"Draenei"

A New Race for the Alliance has arrived! by the Hidden Merchant

Twenty-five thousand or so years ago, the Eredar race appeared on the face of the world named Argus.

Extremely intelligent and possessing a strong natural affinity for magic in almost every form they developed an amazing culture and society.

During the Burning Crusade to eliminate all forms of life from the cosmos Sargeras the Destroyer of Worlds noticed the Eredar and thinking that they would be the perfect leaders to run his demonic army contacted their three most influential leaders. Kil'jaeden, Archimonde and Velen were offered unimagineable knowledge and power for the Eredar if they would swear their loyalty to Sargeras. The leaders decided to consider Sargeras's tempting offer.

One of the Eridar named Velen had a vision of the future that terrified him and filled him with dread. Velen future sight showed him the co-joined Legion in all its terrible might and witnessed the massive destruction it would wreak upon all of creation.

Sargeras had told them the truth, but only a portion of it. It was true that the Eredar who joined the Dark Titan would gain enormous power and knowledge. However, the Eredar would also be transformed into demons themselves.

He quickly tried to warn Kil'jaeden and Archimonde, but to no avail. They dismissed his concerns, for they had been enticed by Sargeras' promises and gave no consideration to the concequences.Thus, after giving The Demon lord Sargeras their allegiance they were utterly changed into beings of infinate evil.

Now with the assimilation of the Eredar the vast power Sargeras commanded made direct opposition completely unthinkable.

In his despair Velen, prayed for an answer to save the remaining Eredar that had refused to join Sargeras. Then when all was almost lost his prayers were answered. A being came to Velen and explained that it was a member of the Naaru, a race of sentient beings made of pure energy bent on stopping the Burning Crusade. The Naaru offered to take Velen and any other like-minded Eredar to safety.

With renewed hope Velen swept up the renegade Eredar for a flight to safety. Running and barely escaping from the Burning Horde with just seconds to spare. It was during this exodus from their home world of Argus that the Eredar began calling themselves the Draenei which in their language means “Exiled Ones”

Furious with Velen's betrayal, the newly made demon Kil'jaeden vowed to hunt Velen and the rest of the Draenei to the ends of the universe. Thus the Burning Legion has been chasing the Draenei for many thousands of years.

In their quest to find a safe harbor the Draenei have visited many worlds and explored much of the known universe. Still the Legion they knew the legion would follow nor would they give up their pursuit.

The Naaru explained to Valen and the other Draenei that there were other forces in the cosmos that could and would eventually stand against the Burning Legion but the time was not yet right so in the meanwhile the Naaru race in their wisdom, blessed the Draenei by teaching them Light-given knowledge and power.

Telling them that one day the Naaru would forge all of these forces into an unstoppable army of the Light deeply affected the Draenei who then vowed to honor the Light and uphold the Naaru's altruistic ideals.

Velen and his Draenei finally settled upon a remote and peaceful world that seemed an ideal refuge. Naming it Draenor, or "Exiles' Refuge" they quietly rebuilt their society. Ever wary of being discovered again by Kil'jaeden's forces, Velen and his mystics kept their magics hidden for generations.

In due course the Draenei met the shamanistic Orc clans that lived in the tranquil southern grasslands of Nagrand and became friends. However, even though they respected each others race and culture they kept mostly to themselves except for engaging in a small amounts of trade.

Everyone knew it was inevitable that Kil'jaeden would discover their secret refuge on Draenor in spite of their caution, what they didn't expect was the plan Kil'jaeden would devise to subvert the orcs . Quietly Kil'jaeden sought out information on the new world and its inhabitants. Intrigued by the mighty orc race he studied them until a plan unfolded in his mind. He had figured out how to mold the Orcs into the instrument of his wrath against the Draenei. It was merely a matter of time and properly applied pressure.

Kil'jaeden started his plan for re-molding the Orcs by first corrupting the elderly shaman Ner'zhul, followed by his apprentice, Gul'dan. The Orc clans then refocused and dedicated themselves to the art of war even the wisest shaman was now learning warlock magics and abandoning the teachings they had once revered. Once his plan of corruption on the Orcs was complete Kil'jaeden joined them together forming a single minded and murderous Horde. War was now the mainstay of the Orcs since they had unknowingly been manipulated from a state of wary acceptance into blind rage and bloodlust.

Kil'jaeden then unleashed his new Orc army on the Draenei. The Draenei stood their ground now being quite powerful due to their newly given powers of Light, but the demon-maddened Horde was mightier still. Lasting nearly eight years killed the war killed over eighty percent of the Draenei race and sent the rest fleeing for safety to the remote corners of the world.

Those Draenei who had fought the Horde, found themselves affected by the dark energies wielded so freely by the orc warlocks. These Draenei started mutating into lower, less intellegent life forms, resulting in a series of subspecies. The Broken and the Lost Ones are two of the genetic strains caused by the residual dark force wielded by the Orc Shamen. Most of these former Draenei have lost their grip on reality and gone into the depths of insanity.

So now we have another problem to overcome and a new race to save, are we up to it?