-Thoradin rallies the clans of Arathi and forges together the Empire of Arathor, becoming the first King of humanity.
-The humans begin construction on their capital, Strom, and erect the Wall of Thoradin to keep out the Amani trolls.
-The Amani trolls begin to attack the High Elves of Quel'thalas at the behest and encouragement of the Zandalari. Months later, a full on assault begins, and quickly overwhelms the elven defenders.
-King Anasterian, of Quel'thalas, dispatches emmisaries to meet with King Thoradin, and convince him to send aid to battle back the trolls. In exchange for the aid of the humans, the Elves agreed to teach one hundred humans the ways of the arcane.
-The armies of Arathor begin to assemble, establishing forward bases for an offensive north, including the strongholds in the Tirisfal Glades, and in Alterac.
-Once the Elves had finished tutoring the one hundred humans, Thoradin began his campaign north.
-The alliance of humans and elves was employed to great success, luring the Amani forces south, to Alterac, before unleashing all of their magic and might against the troll empire, shattering them entirely, and bringing a swift and decisive end to the Troll wars.
-During this battle, General Lordain of Arathor is slain, but the region to the north in the Eastern Kingdoms is named Lordaeron, in honor of him.
-Lordain's sister, Mereldar, was inspired by her brother's selfless sacrifice in battle, and dedicated her life to caring for the wounded and sick in the wake of the Troll Wars.
-Many of Arathor's spiritual folk had been seeing visions of the Naaru, and the shadowlands, but Mereldar began the first to put words and teachings to practice, becoming the first cleric.
-Mereldar used her powers of the Light to continue healing the sick, and began to spread the teachings of the Light, eventually leading to the founding of the Church of the Holy Light several centuries later.
-The High Elves of Quel'thalas pledge undying loyalty to King Thoradin and his descendants for the aid of the humans.
-The Light becomes the centralized faith of humanity.
Year -3,450:
--Karidak Dellanir is born in Quel'thalas.
Year -6,800: The Founding of Quel'thalas
-The Quel'dorei exiles from Kalimdor settle in the Amani lands in the northern Eastern Kingdoms, creating the Sunwell with a vial of water from the Well of Eternity. The Quel'dorei called their new home Quel'thalas, or High Home.
