If you're a new or returning player, now is undoubtedly the best time to get back into World of Warcraft, since a large expansion is about to come and completely level the playing field for the MMO's millions of players. With Battle for Azeroth, the level cap will increase to 120, granting two large new continents to explore and digest.
In the previous expansion, the demonic forces of The Burning Legion invaded Azeroth once again, and players across both playable factions, the Horde and the Alliance, united in a fragile pact to vanquish the franchise's most iconic foes. By the end of the Legion expansion, the demons were once again defeated, but Azeroth itself was deeply wounded.
The gargantuan dark titan known as Sargeras plunged his gigantic sword deep into the heart of Azeroth itself, creating a huge fissure deep in the deserts of Silithus. The wound was ultimately stabilized, using the power from your artifact weapon obtained during the expansion, but Azeroth still bleeds, literally.
The crystallized essence of the planet, now known as Azerite, is bubbling up all over the land. Early on, Horde players discovered the power and potency of this strange new mineral and sought to extract it before the Alliance could gain knowledge of it. Naturally, it didn't go to plan.
The Alliance began harvesting Azerite for itself, having killed the Horde goblin miners in the desert sands. Alarmed, the Horde leader Warchief Sylvanas, resolved to capture the Night Elf city of Darnassus, to the north of the main Horde city, Orgrimmar. Again, things didn't exactly go to plan.
Sylvanas initially planned to simply capture the city, holding its inhabitants hostage. But after the Night Elf leaders were able to escape, rather than cut her losses, Sylvanas ordered the Horde to burn down the entire city, slaughtering hundreds, maybe thousands of innocent civilians. As a noble, honorable faction, many Horde leaders (and indeed, players), were alarmed by Sylvanas' actions, forming the basis of the Horde story arc moving into Battle for Azeroth.
The Horde and Alliance are back at war, despite working together during Legion. The Alliance are gearing up in an attempt to take Sylvanas' home kingdom, Lordaeron, as players will seek new lands and new allies, unravelling the mysteries of Azerite, and all-new threats lurking in the shadows.
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