In a distant world eons ago, the ancient intellects
of the Radiant and Dire were locked into perpetual
war.
With no end in sight, the Primordials that
dwelled amongst them punished the two by forever
sealing them within a rock... then flinging
it into space where it would travel to absolutely
nowhere for an eternity.
But of course they buggered that up and the
rocky prison found its home within the gravitational
field of a strange new world, where it became
a glowing sphere known as the Mad Moon.
For centuries, the Mad Moon orbited this world
while its dormant energies watched primitive
societies rise and fall.
Its prisoners, however, were busily chipping
away at its crust.
Weakened by eons of gravitational stress,
the Mad Moon finally shattered in suitably
apocalyptic and awesome fashion.
Fragments fell into the world where its inhabitants
fed on its mysterious energies and unsurprisingly
became moonrock addicts.
So like any magic junky, these civilizations
built shrines to worship the Ancients that
had inexplicably sprung from the ground, though
they only possessed only a fraction of their
former power, and naturally, the only way
to return to full strength was to obliterate
the other Ancient.
Repeatedly.
So on that account, the Radiant and the Dire
got back to what made for a really outstanding
custom map for WarCraft 3 - an endless deathmatch
between Heroes who have, without prudence,
come to the defense of the ancients.
Good fortune to you brave hero, may you seldom
ever be cursed with an enemy Phantom Lancer
or a team-mate that randomed Meepo.
Have fun!
