Night deepened, and darkness shrouded the entire Blasted Lands.
Nethergarde Keep fell into a brief calm.
All the soldiers, whether human, dwarf, or elf, had learned of the coming expedition to Outland...
They would soon leave Azeroth and pass through the Dark Portal... to another world, the world of the orcs, to crush the Horde completely.
The soldiers discussed it among themselves. None of them knew what they would face in that unfamiliar world...
Or... whether they would be able to return.
In Nethergarde Keep, a temporary Mage Tower remained brightly lit in the night.
"That's another world..." Khadgar murmured.
"What, are you afraid?" Karin asked with a smile.
"How could I be!" Khadgar shook his head, his expression turning serious:
"Do you know, Karin... I already saw all of this in the visions at Karazhan..."
"You saw all of this in the visions?" Karin froze.
"Yes. Back then, I saw a mage wearing plate armor in the Blasted Lands..." Khad nodded. "He killed a great many orcs, then led the Alliance soldiers through the Dark Portal..."
"At the time, I didn't know who he was. I just thought he looked rather dashing... so I even had a similar suit of armor made to imitate him..."
"Only later did I learn that the mage... you'd never guess, but he was actually me!"
"Hahaha!" Khadgar laughed and continued, "So this was destined to happen long ago. There's nothing to be afraid of..."
Karin patted Khadgar on the shoulder, only to hear him continue:
"Lord Lothar saw the fall of Stormwind City in the visions at Karazhan. He told me about it before. Windsor must have seen that black dragon, or he wouldn't understand such complicated Draconic Magic. As for what Kel'Thuzad saw, I'm not quite sure. Whenever I asked him,