Though Y'Shaarj was dead, the titans had discovered that the Old God had buried himself too deeply into Azeroth, as they beheld the life energies of the world-soul erupting from the newly created scar within Azeroth. Aman'Thul reached out and violently tore Y'Shaarj from the crust of the world.

Y'Shaarj, however, was more powerful than they had expected and, concerned that the Old God would overwhelm their servants, the titans decided to take direct action. The titan-forged then decided to focus on the monstrous Old Gods. Though the elementals were defeated, the Keepers knew it was only a matter of time before they reformed, and so Ra used to forge the Elemental Plane, a prison to which he would bind all the elementals they defeated. Neptulon the Tidehunter was beset by Loken and Mimiron, who would shatter his army.Ra, Thorim, and Hodir faced Al'Akir the Windlord and ultimately turned the Windlord's own power against him.Archaedas and Freya unleashed their powers upon Therazane the Stonemother and forced her into retreat before submitting her.Tyr and Odyn fought Ragnaros the Firelord for weeks, and through force of will the pair defeated the Firelord.With the Elemental Lords and their minions besetting the titan-forged from all sides, the Keepers decided to divide and conquer them. In response, the Old Gods called forth the Elemental armies into battle. Unwilling to take action directly due to their colossal forms and risk of damaging the world-soul, the Pantheon created an enormous army from the crust of Azeroth itself, called the titan-forged. Some time after, the titan Aggramar would discover Azeroth and, horrified by the presence of the Old Gods, and unwilling to leave the nascent titan to be corrupted by the Void, the Pantheon vowed to save Azeroth before it was too late. However the Black Empire, through sheer numbers, would ultimately win the war and enslave the elemental lords and their armies. For the first time in Azeroth's history, the elements worked together against a common enemy. When the entities known as the Old Gods plummeted down from the Great Dark and established their Black Empire, the Elemental Lords, who ruled over Azeroth, saw the invaders as a threat to their dominion.

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