Illidan: "Aarrghh! Not again!"

All of a sudden in an unfortunate turn and timing; Illidan is struck by another crippling seizure of pain upon his chest and is weakened by it. Illidan and Lady Vashj have been relentlessly fighting the demons and fel orcs for more than about a week. The dark mystical curse of the Frostmourne slowly continues to weaken the body of Illidan as time passes by, and while the more he uses his strength and powers in every battle. Upon witnessing a sudden crippling seizure on Illidan; Lady Vashj quickly tends to the aid of her master and checks on the present dire condition of his body. The sudden immobilizing pain that Illidan felt upon his chest appears to have already worn off.

Vashj: "Lord Illidan! Are you alright, master? Do you need assistance?"

Illidan: "The pain has passed. I'll be well. Let us continue the hunt for Bladefist and his lackeys."

Just then, in yet another unsuspecting event, something utterly surprising and unexpected occurs. Illidan and his naga were all about to move out when all of sudden; a magical shimmering portal, like the one that Illidan is able to channel, has just spawned in front of them. A force of demons, in an arrangement of bloodfiends, hellhounds, eredar diabolists and voidwalkers, comes out from the portal and positions themselves for battle. After the demons have spawned out; a mysterious dark hooded figure riding upon a skeletal horse comes out last from the very same portal. Illidan and Lady Vashj look upon what seem to be a black decaying face of a man under a yellow cloak.

Right then; the mysteriously hooded man reveals himself to Illidan and Lady Vashj. Mounted on an undead steed and wielding a dark jeweled scepter; the hooded man is no other than the infamous veteran death knight of the Orcish Horde, Teron Gorefiend. Illidan is surprised to see the sudden arrival of the death knight, as he immediately recognizes Teron Gorefiend from the memories he inherited in the Skull of Gul'dan. Teron Gorefiend was originally an orc warlock of Gul'dan, and a member of the Shadow Council in life. Gorefiend was later slain, and was transformed into the very first death knight by Gul'dan himself, with his own ancient spirit writhing inside a decaying body of one of the many fallen knights of Azeroth. Teron Gorefiend used to serve Ner'zhul upon leading the Horde of Draenor years ago. Closing the magical shimmering portal from behind; the malicious and extremely cunning veteran death knight of the old Horde returns, as he then begins to speak from behind from his demonic minions, and introduces himself to Illidan and Lady Vashj.

Teron: "Greetings to you all."

Illidan: "You! I know who you are! You are Teron! The death knight of old, Teron Gorefiend!"

Teron: "I see my legendary reputation proceeds me. Yes; it is I, the mighty and powerful, Teron Gorefiend. The very first of all the death knights in existence. Glad to make an acquaintance… I suppose you are the one they call as Illidan Stormrage, the new ruler of Outland. Are you not?"

Illidan: "Yes! The one who defeated Magtheridon, and is now, the lord and master of Outland."

Teron: "I know many things about you, especially of what I heard from my master. It appears that he may have overestimated you. By the looks of you now; you don't seem to be that threatening."

Illidan: "Watch your foul rotting tongue, death knight! I actually know more about you than what you heard of me from Kargath! And you do not impress me with your petty little reputation with the Horde many years ago. Like Magtheridon and the Horde of Draenor; you are just an old relic. A restless ghost from a bygone era. The future is mine now, and I reign supreme over this land!"

Teron: "Do not be so overconfident just because of your hollow victory over Magtheridon. Your meaningless reign over Outland will soon end, for we shall soon retake our rightful lands! In the name of my all-powerful master, Lord Kil'jaeden, you will all soon burn by the flames of death."

Illidan: "I shall put an end to your foul reek of death, Gorefiend! You'll regret approaching me!"

Teron instantly commands his demonic minions to attack Illidan and his naga army. A fierce war battle occurs between the two opposing forces. While the Lady Vashj and the naga would focus on wiping out the demons; Illidan intends to slay Gorefiend himself. Despite being outnumbered by the naga led by Illidan and Lady Vashj; Teron Gorefiend has his full confidence on the battle. Right then; the death knight begins to use his old powerful deadly spells against the naga forces. Teron bolsters his own troops by raising the corpses of the fallen demons and naga warriors upon the battlefield into a bunch of skeleton warriors. Commanding the undead skeletons in battle; the death knights casts a powerful spell of Death and Decay causing some aphotic, swirling clouds to rot and decompose anything within a large area. The devastating spell of Gorefiend harms a vast number of demons and naga warriors alike. Seeing such chaos and death in the fierce battlefield; Illidan rallies his standing naga troops to push on defeating Gorefiend and his remaining demons.

After channeling the spell of Death and Decay; Teron Gorefiend casts his most powerful spell of Whirlwind on the battlefield. The dangerous focusing of the winds of the underworld causes any being within to be cast about with great force and violence. The deadly uncontrollable wind spell quickly kills the lot of the standing demon and naga warriors, leaving only few fighting warriors alive in the battlefield. Seeing the effects of his powerful spells; Teron Gorefiend felt satisfaction upon unleashing chaos and havoc upon his enemies. The death knight channels what is left of his energy derived from his necromantic powers, and casts a spell of Death Coil upon the few standing naga warriors, killing it all in the process. The energies of the Death Coil by Teron instantly drains the life-force of anyone casted by it, and quickly replenishes the strength of the death knight itself.

Teron: "This scepter truly is amazing! My spells are more powerful than before! It seems like only yesterday when we claim this from the tomb. I was fool of ever giving this to Ner'zhul back then."

Illidan: "This battle is not yet over, Gorefiend! Soon, I will put an end to your wretched existence!"

All of a sudden, on a rather fortunate surprise and timing, Prince Kael arrives at the scene through the usage of a magical staff of teleportation. Arriving all the way from the Black Citadel; the blood elven prince comes to the aid of his master against Teron Gorefiend. With the sudden unexpected arrival of Kael; the scales instantly turned in the favor of Illidan and Lady Vashj. Coming out from within the magical vortex of the teleportation portal; Prince Kael channels his magic energies, and casts his Flame Strike spell by conjuring a pillar of flame upon the ground where Teron is standing. Surprised by the sudden arrival and instant attack of Kael; the death knight Teron Gorefiend was caught unguarded, and was severely burned from the Flame Strike conjured by the Blood Mage.

Kael: "By fire be purged!"

Vashj: "Kael!"

Teron: "Aarrghh! Damn you! This isn't over yet! You shall all soon burn by the flames of death!"

Having been in a heavy battle against the naga army, and being roughly harmed by a direct hit of Flame Strike; Teron Gorefiend quickly channels a magical shimmering portal, and makes a quick escape through it, leaving his few standing demonic minions behind to be killed by Illidan, Kael, and Vashj as a diversion for his escape. The sudden unexpected arrival of Prince Kael forced the death knight to retreat, giving the easy advantage to Illidan and Vashj to finish up all the demons. In the end of the war battle against Teron Gorefiend; Illidan and his forces barely claim the victory, with only him, Prince Kael'thas, and Lady Vashj to be left standing. All of the naga warriors were killed. Teron successfully escaped through his portal, but his demonic minions have all been slain. Right then; Prince Kael'thas speaks with Illidan and Lady Vashj regarding a very important matter.

Kael: "Greetings, Lord Illidan, Lady Vashj. Forgive me for my unexpected coming in here."

Vashj: "Well, it's good to see you, young Kael. We are pleased that you came when you did."

Illidan: "Your arrival was most timely, Kael. It gave us the upper hand we needed in the battle."

Kael: "It was my great honor helping you defeat the demons, master, but I would have not come in here unless the need is urgent. You see, I bear an ill news that you must know, Lord Illidan."

Illidan: "What news do you bring, Kael? Was the Black Citadel have been attacked as well?"

Kael: "No, master. I assure you the Black Citadel is secured and well defended. The Draenei that you rescued out from their village are now also guarding the Black Citadel. Any demon or fel orc who would foolishly venture into the Black Citadel would be as committing their own suicide."

Illidan: "Glad to hear it then. You have done well indeed in securing up our defenses, Kael."

Kael: "But Lord Illidan, there is more you should know. Earlier this day, a draenei stalker arrived at the Black Citadel. He is one of Akama's companions within the fortress over the Shadowmoon ruins. He told me that a huge force of demons have invaded the dungeon fortress. Akama and his brethren have been captured. Lord Illidan, those draenei need help. We must get to them soon."

Illidan: "Alright. We will head on to rescue Akama and his companions. Hopefully, they are still alive. Vashj, ready our warriors! We must reach those draenei to save them before it's too late."

Vashj: "Of course, Lord Illidan. I shall then begin preparing our forces for our mission at once."

Illidan: "This war has just taken up a new level. The forces of Kargath unleashing their attacks in all of our primary holdouts with Kil'jaeden sending more of his agents to destroy us. Now, Kargath is once again working with his old colleague, Teron Gorefiend, for them to reclaim over Outland."

Kael: "Teron Gorefiend?!"

Illidan: "Yes! The foul creature we have fought in here is none other than the death knight, Teron Gorefiend. He has been sent by Kil'jaeden to return on these lands and aid Kargath against us."

Kael: "I just knew there was something unnervingly familiar about that dark hooded creature that I attacked a while ago! Teron Gorefiend, the very first amongst the wretched death knights of the old Orcish Horde. I remember how he brought his own forces to attack the Kirin Tor on claiming the Eye of Dalaran that we used to rebuild the city. I can't believe that he still exists to this day!"

Illidan: "I shall lead our forces in this war against battling the demons and fel orcs. Kael, I would need you to return to the Black Citadel, and continue overseeing our defenses. For so long as we hold claim of the Black Citadel; Bladefist and Gorefiend cannot defeat us, nor retake Outland."

Kael: "Of course, Lord Illidan. I shall be heading back to the Black Citadel at once. Good luck."

Right then; Prince Kael'thas uses his magical portal staff and immediately teleports himself back to the Black Citadel. Illidan and Lady Vashj ready themselves for their quest towards the fortress over the Shadowmoon ruins in the hopes of rescuing Akama and his brethren before it is too late.