I mean you've never heard of mother earth before?
Planets in WoW are actually just Titan eggs. Eventually the titan hatches. The titans are male or female, since there are two genders.
Azeroth is supposed to be a female titan, and the most powerful one. She's also supposed to turn evil and destroy the universe due to old god corruption, which is why Sargeras was trying to save the universe by killing her.
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That sounds outdated because Sargeras isn't corrupted and Azeroth is supposed to be more powerful than him.
And obviously he didn't go with that plan seeing as his goal has always been to kill off the unborn titans so that none can become a void titan.
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Neither soft spoken nor rage male characters are strong characters.