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Timeline
During the original Blackwing Lair campaignThe Laboratory at the Summit
Above the dwarven city and elemental caverns, Nefarian maintained the work meant to secure his own dominance. His chromatic experiments made other dragons into materials for a force of his creation.
The attackers destroyed eggs and encountered Vaelastrasz, an ally already forced into the enemy’s service. Continuing through the lair meant both ending the experiments and confronting what they had done to their victims.
At the summit, Lord Victor Nefarius revealed his dragon form. Nefarian’s defeat ended the original operation in Blackrock Mountain. The same victory also mattered to the scepter campaign: the red shard taken from Vaelastrasz could finally be recovered.
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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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