History
One of the greatly malevolent and ancient entities known only as “Old Gods”, Yogg-Saron held chaotic tyranny over the world of Azeroth in its very distant past and was responsible for the creation of the Curse of Flesh to “facilitate assimilation” of the Titans’ creations. When the Titans waged war against the Old Gods and shattered their citadels, they found that the entities’ infestation had grown so severe that destroying the Old Gods would also lead to the destruction of Azeroth. Instead, the Pantheon took measures to neutralize the power of the Old Gods and to bind them within Azeroth for the remainder of its existence. Yogg-Saron was sealed away within the depths of Ulduar in the far northern reaches of the infant world, and had six watchers assigned to it which served as wardens for its near eternal imprisonment; the Titanic watchers known as Loken, Thorim, Hodir, Tyr, Mimiron and Freya.
Despite the power of the shackles the Titans placed on the Old God, Yogg-Saron’s influence has been felt throughout Azeroth’s history, including during some of its most pivotal events. The dark whispers of Yogg-Saron eventually proved capable of overtaking the mind of its prime warden Loken, who was then able to subdue the other watchers, facilitating any possible escape Yogg-Saron might attempt.
During the Yogg-Saron encounter in the Ulduar raid, three visions are shown to players which represent key moments in Azeroth’s history; strongly implying that Yogg-Saron is directly linked to these events somehow. These three visions include the assassination of King Llane by Garona Halforcen (which caused the fall of Stormwind at the end of the First War), the creation of the Dragon Soul by Neltharion and the Dragon Aspects during the War of the Ancients (which resulted in the first Sundering of the world), and a vision of the Lich King torturing Bolvar Fordragon (the man who would become the new Lich King after the death of Arthas Menethil). During this third vision, Yogg-Saron’s voice is heard to proclaim: “He will learn– no king rules forever! Only death is eternal!“, a prophecy of the Old God that would come to pass with Arthas’ defeat by the Ashen Verdict, and the words of which are eerily repeated by the spirit of king Terenas Menethil as his final words to his dying son.
Yogg-Saron also was the source of the corruption which befell the world tree Vordrassil when its roots grew too close to the Old God’s prison. The ancient druids growing Vordrassil destroyed the tree immediately upon discovering the sheer power behind the corrupting influence, however the taint nonetheless continued to spread to the Grizzlemaw Furbolgs who would come to inhabit the tree’s stump ages later. They became murderously insane soon after settling within Vordrassil’s remains, and began attempting to regrow the afflicted world tree. The Furbolgs also used the corrupting power emanating from the tree’s stump to resurrect the bear god Ursoc, who returned to the world a viciously twisted reflection of himself.
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