Expansion: Battle for Azeroth (2018) is World of Warcraft’s seventh expansion. Its main stage of events is the maritime nations of Kul Tiras and Zandalar, two collections of isles located in the Great Sea of planet Azeroth. The game features a period of all-out war between the Horde and the Alliance. The final boss is Old God N’Zoth.

Initialism. “Before the dark portal.” The year the Dark Portal opened between Draenor and Azeroth marks the beginning of the Horde-Alliance conflict and that of the Warcraft franchise as a whole, as seen in Warcraft: Orcs and Humans.

Expansion: Cataclysm (2010) is World of Warcraft’s third expansion. It features zones and raids representing all of the four elemental planes (earth, water, air and fire). It also revamped the storylines of all vanilla WoW zones and geographically altered many. Event: Cataclysm (AKA the Shattering) is the catastrophic event that set the stage for the expansion of the same name. …

Cenarius, Lord of the Forest, is the patron of all druids regardless of race. He taught Malfurion and the ancestors of tauren and has had a central role in Azeroth’s defense against the Burning Legion in the War of the Ancients 10,000 years before the Dark Portal.

“Corruption” is Blizzard’s take on mind control, a recurring theme in their media and is often perpetuated by the Burning Legion against their unsuspecting victims. Some notable cases of corruption include the orcs in Warcraft 1 & 2 (the First & Second Wars, after drinking Mannoroth’s blood), Arthas in Warcraft 3 (Third War, after acquiring Frostmourne) and Deathwing the Destroyer …

Danath Trollbane from the kingdom of Stromgarde was among the Alliance’s captains during the Second War (year 5-8) and the second-in-command to General Turalyon during the Alliance expedition beyond the Dark Portal. He was trapped in Draenor (present-day Outland) when the portal collapsed. He is among the first NPCs Alliance players encounter in Hellfire Peninsula in Outland.

Fel is the magic of chaos (opposite of arcane magic, which is the magic of order), and is usually associated with demonology (the summoning and command of demons). Fel magic is visually characterized by a green hue. Fel magic and demonlogy are practiced by the warlock class in WoW and by the Burning Legion and its followers.

Demons, born in the Twisting Nether, are races of evil, savage and fundamentally fel-corrupted (fel is the magic of chaos) creatures that seek to destroy mortal worlds for the sheer satisfaction of their hunger. The souls of slain demons will find their way back into the Nether where they’d re-incarnate. The only way to permanently kill a demon is to …

Draenor is the planet where the orcs originated and where the draenei settled after their exile. In the 8th year, soon after the Second War’s conclusion, Draenor was blasted into current-day Outland.

The Dragonflayer is a vrykul clan notable for being the ancestor of the human race. They were led by king Ymiron, and are famous for the taming of proto-dragons which they use as mounts and hunting companions.