World of Warcraft Dragonflight's Story Continues In Embers of Neltharion
In a presentation yesterday, Blizzard announced their next major update for World of Warcraft Dragonflight (patch 10.1), Embers of Neltharion, which will be continuing the storyline kicking off in the upcoming 10.0.7Forbidden Reach update. In addition to a sneak peek at the new storyline, we also found out a ton of info about the new zone, raid, mythic+ dungeons, and systems updates (cross-faction guilds!). Additionally, I had the opportunity to participate in an interview with Narrative Director Steven Danuser and Associate Game Director Morgan Day, to find out a bit more about everything we’ll be seeing in Embers of Neltharion. So, let’s dive right in!
If you’ve been following the news around 10.0.7, which will be launching on March 21st, you’ll know a large part of that update revolves around the Dracthyr returning to the Forbidden Reach and everyone else helping them. If you played through the Dracthyr starting zone, you know that story revolves around not only the Dracthyr waking up, but also Raszageth escaping as well. They barely managed to escape the island with the help of Nozdormu. Since then, the whole area has been out of reach. I don’t want to spoil the Forbidden Reach story for those who have been trying to avoid spoilers, but everything which happens there will lead directly into 10.1.
The new zone for Embers of Neltharion is an expansive underground cavern called Zaralek Cavern. This zone will be just slightly larger than Zareth Mortis was, and we can use our dragonriding abilities right from the jump. There are also three separate entrances to Zaralek Caverns, with one in each of the following zones: Thaldraszus, Azure Span, and Ohn’ahran Plains. We were also told that there are three distinct biomes in
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