Quick Overview
The Dragonmaw clan's captivity of Alexstrasza converted the power of the red dragonflight into a weapon for the Horde. The practice stood in harsh contrast to Alexstrasza's ancient charge as Life-Binder. The imprisonment continued as a stain upon Grim Batol until the later rescue described in Day of the Dragon.
Full History
The Dragonmaw clan's captivity of Alexstrasza converted the power of the red dragonflight into a weapon for the Horde. Held at Grim Batol, the Dragonqueen was forced to produce young dragons that her captors trained for war. Dragon riders gave the orc armies a terrifying advantage in the skies. Their service was not an alliance but the product of magical domination.
The original Warcraft II manual connects the capture to the schemes of the Black Tooth Grin leaders and the Dragonmaw's sorcery. It describes the Roost's chains, the Queen's weakness, and the fate of young dragons killed when they grew too difficult to control. The practice stood in harsh contrast to Alexstrasza's ancient charge as Life-Binder. The Second War thereby carried the dragon Aspects' much older history of betrayal into the politics of mortal armies.
The imprisonment continued as a stain upon Grim Batol until the later rescue described in Day of the Dragon. That story traces how the artifact known as the Demon Soul could finally be broken and the Dragonqueen liberated. The captivity is not explained merely by a unit in the Horde's army; it is a history of coercion, resistance, and the misuse of a guardian whose duties extended far beyond the war.
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