Quick Overview
Desolace already bore the marks of ancient ruin when the Burning Blade brought renewed demonic danger into its southern lands. The Burning Blade did not regard the defeat of the Legion at Mount Hyjal as an end to demonic service. Against these practices stood tauren and other defenders who understood that the enemy could re-enter a land without marching in a vast army.
Full History
Desolace already bore the marks of ancient ruin when the Burning Blade brought renewed demonic danger into its southern lands. Among broken night elven structures, the cult opened passages for servants of the Burning Legion. The region became known as the Mannoroc Coven, a name recalling Mannoroth, the pit lord whose blood had helped bind the old orcish Horde to demonic power. The site joined an old catastrophe to a new attempt at corruption.
The Burning Blade did not regard the defeat of the Legion at Mount Hyjal as an end to demonic service. Warlocks such as Jugkar Grim'rod continued seeking infernals, felhunters and other servants through ritual summoning. The demon Lord Azrethoc commanded forces gathered around the coven. Their presence threatened more than travelers through the wastes: they offered the Legion a foothold in central Kalimdor after its great invasion had been turned back.
Against these practices stood tauren and other defenders who understood that the enemy could re-enter a land without marching in a vast army. The coven's history is therefore one of persistence. The old Horde's bargain with demons left adherents who kept trying to reopen the way, even after the price of that bargain had been demonstrated to the world.
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