“ Under Queen Azshara’s tutelage, the edges of the kaldorei empire extended as far north as modern-day Borean Tundra, Dragonblight, Crystalsong Forest, and perhaps even parts of Zul’drak, Howling Fjord, and Grizzly Hills .
Out of all of the northern regions, only Crystalsong Forest still bears the most obvious marks of the ancient empire. Once known as Moonsong Forest, the icy woodland was settled by an elven expeditionary force as part of Azshara’s mission to expand the empire’s borders.
It was not until approximately 4,000 years after the Sundering that Moonsong Forest and its inhabitants were inadvertently crystallized in a conflict between the blue dragonflight and local Highborne, an event that would eventually give the land its current name.”
I have a question about the Great Tree there . It’s a potential World Tree ? Maybe Tyrande could use the seed to enchant the Tree ?
What do you think?
Crystalsong is such a gorgeous zone, I always wanted more story out of it than what they offered. It’s never really been mentioned or alluded to that the tree there is a World Tree though, so I think it’s just a really large tree in general.
IIRC the Highborne there transformed the forest via artifacts stolen from the Blue Dragonflight in an attempt to draw magic from them after the Well of Eternity was destroyed but the process both killed them and turned a majority of the forest into what it looks like now. I don’t recall anything in the lore that points to Druidic influence like World Trees etc.
Tyrande is also still pretty anti-Highborne (As seen with her treatment of the Shaldorei) only somewhat tolerating new NE magi, so I’m not sure that she’d want arcane influence to be part of the new World Tree but who knows? With the near destruction of the Legion, there’s no reason that they should still continue to eschew the Arcane.
Interesting, I must’ve missed that part. I saw mention of it being a ‘Great Tree’ in the RPG but that’s not entirely canon. What page is that on? (I’m not trying to fact check you, I’m genuinely curious.)
There is the Dragonflight Expansion’s Bronze Dragon place so let’s hope the Bronze Dragons take us to each of the areas in Azeroth in their most prime as Dragonflight’s form of Torghast or Island Expeditions.
Apperently the tree in Crystalsong is called is a “great tree” not neccesarily a world tree. Although all of them were from Nodrassil. Basically it is is one step below from actual world tree status.
There was a world tree in Grizzly Hills called Vordrassil. It was chopped down to stave off the Nightmare of Yogg-Saron.
You can still visit it it’s furbolg home now but you meet Ursok there in Legion on the Guardian Druid artifact questchain, that’s where he’s corrupted and turned by Xavuis.