Stranglethorn is the play area of the popular online game World of Warcraft. It is one of the most interesting locations of Azeroth. This article will tell you general information about it, its history, geographical features and more.
general information
The Stranglethorn Valley is a jungle located south of the Twilight Forest. After the events of the Cataclysm, it was divided into two locations by a huge crater, inside which there is a whirlpool.
Story
Previously, the center of the Gurubashi empire was located in the valley.
From there originates the legend of a nameless traveler troll. In his wanderings, he stumbled upon one mighty artifact, called the stone of the tides. The hero decided to take him with him. After some time, the troll realized that the stone has amazing properties. With it, you can summon water elementals, control the tides, do things that only magicians of the Kirin Tor were capable of. Upon returning home, the wanderer received appropriate recognition and respect. He was inscribed in the local hall of fame. However, after some time it became clear that the stone carries a curse. The user slowly disappeared from the material world. One morning, resigned to his fate, the troll went to the beach, went into the water and disappeared. After himself, he left only an artifact and a title.
1500 years before the opening of the Dark Portal, a civil war broke out in the Gurubashi empire, won by the Hakkari faction, worshiping the eponymous bloodthirsty god. Then they began to realize their ambitions, conquering the nearby tribes of gnolls and murlocs.
After some time, the trolls of the Zandalar faction realized that the thirst for Hakkari blood would never be saturated. Gathering like-minded people among other tribes, they staged a revolt. The attack on the capital of Zul'Gurub was successful, and power passed into other hands.
The collapse of Gurubashi was marked by the appearance of Neptulon and his hand kraken, which destroyed Zul'Gurub and the surrounding lands. At the moment, the descendants of the surviving trolls live on the ruins of civilization, united in small tribes.
Some literature
"The Green Hills of Stranglethorn" is the name of a novel written by a non-player character, Heming Ernestway, whose name is a reference to a real writer. There is a quest associated with this book. You can get it from Barnil Stone Pot, which can be found in the camp of the expedition of Ernestway. Its location is marked on the map with a question mark.
The quest itself is to collect the lost pages of the novel. You can get them by picking up loot from the mobs killed in the location.