Overview of the Dragonblight
by Alex Ziebart 
May 10th 2008 at 4:00PM
- The Dragonblight is both the beginning and the end of the dragon life cycle. The Titans granted the Dragonflights their powers here, and this is also where dragons go to die.
- This zone contains a shrine for each of the Flights which surround Wyrmrest Temple. These shrines are under siege by the Scourge.
- Alexstrasza herself is lending a hand in recruiting for the war effort in the Dragonblight.
- The Scourge has been twisting the remains of fallen dragons into Frost Wyrms and potentially other monstrosities.
- The Scarlet Crusade returns in this zone, renamed the Scarlet Onslaught.
- It is likely the Taunka and the Tuskarr will make an appearance here.
- The majority of Azjol-Nerub is located beneath this zone.
- The Blue Dragonflight is using colossal machines to tamper with the magic and ley lines in this region for unknown reasons. It is assumed Malygos is trying to realign the ley clusters for his own purposes.
- The Chamber of the Aspects will be a raid dungeon in this region, though the bosses within have yet to be designed. There will likely be bosses representing each of the Flights.
- Angrathar the Wrath Gate stands between the Alliance and Horde forces and Icecrown Citadel. Arthas and his raid dungeon won't be in at launch, but will be added later in Wrath's life cycle, much like Kil'jaeden and the Sunwell Plateau was the last chapter of the Burning Crusade.
That's what we know so far, and I'm sure there will be plenty more when the Wrath beta rolls around. This region is packed full of interesting plotlines, and I'm pretty excited about it.
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, News items, Expansions, Lore, Wrath of the Lich King
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Fizz May 10th 2008 4:39PM
I hope the Scarlet Onslaught keeps the old Scarlet Crusade Tabard, it's still my favorite Tabard design in the game. And it just wouldn't feel the same killing them with out the old red and white on their chests. Keep up the good work with the Wotlk info, the more I hear about it the more I can't wait to start leveling again.
RogueJedi86 May 10th 2008 5:08PM
"Angrathar the Wrath Gate stands between the Alliance and Horde forces and Icecrown Citadel. Arthas and his raid dungeon won't be in at launch, but will be added later in Wrath's life cycle, much like Kil'jaeden and the Sunwell Plateau was the last chapter of the Burning Crusade."
Wouldn't a better analogy be to how Black Temple was patched in after BC Launch in 2.0.1? Both are arguably the main villain's lair of their respective expansions(I'm not counting Kil'jaeden's torso in Sunwell Plateau).
Zarzuur May 10th 2008 7:02PM
Yes he will be patched in, but they are saying timewise Arthas will be in the last one as the culmination of WOTLK.
They have also made a point of saying everything (story, appearances, etc) will link and lead up to it better than TBC. In TBC the story ends in the Sunwell, but Illidan has already been confronted a while ago by that point.
RogueJedi86 May 10th 2008 5:09PM
Correction, 2.1.0 was when Black Temple's insides were patched in.
Sanaje May 10th 2008 5:43PM
Might be wrong, but isn't Naxx laying siege to an Alliance base in Dragonblight as well?
Suzaku May 10th 2008 7:06PM
"Arthas and his raid dungeon won't be in at launch, but will be added later in Wrath's life cycle, much like Kil'jaeden and the Sunwell Plateau was the last chapter of the Burning Crusade."
A better analogy would be Illidan and the Black Temple, however, there's still a key difference with Arthas. Although the raid instance and encounter with Arthas won't be implemented, Arthas will have a presence as players are leveling through Northrend.
Specifically, they stated that players would have their first face-to-face meeting with Arthas at Angrathar, betwen levels 71 and 74, in what sounds like a large seige battle.
Zarzuur May 10th 2008 7:10PM
Also Ysera is in the Emerald Dragon Shrine. (worldofwarcraft.judgehype.com)
(leader of the 4 dragons on Azeroth)
dlinn May 10th 2008 11:09PM
video flyby.
http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/18748