User:Drakolord7/World of Warcraft: Heart of Hiji

World of Warcraft: Heart of Hiji
Publisher(s)	Blizzard Entertainment
Genre(s)	Expansion pack
Mode(s)	Multiplayer
Dragonflight (2022) Heart of Hiji (??)

World of Warcraft: Heart of Hiji (shortened HoH) is a expansion concept expansion for World of Warcraft, conceived as the successor to World of Warcraft: Dragonflight.

Story

Venture to forgotten Hiji, a human kingdom inspired by Japan and other archipelagos. Face fierce Samurykul (Samurai Vrykul, duel fearless pirates, face the terrors of the deeps, tropical getaways, and lost citadels.

Features

• New level cap: 80
• New Continent: Hiji
• Expert Dragonriding

Zones

• The Hiji Archipelago
  • "Shimoda" / "Kōbe" – Point of arrival for the Alliance and Horde. Neutral Sanctuary.
  • "Tōhoku" – The heart of modern Hiji, full of bustling metropolises and innovative technology that even gnomes and goblins envy.
  • "Kansai" – The soul of ancient Hiji, bursting with temples and forests.
  • "Ankoa" – Underwater city of the Ankoan: Suramar by way of Vashj'ir.
  • "Hokkaidō" – A hardy land unsettled by the Shogunate, whose people vie for control with mighty ice giants
  • "Okinawa" / "Hawai'i" – A tropical paradise, home to many peoples, including lost cousins of the Darkspear trolls.

Added in Content Patches

Max-level zones for content patches, in the tradition of Argus, Nazjatar and Zereth Mortis.

• • Plunder Isle – Defeat the Bloodsail Buccaneers, once and for all!
  • "Laputa" – Returned at last from exile to Skywall, join forces with both the Shogunate and Thunderaan to defeat the forces of the Mad Daimyō.

Instances

Dungeons

• Battle for Hiji-Gan – Defend the coast of Hiji against Naga invaders.
• Mak'aru – Defeat the Queen of the Makrura, would-be conquerors of Ankoa.
• Eruption of Mount Ale'ala – Angry fire elementals emerge from the lava flow – defend the innocent villagers!
• Uldakan / Auramok – Investigate the secrets of the Samurykul - and keep them out of the hands of the avaricious Bloodsail.
• Plunder Fleet – The Bloodsail seek to plunder the harbors of Hiji. Send them packing!
• Den of the Cold Eye – The basilisks within are fearsome foes and guardians of lost treasure.
• Hyōga Fortress – The Ice Giant threat must be eliminated at last!
• Forest of Spirits – The veil between worlds is thin here – bizarre creatures lurk. Some are friends, some foes.

Raids

• Gishan Caverns – The Naga find their most fearsome leviathans from these caves.
• Tournament of the Shōgun – Prove yourselves to the lords of the Land!

Added in Patches

• Into Uldakan (Samurykul raid) – the Titan facility used to banish the elementals to the Elemental Plane – and later to send the fortress island of the Mad Daimyō to the Skywall
• Falrevere’s Revenge – Defeat Duke Falrevere in Bloodsail Hold before his quest for lost riches unleashes the lost threat of the Mad Daimyō.
• "Laputa" / "Castle in the Sky(wall)" – Centuries of exile in Skywall should have killed the Mad Daimyō. Instead, he evolved. Thrived. Defeat him before he can bring war to Hiji – and before the Skywall collapses into Azeroth!

Creatures

New

• Samurykul – Samurai vrykul; 'nuff said.