Discovering Azeroth: Western Plaguelands

"The Western Plaguelands They are beginning to compose themselves thanks to the efforts of the members of the Cenarion Circle, but some areas like Andorhal are still ravaged by war. After the fall of the Scarlet Monastery and the victory in Northrend, Vega del Amparo was taken over by Tirion Fordring and now functions as a place where players will find missions to carry out.

General Information

• Location: Eastern Kingdoms
• Level: 35 - 40
• Terrain: Scourge Corrupted Forest
• Faction: Neutral

History of the Western Plaguelands

The Western Plaguelands are part of ancient Lordaeron, in the third war they were severely punished by the plague, although little by little they are recovering from its effects thanks to the Cenarion Circle, there are still undead clinging to the territory that The Argent Crusade tries to eradicate with the power of the Light. The core of all evil is found just below Castle Darrow, inside Scholomance, a level 38 dungeon.

In the center of the Western Plaguelands is the city of Andorhal, which was the center of grain distribution for Lordaeron, so Kel'thuzad and the Cult of the Damned infected the grain to spread the plague throughout the world. kingdom placing in the surrounding farms cauldrons with which they created the plague. Due to this, the vegetation in this area began to die and a kind of tumors began to grow on the trees and the leaves of the trees turned brown.

With the kingdom collapsed, the Scarlet Crusade attempted to save what little was left of their lands, taking possession of the Fortress of Manderholde in Vega del Amparo as a regional headquarters. Some time later, after the fall of the Scarlet Crusade and the war in Outland, the fight against the Scourge reached Northrend and victory was claimed by the Ashen Verdict. Vega del Amparo was taken over by its former lord and leader of the Argent Crusade, Tirion Fordring, and now functions as a main base of operations and training ground for the Argent Crusaders in Lordaeron.

Fauna and Flora

The vegetation in the Western Plaguelands is in recovery, although its condition is better than that of the Eastern Plaguelands, this is due to the efforts of the Cenarion Circle, along with those of the fighting Argent Crusade. tirelessly against the Scourge that still remains in the area. In addition, the plants that predominate are the Liferoot, Sangrerregia, Khadgar's Mustache, Tears of Arthas, Corollas of Banshee and the Tangles of Plague, which are only found in this area and are used to complete missions.

The animals that roam the area are also affected by the plague, we can find plagued bears, as well as Carrion Birds and giant and poisonous spiders on the lookout for non-pestilential prey to take to the mouth.

What can we find

In the lands of the Plague of the West, in addition to a lot of missions that will make us explore the area and discover what the plague has done to the ancient kingdom of Lordaeron, we can find the Scholomance dungeon, this dungeon was modified for the Cataclysm expansion, making it shorter and easier, in the past you could spend about an hour and a half or two with a group of the right level for it. Located below Castle Darrow inside we can find ghosts, lost souls, skeletons, summoning warlocks and necromancers, as well as gargoyles and plague spawns, such as abominations and ghouls. His final boss is the Dark Master Gandling.

To the East of the Orvallo Camp or to the south of the area we can find the tomb of Uther the Enlightened, for those who do not know him Uther was the founder of La Mano de Plata, he participated in the second and third wars, defending the kingdom of Lordaeron and King Terenas II, was Arthas's mentor for a long time, and they became very companions, so much so that Arthas considered him an uncle. After the assassination of King Terenas II his body was cremated and his ashes placed in a special urn, Uther decided to keep it in Andorhal, Arthas and his plague army invaded the city to snatch the urn and use it for necromantic purposes, Uther fought to defend his kingdom to the death, Prince Arthas himself, corrupted by demonic forces ended his life.

The citizens of Lordaeron buried Uther in the location mentioned above, in his tomb the following inscription can be read

Here lies Uther the Lightbringer
First Paladin, founder of the Order of the Silver Hand

Uther lived and died to defend the kingdom of Lordaeron. Although he was betrayed by his most beloved disciple, we believe his spirit lives on. Continue to watch us, even when the shadows stalk our desolate land. His light is the light of all humanity and, as long as we honor his memory, it will never be lost.
- Anonymous

We can also find some fun missions that range from taking a very funny Troll Druid apprentice, to scare away spiders mounted on a horse.

Enemies

The enemies that we will find the most in this area are the undead, spirits that roam the area, lost souls, zombies ... In addition to plagued animals, scavengers and giant spiders. At the core of Andhoral we will help Thassarian and Koltira Deathweaver to fight the plague, facing several elite enemies and the chain ends up facing the Dark Master Gandling, in which the two Death Knights will join us in battle to face him. , finally this manages to escape and awaits us in Stratholme.

Curiosities of the Western Plaguelands

One of the curiosities of this area is that often new adventurers from Tirisfal Glades without knowledge of the area go too far into it, so it is quite common to see undead corpses killed by a plagued bear of level « skull".