Azeroth (world) Details, Meaning Azeroth (world) Article and Explanation Guide

Azeroth (world) Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

Azeroth is an Earth-like planet in the fictional Warcraft Universe, inhabited by a diverse array of species. Most of the action of the Warcraft games takes place on this planet.

Table of contents

1 History
2 Locales of Azeroth

2.1 Continent of Azeroth
2.2 Continent of Lordaeron
2.3 Continent of Kalimdor
2.4 Continent of Northrend

3 Inhabitants of Azeroth

3.5 Major Races
3.6 Minor Races

History

Long ago, Azeroth consisted only of a massive continent, surrounded by a seemingly endless ocean. This landmass was called Kalimdor, meaning "the land of eternal moonlight", by the Night Elves, a nocturnal humanoid race that inhabited it. However, a group of magic-addicted elves triggered a huge invasion of demons from the Twisting Nether. After an epic battle, the land around the portal sank and the sea rushed in, thus the one large continent became four separate ones. The location of the destroyed portal is even nowadays marked by a fierce counter-clockwise spinning stationary storm and vortex, known as the Maelstrom.

This encyclopedia assumes both the equator and the prime meridian pass through the center of the Maelstrom.

Locales of Azeroth

Continent of Azeroth

From the snowy plateau of Dun Morogh to the volcanic wastes of the Burning Steppes, Azeroth is a landmass of diverse geography. It is mostly located south of the Equator and east of the Prime Meridian, with parts of the Wetlands and northern Loch Modan jutting into the northern hemisphere. The northern end of the continent closely approaches the southern shores of Lordaeron. The narrows are spanned by the Thandol Span, a dwarven-engineered twin bridge, of which the western span is currently in ruins.

Badlands - Red rock region, south of Loch Modan
Blasted Lands - Red rock region, site of the former Dark Portal
Burning Steppes - Volcanic wasteland north of Elwynn Forest, covered by ash
- Blackrock Spire - Volcano; Orcish fortress during the First War
Deadwind Pass - Haunted mountain pass between Duskwood and the Swamp of Sorrows
Dun Morogh - Snow-covered plateau with numerous mountain ranges, home to the Dwarves
- City of Ironforge - Dwarven underground capital city
Duskwood - Haunted forest south of Elwynn
Elwynn Forest - Fertile temperate forestland, home to Humans and human farms
- City of Stormwind - Human capital city
Loch Modan - Highland forest region, south of the Wetlands, east of Dun Morogh
Redridge Mountains - Mountains east of Elwynn
Searing Gorge - Volcanic region north of Blackrock Spire, south of Dun Morogh and Loch Modan
Stranglethorn Vale - Tropical rainforest south of Westfall, encompasses a large peninsula jutting out to the south
Swamp of Sorrows - Forbidding swamp north of the Blasted Lands
Westfall - Once fertile fields west of Duskwood; its farms are now abandoned and under control of thieves and looters.
Wetlands - Marshland north of Loch Modan at the northern end of the continent

Continent of Lordaeron

Connected to Azeroth by the Thandol Span, this smaller continent was much more suitable for farming and had a much larger Human population than Azeroth until recent times, when the Plague of Undeath was set loose by renegade mage Kel'Thuzad. Nowadays, it is home to the Forsaken, the Undead led by Sylvanas Windrunner, the Dark Lady. Much of this once lush landmass is now plagued by blight and the curse of the dead.

Alterac Mountains - Snowy peaks north of the Hillsbrad Foothills
Arathi Highlands
Eastern Plaguelands - Once fertile land, plagued by blight
Hillsbrad Foothills - Lightly forested region south of the Alterac Mountains
The Hinterlands
Silverpine Forest
Tirisfal Glades
- The Undercity - Underground fortress of the Forsaken
Western Plaguelands - Once fertile land, plagued by blight

Continent of Kalimdor

Ashenvale Forest - Enchanted forest, watched over by the Night Elves
Aszhara
The Barrens - Large savannah in Central Kalimdor
Darkshore
Desolace
Durotar - Harsh land, home of the Orcs
- City of Orgrimmar - Capital of Durotar, the Orc Empire in Kalimdor
Dustwallow Marsh - Forbidding swamp south of Durotar, east of the Barrens
Felwood - Norhwest portion of Ashenvale, corrupted by the Burning Legion before the Battle of Mount Hyjal
Feralas
Moonglade
Mount Hyjal
Mulgore
- City of Thunder Bluff - Home of the Tauren
Silithus
Stonetalon Mountains
Tanaris
Teldrassil - The new World Tree, forms an island off the northwestern coast of Kalimdor
- City of Darnassus - The Night Elves' capital city, amongst the branches of Teldrassil
Thousand Needles
Un'Goro Crater