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be known as thetitan-forged.
    The members of the Pantheon imbued a number of their servants with their specific likenesses and powers to lead the rest of the titan-forged. These empowered beings were called the keepers. Though they would develop their own personalities in time, they would forever after bear the mark and abilities of their makers.
    Aman’Thul gifted some of his vast abilities to HighkeeperRa and KeeperOdyn. Khaz’goroth bestowed his mastery over the earth and forging to KeeperArchaedas.Golganneth granted KeepersThorim andHodir dominion over the storms and skies. Eonar gave KeeperFreya command over Azeroth’s flora and fauna.Norgannon lent a portion of his intellect and mastery of magic to KeepersLoken andMimiron. Lastly, Aggramar imparted his strength and courage to KeeperTyr, who would become the greatest warrior of the titan-forged.
    With this new army molded from the world’s crust, the Pantheon went to war. The time to shatter the Black Empire and free Azeroth from its malign influence had come …

L ed by the keepers, the titan-forged slammed into the Black Empire’s northernmost holdings.
    The resilience and strength of the Pantheon’s armies made them an unstoppable force. They unleashed the wrath of gods upon their enemies, scouring legions of n’raqi and aqir and sundering their temples.
    The arrival of the titan-forged caught the Old Gods completely off guard. They reeled in response to these stone- and metal-skinned invaders, but they were determined not to lose control over Azeroth. To reassert their dominance, the Old Gods called upon their greatest lieutenants: the elemental lords.
    The enraged elemental lords and their minions beset the titan-forged on all sides. Ever wary of fighting a unified elemental army, the keepers resolved to divide and conquer their enemies. Thus they split their own forces and dispatched each group of titan-forged to make war on a specific elemental lord.
    Tyr and Odyn volunteered to confront the most destructive elemental lieutenant:Ragnaros the Firelord. Their battle raged for weeks, engulfing the land in fire and magma. Yet the keepers’ resilient metal forms kept them safe from Ragnaros’s fiery onslaughts. Through sheer strength and force of will, Tyr and Odyn pushed Ragnaros back into his volcanic lair in the east. In a land of boiling acid seas and skies choked with ash, the two keepers defeated the Firelord.
    Meanwhile, Archaedas and Freya unleashed their powers uponTherazane the Stonemother. To protect herself and her minions, the elemental ruler retreated into the towering stone spire that she called home. Archaedas used his dominion over the earth to weaken the citadel’s foundations andshatter the craggy giants who guarded it. Freya then made colossal roots sprout from the ground to entangle the fortress. They wormed through stone and crystal, buckled the citadel’s walls, and brought them down onTherazane’s head.
    Ra,Thorim, and Hodir waged war withAl’Akir the Windlord. Using their mastery over the skies and storms, they forced the elemental lord back to his lair among the highest peaks of Azeroth. Lightning set the heavens aflame as Al’Akir struggled to hold off his foes. In the end, the three keepers turned the elemental lord’s own power against him, defeating Al’Akir atop his lofty domain.
    Neptulon the Tidehunter and his minions rushed to aid the other embattled elemental lords, but they were waylaid byLoken andMimiron. The two keepers used their wits to harry and outmaneuver Neptulon’s forces at every turn. Ultimately, Loken unleashed his arcane powers to freeze and shatter the water elementals’ forms, while Mimiron crafted enchanted bonds to imprison Neptulon himself.
    Although the elemental lords had been defeated, the keepers knew that they could not utterly destroy the beings. The spirits of the elementals were bound to Azeroth itself. If they were killed, their corporeal forms would simply manifest again in time.
    Ra