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Deathwing is dead...

But peace lasts only long enough for Garrosh Hellscream to see an opportunity.

With Thrall away from Orgrimmar and Cairne buried, the new Warchief gathers the Horde’s leaders and reveals his ambition: all of Kalimdor. Baine Bloodhoof and Vol’jin recognize where that road leads, but opposing Garrosh has become increasingly dangerous.

Meanwhile, Kalecgos searches for the stolen Focusing Iris, an artifact capable of magnifying arcane power beyond imagination. His investigation brings him to Theramore, where Jaina Proudmoore is already watching the relationship between Horde and Alliance collapse.

In Episode 85, The Gathering Tide, we begin our three-part journey through Christie Golden’s Jaina Proudmoore: Tides of War, following the decisions, warnings and failures that place Theramore directly in Garrosh’s path...

Lore segment begins at (20:10)Every path through the timeways now leads to the same dead future. One of Nozdormu’s own dragons returns with his unwritten future bleeding from his body, proving that the Infinite Dragonflight, and Nozdormu’s future self are forcing history toward the end of all things.While the Dragon Aspects search for a weapon capable of destroying Deathwing, Ysera helps Thrall extend his spirit into the deepest reaches of Azeroth. There, beneath Mount Hyjal, the World Shaman encounters Deathwing and is forced to experience the crushing burden that once belonged to the Earthwarder.The only hope remaining is the Dragon Soul, the weapon Neltharion created during the War of the Ancients. To recover it, Azeroth’s champions must enter the ruined future of End Time, confront Murozond, travel back to the Well of Eternity, and carry the artifact through the Twilight’s Hammer’s final assault on Wyrmrest Temple. Then, mortals and Aspects will make their final stand against DeathwingWelcome to the Hour of Twilight, the finale of our journey through the Cataclysm

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Thrall’s journey through the broken timeways is over, but the Hour of Twilight is still coming...

In this episode of Tides of Lore, we continue Thrall: Twilight of the Aspects as the dragonflights face their deepest fractures yet. Nozdormu confesses his role in sending Blackmoore after Thrall. The blue dragonflight gathers at the Nexus to choose a new Aspect of Magic. Arygos and Kalecgos become rival visions for the future of magic. And beneath Azeroth’s two moons, the Embrace chooses Kalecgos.

But hope does not last.

The Twilight Dragons attack. Arygos betrays his own flight. Blackmoore returns for one final confrontation. Chromatus awakens as the five-headed monster built to kill the Aspects. Alexstrasza must learn the truth of Korialstrasz’s sacrifice. And at Wyrmrest Temple, the dragonflights discover the full depravity of the Twilight's Hammer cult.

Deathwing once stood for Earth. Now that place is empty... And Thrall, son of Durotan and Draka, must decide whether he can stand in that missing space and become something more than the world ever expected.

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Deathwing’s return has left the dragonflights divided, grieving, and vulnerable.

At the Maelstrom, Thrall is no longer Warchief. He is one shaman among many, trying to calm forces that refuse to answer him. But when the ritual fails, Aggra forces him to confront a wound he has avoided for too long: the name Go’el, the death of Cairne, and the question of who Thrall is without the Horde.

Far to the north, Wyrmrest Temple becomes the stage for another fracture. The blue dragonflight grieves Malygos. Arygos and Kalecgos represent two possible futures. Ysera warns that the Hour of Twilight is coming. Then twilight dragons strike, the sanctums below Wyrmrest are destroyed, and Alexstrasza shatters the Orb of Unity in grief.

With the Accord broken and Nozdormu missing, Ysera sends Thrall into the Caverns of Time. There, the timeways twist around him, showing him Durotan and Draka alive, Taretha in a world where Thrall died, and Aedelas Blackmoore remade into something far more dangerous.

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In Episode 81 of Tides of Lore, we return to the Zandalari, the ancient keepers of troll memory, as their wounded homeland and the prophecy of Zul push them toward a dangerous new future. Once, the Zandalari helped outsiders fight Hakkar in Zul’Gurub. Now, after Deathwing’s return, they begin calling the old troll kingdoms back together.

The Gurubashi dream of Zul’Gurub restored. The Amani answer from Zul’Aman, still carrying the wounds left by centuries of war with the elves. Zul promises unity, survival, and a reborn troll empire. But Vol’jin sees the danger hidden inside that promise. To him, troll identity does not require obedience to Zandalar.

And while the old troll empires rise in the open, another old horror is working beneath Blackrock Mountain.

In Blackrock Caverns, Twilight’s Hammer is reshaping mortal bodies into weapons for the Hour of Twilight. In Blackwing Descent, Deathwing’s legacy continues through Nefarian, Onyxia, and the grotesque experiments of the black dragonflight. Zul wants to resurrect an empire. Nefarian wants to resurrect a process.

The Zandalari uprising is stopped. Zul’Gurub and Zul’Aman are broken again. Blackwing Descent falls silent.

But the deeper dragon crisis is not over yet...

Lore segment begins at (20:50)In the aftermath of the Battle for Mount Hyjal, Azeroth still burns.

Thrall, now the World-Shaman, joins the Earthen Ring, the Cenarion Circle, and the Dragon Aspects beneath Nordrassil in an attempt to heal the damage left by Deathwing’s Cataclysm. But the ritual is shattered when Fandral Staghelm returns as a Druid of the Flame, tearing Thrall’s spirit across the elemental planes.

To save him, Aggra must follow him through doubt, desire, patience, fury, and bring Go’el back before the Firelands claims him forever.

But Thrall’s rescue is only the beginning.

As Leyara, Alysrazor, and the Druids of the Flame strike at Hyjal, Malfurion Stormrage and the Guardians open the Molten Front, carrying the war into Ragnaros’s own realm. There, the campaign pushes through flame, grief, betrayal, and the armies of the Firelord, until Azeroth reaches Sulfuron Keep itself.

This is the story of Elemental Bonds, the Firelands Invasion, and the raid where Ragnaros finally falls.

This is Where Fire Dies.

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Mount Hyjal has survived Deathwing, Ragnaros, and the Twilight’s Hammer, but now the mountain finally begins to fight back

In this episode of Tides of Lore, we continue the Cataclysm story of Mount Hyjal as Tortolla rises for vengeance, the false Ancient Nemesis, the hero infiltrates Twilight’s Hammer under the ridiculous identity of “damus.” But the true goal is rescuing Jarod Shadowsong, the legendary commander who once united mortals, dragons, and demigods during the War of the Ancients.

Ysera opens the way, Goldrinn and Aviana return to the field, Cenarius joins the assault, Tortolla answers the call, and the defenders of Hyjal force Ragnaros back into the Firelands, the next war begins beyond the flamegate.

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Episode 78 of Tides of Lore begins the Cataclysm story of Mount Hyjal, where one of Warcraft’s most sacred places is once again on the edge of destruction. Hyjal already survived the end of the world once. It was the site of Archimonde’s defeat, the home of Nordrassil, and a symbol of Azeroth’s survival. But after Deathwing’s return, the mountain is under siege again, and this time the threat is fire.

As the hero arrives through the Emerald Portal, Deathwing circles Sulfuron Spire and breathes flame into the lava below. Ragnaros rises into Azeroth with one command:

By fire be purged!!!

Malfurion, Ysera, and the Guardians of Hyjal scramble to hold the World Tree while Twilight’s Hammer agents stir the elements, fire elementals pour across the battlefield, and Baron Geddon returns from Molten Core to continue the Firelord’s war.

But Hyjal is not defenseless...

And one by one, the gods of the wild will awaken...