Originally Posted by
DeicideUH
I imagine Kalimdor as a savage continent full of dangerous critters and unsettled zones, while Eastern Kingdoms has a more urban vibe, with politics and border conflicts dictating the troubles that plague those areas.
Northern Kalimdor:
- Teldrassil remains a dead burnt husk.
- Night elves take Moonglade for them. Nighthaven upgraded to new capital, tunnel to Darkshore. Cenarion Circle moves to Nordrassil (note: Tyrande's dialogue says night elves retreated to Nordrassil instead, but this configuration would make more sense for Darkshore/Ashenvale as their main zones). The night elves ferociously attack any Horde in their lands.
- Saberon, Botani and Gronn have escaped from Draenor with the Mag'har. Solitary gronn and wandering saberon packs roam the Northern Barrens and Durotar, Saberon, invade Ashenvale, Botani are using the power of the Waling Caverns to turn the Southern Barrens into a jungle.
- Vulpera caravans travel through the Barrens, linking Thunderbluff and Orgrimmar
- Without Onyxia's brood or Theramore, Dustwallow Marsh is now home to a big Stonemaul city built in the southeastern mountains, by the coast. It uses WoD Ogre architecture. The ogres are allies of the Horde, but are under attack from Grimtotem tauren. Botani have also invaded the swamps.
- The Mag'har are settling in Stonetalon. Gronn and goren have spread all over the mountains of the region.
Southern Kalimdor:
- Tanaris and Uldum are now a single zone (just "Tanaris"). Gadgetzan is now a huge city like in Heartstone.
- Un'goro Crater is more like the Hearthstone version as well.
- Sargeras' sword has crumbled under the power of the Heart of Azeroth. Ahn'qiraj/Silithus are now a single zone ("The Wounded Lands"). Xal'atath, now called the Black Empress, is gathering cultists and summoning eldrich abominations to rebuild the ruins of Ahn'qiraj and start a new Black Empire.
Lordaeron:
- Gilneas and Stromgarde have been restored.
- Lordaeron (the upper city, not the underground) is the restored home of the Forsaken. Under Calia's leadership, there's truce with the Alliance, and the Forsaken are welcoming living people. They rule the city as a sort of a sinister "upper status" class. While Calia and her inner circle rule wisely, some forsaken are less happy with this arrangement.
- Banshee Loyalists have taken refuge in Alterac. The city is now rebuilt in Forsaken style and is threatening both Alliance and Horde in the north.
- Dalaran has returned to its original spot in Hillsbrad.
- The Plaguelands have been restored and have became the Borderlands and Eastwauld. Borderlands are under Forsaken control, but threatened by insurgent humans and the remains of the Scarlet Crusade. Eastwauld is controlled by Argent Crusade, with Stratholme as its capital, but is threatened by both amani trolls from the north and sinister things that still lurk in darkened forests and underground.
- The Revantusk have taken Jintha'alor and made it a Horde city. Their conflict with the Wildhammer dwarves of Aerie Peak has become more violent.
- Eversong Woods have been restored, with the Dead Scar healed, but it remains in the Ghostlands, where there's still many corrupted areas. The Amani rise to conquer the land before the elves do.
Khaz Modan:
- Menethil Harbor has been rebuilt. Wetlands tunnels to Ironrforge have been restored.
- Twilight Highlands are now called Wyrmrest Highlands, and are controlled by dragons.
Southern Eastern Kingdoms:
- Without the Legion threatening it, Outland's population has overgrown beyond the shattered world's resources. The races of Outland are travelling through the Dark Portal to settle on Azeroth.
- Broken and Lost Ones are in conflict over Swamp of Sorrows.
- The twisted Arakkoa of Outland settled in Deadwind Pass and seek to conquer Karazhan. They also are expanding into Duskwood.
- Most of Duskwood's population died in the Legion's invasion, so the void elves are starting their own settlement there to experiment with the Void. The arakkoa, also void users, have make things go out of control.
- The Zandalari have declared war on the Gurubashi, because of the imminent return of Hakkar.