Twelve days have passed since Illidan recruited the demons and fel orcs onto his armies; the demon hunter makes his final preparations for the planned upcoming return to Northrend. The huge wound in Illidan's chest has healed up, but he can still feel the dark magical effects of the runeblade as it slowly deteriorates his body. Illidan calls up his two most trusted lieutenants, Prince Kael and Lady Vashj, to discuss about the present state of his body. Illidan's slowly weakening condition due to the unholy curse of the Frostmourne on his chest is no secret to Vashj, Kael, and even to Akama.
Vashj: "So the crippling seizures have been getting worse, Lord Illidan?"
Illidan: "I could feel the dark effect of the runeblade crawling within my veins slowly consuming the strength and endurance of my body, as well my own magic within… yet I am still alive. I can still fight, and I must put an end to this unholy curse soon, before my body fully deteriorates."
Kael: "The Frostmourne is no ordinary sword. Countless lives have been taken out by that blade, and many of those are of my people. The Frostmourne brings the curse of death upon every living being it has contacted with, as it takes away the essence of life, and that included even to Arthas himself. The dark curse of death from the runeblade did not end your own life, master, but seems it is slowly consuming your magical power, and every bit of strength and stamina you have within."
Illidan: "Yes. And so we must destroy that cursed sword, and put an end to the Lich King soon."
Vashj: "Not to worry, master. Everything is nearly ready for our soon return to Northrend and-"
At that moment; a naga myrmidon that is not stationed within the Black Citadel suddenly arrived at the scene, and interrupted the meeting of Illidan and his lieutenants. The myrmidon came from one of the naga bases located on the outskirts of the Black Citadel. The naga myrmidon appears to have been in just a recent battle as his trident weapon is covered with blood. The naga warrior then begins to make his report of a very urgent ill news for Illidan, Lady Vashj, and Prince Kael'thas.
Myrmidon: "Your pardon, Lord Illidan, Prince Kael, Mistress Vashj; but we have been betrayed by the demons and fel orcs. Kargath Bladefist led his troops, and assaulted our base camps without any warning! They have taken over all our camps, and are now massing up against this citadel!"
Vashj: "What?! Those wretched backstabbing scums! I knew those savages can never be trusted!"
Illidan: "So Kargath and his vile minions decided to turn their backs on me?! I warned them about betraying me. Now, they shall feel my wrath and vengeance! Kael, I need you here in the citadel to handle our defenses here in the citadel. Vashj, gather the naga forces here and we shall deal with that traitor Kargath and his lapdogs as they deserve! They will know what it means to betray us!"
Kael: "Of course, master. I shall handle over our forces here, and ensure the citadel's defenses."
Vashj: "I will be rallying the naga in here, and meet you outside the gates, Lord Illidan. We shall confront those backstabbing mongrels, and make them pay dearly for their defiance against us!"
Leaving behind the blood elves, and draenei in the defense of the Black Citadel under Prince Kael; Lady Vashj assembles many of her naga, serving as guards within the Black Citadel. Meeting up with Illidan at the gates; the naga forces move towards the reported ruined encampments upon the outskirts of the Black Citadel. Upon reaching the site; Illidan and his naga warriors discover that the report of the myrmidon is indeed true, as they saw all of the three naga encampments serving as the outer defenses for the Black Citadel have been destroyed and taken over by the demons and fel orcs. All of the base camps of the naga upon the outskirts of the Black Citadel are in utter ruins.
Vashj: "No! All of the camps are lost, Lord Illidan! My warriors in this region have been defeated!"
Illidan: "Prepare yourselves! We shall retake one of the outposts in these sites, and rebuild a new camp over it. Only then, can we muster more warriors, and launch a full counterattack on them."
Illidan and his group of naga warriors along with Lady Vashj, quickly move towards to one of the former sites of the naga encampments, which is now overrun by the demons and fel orcs with their new small outpost over the area. Illidan's forces then raze the demonic outpost, slaying the demons and fel orcs within, and retook the site. Lady Vashj sends her mur'gul slaves to construct their new base over the reclaimed area, and began mustering additional troops. It was this time, unexpectedly in all of a sudden, that Warchief Kargath Bladefist himself openly shown himself and arrive outside at the newly built naga camp. Being accompanied by some demonic warriors; Kargath confronts, and directly speaks with Illidan and Lady Vashj from the outside of the newly built naga outpost.
Kargath: "Hello again, elf demon!"
Illidan: "Kargath! So you decided to show up after all, traitor! Tell me, are you really that eager to face your deaths? You and these paltry demons should have just told me to finish you all up inside your prisons, instead of giving all your wretched lives a new chance for new glory by serving me."
Kargath: "Glory?! You are not fooling anyone anymore, Illidan! You still think, we do not know about your true intentions?! There has now been a change of plans! You are not going anywhere!"
Vashj: "Foul traitorous mongrels! You shall all pay for what you have done against my warriors!"
Kargath: "Fools! Did you really think you could use us, and have us served as your decoys to the undead?! You nearly fooled us with your schemes of false promises, Illidan, but never again! We shall now crush you instead, and retake our rightful place on Outland! These lands belong to us by right! This dead planet is our world, and we shall reclaim it in the honor of the Burning Legion!"
Illidan: "It would seem that you foul savages, are less of a simpleton and ignorant than I thought. No matter, I shall be finishing what I started here on Outland and destroy you all by myself now! Your demon masters fell by my hands here before, and you shall be soon joining them in death!"
Kargath: "You're just an arrogant fool, Illidan! Your hollow victory over Magtheridon is nothing compare to the true power of the Legion! Lord Kil'jaeden has lost his patience for your failures, your weakness! You have no use to him! Now, it is time for you to taste the wrath of the Legion! Our armies are now destroying your forces beyond this region alone, and soon, we will be taking the Black Citadel back! We shall destroy you, and rule over Outland once again! War is upon you, Illidan! You all may as well try to fight back, but you will only be delaying your inevitable doom!"
Kargath sends the group of demon warriors with him, which consist of bloodfiends and hellhounds, to make an aggressive attack towards the newly built naga camp, whilst he makes his quick escape away from the naga encampment. Instantly; Illidan and his naga forces defend their base and easily defeat the group of demon warriors upon a short yet fierce battle. Illidan and Lady Vashj continued to marshal their own troops until they have finally assembled a fully sized army of naga warriors, consisting of mur'gul reavers, snap dragons, and naga myrmidons. Wasting no time for any dull moment; Illidan and his naga army with Lady Vashj, quickly move out against the two remaining enemy bases around the area of the former naga encampments in the outskirts of the Black Citadel. The first demon base is located near one of the now permanently closed up dimensional gateways, where Illidan and his forces have originally build their camp when they first sealed the gateways.
Upon reaching the first demonic camp that is built over another ruined naga encampment; Illidan and his forces waste no time as they immediately made a full force assault upon the enemy camp. The demonic base is protected by various demon and fel orc troops; consisting of grunts, raiders, bloodfiends and hellhounds. Illidan and his naga warriors viciously clashed against the combined force of demons and fel orcs within the base, and eventually were able to defeat them. The camp of the demons and fel orcs was then completely razed down to the ground. Successfully claiming the victory over the first demonic camp, whilst losing only a few number of warriors; Illidan and his forces quickly head onto the second and last enemy base in the outskirts of the Black Citadel. The demonic base is located where the former fel orc camp of the deceased Fel Orc Blademaster Gorgosh originally used to stand, before it was then utterly obliterated by Illidan and his armies.
Illidan: "Come, my warriors! Let us finish up all these fools, and deal with Kargath Bladefist!"
Reaching the last demonic base on the region in the outskirts of the Black Citadel; Illidan wastes no time, as he and Lady Vashj quickly led their army in a fierce war battle against the demon and fel orc defenders that are consisting of the same kind of warriors as with the first demonic camp. Fiercely assaulting the enemy base; Illidan and his naga army eventually defeated and slain all of the demon and fel orc troops, as they then destroy every single demonic buildings of the base. In the end; Illidan and his naga have once again claimed the overall victory, losing only a moderate amount of warriors in the war battle. Successfully defeating the enemy forces around the region; Illidan and his forces have secured the safety of the Black Citadel. However; Kargath Bladefist is yet to be seen, as Illidan and his naga have found no signs of him everywhere around the region.
Vashj: "Victory is ours, Lord Illidan, but we haven't found any trace of Kargath anywhere here."
Illidan: "No matter. He will not hide from us forever. Soon, he will be the one to show himself to us once more. Kargath has willingly given himself to Kil'jaeden in full pledge. Now, the Burning Legion intends on eliminating us for them to retake, and gain control over Outland once more."
Vashj: "We defeated Kil'jaeden's agents in here before, Lord Illidan, and we shall do so again."
Illidan and Lady Vashj came across upon the old Draenei town located upon the southwestern area of the region as they immediately saw that the entire village is on flames, and the surviving draenei warriors injured and battered. Illidan and Lady Vashj approach the nearby burning Draenei village that seem to have been recently attacked. The Draenei village is the very same camp where Akama used to battle the fel orcs of Magtheridon upon helping Illidan in closing the dimensional gateways. Upon reaching the town; one of the draenei seers approaches and speaks to Illidan and Lady Vashj.
Draenei Seer: "Lord Illidan! Praise the spirits of our ancestors! The wretched demons and fel orcs attacked us all here without warning! After they destroyed all the naga encampments around in the region; they have sent their warriors once again to besiege our town, just as they always have for many long years before. We barely managed to defeat the large force that attacked us just recently."
Illidan: "You no longer need to worry about the demons and fel orcs in these parts anymore. For the past few days, we have fought against them all in here. But then, this may be only the beginning. Kargath Bladefist has renewed his allegiance to the Legion upon giving himself in full pledge to Kil'jaeden, the demonlord I regretfully made a deal with on a task that I failed to accomplish. Now, Kargath orders his forces to wage war upon us all, in order retake Outland for the Burning Legion."
Draenei Seer: "Then we must destroy Bladefist and his forces as soon as possible, Lord Illidan."
Illidan: "Yes. We shall hunt Kargath down, and put him and his lapdogs to their end for good."
Draenei Seer: "There is another demonic base camp to the south, near the borders of the Hellfire Peninsula, Lord Illidan. The demons and fel orcs also destroyed the blood elven outposts on that region, and have built one huge encampment of their own. Perhaps you may find Kargath there?"
Illidan: "Very well, the naga and I shall head on to the south. Take your brethren here, and move to the Black Citadel. It would be dangerous for all of you to stay here. Send word to Kael about all that has happened. Lady Vashj and I shall be dealing with the rest of the forces of Bladefist."
Draenei Seer: "We shall then be moving out to the Black Citadel, Lord Illidan. We shall tell Lord Kael'thas of everything. May the ancestral spirits protect you, and grant you the victory, master."