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Before the original Sunken Temple expeditionA Shrine Beneath the Swamp
The Atal’ai sought a place to prepare Hakkar’s return and built their temple in the Swamp of Sorrows. Ysera answered the danger by sinking the sanctuary beneath the marsh and assigning green dragons to contain what remained.
The intervention did not end the cult. The drowned halls still sheltered its rituals, and the corruption reached the creatures meant to guard them. By the time adventurers entered the temple, Jammal’an’s followers and the afflicted dragons formed parts of the same crisis.
The Shade of Eranikus showed the cost to the guardians. The expedition could disrupt the sanctuary, but sinking a building had never been enough to erase the purpose for which it was built.
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The Journeys Behind the Gong
Renewed danger from Ahn’Qiraj brought the old key back into focus. Anachronos sought a champion able to restore the scepter. Its pieces could no longer simply be collected from undisturbed guardians.
The red shard had passed from Vaelastrasz into Nefarian’s hands. The green required freeing Eranikus from the Nightmare with Tyrande’s aid. The blue had been hidden by Azuregos with an enchanted fish, demanding a different kind of search.
Those journeys made the coming assault depend on battles and alliances far beyond Silithus. Returning with the shards allowed Anachronos to complete the scepter, but the bearer still had to wait for the armies preparing to follow it.
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