Azeroth (continent)
- For other uses, see Azeroth (disambiguation).
 Azeroth | |
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| Races |
  Human  Jungle troll  Dwarf  Dark Iron dwarf  Forest troll  Gnome Gnoll  High elf  Blood elf  Worgen  Undead    Demon Green dragon  Draenei Broken Lost one Kobold  Murloc  Orc  Goblin  Naga |
| Major settlements |
 Stormwind City Shadowforge City Booty Bay Zul'Gurub Blackrock Spire |
| Minor settlements |
Goldshire Lakeshire Darkshire Sentinel Hill Marshtide Watch Morgan's Vigil Surwich Grom'gol Base Camp Stonard |
| Affiliation | Kingdom of Stormwind, Dark Iron clan, Morgan's Militia, Alliance, Blackrock clan, Horde, Thorium Brotherhood, Steamwheedle Cartel, Gurubashi tribe |
| Former affiliation(s) | Defias Brotherhood, Alliance of Lordaeron, Old Horde |
| Location | Southern Eastern Kingdoms |
The continent of Azeroth[1][2] is one of the three continents[n 1][3][4] that form the Eastern Kingdoms,[5] lying to the south of Khaz Modan.[6]
History
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Geography
Zones
Blasted Lands (Classic)- Blackrock Mountain
- Burning Steppes (Classic)
- Deadwind Pass (Classic)
- Duskwood (Classic)
- Elwynn Forest (Classic)
- Redridge Mountains (Classic)
- Stranglethorn Vale (Classic)
- Swamp of Sorrows (Classic)
- Westfall (Classic)
Lore locations
In the RPG
Azeroth (also called continent of Stormwind)[7] is one of the three continents[8][9] that form the continent of Azeroth.[10][11][12][13] Though Azeroth was held for some time by the Old Horde during the Second War, it was mostly freed by the Alliance of Lordaeron.[14] Stormwind City stands firm on Azeroth's northwest coast and is the capital of both the Stormwind region and kingdom, and contain one of the few remaining great human cities.[15]
The Alliance forces of this continent are a hardy and bitter bunch — hardy because they are determined to remake their homes and scour the land of the Burning Legion and the Horde, but bitter because of the Alliance's new "home" many leagues across treacherous waters. While people concede that the Legion is not the fighting force it once was, the demons and undead remain a significant threat in Azeroth. Several regions are tainted by their slime, and Azeroth will not consider the undead defeated until the land is free of every last one.[16]
The only accessible passage from Azeroth to Khaz Modan is through Blackrock Spire and the Burning Steppes.[17]
Stranglethorn is the only region of Azeroth that seems completely untouched by the wars that shook the land.[18]
Notes and trivia
- ^ The continents of Lordaeron, Azeroth, and Khaz Modan — as part of the larger Eastern Kingdoms continent — would technically be referred to as subcontinents in real-world geographical/geological terminology. But the term isn't used in any published Warcraft source.
- Fizzle Brassbolts refers to the Badlands as being in Azeroth, although technically, it should be in Khaz Modan.[19]
- The Stormreaver clan section in the Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness manual says: "Domain: Stormwind, Azeroth and Balor, Azeroth".[20] This may get a bit confusing, but it tells that the Stormreaver have control over the domain of Stormwind from the continent of Azeroth, and Balor of the same continent of Azeroth.
Gallery
Azeroth during the First War.
Azeroth during the Second War.
Azeroth during the Invasion of Draenor.
The continent of Azeroth is in the southeast of the world of Azeroth.
Azeroth in the Game Manual.
Map of Azeroth and Khaz Modan.
Map of the core regions of Stormwind in the film universe.
Another map from the film universe.
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References
- ^ Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness manual, Places of Mystery, The Portal
- ^ The Comic: Conflicting Loyalties
- ^ World of Warcraft: Game Manual, pg. 104
- ^ Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos manual, pg. 3: "The Alliance forces under Sir Lothar managed to push Doomhammer's clans out of Lordaeron and back into the orc-controlled lands of Azeroth."
- ^ World of Warcraft manual, pg. 104
- ^ Grim Batol (WC2 Human)
- ^ Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, pg. 26: "They launched a new campaign that ended up ravaging the continents of Lordaeron, Khaz Modan and Stormwind."
- ^ Lands of Conflict, backcover quote: "...the eastern continents of Azeroth, Khaz Modan and Lordaeron..."
- ^ Lands of Conflict, pg. 11 - 12, 17, 33, 40, 42 - 45, 47, 49, 51, 52, 54 - 59, 62, 68, 76, 78 - 79, 89, 101, 122, 151, 155 - 159, 168 - 169
- ^ Lands of Conflict, pg. 17: "...the Arathi assured them the land would always belong to all peoples and named the land as a whole in homage to their ancient ancestors: Azeroth."
- ^ Lands of Conflict, pg. 17: "The envoy explained that long after the destruction wrought by the Maelstrom, some of the survivors had made their way to northern Azeroth and established a new kingdom, called Quel'Thalas, and a new source of magical power, called the Sunwell."
- ^ World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, pg. 362: "On both Kalimdor and Azeroth, war and time have left much of the land in ruins, and civilization is often limited to the land enclosed inside city walls."
- ^ Dark Factions, pg. 11: "...but they exist on coastlines throughout the world — Azeroth, Kalimdor, and Northrend all boast tribes of murlocs."
- ^ Lands of Conflict, pg. 54
- ^ Lands of Conflict, pg. 53-55
- ^ Lands of Conflict, pg. 40
- ^ Lands of Conflict, pg. 42
- ^ Lands of Conflict, pg. 57
- ^ [35] Martek the Exiled
- ^ Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness manual, Clans of the Horde, Stormreaver Clan
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