Who they are
Velen's perspective makes the Legion story older than any one invasion of Azeroth. The draenei arrive as survivors with a history of flight, faith and loss that Outland makes visible.
Alternate Draenor then asks him to face another possible history of his people, which makes the expansion's time-travel premise emotionally concrete.
Their story belongs to Outland and also touches Draenor. A shattered world where the old Legion war becomes a present-day invasion.
Their story, step by step
- Step 1
Flee Argus
Velen leads the draenei through a long exile after refusing the Legion, making survival and faith inseparable.
- Step 2
Reach Outland
The shattered world gives that exile a physical home while placing the draenei beside peoples with their own Legion-shaped wounds.
- Step 3
Face another Draenor
Alternate Draenor lets Velen confront possibilities his people lost without undoing the history they actually endured.
Turning points
- Rejecting Sargeras's Legion.
- The draenei's long flight and settlement.
- Confronting alternate history in Draenor.
Where their story stands now
Velen remains a long-view witness to Legion history, useful whenever Azeroth's present crisis is mistaken for the beginning of a cosmic war.
Who they are tied to
Games they appear in
- World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade →The Dark Portal reopens and Azeroth's factions enter Outland, where Illidan's rule, the Legion and the world's surviving peoples compete across a shattered Draenor.
- World of Warcraft: Legion →The Burning Legion launches its largest invasion of Azeroth, beginning with a defeat that kills leaders and breaks ordinary faction command.
Where this fits in the story
- Outland · step 1
Cross the Dark Portal
Azeroth's war expands when its heroes enter the shattered remains of Draenor.
- Outland · step 2
Meet the survivors
The draenei and blood elves give the conflict personal, political stakes beyond the battlefield.
- Outland · step 3
Follow Illidan
Illidan's rule of Outland is both a response to the Legion and a new source of danger.
- Outland · step 4
See the Legion's reach
Outland proves the Legion is not a distant myth, setting up the war that returns in Legion.