Outland, Netherstorm.
"Everyone, Tempest Keep is right before us." Varian looked at the busy soldiers before him as he spoke to the assembled Alliance commanders.
During the previous battle of Shattrath, just as Varian, Thrall, and the others were preparing to intervene personally and send those demons back to hell, A'dal made his move.
The king of the Naaru, who had remained quietly in Shattrath all this time, personally showed everyone the power of the Naaru.
The force that attacked Shattrath consisted of an Eredar demon and a Pit Lord leading nearly two hundred thousand mixed troops against the "weakly" defended city. Illidan had ordered the two Demon Lords to take Shattrath and turn it into a second Black Temple. The demons, who had long been under Illidan's command and confined to Shadowmoon Valley, had long wanted to march on that outwardly imposing but inwardly weak city of the Naaru.
Omor the Unscarred and Yorvaan the Death Envoy had thumped their chests until they were swollen, assuring Illidan that they would take Shattrath without fail. Omor the Unscarred in particular had been holed up in the Black Temple ever since Hellfire Ramparts fell. Most of his troops were felhounds, and such low-ranking soldiers counted for nothing in the Black Temple. They had no standing whatsoever and were subjected to all manner of contempt from the other Fel Orcs, demons, and Blood Elves. He had made up his mind to win this battle.
What the demons had not expected was that this attack would unite the Alliance and Horde against a common enemy for the time being, and "successfully" kick them into Shattrath's camp, bringing them together.
The numbers of the Sha'tar Guard were negligible, but the addition of the Alliance and Horde armies brought Shattrath's defenses to an entirely new