The Earthen Ring had already set out for the Twilight Highlands. After the Northern Expedition and a series of other wars, the Horde's weaknesses had begun to show.
After the natural disasters caused by the elemental unrest, Thrall traveled to Outland to study the ways of the shaman, and Garrosh rose to power. As the Horde's new leader, Garrosh naturally wanted to build the Horde into his ideal.
Back in Garadar, various limitations, along with the news brought by the Nesingwary Expedition, had left Garrosh dispirited for a time, but things were very different now. Of course, Garrosh hated that dwarf's hunting expedition intensely, leaving the new Warchief of the Horde deeply hostile toward dwarves and humans.
After reading the report Dorothy had provided, all the leaders fell silent. The Horde's internal problems had indeed been laid bare. Years of warfare had taken a tremendous toll on its population and development.
Even before this, Garrosh had received another report from Palkar. Drek'Thar had once again warned Thrall: the seas would boil, the earth would weep, and the world would shatter.
Garrosh did not know Drek'Thar well, but he knew the old shaman had once been Thrall's teacher. When Garrosh personally arrived at Drek'Thar's home, Drek'Thar was wailing, tears streaming from his eyes.
Orcs respected shamans, and Garrosh did not doubt him. As a typical Mag'har orc, Garrosh respected his elders, and as shamans represented the wisdom of the Horde, he trusted any shaman loyal to it.
After Thrall left, the fires and earthquakes in Orgrimmar had certainly not become any less frequent. Countless shamans had sensed the increasingly frequent elemental upheavals. Before, the seawater had merely lapped against the shore, but now enormous waves battered it with increasing ferocity. If this continued unchecked, there would be nothing surprising about a