 The Upper Kingdom | |
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| Level: Max | |
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| Location | Beneath Northrend |
UNDER CONSTRUCTION related to Spider Kingdom Expansion Concept
The portion of the Spider Kingdom that lies closest to the surface of Northrend.
History
The undead nerubians under control of the Scourge occupied several regions of the Upper Kingdom, including the fallen temple of Ahn'Kahet in the Old Kingdom. But the Scourge never truly secured every portion of the vast spider kingdom, and many nerubians remained safely hidden in it's depths.
Geography
The Upper Kingdom (early concept)
Upper Kingdom Geography
Subzones
| Ahn'Dirac, the Silent Temple · Ahn'Kahet Outer Quarter · Ahn'Kahet Fallen Temple · Cauldron of Flames · The Cinderbog · The City of Webs · Doorward · Ley Line Fracture · Library of Ancient Weavers · Naz'Amun, the Crawling City · Pit of Narjun · The Scourgewall · Shadowgrasp Cavern · Shadowgrove · Shadow Web Gate · Wintergrasp Fortress Undervault |
Instances
| Level Range | Group Size | Approximate Run Time |
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| Max | 5 | 45 min - 1 hour |
| Level Range | Group Size | Approximate Run Time |
|---|---|---|
| Max | 5 | 45 min - 1 hour |
Quests and Storylines
Scourge remnants remain all throughout Dragonblight, although most have been reduced to mindless undead. Darkfallen under the command of Prince Atherann and Prince Theraldis are attemping to raise the dead of Indu'le Village. In New Hearthglen, the surviving Scarlet Onslaught have succumbed to madness and joined the Cult of the Damned, under the command of the Necromancer Heigan the Unclean and the Death Knight Lady Blaumeux, who escaped from Naxxramas before it's final destruction. The Ashen Verdict has established a camp outside Angra'thar, the Wrath Gate, which has been opened. Questlines will take adventurers into unexplored parts of Icecrown Citadel, and will involve interaction with the new Lich King and the Scourge remnants that remain inside.
The ruins of Naxxramas have become a Horde camp occupied by the Forsaken. With the death of both Kel'thuzad and the Lich King, the Necropolis lost all power and crashed into the Killing Fields. Alliance forces from nearby Wintergarde Keep are attempting to force them out. The Forsaken have Kel'thuzad's phylactery in their possession, and have begun conducting experiments in order to uncover the secret of creating a lich.
The Twilight's Hammer are conducting further experiments with damaged ley lines at the Glittering Strand, Lothalor Woodlands, and in the drained lake at Indu'le Village. A worrying development is that the Twilight Hammer seems to be interacting peacefully with the Scourge remnants there. The alliance camp of Star's Rest has been expanded into an elven fort, Lotharlar Lodge, in response to the increased threat.
The Wyrmrest Accord has seen the betrayal of the black dragonflight and reconciliation with the blue dragonflight. Agents of the Nether dragons of Outland have also arrived to petition for the Netherwing to join the Accord. Quests from Wyrmrest Temple now focus on defending the dragonshrines and the dragon graveyard from the black dragonflight. The Bronze and Green dragonshrines were heavily damaged in the Cataclysm, and questlines there focus on salvaging what remains and finding new places for dragonshrines to be established. The questline culminates in an all-out battle with forces of the Twilight's Hammer and the black dragonflight in the Obsidian Dragonshrine.
The most significant change to Dragonblight is the expansion of the Pit of Narjun, which has swallowed much of the surrounding terrain. The tunnels that lead to the Wrath instances of Azjol-Nerub and Ahn'Kahet remain, but the pit leads much deeper down into the new zones of the Spider Kingdom.
