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The Black Empire was the nightmarish and twisted ancient civilization of Azeroth's primordial evils, The Old Gods. Chronologically, it is Warcraft's very first antagonistic faction, and were the original enemies of the Titans.
After plummeting through the void of space, the parasitic horrors later known as the Old Gods found the planet Azeroth, and more importantly, its dormant world soul within. Their arrival began to spread their darkness and corruption across the globe, defeating and enslaving the primal elemental forces while beginning the long process of corrupting the titan soul. If they succeeded, it would have unleashed a cosmic monstrosity so powerful and fearsome it could have destroyed reality. With the Elemental Lords enslaved, and their various eldritch and insectoid servants arising from their wicked taint, The Black Empire would dominate primordial Azeroth for eons, and would have a lasting and terrible influence even several more eons later, even long after their leaders' fall.
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From within the darkness of The Void, The Voidlords watched the Titans bring life and order to the cosmos. Infuriated and jealous of their power, they created the eldritch horrors the Old Gods. Created for the sole purpose of corrupting dormant World Souls into a being of unfathomable power and evil, the Void Lords sent their twisted creations out into the universe. Four of them, Y'Shaarj, Yogg-Saron, C'thun, and N'Zoth, made their way to primordial Azeroth, and slammed into the planet. Spreading their tentacles, horrors, and corruption deep into the world and across the globe. As time progressed and their power grew ever more, from the Old Gods very corruption arose the Faceless Ones the N'raqi, and the insectoid Aqir. These wretched abominations and their endless hordes soundly defeated Azeroth's first rulers, the primordial incarnations of the very elements themselves, the Elemental Lords, then enslaved them to their cruel will. This gave rise to their official domain, The Black Empire. With their forces numbering in the millions, the Old Gods themselves reached the peak of their might; Titanic sized monstrosities with nigh endless power. Over millennia the four would wage endless war against one another, their armies slaughtering each other and decimating everything around them, the chaos and ruin they wrought helping the ancient horrors drive their evil further and further into the world and bringing them closer to achieving their goal.
It wasn't until the arrival of the seemingly divine Titans that the world could finally have hope. Aghast and mortified by what they saw, the Titans waged war on the Old Gods, beginning a conflict that lasted an unknown but extensive amount of time. With the Titans and their creations doing battle against the Shath'Yar and their minions, one Old God in particular, Y'Shaarj, the most powerful of the four, proved to be far too much for even the Titan's mightiest followers. This prompted Highfather Aman'Thul to reach down from the heavens themselves and rip this atrocious blight from the world, slaying it. From this however the Titans learned a terrible truth; The Old Gods had grown too strong and their touch had reached too deep. If they destroyed the remaining three, Azeroth would be destroyed. Instead, they chose to imprison the lovecraftian nightmares in facilities of their design for all eternity, unaware that even while sealed away, both their wickedness, and remnants of the Black Empire would remain for ages to come.
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