PLAGUEBRINGER

SHORTLY AFTER ASCENSION OF THE LICH KING.
EXT. ASHENVALE, TEMPLE OF ELUNE - NIGHT.

TYRANDE stands at a small natural body of water. 
Chief sentinel is surrounded by priestesses of Elune and bodyguards.
OTI, young night elf druid, carefully approaches Tyrande.

    OTI
  Greetings, High priestess. Keeper Oti has arrived at your command.

    TYRANDE
  Greetings, friend. I have a very important task for you.
  But first, let me tell you of events that you are too young to remember.

FLASHBACK:
WAR OF THE ANCIENTS

Night elves are fighting demons in the forests of Kalimdor.

    TYRANDE (Off Screen)
  Long ago, during the first Legion invasion of Azeroth, there was a great hero.
  His name was MYTHIRN the stone giant.
  
Mythirn is fighting demons valiantly.

    TYRANDE (Off Screen)
  As powerful as he was,
  shortly before the final battle, Mythirn suffered a dire injury.
  
Mythirn is alone surrounded by enemies. 
A doomguard strikes Mythirn down with a demon sword.

    TYRANDE (Off Screen)
  Our best healers failed to heal the giant.
  In a desperate attempt to save Mythirn's life,
  it was decided to put him into magical sleep.
  
Night elf and tauren(??) spell casters stand around the body of Mythirn.
They are busy performing a ritual on the giant.
    
    TYRANDE (Off Screen)
  A circle of guardians was selected to protect the resting place of Mythirn,
  hoping that the giant, in his sleep, would eventually recover.

BACK TO THE TEMPLE OF ELUNE

    TYRANDE 
  After the Sundering, Mythirn was presumed dead.
  But recently, we discovered that the giant yet lives.
  More importantly, he almost recovered!
  Your task is to travel to Mythirn resting place and ensure his easy awakening.
  
    OTI
  But, High priestess, my powers alone will not suffice!
  
    TYRANDE
  Rest assured.
  
MONTAGE:
CURRENT BARRENS - DAY
A tauren tribe go about their business in their village.
The center of attention is the tauren matriarch.

    TYRANDE (Off Screen)
  The legacy of Mythirn's protectors still lives.
  A tauren tribe worship Mythirn as a great spirit of earth.
  Their shaman-matriarch, GAUA, knows the ritual to summon Mythirn.
  You must gain her knowledge, 
  or convince the tauren to perform the ritual on your behalf.
  
BACK TO THE TEMPLE OF ELUNE

    TYRANDE
  Now, go, friend. We are surrounded by enemies at all sides.
  We need all allies we can gather.
  
    OTI
  Yes, High priestess. I will commit myself fully to this task!
  
Oti leaves. Tyrande turns around. 

SAME SCENE - SHADOWREALM

An incorporeal SHADE is hiding in the darkness behind a column.
Located on another contintent
lich KEL'THUZAD sees through the eyes of his shade.

INT. NAXXRAMAS

Kel'Thuzad is scrying while surrounded by undead servants.

    KEL'THUZAD 
  Interesting. Bring me VOLGOFF!
  
LATER:
EXT. VOLGOFF'S SHIP IN THE OCEAN - NIGHT.

Volgoff is sailing to Kalimdor.
The plaguebringer is on his ship.
Other ships of Volgoff's small fleet are around.
It's raining and storming.

    VOLGOFF
  This is very unfortunate.
  I lost track of our location.
  
A giant wave engulfes the fleet.

    
LATER:
EXT. VOLGOFF'S SHIPWRECK - NIGHT.

The storm continues.
Volgoff's ship is damaged and is on a rocky island.
He and other members of the Cult of the Damned are trying to save the situation.

    ACOLYTE
  Master! We must find cover from the storm.
  
    SHADE
  I saw a cavern further in the island. 
  You can try moving the ship there.
  
    VOLGOFF
  This is our best option to save our brothers.
  Sail as close to the entrance as you can 
  and then drag the ship by land into the cavern.
  
Suddenly, mutant albino naga attack the undead.

    VOLGOFF
  Protect our brethren! Clear the way for the ship!

Volgoff then follows his ship by land, protecting it from the naga.
The crew of the ship sails the damaged ship towards the cavern.
Finally, they arrive successfully and hide in the cavern from the storm.
Attacks of the naga cease.

    VOLGOFF
  Into the cavern, quickly! Make sure everyone is safe! 

LATER:
INT. THE CAVERN - NIGHT.

Volgoff's brigade are hiding in the cavern.
Undead servants are trying to repair the ship.
Cultist scouts return to report to Volgoff.

    CULTIST SCOUT
  Master, we discovered that the cavern is much deeper 
  than it appears from the outside.
  We found a chamber that... You should come and see for yourself.
  
Volgoff follows his scouts.
They arrive at a giant underground chamber.
In the centre there is a well almost the width of the chamber.
It is filled with black liquid and the depth of the well is unknown.
Volgoff steps to the edge of the well, gesturing his servants to stay behind.
Suddenly, the chamber pulsates. 
Ripples run on the surface of the liquid that fills the giant well.
Volgoff falls on his knees.
His servants run up to him.
They help their master stand up.

    VOLGOFF
  I sense... an ancient corpse at the bottom.
  Please, collect as much of... it's rotten blood... as you can.
  When the storm subsides...
  we must gift it to Kalimdor.

INT. GAUA'S TENT - DAY.

Tauren elder Gaua's tent in the middle of the tauren village 
somewhere in the Barrens.
Gaua is going around her business alone.
Night elf sentinel appears out of nowhere before Gaua.

    MESSENGER
  Respectable elder, please do not be frightened.
  I came here on behalf of my people
  to ask for your help...
  
    GAUA
    (sad)
  I am sorry, but I am afraid that I am no longer able to help you.
  You, or anyone who is not part of the Horde.
  
    MESSENGER
  We won't require much time or resources!
  All I ask is a secure place for my superiors to visit you.
  
MONTAGE:
EXT. THE BARRENS - DAY.
BAGAR is riding across the Barrens along with his warriors.
  
    GAUA (Off Screen)
  Soon my tribe will formally join the Horde.
  Orc warlord Bagar is on his way here
  to accept my oath of loyalty.
  This place is to become an orc military base.
  
BACK TO GAUA'S TENT
  
    MESSENGER
  No! Please, grant us more time!

    GAUA
  I will do what I can.
  The orcs are almost here. You should leave. 
  Hurry, they must not see you!
  
    MESSENGER
    (playfully)
  Oh, do not worry about that...
  
The messenger disappears.
Bagar arrives in the village, surrounded by bodyguards.
Gaua steps out of her tent to greet Bagar.
Bagar approaches Gaua.
Both are surrounded by tauren villagers and orc warriors.

    BAGAR
  Chieftain...
  When are you finally going to proclaim the words of the oath?
  The warchief grows impatient. As do I.
  
    GAUA
  Oh, pardon me, brave warrior, but by the traditions of my tribe
  a ceremony of this magnitude
  requires a little bit more preparations.
  Surely you will excuse an old woman some tardiness?
  
    BAGAR
  Hmpf! I advise you get it over with.
  Otherwise you will have to excuse my tardiness
  when you are in need of our forces
  to repell your enemies.
  
The orcs leave.
A tauren steps out of the crowd and addresses Gaua.

    TUAU
  Mother! Why do you allow this savage to talk to you like that?
  
    GAUA
  Because, son, our tribe will require allies in the wars to come...
  
LATER:
EXT. VOLGOFF'S LANDING - DAY.

The remaining fleet of Volgoff landed on Kalimdor.
The undead established a camp.
They are preparing to move further into the land.
Volgoff oversees the operation.

    VOLGOFF
  Our exact destination is yet unknown. 
  Brethren will have to scout the area and inquire the locals.
  Please, be careful with the treasure we found in the cavern on that island.
  We will need it once we arrive.
  
In the distance there is a tauren scout squad.
Its leader is the son of Gaua, Tuau.

    TUAU
  I can sense foul magic even from this distance!
  Those are clearly our enemies.
  Warn the village and bring more warriors.
  
One member of the squad parts to follow the order.

LATER:
EXT. BARRENS.

    BAGAR (Off Screen)
  I am surprised the boy didn't exaggerate in his report.
  Charge!

Volgoff and his undead troops fight their way further into the lands of the tauren.
They destroy isolated tauren villages and fight some orcs.
Volgoff uses black blood to empower his magic and undead servants,
but the bulk of the cargo is saved to be used at Mythirn's rest.
Tuau and Bagar lead the defending force.
Eventually undead disarm and capture Tuau.
The poleaxe of Tuau remains on the battlefield.

EXT. VOLGOFF'S CAMP - DAY.

Volgoff stand before restrained Tuau in the middle of the undead camp.

    VOLGOFF
  Poor creature... Do not worry, soon you will find peace.
  
    TUAU
  My spirit will not find peace until the ashes of you and all your underlings
  are scattered by the wind!
  
    VOLGOFF
  How foolish of you! We bring you the clarity of undeath,
  and you repay us with hatred.
  
    TUAU
  You corrupt the land by your mere presence.
  You kill everything: animals small and big,
  birds, fish, trees, grass!
  And I only wish to kill you. So who is the most hateful of us two?
  
    VOLGOFF
  Is it really that simple? You kill cattle and prey on wild animals.
  You also kill fish and destroy plants. 
  Your mere existance causes pain and fear to all life forms.
  But undead feel no pain, know no fear.
  Therefore, undeath is a much superior form of existance.
  Here, feel for yourself.
  
Volgoff injects black blood into Tuau.
Tuau transforms into an undead beast.
He then breaks his restraints and runs off.

INT. GAUA'S TENT - DUSK.

Gaua along with a few other tauren reside in her tent.
A tauren warrior steps out towards Gaua.

    TAUREN WARRIOR
  Elder... I am sorry, I hate bringing this to you, but...
  
    GAUA
  Is he...
  
Tauren warrior presents to Gaua the poleaxe of her son.

PAUSE.

Gaua stumbles for a moment and then topples on the ground,
letting out moan of pain as she does.

    TAUREN WARRIOR
  Elder!
  
Tauren warrior runs up to the elder.
He finds out that Gaua died of broken heart,
from realising that her son died.

EXT. OUTSIDE OF GAUA'S TENT 

An owl takes off of the nearby tree.
The owl flies to a night elf camp.
Oti is located in the middle of the camp with his warriors.
The owl lands before the druid.
It then transforms into a NIGHT ELF SCOUT.

    NIGHT ELF SCOUT
    (grim)
  We failed our mission.
  
LATER
EXT. TAUREN VILLAGE - NIGHT

Bagar and his orc warriors resided in the tauren village, 
among both tauren warriors and villagers.
They are resting after the day of fighting the undead.
Bagar then comes to a visible location to address the crowd.

    BAGAR
  Tauren! I came here to accept an oath of loyalty to the Warchief of the Horde
  from your chieftain.
  Yet, both she and her closest advisors died in battle
  before this could be done.
  So I ask every one of you individually now:
  Are you going to allow the dark magic to ravage your land further,
  or are you going give your lives for the Horde
  and emerge victorious together?!
  
    THE CROWD
    (cheering)
  For the Horde!

VOLGOFF'S CAMP - DAY.

Undead servants are managing the camp.
Volgoff is busy discussing his plans with other necromancers.

    ADVISOR NECROMANCER
  We located Mythirn's rest. 
  Fortunately, it is very close to our landing site.
  
    VOLGOFF
  Good. Prepare the containers for--
  
    TAUREN WARRIOR
  For the Horde!
  
An attack on Volgoff's camp happens.
Undead are caught by surprise, but fight them off effectively.
  
In the middle of the fight a loud explosion happens.

    ADVISOR NECROMANCER
  It was a distraction! The cargo!
  
    VOLGOFF
  Too late.
  Save all you can! We will manage with what we have.
  
Undead move out to Mythirn's rest.
The Horde continues to attack them.
When orcs and tauren are about to be pushed back,
Oti arrives with reinforcements.

    OTI (Off Screen)
  Hold on! We are on the same side in this fight.
  
    BAGAR (Off Screen)
  Noone attack the elves! Yet...
  
Undead continue to perform the corruption ritual with limited success.
Tauren, orcs and night elves continue their onslaught.

    ADVISOR NECROMANCER (Off Screen)
  Volgoff... We don't have enough after all.
  This is all that is left.
  
EXT. MYTHIRN'S REST - DAY.

Volgoff consumes the last container of the black blood himself.
He then transforms into a giant monster.
With his newfound power, he defeats his enemies, 
sacrificing his own troops in the process.
In the end he dies at the resting site.
Black blood oozes from his carcass.
It is then absorbed by the land.

LATER:
EXT. MYTHIRN'S REST - DUSK.

Abandoned battlefield.
Corpses of the undead are burned.
Grotesque corpse of Volgoff is removed.
The Horde banner is planted.

    NARRATOR (Off Screen)
  The remaining forces of the Cult were quickly scattered.
  With their death, the location of the island 
  where the cultists found the black blood was lost.
  When Oti saw the monster that Volgoff became die,
  he ordered his druids to withdraw.
  The druid feared that when the orcs are done with the undead,
  they will be next.
  
  And he was right.
  After Bagar made sure that all cultists were killed and their corpses burned,
  he immediately ordered the pursuit of the night elves.
  
  Bagar believed that everything ended with a great victory for the Horde.
  He didn't know the purpose of the ritual and 
  thus presumed that they succeed at stopping the Cult of the Damned.
  
  But Oti knew that by his self-sacrifice 
  Volgoff ultimately managed to corrupt Mythirn.
  The land remained cursed and haunted ever since.
  If the giant ever manages to rise from his resting place,
  he will be a force of madness and evil.
  
  The Old God chuckles in a manner incomprehensible to mortals,
  when it thinks of the victory that it acheived there at that day.