The Dark Portal Opens

Medivh, carrying the hidden influence of Sargeras, made contact with Gul’dan. The warlock’s people had exhausted their own world through conquest and corruption; Azeroth offered new lands and enemies.

Their work opened the Dark Portal, joining Draenor to Azeroth. What appeared to the defenders as an invasion from outside also depended on a betrayal within their own world. The Guardian entrusted with protection had helped create the road for the attack.

The Master Behind the Gate

Khadgar and Garona escaped to bring their discovery to Lothar. He returned with them to confront his old friend Medivh in Karazhan. The source of the invasion was also a man they had trusted.

The Guardian’s magic overwhelmed them and drained Khadgar’s youth. The apprentice nevertheless drove a blade into his master; Lothar delivered the final stroke as Sargeras tried to emerge. Medivh’s death ended the possession, not Sargeras’s existence.

Gul’dan, searching inside Medivh’s mind, fell into a coma when the link was broken. Beyond the tower, the Horde remained in Azeroth. Stopping the architect of the betrayal could not undo an invasion already in motion.