World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Preview

PC Zone continues its Wrath of the Lich King coverage by taking a closer look at the earlier Warcraft III lore of the area.

Former Warcraft III fans may remember the Dragonblight as a bonus map. In Wrath of the Lich King, this is going to be an epic zone. In Warcraft lore, it’s the place where dragons come to die, and thus is littered with the hulking skeletons of the fallen beasts.

Naturally though, a lot of them haven’t been allowed to fade away – what with the Lich King living next door. So it’s a definite that there’ll be some kind of higher-level encounter with Undead dragons, drakes, and smaller draconians.

This isn’t to say there won’t be living dragons – the Blue Dragonflight, led by Malygos, are nearby and have declared war on all magic kind, making Dalaran a prime target, and all of you pansy Alliance mages, too. In fact, though you’ll also have to tangle with the rest of his Blue Dragonflight to approach him, Jeff Kaplan has confirmed that Malygos will be a level 80 raid encounter in Coldarra.

As for people pitching their tent in Dragonblight though, the Scourge have colonised the
North, towards where the Icecrown Glacier begins, as well as the entrance to the fallen city and instances of Azjol-Nerub. Regardless of the huge scale of the zone, it still offers content for players in their low-70s.