Shaladrassil

Shaladrassil is a World Tree situated in northern Val'sharah that was once responsible for protecting the land,The Die is Cast but it was corrupted by the Emerald NightmareMMO-Champion - Legion announced during the Burning Legion's third invasion of Azeroth.
The ruined town of Shala'nir was built around it. The Emerald Nightmare raid can be entered through the base of the tree, and Darkheart Thicket, which is underneath it, can be entered from a nearby cave. Inside the raid, the Clutch of Corruption occupies the trunk, while the proper Emerald Nightmare can be entered through the Core of the Nightmare located simultaneously atop the tree and inside the Nightmare itself.
==History==
===War of the Ancients===
After the War of the Ancients, many surviving satyrs were rounded up. Thaon Moonclaw argued to execute them all but was overruled, and they were placed in an eternal sleep deep beneath the roots of Shaladrassil instead.Archdruid of the Vale, Thaon Moonclaw gossip text
===Legion===
The ancient OakheartDarkheart Thicket: Fallen Power and the green dragon Nythendra served as its protectors, until they were corrupted when the Emerald Nightmare took over the tree.Nythendra#Adventure Guide After it fell to the Nightmare, druids from the Dreamgrove went to investigate its roots.Sampling the Nightmare (quest)
The massive roots of Shaladrassil arrived at the doorstep of the Temple of Elune,The Temple of Elune spreading corruption throughout the forest. Isoraen Nightstar asked adventurers to gather root samples so he could discover their secrets and stop the tree's encroachment. Upon being brought the roots, he concluded that the corruption was irreversible and that their only course of action was to find a way to fight it at its source.Root Cause
A single root from Shaladrassil managed to surface in western Suramar, where the Darkfiend satyrs immediately began trying to corrupt the area.Not Here, Not Now, Not Ever Kalendros Irongrove asked adventurers to burn the root.The Only Choice We Can Make Still, traces of Shaladrassil's corruption subsequently remained in Suramar.Not There, Not Then, Not Forever
==Notes==
*Shaladrassil's origins are unclear. Nordrassil is supposed to be the first World Tree,Wolfheart, chapter 1 grown from an acorn of G'Hanir, but Oakheart's dungeon journal calls him an offshoot of Shaladrassil that has purportedly survived the Great Sundering,Oakheart#Adventure Guide in turn suggesting that Shaladrassil predated the Sundering and thus Nordrassil.
==Speculation==
Since Shalla'tor means "Shadow Render", and -drassil means "Crown", it is possible that Shaladrassil means "Crown of Shadow".
==Gallery==
Shaladrassil BlizzCon 2015.jpg|Shaladrassil as seen at BlizzCon 2015.
Shaladrassil early concept art.jpg|Early concept art of Shaladrassil.
Shaladrassil BlizzCon 2015 concept art.jpg|Concept art from BlizzCon 2015.
Val'sharah World Tree concept art.jpg|Concept art.
==Patch changes==
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==See also==
*Roots of Shaladrassil
*Unblemished Leaf of Shaladrassil
==References==
==External links==
Category:Trees
Category:Emerald Nightmare
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