Ask a Lore Nerd: Speculative speculation

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3-26-2009 @ 9:43AM

NathanTB said...

I'm kind of surprised nobody answered this yet...

The Maelstrom was caused by the Sundering, one the one giant continent that was Azeroth split into the several large masses it is now. My understanding is that the center had been the capital of the Highbourne, and as it sank into the sea, Queen Azshara and some of her most loyal followers basically were corrupted into the Naga.

Now, the Maelstrom is exactly what it sounds like, so any sailor with half a brain steers a wiiiide berth. But if some ship's captain were stupid or unfortunate enough to somehow get sucked into it, and implausibly lucky enough to make it through the worst part of the storm, the center is basically a calm eye of the storm. And somewhere deep under the ocean is the capital of the Naga. But chances are you're dead before you ever get to any of that.

There's a lot of speculation that the Maelstrom is an upcoming content patch or expansion though, which could be cool.

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