Fortress Shadowmoon was the seat of power of the Shaman Ner'zhul and the Shadowmoon Clan, located on Shadowmoon Valley. It was also the last bastion for his Order of the Death Knights. Its towering spires reached upwards as obsidian blades to cleave the hostile amber skies above. The Alliance pressed its attack and destroyed the fortress in hopes that with destruction of the dark fortress and claiming the Book of Medivh, Khadgar would be able to close the rift between Azeroth and Draenor, to be rid of the orcish hordes forever. They also hoped to eliminate Ner'zhul and his death knights. Although the Fortress of Ner'zhul had been destroyed, and the Alliance managed to scatter the the Death Knights, neither the shaman nor the Book of Medivh were found. Khadgar and Turalyon used their magic