Activation sequence initiated.
Primary function subroutines declared. 'Guard' module online.
With those words, the stone sentinel's eyes shot open and it sprung to 'life'.
The Vale of Eternal Blossoms; a region of verdant trees and a landscape of beauty. It was here that the Titans had decided to begin to shape life in this region of the new world they named Kalimdor. It was here where, with the help of their unknowable magics, they created the Pools of Power, so named due to it's lifegiving – and life-altering powers. The water flowed deep beneath this land, spreading out through the world's widest regions. All life deserved a chance to evolve and flourish, the Makers had decreed.
It was here where the Makers tinkered and experimented; creating the first forms of life to walk Kalimdor's southern lands. For this reason, large facilities were needed to store the repositories needed to complete these functions.
But the Vale was not always this pristine.
When the Makers had arrived upon the young, primordial and chaotic world, they had found the Old Gods, creatures that defied space and time altogether in their eldrich ways. These beings resented the Makers for their arrival upon the world they claimed as their own, and a great, long and bloody war had broken out between the forces of the Makers and of the Old Ones.
The southern regions of Kalimdor were no exception. The Makers discovered the Seven Headed one, Y'shaarj, so it called itself -a vast, leviathan beast with maws that could devour the suns of the universe whole if it desired – defending its territory with its endless legions of insectoid servants. These 'mantid', as they were referred to by their master, fought with the Makers day in and day out – and despite their efforts, the Makers could gain no ground against the insects and their lord. To remedy this, construction was begun on two great constructs – or 'Watchers', as they were dubbed.
These Watchers, Ra and Norushen, were great creations of the Makers; stone servants with the power to destroy and smite those who fell against them. Ra in particular was gifted with the powers of Storm by The Thunderer, Golganneth, who forged them in the tranquility of the Vale.
Ra and Norushen battled the mantid for many an age – and while they were able to force them back somewhat, they could not defeat them truly. It was Ra who suggested to The Thunderer that he forge a legion of stone – obedient and steadfast – for him to lead into battle against the Old Gods' servants. It was from this decree that the mogu were first created – in the image of Norushen, Ra's fellow Watcher, who agreed to give them his likeness.
With the endless legions of stone on their side, the war turned in the Makers' favor. Eventually, Ra and his mogu legions fought against the Seven Headed One and struck him down – which was when the Makers realized that striking down an Old God was not a good thing to do – as the beast's life essence seeped into the land – and despite the seeming deathblow, the heart of Y'shaarj still continued to beat.
Golganneth decreed that the heart be locked away in the Vale and kept under heavy guard by Norushen – supplemented by the legions of stone themselves. And for eons, that had been done.