Finally reaching their main destination in the center of the small isolated forest; Prince Kael'thas and his blood elven companions could not mutter a single word as they could not believe of what they are seeing. Kael and his blood elf comrades are looking upon a secretly hidden Alliance city in the middle of the Terokkar Forest. A league of Alliance military and civilians reside within the village, which are composed of humans, dwarves, gnomes, and the fellow high elven brethren of Prince Kael. Utterly surprised to what they are now seeing; Kael and his blood elven companions have found the location of their long lost comrades of the Alliance Expedition. For nearly twenty years passed; the surviving members of the Alliance Expedition have resided in the middle of the secluded forest of Terokkar and have survived ever since the catastrophic destruction of Draenor.

Amongst the Alliance settlers within the forest village are none other than the five legendary and stoic leaders of the expedition; Danath Trollbane, Kurdran Wildhammer, Alleria Windrunner, Sir Turalyon, and Khadgar. Prince Kael and his blood elven brethren have finally found the long lost surviving forces of the old Alliance Expedition, which have resided in Terokkar Forest for nearly twenty years. Kael and his blood elf companions are utterly shocked and speechless upon seeing the veteran Alliance heroes and troops after the many years of having been presumed dead due to the cataclysmic explosion of the planet. Akama approaches the village to speak with the leaders.

Noticing the presence of the approaching Draenei Elder Sage from outside of their town; the five veteran leaders of the expedition, as well as the other residing Alliance warriors, went on to greet their old ally for his unexpected visit. All of a sudden, the forces of the Alliance Expedition have been surprised to see Prince Kael'thas and the other blood elven warriors standing behind Akama and Illidan. The Alliance warriors and villagers have been paused from their various activities, as the five leaders of the Alliance Expedition have been very shocked and speechless, especially the elven ranger Alleria Windrunner and her surviving high elven rangers with her. Finally seeing all of one another; Prince Kael and his blood elves quickly follow Akama towards the town as well.

Akama: "Greetings to all of you, my old friends!"

Khadgar: "Well, a pleasant surprise, Akama! What brings-… Wait! Those people behind you!"

Turalyon: "By the Heaven's Light! Akama! Those men with you there! Could it be?!"

Alleria: "What?! How the?! Do my eyes deceive me?! Could this truly be who I think?!"

Kael: "Lord Khadgar! Sir Turalyon! All of you, men! We have finally found you at last!"

Alleria: "Anar'alah belore! Kael?! Prince Kael'thas Sunstrider! Is that really you?!"

Kael: "Bal'a dash, Ranger Alleria Windrunner! Doral ana'diel?"

Alleria: "Prince Kael! It is you! But how?! How was this even possible? How did you get here?"

Kael: "It is a long story, Alleria. A very long story ever since the last time I saw all of you."

Khadgar: "I must admit I would never ever expected to see the prince of Quel'thalas and my old colleague from the Kirin Tor here in this shattered world. It has been a very long time, Kael."

Kael: "Greetings to you as well, Lord Khadgar, my old friend. I thought you have perished when this world exploded. Never have I thought that I would meet you all again after all these years."

Turalyon: "We are all surprised to see you, Prince Kael. How did you even get here in Outland?"

Kael: "Many things have happened, Sire Turalyon, and there is much that all of you must know."

Danath: "The last time I saw you, our nations were proudly fighting the orcs and trolls together."

Kael: "Lord Danath Trollbane of Stromgarde! It is such great honor of seeing you again as well."

Kurdran: "Interest you in some black ale, lad? How fares our old elven friends of Quel'thalas?"

Kael: "Well met to you, brave and mighty High Thane Kurdran Wildhammer from Northeron."

Alleria: "It is good to see you, Kael. My rangers here and I are honored to see our prince again."

Kael: "Likewise to you and your warriors, Alleria. I'm glad that many of you here are still alive."

Turalyon: "Well, Kael, as much as we here are all surprised by your unexpected arrival here with our draenei ally, Akama, let alone of how you were able to reach this shattered world; something tells me that you and your men did not came here in just a matter of search and rescue mission."

Khadgar: "Yes. What on earth have brought you here to this hidden forest in this dead planet?"

Kael: "All your questions shall be answered. Believe me, Lord Khadgar, we have so much to talk about so many things that happened all this time, but for now, we must speak of what is urgent, a dire present situation we have here these lands. Our enemies here on Outland, the demons and fel orcs, pose a serious threat to all of us as they intend to retake all over these lands! Behind me and my soldiers here stands our master. He is the one who defeated the Pit Lord Magtheridon and led us to a great victory here in Outland. Everyone, I would like you to meet Lord Illidan Stormrage! He saved Outland by sealing all the dimensional gates of Ner'zhul, and destroying Magtheridon."

Alleria: "Your master?"

At that moment; Illidan went inside the compounds of the Alliance village as well, and presented himself in the open to the surviving forces of the old Alliance Expedition. Upon showing himself to the five noble leaders of the old expedition and the rest of the various troops of humans, elves, dwarves, and gnomes; the Alliance forces look upon Illidan with both awe in respect and yet also somewhat unsettling majorly due to his demonic appearance. Khadgar and Turalyon quickly felt the essence of demonic power on Illidan. In contrast to his demonic features; Ranger Alleria was quick to sense and notice the strong elvish presence on Illidan, which is somewhat same yet also different to her and her high elven brethren. With Illidan openly revealing himself to the Alliance Expedition; the five heroes initially speak to him, as they greet and welcome him in their village.

Khadgar: "So, you are the one that Akama here told us all about quite some time ago. A humble greetings to you, Lord Illidan Stormrage. I am Khadgar of the Kirin Tor. My comrades and I here are honored to meet the stranger who successfully defeated Magtheridon and his vile minions."

Turalyon: "Greetings. My name is Turalyon. I am a paladin of the Silver Hand from the kingdom of Lordaeron. We are pleased to finally meet the great man who destroyed the foul tyrannical Pit Lord that took over Outland. Long have we been living in this forest since this world exploded as exiles to keep us safely hidden from Magtheridon and his vast demonic army. Yet, you and your forces have done something that nobody among us could have done in nearly twenty years in this shattered world. We are grateful that you saved Outland from the demons, Illidan. However, it is strange that a demon, of all creatures, would be one to defeat another demon and save a world."

Illidan: "I am beyond anything you mortals could ever imagine. My appearance is all but nothing more than a physical embodiment of the great powers that I command. I know many things in the thousands of years I've lived, and through the knowledge on my own powers, I know about all of you mortals and your history even to this shattered world. Do not let my appearance fool you all, for my kind are known to be the greatest enemies of the demons. Despite what you see, I was not born of a demon, and I am now something far more than anything you all could have ever meet."

Alleria: "Not born of a demon, you say? Strange, I sense the essence of an elf within your being. Somehow same, yet different from my kind. What are you exactly? Where did you come from?"

Kael: "Alleria. Lord Illidan here is actually a night elf from the lands of Kalimdor across the sea from our homelands. He is amongst the colleague of our own ancestors ten thousand years ago."

Khadgar: "So, you are amongst the ancient kaldorei people that my own former master, Medivh, told me about long ago. Never have I thought in my life that I would meet one. It is an honor."

Alleria: "The ancient night elves of the old writings of our own history. Never thought that I would actually get the chance to meet one as well, and more so right here on Outland, out all the places."

Turalyon: "While we are all amazed and delighted by such discovery and history of you and your kind, Illidan. May I ask of what about the new threat of the demons and fel orcs in these lands?"

Kael: "It is quite a long story to begin with, Lord Turalyon, but as of now, we are facing a grave danger. The demons found a way to rebuild their broken armies, and bolster their forces into one deadly horde of warriors, along with the fel orcs. They are intending to retake Outland. They are being led by Kargath Bladefist, a dreadlord known as Mephistroth, and a new Pit Lord called as Azgoth that seeks to rule all over Outland himself, just as what Magtheridon have done before."

Illidan: "Soon now, the forces of the demons and fel orcs will launch their massive assault on the Black Citadel. If they succeed in retaking the Black Citadel, Outland will once again fall into the hands of the Legion. My armies and I have been fighting the demons and fel orcs for quite some time now. Though we have defeated the demons and fel orcs under Magtheridon, they were able to regroup and rebuild their army strong enough to defeat all what is left of mine. We came here to ask you all for your aid in fighting against our common foes in defense of the Black Citadel."

Akama: "We do have need of your help in this battle against our same old enemies, my friends."

Alleria: "A new Pit Lord, along with some new powerful demon commander huh?"

Danath: "Bladefist, so that wretched orc is still alive? It will be quite interesting to face him once again after all these years, now that he has become an even more of a monster than ever before."

Kael: "There is something else that all of you should know. The demons have reopened the Dark Portal. The very same portal that first led the orcs into our world has been reopened once again."

Khadgar: "What? No! I have sealed the Dark Portal long ago before this world exploded. How?"

Illidan: "The demons stole our own source of powers, and used its magic to reopen the portal. If the enemy succeed in retaking Outland, they will invade Azeroth once more through the portal."

Turalyon: "I can't believe it! This is impossible! The Dark Portal has been opened once again!"

Khadgar: "We cannot let our enemies invade our world once more! We must not let it happen!"

Alleria: "Long ago, we formed this expedition to this world in the sworn task of putting an end to all the cursed orcs and their ilk! I think it's time that we fulfill our task here, no matter the cost! After nearly twenty years, the Dark Portal had been reopened once again, and our enemies intend to invade our home world just as they did before. We can't let the demons and fel orcs succeed!"

Turalyon: "This forest has become our one only home for nearly twenty years that we have been stuck in this dead world. Within it, we have miraculously lived and survived hidden from our old enemies and the demons that took over the lands. Yet, we always knew that we could not remain hidden here forever. We cannot just sit back and watch here anymore, and let the demons and fel orcs rule Outland while we hide in this place. We must do something to defeat our old enemies."

Danath: "Agreed. Whether we stay here and hide, or go out and fight in the open once more; our old enemies are sure to discover us here sooner or later, especially now that they have some new demon commanders leading them. I think it's time that we see our old foes in battle once more."

Kurdran: "Aye! Count me and my men in! After the many years hiding in this forest, Sky'rie and I cannot wait smash some demon and orcish skulls by my old stormhammer from up the skies!"

Khadgar: "And so it is decided then. Illidan, we will aid you and your allies in the defense of the Black Citadel against the demons and fel orcs. The Alliance Expedition answers to your call."

Turalyon: "We will fight alongside you, and put an end to our old foes. With the reopening of the Dark Portal, we shall never let the demons and the fel orcs to ever step foot into our own world."

Akama: "Yes, thank you all joining us in this war! I knew I could count on you, my old friends! With our united forces, we have a good fighting chance against Kargath and his demon masters."

Illidan: "I am pleased by your consideration to join us against the demons and fel orcs. With your aid, the Black Citadel shall have a better defense when the enemies come knocking at our gates."

Turalyon: "It might take some time for us to move out from this place, but I promise you that we shall meet you again in the Black Citadel as soon as we can. We assure you that we will be there to stand as your allies within the Black Citadel when the demons and fel orcs make their move."

Illidan: "I understand. Do what you must do first. Know that I count on all of you in this battle."

Alleria: "There is but one small thing we would ask. We do have a lot of questions, lots of things that we must know about upon all these years we have been away from Azeroth. We do need this time to speak with Prince Kael'thas and my other brethren with him. We only ask for them all to stay here with us for the meantime, while we would all move out and head to the Black Citadel."

Khadgar: "Yes. We must know everything that happened back in our lands on our long absence."

Kael: "Yes, Lord Illidan. I humbly ask you to grant us the time for me and my men to speak with our lost comrades here. Alleria and her rangers here are among what is left of my people, and the other men of the Alliance in here need to know everything that happened back in our homelands. All of them here need to know all about what happened back in Lordaeron, and in my kingdom."

Illidan: "Very well, Kael. Take this time to do what you need to do here. Akama and I will return to the Black Citadel. I shall see you all again when the time comes to deal against our enemies."

Kael: "You have all my thanks for this, master. I assure you, we will be there in time at the Black Citadel to destroy all of our foes before us, and crush Bladefist and his demon masters down!"

Alleria: "Yes. As promised, you can count on us to aid you in this war to whatever end."

Danath: "We will make sure to meet those demons and fel orcs once more with our blades."

Kurdran: "My riders and I cannot to wait to crush the heads those mongrels after all this time!"

Turalyon: "The righteous might of the Alliance Expedition shall overcome the forces of darkness in this glorious battlefield. We crushed these unholy beasts long ago, and we shall do so again!"

Illidan: "Very well then. Akama, let us return to the Black Citadel! We still have much to do."

Illidan and Akama made their way out of the hidden Terokkar Forest and head back to the Black Citadel, leaving behind Prince Kael'thas and his blood elves with rest of the Alliance Expedition. Kael and his brethren told the Alliance Expedition about everything that happened in Azeroth for the past nearly twenty years, through their words and magical memory visions. The veteran heroes and their soldiers cannot believe and are utterly disheartened to the stories of Prince Kael and his men, especially with the downfall of the kingdoms of Lordaeron, Quel'thalas, and Dalaran by the hands of the Scourge and the Legion caused by the great betrayal of Arthas Menethil. Despite the stories, they all remain focus on their present mission of defeating the Legion's forces in Outland.