9.0 General Discussion

[Nagawithlegs]

Nah, that doesn't fit. The Rift of Aln is in the Emerald Dream, it's where we fight Xavius.

https://eu.forums.blizzard.com/en/wo...dowlands/64546

ALNIR RIFTLANDS: A crucible for the primordial energies that comprise the fabric of all realities, with portals to each one. Everything is spilling in and out of rifts. Source of void incursions on Dragon Isles and Emerald Dream.

[Draedarr]

Here's the new leak with the Shadowlands poster's image overlayed. Very similar, but the added art is much blurrier. To be expected, of course.

Don't know why, but this citadel looks somewhat similar to Dalaran

[Chickat]

The map of the Shadowlands that got leaked a few months back had 'Alnir Riftlands' as one zone.

But that maP only had 4 zones?

World revamp confirmed?

[Thatch Rackham]

"Lightforged Undead" could very well be comin to the Alliance since hordes seems to be gettin "Void Orcs"

https://www.wowhead.com/news=290952....tomizations-pe

that is wow heads april fool prank
*buzzer noiser*
But thanks for playing

[FlubberPuddy]

Don't know why, but this citadel looks somewhat similar to Dalaran

Nu Dal confirmed

[huth]

Don't know why, but this citadel looks somewhat similar to Dalaran

Only as far as there being a lot of spires go. Dalaran has a distinctly different architectural style.

[Kuroi Inu]

So tinkers are coming? Oh no, we will never hear the end of it if that's true.

[huth]

Here's the new leak with the Shadowlands poster's image overlayed. Very similar, but the added art is much blurrier. To be expected, of course.

The entire image is blurrier, not just the parts not visible in the older leak.

[Merryck]

But that maP only had 4 zones?

World revamp confirmed?

That leak also mentioned the dragon isles would be another continent

[Adoxe]

Looks alot like that zone decriped in that 4chan post about a guy that claimed to have gotten to level in one of the new zones

Yep, that's the one I was thinking of.

[formerShandalay]

Nah, that doesn't fit. The Rift of Aln is in the Emerald Dream, it's where we fight Xavius.

The rift has to be leading somewhere, doesn't it? I mean, the Rift of Aln has been referenced so many times now, it wouldn't surprise me if it actually leads to something that was once called 'Aln' but is now torn apart by rifts (thus 'Alnir Riftlands'), because the void invaded it.
Speculating here, of course.

[huth]

https://eu.forums.blizzard.com/en/wo...dowlands/64546

ALNIR RIFTLANDS: A crucible for the primordial energies that comprise the fabric of all realities, with portals to each one. Everything is spilling in and out of rifts. Source of void incursions on Dragon Isles and Emerald Dream.

And then the whole Old God part that makes no sense.

[Salvager23]

If this is all true, Blizzard is running one hell of a leaky ship, or they're purposely leaking stuff to generate hype and goodwill for Blizzcon.

[Nagawithlegs]

And then the whole Old God part that makes no sense.

Remember the Mists leak where it ended with the Mongrel Horde instead of Iron Horde? They may have changed stories.

[Chickat]

https://eu.forums.blizzard.com/en/wo...dowlands/64546

ALNIR RIFTLANDS: A crucible for the primordial energies that comprise the fabric of all realities, with portals to each one. Everything is spilling in and out of rifts. Source of void incursions on Dragon Isles and Emerald Dream.

Some iteresting but kind of underwhelming.

[Merryck]

The same people who made the original shadowlands map-leak could've made this pamphlet one and these images, just saying. It could be a 400iq master plan collobration

[Adoxe]

Nah, that doesn't fit. The Rift of Aln is in the Emerald Dream, it's where we fight Xavius.

We speculated a bit about that few hundreds of pages ago in the thread. Basically the idea is that because Shadowlands is to Death what Emerald Dream is to Life, that it's possible that it has a Rift of Aln of it's own that connects it to Great Dark Beyond, just like it does Emerald Dream, as Rift of Aln was said to be bleeding into it in "Stormrage" book.

[Monkaliciouz]

Yep, that's the one I was thinking of.

https://imgur.com/a/Ks1ff75

This is the leak. "There wasn't any sand and it was more orange and purple..."

Fits EXACTLY with the image that was just posted, orange and purple. It's real, or the guy made the art in the last day or so.

[Salvager23]

The same people who made the original shadowlands map-leak could've made this pamphlet one and these images, just saying. It could be a 400iq master plan collobration

Well there's also the Bolvar leak which mentions the Shadowland as the next expansion.

[Xi Jinping]

[QUOTE=Nagawithlegs;51792888]

"Riftlands"

leaker yesterday talked about desert zone with lot of portals and mini zones.
No loadingscreen between small pocket zones, like emerald dream but also void areas. He said also there was a green version of Sylvanian store mount thingy. GO FIND THE LEAK SOMEBODY