Two-Year Turmoil

The Two-Year Turmoil is the name generally applied to a brief period of famine, unseasonably harsh winters, and attendant population displacements following the Cataclysm of 363, lasting from 364KY to 366KY. During the Turmoil, the population of the Eastern Kingdoms was reduced by approximately one-sixth, political instability seized the recovering Dwarven kingdoms, and large populations of Gnolls, Kobolds, and Trolls were displaced, fleeing into the territory of their more 'civilized' neighbours. In its aftermath, open warfare broke out in the continent of Lordaeron, the Kingdom of Azeroth adopted an isolationist stance that remained a significant factor until their defeat in the First War, the expeditions to Northrend largely ceased and the already distant Quel'dorei of the North withdrew further.
Category:Warring Kingdoms Period