 Lordaeron | |
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| Races |
  Forsaken  Human  Blood elf  Worgen  Wildhammer dwarf  High elf  Draenei    Scourge |
| Major settlements |
Undercity (13,000) Silvermoon City Stromgarde Keep Gilneas City |
| Minor settlements |
Aerie Peak Hearthglen Light's Hope Chapel Stratholme |
- This article is about the continent known as Lordaeron. For the Alliance kingdom, see Lordaeron (kingdom)]].
Lordaeron is a continent of the Eastern Kingdoms. Its name comes from the three main Alliance race languages: "lorn" (in Dwarven) that means "land", "daer" (in Common) that means "people" and "ronae" (in Thalassian) that means peaceful.[citation needed]
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Cataclysm
The Kingdom of Lordaeron's former territories have seen major power shifts as of the Cataclysm.
- With the defeat of the Lich King, his influence is fading from the Western Plaguelands, and the Cenarion Circle and Argent Crusade seek to cleanse the region of any lingering Scourge taint.
- The Alliance and Horde have moved in to Andorhal to eliminate the remaining Scourge presence, only to tussle for control of the town.
- The Forsaken have consolidated their power, seizing control of Hillsbrad and plague-bombing Southshore, forcing any survivors into hiding. Warchief Garrosh has ordered the Forsaken to invade the newly opened-up kingdom of Gilneas for a naval base.
- The Scarlet Crusade has fallen into decline, having been routed by death knights at the Scarlet Enclave, left leaderless by adventurers in Northrend, and exposed as a puppet of Burning Legion dreadlords. They have completely lost the Western Plaguelands to the Argent Crusade. The remaining Crusaders in Stratholme and Tyr's Hand have ironically been turned into the undead Risen by the aforementioned dreadlords, leaving the Tirisfal Glades as the last major bastion of Scarlet presence.
- The Syndicate have lost Durnholde Keep to the Forsaken, and no longer have a presence in the Alterac Uplands.
- The Argent Crusade is now the dominant force in the Eastern Plaguelands, and Tirion Fordring, fresh from his victory over the Lich King, has retaken his old domain of Hearthglen.
- The hermit kingdom of Gilneas has been opened up by the Cataclysm's shattering of the Greymane Wall. The subsequent invasion by the Forsaken has led King Genn Greymane to rejoin the Alliance. Worgen packs are locked in combat with Forsaken forces in Silverpine Forest.
- With Arugal deceased in lore, Shadowfang Keep is now occupied by Gilnean traitor Lord Godfrey and his henchmen.
- With the loss of Southshore, the strongest Alliance presences in the Lordaeron region are Aerie Peak, Chillwind Camp and Arathi Highlands. Stormpike troops have also gathered south of the Alterac Mountains and are working Bloodfang pack to retake Hillsbrad.
- Dalaran, having rebuilt, teleported to Northrend to aid in the fight against the Lich King and Malygos. Even after the Lich King's defeat, it is keeping vigil in Northrend for the foreseeable future.
Notes
The continents of Lordaeron, Azeroth, and Khaz Modan — as part of the larger Eastern Kingdoms continent — would technically be referred to as subcontinents in real world geographical/geological terminology. But the term isn't used in any published Warcraft source.
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