The winds rip through the dusty fields of Hellfire Peninsula and travel down through Zangermarsh, Nagrand and Terokkar forest.  This is the outlands, the swirling vortex of lands far beyond Azeroth and laying somewhere in another dimension.  In this region a war was brought that should have never existed with the threats that have been posed to all the races of Azeroth.  The Alliance and Horde once again war with each other over an incident which took place only three months prior; the Horde having grown weary of the war which was brought against their door step repeatedly began a study of how to seal away the demons who constantly plagued their world.  Scientists, mages and all manner of naturalists and unnatural spell weavers gathered in the Undercity at Thrall, Cairne Bloodhoof,  Vol’jin and Sylvanas’s request.  The progress was slow and took nearly two years to make any solid progress, by this point the Blood elves had joined the horde and aided the project immeasurably with their knowledge of the arcane.  Finally a breakthrough occurred and a machine was constructed which when fully powered could repair any hole torn through the dimensional rifts and the demon spawn would finally be stopped.  The price was heavy though; an immeasurable amount of souls and mana would have to be sacrificed to the machine and with the war with the Alliance once again in full swing; the Horde saw their fuel source waiting in plain sight.  Grasping any member of the Alliance they could find, the horde set about fueling the machine under the noses of the Alliance.  Finally on the eve of the machine’s use, the Alliance sent a full raid into the Undercity decimating the construct and obliterating the machine and all of the gathered research with the machine gone and much of the undercity destroyed the Horde backlashed heavily and sought once more to destroy the ‘nobles’.<br/><br/>Racial hatreds flared heavily and battle trophies hang on the walls and towers of the major cities and captives are paraded through the cities before being turned into pieces of meat for the lust filled warriors or slaves depending on the gender.   Thrall’s arena was reopened and no captives fight for their lives against one another for the Horde’s amusement while in Stormwind a similar act takes place.  The dwarves are known now for their most extensive collection of horde slaves especially blood elves whom King Bronzebread particularly enjoys and is said to have a different maiden brought to him almost daily.  Racial cruelties have grown and even the once tight knit Tauren and Night elves have separated do to an incident orchestrated by Magatha Grimtotem.  Hammuel Runetotem had sent for a number of druids and priestesses of Elune to come to Thunder Bluff so they might teach the Tauren their ways and expand their knowledge.  The priestesses and druids never made it, at Magatha’s request the party was ambushed by the whole of the Grimtotem clan and captured.  The Grimtotems took it upon themselves to make the Night Elves their personal toys and did as they pleased with the much smaller creatures.  Hammuel and Cairne discovered the event far too late and were already removed from the Centurion Circle by the time they discovered Magatha’s treachery.  Magatha had retreated and now resides somewhere in the middles of Feralas, Un’goro Crater and Silihas.<br/><br/>The Qiraji have become silent for now, but their Twin Emperors and old God C’thun seem to be plotting something as the gates of their palace have been repaired from the recent raids and a loud buzzing can be heard over the noise of clashing Alliance and Horde.  Illidan has become too preoccupied with his duties sealing away the demons that he has grown to dissociate from the rest of Outlands and only his servants go about with any socialization or combat with the others.  Illidan’s forces are hard to discern from anyone elses aside from their combat style and a few have been spotted in Shattrath City communicating with the Sha’tar much to the discontent of both the Aldar and the Scryers.  The competition between the two has heated up as well and now open conflicts take place between the two at intervals in the streets which A’dal himself ends with but a thought.  Shattrath is still a neutral city, but the balance of power there is wanning with the Naaru becoming more and more agitated by the races dissent.  In Zangermarsh the naga Sea Witch Lady Vashj prepares along side Illidan’s forces to put an end to the petty demons and then eliminate the horde and Alliance once and for all.<br/><br/>Kael’thas having long turned his back upon both his own people and Illidan forged an alliance with the Burning Legion and has transformed into a Demon himself.  He now resides in the Isle of Quel’Danas bidding his time and hoping to open another portal for the demons.  Tempest Keep now stands empty waiting for someone else to claim the throne of this mighty tower.<br/>