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The kaldorei did not face the Burning Legion alone. The invaders had entered through the Well of Eternity, but the danger could not remain confined to the queen's palace or to night elven cities. The Sundering instead remade the geography that bound them together and divided their later paths.
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The kaldorei did not face the Burning Legion alone. Tauren, earthen, and furbolgs joined the resistance during the War of the Ancients, broadening the defense of Kalimdor beyond the night elven people. Their participation turned a rebellion against Azshara's court into a struggle shared by peoples whose futures also depended on stopping the demons.
The invaders had entered through the Well of Eternity, but the danger could not remain confined to the queen's palace or to night elven cities. Forests, settlements, and the living world stood at risk as the Legion extended its campaign. Jarod Shadowsong's command brought together allies with different traditions and strengths. The coalition demonstrated that the empire's collapse did not mean the whole continent had surrendered its capacity to resist.
These peoples did not become a permanent unified nation after the war. The Sundering instead remade the geography that bound them together and divided their later paths. Their presence in the ancient resistance is important to an account of Azeroth that does not treat the kaldorei as the only inhabitants of the old land. The struggle against the Legion belonged to an entire world, not solely to the empire that had opened its gates.
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