Ububi basendulo bulala e-Deepholm, isizinda somhlaba ku-Elemental Plane. Bacashe endaweni engcwele eyimfihlo, abonakele I-Dragon ye-Deathwing Aspect ulindile, elulama emanxebeni empi yakhe yokugcina ne-Azeroth futhi wafuna isikhathi esifanele sokuguqula umhlaba ube ngumlilo ongamanzi.
Maduze, uDewingwing the Destroyer uzobuyela e-Azeroth kanti ukuqhuma kwakhe kwe-Deepholm kuzohlukanisa umhlaba, kushiye isilonda esinalesi sifo emazwenikazi. Ngenkathi iHorde ne-Alliance zigijimela lapho kuqhamuka khona le nhlekelele, imibuso yase-Azeroth izobona amandla okunyikima komhlaba, ukuvuka kwempi yezulu, nokuvela kwamaqhawe angalindelekile azovuka avikele umhlaba wawo, ahlukumezekile futhi adumele , wokonakala ngokuphelele.
Ukwanda kwesithathu kweBlizzard Entertainment kweWorld of Warcraft kuguqula ubuso beAzeroth ingunaphakade, kulandela ukubhujiswa okwenziwe ukuvuka kukaDewingwing, ukubumba kabusha umhlaba nokuvula izimfihlo esezinesikhathi eside zivalwe. Abadlali bazokwazi ukuthola kabusha izindawo ezijwayelekile zaseKalimdor kanye ne-Eastern Kingdoms, izindawo ezakhiwe kabusha yinhlekelele futhi zigcwaliswe ngamathuba amasha wokuzijabulisa.
Ngomzamo wokusinda enhlekeleleni ebhubhisayo, imijaho emibili emisha yemidlalo, iFerocanis neGoblins, izojoyina impi phakathi kwe-Alliance neHorde. Njengoba abadlali bekhuphukela ezingeni elisha eliphezulu lama-85, bazohlola izindawo ezisanda kutholwa, bathole amazinga amasha wamandla, futhi babhekane ne-Deathwing empini yokuthola isiphetho somhlaba.