When Aaron received the report from Shaman, he originally planned to find someone to go to Blackrock Mountain with him to find out. While Scourge was hiding in the dark and waiting for an opportunity to cause destruction, if something happened to the elements, then the future of Azeroth would not be as bad as usual.
Although the current Scourge has just suffered a major defeat and will not pose much of a threat in the short term, the Burning Legion behind them is a target that requires the entire Azeroth to unite to deal with it.
If the elements take the opportunity to cause chaos at this time, Aaron dare not think about where this planet will go in the future. Whether it is the failure to resist Burning Legion that causes Azeroth to become Fel Titans, or the elemental army taking advantage of it and allowing Azeroth to return to the chaotic world of elements, it is unacceptable.
Moreover, the elements, especially Fire Elemental, can basically be regarded as vassals of Old Gods. If Ragnaros really caused this earthquake, it is difficult to say whether he was inspired by the two Old Gods who are still alive.
In the worst case scenario, Azeroth will have to face threats from demons, elements, and Old Gods at the same time, which will be much worse than in the "official history".
However, just as Aaron was preparing to set off, the assassins of Ravenholdt sent new information, some very bad information. Except for Stratholme, traces of the plague appeared in all major towns in the northern human countries. Some towns were discovered in time, while others were late, causing many humans to become displaced refugees.
The entire Alliance's attention was attracted by Cult of the Damned's one after another plague spreading actions. Aaron had to go on the road alone to Blackrock Mountain to find out what happened there.
Along the way, Aaron can only hope that nothing too serious has happened to Blackrock Mountain, otherwise Alliance may not be able to cope with it at the moment. Just in case, Aaron notified Archaedas of the news, hoping that these guardians, who have been idle for tens of thousands of years, can still cope with the elemental army that has been trying to return to Azeroth.
Speaking of Blackrock Mountain, Aaron is actually not very familiar with this place. I just remember that Blackrock Mountain and the surrounding areas were not the current environment. When the three dwarf tribes defeated War of the Three Hammers After, the Witch King Thaurissan, unwilling to admit defeat, hoped to use the power of the elements to deal with the enemy. However, he provoked an enemy he shouldn't have provoked - the Flame King Ragnaros.
Although Ragnaros could not come to Azeroth due to the seal created by Titan Keepers, it still projected quite powerful power into the world, distorting the surrounding environment.
The original Blackrock Mountain was a part of the Redridge Mountains. After the appearance of Ragnaros, the originally vibrant mountain range was broken into two sections. The mountains in the south retained their original appearance, but the mountains in the north became the black and barren appearance they are today. From then on, it was renamed Blackrock Mountain.
And due to the extremely powerful power of Ragnaros's flames, the area on both sides of Blackrock Mountain became a scorched earth, especially the north and south lines of Blackrock Mountain. On both sides of Burning Steppes and Searing Gorge, there are only a few extremely tenacious creatures left and Dark Iron Dwarves who was enslaved by Firelord.
Of course, since Dark Portal opened, this originally desolate area has gradually become lively. First, Orcs borrowed the road from here to go north, and then Alliance and Horde arrived at There was a fierce fight under Blackrock Mountain, and then a group of Orcs hid in Blackrock Mountain. Finally, a group of Black Dragonflight and dragon people came, making the hollow mountainside inside Blackrock Mountain extremely lively.
Of course, this is information that Aaron knew before. If we follow the "official history", Alliance and Horde would not set their sights on this land until around the twenty-sixth year of Dark Portal, and finally completely eliminated the three-party forces entrenched in Blackrock Mountain and nearby areas.
However, when Aaron spent several days restlessly riding a gryphon across more than half of Eastern Kingdoms to Searing Gorge, he saw an incredible sight.
"Where's Blackrock Mountain? Where's such a big Blackrock Mountain?" Aaron had looked at Blackrock Mountain from a distance when he went to Uldaman before, and was thinking about whether to pull out Nefarian and kill him. However, when he came back now, he found that Blackrock Mountain had disappeared.
To be precise, Blackrock Mountain is actually still there. The mountain ridge that separates Burning Steppes and Searing Gorge from east to west is still there, but it seems to have been flattened. Most of the mountain range has lost its top, and the remaining mountains are also covered with bottomless cracks, and the source of these cracks is the area where the main peak of Blackrock Mountain is located.
The black mountain that once towered into the clouds has now been cut off in the middle, and the upper part has turned into countless large and small gravels scattered around, as if it had been smashed by someone.
The center was the former hollow mountain belly, but now it has been exposed to the sun. The thick smoke from the period went straight into the clouds, turning into a dark cloud that enveloped the vicinity of Blackrock Mountain.
As soon as he approached this area, Aaron felt that he had difficulty breathing. He had to control the griffon to descend. It felt a little better after it was close to the ground. But even so, Aaron still felt that there was choking smoke and dust around him. It must be volcanic ash falling from the smoke clouds in the sky. He didn't know when the smoke and dust would dissipate, or whether it would never disappear and become an eternal landscape.
"What happened? Did Ragnaros think that the light above him was too dark, so he overturned the mountain?" Aaron walked forward slowly against the smoke and dust, but in his heart he was thinking about what happened here. Who awakened the incarnation of Ragnaros?
When Ragnaros was summoned by Thaurissan, he turned the surrounding land into scorched earth. If he got angry, he might not be able to cause such a result, but Aaron couldn't figure out The reason for Ragnaros to do this is, if Firelord can use such powerful power in Azeroth, why not try to unlock the seal created by Titan Keepers first? Is it just for fun to waste power on overturning a mountain?
More importantly, Aaron was not found in Searing Gorge that should have been scattered among Black Dragonkin and Dark Iron Dwarves, according to Aaron According to the information I heard in Ironforge before, the fight between these two forces should be lively. However, Aaron only found beasts in this land that adapted to the bad environment here, and not a single intelligent creature was seen.
So when Aaron heard the sound of weapons clashing, he couldn't help but feel excited. No matter who was fighting, those who could use weapons must be intelligent races. It didn't matter who they were. Finally, there was someone who could inquire about the information. Aaron didn't have to rush around like a headless fly.