THE YEAR OF THE SCOURGE
January to December 2021
(Master thread)
The Year of the Scourge was an ambitious, cross faction and cross server campaign, conceived of to fill the content drought brought about for role-players during the first full calendar year of the Shadowlands expansion, for those whose characters had been left behind on Azeroth.
Beginning in January and spanning four chapters, the campaign saw champions and mercenaries from various guilds, communities and continents band together to investigate and stop the new Scourge for terrorizing the living.
Through weekly campaign events with attendance of 20+ characters per event, side-missions and quest-lines and collaboration between the 95+ dedicated and talented role-players, the story unfolded on the stages of Kalimdor, the Eastern Kingdoms, Pandaria and the Broken Isles, and finally, Northrend.
In December, our heroes found and killed the last Scourge Commander, the lich Lady Damnedfate, in the shadow of the Frozen Throne, at Icecrown Citadel.
Quick Links
Our Discord server is now for ANYONE who wants to stay apprised of events and storyline.
https://discord.gg/NsBR4ue9dY
How it all began
The Helm of Domination has been shattered, and chaos reigns. While some of Azeroth’s greatest leaders and champions have gone missing, the Scourge, who have mysteriously become a renewed threat, have made their way from Icecrown to the other continents of Azeroth.
During Chapter 1 (from January to the end of March), brave champions banded together, traveling from city to city as they were breached and invaded by scourge in what was discovered to be a highly coordinated attack. Now the cities have been cleared and their gates closed, as the remaining armies of undeath have vanished into the countryside.
Chapter 2 brought our heroes to Kalimdor and the eastern Kingdoms, investigating various Scourge incursions and operations in those areas, whereas Chapter 3 had them help the citizens of Pandaria, and eventually the Broken Isles.
The entirety of Chapter 4 happened in Northrend, moving from base camp to base camp, getting an eye-opening view of what the world would look like if the Scourge was let to continue with their invasion.
Weekly events
For roughly ten weeks in a row (an entire chapter), there will be events held weekly. While we will try and plan/lead as many events as possible, there may be the occasional week where a role-play prompt is posted instead, letting characters, groups or guilds to play out their own events while incorporating ideas from the campaign. Players can choose to participate in as few or as many events as they like.
Weekly World Updates
The events that happen each week will be considered canon for any following or opting-in to the year long campaign. World Update posts, on this very thread, will help those who might miss an event to be aware of what has transpired and how the world around them has changed, as well as how the story plot is evolving.
Thank you
Our heartfelt thanks go out to everyone who planned, participated in or supported this ambitious server-wide project. We hope it brought you as much joy as it has brought each one of us, and hope to collaborate with the community again soon.
