WOW Insider summarizes what PC Gamer UK found out from Blizzard about the starting lore of Cataclysm below. There are spoilers in the article and a link to the PC Gamer podcast that talks about this. You were warned. Don't go there if you don't want to know.
http://www.wow.com/2009/09/27/cataclysm-starting-zone-lore-and-other-new-details-revealed/#continued
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