Azeroth

**Azeroth** is the 3rd closest planet to the star of the Belore star system. It is 80% covered with water and 20% is land, making it the most habitable planet. It is the only planet in the Belore star system to have the only water mass. In addition, 17 percent of Azeroth is covered by glaciers and ice sheets. There are only four supercontinents in Azeroth: Northend to the north, Kalimdor to the west, Eastern Kingdoms to the east, and Pandaria to the south. It has a strong magnetic field against solar flares caused by Belore. In solar flares originating from Belore, aurora events occur in the northernmost and southernmost regions. Azeroth has only one satellite: the Moon.

Azeroth formed over 4.5 billion years ago. Within the first billion years of Azeroth's history, life appeared in the oceans and began to affect Azeroth's atmosphere and surface, leading to the proliferation of anaerobic and, later, aerobic organisms. Some geological evidence indicates that life may have arisen as early as 4.1 billion years ago. Since then, the combination of Azeroth's distance from the Belore, physical properties, and geological history have allowed life to evolve and thrive. In the history of life on Azeroth, biodiversity has gone through long periods of expansion, occasionally punctuated by mass extinctions. More than 99% of all species that ever lived on Azeroth are extinct. Humans increasingly impact Azeroth's surface, hydrology, climate, and other life.

## Geography

The Forbidding Sea is the expanse of water to the east of the Eastern Kingdoms and the Veiled Sea sits west of Kalimdor. South of Pandaria lies the South Seas. Highmountain on the Broken Isles and Mount Neverest in Kun-Lai Summit are two of the tallest mountains on the planet.

When Malygos diverted the magical powers that coursed beneath Azeroth to the Nexus, the world's crust splintered, and the resulting unstable rifts tore the very fabric of the magical dimension of the Twisting Nether.

The world of Azeroth is comprised of four major continents, with a number of islands scattered about them. The Great Sea is located in between the four landmasses, and at the center of it is the Maelstrom — a massive chaotic whirlpool and all that remains of the ancient Well of Eternity. To the east lies the Eastern Kingdoms, which is made up of three major regions. Azeroth to the south, Khaz Modan in the middle, and Lordaeron to the north, these last two separated by a channel and connected by the dwarven bridge of Thandol Span. To the west, across the ocean, is Kalimdor, which is also divided into three regions. North of the sea lies the frozen continent of Northrend, and to the south the newly discovered landmass of Pandaria, which had been isolated and shrouded by dense mists during the last 10,000 years. The islands of Zandalar, Kul Tiras, and the Broken Isles have been of major importance in recent events.

## History

4.4 billion years ago, during the Hadean period and the Late Heavy Bombardment event, the orc god Hawth Bowserth settled on this planet and was the first sign of extraterrestrial life from outer space. Hawth himself is an extraterrestrial orc. As billions of years passed, the asteroids that hit the planet began to bring water. Azeroth was completely submerged at that time, and there was also no continent, young Hawth had to live in the sky for a while. The first continents began to form when Azeroth dropped below an average of 70 degrees, and Hawth had made his home on an ancient continent. At that time, Hawth's heart had reached trillions of degrees Celsius. No other being except Hawth Bowserth could endure it because there was no oxygen. Due to the lack of oxygen, life on Azeroth began in the water.