Four Portals of the Apocalypse | World of Warcraft 

That is also a very plausible explanation! ;)

Somehow, Zovaal returned.

Thank you!! I enjoy those little side-details and theories much more than another big lore point that takes 30 minutes to explain :'D

Great detail!! :)

Wow. How the hell did you catch that lol

Another great point that I Somehow left out of my script XD Thanks for saying this!

Ot thr HF pen portal was using the same unstable rift as the dark portal, merely redirected to another legion world.

@@DIEGhostfish Could be the case, but unlikely. Both in WCIII and in the BT raid it was depicted as stationary portal

Thank you! I needed to get to the bottom of it. XD

@@Jediwarlock I always saw them mentioned as “mysteries” welp! You solved it!

Yes, a Shadowmoon Valley portal would have made for a nice Easter Egg (since originally all four portals were canonically close to the Black Temple, but this was obviously changed for scaling reasons). :)

Thank you for the comment! Even despite the haze, you can see the ground texture as red/barren which also led me to believe it's supposed to be Hellfire Peninsula. :) But I think it could go either way and as you said it's really just an incomplete anomaly in Outland.

Thank you so much, that means a lot. :)

Haha, I love that!! That portal is only available in the Vanilla WoW Alpha build, but it makes me happy to know that so many players know about it. :)

Very interesting! I wonder why they decided to use the Dark Portal in that cinematic... maybe because it was relatable and players knew what was on the other side? I definitely think the Archimonde portal site is the actual location... odd!

Thank you very much! The original expansions are my favorite thing to explore. :)

It's a possibility! :)

That is a good idea! :)

I like that idea! :)

That's a very solid point :)

Good clarifications! Thank you.

I like that idea :)

Just for Warlocks I believe, it's not there in the default raid ;)

You are very welcome! It was bugging me too and I knew I needed to investigate it XD

Yes, probably the most likely explanation! XD

That's a great theory as well! :)

Thanks so much! :)

Interesting details! :D

@@Jediwarlock Indeed! That novel's story was one of the last things Metzen had planned before he left Blizzard right at Legion's start. It does a lot to not retcon, but recontextualize the actual story of TBC because at first blush a LOT of the stuff in TBC doesn't make sense. Like, why would the demons even bother trying to take over Outland when there's really nothing of value to them there ~or~ why would we be fighting Illidan when he has *never* been a bad guy in the story and he didn't do anything to directly oppose us until we started attacking his forces? These questions are very cleverly answered in this novel, along with an absolutely *amazing* description of our characters fighting Illidan and dealing with his mechanics near the end!

I'm glad you enjoyed it! :D

Thanks! :)

It's a good question! I know a couple people in the comments were debating that... hard to tell! :)

Good ideas! I appreciate the details about the portals ;)

I remember hearing something about that but am not familiar with the details, haha... maybe I'll look into it!

@@Jediwarlock it was on the old now deleted wow forums.

Well, he was originally a night elf sorcerer before becoming all demon-y... I suppose his followers may have called him either a sorcerer or a demon hunter.

Probably! Or it was completely destroyed or sucked through a portal into another dimension. :)

@@Jediwarlock Because if Blizzard eveer wants to give us playable Ogres, they could find the Outland version of the Ogre continent and make them a bit smaller for whatever reason.

Hey, I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for being a subscriber :)

Yes, the broken off chunk is probably the best explanation! I love the idea of exploring Outland again someday... the remnants of Frostfire, Arak, Goria, and maybe even Ashran or Eastern Farahlon. :D

That's a good idea! I checked out the area and it seems like the Quel'danas portal on the Hellfire side is more like a Legion transporter rather than a full portal, but on the Isle it definitely looks very portal-like! A very interesting detail XD

It was surprising to me as well! :D

Thank you! :)

I like that explanation!! Probably the most likely case. :)

Oh, the Azshara Portal! It was only in the WoW Vanilla Alpha but the photos of it have been very popular on the internet. :)

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You are very welcome! I appreciate the kind words. :)

Wow, you really are a bigger warcraft nerd than me. Increadible.

I knew I wanted to get to the bottom of this XD

Thanks so much! :D

:D

Shrek: "Good question"

Thanks for watching! :D

Definitely XD

Just to seem dramatic XD

Thanks! :D

Glad to hear it! Thank you for watching it. :)

Thanks! :D

Thank you very much! :)

Oooh, a comparison would be very cool! :)

Thanks so much! :D I think the "original trilogy" of content is pretty genius, but even near the end of Wrath I know what you mean about Blizzard entering the slow decline in terms of lore.

Iirc from the WoW cinematics, Outland (or at least nagrand) is actually doing kind of alright Thrall set up shop there with his family and had a kind of chill life out there, probably helping to heal the land and foster rolling hills of grain and growth We definitely have the Cenarían Expedition and the local shaman to thank for that

Remember, Outland is a dying world. Dying in a length of time not specified, could be a few decades to millennia. They should make a way to get it fixed first.

Bro, that floating piece of rock called Outland is fraying and crumbling. How long is it going to be before the atmosphere is gone?

@@Bramandin it’s a fantasy game and I don’t think Outland is even in normal space anymore anyways

It's a fun thing to think about!! Imagining what happens after we adventurers move on to the next expansion! XD