Hellfire Peninsula The Hellfire Peninsula is one of the surviving parts of Draenor . It was known as Tanaan Jungle before Draenor was destroyed . It is a pivotal area of Outland that has been the location of many of the most brutal battles in " Warcraft " history . This is where the other side of the Dark Portal is located . Two of its past cities include Hellfire Citadel and Zeth ' kur . As its name implies , the Hellfire Peninsula is a grim place . In regards to topography , well , there isn ' t much . Aesthetically , the ground looks like it does in Durotar : reddish hue , barren , almost uninhabitable and hard - packed . There is one key exception , though — when you travel on the ground , you note bones cracking and shattering beneath your feet . These would be the remains of the countless draenei that the blood - crazed orcs systematically slaughtered prior to bringing their war to Azeroth . The Hellfire Peninsula — indeed , most of areas that " The Burning Crusade " introduced — is much larger than what classic WoW players are used to . Part of the motive for this is to justify the relative speeds at which flying mounts travel . History . The Hellfire Peninsula was originally part of the world of Draenor before it was torn apart by Ner ' zhul ' s dimensional portals , becoming Outland . The peninsula remains mostly intact , although parts of it can be seen floating above and outside in the form of smallish islands . It was also the site of one of the bloodiest battles since the end of the Second War , the Battle of the Hellfire Peninsula - where Khadgar and the Alliance Expedition battled Ner ' zhul , Warchief of the Horde of Draenor , in his mad bid to open portals to other worlds to conquer - the portals that tore the planet apart . This resulted in the sealing of the Dark Portal ; for fifteen years , the fates of every member of the Alliance Expedition remained unknown , until the Portal was reopened . . . Worldofwarcraft . com says the following about the Hellfire Peninsula : " Once a lush and verdant land , the Hellfire Peninsula is now a dry , barren wasteland rendered lifeless by the dark practices of orc warlocks . It is here that the Dark Portal stands , cementing the peninsula ' s place in history as the site of many pitched battles between the Alliance and Horde . The nefarious Burning Legion has gathered here also , using the area as a staging ground for its apocalyptic crusade . " Geography . The Hellfire Peninsula is a barren wasteland looking like a cross between the Blasted Lands and Tanaris . Accessing the Dark Portal to the Hellfire Peninsula is the most common way to reach Outland for the first time ; thus , it is typically the first zone encountered in the 60 + content of " The Burning Crusade " . Notable characters . Alliance Characters : Horde Characters : World PvP - Hellfire Fortifications . Three PvP objectives , small ruined forts of Broken Hill , The Overlook and The Stadium , stand in the center of the region just west of Hellfire Citadel . As with other World PvP games each of these points may be captured by PvP flagged characters holding position within the objective . In order to flag a fort , you need to be non - stealthed , and the fort in question needs to be currently flagged by opposing faction , or unflagged ( shown as gray on zone map ) . The faction with the most flagged characters within the objectives vicinity will slowly gain ownership of the point . When all three points are controlled by a faction they will gain a zone - wide bonus of + 5 % Damage , applicable even within the Hellfire Citadel instances . This bonus is called Hellfire Superiority . In addition , any opposing players killed while fighting for the objectives will reward the player and the player ' s party with a PvP token , for the Alliance and for the Horde . Grouping is encouraged as only the party that performs the killing blow will receive a token . The repeatable quest , Hellfire Fortifications , awards 150 reputation points for either Honor Hold or Thrallmar , and 3 tokens . The quest requires the player to capture each point once , is repeatable and cannot be completed in a raid . The quest can only be completed once per day . The quest is available at the following NPCs : Resources . Herbs Leather Ore Trivia . The background music in many areas of the Hellfire Peninsula is Chopin ' s Nocturne in C - sharp Minor , Op . 27 , No . 1 The most prominent background music in Hellfire Peninsula is a remixed version of the Orc 1 soundtrack from Warcraft : Orcs and Humans . The remix seems to be heavily inspired by the song ( quod vide Floyd Pinkus ) . It is possible that the Hellfire Peninsula is named after the " Hellespont Peninsula " in the areas surrounding what is now known as modern day Turkey and Greece . In fact , the landmasses of Draenor ( when it was still a planet ) resemble the areas of Greece and Turkey .