Ya know what? Allow me to OD on hopium for a sec here and lay out my ideal rebuilt Tirisfal.
Now I’ve written before about how much I adore Tirisfal. It’s very comfy to me and I could navigate it blindfolded better than I could my own hometown. But that’s not to say I can’t picture some improvements to it.
Notably I’d make the Forsaken’s control of the area a bit more concrete. The Forsaken really only control Deathknell, Brill, the Calston Estate and the Bulwark. And of those Calston’s crib is just one guy’s house and the Bulwark was just a pile of random BS until it graduated into like, two towers and an actual proper gate.
Otherwise the other areas in the region; Coldhearth Manor, the Salliden Farmstead, Garren’s Haunt, Agamand Mills, etc. are controlled by either Scarlet or Scourge remnants. And in a pre Dazar’Alor/Boralus WoW I just accepted that as a necessary evil. Obviously you need the enemy to occupy so much so there’s quests to do. But now that I’ve seen them seamlessly blend a city with questing content I don’t believe that must still be the case.
The first thing I’d do is establish a proper Forsaken dock. The most natural place to put one would be north of Brightwater Lake and Garren’s Haunt. That’s already a natural beach and is only occupied by Vilefin Murlocs so, not sure why it wasn’t already in use. I actually think you could do something cute here and have Sparkle - the emotional support murloc you deliver to Sedrick Calston - having brokered a peace deal with the local Vilefin. Give Sparkle the Captain Cookie model replete with the pirate hat and have him operate a small dingy called the Vilefin Vengance that displays the Forsaken’s banners.
Have a bit of dialogue from Tattersail or another Forsaken naval officer to the effect of;
“Well it was certainly easier than fighting them, and they’ve been a ferocious coast guard, but we’re having trouble teaching them what constitutes a friend. Boarded a merchant vessel coming out from Sunsail Anchorage. Received quite the frothy correspondence about how they’ll never be able to scrub the smell of fish off the wood”
Additionally I’d have Derek Proudmoore, Captain Stone, and the aforementioned Admiral Tattersail posted up there along with the Forsaken’s three ship models docked. Because it’d be nice to hang out on their dreadnoughts without having them smashed to bits in the next scene for once.
Additionally I’d put the new zeppelin tower there as well as the Blackwater Raider vessel the Harbinger there. Both to be used as a connecting ship to a new or preexisting neutral harbor and to have Goutgut and Lolo reunite. Seriously it’s so god damn adorable to me an abomination wandered around Arathi failing to make friends until he wandered up to the Ogre Lolo, who’s employed as muscle by the pirates, who regards Goutgut as a strange smelling if perfectly nice ogre. Seriously Goutgut dutifully returns to his post but sends you out to go say hi to Lolo for him. It’s so cute. Give them both puppies or paper boats they race or something it’d be delightful.
That’s all I’ve for now as this post is getting too long as is but I’ll be popping by to update it with more ideas.
