Story recap page for the sixth World of Warcraft expansion pack, Legion.
Having been sent to present Azeroth, "Alternate-timeline Gul'dan" spends his time exploring the hidden vaults of the Broken Isles; the location of the Tomb of Sargeras. Here, Gul'dan finds a dark crystalline prison containing the corpse of Illidan Stormrage, the former Lord of Outland that was supposedly killed during the events of The Burning Crusade.
Khadgar, who helped lead the Alliance and Horde against Gul'dan and the Iron Horde on the alternate Draenor, witnesses the return of the Burning Legion, and flies to the city of Stormwind to warn King Varian Wrynn of the coming invasion. Soon after, Gul'dan opens the portal for the Burning Legion upon the Broken Isles to invade into Azeroth once more.
Battle on the Broken Shore
Under the leadership of Warchief Vol'jin and King Varian Wrynn, the Horde and Alliance join forces once again to launch an assault against the Burning Legion and make landfall on the Isle's Broken Shores. Here, a massive battle against the Burning Legion takes place that has even Gul'dan entering the fray.
During the defense of the flank, the Legion hits the Horde's flank with a surprise attack, and Vol'jin is mortally wounded, Sylvanas calls the Horde to retreat, and and is named the next Warchief in Vol'jin's dying breath. Meanwhile, Varian calls a retreat of his own, but ends up stranded helping the Alliance escape and is killed by Gul'dan. With the death of Varian Wrynn, his son, Anduin, takes the throne as the next King of Stormwind.
With both the Alliance and Horde devastated by the battle at the Broken Shore, a new source of power is required to fend off the Legion invasion. The Heroes of the Alliance and Horde, together with the shunned demon hunters, must learn to master legendary weapons and the Pillars Of Creation, five Titan artifacts that hold the power to stop the Legion's invasion. Khadgar has the city of Dalaran teleport to the Broken Isles to serve as a beachhead to search for the Pillars and take the fight to the Legion again. With the leadership of the Alliance and Horde deep in transition, Khadgar calls upon the classes themselves to transcend their division and fight together.
Azsuna
In the ruins of the ancient Night Elf civilzation, the Demon Hunters battle the Legion for the Tidestone of Golganneth. But the Naga, Minions of Queen Azshara, also seek the Tidestone for their own ends. In the middle of this are an enclave of the Blue Dragonflight, menaced by corrupted and magic-starved elves, and the cursed ghosts of Azsuna's former population, stuck between Life and Death.Highmountain
On the jagged northern peaks of Highmountain dwell a tribe of moose-antlered Tauren, as well as their allies the Drogbar. For assisting the Night Elves in battling the Legion milennia ago, the Highmountain Tauren were charged with protecting the Hammer of Khaz'goroth, another of the Pillars of Creation. But Dargrul the Underking, leader of the Drogbar, murdered the Highmountain Tauren's Chieftain and seized the hammer. With the help of the Class Orders, the Highmountain Tauren battled the Drogbar and took back the Hammer.Val'sharah
This home of druidic culture is under attack by Xavius, who has corrupted much of the area with the Emerald Nightmare, including Cenarius and Malfurion Stormrage. He steals the Pillar of Creation known as the Tears of Elune, and uses them to corrupt the former Green Aspect Ysera, sending her to attack the Temple of Elune. The Night Elves, along with the Order heroes, defend the temple, but at the cost of Ysera's life. But with the Aspect's blood, the Tears are purified.Stormheim
Stormheim is mostly home to the Vrykul, the giant predecessors of Humanity. Sylvanas, freshly crowned Warchief of the Horde, has come personally to Stormheim on a very personal mission. Genn Greymane, who blames Sylvanas for Varian's death, has followed her. As the Worgen and Forsaken clash, both sides pull their respective champions back into the conflict even as they search for the Aegis of Aggramar, entering a competition held by Odyn.Meanwhile, Slyvanas deals with Hela, and attempts to seize control of the Valkyr. Greymane intervenes, foiling her plans, while the Heroes battled the Legion and the Tideskorn Vrykul's self-proclaimed God-King Skovald.
Patch 7.0.3 - Raid: The Emerald Nightmare
Xavius once terrorized Azeroth with an affliction that almost obliterated the walls between reality and dream. His machinations ended in defeat, but he has been given another chance at vengeance. Now, Xavius leads the conquest of Val'sharah, where the tainted World Tree Shaladrassil spreads the Emerald Nightmare's corruption. With an army of vile satyrs at his command, Xavius will stop at nothing to vanquish all who oppose the Burning Legion. In return, heroes from the Horde and Alliance arrive at Lake Elune'ara within Kalimdor's Moonglade to go through the Rift of Aln. They enter the Emerald Dream, and dispose of Lord Xavius, who had been turned into a bloated, grotesque, monstrosity. Xavius returns to his Night Elf form upon defeat, the nightmare finally ends, and the artifact weapons wielded by the heroes obtain new power.
Patch 7.0.3 - Raid: The Nighthold
The largest structure in the Broken Isles and among the grandest in all of Azeroth, the Nighthold stands as a testament to the achievements of the Nightborne, a group of Night Elves who sheltered in their city of Suramar isolated behind a barrier since the first Legion invasion. Centered around the Nightwell, the fount of arcane energy that has sustained Suramar for centuries, these grounds were built as a haven from the worries of the world. But as a felstorm churns above the former temple of Elune across the bay, and Gul'dan himself now resides within the palace's walls, those worries now begin-not end-here. In Suramar, heroes of the Horde and Alliance aid the Nightfallen, a sect of Nightborne who were cast out from the Nightwell and are sick due to suffering from magic addiction. The players satiate these addictions by planting the arcan'dor, a tree that produces a fruit that negates the addiction. The Nightfallen help the players invade the Nighthold and stop the Nightborne from further helping the Legion. The players fight their way to the Nightwell to put Illidan's soul back in his body and to kill Gul'dan before he could put Sargeras' soul in Illidan.
Patch 7.1 - Raid: Trial of Valor
Since Loken's betrayal, Odyn has been trapped within the Halls of Valor as Helya plots in the shadows to claim the souls of his valarjar champions. In recent days, however, great heroes from the Horde and Alliance have arrived in the lands of Stormheim in the Legion's wake. Hoping that their might and determination could tip the scales and end Helya's reign, Odyn summons these champions to the Gates of Valor for a final test. The heroes enter the Halls of Valor where they complete Odyn's test to become his champions. They then fight against Helya's forces in Haustvald to reach the portal to Helheim where the final confrontation with Helya takes place. With Helya defeated, the curse upon the Halls of Valor has been lifted with Odyn and Illidan's soul now free from her control.
Patch 7.2 - Raid: The Tomb of Sargeras
Aegwynn used this sacred temple of Elune to lock away the defeated Sargeras' avatar. She hoped it would remain dormant, buried deep within the earth, but the lure of power has continued to draw foul entities to this site. When Gul'dan re-entered the tomb, he tore down Aegwynn's wards and opened a doorway for the Legion to invade. Now, the fel army tears at the vault, hoping to reclaim their master's power. While the Alliance and Horde celebrate their victory against Helya, the Burning Legion brings many ships to the Broken Shore to start the full invasion of Azeroth. The forces of Azeroth establish a new foothold on the Broken Shore while facing heavy resistance.
After fighting back the invasion forces, the heroes of the Horde and Alliance enter the Tomb of Sargeras with Illidan to end the Legion's presence on Azeroth. They come across the Avatar of Sargeras, which had been turned into a gateway to Argus, the home of the Burning Legion. Going through to the other side, the heroes comes across the demon lord, Kil'jaeden, on his ship flying over Argus. They manage to slay Kil'jaeden, but the end result is his ship exploding. Illidan uses the Sargerite Keystone to open a rift between Argus and Azeroth in order to escape the explosion, which ends up leaving Argus nearby Azeroth, setting the stage for the heroes of Azeroth to invade Argus.
Patch 7.3 - Raid: Antorus, the Burning Throne
Led by Prophet Velen, the champions of Azeroth embarked on a journey to the shattered world of Argus, home of the demonic Burning Legion, to put an end to their crusade against life. There, they joined forces with the Army of the Light—a host of Lightforged warriors who spent millenia fighting the Legion across the stars, and whose ranks included the legendary paladin Turalyon and ranger-captain Alleria Windrunner. Together with the champions of Azeroth, the Army of the Light mustered their scattered forces and embarked on a desperate quest to storm the Legion’s seat of power: Antorus, the Burning Throne. There, the heroes discovered that the fallen titan Sargeras had corrupted not only the soul of the world of Argus, but the titan Pantheon as well. After a tremendous struggle, the heroes of Azeroth defeated the soul of Argus and freed the titans, who imprisoned Sargeras for his transgressions—and appointed Illidan Stormrage as his jailor. As a last act of defiance, the Dark Titan plunged his sword into Azeroth, inflicting a deep wound in the planet that would leave her fate uncertain...
