Tian Monastery
 Tian Monastery | |
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| Type | Temple |
| Leader(s) | High Elder Cloudfall |
| Race(s) |
  Pandaren Jinyu Hozen |
| Language(s) | Pandaren |
| Location | Northern Jade Forest[42, 25] |
| Status | Active |
| Characteristics | |
| Facilities |
 Bank Auctions |
| Travel |
 Flight Master(s) Mass-transit Portal(s) |
Tian Monastery is a large monastery and village situated on a rise in north-central Jade Forest. From here, the pandaren can see the Terrace of Ten Thunders to its north, the Woods of the Lost to its northeast, Emperor's Omen to its east, and the Greenstone Quarry and the Greenstone Mason's Quarter to its southeast.
This monastery does not turn anyone away from training, as such, people come from all over Pandaria seeking to train here, no matter their race.[1] The monks here specialize in teaching young pandaren how to fight to prevent ever becoming slaves to the mogu again. Many great fighters trained at this temple such as Yu Ming the Blade, Liang the Unbreakable, and even the great Emperor Shaohao.[2]
After Shaohao shrouded Pandaria in mists, he left his staff behind. It was found by the monks of the Monastery who put it into the Terrace of the Endless Spring.[3]
The monks here are considered the wardens of the forest with one of their duties as maintaining balance within it.[4] The Tian way is to achieve clarity through combat, enlightenment through engagement, and peace through punching.[5]
During the events of the Invasion of Pandaria, adventurers of the Horde and Alliance briefly trained here. During that year, the Tian Monastery was training a lot of monks, and they put a huge commission for staves to the trainers in the Arboretum.[6] Eventually, a group of students (consisting of Xiao, Clever Ashyo, Kang Bramblestaff, Ken-Ken and Lin Tenderpaw) graduated and were given a training mission in the Valley of the Four Winds to find the Hidden Master.
By the time of the Burning Legion's third invasion of Azeroth, the monastery's pupils included races from the Alliance and Horde.
During the Legion invasion, The Monkey King spent some time here.[7] When Tian Monastery lost contact with the Order of the Broken Temple, Chen Stormstout was sent to investigate and discovered they had come under attack by the Legion,[8] coming from small portals. Its defense was led by Taran Zhu,[9] aided by the Broken Temple's Grandmaster, while the Monkey King and other students kept fighting. The counterattack consisted of destroying Fel Spreaders,[10] Fel Spikes, Tainted Ale barrels, putting out fel fires,[11] and killing the invading demons,[12] as well as the assault's commander, Skola Greatsword, but not before Skola's master, Lady Keletress abducted several monks.[13]
After the awakening of the Dragon Isles, Li Li Stormstout, Chen Stormstout, and Catelyn the Blade visited the monastery. Li Li mentioned that the place was full of life, its monks kept the roof tiles in good repair, and the red-and-gold paint on the gates and buildings was fresh. Despite this, the damage done by the Burning Legion was still visible in some places. The demon attack also reminded the monks to remain focused, that peace was not guaranteed, and that the art of combat was still important. Li Li also noted that she follows their philosophy of clarity, enlightenment, and peace, which solidifies her moniker as a Wild Dog that she proudly bears.[14]
Inhabitants
High Elder Cloudfall- Spirit-Sage Gaoquan
- Master Stone Fist
- Instructor Xann
- Instructor Myang
- Xiao
- Groundskeeper Wu
- Bolo the Elder <Innkeeper and Kegkeeper>
- Guard Shan Long
- Notable students
- Market place
- Unnamed teachers, students, and staff
Tian Digsite
The area is also a pandaren archaeology digsite.
Items
Notes and trivia
- There are a few orange trees growing just southeast of the monastery grounds where forest sprites are stealing the oranges and tossing them off the cliff.
- Clever Ashyo trained at Tian Monastery.[15]
- The trainees at the Cradle of Chi-Ji sometimes include the monks from Tian Monastery.[16]
- During the beta, the area was named Chun Tian Monastery.
[Chun Tian Spring Rolls] reference the initial name.
Gallery
The vast grounds of the monastery
The monastery's market area
Patch changes
Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Added.
References
- ^ [10-35] Tian Monastery
- ^ Lin Tenderpaw#Quotes
- ^ Legion: Monk Artifact Reveal
- ^ [10-35] And a Heavy Fist
- ^ Master Stone Fist#Quotes
- ^
[10-35W] Staves for Tian Monastery
- ^
[10-45] The Wanderer's Companion
- ^
Investigate Tian Monastery
- ^ [10-45] The Defense of Tian Monastery
- ^ [10-45] Slowing the Spread
- ^ [10-45] Storm, Earth, and Fire
- ^ [10-45] Desperate Strike
- ^ [10-45] The Hand of Keletress
- ^ Exploring Azeroth: Pandaria, pg. 59
- ^ [15-35] Clever Ashyo
- ^ [15-35 Daily] Huck Wheelbarrow
