How did Draenor turn into Outland?

In a desperate bid to save Azeroth from the impending chain reaction, the ill-fated but heroic Alliance Expedition closed the Dark Portal from Draenor, trapping themselves there even as it began to crumble beneath their feet. Draenor's remnants were hurled towards the Nether and they became known as Outland.
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Why does Draenor look like Outland?

In the midst of the ensuing battle, the elder shaman Ner'zhul attempted to allow the remaining orcs on Draenor to escape to other worlds by opening other dimensional portals; however the presence of so many portals tore the planet apart, launching torn fragments of the former world towards the Twisting Nether, and the ...
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How did Draenor explode?

Ner'zhul and his loyal Shadowmoon clan passed through the largest of the newly created portals, as massive volcanic eruptions began to break Draenor's continents apart. Ner'zhul and his followers however were immediately apprehended by the demon lord Kil'jaeden in the aftermath of their escape from Draenor.
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Why did the draenei leave Draenor?

During the invasion of Draenor, the scattered and desperate draenei saw Alliance forces drive back the Horde and destroy the Dark Portal. These acts gave the draenei hope, and they began plans to send some of their people on a diplomatic mission, preluding their move to Azeroth decades later.
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How to get to Outland instead of Draenor?

In order to access Outland, players must now take one of the existing portals to Shattrath City, a new portal located in the Caverns of Time, or through newly opened portals in The Drag in Orgrimmar and the Mage_tower in Stormwind City.
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What Happened To Outland After TBC?

Why did Draenor become Outland?

In a desperate bid to save Azeroth from the impending chain reaction, the ill-fated but heroic Alliance Expedition closed the Dark Portal from Draenor, trapping themselves there even as it began to crumble beneath their feet. Draenor's remnants were hurled towards the Nether and they became known as Outland.
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Why was Draenor dying?

When the orc shaman Ner'zhul recklessly opened dimensional portals to find new worlds to conquer, Draenor was torn apart and believed completely lost.
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What went wrong with Warlords of Draenor?

From the super laggy launch (which was actually kind of fun), the dreaded garrisons and the rushed releases of end game content, what could have been a great expansion turned out to be pretty bad. Having released only two content patches during WoD, players were left feeling beyond disappointed.
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Why did draenei become broken?

Broken (aka Broken draenei) are a subrace of draenei featured in the Warcraft series. They are devolved because of exposure to fel energies that orc warlocks are responsible for.
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Is Velen dead in WoW?

Warning, it is a spoiler. Thank you. Alliance players fight Ner'zhul at the end of Shadowmoon Valley questing. He turns a Naaru into a "Dark Naaru" and to purify them, Velen sacrifices himself and dies.
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Who took Garrosh to Draenor?

Garrosh Hellscream escaped justice with the assistance of the bronze dragon Kairozdormu, eventually finding himself in an alternate Draenor in the time before the original Horde had come to Azeroth.
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Is Ner Zhul the Lich King?

Ner'zhul's spirit was bound to the Helm and armour, it was at this point he became known as the "Lich King".
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What happened to Argus after Legion?

Argus is saturated with the fel energies of the Burning Legion. It is now bisected by a massive, hellish slash in the crust of the planet itself, where a portion of the planet has been blown into orbit.
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Why are blood elves in Outland?

TBC stated that many blood elves remained in Quel'Thalas. They needed protection from the Scourge and resources to reunite with Kael'thas in Outland, thus Regent-Lord decided to take help from the Forsaken and later - the Horde.
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Who are the humans in Draenor?

The near-humans (also simply known as the humans) of Draenor were an in-universe speculative race used by Garona and Medivh to interpret the former's non-orcish heritage.
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What happened to Frostfire Ridge in Outland?

Frostfire Ridge is a zone in the north-western portion of Draenor. It is home to two Orc clans, the Frostwolves and the Thunderlords. When Draenor shattered and became Outland, Frostfire Ridge and Gorgrond were pressed together to become the Blade's Edge Mountains.
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Was Archimonde a draenei?

Archimonde the Defiler was once one of the three leaders of the Draenei on planet Argus years ago. However when Sargeras first came to the world of Argus and met Archimonde, Velen and Kil'Jaeden, they were all offered immense power in return of joining the Burning Legion.
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Are draenei and Eredar the same?

With his fellow eredar already becoming corrupted by demonic power, Velen, along with those who would follow him, split from the bulk of eredar society — who were, by now, a "twisted demonic reflection of" the original eredar — on Argus with the help of the naaru, renaming themselves the draenei, or "exiled ones" in ...
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Why was Draenor destroyed?

Draenor was the homeworld of the orcish race and the last refuge of the draenei before their arrival on Azeroth. When the orc shaman Ner'zhul recklessly opened dimensional portals to find new worlds to conquer, Draenor was torn apart and believed completely lost.
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Who is the main villain in Warlords of Draenor?

An alternate version of Gul'dan appears as the main antagonist in World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor and one of the two secondary antagonists (alongside Kil'jaeden) of World of Warcraft: Legion. Originally a shaman, he became the first orcish warlock as well as the de facto founder of the Orcish Horde.
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Who is the Endboss in Warlords of Draenor?

Archimonde is the final boss of Hellfire Citadel in Tanaan Jungle as well as the final encounter of World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor.
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What happened at the end of Warlords of Draenor?

At the end of the battle, Archimonde in his final moment flings Gul'dan through a portal to Azeroth of the main timeline in order to fulfill his pact with the Legion, setting the stage for the next expansion.
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What was netherstorm in Draenor?

Twenty years ago, the land known as Netherstorm did not exist. This land was once the Fields of Farahlon, a verdant expanse which was the home of the Laughing Skull Clan. When Draenor became today's Outland, the Twisting Nether ripped across the fields, creating a storm that rages on even today.
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