"A savage jungle rages against ruins and sparse settlements in this dense wilderness By Dave Kosak | Nov. 24, 2004 There's something fascinating about the primeval wilderness. Literature is full of quests that begin in civilization and take adventurers through the darkest heart of untamed jungles. So, naturally, the theme crops up all the time in videogames. wow eu World of Warcraft has its own untamable wilderness, aptly named Stranglethorn Vale. Here's the story behind it: Stranglethorn is a vast jungle south of Duskwood. Once the extended homeland of the mysterious jungle trolls, Stranglethorn is now dotted with ancient ruins and crumbling troll cities. In recent years, the humans of Stormwind attempted to forge trade routes through this savage jungle. Though they did manage to establish the small port town of Blackwater Cove, they were quickly overwhelmed by a crazed pack of trolls and driven back to their homeland. wow euro In the wake of the humans' departure, the crafty goblin Trade Princes arrived on the jungle's shores and quickly set up their mining and deforesting operations. The goblins have maintained a tenuous hold over these remote facilities, but they remain threatened by the jungle trolls' growing obsession with purging their ancient lands of any and all foreign invaders. The region was among the first that the art team tackled. Preliminary concepts emphasized how the jungle just seemed to devour everything it its path: Read more here: "The heritage of real-time strategy games and the long development cycle for World of Warcraft gave the team at Blizzard ample opportunity to flesh out the game's backstory. One tale of particular interest revolves around our next location, the Scarlet Monastery. wow power leveling The priests and monks who inhabit its walls once defended the Alliance against the undead scourge... but their own fanaticism raged out of control. These days they're enemies of Alliance and Horde alike, torturing and raiding for their own ends with warlike ferocity and religious zeal. Here's how the team described the Scarlet Monastery in a nutshell: The overzealous organization called the Scarlet Crusade holds the monastery as one of its chief headquarters. wow powerleveling Nestled in the mountains north of the Undercity in Tirisfal Glades in Lordaeron, it is a massive cathedral divided into four quadrants. Once a noble branch of the Silver Hand, the Scarlet Crusade has become so single-minded in its pursuit of the Undead Scourge that it has lost sight of its original mission to uphold the standards of justice. The order is now blind to its own downfall, and strikes down human and orc alike, sallying forth from its stronghold in the Scarlet Monastery to vanquish all invaders of Lordaeron. Both the Horde and the Alliance consider these zealots as dangerous as the Scourge that they profess to hunt. Various members of the upper echelon of the Scarlet Crusade make their homes in the Monastery, as do several of the order's most revered leaders. wow power level The contrast between the straightforward exterior of the building and the twisted interior visually demonstrates the ideals that started the crusade with the nightmare that it's become. More interior shots are available on the next page. Read more here: .
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