Arathi Highlands sat at a geographical and political crossroads, at times the seat of several powerful human kingdoms.
Although the namesake Kingdom of Arathor once sprawled across the region, only a tiny pocket of loyalists remain at Refugee Pointe.
From the ashes of the Arathorian empire rose the Kingdom of Stromgarde
Time and war were cruel masters, bringing the mighty capitol city to ruin.
A handful of loyalists remained amid the rubble, maintaining a small section of the city. Their allegiance was loosely with the Alliance.
Their churchyard offered a brief glimpse of the splendor Stromgarde once was ...
... and they carefully guarded the relics of its past.
Outside the crumbling walls, the Alliance and Horde vied for the land's natural resources.
Their conflict turned homesteads into battlegrounds.
Amid the 's fighting the Syndicate claimed land for their own uses.
Lead by Captain Faldir, Blackwater pirates prowled the jagged coastlines.
The Witherbark trolls tried in vain to regain their lost lands.
While the Boulderfist ogres invaded from the north.
Seemingly oblivious to the passing kingdoms and conflicts, an ancient magic bound a mysterious entity beneath the ground.
Four Circles of Binding scattered the land, the East guarded by elemental water ...
... the Inner guarded by stone ...
... the Outer championed by Air ...
... and the Western Circle of Binding was tended by Fire.
Arathi Highlands was a region of conflict and turmoil both in recent memory, and as far back as anyone could remember ...
... and it was always the gateway to the South.
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