Terokkar Forest

Terokkar Forest (pronounced "TEH-row-kawr"),Blizzard Explains the Entire History of World of Warcraft | WIRED, 14:45 once known as Talador and the Spires of Arak, is a zone in Outland located east of Nagrand, west of Shadowmoon Valley, southeast of Zangarmarsh, and southwest of Hellfire Peninsula. This forest was most likely named after Terokk, the greatest king in arakkoa history. Formerly it was known as Talador.
Terokkar was seen as the Bone Wastes in previous maps and lore sources, but the Bone Wastes themselves are now a sub-region within the Terokkar Forest zone.
==History==
Once known as Talador, the region was a forest of red and orange leaved trees that bathed the entire area in a perpetual autumn hue. These beautiful olemba trees, and the draenei's equally impressive gardens surrounded the draenei's greatest city on Draenor; Shattrath. A splendorous monument to the skills of the draenei artificers, even in exile, the city's greatness was matched by that of the holy mausoleum Auchindoun; the place where all draenei souls prepared for their journey into the afterlife and where many of their bodies were laid to rest. The smaller city, Tuurem, was just as noteworthy as its more magnificent neighbors as it sat at a crossroads in the area and one seeking to travel from Shattrath to Karabor would likely pass through the city. At this time, only the region closest to the Spires of Arak was known as Terokkar Forest by the Arakkoa Outcasts and it was under their control.World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 2, pg. 46
When the Orcish Horde rampaged across Draenor, Talador was rendered the draenei's final stronghold. The Orcish Horde were repelled from Talador for a time, but when they imbibed the Blood of Mannoroth the demonic fury they were granted gave them the power they needed to cut through to the city of Shattrath itself. Their fel magic corrupted the region, turning the red and orange trees a pale, dusky green that transformed the forest into a dark, eerie woodland. The siege of Shattrath ultimately left the city in ruins and the draenei scattered and presumed extinct by the orcs and their Burning Legion masters.
Once the majority of the Orcish Horde departed for Azeroth, all of Talador came under the dominion of the Arakkoa Outcasts and it was all renamed Terokkar in honor of their lost king. At a later point, the orcs who had conquered Auchindoun performed a ritual that destroyed the building and much of the surrounding area, creating the Bone Wastes.
==Geography==
The flora consists of mostly dark green forest vegetation of crystal pines known as olemba trees. Shattrath City lies in the northwestern portion of zone. Alliance and Horde each have a town.
The multi-winged instance Auchindoun can be found in this zone, containing four separate 5-man dungeons. There are no raid dungeons, micro dungeons, battlegrounds, or arenas in this zone. The spirit towers of the Bone Wastes provide a world PvP opportunity.
Every so often you can hear a roar while near Auchindoun - this is Teribus the Cursed, flying in circles around Auchindoun.
===Maps and subregions===
*Allerian Post
*Allerian Stronghold
*Auchindoun
**Auchenai Crypts
**Mana-Tombs
**Ring of Observance
**Sethekk Halls
**Shadow Labyrinth
**The Shadow Stair
*The Barrier Hills
*Bleeding Hollow Ruins
*Bonechewer Ruins
*The Bone Wastes
**Auchenai Grounds
**Carrion Hill
**Derelict Caravan
**Refugee Caravan
**Sha'tari Base Camp
**Shadow Tomb
**Tomb of Lights
**Writhing Mound
*Cenarion Thicket
*Firewing Point
*Grangol'var Village
*Lake Ere'Noru
*Lake Jorune
*Netherweb Ridge
*Raastok Glade
*Razorthorn Rise
*Razorthorn Shelf
*Shattrath City
*Silmyr Lake
*Skethyl Mountains
**Blackwind Landing
**Blackwind Valley
**Skettis 
***Blackwind Lake
***Lower Veil Shil'ak
***Upper Veil Shil'ak 
***Veil Ala'rak
***Veil Harr'ik
***Terokk's Rest
*Stonebreaker Camp
*Stonebreaker Hold
*Sorrow Wing Point
*Tuurem
*Veil Lithic
*Veil Reskk
*Veil Rhaze
*Veil Shalas
*Veil Shienor
*Veil Skith
*Wayne's Refuge
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;Removed locations
*The Broken Hills
*Misty Ridge
*Olembas
*Sha'tari Outpost
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;Lore locations
*Telmor
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; Warcraft II
*Fortress Auchindoun
===Instances===
Dungeon Name	Level Range	Group Size
 	62-80 	5-man
 	63-80 	5-man
 	65-80 	5-man
 	67-80 	5-man
===World PvP===
*Bone Wastes: In the Bone Wastes to the south, surrounding the ruins of Auchindoun, there are five Spirit Towers. These spirit towers can be captured by players who are PvP flagged. If all five towers become captured by a single faction, that faction gets a zone-wide Blessing of Auchindoun aura (buff) which lasts for six hours. The aura gives +5% Damage, +5% Experience Gain, and the ability to create a Spirit Shard in the Auchindoun instance. Spirit Shards can be spent at at Stonebreaker Hold or at Allerian Stronghold.
===Travel hubs===
; Allerian Stronghold
; Stonebreaker Hold
; Shattrath City
===Adjacent regions===
Zone Name 	Faction	Level Range	Direction	Access
Hellfire Peninsula	 	58-80 	Northeast	Normal
Zangarmarsh 	 	60-80 	Northwest	Normal
Nagrand 	 	64-80 	West 	Normal
Shadowmoon Valley 	 	67-80 	East 	Normal
==Notable characters==
Archmage Khadgar resides in Shattrath City and can be found in its center.
==Quests==
==Resources==
*Herbs
**Dreaming Glory
**Terocone
**Felweed
*Leather
**Knothide Leather Scraps
**Knothide Leather
**Fel Hide
*Ore
**Fel Iron Ore
**Adamantite Ore
**Khorium Ore
**Eternium Ore
==Wild creatures==
==Notes and trivia==
*The virtual version of the band Level 80 Elite Tauren Chieftain performs on Terokkar Forest at the Darkmoon Faire:File:ETC.jpg and in the World's End Tavern every three hours, added with the Patch 2.4.3.
*Prior to the release of World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 2 there were conflicting sources regarding the number of times Auchindoun had exploded and created the Bone Wastes. The novel Beyond the Dark Portal stated an explosion during the war against the draenei, while ingame textThe Codex of Blood (quest)Into the Heart of the Labyrinth said the explosion occurred two years before the events of World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade.
*The Flash site had this to say about the zone: "New hope has come to this ancient forest. Aided by the benevolent naaru, a group of draenei has rebuilt Shattrath City. The city has since thrown open its doors to welcome refugees of many different races from all over Outland. Yet the past has not left this area unmarked. To this day, only adventurers and graverobbers visit the haunted subterranean ruins of Auchindoun."The Burning Crusade Flash site
==Gallery==
Terokkar Forest Concept Art Peter Lee.jpg|Concept art of where the forest meets the Bone Wastes.
Terokkar Trees Peter Lee.jpg|Tree concept art.
Bracers of the Green Fortress TCG.jpg|Terokkar tree seeds beside a pair of bracers.
Terokkar Forest concept art.jpg|Concept art.
==Patch changes==
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==See also==
*Server:Terokkar US
*Server:Terokkar Europe
==References==
==External links==
 
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