and discuss the people, places and histories of Azeroth’s Universe.

For the first chapter, we’ll be talking about the Black Empire, Azeroth’s ancient

regime Lorded over by the Old Gods In order to understand how and when the Black

Empire came to be, we must first travel back further in history, to a time when Azeroth

was still young; a time when its surface was ruled and shaped by the Primal powers of the

Elements.

Four Primordial forces held dominance over the young world- Fire, Wind, Water and Earth,

while the fifth Element, the Element of Spirit, was mostly absent.

Due to this absence, balance between the other four were not upheld and the entire planet

became a battleground for the Ancient Spirits that dwelled there.

Ragnaros the Firelord ,Neptulon the Tidehunter,, Al’Akir the Windlord and his scores of Cyclonic

servants and Therazane the Stonemother For Countless ages, these Four lords and their

armies clashed and reshaped the surface of Azeroth in their image, relishing in the chaos

that churned in their destructive wake.

The hostile Reign of the Elements would soon come to an end with the arrival of a new,

outside threat.

Like living asteroids of meat, several massive beings crashed into Azeroth’s largest continent.

From their scattered crash sites, Four Old Gods rose as terrifying entities of flesh,

with cavernous maws of sharp teeth, hundreds of evil staring eyes and black tendrils that

crawled and seeped into the earth.

These Four beings would be known as Y’Shaarj

N’Zoth C’Thun

and Yogg-Saron From the living miasma that seeped from their

shapeless forms, two races were born into existence:

The N’raqi were the first to take form as hulking, eld-rich beings of flesh and limbs.

These Terrifying Flesh Fiends would be known as the Faceless Ones and would serve as the

Overlords of the Old Gods.

Next, the Aqir were born in the form of smaller, insectoid-like creatures.

They would become the laborers and foot-soldiers in the Old Gods new kingdom.

These races would construct the massive temple complexes, towering obelisks and enormous

cities that would surround the hulking forms of their Masters, forming the borders of the

Black Empire.

This Old God’s rising cities would not go unnoticed.

The Elemental spirits would not allow these invaders to go unchallenged and together,

combined their might to bring down the Old Gods

The Four Elemental Lords banded together and took the fight to the Black Empire.

While they destroyed many of the Old God’s minions and holdfasts, their attacks were

for naught.

Like Blood from an open wound, endless scores of N’Raqi and Aqir poured from their Masters

Blighted forms and engulfed the armies that warred against them.

One by one, the Four Primal Lords of Azeroth fell to the Old Gods, and found themselves

and their armies enslaved.

The Black Empire reigned victorious, their legions spread and the Elemental armies absorbed

into their ranks.

From the dark cities and the hulking tumorous bodies of the Old Gods, Azeroth was plunged

into an age of Nightmare.

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