Powerful Survival Instinct

Like beans spilling from a pod, Nalis confessed everything. Zul'ra Jin had used no torture—he had merely dug his dragon claws into the scales around her neck and made a few threats, and the Black Dragonflight had divulged all her intelligence.

After the Dark Portal opened and the Orcs poured into this world, Deathwing had once taken the guise of a human noble named Prestor and entered the Alliance to maneuver within it. In secret, he had allied himself with the Horde, directing the Orcs to locate the buried artifact known as the Dragon Soul. He then instructed them to use it to enslave the Red Dragon Queen, indirectly giving rise to the Dragonmaw Clan.

Using both the Dragonmaw Clan and his identity as a noble, Deathwing had sought to manipulate the Alliance and Horde. He had even won the heart of Calia Menethil, Princess of Lordaeron, as well as the right of succession to the Kingdom of Alterac.

However, Deathwing's scheme had collapsed under the resistance of many unwilling parties, including betrayal from the Dragonmaw Clan. His identity had been exposed, and the Dragon Soul had been destroyed by Rhonin through a series of accidents—an act that earned Rhonin the Red Dragonflight's gratitude.

With the Dragon Soul no longer restraining him and his identity exposed, Alexstrasza and the three Dragon Aspects who had rushed over fought Deathwing at Grim Batol. In the end, the Black Dragon King had fallen grievously wounded into the abyss, and all Black Dragons had believed him dead.

After Deathwing's disappearance, his son Nefarian and daughter Onyxia had prepared to take over the Black Dragonflight, but sixteen Black Dragons, including Nalis, had opposed them.

Unable to defeat Nefarian, these rebellious Black Dragons could only hide with their dragonspawn and dragonbeast servants in a nest in