Azeroth’s Death Track

Nightmare, about this new force that seems to have only appeared in the Emerald Dream in recent years, even the most familiar Deer Helmet doesn't know much about the Emerald Dream, this huge and powerful force seems to have appeared overnight It came, and the guardian green dragons of the Emerald Dream were caught off guard.

But in Tyrion's eyes, he is clear about the details of the Nightmare faction, and the reason why the High Lord wants to postpone the disciplinary war against the night elves until now is to wait for the big black hand of the Emerald Dream to take action. Then, through a war, the two troubles will be settled at once.

As for the origin of the nightmare, it starts with Nordrassil, the tree of the world.

This big tree, known as the crown of the sky, is a symbol of night elf civilization.

The tree was finally planted to cover up the second unfinished Well of Eternity secretly created by Illidan Stormrage on Mount Hyjal. The elves and dragons who had just experienced the tragic War of the Ancients feared the Well of Eternity The well will lead to a terrible future of demons. They try to destroy the second Well of Eternity in a special way. Nordrassil is the method that the druids finally adopted.

But Nordrassil's seed did not come from druids. In fact, this magical seed was provided by Alexstrasza, the life-binder. The seeds were thrown into the second unfinished Well of Eternity, and then the three dragon kings Alexstrasza, Ysera, and Nozdormu bestowed the supreme blessing on Nordrassil who was rooted in the Well of Eternity.

The Red Dragon Queen bestowed vitality on Nordrassil, making this World Tree possess unparalleled vigor and energy. Nozdormu, the Lord of Time, spread his power throughout the trunk and branches of Nordrassil, ensuring that as long as this tree If the World Tree exists for one day, then the Kaldorei night elves can live forever.

And Ysera the Awakened bestowed the blessing of dreams on the World Tree, which was also the blessing Ysera gave to Kaldorei for his heroic performance in the War of the Ancients. Since then, Nordrassil has been with the Emerald Dream They are closely connected and become the biggest and most important node of the Emerald Dreamland in this world.

Before the War of the Ancients, druids needed to have a very high understanding of the way of nature if they wanted to enter the Emerald Dream, but after Nordrassil was planted, any druid could pass the World Tree and the Emerald Dream. Contact, easily enter that dream world, and learn the essence of the way of nature.

However...Ysera the Awakened did not expect that the blessing she gave to the night elves at the beginning would send her and her green dragon army into hell one day after 10,000 years.

Speaking of which, from the appearance of the Nightmare in the Emerald Dreamland between 16-18 at the Dark Portal, to the initial cause of the large-scale riots, and the original origin of the Nightmare Legion, it is also related to the Arch Druid Staghelmet... Although that It was already 4,500 years ago, even though the archdruid himself was about to forget about that event, even though it was not the archdruid's original intention, and he didn't even know the connection between these two things.

In the War of the Ancients, the explosion of the Well of Eternity tore apart the world's blocks, and also cracked the seal set by the ancient titan guardians for the ancient gods. C'Thun, N'Zoth and Yogg - Saron, the reactivation of the three ancient gods existing in the world began after the explosion of the Well of Eternity.

The dark, corrupt and distorted power of the Old Gods spread from beneath the strata to the surface, forming many strange things over tens of millions of years. , as well as Kalimdor and the eastern continent, a special mineral like blue crystal appeared. It is widely distributed, and it continuously draws vitality from the local animals and plants.

This special situation soon alarmed the Cenarion Council, the most powerful mortal organization in the world at that time. It has been handed over to Malfurion's first disciple, Staghelm, who was a very responsible archdruid at the time. After finding out the strange minerals that appeared in various parts of the world, Staghelm immediately took action.

The Druids at that time did not know the fact that the Old Gods existed, but this did not prevent them from distinguishing the cold and corrupt energy rich in those minerals, and Staghelmet believed that Nordrassil, the world tree, could protect Hyjal The absence of such minerals from mountains means that it can also be used to heal the plagues of evil minerals in other areas.

At that time, the growth rate of this evil mineral called Saronite was very fast. Staghelmet had no time to ask those hidden dragons for advice, and he couldn't waste time. Once these evil minerals continued to expand, it would soon Potentially affect the whole world.

Therefore, under the leadership of Staghelmet, the druids took six branches from the branches of Nordrassil, the world tree, and inserted them into the six areas most affected by Saronite. Kalimdor Ashenvale, Feralas, Dusk Forest and Hinterlands in the Eastern Kingdom, and Crystal Song Forest in Northrend. In these five regions, when the branches of the World Tree are inserted into the earth and catalyzed, the Emerald Dream is pure The power penetrated into the ground along the branches of the World Tree, and the disaster of Saronite was quickly suppressed, and the confidence of the druids was greatly increased.

They put the last and thickest branch into the ice and snow mountains of Northrend, the valley where the Saronite infestation is most serious, which is now the center of the Grizzly Bear Hills, the heart of the world. After the branches of the tree took root, they grew rapidly, and almost within a few days, they grew into a real towering tree. The disaster of Saronite here was purified, like a miracle.

The druids proudly called it Andrassil, which means Crown of Ice and Snow. They believed that this thriving giant tree would protect this land of ice and snow just like Nordrassil, but The good situation only lasted for less than 50 years. On the land around Andashir, all the creatures seemed to start a crazy fight overnight. The war was extremely terrifying, from the warm yak people to the bears hugging each other Humans, even vrykul and wolverines, are involved.

When the druids got the news and came here, what they saw was Andashir stained red with blood... It was the dark power bred inside this tree that triggered this terrible war, the druids They don't know why, they can only think that in the absence of the blessing of the dragon, the world tree is easily infected by dark forces.

With grief, the druids cut down Andashir, which had been thoroughly polluted by mysterious forces. It is said that the scene when the giant tree collapsed shook the entire Northrend continent, and Andashir remained in the The stumps in the ice and snow are called Vordassil, the broken crown.

The tree that started the brutal war fell, and the druids thought that was the end of it, but it wasn't...they forgot one thing.

Ysera blessed the World Tree, so that every branch of the World Tree can be connected to the Emerald Dream, and Andashir is triggered by the branches of the World Tree, that is to say, this tree can also be connected to the Emerald Dream. The Emerald Dream, all the way down from where it took root, straight into the darkness at the bottom, hides an ancient evil, that is the ancient god imprisoned by the titans, the thousand-throated demon Yogg-Saron.

Andashir was polluted precisely because it was rooted too deeply and came into contact with Yogg-Saron's lair. After it was cut down, the passage to the Emerald Dreamland it left behind also fell into Yogg-Saron's lair. - in the hands of Saron, but the cunning Demon of Thousand Throats did not immediately use this killer against druids and green dragons. Silently sprinkled in the vast emerald dream.

Therefore, it can be said that such weird things as nightmares did not appear recently. They appeared as early as 4,500 years ago, but they were always hidden under the peaceful and perfect background of the Emerald Dream.

For thousands of years, Yogg-Saron, trapped thousands of meters below the northernmost point of the world, has been secretly observing the Emerald Dream. It needs a chaos to strengthen its influence here. The souls of the wild demigods who were placed in the Emerald Dream, as Rukhmar said, Yogg-Saron tried to corrupt it, but because of Rukhmar's special form, Yogg-Saron Corrosion failed.

And the poor and unlucky Ursoc failed to escape this catastrophe in the end. It became the first Mars that Yogg-Saron disrupted the Emerald Dream, especially after the demigod Cenarius died in battle, Yogg-Saron Long's activities in the Emerald Dream became more and more rampant, which directly attracted the attention of another ancient god. En Zoth saw the victory of his companion, and the conspiracy under the deep sea couldn't help it.

With the help of Queen Azshara, N'Zoth successfully pushed his power into the chaotic Emerald Dream, so the already mysterious Nightmare faction became stronger again.

Compared with Yogg-Saron who came here earlier, N'Zoth's advantage is that it has an assistant who is very familiar with the civilization of the night elves, and the vicious character of this assistant also makes N'Zoth Take it very seriously.

This guy representing N'Zoth who came to the Emerald Dream plane is the commander of all the nightmare monsters currently under N'Zoth's command. The Ruis were beaten and retreated. This arrogant man who called himself the King of Nightmare, this madman who vainly tried to turn the entire Emerald Dream into a Nightmare Demon had an elegant Kaldorei name.

It, it calls itself... Xavius.

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Well, this soul almost smells...

In a certain fortress in the dark red world of the Emerald Dream that had been occupied by the Nightmare Legion, a well-dressed highborne nobleman was sitting at the side of a sumptuous banquet. He gracefully forked a piece of twisted soul and looked at it in front of his eyes.

A trace of dissatisfaction flashed in the blood-red eyes of the high elf, and he said to the Nightmare Knight standing beside him:

Look at him, he's a druid, this kind of thing is strong-willed, full of crazy ideas to protect nature, when things can't be done, they often dedicate their lives to their sacred ideas, even though he Suffered terrible torture, but the despair of this soul is still too weak, you should let him truly experience the taste of despair...

As he spoke, the well-dressed fellow stuck out his bright red tongue and licked it on his lips. He threw the soul back on the plate, and said:

That sweet, fresh-as-cherry desperation, with a touch of acrid pain, and a little madness like honey, and boiled in a broth called depravity, until the soul is cleansed Repulsive beliefs, then re-sprinkled with lust and greed...

He put down the fork in his hand and waved his hand in disgust. The Nightmare Knight beside him immediately took the howling soul off the table, while the Highborne nobleman took a glass of blood-colored liquid and walked to the shadow of the hall. In, there, a pitiful figure covered in welts all over his body, was being tightly bound by chains.

The nobleman stretched out his finger, lifted the prisoner's face full of scars, and then poured the cold liquid in his hand on the prisoner's face to wake him up. He whispered in his ear:

I like to pair it with some wine called Lust and Gluttony, and enjoy this meal with lazy, depraved music, it will bring a little peace to my heart full of anger and jealousy, I like that kind of peace. ..do you like it? Malfurion, my old friend...

puff

Bloody blood covered Malfurion's face, waking up the archdruid from his deepest nightmare. His beast-like pupils reflected the familiar and vicious face of the high elf nobleman. The archdruid, who had been tortured for more than a month, closed his eyes in pain.

His nightmare is not over yet...

Savis, stop torturing me, kill me.

Malfurion said in a low, hoarse voice:

I know you hate me, kill me, let this end.

Finish?

When Xavius ​​heard this word, a trace of madness flashed in his vicious eyes, he took a step back, the slender and elegant body was changing rapidly in the shadow, and the shadow reflected on the ground on the other side changed. It became a twisted monster shape.

It showed its original shape. Before Malfurion's eyes, Xavius, the Nightmare King who had experienced endless torment, was moving his real body. On the distorted, muscular body, not even a trace of the Highborne could be seen. The elegance that should have been replaced by a naked upper body, as well as the strange black mane on his arms and face.

His legs turned into devil-like recurved hooves, and on his ugly, bark-like skin, there were dark red crack marks everywhere, and on his forehead, two twisted and deformed The devil's horn looks like a half-demon, but on the muscles and body, there are blood-red magic lines representing the power of nightmares, and weird crystal-like limbs.

Even at the tip of the tail that swung behind his back, there was that crystal-like parasitic organ.

Appearing depraved, corrupt and disgusting, like the most indecent creature from the crossbreeding of the most evil forces.

Look at me now, Malfurion, this is all your fault...

Xavius ​​whispered in Malfurion's ear with the gentle voice of friends, but the language was full of the most vicious curses:

This will end, Malfurion... I will turn your favorite Tyrande into such a monster in front of your face, and twist her into the best slut I can. I will destroy everything you protect, and I will let you see the people you want to protect kill each other in front of you, and finally, in the blood hell that stains the entire Mount Hyjal...

All this will end... The hatred that lasted for thousands of years will end...

Hehe, pray that you are strong enough, Malfurion... pray to everything you can find.