Countdown to Extinction (WC3 demo)

This article contains lore taken from Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, the manuals, and/or official bonus maps.

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Countdown to Extinction is the chapter five (5) of the demo campaign and the chapter three (3) of the custom campaign, Exodus of the Horde. During the battle, the Darkspear trolls and the Horde managed to escape the Sea Witch and her murlocs.

Transcript

Loading Screen

Sunlight greets Thrall and his companions as they escape the underground lair and make their way back to the surface.

Main Quests

File:Quest Avail 16x16.png Hold the Line

• Objectives
  • Survive for 20 minutes
• Description
  • Thrall must defend the base from the Sea Witch and her Murloc warriors until the Human ship repairs are finished.

Optional Quests

File:Quest Avail 16x16.png Island Trolls

Note: When the quest is completed, this quest is also called "Trolling for Trolls".

• Objectives
  • Rescue the Trolls for reinforcements.
• Description
  • The Trolls who remain scattered across the island will surely perish unless you bring them to safety before time runs out.

Mission Fails

• All of your buildings have been destroyed.

Hints

New unit acquired

• Troll Witch Doctor - You may now build Troll Witch Doctors from the Spirit Lodge.

Quotes

Intro cinematic

• File:IconSmall Banshee Small.gif Sea Witch: "Land-dwellers! You have slaughtered my minions and defiled my sanctuary! Now, you will be drowned by the wrath of the tides!"
• File:IconSmall Thrall Small.gif Thrall: "You'll have no more sacrifices today, witch! Go back to the depths where you belong!"
• File:IconSmall Banshee Small.gif Sea Witch: "Very well, your choice is made! The air you breathe now will be your last!"
• File:IconSmall Thrall Small.gif Thrall: "At last! We've reached our landing site!"
• Raider: "Warchief! While you were gone, the nearby volcano erupted! This entire island has begun to sink!"
• File:IconSmall Thrall Small.gif Thrall: "How long to repair the ships?"
• Raider: "The repairs are nearly done, Warchief."
• File:IconSmall Thrall Small.gif Thrall: "Then finish them quickly! We're about to have company! Defend the ships at all costs!"

Optional quest discovered

• Troll Headhunter: "Hey, where the others go? They go with you?"

• Troll Headhunter: "We don't have much time!"

• Troll Headhunter: "You got a way off the island?"

• Troll Headhunter: "This island be sinkin' quick! We come with you, mon!"

Between the battle

• File:IconSmall Banshee Small.gif Sea Witch: "Your efforts are futile, land-dwellers! The darkness of the deeps is all that awaits you!"

• File:IconSmall Banshee Small.gif Sea Witch: "Soon this land will be consumed by the tides! Prepare for the sea's cold embrace!"

• File:IconSmall Banshee Small.gif Sea Witch: "Yes! At last, the end draws near! Your deaths are only the beginning! Soon all land-dwellers will be entombed in a watery grave!"

• Grunt: "We still need more time to finish the repairs, Warchief!"

• Grunt: "It won't be much longer now, Warchief. The ships are nearly ready!"

• File:IconSmall Thrall Small.gif Thrall: "Hold the line, my warriors! Our freedom is at hand!"

• File:IconSmall Thrall Small.gif Thrall: "Your witch cannot protect you now!"

Ending cinematic

• File:IconSmall Banshee Small.gif Sea Witch: "Sail on, land-dwellers. Flee! The Dark Tide is coming to swallow you all, and once it begins, there will be nowhere to hide!"
• File:IconSmall Thrall Small.gif Thrall: "I don't know exactly what the witch was talking about, but I do know that our destiny lies elsewhere. For now, we set sail for Kalimdor. That is where our future will unfold."

Unused quotes

• File:IconSmall Thrall Small.gif D05Thrall15: One of the shamans must have found a way to purify this fountain.
• D05Troll13: Hey, you got room for one more mon?

Units

Named

• File:IconSmall Thrall Small.gif Thrall
• Sea Witch

Creeps

• 4 Dire Wolves
• 1 Giant Wolves
• 4 Lightning Lizards
• 1 Thunder Lizard
• 11 Timber Wolves

The battle

As Thrall escapes, he is chased by the Sea Witch and her murloc warriors. The repairs to his storm-damaged ships are not done and he must rally his forces to hold the line and protect the ships until they are repaired. Unfortunately, the volcano on the island is also erupting and the whole island appears to to be sinking into the sea. Some imprisoned trolls around the island are rescued to provide reinforcements against the Sea Witch and her warriors.

The ships are repaired and Thrall's forces continue on to Kalimdor, beginning the Invasion of Kalimdor.

Notes

• A Kul'Tiras Marine Tent is hidden behind some trees which have a Scroll of Restoration and a Crown of Kings +5.

Items

• Potion of Mana
• Scroll of Healing
• Claws of Attack +6
• Gloves of Haste
• Scroll of Restoration
• [Talisman of Evasion]
• Ring of Protection +4
• Healing Wards
• Mana Stone
• Crown of Kings +5