The Dark Portal (cinematic)

The Dark Portal is the cinematic intro for World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade.
==Cinematic==
==Transcript==
:A dust storm sweeps across the Blasted Lands. The blue glow of the Dark Portal can barely be seen in the distance. Illidan Stormrage narrates.
:Much closer now, the Dark Portal reactivates, fading from blue to green.
:Various scenes occur in sequence: A draenei paladin, Vindicator Maraad, flips through a libram and blesses himself. A blood elf priestess caresses a mana wyrm, then drains the mana from it. An orc warrior cuts down a pair of naga. A troll rides a raptor. Maraad fights some fel orcs. The orc warrior is slain by arrows, then resurrected by the blood elf priestess. A human mage casts Polymorph on a tauren. A Forsaken warlock is surrounded by murlocs and kills them with Hellfire. The priestess casts Holy Nova.
:Illidan is shown kneeling on a ruined battlefield, contemplating the Skull of Gul'dan. He drops the skull and leaps into the air, brandishing the Twin Blades of Azzinoth and concluding his narration:
==Music==
The song "The Dark Portal" was featured as the fourth track on World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Soundtrack, and was composed by Neal Acree.
==Credits==
*Directed by Jeff Chamberlain
*Animation Surpervisor: James McCoy
*Animated by Ronny KimRonny Kim on Instagram
*Cinematic concept artists: Brian Huang, Bernie Kang
==Notes and trivia==
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*This cinematic was unofficially on December 6, 2019, by Upscale, using Machine Learning AI.
*The orc warrior, human mage, tauren and undead warlock previously appeared in the World of Warcraft cinematic intro.
*The orc warrior wields Ashkandi, Greatsword of the Brotherhood, and the undead warlock wields the Headmaster's Charge.
*The Burning Crusade Behind-the-Scenes DVD has content about how different parts of the cinematic were created.
*WowCraft's episode 25 is a parody of this trailer.
==Gallery==
Dark Portal blue color TBC cinematic.png|Dark Portal in the Blasted Lands
Maraad cinematic 2.jpg|Maraad with a libram
Blood elf maiden.jpg|Blood elf priestess
Mana wyrm cinematic.jpg|Mana wyrm
Naga BC cinematic.jpg|Naga attacked by an orc warrior wielding Ashkandi
Raptor-Dead Scar.jpg|Jungle troll riding a raptor in the Dead Scar
Maraad cinematic 3.jpg|Maraad in Azuremyst Isles
Maraad cinematic.jpg
Blood Elf bc cinematic 2.jpg|Blood elf resurrecting the orc warrior
Polymorph-bc-cinematic.jpg|Polymorph used on a tauren in Nagrand
Undead bc cinematic.jpg|Undead warlock casting Hellfire
Illidan skull.jpg|Skull of Gul'dan in Illidan Stormrage hand
IllidanTBCCinematic.jpg|Illidan Stormrage with The Twin Blades of Azzinoth
;Art assets and concepts
Quel'Thalas.jpg|Quel'Thalas background
Sheep model - TBCCinematic.jpg|Sheep cinematic model
Murloc model - TBCCinematic.jpg|Murloc cinematic model
The Dark Portal by Brian Huang.jpg|Dark Portal
Draenei Paladin by Bernie Kang.jpg|Draenei paladin
BEPriestess.jpg|Blood elf priestess
WoWBurningCrusade_ManaWyrm.jpg|Mana wyrm
Ashkandi cinematic concept art.jpg|Ashkandi
Headmaster's Charge cinematic concept.jpg|Headmaster's Charge
Male mage.jpg|Human mage
==References==
Category:Music
Category:Cinematics
Category:The Burning Crusade