WoW Insider presents Sholazar Basin and Zul'Drak
by Alex Ziebart 
Nov 12th 2008 at 12:01PM
Sholazar Basin is Northrend's Un'goro Crater, and has a pleasing mix of the familiar and the unfamiliar. A testing grounds of sorts for the Titans, you run into a lot of unusual lifeforms here like the Oracles, a race of intelligent murloc-esque creatures who are at war with the Frenzyheart Tribe of Wolvar. This is also the new hunting ground of Hemet Nesingwary, and trust me when I say his quests aren't nearly as awful this time around.
Zul'Drak is the center of one of the last Troll Empires, home of the Drakkari Ice Trolls. Under heavy assault from the Scourge, the Drakkari Empire has pooled their resources and pulled back to their capital, using some rather desperate measures to ensure their survival. Your first major Argent Crusade quest hubs are in this zone, and our old friends of the Zandalar Tribe will be meeting up with us here as well.
Edit: As always, if you're trying to avoid any and all spoilers, these galleries are not for you. There are no heavy plot spoilers contained within, but there are some light ones. If you don't like spoilers, don't look.
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Expansions, Galleries, Wrath of the Lich King
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Killah Nov 12th 2008 2:11PM
Might wanna add some spoiler tags or something to that...
skajake Nov 12th 2008 12:19PM
Hard to enjoy the patch-eve festivities when there is a 2-ton elephant in the room. The servers have been down going on 2 days.
Ryan Nov 12th 2008 12:35PM
They were up this morning; I'm sure they'll be up in a couple hours.
stevens.ce Nov 12th 2008 12:44PM
I hope the Nesingwary quests are better - although I can't imagine how they could be much more tedious than they were before. If there's ever a guy in Azeroth who could use a class in to-do-lists and task prioritization, it's Hemet Nesingwary. I look forward to seeing this stuff in a few weeks when I'm finally willing to take the plunge back into server hell.
Alex Ziebart Nov 12th 2008 12:54PM
His quests are much more varied and interesting than "Kill 30 X, then 30 Y, then 30 Z." There's one quest that requires killing a LOT of animals, but it's one quest you do alongside all of your other quests, so you eventually finish it just by doing other things.
It's much nicer, and much more interesting. I hope you have as much fun as I did. : )