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In Azeroth"s history, there"s a distinct path that dragon evolution follows. First, there are the proto-drakes of Northrend. From these drakes came the other drakes of lower Azeroth, and the five flights that were developed to watch over the world; red, blue, green, bronze and black. The more the game is played out and the longer the story runs, the more we learn about the dragons -- why they"re around, what their purpose is on Azeroth. Today, we"re going to focus on one of the new flights of dragons, one that didn"t see its creation on Azeroth, and instead finds its origins on the planet of Draenor: The Netherwing.
The genesis of the Netherwing is an odd story, some of which was explained in the article covering the Black Dragonflight last week. Deathwing the Destroyer, the by-now insane leader of the black flight had made a deal with Teron Gorefiend shortly after the orcs were defeated in the Second War. Gorefiend had been ordered by Ner"zhul to go to Azeroth and retrieve several artifacts of power that Ner"zhul needed to open dimensional gateways to other worlds. By doing this, Ner"zhul hoped to escape Draenor, and the influence of the Burning Legion, for good -- and take his people to another land in which they could begin to rebuild after the staggering losses from the wars, and the orcs corruption.
The gist of Deathwing"s deal was this -- Deathwing and his black drakes would help Gorefiend find the artifacts he was looking for. In exchange, Deathwing wanted access to the Dark Portal so that he, some of his drakes, and some cargo he had could be transported to Draenor. They would continue assisting the orcs on the other side of the portal as long as the orcs left the drakes, and the cargo, alone. While Gorefiend wasn"t sure he trusted Deathwing"s motives entirely, the addition of drakes to their fighting forces would make things much, much easier -- and so he agreed.
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Know Your Lore: The Netherwing originally appeared on WoW.com on Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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