The dusty streets of Orgrimmar were buzzing with anticipation. Adventurers of all shapes and sizes crowded in and around the Valley of Honor, waiting for word from Highlord Darion Mograine, one of the Four Horsemen that served under the Lich King himself. Next to him, Nazgrim, the recently resurrected orc death knight and fellow Horseman of the Ebon Blade, stood speaking with various adventurers, while passerbyers wondered on earth was happening.

Indeed the Lich King had dispatched his most trusted Knights to recruit heroes, word sightings sighting of the Banshee Queen, Sylvannas Windrunner, former Warchief of the Horde and now a traitor to Azeroth had been seen in Northrend. Rumors also spoke that the Lich King himself had battled the traitorous forsaken elf shortly before the skies of Northrend were torn open, revealing an eerie shadow world.

Undeterred, many heroes had stepped up to the challenge already and were escorted to Ice Crown Citadel to await further orders on how to stop the machinations of death from unfolding all over Azeroth. A single Death Gate, created by Highlord Darion Mograine, was opened near the entrance to Grommash Hold, and all who dared take the challenge of this new adventure had stepped through its shadowy threshold. So far, none who had entered had come back. It had only been a few days since the shattering of the skies and the abduction of their world leaders, but the tension was rising and the search for more capable heroes, who had proven their worth saving Azeroth time and time again had begun.