Western Plaguelands The Western Plaguelands are located in northern Lordaeron , wedged between Tirisfal Glades to the west , the Eastern Plaguelands to the east , and the Alterac Mountains to the south . It is filled with a smoky gray mist and the creatures here are blighted and sick , angrily attacking anyone who wanders too close with surprising ferocity . The land is also home to countless undead who infest the ruins of Andorhal , the four cauldron fields , and Sorrow Hill . The Scarlet Crusade has a significant holding in and around Hearthglen to the north , and the Alliance has settled in the small Chillwind Camp to the south . Like their eastern counterparts , the Western Plaguelands were once fertile and beautiful but are now gray , blighted and noxious . Undead wander the land and haunt the abandoned towns and farmsteads . The largest Scourge city here is Andorhal , beneath which is an underground complex housing the undead ’ s School of Necromancy . The Scarlet Crusade strikes against the Scourge from Hearthglen . The only place of any sanity in the Western Plaguelands is Uther ' s Tomb , a consecrated monument to the fallen hero Uther Lightbringer . History . The area now called the Western Plaguelands was a beautiful forested farmland to the east of the Capital City of Lordaeron . It was the lush eastern belt of the Tirisfal Glades stretching from Lordaeron in the west to the Darrowmere Forest to the east . The town of Hearthglen was the seat of the regional administration , while the town of Andorhal was the center of grain distribution in the Kingdom of Lordaeron ' s northern provinces . Knowing that the quickest way to spread the Plague of Undeath would be via the grain exported from Andorhal , the necromancer Kel ' Thuzad and his Cult of the Damned infected the grain with the Plague , and set up four massive plague cauldrons in the fields of the area ' s four largest farmsteads . As Lordaeron collapsed , the farmlands and the forests began to die . The trees in the Plaguelands pulsate with tumor - like growths , and the needles of the pines are a sickly brown . With the Kingdom collapsed , the Scarlet Crusade attempted to salvage what little of their lands remained , taking possession of Mardenholde Keep in Hearthglen as a regional headquarters . The Argent Dawn also has a presence here , including setting up a camp near the overcrowded cemetery at Sorrow Hill for the Alliance , aiding the Forsaken in reinforcing their bulwark on the eastern border of Tirisfal , and sending soldiers of the Horde into battle against the Scourge . Despite being where the Plague took hold in Lordaeron , the Western Plaguelands are in surprisingly better condition ( though still quite dead ) than the Eastern Plaguelands . It is clear that the land is trying to resist the Plague with what little it has left . Getting there . There are several ways to get there on foot ( or mounted ) : Geography . The Western Plaguelands contain the instanced dungeon Scholomance and the micro dungeon Hearthglen . There are no other dungeons or battlegrounds in this area . World of Warcraft : Cataclysm . In " " , the Western Plaguelands are free of the Lich King ' s influence , and the plague that taints it is mostly cleansed at last . It might even be renamed to a more appropriate name . The town of Hearthglen and its fortress of Mardenholde Keep have been retaken by Tirion Fordring and the Argent Crusade . The level range was 50 - 60 . Areas affected : World of Warcraft : Mists of Pandaria . Level range is now 35 - 40 . Notable characters . The Western Plaguelands are home to several characters of note . At Chillwind Camp , Commander Ashlam Valorfist seeks aid in the battle against the Scourge . At Caer Darrow , Eva Sarkhoff attempts to rid the Scholomance of its most powerful evils . At Andorhal , the bronze dragon Chronormu sends bold adventurers into the ruins in search of temporal anomalies .