147,000 years ago, the Titans returned to the then-wild continent of Azeroth and discovered that the land had been occupied by the Old Gods, the advance agents of the Void Lords. Evil and darkness flowed across the land, chaotic elements crowded every inch of the world, the planet's air had become steeped in malice, and even its star core had been corrupted by these Old Gods.
This greatly enraged the Pantheon. Azeroth's star core was a juvenile Titan destined for a great future. How could they possibly abandon it? Yet Azeroth's environment did not permit the Titans to descend in person. Thus, empowered by Norgannon, Keeper of Secrets, Kaz'goroth the Shaper, and the other Titans, the first Guardians entrusted with this mission appeared on Azeroth's savage soil, bearing the Pantheon's will.
Aman'Thul, king of the gods, killed Y'Shaarj, the strongest Old God, but this left a terrible wound on the planet's surface and even damaged the essence of its star core. The Titans realized their mistake. Under their direction, the three remaining Old Gods were sealed away, watched over by their most loyal Watchers.
Yogg-Saron, the fiend of a thousand maws, was sealed in the Endless Storm Mountains of the Dark Continent, Northrend. N'Zoth, the Many-Tentacled Fiend, was sealed in the darkest ocean trench, never to see daylight again. C'Thun, the Many-Eyed Fiend, was sealed beneath the desert at the continent's southernmost tip.
The Great Sundering of the Well of Eternity transformed the world. When the single, whole continent split apart, C'Thun also lost the watcher of his prison. Highkeeper Ra had become trapped in that mist-shrouded land for certain special reasons. C'Thun... he escaped.
Nearly ten thousand years later, C'Thun gained new servants: the Aqir who had migrated to Silithus after being defeated by the Troll Empire. It granted