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Sargeras and the
Betrayal
Over time, demonic entities made their way into the
Titans' worlds from the Twisting Nether, and the
Titans' greatest warrior, Sargeras, acted as their
first line of defense. A noble giant of molten
bronze, Sargeras carried out his duties for
countless millennia, seeking out and destroying
these demons wherever he could find them. Over the
eons, it became clear that there were two main
demonic races who used different tactics to gain
power and dominance over the physical universe.
The Eredar, an insidious race of devilish sorcerers,
used their warlock magic to invade and enslave a
number of worlds. The indigenous races of those
worlds were mutated by the Eredar's malevolent
powers and turned into demons themselves. The
Nathrezim were a dark race of vampiric demons (also
known as Dreadlords) that conquered a number of
populated worlds by possessing their inhabitants and
turning them to the shadow. The nefarious, scheming
Dreadlords turned whole nations against one another
by manipulating them into unthinking hatred and
mistrust.
While Sargeras was able to defeat both races easily,
their corruption gradually began to affect him.
Doubt and despair overwhelmed Sargeras and he lost
all faith in his mission and in the Titans' vision
of an orderly universe. Eventually, he came to
believe that the concept of order itself was folly,
and that chaos and depravity were the only absolutes
within the dark, lonely universe. His fellow Titans
tried to persuade him of his error, but he
disregarded them, eventually storming from their
ranks forever.
In time Sargeras' madness would consume his valiant
spirit. He came to believe that the Titans
themselves were responsible for creation's failure
to be perfect. Deciding to undo their works
throughout the universe, he resolved to form an
unstoppable army that would destroy the physical
universe so it could be rebuilt. He shattered the
prisons of the Eredar and the Nathrezim and set them
free. These cunning creatures bowed before the dark
Titan and offered to serve him in whatever malicious
ways they could. From the ranks of the powerful
Eredar, Sargeras picked two champions to command his
demonic army of destruction. Kil'jaeden the Deceiver
was chosen to seek out the darkest races in the
universe and recruit them into Sargeras' ranks. The
second champion, Archimonde the Defiler, was chosen
to lead Sargeras' vast armies into battle.
Kil'jaeden's first move was to enslave the vampiric
Dreadlords to serve as his personal agents
throughout the universe, locating primitive races
for their master to corrupt and bring into the fold.
First amongst the Dreadlords was Tichondrius the
Darkener. Tichondrius served Kil'jaeden as the
perfect soldier and agreed to bring Sargeras'
burning will to all the dark corners of the
universe. The mighty Archimonde also empowered
agents of his own. Calling upon the malefic pit
lords and their barbarous leader, Mannoroth the
Destructor, Archimonde established a fighting elite
that would scour creation of all life. Once Sargeras
saw that his armies were amassed and ready to follow
his every command, he launched his raging forces
into the vastness of the Great Dark. He referred to
his growing army as the Burning Legion. To this
date, it is still unclear how many worlds they
consumed on their unholy Burning Crusade across the
universe. .
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