Purge of Dalaran

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conflict in Warcraft lore fictional event massacre

The Purge of Dalaran is a violent event in Warcraft lore during which Jaina Proudmoore and the Kirin Tor expelled and slaughtered Sunreaver blood elves in the city of Dalaran after the theft of the Divine Bell.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Jaina Proudmoore abandons pacifism	1
Purge of Dalaran canonical	1
Purge of Dalaran aftermath	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11746416 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Purge of Dalaran
Context triple: [Dalaran, conflict, Purge of Dalaran]

A. Siege of Orgrimmar
The Siege of Orgrimmar is a major World of Warcraft raid and storyline in which players assault the Horde capital to depose the tyrannical Warchief Garrosh Hellscream.
B. The Dalaran Heist
The Dalaran Heist is a single-player, roguelike-style adventure mode in Hearthstone where players lead League of E.V.I.L. villains through customizable heist runs in the city of Dalaran.
C. Opening of the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj
The Opening of the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj was a massive, server-wide World of Warcraft event that unlocked the Ahn'Qiraj raid instances and triggered a large-scale invasion by the Qiraji forces in Silithus.
D. War against the Lich King
The War against the Lich King was the climactic Northrend campaign in World of Warcraft where the forces of Azeroth united to confront Arthas Menethil and his undead Scourge.
E. Corrupted Blood incident
The Corrupted Blood incident was an infamous 2005 in-game plague in World of Warcraft that unintentionally spread uncontrollably among players and NPCs, later drawing interest from epidemiologists as a model for real-world disease dynamics.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Purge of Dalaran
Target entity description: The Purge of Dalaran is a violent event in Warcraft lore during which Jaina Proudmoore and the Kirin Tor expelled and slaughtered Sunreaver blood elves in the city of Dalaran after the theft of the Divine Bell.

A. Siege of Orgrimmar
The Siege of Orgrimmar is a major World of Warcraft raid and storyline in which players assault the Horde capital to depose the tyrannical Warchief Garrosh Hellscream.
B. The Dalaran Heist
The Dalaran Heist is a single-player, roguelike-style adventure mode in Hearthstone where players lead League of E.V.I.L. villains through customizable heist runs in the city of Dalaran.
C. Opening of the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj
The Opening of the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj was a massive, server-wide World of Warcraft event that unlocked the Ahn'Qiraj raid instances and triggered a large-scale invasion by the Qiraji forces in Silithus.
D. War against the Lich King
The War against the Lich King was the climactic Northrend campaign in World of Warcraft where the forces of Azeroth united to confront Arthas Menethil and his undead Scourge.
E. Corrupted Blood incident
The Corrupted Blood incident was an infamous 2005 in-game plague in World of Warcraft that unintentionally spread uncontrollably among players and NPCs, later drawing interest from epidemiologists as a model for real-world disease dynamics.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	conflict in Warcraft lore ⓘ fictional event ⓘ massacre ⓘ
appearsIn	Warcraft novels and tie-in texts ⓘ linked to: Warcraft novels World of Warcraft in-game quests ⓘ World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria ⓘ
conflictType	ethnic cleansing ⓘ internal purge ⓘ
depicts	Jaina Proudmoore’s hardline turn against the Horde ⓘ
factionInvolved	Alliance ⓘ Horde ⓘ Kirin Tor ⓘ Silver Covenant ⓘ linked to: The Silver Covenant Sunreavers ⓘ blood elves ⓘ high elves ⓘ
hasCause	Alliance–Horde tensions during the Pandaria campaign ⓘ Sunreaver involvement in Garrosh Hellscream’s plans ⓘ theft of the Divine Bell ⓘ
hasConsequence	deepened mistrust between Alliance and Horde ⓘ political shift in the Kirin Tor ⓘ resentment among blood elves toward Jaina Proudmoore ⓘ
hasLocation	Dalaran ⓘ Kirin Tor city of Dalaran ⓘ linked to: Dalaran
hasParticipant	Aethas Sunreaver ⓘ Jaina Proudmoore ⓘ Silver Covenant rangers ⓘ Sunreaver magi ⓘ Vereesa Windrunner ⓘ
ledBy	Jaina Proudmoore ⓘ
opposedBy	Sunreavers ⓘ
partOf	Alliance–Horde war ⓘ linked to: Alliance–Horde War Warcraft universe ⓘ World of Warcraft lore ⓘ linked to: World of Warcraft
relatedTo	Divine Bell ⓘ Garrosh Hellscream ⓘ Siege of Orgrimmar ⓘ Theramore’s destruction ⓘ
resultsIn	Dalaran’s withdrawal from neutrality ⓘ Kirin Tor alignment with the Alliance ⓘ death of many Sunreaver blood elves ⓘ expulsion of Sunreavers from Dalaran ⓘ imprisonment of surviving Sunreavers ⓘ
setting	floating city of Dalaran over Northrend or Pandaria, depending on timeline depiction ⓘ
targets	Horde-aligned magi in Dalaran ⓘ Sunreaver blood elves ⓘ linked to: Blood Elf
timePeriod	Mists of Pandaria era ⓘ linked to: World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
triggeredBy	Garrosh Hellscream’s use of the Divine Bell ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dalaran → conflict → Purge of Dalaran ⓘ

Violet Citadel → involvedInEvent → Purge of Dalaran aftermath ⓘ

linked to: Purge of Dalaran

Destruction of Theramore by Garrosh Hellscream using a mana bomb → consequenceForCharacter → Jaina Proudmoore abandons pacifism ⓘ