Level 33: Thursday, March 10, 2011

The Hinterlands are located just north of the Arathi Highlands. It's a large, mountainous, wooded zone, with a beach on the eastern edge. Alliance players enter from the western border, and immediately find themselves at the imposing home of the Wildhammer Dwarves, Aerie Peak, which is built into the side of a mountain.

Horde players enter from the south, and their base of operations here is at Raventusk Village, the home of some native trolls on the southern part of the beach.

The main antagonists in the Hinterlands are a separate group of trolls who are encroaching upon the two factions' hubs. They are coming from their massive ruined city of Jintha'Alor...

and have set up small camps throughout the zone, and the large Altar of Zul in the center of the southern portion of the map for all kinds of weird voodoo rituals.

There is also a small elvish presence here, the Quel'Danil Lodge is located in the center of the zone.

Finally, on the Northern border is another large clearing with a portal to the Emerald Dream, similar to Duskwood's, which also sometimes has a large dragon lurking.

Level 26: Thursday, March 3, 2011

Remaining in Duskwood, you eventually find your way over to the western part of the zone, and the haunted Raven Hill Cemetery. Ghouls and zombies have taken over here, and your main mission is to see what's causing the disturbance, and put a stop to it. Eventually, you find out that a necromancer who lives in one of the cemetery's shacks is responsible.

Recently, a caravan of friendly worgen have also set up camp here, and their chains involve you finding a wild worgen and administering a cure to him in order to make him more human.

Finally, nestled in the center of the zone, surrounded by rocky hills with one obscure path to follow, is the Twilight Grove. This clearing is the site of one of the four portals in the world that leads to the Emerald Dream.

At times, however, adventurers are startled to find a large World dragon prowling the area. Large raid groups, back when the level cap was 60, would form to take these dragons down for special gear. However, for a level 25 newbie wandering around, this could be quite an imposing sight.