Ner'zhul Originally High Shaman of the Orcs of Draenor. Long ago, when the orcs had never heard of the human world, the commander of the Burning Legion, Kil'jayden, came to Ner'zhul. The demon saw that the shaman was very capable of magic, and endowed Ner'zhul with the power to command the flows of magical energy, in exchange for devotion to the Legion. Ner'zhul aided the demons in their fight against the draenei that inhabited Draenor, but the shaman soon began to realize that the orcs were becoming mere pawns in the Legion's greater daemonic game. Kil'jaiden, guessing that Ner'zhul no longer wants to help the Legion, but hatches his own plans, chooses a new representative of the orc race - Ner'zhul's student, Gul'dan. Gul'dan gains even more demonic power and power. Ner'zhul retreats into the shadows, fearing for his life. His name is not mentioned again in either the First or Second Wars with the Alliance.

After the defeat of the orcs and the destruction of the Dark Portal, Ner'zhul realizes that his time has come. The orcs no longer have a leader, as Orgrim has fled and Gul'dan has been slain by demons. Between individual clans of orcs that remained at large, there is an internecine struggle. Then Ner'zhul decides to unite the forces of the Horde under his command and take over the world of people, which his talented student did not succeed.

To do this, he recruits the mighty orc warriors Thunder Hellscream, Kilrog Dedai and Dentarg - with their help, Ner'zhul subjugates the death knights spawned by Gul'dan and uses them to suppress the uprising of clans dissatisfied with the power of the new leader. Ner'zhul meets the powerful dead knight Theron Gorfind, who has reached great heights in the knowledge of the science of creating magical portals. Theron tells Ner'zhul that powerful artifacts are needed to open the dark portals. Ner'zhul's first artifact is the skull of his apprentice Gul'dan. With the help of this skull, the shaman manages to open a portal to the world of people, not far from the tower of the archmage Khadgar - in Nizengard.

Hordes of orcs again poured into the world of people. Upon learning that the dark portal has been reopened, the black dragon Deathwing himself comes to Ner'zhul in Draenor and offers to use the dragons of his flock to destroy people. He tells Ner'zhul where to find them. Ner'zhul accepts the offer of a powerful ally, realizing that, without dragons, the Alliance cannot be defeated.

With Theron's help, Ner'zhul obtains Medivh's spellbook by raiding the library of Dalaran, then Ner'zhul obtains the magic staff of demons by sending his warriors to the islands where the Tomb of Sargeras is located. Also, traitor people from the kingdom of Alterac help the orc shaman.

After collecting all the artifacts, Ner'zhul opens a whole network of portals from Draenor to different worlds. But at the most inopportune moment, an expedition of people led by Khadgar and Turalyon attacks the headquarters of the Shadowmoon Ner'zhul clan. Ner'zhul flees, remembering to take all the artifacts with him. But he can't handle their power, and Draenor begins to be torn apart by a powerful cataclysm. Ner'zhul and his faithful mages enter one of the portals, but Kil'jaiden and his demons are already waiting for them on the other side.

Enraged by the defeat of the orcs and the destruction of Draenor, the demon lord tears Ner'zhul apart, and his soul is tormented in flames for a long time. But the demon still gives Ner'zhul another chance to serve the Legion. It turns all the warriors of the shaman, who stepped through the portal with him, into dead sorcerers - liches, animated by witchcraft power. And Ner'zhul's soul is placed in a block of magical ice, inside of which there is a throne.

The Frozen Throne was able to be teleported by the demons to the human world on a snow-covered continent called Northrend, in an area called Icecrown. Along with the Lich King, all of his faithful servants were exiled. To prevent the Lich from betraying the Legion again, the demons sent their faithful servants - the Nathrezim, led by their leader Tichondrius.

Ner'zhul soon felt that his consciousness was greatly expanded, and he could sense the world of ghosts and command his loyal liches, communicating with them in a language that the demons could not hear. For ten long years, Ner'zhul perfected his abilities, hatching plans to take over the world of people and get rid of the power of demons.

Ner'zhul created a plague inside his throne, which he decided to test on the people living in Northrend. The Lich King was delighted to discover that he could safely control the plague from his icy home and direct it wherever he pleased. Soon, all people exposed to the plague turned into the living dead, completely subordinate to Ner'zhul. With all humans subdued, Ner'zhul continued to expand his dominions. On his way stood an ancient race of arachnid creatures worshiping Nerub. They fought fiercely for their freedom and crushed the armies of the Lich King.

Then Ner'zhul was helped by his Nathrezim jailers, realizing that Ner'zhul's victory was beneficial to the Legion. With their help, Ner'zhul defeated the non-killers and created reanimated dead spiders from their remains - his faithful servants. Ner'zhul destroyed the Nerubian overlords as his army descended into the depths of Azjol'Nerub, the spider kingdom. The war of the spider, as it was called, ended with the destruction of the leaders of the nerubians, on whom the cunning nathrezim brought down the vaults of the cave. And Ner'zhul revived the king of the spiders Anub'arak and made him his faithful servant.

While studying a strange plague that turns people into zombies, a mage of Dalaran addicted to necromancy named Kel'Thuzad arrived in Northrend. Ner'zhul contacted him and recruited him for his future army, the Scourge, but the Lich King left Kel'Thuzad with his humanity, promising him eternal life if he served the Scourge's cause of human destruction.

The Nathreseem Mal'ganus led the first trial squad of the Scourge, who arrived in Lordaeron and brought back grain poisoned by Ner'zhul's plague. Kel'Thuzad began to found in the world of people the cult of the Damned - supporters of necromancy. Upon learning of the existence of the ambitious paladin Prince Arthas, Ner'zhul decided to make him his champion in order to get rid of the captivity of demons with his help. The Lich King created the runesword Frostmourne inside the throne, giving the owner unprecedented strength, but destroying his soul, making him a faithful servant of Ner'zhul.

Ner'zhul tricks Arthas into Northrend and forces him to take over Frostmourne, making him his dead knight. Arthas kills his father and becomes king of Lordaeron, but the people put up a decent resistance to the Scourge. Then Ner'zhul orders Arthas to restore the Cult of the Necromancers and revive Kel'Thuzad, who was killed by the prince when he was still an adept of the Light.

Arthas kills the paladins of Lordaeron, led by his former mentor Uther the Lightbearer, and destroys the high elf kingdom of Quel'Thalas, and turns their general, Sylvanas Windrunner, into banshees in the service of the Scourge. After destroying the Elven Sunwell, Arthas revives Kel'Thuzad. With his help, he summons the demon lord Archimonde to the human world. The demons, having come to this world, remove Ner'zhul from command of the Scourge, but the old sorcerer foresaw this and therefore sent Arthas, loyal only to him, to Kalimdor to help the night elves destroy the army of Archimonde.

After the Legion's defeat at the Battle of Mount Hyjal, Ner'zhul returned to command of the Scourge. But the demons, with the help of the former night elf Illidan, interfere with the plans of the Lich King. Illidan managed to breach the Frozen Throne with the help of the Eye of Sargeres, causing Ner'zhul to lose control of his army. In the capital of Lordaeron, the surviving Nathrezim take over, and Illidan and his army land in Northrend and lay siege to Icecrown.

Ner'zhul sends Arthas to help him in Northrend, and in Lordaeron, Sylvanas, escaping from the control of the Lich King (but possibly with his help), destroys the last three nathrezim, and therefore the last deputies of the Legion in Azeroth. Ner'zhul pits Illidan against Arthas in which the champion of the Lich King defeats the former elf servant of the demon lord. Arthas releases Ner'zhul's soul from the throne and unites with him as one. And as a result, Ner'zhul regains full control of the Scourge and complete deliverance from the captivity of the Legion. Though the handful of undead that remain in Lordaeron remain outside the Lich King's control, reclaiming their individuality and calling themselves the Forsaken. Sylvanas becomes their leader.

In this article, we will talk about the Ner'zhul that we met in Warlords of Draenor. He is no longer a shaman who united the orc clans under the influence of Kil'jaeden. Although he is still the head of the Shadowmoon clan, he is no longer the orc we knew - he did not make the same decisions as before. And yet, this is Ner "zhul. A messenger of death, a shaman who looks at the stars and listens to the stories that they tell him.

On Draenor, which we are now exploring, history has taken a different turn. Some events remained the same - the student of Ner'zhul rebelled against his teacher, sold his soul to demonic forces, and tried to unleash a war between the orc clans and the Draenei, which would lead to slavery and genocide.

Ner'zhul himself in this universe was not so easy to deceive. Differences between the original world and the current one existed even before the arrival of Garrosh Hellscream. All of them, small and large, led to the emergence of another Ner'zhul, who made different decisions, which, in in turn, doomed the Shadowmoon clan to a grim fate.

Is this worse than the rise of the old Horde? In some respects, of course, this is not the case. For at least the souls of the orcs of the clans of Draenor still belong to them. Everyone, with the possible exception of Ner'zhul and members of the Shadowmoon clan.

It is not known for certain how events unfolded prior to Garrosh's arrival. But, be that as it may, it is quite obvious - the biggest difference between the two timelines is that Ner'zul's wife, Rulkan, was still alive at the time of the Burning Legion's intervention. In the current story, Kil'jaeden first appeared before Ner " Zulom in the form of his dead wife, which, of course, did not work, since Rulkan was more alive than all the living.

It seems that Kil'jaeden realized that in the current Draenor it would be much easier to directly tempt the greedy, power-hungry Gul'dan, promising him power and strength, rather than seek influence over him through Ner'zul. And he almost achieved his goal - Gul'dan he drank the blood of Mannoroth, offering its power to the orcs of other clans, having previously grown hostility towards the draenei - and all this was done without the help of Ner'zhul.

The reaction of Ner'zhul himself to the deeds of his former student is unknown - perhaps he was horrified, or perhaps he had more important problems. For example, the Shadowmoon Valley was the home of the Dark Star, and Ner'zhul had a huge responsibility to protect his people from influence naaru.

The rise of the Iron Horde and Gul'dan's tarnished honor did not immediately affect Ner'zhul, but the arrival of a new Horde warchief in Shadowmoon Valley did. All due to the fact that while the Dark Portal was under construction, Grommash Hellscream borrowed Gul'dan's plan for conquest. He rethought it, deciding that all orcs should become part of the war machine that he was creating.

Together with Garrosh, he came to the Shadowmoon Valley and offered Ner'zhul to make a very simple choice: either the shaman will join the Iron Horde, or be killed along with his fellow tribesmen. That Ner'zhul will be forced to force his people to participate in the war that they do not want was not enough. Grommash found the ghostly clan's preoccupation with astrology and reverence for the dead unacceptable. What use are shamanism and obscure rituals compared to the industrial power of the rising Iron Horde? If Ner "zhul could not provide a visible result, real power, his people does not matter would have been destroyed.

Ner "zhul possessed a source of power, which, however, was forbidden to use. When the draenei first arrived on the local world, which they called Draenor, their ship, the Genedar, was seriously damaged and during its crash in Nagrand one of the naaru, K "ara (after whom the Temple of Karabor may have been named), suffered greatly and passed the dark stage, beginning to bleed out the Void.

In the process of the crash, K "ara was ejected from the ship, hovering high above the Shadowmoon Valley. The members of the Shadowmoon clan felt the presence of an object seething with the power of the Void. They took advantage of the new, uncharted power that they had access to and which they had not previously encountered .

However, they soon realized that this power comes at a terrible cost. The dark mysteries of the Void that the Dark Star provided caused those who caught this magic to become arrogant, corrupted by power, and, over time, disrespectful towards the ancestors that the Shadowmoon Clan revered.

Of course, Ner'zhul knew about this. All this was carved on an ancient totem that belonged to his people, an artifact that all shamans of the Shadowmoon clan were required to follow. This duty became a sacred commandment, since it directly affected the preservation of the sacredness of the spirits of ancestors, which was the very essence of the clan's culture.

Being an Orc of the Shadowmoon meant being the patron of the spirits of the ancients, listening to their wisdom, protecting, preserving and guiding them. Ner'zhul's wife, Rulkan, advised not to obey Grommash and the Iron Horde - the clan could not give him what he wanted and at the same time continue to follow their most sacred beliefs. They could not obey and remain the Shadowmoon clan.

But in the face of the destruction of his people, Ner'zhul decided that they had no chance against the Iron Horde war machine, and did not challenge Grommash like the Frostwolves. Perhaps he believed that sooner or later the Frostwolves would fall - despite that they are now protected by the harsh climate and rugged terrain, and that the Iron Horde will eventually outnumber the wolves.

In addition, the Shadowmoon clan does not have the natural barriers of the Frostfire Ridge. Whatever Ner'zhul was guided by, he decided to break the ancient totem and reject the prohibitions of his ancestors in order to connect to the forces of the Dark Star and use this power in the interests of the Iron Horde.

Ner'zhul learned a lot about the Void, years after this fateful decision. Rulkan left him, taking with her all her fellow tribesmen who agreed to go into voluntary exile. Once devoted to his wife, Ner'zhul now did not care about this at all.

The void he was plunging into had warped his creative nature, leaving no trace of it - now it seems that he has completely resigned himself to the path of conquering the Iron Horde and was looking for even more power, wanting to draw the Dark Star to the surface of Draenor in order to unleash its power on draenei, razing Karabor to the ground in the process. The former Ner'zhul was not hostile to the draenei, but under the influence of the Void, he happily kidnapped the draenei, turning them into slaves and sacrificing them to strengthen the Dark Star.

Worst of all, he managed to succeed in carrying out his plan. He summoned Darkstar in Shadowmoon Valley and unleashed her power.

As a result, despite the huge cost (Velen, who had shown the way to the draenei for 25 thousand years, lost his life), this act went sideways to the Iron Horde, since Velen's sacrifice cleansed the Dark Star, and directed its energy not to help the advance on Karabor, but on the contrary, against it.

Thus, Ner'zhul, in a sense, helped defeat the Iron Horde. Which, as you might guess, also did not benefit his reputation. And although the Iron Horde could not immediately take up arms against Ner'zhul (since they had just lost a huge part of the offensive force in the battle with the draenei), the Void-obsessed shaman knew what the consequences of his failure would be. Along with his most powerful minions, he retreated to the Shadowmoon Necropolis and began to explore the depths of the Nether in search of a means to protect his clan from Hellscream's vengeance.

As it turned out, he was not careful enough in his search. While he communed with the Void, furious Alliance and Horde forces dispatched their agents to clear his hideout before he either returned to the Iron Horde as a force to be reckoned with or found an even more devastating weapon to surpass Darkstar. Although Ner'zhul paid the price for violating his clan's prohibitions, it remains to be seen if the Void will leave him. In the end, Ner'zhul has unleashed energy that can defile the souls of the dead and bring them back to life in the form of unholy zombies.

Perhaps it was this power that the orcs of the original universe used when Gul "dan created the first death knight - it is said that Theron" Gor, the most devoted servant of Gul "dan in both timelines, became the first death knight with the help of secrets that were snatched from the Temple Karabor before it became the Black Temple.

Did K'ara give rise to the reliquary of souls? The fact that, having barely touched the Void of Ner, Zul mastered the ability to pervert and defile the dead, turning them into undead, speaks of using the powers of the Dark Star to distort the teachings of the Heralds of Death - the teachings of the once open only Gul " Danu when he was the Shaman of the Shadowmoon Clan.

Thus, we may not be seeing Ner'zhul for the last time. In this world, this timeline, he can rise as a creature completely woven from the shadows, a monstrous spawn of the undead, endowed with unholy power, not as a result of the influence of an evil demon , but as a consequence of his own actions.A kind of king of the undead, lord of the dead.

The Lich King. Darion Mograine certainly believes that this issue needs to be studied in detail.

What was Kairoz looking for? This question haunts throughout the expansion - the bronze dragon was definitely planning something when he arrived in Draenor. He was definitely going to pair Garrosh with Grommash Hellscream in order to force the idea of ​​creating a Horde on the orcs. But for what purpose? At the end of the legendary quest chain, Kairoz says that he "will be Infinite", implying his kinship with the Infinity Flock, but for what reason? What did they offer him?

Today we will talk about the three characters who had the greatest impact on the events - Ner "zhul", Gul "dan and Grommash Hellscream. Looking at them, we may be able to determine the specific goals of Kairoz, for the sake of which he brought Garrosh through time and space. So you can put on your tinfoil hats and start investigating Kairoz's original plans, which he was going to accomplish before your death.

Today's history lesson contains a number of assumptions based on known information. These assumptions are purely theoretical and are not historical facts.

Ner "zul

In our reality: in fact, before the official announcement by the Leader, Ner "zul was already such - the spiritual leader of the Horde, known for his wisdom, one of the most famous orcs among all clans, who outdid Blackhand himself in popularity. But Ner" zul was power-hungry, and this led to his fall - and then all of Draenor. Ner'zhul lost his wife, Rulkan, but a few years later she contacted him from the spirit world - at least he thought so. In fact, Kil'jaeden was behind the mask of his wife. The Deceiver took this opportunity to convince Ner'zhul of a serious threat from the draenei. Due to Ner'zhul's influence on the orcs in general, the war with the draenei was a matter of time. But the spirits turned away from him, and after a visit to Osha "Gun Ner" Zul realized the reason - to his horror, he was treacherously deceived along with all the orcs who stepped on the path of darkness, from which there is no way back. Ner'zhul tried to tell the truth, but was again betrayed by his student Gul'dan - Kil'jaeden deprived him of his powers and imprisoned him so that he could watch the fall of his race.

After the Second War, Ner "zul disappears during the explosion of the Dark Portal, destroyed by the forces of the Alliance. For two years, the forces returned to him, he began to have visions of death, perhaps even him - and two years later, a death knight named Theron Gorefiend came to him, who had a plan - to open portals to new worlds awaiting conquest by the Horde. Ner "zhul agreed to help and began to collect the necessary items for this - the first was the skull of his former student Gul" dan. Despite physical death, the spirit of Gul "dan" is still existed and whispered to Ner "Zul about unheard of power, gradually driving the orc crazy. When the ritual was finally completed and the portals were opened, Ner" Zul forgot about the Horde, because the desire for unlimited power clouded his eyes. Kil "jaeden was waiting for this. He tore the orc to pieces and captured his soul, demanding obedience - then he imprisoned the orc's soul in the Helmet of Domination and placed him in the Ice Throne. So, everyone's beloved and respected shaman became the Lich King.

In Draenor: the story of the Draenor Ner'zul is very different from the original. First, Rulkan is alive - this means that Kil'jaeden was not Ner'Zulu or chose another way to corrupt him. The Shadowmoon clan behaved friendly towards the draenei of the Shadowmoon Valley , but everything changed the day Grommash Hellscream came and demanded that Ner'zhul demonstrate his strength for the Iron Horde, otherwise his entire clan would be slaughtered. Fearing to lose his people, Ner'zhul turned to the forces of the Dark Star, long forgotten in the Shadowmoon. Using the power of the void, he showed his favor to the Iron Horde.

What is the biggest difference between the Draenor Ner'zhul and the original? In reputation. Apparently, he is not as respected among the orc clans as a wise spiritual leader from our world. Maybe he wanted the unity of the clans, but did not take a single step towards this Obviously, there was never a connection between him and Kil'jaeden. He never feuded with the draenei - his people lived in peace side by side with the draenei and had no problems. Prophet Velen saw in his wife, Rulkan, friend.

Hum "dan

In our reality: Gul "dan was a prominent shaman - so prominent that he became Ner'zhul's favorite student. He had one important trait: a thirst for power, which was fueled by his every action. Seeing the potential to gain new power, he put all his efforts to get it. Everyone who got in his way to power was sooner or later removed from the chessboard - Ner'zul was the oldest shaman, but when the opportunity arose to betray him, Gul'dan did just that. He gladly accepted the gifts of the Burning Legion and formed the Horde to serve the Legion for, you guessed it, increased power. The Horde, the Shadow Council, Blackhand were all his tools, but he made the fatal mistake of trying to use the Legion.

During the First War, when Medivh was almost defeated in Karazhan, Gul'dan managed to interfere in his mind to find the Tomb of Sargeras, the place of incredible power Gul'dan had been promised in return for helping the orcs invade Azeroth. When Medivh was killed, Gul'dan fell into a coma, and this gave Orgrim Doomhammer the opportunity to kill Blackhand, claim the Horde as his own, eliminate the Shadow Council, and wait for Gul'dan to awaken. After awakening, Gul "dan agreed to serve Orgrim in exchange for his miserable life - and when an opportunity turned up, he fled the Horde and headed to the Tomb of Sargeras in search of the treasured source of power. But he was not destined to find it. Instead, he found a crowd of angry demons that tore him to shreds. Even in death, Gul'dan's soul remained in his skull, whispering dark secrets and promises to those who dare to possess him. This also applied to his old mentor, Ner'zhul.

In Draenor: Obviously, in this dimension, you don't have to worry about Gul'dan's skull. But as for the rest... In this dimension, Gul'dan looks terrifyingly like himself from our time. It is not known whether he was a student of Ner'zhul, but we know for sure that the Burning Legion contacted him directly without the participation of the old shaman. By his own decision, Gul'dan created the Council of Shadows, drank the Blood of Mannoroth and sought to unite the clans into the Horde for Kil'jaeden - an act that failed due to the intervention of Garrosh Hellscream. Gul "dan was just as cunning and allowed the heroes to gradually destroy the Iron Horde until its remnants returned to him and his bucket of sprite. There was no choice left.

The biggest difference between these Gul "dans is that the Legion worked directly with one of them. How did they get to him? How did they know when to start acting?

Grommash Hellscream

In our reality: Grommash Hellscream came to power in the Warsong clan at a young age under rather strange circumstances. But his tough reign was undeniable. When Ner'zhul raised the issue of an attack on the draenei, Grom, despite his stubbornness, easily supported the idea of ​​\u200b\u200bwar, worrying about his people. Grom did the loudest act when he stepped forward to drink the Blood of Mannoroth - and then the rest of the clans followed his example When the Horde passed through the Dark Portal, the Warsong clan remained in Draenor, the first time they crossed the Portal since the defeat of the Horde in the Second War, when Ner'zhul sent them in search of magic items. The orcs attacked Nethergarde Hold and retreated to defend the Portal, but when Khadgar destroyed it, they were thrown into Azeroth.

Azeroth was unfriendly. In the Second War, the Horde was defeated, the orcs ended up in concentration camps. Grom ordered the clan to hide in the forests of Lordaeron. Having matured and become wiser, Thunder realized that he had made a terrible mistake. He fought with all his strength against the curse that struck his people. It was then that Thrall appeared and gave him hope, which caused Grom to rise from his knees and perk up. He helped Thrall free the orcs and create a new Horde, followed him to Kalimdor, but once again felt he could not resist the temptation. In Ashenvale, he discovered a fountain of blood and, in desperation to save his troops, he drank it again. Filled with demonic power, he killed Cenarius, but Mannoroth appeared and subjugated all the orcs. Thrall tried to free them again and, together with Hellscream, went in search of Mannoroth - what happened next, we already know. They fought Mannoroth, and Grom killed the pit lord at the cost of his life, thereby freeing all his people from the curse of blood.

In Draenor: funny thing is we don't know much about Hellscream from Draenor. He positioned himself as the leader of the Iron Horde and was "behind the scenes" until a certain point. From various short stories, comics, and some of his actions in the game, we learned that he is a strong and proud ruler who is dedicated to his people. But his pride and cruel nature led his clan into decline due to constant skirmishes with ogres, and in the end he lost his beloved, Golka - as a result, in this dimension, she could not bear and give birth to their child. When Garrosh arrived in Draenor, he met a heartbroken Grom - he blamed himself for destroying his clan and not letting Golka die like a warrior. But there was something else about Thunder that was much stronger than "our" Hellscream: tenacity. He survived the torture of the ogre chieftain and, despite being hungry and exhausted, was ready to rip out the chieftain's throat as soon as he approached. Despite weakness, he survived - and founded Warsong .

This tenacity connects "our" Grom with Grommash of Draenor. However, the Draenor Thunder is undeniably stronger than the original - he listened to Garrosh, heeded his warning about rejecting the Blood of Mannoroth, proudly declaring that his people would never be slaves. He rallied the orc clans together into the Iron Horde and prepared to attack Azeroth. When the Iron Horde fell, Gul "dan reappeared before him, offering a second chance to gain demonic power, but Grommash again rejected his offer. Let it seem strange, but Grommash has a noble heart - the heart of a giant, and his name speaks for itself - he who will never bow down and bow down Was his stubbornness the cause of his fall?

Kairoz

conspiracy theories

Let's sit down for a minute and play guessing. When Kairoz arrived in Draenor, he was sure he was in control. He arranged for Hellscream to escape and brought him to Draenor, saying that it was the best place to carry out his plans. It wasn't a mirror image of our world - but perhaps that's what helped make things run smoothly, a fact where key events changed and set a new course for history. How much have they changed? Garrosh would never have been born. This freed Garrosh's hands and allowed him to treat Grommash like a stranger, without wasting energy explaining that he was his son from another dimension.

"My plans require several... favorable conditions, which we will find there. This is the perfect time stream for us. Not perfect as a reflection in a mirror, but perfect nonetheless."

In addition, the clans themselves have changed. Ner'zhul was not revered by the orcs as a leader who could easily go to war against the draenei. Because of this, Kairoz apparently assumed that the Burning Legion would not be a significant factor - Rulkan was still alive, Kil'jaeden never did not appear under her guise as Ner "Zulu, and the Legion was simply ... absent. Kairoz had no way to find out about Gul" dan - it seems that he was not at all worried that Gul "dan would receive an offer, because without the original source in the face Ner "zula nothing would have started. How would this all end for him? An army of orcs without leadership, waiting to grow into a single mighty force - a force that would presumably be controlled by Kairoz.

The strangest thing about this is that when Chromie explains the situation in "War Crimes", she mentions two factions of bronze dragons that are separated by the causality of the subsequent actions, since Nozdormu and most of his flight have lost their power. Some are willing to hand over the rule to mortals, helping out when needed. Some feel that once their task is done, they can start "building a better future" - whatever they want. Who decides? This is where the problem is. Maybe Kairoz had a somewhat crazy notion of "best", implying the power of dragons. Perhaps he wanted to bend the mortals of Azeroth to his will. But before solving the big problem, he ran into one small one - Garrosh killed him.

So what's the big problem? Flaming Legion. What's really embarrassing is that these creatures still exist. In our timestream, Archimonde finally died in Hyjal during the Third War. But he is still present in Hellfire Citadel, and the dungeon log states that he "traveled through space and time to see for himself that the invasion of Azeroth was going according to plan."

Wait a minute. minute. Invasion of Azeroth? Was it not Garrosh who suggested to Grommash and the Iron Horde that they launch an invasion? Was it not Gul "dan, being imprisoned and helpless, who initially fueled the Dark Portal until we freed him along with his friends from the Shadow Council? What Azeroth was Archimonde going to invade? Ours? Didn't we kill him? How does he know about the existence of our world? ?

Maybe Kairoz was talking to more powerful figures than Garrosh, Chromie, and Khadgar? We will have to be patient and wait.

Note.

The article will not describe Nerzhul's "life" after the resurrection.
Content:
Prologue
Appearance description
Biography
Legends and myths
Conclusion

Prologue.
Many players know Ner'zhul as the cruel, poisonous, deadly Lich King. But players began to forget that Nerzhul was once a wise orc who honored his ancestors. The strongest spiritual leader of Draenor, and the leader of the "ghost moon" clan. Ner'zhul cared about his people and their prosperity.

Appearance description.
Ner'zhul is of average height for an orc, despite his age he is perfectly well-balanced, and although his hair is gray and his face is wrinkled, he is still very strong. He has small penetrating brown eyes.

Biography.
Ner'zhul was born and raised on Draenor. He was the leader of the ghost moon clan. The most powerful shaman of the first war. He was the leader of the horde during the second war. During the second war, he was obsessed with the idea of ​​opening portals to other "better worlds" for the orcs. Nerzhul believed that the war with people in Azeroth was pointless, and led the horde, during the second war, into Azeroth only because of the necessary artifacts.

Legends and myths.
During the Second War, when the horde led by Orgrim Doomhammer was defeated, and Gul ‘Dan was torn to pieces by the guards of the Tomb of the Titan of Gloom, it was Nerzhul who was destined to lead the horde. With the help of gul'dan's death knights, he reopened the portal to Azeroth. But not for conquest, but in order to collect the strongest artifacts to open portals from Draenor to other worlds. And he managed to take possession of the three necessary artifacts: the eye of Dalaran, the staff from the tomb of the titan of darkness and the book of Medivh. And on Draenor, he, along with death knights and orcs from the clan of the dead eye socket, went to the defiled shrine of the draenei black temple. There, Ner'zhul performed a dark ritual, opening portals throughout Draenor, but Ner'zhul, blinded by his triumph, forgot about his people and, with warriors and death knights close at hand, stepped into the nearest portal. But in that world, the lord of the Burning Legion, Kil'jaeden, was already waiting for him. The demon slowly tormented the body of the orc, and then watched as his soul was tormented in agony. Interesting Facts. Probably Nerzhul would never have collected the artifacts if Deathwing, the patriarch of the black dragons, had not offered his help to the shaman in exchange for passing through the portal with the cargo... To open portals to other worlds, Nerzhul had to perform a ritual during the parade of stars, namely the constellations of the staff, the eyes and books. And then the power of the artifacts will increase greatly, the parade of stars will continue for three days. Also, Ner'zhul had to be in the place of concentration of all the energy of the planet, namely in the black temple, in order to draw strength from the earth itself.
Conclusion.
I believe that Nerzhul was a very controversial person during his lifetime. He was admirable for many reasons, but many of his actions were disgusting. And you judge him.

He was looking for the strongest among them. His choice fell on Ner'zhul. He was promised power and wealth, like the entire Horde, if only he would give his will into the hands of demons. Ner'zhul realized that for his people this would eventually turn into slavery. Knowing this, he would never have become the puppet that the demons wanted to get, so they decided to change their choice and the puppet of Ner "Zul - Gul" Dan became the new "lucky one".

Ner'zhul could only watch as the empowered Gul'dan banned shamanism and ordered the orcs to study the dark side of magic. Ner'zul did not want to leave Draenorwhen Medivh opened the Dark portal. He knew that only madness and slavery awaited the orcs, even if they succeeded in fulfilling the desires of the demons. He remained in Draenor and soon learned of the defeat near the gates of Lordaeron, and then at Blackrock Spire. He knew that the demons would not let such a defeat of the Horde go unpunished. He knew that they would decide to kill or enslave the surviving orcs.

Then Ner'zul sent his troops against Lordaeron and the forces of the Alliance, and the necromancer Kel'Thuzad also spoke on his side. All went according to the Legion's plans, but the Lich King proved to be more than just the servant he was in the Legion's eyes. He found his henchman among the people. Prince Arthas became a puppet in the insidious plans of Ner'zhul. The Lich King protected them, leading Kel'Thuzad and Arthas through the entire war in which the Legion was destined to lose. With the defeat of Archimonde near the Tree of Life, the undead army no longer had a demonic commander to control it, and Ner'zhul had the opportunity to free himself from demonic slavery.

Kil'jaeden tried to rein in the Lich King by setting Illidan on him, but he was defeated in the final battle with Arthas and failed to prevent him from reuniting with Ner'zhul into a new entity, which became one of the strongest in the entire Warcraft universe.

Warlords of Draenor

In the Warlords of Draenor add-on, due to actions, an alternate reality appeared in which the history of all of Draenor, and in particular Ner'zhul, changed.

Ner "zul- leader clan of the shadow moon

Cautious and prudent, Ner'zhul was unable to resist his apprentice, Gul'dan, and his dreams of uniting all the orcs faded before the bloody rise of the Iron Horde. The Shadowmoon clan used to always look to the stars for guidance; now, the mysterious abilities of his harbingers of death doom Draenor to destruction.