CHAPTER 1: PRIMORDIAL DRAENOR

Part 1: Breakers vs. Primals
•	Draenor/Dawgar/Rakshar – no world soul, but plenty of Spirit
•	Elements lived in relative balance
•	Abundance of Spirit gave rise to untamed life, notably plant life
•	Massive plant life forms known as Sporemounds roamed Draenor
•	Sporemounds provoked plant life, forest, jungles, swamps
•	Roots penetrated into the earth to absorb Spirit energy
•	Spirit energy creates hivemind in Sporemounds known as the Evergrowth
•	Aggramar comes across Draenor and notices the Sporemounds
•	He wants to stop the Sporemounds from consuming the planet
•	He uses the four elements to transform a mountain in a living being – Grond
•	Grond carved out the surface of Draenor and did battle with the Evergrowth
•	Three powerful Sporemounds—Zang (swamps), Botaan (forests), Naanu (jungles)
•	Grond defeats Zang & Naanu, whose bodies become Zangar Sea & Tanaan Jungle
•	Pieces ripped from Grond and the Sporemounds evolved into beings due to Spirit
•	From plants came genesaurs, from Grond came colossals
•	Grond’s death unleashes elementals who exist due to Sporemounds eating Spirit
•	Grond’s corpse becomes a mountain range in northeastern Nagrand
•	Elemental Furies make their home at the Throne of the Elements, skull of Grond
•	Aggramar fits the colossals with titanic discs to imbue them with arcane power
•	Aggramar senses death of nearby constellar and leaves, never to return
•	Colossals lure Botaan from the Evergrowth to their rocky territority to weaken it
•	Fighting continues, and the magnaron are born from the remains of the colossals
•	Magnaron did not obey orders but still felt compelled to fight the Evergrowth
•	Remaining colossals swarm the Evergrowth and detonate titanic discs to destroy it
•	Evergrowth loses hivemind, colossal corpses lack energy so no creatures rise
•	Botaan’s remains still held energy, his body creates Farahlon
•	Botaan’s life energies transformed the magnaron into fleshy gronn
•	Gronn continued degenerating into ogron
•	Ogron eventually evolved into the ogres who in turn devolved into the orcs
•	Botaan’s remains created sporelings, podlings, botani
Part 2: The Great Avians
•	Spirit of Life saturated Draenor and gave rise to beasts of great size and strength
•	Winged creatures survived best because they could avoid the Primals and Breakers
•	Three great avians developed in Arak: Rukhmar, Sethe, and Anzu
•	Rukhmar the fire bird had brilliant wings and wielded the holy power of the Light
•	Sethe the wind serpent had small, weak wings and channeled the Void
•	Anzu the dread raven was smaller and discovered the Arcane from ley lines
•	Anzu calls on others to transform Arak into a livable place, they chase out bad guys
•	Rukhmar had an affinity for the kaliri; she became arrogant and never left the spire
•	Anzu had an affinity for the lesser ravens and lived below the forest canopy
•	Sethe and his wind serpents lived in the shadows at the base of the spire
•	Sethe grew envious of Rukhmar because he could barely fly as high as the spire
•	He sought out Anzu’s help to overthrow her and rule as Twin Kings
•	Anzu, however, was in love with Rukhmar and refused to betray her
•	He warned Rukhmar who burned Sethe’s wings to ash; Anzu tore out his eyes
•	Sethe laid a curse with his dying breath using his flesh and blood to defile the land
•	Anzu eats Sethe to seal his curse, which cripples him and he no longer flies
•	Sethekk Hollow is the zone where Sethe died that was corrupted by his blood
•	Anzu was ashamed of his transformation and hid from Rukhmar in the forests below
•	Consuming Sethe gave Anzu new power as well; he hid himself in a realm of shadow
•	Humbled by Anzu’s sacrifice, Rukhmar leaves Arak for Gorgrond
•	She transformed her kaliri into the arrakoa to honor Anzu’s sacrifice
•	The arrakoa to one day relcaim Arak but not as long as Sethe’s curse still lingered
•	The arrakoa learn of the Light from Rukhmar and discovered Arcane magic as well
•	They revered both Rukhmar and Anzu as deities
Part 3: Return to Arak
•	Rukhmar dying and instructs the arrakoa to return to Arak; she dies on the trip
•	Calling themselves the Apexis, arrakoa vow to create a civilization in her honor
•	They studied Sethekk Hollow to learn shadow magic, embracing Light and Void
•	The Anhar order studied Light, the Skalax order studied the Void and Arcane
•	They explored Draenor, learned of Breakers & Primals, had disdain for land-dwellers
•	A treant named Gnarlgar, one of Primals in Talador, noticed the arrakoa
•	He learned of Evergrowth, hivemind, and Sporemounds from the genesaur
•	Gnarlgar learned to empower other plants and manipulate them with magic
•	He became caretaker to botani, groomed their culture, taught them magic
•	Gnarlgar saw the arrakoa as an affront to nature, sought to destroy their artifice
•	He found an ancient root of Botaan and used it to give life to a new Sporemound
•	Botani sacrificed themselves to imbue mound with life energy, giving rise to Taala
•	Botani raised genesaur to prepare for war; Gnarlgar created treants – the Gnarled
•	Arrakoa sent scouts to investigate plants, most never came back
•	Arrakoa assaulted Primals but Gnarlgar had enchanted trees against magic
•	Anhar order proposed a weapon, Breath of Rukhmar, to channel sun
•	Gnarlgar urged more botani to sacrifice themselves, and Taala finally stirred into life
•	Some Skalaxi sorcerers went to stall the Primals, try to assassinate Gnarlgar
•	Gnarlgar destroyed them but was cursed, his roots withering and rotting
•	His death broke unity of the Primals, but they continue aimlessly toward Arak
•	Arrakoa had time to finish weapon, which emitted fire to burn everything
•	They burnt the Primals to a crisp and finally put an end to threat of Evergrowth
•	Arrakoa created an empire dedicated to studying and cataloging knowledge
•	Anhari and Skalaxi combined magic to create crystals to store information
•	Touching crystal permitted one to absorb information/memories within
•	Apexis also created mechanical constructs to do their bidding
•	Anhari semi-resurrect Rukhmar but less powerful and intelligent
•	Anhari built temple near weapon to honor Rukhmar; Skalaxi revered Anzu below
•	Rivarly developed between the Anhari and the Skalaxi
•	Anhari leader, Priest-Lord Velthreek, wanted to hoard apexis for select few
•	Skalaxi leader, Sorcerer-Lord Salavass, believed all should have access to knowledge
•	Civil war broke out, and the Anhari threatened to use their weapon
•	Salavass used a curse to destabilize the weapon, causing explosion, killing most
•	The single spire of Arak was split into numerous smaller spires by the explosion
•	Apexis society was basically lost, but the arrakoa would continue to live on
CHAPTER 2: CHILDREN OF STONE

Part 1: Rise of the Ogres
•	Gronn were solitary, fighting over territory and food
•	Ogron were brutish, rudimentary, but banded together for safety
•	Ogres and orcs were fearful of ogron and revered gronn
•	Orcs originally lived in caves under Gorgrond
•	Skalaxi arrakoa leader, Yonzi, learns of cache of apexis crystals
•	Cache buried in Talador, now occupied by ogron
•	Ogron would not negotiate with arrakoa
•	Yonzi sought alliance with ogron slaves, the ogres
•	Arrakoa taught arcane magic to ogres, who mastered it quickly
•	Titan ancestry allowed ogres to especially master stone magic
•	Ogre named Gog became leader of this rebellion
•	Gog fought not the ogron but instead killed a gronn
•	Killing more gronn, Gog the Gronnslayer inspired other ogres
•	Ogre slaves rose up and defied their ogron masters
•	Arrakoa waited patiently to reclaim crystals in aftermath
•	Gog, now Gorgog (King Gog), fought off arrakoa as well
•	Named city Goria and told Skalaxi to leave
•	Yonzi tried to attack at night but was defeated by Gog
•	Gorian Empire expanded over the generations
•	Ogres not focused on conquest but acquired many lands
•	Gronn and ogron hunted down
•	Cities of Highmaul and Bladespire Hold sprang up
•	Goria became center of magic, apexis crystal highly prized
•	Some ogres begin to be born with two heads
•	Seen as good sign, so begin magically creating two-head ogres
Part 2: Rise of the Orcs
•	Ogre rebellion allowed orcs to come out of their caves
•	Orcs hunted widlife of Gorgrond nearly to extinction
•	Orcs began migrating out of the region to avoid conflict
•	Gorgrond: Blackrock, Laughing Skull, Lightning’s Blade, Dragonmaw
•	Blackrock remained in caves to study ore and earth
•	Blackrock ore is the remains of Grond, magically imbued
•	Dragonmaw called Nelghor-shomash in orcish (Cry of the Beasts)
•	Refered to rhylaks as nelghor; name for dragons once on Azeroth
•	Tanaan clans: Bleeding Hollow, Bonechewers
•	Frostfire clans: Frostwolves, Whiteclaws, Thunderlord
•	Frostwolves and Whiteclaws learn to live with nature, wolves
•	Thunderlords prefer to dominate wildlife, hunt gronns
•	Talador clans: Burning Blade, Redwalkers, Bladewinds
•	Nagrand clan: Warsong
•	Warsong were nomadic, raided ogre civilizations
•	Shadowmoon clan lived in peace, revered the sky and stars
•	Shadowmoon went on pilgrimages hoping to hear divine voices
•	Some made their way to Throne of the Elements (skull of Grond)
•	Pilgrims learned of the elements, birth of first shaman
•	Ogres tore and ripped earth; orcs revered elements
•	Shadowmoon became first shaman and created temple at Throne
•	Orcs would come to be judged by elements, worthy or not
•	Some orcs reached into veil and discovered the Void
•	They were driven insane, had white skulls tatooed on their faces
•	Lived in seclusion in caves of Nagrand, seen as “dead” to orcs
•	Shaman became respected, worked alongside clan chieftains
•	Annual gathering of shaman called Kosh’harg festival
Part 3: Decline of the Arrakoa
•	No orc clans dared venture into Spires of Arak
•	Arrakoa became dark, superstitious, haunted
•	Renamed themselves “high arrakoa” but only shadow of empire
•	Ruled by line of kings sharing power with Anhar order
•	No longer respect dread raven Anzu
•	Sethekk Hollow used as place of punishment, banishment
•	Most banished die, some transformed and unable to fly (Outcasts)
•	Outcasts hunted by the saberon
•	Pridelord Karash of Bloodmane decided to hunt flying arrakoa
•	Taught his tribe to use harpoons, spears, and nets to hunt
•	Spires under siege from saberon, faith in Rukhmar wavered
•	Terokk, king of arrakoa, sought to fight back
•	He attacked saberon himself, ripping them apart
•	Became a living legend, built a new city in the sky, Skyreach
•	Anhari saw Terokk as a threat to their authority
•	Priests kidnapped Terokk and daughter Lithic, thrown to Hollow
•	Lithic dies; Terokk warped by the curse of Sethe
•	Priests became Adherents of Rukhmar, rule Skyreach
•	Terokk heard voice and gathered the fallen arrakoa
•	Voice was Anzu, guiding the Outcasts to shadow magic
•	Terokk and his talonpriests created city of Skettis in forest
•	On border of Arak, forest became known as Terokkar
•	Terokk went insane, had to be confined to shadow realm
Part 4: Orcs vs. Ogres
•	Orcs and ogres in conflict, Gorians uninterested in orcs
•	Gorians ruled by sorcerer kings called imperators
•	Ogres initially unimpressed by orc shamanism
•	Upon seeing raw power, ogres seek to learn
•	Imperator Molok sends army to Throne of the Elements
•	Ogre sorcerers investigate area with arcane spells
•	Residual energy from Grond mixed with ogre spells
•	Explosion wipes out sorcerers and destroys temple
•	Draenor descended into turmoil (storms, earthquakes)
•	Molok sends more sorcerers; elements cry for help
•	Orc shamans tried to calm elements but to no avail
•	Shadowmoon elder, Nelgarm, unites clans to act
•	Total war breaks out between ogres and orcs
•	Orcs managed to push ogres back to capital of Goria
•	Orcs wanted to avoid too much bloodshed, did not attack Goria
•	Ogres began starving, trade networks cut off by land
•	Molok learns about curse of Sethe from apexis crystals
•	Creates red pox, highly contagious, to kill off orcs
•	Nelgarm realizes the siege is doomed to fail
•	Unprecedented, orcs implore elements to destory Goria
•	Storm, fire, earthquake ravage city; the earth devours it
•	No ogres were spared; orcs victorious but frightened
•	Clans decide to disperse and go separate ways
•	Red pox continued to plague every few generations
•	Highmaul and Bladespire become isolated city-states
•	Orcs seized ogre lands, became most advanced race