Thrall, wise shaman and the warchief of the Horde, has sensed a
disturbing change . . .
Long ago, Azeroth's destructive native elementals raged across the world
until the benevolent titans imprisoned them within the Elemental Plane.
Despite the titans' intervention, many elementals have ended up back on
Azeroth. Over the ages, shaman like Thrall have communed with these
spirits and, through patience and dedication, learned to soothe roaring
infernos, bring rain to sun-scorched lands, and otherwise temper the
elementals' ruinous influence on the world of Azeroth.
Now Thrall has discovered that the elementals no longer heed the
shaman's call. The link shared with these spirits has grown thin and
frayed, as if Azeroth itself were under great duress. While Thrall seeks
answers to what ails the confused elements, he also wrestles with the
orcs' precarious future as his people face dwindling supplies and
growing hostility with their night elf neighbors.
Meanwhile, King Varian Wrynn of Stormwind is considering violent action
in response to mounting tensions between the Alliance and the Horde, a
hard-line approach that threatens to alienate those closest to him,
including his son, Anduin. The conflicted young prince has set out to
find his own path, but in doing so, he risks becoming entangled in
political instability that is setting the world on edge.
The fate of Azeroth's great races is shrouded in a fog of uncertainty,
and the erratic behavior of the elemental spirits, troubling though it
is, may only be the first ominous warning sign of the cataclysm to come.
