

Sapient and with purpose, the aqir worked feverishly to build a force capable of laying waste to the world that would betray their god, with the silithid as their minions. The Old God created avatars from the silithid in its own image. As the fallen Old God, C'Thun, recognized their appearance, he attempted to sunder the world that it once held in its unmerciful grasp. From this magical ether the Silithid were born. It was the true heart of the world's magic and natural power.

At the ancient continent of Kalimdor's center was a mysterious lake of incandescent energies, the Well of Eternity.
