This thread is to address the reoccuring subjects I see upon the forums time to time, such as:
- “Can we ditch Orgrimmar as our major city – or give it a make over?”
- “Durotar is so, so boring! Popularity & theme wise, Razor Hill is an ant-mound compared to Goldshire.”
- “Make the Alliance Evil for Once! - or - Let the Alliance have some vengeance by a grand display of power coming to fruition!” etc
The Alliance Bites Back
Funny enough, the arguments for Alliance to either be evil, be the first one to strike some long-awaited vengeance or merely be the first aggressors & the ones making the first hostile move — I see pleas from both Horde and Alliance alike.
Years ago, that wouldn’t be the case – however I think both sides have got sick of the one-sided story by now … Personally, I’d love for them to get a group of Magi and used combined magic to do what Jaina was going to do ages back → Combine an emormous mass of water elementals, into a Tsunami —
And flood Orgrimmar.
Having them be inspired by a rumour of Jaina Proudmoore seeking to do such some years ago with the Focussing Iris …
- At the same time having Night Elves use a Bronze-Dragon Artifact to warp the zone Azshara to how it looked pre-Cataclysm, bomb the back entrance of Orgrimmar, trapping any who try to escape the floods of the Tsunami; whilst protecting their own forces too.
- The newly transformed Highborne made their way to Ashenvale & agreed to be accepted under the wing of Archmage Mordent Evenshade, who’s Highborne forces have reintegreated into Night Elf Society – Now making efforts into restoring ruins of their long lost empire around Kalimdor for rebuilding the Night Elf Empire.
Use this as an opportunity to upgrade Orgrimmar
Have some Bleeding Hollow commit a ritual to sprout Draenor flora all around, to soak up much of the flooding caused by the tsunami – yet reflect it was partially sabotaged or somewhat overtaken, having the Botani that came through with the Alternate Mag’har spread their works throughout some of it.
This will provide:
- Better eye candy for Durotar + Orgrimmar.
- Give some home-sweet-homage to the Orcs & their city.
- Give quest potential, especially towards the Barrens should they continue their advance.
- Spread additional threats throughout Azeroth & potentially create more dungeon opportunities in Kalimdor.
- With the ritual committed in Azshara, have some Naga on the shore revert back to Highborne – along with all other humanoids that weren’t given sanction from the ritual to be relocated all over Kalimdor (providing escort & rescue quests all around).
Upgrading Durotar and the Barrens
I mean, before the Sundering - The Barrens actually use to be as lush central wilds, most commonly known as:
Then’ralore
Source: Chronicles: Volume 1, page 95
- Also, given Thunder-Ridge in Durotar use to have dense-forests (Until it was razed by the Burning Blade Clan that served under the Burning Legion) it wouldn’t be too far fetched to extend that towards the Durotar region too.
You could probably touch base on that lore of Then’ralore, and suggest the uprooting of the planted Draenor wildlife also caused various deep-slumbered magical plant life to arise — Reviving thought-to-be-extinct plantlife, and magical flora that which is both revered & coveted by Highborne elves, Nightborne and even the elves of Quel’Thalas.
Reveal much to their surprise, some of these flora had also intermixed & created dangerous carnivorous plantlife and their magical properties had awoken some powerful shackled elements from their imprisonment from the titans long-ago …
Have the lesser (yet still volatile) beings in Durotar:
- Reflecting a new dawn for the trials of the orcs. That which gives homage to the trials their people endured in the days of old, amongst the wilds of Gorgrond & Tanaan Jungle – Yet intermixed with Azeroth, giving them a reminder of their new home.
- Have invading forces come into Durotar, now wanting to claim the renewed, enrichened land for their own.
- As above, those who we have to slay to defend our homeland - Such as renegade elves (Orcs slaying Elves? You know you want to), Centuar, Quillbore, the introduced Botani and small pockets of the Naga.
Have the greater (and a few amongst them good & wise) beings in the Barrens:
- Have some greater wise-elementals who are friendly, whom use to hear the calling & prayers of the orc people to the elements – although unable to directly intervene, was able to answer their prayers with small tokens of appreciation. These elementals can provide quests.
- The unshackled elementals arising alongside the new plant-life unearthed great magical gemstones & long-lost artifacts too, deeply craved by magic users & various factions.
- Threats such as those seen in Durotar on a larger scale & more frequently seen throughout the regions.
- A lightly glowing wellspring lake, imbued with immensely great power, with magical flora incircling around it – Upon further study revealing they’re similar energies to that of the original Well of Eternity. Such of which arises dissension between the factions of the region.
- The newfound magical flora allowed many rituals to come to fruition, allowing portals to interlink many far various places to the location for either their advance to conquer, find a home or research. These present enemies and allies alike: Ethereal, Mogu, Tolvir who seek their own goals and the Arakkoa who seek to help us in return for a home.
TL;DR:
- Alliance displaying grand phenomenal power.
- Magical plant-life & Gorgrond plant-life to Orgrimmar, Durotar and the Barrens.
- New monsters & factions brought forth to battle.
- New threats & stories to venture through.
- Cultural Significance alongside intriguing story-pillars brought to relevant races home.
For a new update to Azeroth, this could be the beginning of some epic DnD style adventures. You have varieties of magic and mysterious wonders, various monsters & creatures all around, many factions colliding for power and new environments to master!
- Obviously wouldn’t have to do all of the above, but a handful wouldn’t hurt. Afterall, mass threads of conflict & great looms of resolution weave forth together great stories.
What feature(s) from much of the above would you like to see? 
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