Insanity's Cradle

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Deathwing’s return did more than scar the surface of Azeroth. It tore open the barrier between worlds and left Deepholm, the elemental plane of earth, unstable enough to threaten everything above it.

In Episode 73 of Tides of Lore, Insanity’s Cradle, we follow the Earthen Ring into the Maelstrom, descend into Deepholm, and begin the desperate hunt for the shattered World Pillar. But the mission quickly becomes more than a recovery effort. The Twilight’s Hammer has infiltrated both Horde and Alliance forces, Deathwing’s corruption still festers in the stone, and Therazane’s own servants are beginning to turn against the outsiders trying to save the realm.

This is the story of the World Pillar, the Twilight’s Hammer, the Stonehearth war, and the moment Cataclysm’s damage stopped being a surface wound and became something far deeper...