Draenor
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Image:Warcraft-map-of-draenor-wariiexp.jpg Draenor - also known as the Outlands - is a planet in the Warcraft universe, a fictional universe in which a series of games and books are set. The planet is the homeworld of the Orcs, Ogres and Draenei.
General information
Draenor is briefly referred to in Warcraft: Orcs and Humans and Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness; although in Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal and Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne players visit this blasted hellish world of the Orcs.
Draenor was a planet with a relatively warm climate, moderate seasons, and the majority of its landmasses covered with praries and woods of giant mushroom-like plants. However, primarily of note was the color of the sky, which varied from a vivid orange to deep red. Draenor was the home of the noble and shamanistic Orcs, the brutish Ogres, and the nearly-extinct Draenei. However, the orcs were later influenced by the Burning Legion and turned into ferocious and merciless warriors. They also began to wield warlock magic that caused the corruption of the whole planet. Little by little, the prairies disappeared, giving way to red and blasted wastelands.
Later, Ner'zhul's attempts to open dimensional gateways caused the final destruction of Draenor. Earthquakes, volcanoes, and immense tidal waves ravaged the land until it was eventually destroyed in an apocalyptic explosion, rending the world to pieces. Still, one remnant of Draenor, the Hellfire Peninsula and parts of the Mountains of Flame, remain after the explosion and hover through space as a still-habitable planetoid, thereafter referred to as the Outland.
One of the many brutal pit lords of the Burning Legion, Magtheridon, visited the remnants of the world with his demonic troops, transformed the surviving orcs into Fel Orcs (also known as Red Orcs) and assumed power, marking the center of his domain with the Black Citadel. From there he ruled over the Outlands with the aid of his most trusted lieutenants - The Master of Pain and The Mistress of Torment.
Illidan Stormrage fled to the Outlands with his lieutenants, Prince Kael'thas Sunstrider and Lady Vashj, as well of their armies of Blood Elves and Naga. Illidan fled to the Outlands in hopes of escaping the Wrath of the Demon Kil'jaeden, who Illidan had failed to please by failing to destroying Ner'zhul, who was now the Lich King. Illidan successfully deposed Magtheridon, shutting down the remaining demonic portals and enslaving the Pit Lord, claiming his throne as his own.
Illidan now reigns over the Black Citadel on Hellfire Peninsula, attended by a host of demons, Fel Orcs, Draenei, Blood Elves and Naga. Most of the Blood Elves, including Prince Kael'thas Sunstrider, occupy Tempest Keep in the Netherstorm; while Lady Vashj and her Naga are to be found in another, unnamed citadel. Auchindoun, an Orcish city before the collapse of Draenor, still stands in the Bone Wastes — possibly as the Draenei capital — as does Hellfire Citadel, which serves as the prison of Magtheridon.
While an unfinished map of the Outlands as well as other resource files can be found in World of Warcraft, at present there is no way to enter the Outlands until the Burning Crusade expansion pack is released. Accessing the Outlands, which will serve as a high-level continent with several new raid zones, instances and dungeons, will likely involve a World Event involving the reopening of the Dark Portal.
Native creatures of Draenor
Note: The Draenor giants are rarely mentioned or referenced to. The only reference to them was concerning the Temples of the Damned used by the Orcs in the Second Great War and the Scourge in the Third. The temples are made from the bones of the petrified corpses of a race of giants that were native to Draenor. Nothing else is known about them. There is also proof that orcs copulated with Draenei to produce a hybrid species; an example of this is Garona the Half-orc.