Azeroth was a magical world. Everything born here was unique, and its history was magnificent and tumultuous.
The Titans of the Pantheon had come here countless years ago. In the Titan tongue, Azeroth meant "Land of Starlight."
But reality was always cruel. After arriving and joyfully discovering this unborn kin, the Titans soon found signs of Void corruption with fury.
There were several Old Gods scattered around the continent, while the most powerful one, Y'Shaarj, stood at its center.
Thus, the Titans began the war of salvation, also known as the War of the Ancients.
Because Titans were few in number, they could never handle everything personally. So they resorted to their old method from other planets: if there were no people, they would make some themselves.
The Pantheon created several Lesser Titan Keepers to serve as commanders of the army of order, along with vast cannon-fodder forces: Vrykul, Mogu, and Tinkers, also known as Earthlings.
The Titan army launched an all-out assault on the Old Gods. The Old Gods had their own cannon fodder as well: the Aqir.
These corrupted flesh insects were endless in number. Enormous nests of flesh loomed over their dark empire, while the Faceless Ones, direct creations of the Old Gods, commanded them.
This colossal war that swept across the entire continent ended in a complete and final victory under the Titans' personal command.
But the Titans discovered in utter rage that the Old Gods had long since taken deep root in Planet Azeroth, successfully parasitizing this beautiful and pure world.
Thus, the supremely confident Father of Gods, Aman'Thul, put on a fine display of pulling up a carrot. At the center of the continent, he seized the strongest Old God, Y'Shaarj. Y'Shaarj: Holy shit, damn it, I'm dying! Then he forcibly ripped him out.
As for the result, Y'Shaarj was indeed successfully pulled out, after which Aman'Thul tossed him to the Pantheon's army to be hacked to death.
But there was always a but.
The pit where Y'Shaarj had been became Planet Azeroth's gravest wound. It even directly injured Azeroth, who slumbered and grew within the planet's core, delaying her awakening and birth indefinitely.
Massive amounts of divine blood surged up from underground, gathering more and more until they finally formed a lake—the Well of Eternity, radiating endless might.
Realizing they had caused a disaster, the Titans desperately treated the wound. In the end, they contained the injury and preserved Azeroth within the planet's core.
As for the remaining Old Gods scattered around the continent, the Titans truly did not dare kill them. If they touched them, Azeroth would be wounded again, perhaps even killed.
So they could only seal them away.
Thus, the Pantheon completely sealed the remaining Old Gods deep underground where each resided, building airtight subterranean prisons for them to prevent their influence from spreading outward.
At the same time, the Titans left behind their created armies, ordering them to watch over the Old Gods for eternity, until the day Azeroth hatched.
The eternal prison Ulduar, the Myriad Ages seal Ahn'Qiraj, the Old God research facility Uldir, and N'Zoth's Lair in the depths of the sea.
The Lesser Titan Keepers who had once commanded the armies would oversee the Titan facilities. Vast armies of steel creations fell under their control. Should any uncontrollable situation arise, the Keepers would transmit Emergency Code Alpha to notify the Pantheon.
After the war, the Titans of the Pantheon left Azeroth and placed layer upon layer of protection around the planet, preventing her from being discovered by the Void's minions once more.
Thus began a beautiful age. The Lesser Titan Keepers left behind by the Titans faithfully carried out the Pantheon's commands, constantly monitoring the prisons of the Old Gods while also turning their attention to the state of the mortal world beyond.
They discovered a native species known as Proto-Dragons.
But that was not a good thing.
Galakrond, the Proto-Dragon King, possessed such savage brutality and world-destroying strength that even the countless Proto-Dragons could not compare. Among all the Proto-Dragons soaring through Azeroth's skies, none could match his immense size.
His strength was so tremendous that a single beat of his great wings could flatten entire forests.
Nor was brute force Galakrond's only weapon. What had made him the invincible hunter he was now was also his unbelievable, extraordinary cunning.
Driven by greed, Galakrond began wantonly devouring other Proto-Dragons, even the corpses of the dead.
Devouring those Proto-Dragon remains eventually twisted both Galakrond's mind and body through the torment of undeath. Deformed limbs and countless eyes covered his massive body.
Death energy flowed and leaked through the cracks in his rugged dragonhide, reviving the dead one after another. Galakrond's victims were infused with this undead power, returning from death as loathsome creatures stripped of all reason.
A Lesser Titan Keeper named Tyr discovered this situation and selected the five strongest and smartest Proto-Dragons from among all of them to help him crusade against Galakrond.
While Tyr and the five Proto-Dragons battled Galakrond fiercely, the other Keepers, only then awakening from their indifference, finally arrived late.
Too late. As Keepers, they had realized far too late the threat posed by this corrupted colossal beast, and this would determine their eventual fate.
Yet in this battle, the determination displayed by Tyr's winged allies stirred their hearts, even as their own apathy filled them with shame.
Even so, Tyr did not rebuke his colleagues. Instead, he led everyone to work together and finally slew Galakrond forever in the wilds of Northrend. During that brutal bloodbath, Galakrond bit off one of Tyr's arms, so Tyr forged himself a Silver Hand.
After the war, Tyr persuaded his colleagues to grant the five Proto-Dragons the power of ascension, hoping they would protect the lands of Azeroth.
The compassionate Freya called upon her Titan creator, Eonar, and bestowed power upon the Proto-Dragon Alexstrasza: Red Dragon Queen Alexstrasza, meaning the Life-Binder. She watched over birth, aging, sickness, and death in the mortal world, protecting the essence of life.
Freya also sought from Eonar the blessing to command nature, bestowing power upon the Proto-Dragon Ysera: Green Dragon Queen Ysera, meaning the Dreamer. Dreams and nature intertwined to form a reflected world, the Emerald Dream. Within this primordial realm, Azeroth forever retained her original form, filled with nature and boundless vitality.
The Keeper Loken called upon his Titan creator, Norgannon, granting the Proto-Dragon Malygos earth-shaking arcane power: Blue Dragon Aspect Malygos, meaning the Master and Monitor of Arcane. He governed the flow of magical energy throughout the world, preventing any catastrophic magical disaster.
At the same time, Loken also prayed to Aman'Thul, Father of Gods, granting the Proto-Dragon Nozdormu the power of time's shifting sands: Bronze Dragon Aspect Nozdormu, meaning the Timeless One. He guarded the correctness of Azeroth's time and promptly corrected timelines that had gone astray so they could rejoin the main timeline.
Finally, the Keeper Azdahas petitioned his creator, hoping that the Titan Khaz'goroth would grant a fragment of his immense power to the steadfast Proto-Dragon Neltharion: Black Dragon Aspect Neltharion, meaning the Earth-Warder. He commanded the continent's majestic mountains and deep caverns, and was himself the manifestation of the world's power.
With this, the Lesser Titan Keepers could focus on monitoring the Old Gods, while peace among mortals was entrusted to the five Dragon Aspects.
Blessed by the Titans, the Five Great Dragon Aspects ascended from Proto-Dragons into Dragons. From then on, they were distinct from their former kin and formed the Dragon lineage of their own.
From then on, the world continued on its proper course. All things lived here in peace, multiplying and prospering.
New and old readers alike, please send some recommendation votes my way~~~
Before you continue