#Zaralek Caverns

[wowscenery]

[existentialcattails]

Go off, king! 💪🏼

[lilacwitchart]

Part 5 of my Dragonflight armor series: Zaralek Caverns! This set is among my favorites of Dragonflight, so this was so fun to draw. Featuring my warrior, Scavara in plate, my hunter Rosalinor in mail, my monk Sabeleira in leather and my warlock Valre in cloth.

[raintides]

black dragonflight

[viralarcadian]

anyways did neltharion write this bc this is really cute

[azerothtravel]

My Main Man Myrrit, Zaralek Cavern, May 2, 2023.

[leyhunter]

blizzard why would you do this again

[snappleshots]

[thesketchykids]

A Zen Escape to Zaralek Cavern: A Monk and Death Knight's Relaxing Adventure

via IFTTT

[irishk0rn]

<Elder Honeypelt climbs up on Wrathion’s head, with a cottonball in her hand, cleaning his wound. She looks at you.>

Can you tell me what happened out there, uplander?

The whispers of Zaralek pt2 :3

[mipeltaja-art]

I set out to draw Wrathion and Sabellian hanging out, but it ended up being just Wrathion chilling in the Zaralek cavern.

[wowscenery]

[tokoriart]

✶ In the Caverns of Zaralek ✶

[viralarcadian]

also someone complimented zatren's transmog when i was doing rime rifts :)

[azerothtravel]

After almost 19 years, this is quite possibly the single weirdest thing I've ever done in WoW. Zaralek Cavern, June 15, 2023.

[breadknight-likes-things]

My Unease Over The War Within Was Wrong

I'm always excited for new World of Warcraft expansions. It doesn't really matter what the pitch of them are, I'll always be excited to play more of my favorite game. That said, I was wary about The War Within. My worries were fairly simple, caves and underground areas in video games tend to be some of my least favorite parts, so an expansion pack based entirely on that, to varying depths, literally, seemed like it could go wrong in a few ways. Thankfully, it was me who was wrong in this assumption. In my head, I viewed a worst case scenario of basically every zone in The War Within being something akin to Dragonflight's Zaralek Cavern. I liked Zaralek, but I was worried that I would be asked to explore Zaralek four more times in one expansion. Caves can look varied, but I assumed that I'd grow tired of being underground all the time. This was unfounded, because The War Within takes the concept of a cave in three wildly different directions that deftly averts the issues I thought I would have with this concept. The only zone in War Within that seems to give off "traditional cave" vibes is The Ringing Deeps, but that zone averts most issues I could find with that by emphasizing the greenery in this underground setting. Its low ceiling does make me feel claustrophobic, but I feel that's the point of that area, it is supposed to be a large mine, after all. Hallowfall and Azj-Kahet fare even better with their approaches to underground zones, both in different directions. Azj-Kahet feels just about as underground as you can imagine. It's a wide, multi layered zone, with a lot to explore and a lot to see, but it feels like this is a place that hasn't seen the light of the sun since it's beginning. It's grimy, dark, and it feels haunted. It's a horror centric design, which WoW isn't a stranger to, but it's one of the best realizations of a zone that's meant to feel scary in the long history of this game. Meanwhile, Hallowfall is the exact opposite. I could go on at length about Hallowfall. Even though the story of the zone makes the dangers clear, and the heavy foreshadowing of what exactly that Crystal is doesn't paint a great picture of the future, Hallowfall feels safe. The glow from the giant Crystal is as bright as the sun, and it doesn't go out. It can be the actual middle of the night, and the zone feels like it's a comforting afternoon. The use of clouds along the roof of the cave helps to the sell the idea of an underground sky, and at all times you really do feel like you're outside, not miles under the ground. The areas in War Within are far more varied than my apprehensions going into this expansion led me to feel, and I'm excited for these new areas to grow on me. I won't lie, I greatly miss the Dragon Isles already, that place felt like a new world, but I long accepted that I wouldn't be seeing a repeat of that level of wonder right away with this expansion. As of right now, I'm just happy to see where the new vibes take me. I'm always excited for new World of Warcraft.