World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Preview
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According to Warcraft lore, there is a Dark Portal that goes to a realm that was once great and mighty. This realm was once the beautiful home of the Orcs and Draenei, as well as hundreds of other creatures. During the expansion to the second installment of Warcraft, a series of gates to other worlds was constructed in Draenor, with one (titled the "Dark Portal") going to Azeroth. These other portals were shut and their energies collapsed, the shock of which caused a great cataclysm through the planet, nearly destroying it. What remains is floating chunks of land, swirling freely through the Twisting Nether. This land was abandoned by the Orcs, and is now inhabited by the Blood Elves and the roaming bands that remain of the Draenei. In this stricken land, there are flying mounts, which don't just cart people from one city to another, but in fact are free-roaming controllable mounts for level 70 players. The land will also have many player-versus-player themes to it, including greatly discussed and still very early in development objectives for PvP. Essentially, this will function something like a non-instanced, continuous battleground, with players moving in and out all the time.
