Draenor
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Draenor is a planet in the Warcraft universe — a fictional universe in which a series of games and books are set. The planet is the homeworld of the Orcs.
General information
Draenor is briefly referred to in Warcraft: Orcs and Humans and Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness; although in Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal and Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne players visit this blasted hellish world of the Orcs.
Draenor is a planet with a relatively warm climate, moderate seasons, and the majority of its landmasses covered with praires and woods of giant mushroom-like plants. However, primarily of note is the color of the sky, which varies from a vivid orange to deep red. Draenor is the home of the noble and shamanistic Orcs, the brutish Ogres, the inventive Goblins, and the all-but-extinct Draenei. However, the orcs are later influenced by the Burning Legion and turned into ferocious and merciless warriors. They also begin to wield warlock magic that causes the corruption of the whole planet. Little by little, the prairies disappear, giving way to red and blasted wastelands. It is a world that is slowly dying.
Later, Ner'zhul's attempts to open dimensional gateways causes the final destruction of Draenor. Earthquakes, volcanoes, and immense tidal waves ravage the land that is eventually destroyed in an apocalyptic explosion, rending the world to pieces. Still one piece of Draenor, the Hellfire Peninsula and parts of the Mountains of Flame, survive the explosion and hover through space as the still inhabitable planetoid, thenafter referred to as the Outland.
One of the many brutal pit lords of the Burning Legion, Magtheridon, visits the remnants of the once mighty world with his demonic troops, transforms the surviving orcs into Fel Orcs (also known as Chaos Orcs) and assumes power, marking the center of his domain with the Black Citadel. From there he rules over the Outland with the aid of his most trusted lieutenants - The Master of Pain and The Mistress of Torment.
Illidan Stormrange fled to Outland with his lieutenants, Prince Kael Sunstrider and Lady Vashj, as well of their armys of Bloodelves and Naga. Illidan fled to Outland in hopes of escaping the Wrath of the Demon Kil'Jaden, who Illidan had failed to please by killing the Lich King.