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The Crossing
Date 25
Location Ruins of Dalaran
Result

Tactical Blood Elf victory

  • Blood Elf and Naga escape to Outland
Belligerents
 

Blood Elves

  Garithos' Elite Guard
Commanders and leaders
 

Blood Elves

 

Garithos' Elite Guard

Casualties and losses
 

Blood Elves

  • Few
 

Garithos' Elite Guard

  • Heavy
Previous The Dungeons of Dalaran
Next The Search for Illidan
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This article contains lore taken from Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, the manuals, and/or official bonus maps.

The Crossing is a secret chapter of Curse of the Blood Elves. Moments after Kael and Vashj killed Kassan, Vashj reopened the portal that Kel'thuzad used to bring the Burning Legion into Azeroth.

Garithos ordered his troops to take explosives from a pile of explosive barrels, ignore the defenses and destroy the portal. He convincingly told them that the one who destroyed the portal would be a hero.

Kael, Vashj and some Blood Elf Engineers needed to hold Garithos forces from destroying the portal to Outland. The Blood Elf Engineers reconstruct the Dalaran's primary defenses, they constructed five types of defensive towers, they started constructing more and more towers with the resources taken from Kassan's prison while Garithos' Elite Guard ran past the towers ignoring them, with the only objective of destroying the portal by detonating explosives at it. After most of Garithos' forces were destroyed all of Kael's forces had passed through the portal, Kael ordered the Engineers to fall back to the portal, then he and Vashj passed through the portal and after that it was closed.

Loading screen[]

Moments later, as the allied blood elves and naga spill into the back alleys of Dalaran...

Quests[]

Main Quests[]

Availablequest BTNRockTower Defend the Portal[]

  • Build towers to stop Garithos' men
  • The Portal must survive

Garithos is sending his men on a suicide mission to destroy the Portal. You need only hold out long enough for all of the Blood Elves to get through to Outland. Place defensive towers in strategic locations to stop Garithos' army from reaching and destroying the Portal. Defend the Portal from Garithos' troops while the rest of the Blood Elves escape.

Transcript[]

Intro[]

IconSmall Kael'thas Prince Kael'thas: Quickly, my brethren, take your positions. Garithos' forces will be here any moment.
IconSmall Vashj Lady Vashj: We have reached the portal, Kael. Now we'll attempt to open it!
IconSmall BloodElf Male Engineer: Prince Kael, the other engineers and I helped to build Dalaran's original defenses. We could salvage materials from these ruins and construct whatever defensive towers you need.
IconSmall Kael'thas Prince Kael'thas: Glad to hear it. You'd best get moving.
IconSmall Garithos Grand Marshal Garithos: Blasted elves, I knew they'd try something like this. Forget about those damned towers--I want that portal destroyed! Those traitors aren't going anywhere.
IconSmall Garithos Grand Marshal Garithos: Use these explosives on the portal!
IconSmall Garithos Grand Marshal Garithos: Whoever destroys the portal will be a hero!
IconSmall Vashj Lady Vashj: We've done it. The portal is open. Let the exodus begin!
IconSmall Kael'thas Prince Kael'thas: Well done, Vashj. If we build more strategic towers, we should be able to hold off Garithos' forces long enough for our people to get through.
IconSmall Vashj Lady Vashj: You'd better be right. If the portal falls, none of us will survive!

During the Mission[]

Destroying Magic Vaults
  • IconSmall Kael'thas Prince Kael'thas: I won't allow the humans to get their hands on this.
  • IconSmall Kael'thas Prince Kael'thas: I claim this for the Kirin Tor. The humans have no rights to it.
  • IconSmall Kael'thas Prince Kael'thas: This artifact will help us greatly.
Portal attacked
  • IconSmall Vashj Lady Vashj: The portal is under attack! Defend it at all costs!
  • IconSmall Vashj Lady Vashj: Protect the portal!
  • IconSmall Vashj Lady Vashj: They're attacking the portal! It must be defended!
25 waves remaining - Flame Towers become available
IconSmall BloodElf Male Engineer: Prince Kael, we've completed a new type of defense tower.
21 waves remaining - Cold Towers become available
IconSmall BloodElf Male Engineer: Prince Kael, the plans are complete for this new tower.
16 waves remaining
IconSmall Vashj Lady Vashj: Kael, nearly half of our forces are through! You've got to hold Garithos at bay!
16 waves remaining - Death Towers become available
IconSmall BloodElf Male Engineer: Prince Kael, this new tower is our final and ultimate creation.
13 waves remaining
IconSmall Garithos Grand Marshal Garithos: Release the experiments!
IconSmall Garithos Grand Marshal Garithos: Bust open the cages! We'll all need the beasts we can use.
8 waves remaining
IconSmall Vashj Lady Vashj: Nearly everyone is through! Just a while longer, and we'll have done it!

Outro[]

IconSmall Vashj Lady Vashj: Kael, everyone is through! Fall back and we'll close the portal behind us!
IconSmall Kael'thas Prince Kael'thas: All right, men! Pull back! Back to the portal!
IconSmall Vashj Lady Vashj: Now, young prince, we take one final step... towards destiny.

Forces[]

Blood Elves
Garithos' Elite Guard
  • 1 IconSmall Garithos Dark Knight
  • 1 IconSmall Captain Captain
  • 3 IconSmall Dwarf Male Mountain Kings
  • 2 IconSmall Human Male Paladins
  • 2 IconSmall Human Male IconSmall Warhorse Archmagi
  • 1 IconSmall Human Male IconSmall Warhorse Bandit Lord
  • 1 IconSmall ForestTroll Male Forest Troll Warlord
  • 1 IconSmall OgreMage Ogre Lord
  • 1 IconSmall Arachnathid Overlord Arachnathid
  • 1 IconSmall ThunderLizard Storm Wyrm
  • 1 Deeplord Revenant
  • 1 IconSmall Yeti Ancient Sasquatch
  • 1 IconSmall Pandaren Pandaren Brewmaster
  • IconSmall Human Male Peasants
  • IconSmall Human Male Militia
  • IconSmall Human Male Footmen
  • IconSmall Dwarf Male IconSmall Flyingmachine Flying Machines
  • IconSmall Dwarf Male Mortar Teams
  • IconSmall Dwarf Male Riflemen
  • IconSmall Human Male IconSmall Warhorse Knights
  • IconSmall Wildhammer Male IconSmall Gryphon Gryphon Riders
  • IconSmall SiegeEngine Siege Engines
  • IconSmall Human Male Apprentice Wizards
  • IconSmall Human Male Enforcers
  • IconSmall ForestTroll Male Forest Troll Berserkers
  • Goblin Zeppelins
  • IconSmall Goblin Male Goblin Sappers
  • IconSmall OgreMage Ogre Warriors
  • IconSmall OgreMage2 Ogre Magi
  • IconSmall Human Male Royal Guards
  • IconSmall DrakeRed Red Drakes
  • IconSmall Arachnathid Warrior Arachnathid
  • IconSmall ThunderLizard Thunder Lizards
  • IconSmall Water Water Elementals
  • IconSmall Shredder Goblin Shredders
  • Rock Golems
  • IconSmall RevenantIce Ice Revenants
  • IconSmall Yeti Elder Sasquatch
  • IconSmall DragonRed Red Dragons
  • Siege Golems
  • IconSmall CentaurKhan Centaur Khans
  • IconSmall Turtle Gargantuan Sea Turtles
  • IconSmall Pandaren Male Pandaren

Trivia[]

  • If the player manages to survive the 30 waves, a pandaren drawing will appear on the screen and will receive a Pandaren Brewmaster hero for the next mission.
WC3Reforged-icon This section concerns content related to Warcraft III: Reforged.
  • The map has been overhauled and changed to have the waves cut less corners at the end, but more at the beginning.
    • The map now reveals to be the same map of the first and second missions, albeit making the previously hidden, eastern part available.
  • The Arcane Vault has been removed.
  • The items within the crates and vaults are now protected by creeps.
  • Units attempting to enter Garithos's base while the gate is open will cause them to die immediately.
  • The food limit has now been increased to 50
  • Upgrading to the Arctic Tower will give it splash damage and slow.
  • Pandaren Brewmaster in now only available after surviving all waves on Hard difficulty.
  • New quest added: Enchanted Ruins.
    • Objective: Seek out powerful relics in the rubble.
    • Description: Unknown treasures may have survived the destruction of Dalaran.
The Crossing Map


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