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[[File:Temple of the damned.jpg|thumb|In ''Warcraft Adventures'']]
The '''Temple of the Damned''' was a dark temple comstructed by the [[orc]]s in [[Azeroth]]. It was destroyed in the [[First War]] by the [[human]] forces.
 
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The '''Temples of the Damned''' are unholy places of varying purpose, but mostly related to [[Necromancy]], first used by the [[History of the Horde|Horde]] and then the [[Scourge]].
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==In Warcraft: Orcs & Humans==
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The first Temple of the Damned was a walled [[Orc]] base mostly composed of [[temple|temples]] constructed in [[Azeroth (continent)|Azeroth]], but it was destroyed in the [[First War]] by the [[human]] forces of [[Azeroth Army of the First War|Stormwind]].
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File:Temple of the Damned.png|In ''Warcraft I''
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==In Warcraft II==
Later, in the [[Second War]], the orcs constructed structures in which [[Death Knight (Second War)|Death Knights]] would gather and hone their necromantic powers. These structures were supposedly constructed from the bones of [[Draenor Giant|Draenor Giants]]. The orcs called these "Grombolar", or "Bowels of Giants".
 
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[[File:Templeofdamnwarii.jpg|thumb|In ''Warcraft II'']]
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Later Temples of the Damned — called ''Grombolar'', or bowels of the giant in the Orcish tongue — are the cabalistic dwellings of the dead. Created by [[Gul'dan]] to house his blasphemous [[Death knight (Second War)|Death Knight]]s, the Temples were formed from petrified carcasses of the race of [[Giant (Draenor)|giants]] that inhabited the [[Orc]]ish [[Draenor|homeworld]]. The subterranean labyrinth of the Temple contains the fetid halls where the Death Knights dwell and study their depraved necromancy on fallen warriors reaped from the battlefields above.{{Cite|W2Man|84}}
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Note that the symbol on one of the boulders is a Triforce from the ''legend of Zelda'' series.
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==In Warcraft III==
In the [[Third War]], the [[Scourge]] used the name Temple of the Damned for the buildings used to train [[Necromancer|Necromancers]].
 
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[[File:Templeofthedamned.png|thumb|In ''Warcraft III'']]
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In the [[Third War]], the [[Scourge]] took over the structures. Once used by the orcish horde to channel demonic energies, the Scourge has now reclaimed this powerful edifice. From the Temple the insidious [[necromancer]]s emerge to animate fallen corpses and the tormented spirits of the [[banshee]]s are called into service.{{Cite|W3Man|106}}
   
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==In World of Warcraft==
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[[File:Magic Quarter.jpg|thumb|left|In ''World of Warcraft'']]
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In World of Warcraft, the [[Undercity]]'s [[Magic Quarter]] has a Temple of the Damned in it.{{cite|LoC|107}}{{cite|WoWman|189}}
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[[Category:Warcraft: Orcs & Humans buildings]]

Revision as of 14:43, 10 August 2010

Temple of the damned

In Warcraft Adventures

The Temples of the Damned are unholy places of varying purpose, but mostly related to Necromancy, first used by the Horde and then the Scourge.

In Warcraft: Orcs & Humans

WCOnH logo This section concerns content related to Warcraft: Orcs & Humans.

The first Temple of the Damned was a walled Orc base mostly composed of temples constructed in Azeroth, but it was destroyed in the First War by the human forces of Stormwind.

In Warcraft II

File:Templeofdamnwarii.jpg

In Warcraft II

WC2BnE-logo This section concerns content related to Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness or its expansion Beyond the Dark Portal.

Later Temples of the Damned — called Grombolar, or bowels of the giant in the Orcish tongue — are the cabalistic dwellings of the dead. Created by Gul'dan to house his blasphemous Death Knights, the Temples were formed from petrified carcasses of the race of giants that inhabited the Orcish homeworld. The subterranean labyrinth of the Temple contains the fetid halls where the Death Knights dwell and study their depraved necromancy on fallen warriors reaped from the battlefields above.Template:Cite Note that the symbol on one of the boulders is a Triforce from the legend of Zelda series.

In Warcraft III

Templeofthedamned

In Warcraft III

WC3RoC-logo This section concerns content related to Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos or its expansion The Frozen Throne.

In the Third War, the Scourge took over the structures. Once used by the orcish horde to channel demonic energies, the Scourge has now reclaimed this powerful edifice. From the Temple the insidious necromancers emerge to animate fallen corpses and the tormented spirits of the banshees are called into service.Template:Cite

In World of Warcraft

WoW Icon update This section concerns content related to the original World of Warcraft.
Magic Quarter

In World of Warcraft

In World of Warcraft, the Undercity's Magic Quarter has a Temple of the Damned in it.Template:CiteTemplate:Cite