Around Azeroth: Across the border
by Elizabeth Wachowski 
Apr 14th 2009 at 10:00AM
Nécrótíc of <J N R V> onShadowsong has taken a picture of one of the few zone climate changes with a real explanation behind it; the beautiful jungle of Sholazar is out of place with neighboring Borean Tundra because it was used as a testing ground for the Titans. Deus ex machina? You decide.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Daisil Apr 14th 2009 10:02AM
nice pic
Qazaam Apr 14th 2009 10:04AM
"And what possible justification is there for Dun Morogh, a snowy southern zone surrounded entirely by temperate plains and heat-induced blast craters? Unless it's just nuclear fallout from Gnomeregan."
My guess is that it's a mountain. It gets chilly up on that rock.
Kyle Connor Apr 14th 2009 4:20PM
I might also comment that searing gorge and the burning steppes are largely due to Ragnaros, before he was awakened the area probably looked like redridge or Dun Morough.
BulletzBill Apr 14th 2009 10:18AM
Or how about Moonglade being a lush green paradise despite being north of Winterspring? Well, I guess you can just chalk that up to some serious druiditic (sp?) sorcery.
Agerath Apr 14th 2009 10:26AM
Druidic.
BulletzBill Apr 14th 2009 10:28AM
There you go, yeah I totally butchered that. :-P
Krigo Apr 14th 2009 10:24AM
Quite a nice change from all the hilarious pictures.
miko Apr 14th 2009 10:39AM
the 'blast craters' surrounding Dun Morogh are all 'man made' and the only 'plains' i can think of which edge onto Dun Morogh are actually wetlands soaked in the snow melt of the significantly higher mountains they border.
Loch Modan is temperate compared with Dun Morogh but its not unreasonable for those two types of landscapes to border as anyone who lives near mountains would testify.
Dez Apr 14th 2009 11:00AM
Dun Morogh didn't always border a lava-ridden wasteland. Ever heard of Ragnaros? He kinda upset the climate there a bit when he exploded.
Feralas is surrounded by high mountains on all sides (save the Western border with the sea), which isolates it from the harsh climate subjected to its surrounding zones (Desolace, Thousand Needles, Tanaris, The Barrens, etc.). Un'goro also appears as an anomaly, but this was a Titan creation and so it obeys their laws, not mother nature's.
Azeroth does have pretty bizarre geography, but it can usually be reasoned to something. Blizz spent quite a long time developing Warcraft lore. Some parts come down to magic of course, since there's certainly been no shortage of that.
Kadamon Apr 14th 2009 1:36PM
It also has to do with the fact that they're giving us the game at a zoomed in detail so as to avoid running around a world that's real-sized.
One of the quests I did said it was a few days riding distance between places when I ran there on my feet in about 10 minutes.
Jason Apr 14th 2009 1:41PM
Burning Steppes. Between Elwynn and Dun Morogh. Someone please explain that to me? :P
miko Apr 14th 2009 2:33PM
Burning Steppes: 'These steppes were formerly part of the Redridge Mountains before the Dark Irons came here after their exile. They established a colony called Thaurissan, but their sorcery turned out to be their undoing. Their thane, a mad sorcerer named Thaurissan, tried to summon elemental minions to aid him against the Ironforge and Wildhammer Dwarves, instead he summoned the elemental fire lord Ragnaros. Ragnaros’ arrival melted several mountains in this range and forged a great volcano in the blast’s epicenter.' from wowwiki