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by Morgana » Thu Apr 21, 2005 9:11 pm
One of the greatest evils ever to breath the air of Azeroth, Deathwing, or Xaxas, as the elves would call him, is the hellish embodiment of all things chaotic and evil.
Deathwing’s career of treachery began long ago. Being one of the five Aspects, he asked the other four to “join” him in diverting some power into an artifact that would come to be known as the Demon Soul, telling them that it could be used to protect the world from the Legion when all the dragons had gone, but he did not transfer his power into it and so weakened the others considerably. The resulting war rendered his race all but extinct, and the Demon Soul was made untouchable to him.
During the Second War, Deathwing ensured that the orcs would come across the Demon Soul, and they used it to subjugate Alexstrasza, the Red Dragonqueen, and commandeer her progeny to their bidding.
Deathwing, too, pledged his loyalty to the Horde, and in return, Goblin alchemists placed adamantium armour over the entire and considerable frame of Deathwing, rendering him almost invincible.
After the war's end, Deathwing found solace at Blackrock Spire, where a clutch of renegade dragons were feeding on any humans who strayed too close to their lair. Ner’zhul suggested an alliance, and Deathwing agreed, taking his followers through the portal to roost on a mountainous island across the Devouring Sea from Zeth’kur. Deathwing was believed to be killed, but he instead was simply working to consolidate his power once more.
Disguising himself as a human – Lord Prestor – he infiltrated the politics of the Alliance, and seemed set up to take over the nation of Alterac and marry into the royal family of Lordaeron.
Meanwhile, he used his many pawns to maneuver the mage Rhonin, who his rival Korialstrasz had been using to attempt to free his lover Alexstrasza, into Grim Batol. Deathwing tried to frighten the Orcs into believing that the Humans were attacking, so that they would move Alexstrasza, and, more importantly, her eggs, north to Dun Algaz, leaving her open for attack and her eggs open to be stolen. Deathwing wished to hatch a fertile female dragon, with whom he could repopulate his dead race of Black Dragons.
His attack, however, failed, the Demon Soul was destroyed, and Deathwing was sent retreating with the four other Aspects on his heels. The few survivors of his dragonflight, believing him to be missing or dead, have made their homes in the Barrens of Kalimdor.
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