Northern Lordaeron Northern Lordaeron is an unofficial name used to refer the unnamed , unfinished closed zone wedged between the northwestern border of the Eastern Plaguelands , the northeastern border of the Western Plaguelands , and the southwestern border of the Ghostlands . Currently it is an inaccessible zone in - game that may be part of the fallen Kingdom of Lordaeron or of the Kingdom of Quel ' Thalas . Also this is the place where the Thondroril River is born geographically . As a curiosity , if the player swims around the shore from Tirisfal Glades to the edge of this zone , they will get a message stating that they have discovered Quel ' Thalas . If they enter into the area , they will find some elven ruins , implying that high elves live or have lived there . Even though the Ghostlands and Eversong Woods were added in " The Burning Crusade " , this zone is still empty in - game . Speculation . This could be the land that Daval Prestor ( a human disguise used by Deathwing ) claimed to have originated from during the Second War as he was described as being from the north of Lordaeron . This could be the land of the " northern vassals " , whom Terenas ' s grandfather helped in their negotiations over their borders with the elves of Quel ' Thalas . It should be mentioned also that , although the high elves who did not become blood elves settled in many zones across Azeroth , a large number of high elves took refuge on some lands in the north of Lordaeron and adjacent to Quel ' Thalas . This could be that location . In fact , Quel ' Lithien Lodge is a town of high elves that is located adjacent to Northern Lordaeron in the Eastern Plaguelands and into the closed area , there are some elven ruins , indicating the presence of high elves in this zone . Northeron . There are some evidences to suggest that this unnamed area could actually be the mysterious Northeron mentioned in lore . In the first place early sketches had Northeron located in a southern Quel ' Thalas region . Secondly Northeron could be a term shortened from Northern Lordaeron , though one must keep in mind the term Northern Lordaeron is based on conjecture and not an official term . And thirdly , both the orography , climate and vegetation of Northeron may be easily found an an area in the north of Lordaeron , in fact , the birth of a river as mighty as the Thondroril River logically should be located in a mountainous region , and Northeron is characterized by having mountainous regions inside his territory . Dragon Isles . In the " " documentary released during BlizzCon 2014 , an early texture map of Eastern Kingdoms from an initial alpha build of World of Warcraft was shown which displayed a planned raid called Dragon Isles occupying the currently closed zone . The intended level range for this raid was 65 - 70 + ( based off an alpha version of the current leveling system . ) In Cataclysm . With Cataclysm now out and flying mounts are available , Blizzard has blocked off all of the area from letting anyone fly in . However you can still see that it ' s mostly small hills and bumpy terrain . In fact , there are invisible walls beneath the world . Swimming from Tirisfal Glades is also blocked just a short distance past the northernmost stretch of accessible beach , making it impossible to swim to or from the Ghostlands along the western coastline . This may be due as much to the Burning Crusade barrier that blocks any travel north without passing through the instance - gate . However , if one compares the dimensions of the land from the front gate of Stratholme in the Eastern Plaguelands , the front gate of Deatholme at the southern Ghostlands border , and the hills behind Hearthglen in the Western Plaguelands , it would seem that ' Northern Lordaeron ' may be just Stratholme and its environs - or what it ' s become .