They became legends, carved in stone at the gates of Stormwind—the heroes who went beyond the portal and never came back.
"The world is breaking!" Turalyon shouted over the roar of the collapsing dimensions.
"They aren't invading," Khadgar realized, looking over the charred remains of a Nethergarde outpost. "They’re stealing." Warcraft 2: Beyond the Dark Portal
They emerged into a nightmare. Draenor was a jagged wasteland of bone-colored rock and blood-red skies.
Khadgar looked back at the portal leading home to Azeroth. If it stayed open, the magical shockwave of Draenor’s destruction would travel through the rift and incinerate their home world as well. They became legends, carved in stone at the
King Terenas of Lordaeron called upon his greatest champions for a suicide mission. If the Orcs wouldn't stop coming to Azeroth, the Alliance would take the fight to Draenor. The —Khadgar, the veteran soldier Turalyon , the elven ranger Alleria Windrunner , the wildhammer dwarf Kurdran , and the stoic Danath Trollbane —marched through the green mist of the portal.
"We have to close it from this side," Khadgar said, his voice heavy with the weight of exile. "They’re stealing
The Second War had ended with the shattering of the Dark Portal, but for , the silence was louder than the drums of war. He knew the rift between worlds wasn't truly closed—it was a wound that refused to scab.