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I had no idea until I looked it up, but it turns out that Kalimdor is at war too, though it's a conflict between the Night Alliance and the Ahn'Qiraj Insectoids.
The Qiraji Insectoids were defeated a thousand years ago in the War of the Shifting Sands by an alliance of the Dragon Race and Night Elves, and were sealed beneath the sands of the Silithus desert.
Everything started because some attention-seeking player guild decided to break the seal of the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj, resulting in the premature release of the Qiraji Insectoids. What's more, there are quite a few players mixed in with them—no idea what they were thinking. Who would find insects entertaining? Talk about an acquired taste.
With the breaking of the seal, the Qiraji Insectoids swarmed out and rapidly began to spread to the surrounding regions.
