Archimonde's projection quickly left, and Arthas and Kel'Thuzad, who received the order, led the Scourge towards Dalaran.
Dalaran is located southeast of Lake Renmire in Lordaeron. Dalaran has always been regarded as the holy land of mages in the world of Azeroth and a paradise for spellcasters. Of course, this is only for humans. Silvermoon City
The high elves have always scorned this statement.
Perhaps it's because of the fate of the caster. Like the elves, Dalaran is also a troubled place.
The establishment of Dalaran should be traced back to more than 6,800 years ago. During the War of the Ancients, the upper elves headed by Queen Azshara abused the power of the Well of Eternity to attract the Burning Legion, and finally detonated the Well of Eternity.
The entire continent was blown apart. After this painful lesson, among the surviving elves, the lower elves have always opposed the continued use of arcane power, but some of the remaining upper elves are still obsessed with arcane power.
research, a huge conflict of ideas arose between the two parties.
In the end, the lower elves headed by Malfurion expelled the upper elves headed by Dath'Remar Sunstrider and exiled them to the Eastern Kingdom continent opposite the Maelstrom.
The upper elves brought by Dathrema searched for a place to live on the Eastern Kingdom for a long time. Due to the loss of contact with the second Well of Eternity created by Yin Lidan, these upper elves gradually became smaller.
, and the purple radiance on their skin also began to fade, and eventually they became a new elven race that was different from the night elves. In order to distinguish them, they also called themselves high elves.
Finally, the high elves finally established a country in the forests of northern Lordaeron, and Dath'Remar used the well water stolen from the second Well of Eternity to create the third kingdom after the kingdom was established.
There is a Well of Eternity, and in order to draw a clear line between them and the night elves, the high elves call this third Well of Eternity the Well of the Sun.
Otherwise, it would be said that the races in the world of Azeroth are always seeking death. A Well of Eternity has been blown up in the war. As if they wanted to attract the Burning Legion again, they created two more Wells of Eternity one after another.
well.
Although the power source of these secondary Wells of Eternity is far lower than the original Well of Eternity, such magic nodes will always cause radiation into the universe when they are frequently activated. This is undoubtedly the same as greeting the Burning Legion.
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After the establishment of the high elven kingdom Quel'Thalas, they had a war with the local feuding trolls. In order to win, the high elves adopted an alliance with humans. They sent a large number of mages to teach humans how to use magic.
At the expense of cultivating spellcasters for humans, the high elves won the war.
This group of human mages trained by high elves were the predecessors of Dalaran. In order to study magic better and more freely, the mages established Dalaran. From the beginning, the city was regarded as Lordaeron.
and the center of magic and experimentation in this world.
Dalaran has been very prosperous for a while since its establishment. A multi-ethnic mage association called the Kirin Tor has ruled the city for centuries. They welcome and encourage mages from all over to come here to study.
And the use of arcane magic, it can even be said that they are open-minded to the point of not tabooing meat and vegetables. Even if you are studying curses and forbidden magic such as necromancy, they will not refuse you.
Therefore, this kind of fanatical atmosphere of mages pursuing knowledge and pursuing mysteries has led to the emergence of numerous talents in Dalaran, but it has also laid hidden dangers for Dalaran.
As more and more ignorant magicians use magic without restraint, the space around Dalaran becomes fragile and even begins to crack, which causes some demons to sneak in from these space cracks. These cunning demons
They began killing people and setting fires wantonly in Dalaran.
These demons that sneaked in are undoubtedly the minions of the Burning Legion. Even if they fight alone, they are much more powerful than the mages of Dalaran, and the damage they cause is naturally huge. When the mages of Dalaran panicked,
After discovering that they had nothing to do with these demons, they had to turn to their allies, the high elves, for help.
The high elves were also very surprised after seeing these demons. Unlike short-lived species like humans, the long lifespan of the high elves made them still remember the scenes of the ancient battles, so the high elves sent out men.
While exterminating the demons, he told his ignorant human students about the war in ancient times that almost destroyed the world.
It was also this time that the mages of Dalaran knew the name of the Burning Legion, and they carefully recorded it in the books.
However, the mages' seemingly innate self-confidence, or even arrogance, made them feel that there was no problem that magic could not solve! After the matter came to an end for the time being, they quickly forgot their initial panic.
The only lesson that mankind has learned from history is that mankind cannot learn any lessons. This is absolutely true. All mages are like this. Whether they are humans or elves, they cannot study magic and arcana freely. Let the mages
I felt uncomfortable all over, so not long after, not even two hundred years later, not only the mages of Dalaran began to study magic again, but the high elves were also clamoring to revive arcane magic.
Of course, in view of the fact that studying magic will still make the space fragile, allowing demons to sneak in, the mages of Dalaran thought of a way: use the power of arcane magic to create a supernatural being close to the power of gods, and let him hunt it
Those damn demons that affect their arcane research!
This is the origin of the Guardians of Azeroth. They first selected dozens of the most powerful mages in Azeroth from among the mages to form the Tirisfal Council. Then this council used
Arcane magic injects extremely powerful power into the body of the person they choose, creating an artificial demigod called the Guardian.
Based on this extremely powerful power, the Guardian can single-handedly resist the minions of the Burning Legion leaking in from the cracks in space. Because the power of the Guardian is extremely powerful, only Tirisfal has the power to recruit potential mages from among them.
Select someone worthy of inheriting the mantle of the Guardian. Whenever a Guardian becomes too old, or becomes tired of the secret war against evil, the Council will select a new strong one to ensure that nothing goes wrong.
The power of the guardian will be officially introduced into this new agent's body.
Under the protection of the guardians, Dalaran has spent more than two thousand years safely, but operating it like a puppet will cause problems one day.
An independent and unique artificial demigod-Aegwynn appeared, and just when the Council of Tirisfal was calculating to get back the power when Aegwynn was about to die, Aegwynn used the god-like energy in her body to end her life.
Nadezhan lasted for more than 800 years, and even selected her successor on her own... her son, Medivh!
The Council of Tirisfal completely lost control of the Guardians. In view of this situation, they did not dare to create any more Guardians, so Medivh naturally became the last Guardian.
However, when Medivh's mother Aegwynn was pregnant with her child, she encountered the clone of Sargeras on the way to eliminate demons. Although she defeated the clone of Sargeras, the soul of Sargeras was attached to her.
The child in his belly, when Medivh grew up, was gradually controlled by the soul of Sargeras. Finally, together with Gul'dan of the orc tribe, he opened the Dark Portal and attracted the orc invasion of Draenor.
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Dalaran paid a huge price for this. During the Second Orc War, the Blackstone Orcs drove the dragons to fight against these powerful mages of Dalaran. Dalaran was slaughtered and destroyed into many small islands, including the Violet City.
Destroyed, Dalaran ushered in its first demise.
After the war, the surviving mages united and tried to rebuild Dalaran. However, what they didn't expect was that the artifact they made to rebuild the Violet City, the Eye of Dalaran, was spotted by Ner'zhul, and Ner'zhul needed it.
It comes to reopen the door of darkness.
In order to seize the Eye of Dalaran, the death knight Tyran and his men once again destroyed the city that was still being rebuilt, and the Kingdom of Dalaran once again perished.
After that, under the leadership of Archmage Antonidas, Dalaran was rebuilt again. This time they chose the southeastern part of Lake Lordamre. Since the orcs had been completely defeated, their reconstruction this time was still limited.
It went smoothly, and Dalaran ushered in more than ten years of peace.
And here is the sad part. Just when Antonidas was about to lead Dalaran to glory again, Arthas came, and he came with a huge number of Scourge...
While standing outside the city gate of Dalaran, after a verbal exchange with Antonidas, Arthas waved Frostmourne in his hand and commanded the undead of the Scourge to rush towards Dalaran like a tide.
Not long after Dalaran was rebuilt, there were no regular troops to guard it. The only thing they could rely on was their powerful violet barrier. The power of the barrier could effectively kill undead monsters.
However, maintaining the barrier that enveloped the entire city required a huge amount of magic power. Although Kel'Thuzad was a lich now, he was also a member of the Kirin Tor Council during his lifetime, so he knew exactly what the weaknesses of this barrier were.
Under the guidance of Kel'Thuzad, Arthas sneaked into the city of Dalaran from the tunnel, found several powerful mages who maintained the energy nodes of the barrier, and killed these mages, losing the magic injection of the mages. Violet
The barrier can no longer be maintained.
Once the barrier collapsed, one could easily imagine the fate of Dalaran. Countless mages died in battle. Even though they used magic to eliminate many undead during their lifetime, in the face of the desperate numbers of the Scourge, such death figures were simply nothing.
A drop in the bucket.
Antonidas also died, Alsace himself did it, and he personally killed an acquaintance and elder of his.
Yes, Antonidas and Arthas knew each other, because Antonidas was Jaina's mentor. When Jaina was learning magic in Dalaran, Arthas naturally knew Antonidas, and even
, he once got along very happily with Antonidas. After all, Arthas is the sole heir of Lordaeron.
One after another, acquaintances, friends, and relatives were killed by Alsace, which was equivalent to Alsace saying goodbye to his past self...
Dalaran was breached, but the remaining mages began to gather together, trying to gather all their power to detonate the final magic. This power aroused Arthas' vigilance, and he did not want to ruin all the Scourge he had finally accumulated.
Here, after killing Antonidas and obtaining the Book of Medivh, he temporarily withdrew from Dalaran with Kel'Thuzad and the Scourge.
The mages in Dalaran couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw the natural disaster withdrawing, thinking that the disaster was over.
But what they don't know is that although the Scourge Legion has left, their fate of destruction has not ended. A threat more powerful than the Scourge Legion is about to come...
