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==Before the Dark Portal==
==Before the Dark Portal==
*-10,000 [[War of the Ancients]] — The [[Kaldorei Empire]] versus the [[Burning Legion]].
*-10,000 — [[War of the Ancients]]: the [[Kaldorei Empire]] versus the [[Burning Legion]].
*-10,000 The [[Sundering]] breaks [[Kalimdor]] into separate land masses, sinking large stretches of the [[Kaldorei Empire]]. Queen [[Azshara]] and her [[Highborne]] are lost beneath the waves, while the resistance escaped northwest toward [[Hyjal]].
*-10,000 — The [[Sundering]] breaks [[Kalimdor]] into separate land masses, sinking large stretches of the [[Kaldorei Empire]]. Queen [[Azshara]] and her [[Highborne]] are lost beneath the waves, while the resistance escaped northwest toward [[Hyjal]].
*-10,000 [[Illidan]] recreates the [[Well of Eternity]] at the summit of [[Hyjal]].
*-10,000 — [[Illidan]] recreates the [[Well of Eternity]] at the summit of [[Hyjal]].
*circa -5,000 — [[Draenei]] begin working the fields of [[Draenor]].<ref>[[Warcraft II: Tides of War]] manual, pg. 59</ref>
*-24 (559 [[King's Calendar]]) — [[Aegwynn]] gives birth to [[Medivh]] in the Fall.<ref>[[Warcraft II: Tides of War]] manual, pg. 36</ref> He is raised in the court of [[Stormwind]] by his father, [[Nielas Aran]].<ref>[[Warcraft: Orcs & Humans]] manual, pg. 17</ref>
*-19 (564 [[King's Calendar]]) — Prince [[Llane]] of Stormwind, son of King [[Wrynn III]] and Queen [[Varia]], is born.<ref>[[Warcraft: Orcs & Humans]] manual, pg. 17</ref>
*-12 (571 [[King's Calendar]]) — Medivh reaches his [[Age of Ascension]]. His powers awaken, the effects of which reach [[Northshire Abbey]]; over one hundred clerics soon arrive. The clerics' abilities and the power of [[Nielas Aran]] barely contain Medivh. At the end of the onslaught, Aran lay dead and Medivh was unconscious, barely breathing. Medivh is moved to the Abbey for the safety of both him and the kingdom.<ref>[[Warcraft: Orcs & Humans]] manual, pp. 17–18</ref> During this battle, Medivh inadvertently opened a gateway to Draenor.<ref>[[Warcraft: Orcs & Humans]] manual, pg. 20</ref>
*-6 (577 [[King's Calendar]]) — Prince [[Llane]] reaches his Age of Ascension. [[Medivh]] awakens and flies to the keep, giving the prince an hourglass that would never run out until the reign of King Wrynn III failed.<ref>[[Warcraft: Orcs & Humans]] manual, pg. 18</ref>


==After the Dark Portal==
==After the Dark Portal==
 
*1 (583 [[King's Calendar]]) — Medivh opens the [[Dark Portal]] and the Orcish [[Horde]] begins its slow invasion.<ref>[[Warcraft II: Tides of War]] manual, pg. 37</ref> The land has grown sick over the preceding six years.<ref>[[Warcraft: Orcs & Humans]] manual, pg. 18</ref> King Wrynn III is slain after the orcs invade [[Stormwind Keep]].
*2 (584 [[King's Calendar]]) — [[Llane]] is crowned the King of Stormwind at the age of 20. The orcs have made encampments in the [[Black Morass]] to the east.<ref>[[Warcraft: Orcs & Humans]] manual, pg. 19</ref>
*12 (594 [[King's Calendar]]) — [[Aegwynn]] returns to Medivh, but realises that he is insane. The two battle, but he defeats his mother and banishes her, leaving her unable to help against him in the future. Two weeks later she informs King [[Llane]] that Medivh was responsible for the coming of the orcs.<ref>[[Warcraft: Orcs & Humans]] manual, pp. 19–20</ref> [[Blackhand]] becomes [[Warchief]] of the Horde and brings proper organisation to the orcs. The [[First War]] begins.<ref>[[Warcraft: Orcs & Humans]] manual, pg. 20</ref>
*13 (595 [[King's Calendar]]) — [[Anduin Lothar]] is freed from the [[Deadmines]] after twenty months of captivity.<ref>[[Warcraft: Orcs & Humans]], The Deadmines (WC1 Human)</ref>
*17 (599 [[King's Calendar]]) — [[Orgrim Doomhammer]] slays [[Blackhand]] and becomes Warchief.<ref>[[Warcraft: Orcs & Humans]], The Black Morass (WC1 Orc)</ref><ref>[[Warcraft II: Tides of War]] manual, pg. 64, but this event takes place after deaths of Medivh and King Llane</ref> [[Medivh]] is killed by [[Anduin Lothar]] and a band of warriors within his tower<ref>[[Warcraft: Orcs & Humans]], Medivh (WC1 Human)</ref>, leaving the orc warlock [[Gul'dan]] comatose from the psychic backlash.<ref>[[Warcraft II: Tides of War]] manual, pg. 64</ref> King [[Llane]] is killed by [[Garona Halforcen]] shortly before Stormwind Keep itself falls<ref>[[Warcraft II: Tides of War]] manual, pp. 38 and 64</ref>, effectively ending the [[First War]].


==Endnotes==
==Endnotes==
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Revision as of 5:05 PM, June 1, 2026

This is a compilation of events in the setting. No one will individually know all events here, but it will be filled out as the story continues. All dating is based on the opening of the Dark Portal, but this is not necessarily how people within the setting would view the world.

Before the Dark Portal

After the Dark Portal

Endnotes

  1. ↑ Warcraft II: Tides of War manual, pg. 59
  2. ↑ Warcraft II: Tides of War manual, pg. 36
  3. ↑ Warcraft: Orcs & Humans manual, pg. 17
  4. ↑ Warcraft: Orcs & Humans manual, pg. 17
  5. ↑ Warcraft: Orcs & Humans manual, pp. 17–18
  6. ↑ Warcraft: Orcs & Humans manual, pg. 20
  7. ↑ Warcraft: Orcs & Humans manual, pg. 18
  8. ↑ Warcraft II: Tides of War manual, pg. 37
  9. ↑ Warcraft: Orcs & Humans manual, pg. 18
  10. ↑ Warcraft: Orcs & Humans manual, pg. 19
  11. ↑ Warcraft: Orcs & Humans manual, pp. 19–20
  12. ↑ Warcraft: Orcs & Humans manual, pg. 20
  13. ↑ Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, The Deadmines (WC1 Human)
  14. ↑ Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, The Black Morass (WC1 Orc)
  15. ↑ Warcraft II: Tides of War manual, pg. 64, but this event takes place after deaths of Medivh and King Llane
  16. ↑ Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, Medivh (WC1 Human)
  17. ↑ Warcraft II: Tides of War manual, pg. 64
  18. ↑ Warcraft II: Tides of War manual, pp. 38 and 64
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