Eldre'thalas

Eldre'thalas was an ancient kingdom of the Highborne Empire founded some 12,000 years ago in the jungles of Feralas. It has come to be known ominously as "Dire Maul" by traders and explorers, and carries a foul reputation as a dangerous and remote locale. Today, the hauls of Eldre'thalas are haunted by Highborne spirits and various undead. Several districts of the city, mainly the gladiatorial arena and slave pits, have been captured by the Gordok Ogre Tribe.

From the Sundering to the Shattering, Eldre'thalas served as the hiding place for surviving Highborne scholars known as the Shen'dralar. In-fighting between the royal heir Prince Tortheldrin and the Archmage Estulan led to rising tensions and civil war among the caretakers of the Athenaeum. The Prince Tortheldrin had amassed a following of Highborne zealots who had begun secretly sacrificing their peers to the demonic beast, Immol'thar, in order to fuel the fires of immortality. Since the Highborne of Eldre'thalas were not blessed by the World Tree Nordrassil, they were forced to use Fel Magic to remain immortal in their hidden archives.

King Varian Wrynn earned the title of Lo'gosh as a gladiator in the arenas of Eldre'thalas, and came to the city in a time when the Gordok Ogres had turned the gladiator pits into a profitable business for their clan. Shady men and women from the corners of Azeroth gathered annually to witness the bloodsport of professional Arena fighting in Eldre'thalas, arriving in Goblin Zeppelins to avoid the dangerous wilds of Feralas.