Old Gods (Warcraft)

The Olds Gods are a race of deities that features in Warcraft.

History

The Old Gods were a race of ancient beings and deities that inhabited the cosmos. After the universe formed, dark spirits in the Void twisted reality to become a realm of endless torment as well as chaos. The Void Lords were envious of the power of the Titan Pantheon and began to pool their power leading to the creation of the Old Gods. These beings were tasked with exerting an influence on a Titan before it had awakened when it was most vulnerable. The void lords did not know which planets contained a world-soul and thus sent forth the Old Gods through the Great Dark Beyond in the hopes that their creations would land on a planet with a nascent Titan. During their search, the Old Gods began contaminating mortal world after another in their quest to find a world-soul. Long ago, they arrived on the world of Azeroth where they threatened this planet with the entities bringing chaos and destruction to it. Under their rule, a miasma of despair enveloped everything that lay in their writhing shadows as they spread their corruptive influence across the land. During this time, they sent their tendrils down through the world's crust, towards the planet's defenseless world-soul. In this era, two races emerged namely the n'raqi (or "faceless ones") and the aqir who arose from the organic matter that seeped from the Old Gods' massive bodies, becoming fanatically loyal servants that built great citadels and temple cities around the colossal forms of their masters. During this time, they came to subjugate the Elemental Lords following a brutal war whereupon they enslaved them to their will and formed the Black Empire that ruled the world of Azeroth. Though the elementals were mighty, they could not stand against the constant swarm of n'raqi and aqir. Without the native spirits of Azeroth to counter the Old Gods' influence, the borders of the Black Empire crept over much of the world. As perpetual twilight descended, the world spiraled into an abyss of death and suffering. According to legend, three of the Old Gods ruled over this time with them bringing bloody chaos unseen even to the lords of the Burning Legion. In this time, the Old Gods ruled over the primal plane until the coming of the Titans.

Ragnaros, Neptulon, Al'Akir, and Therazane, having now been enslaved by the Old Ones, led their respective armies in an eternal conflict that ravaged the world to no end. Meanwhile, the n'raqi servants of the Old God N'Zoth raged war with the combined forces of C'Thun and Yogg-Saron. During their journey across the cosmos, the titans eventually made their way to Azeroth and encountered the elementals, who vowed to drive the Pantheon back in the name of their dark masters. Upon discovering the deep and insatiable hunger for destruction in the Old Gods and seeing them as immensely evil, the titans initiated a war with them. Fearing that their enormous forms would severely harm or even kill Azeroth's world-soul — the most powerful one yet encountered by the Pantheon — the titans instead created mighty servants to do battle in their stead. Known as the titan-forged, these beings waged war against the elemental servants of the Old Gods, eventually managing to defeat them and seal them within the newly-created Elemental Plane. Once the titan-forged started to make their way towards the bastion of Y'Shaarj, however, the titans feared that their servants would not be able to stand against the Old God's might. Thus, Aman'Thul, the Highfather himself, reached down through Azeroth's skies and heaved Y'Shaarj from the surface of the world. The Old God was instantly ripped apart, but in the wake of its death, the lifeblood of Azeroth's world-soul rushed to the surface in a great wound later known as the Well of Eternity. The Pantheon realized that the Old Gods had burrowed too deep to be excised from Azeroth without killing the nascent titan, and so they ordered their servants to instead imprison the vile gods, rather than killing them. The campaign of the titan-forged to contain the remaining three was long and brutal, but eventually they succeeded in containing the Old Ones below the surface of the world.

Overview

In appearance, each of the Old Gods varied in form as they resembled giant masses of flesh holding giant maws, tentacles, eyes and other monstrous body parts. Their most distinctive trait was their psychic whispers that could allow them to speak into the minds of others.

Yogg-Saron was able to unleash the Curse of Flesh that was able to turn the Titan-forged from creatures of stone and metal to flesh.

Old Gods have also immense power over Void and twilight magic and can spread a seeping miasma from their bodies. Their corruption is strong enough to transform a pure world-soul into a twisted abomination. They are so confident in their corruption that Xal'atath stated all things could be corrupted, and are willing to wait millennia for it to bear fruit, showing incredible patience. Only awakened titans are known to be able to fully resist the corruption of the Old Gods. Organic matter seeping from the Old Gods' blighted forms gives birth to hideous minions, such as the n'raqi and aqir, who serve their masters with fanatical loyalty.

Members

• C'Thun :
• Yogg-Saron :
• N'Zoth :
• Y'Shaarj :
• G'huun :

Notes

• The Old Gods were referenced in Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne before receiving greater expansion to their background in the World of Warcraft.

Appearances

• Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne:
• World of Warcraft:

External Link

• Warcraft Wiki Entry

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