The Lore Of World Of Warcraft: Mists Of Pandaria
World of Warcraft's fourth major expansion, Mists of Pandaria, uncovered an entire continent that neither players nor the game's characters even knew existed, along with a host of new lore and story for them to discover, as well as WoW's newest playable race, the pandaren. Back then, the Alliance and Horde were embroiled in a vicious conflict and Warchief Garrosh Hellscream was determined to remake the entire world for the Horde. In time, however, the wisdom and grace of Pandaria's culture (heavily inspired by real-life Taoism) would teach many how to let go of hatred and instead foster peace and understanding.
Eons ago, Pandaria was part of Azeroth's supercontinent of Kalimdor. When the Sundering happened and the land was forever split apart, Pandaria avoided the catastrophic damage. Emperor Shaohao of the pandaren learned valuable lessons from the resident Wild Gods, the August Celestials, looking for a way to stop the prophesied Sundering. Throughout his journey, he realized that although he could not prevent it, he could save his people. He sacrificed himself to enclose WoW's lands of Pandaria in a dense mist, concealing it from the rest of the world and separating from Kalimdor on its own before it could be dragged beneath the ocean. In the millennia since, the pandaren people have emulated the lessons Shaohao learned, that of fortitude, inner strength, hope, and wisdom.
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At the time of Mists of Pandaria's release, an Alliance vessel had been driven off course by a Horde warship, seeking shelter in the dense mists that shrouded the southern ocean of Azeroth. The Horde vessel gave chase until both were wrecked off Pandaria's coastline and the survivors washed up on a
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