Elders of Northrend

Finally the last continent to scour to find departed spirits! The roof of the world, Northrend. Booty bay doesn’t have a zeppelin or boat to Northrend but I know Orgrimmar has one.

I took a Zeppelin ride to Warsong Hold in the Borean Tundra. This is the first foothold the Horde has established here at Northrend. The Borean Tundra is huge and full of life which is amazing as common knowledge would dictate otherwise. Life does really find a way. An elder stand right outside of Warsong hold watched as the Horde establish their fortress. Another elder is doing the same thing but on the coast to what is known as Valiance Keep, an Alliance Stronghold. This would mean another stealth mission for me to avoid detection from the enemy, thankfully the elder has some distance from the guards. Another elder is hiding in the Coldarra, the center of operation of the blue dragonflight. So many secrets could be found in the records within the Nexus, the main base of the Malygos, but the dragons are determined to keep such secrets hidden from the rest of the world.

North of the tundra lies the Scholazar Basin. This place resembles Un’goro crater in a lot of ways as it seems like life has prospered here and animals were able to evolve freely to match their environment perfectly. Titanic artifacts litter the place and this time it’s a lot more obvious compared to the ones in Un’goro. These machines is worth to take a look at, so many secrets that are waiting to be found but again it is for another time. 2 elders again and both are by a body of water.

Wintergrasp is west of the basin. This is a battlefield for the alliance and horde forces as to who controls the mines as well as the titanic vault. I was unlucky since by the time I came, the place is under alliance control. I bravely flew past all the guards and met up with the Earthen elder inside. I didn’t thought of the plan through, all of the sudden I was cornered by the guards as flocks of them defend the only exit from the keep. I was expecting the worst when I noticed a portal at the side. Without thinking where is will lead me, I jumped in.

Dalaran! I was saved, well almost. This place is now hostile towards the horde due to the actions of the previous warchief but thankfully I still have friends in this place. They covered for me as I jumped down towards the sewers and escaped. It would really be beneficial for Azeroth if Dalaran took a neutral position again, gathering and sharing knowledge could be done more efficiently. This is hoping that Khadgar will push his weight around as a member of the council of six. I took a portal back to Northrend thanks to a few favors as well as some gold.

I dropped by Dragonblight after the fiasco at Wintergrasp. This is the famous dragon graveyard. The elders seem to promote equal opportunity since there is an elder for both alliance and horde. There is also another one by some Tuskarr. This place is full of interesting places to explore. There is Azjol Nerub, the Wyrmrest Accord and the different dragon shrines. It would be interesting to look into this place in detail but I’m in the middle of a quest.

Northwest is the Storm Peaks. Within this mountain range lies several titan relics. This place holds so many secrets about the titans and their experiments. You could even trace the creation of ancient races here. Unfortunately, none of the elders here actually lived during the existence of the titans to even know how to utilize any of the equipment they left behind, such a shame.

Moving Southwest is the city of the ice trolls, Zul’Darak. Closer inspection of the architecture would show that there were ancient titanic structures here that the trolls have reclaimed and made their own. This place, I could sense so much blood shed has occurred here. These trolls must be using some dark magic which is interesting to study but there doesn’t seem to be any documents or any specialists left. I’ll look into this one in the future but then maybe not. Troll magic is too primitive, yet very complicated. The elders here are no help as well about the matter as they are not troll but Taunka.

Away from the darkness of a dying troll city and into the woodlands of Grizzly Hills. There is an elder nearby the camps and there is also one on a sunken highborn ruins. This place is peaceful enough that I might consider building a retreat here but the natives might not want a warlock setting up anything here.

 With this, I have met all the elders of Azeroth. Maybe not all of them but that should conclude my wandering around the world. There are elders that have hidden themselves in more dangerous places and they will have their own entry.