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Revision as of 18:24, 2 June 2019
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This article's name is unofficial.
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The northern islands.
The northern islands in World of Warcraft World Map poster.
The northern islands is an archipelago north and slightly east of the Maelstrom, usually close to Tirisfal Glades in the Eastern Kingdoms and Northrend. They appeared on most world maps, dating back to the Warcraft III manual, but have yet to have names or significant information.
The islands do resemble the Broken Isles from Warcraft III, however the Broken Isles are very close to the Maelstrom while the northern islands are further away. Moreover, they may have been shown as different things on at least one very early concept map.
In Wrath of the Lich King, these isles were removed, as they occupied the same area as Northrend. They may be represented by the battleground Strand of the Ancients, which is south of Northrend, but there is no solid evidence for this. It is possible that they were simply there to help fill an empty map, but their former consistency was notable.
It is extremely likely that these islands were the Dragon Isles, despite originally being far east of Tirisfal and not northwest. The early concept map may show Tirisfal Glades slanted in a way that the two locations are much closer together.
As of Legion, it seems that the Broken Isles indeed match the former location of these islands. However, the northern islands and the islands that the RPG called the Broken Isles have seemingly been on the map at the same time since Warcraft III, though that island may be Balor or the Darkspear Islands instead.
Gallery
Azeroth as seen in the Warcraft III manual.
As seen in Warcraft III.
Pre-release map on the official World of Warcraft web site.
World of Warcraft World Map poster publication.
In-game world map in the World of Warcraft alpha.
- WorldMap-World-Classic.jpg
In-game world map in the World of Warcraft release.
- WorldMap-World-TBC.jpg
In-game map after patch 2.0.3.
- WorldMap-World-2.4.jpg
In-game map after patch 2.4.0, last time the islands were depicted.
