The unforgiving desert of Vol'dun is one of
the three regions of Zandalar. Previously a vibrant and lush jungle, Vol'dun is
now a virtually uninhabitable, vast sea of dunes dreaded by all Zandalari, for
to be exiled to its endless wastes is a sure sentence of death. And yet
somehow, the wily nomads known as the vulpera have managed to eke out an
existence here, despite facing constant threat from the sethrak, a brutal
snakelike race determined to reign over this arid wasteland.
History
Thousands of years ago, this vast desert
with rolling sand dunes was once a dense, vibrant jungle, described by Meerah
as the jewel of the troll empire. The Zandalari trolls and the snake-like
sethrak lived in harmony in this region, and together they worshiped the snake
loa Sethraliss.
During the war between the trolls and the
aqir roughly 16,000 years ago, the C'Thrax Mythrax the Unraveler was tasked
with invading Vol'dun and descended upon the region, slaughtering troll and
sethrak alike. Sethraliss sacrificed herself to defeat Mythrax, but not before
the C'Thrax was able to destroy the disc at the heart of Atul'Aman. Due to
Sethraliss' death and the various cataclysms that occurred in the region as the
years progressed, the jungles of Vol'dun were transformed into a vast desert.
As a result, most of the trolls abandoned the region. This left only the
sethrak, who continued to survive and thrive in Vol'dun, which they considered
the holiest of holy grounds.
After witnessing the destruction wrought by
Mythrax firsthand, the sethrak knew that something had to be done to prevent
anyone from raising the C'Thrax again. Sulthis, Vorrik, and Korthek worked
together to seal Mythrax within the great pyramid. Years later, Korthek grew
power hungry and sought to free Mythrax to conquer Zuldazar. He gathered
like-minded sethrak and declared himself emperor of the Faithless.
In the present day, Zandalar sends its
criminals here to die, and most of them end up perishing. The area is mostly
inhabited by Zandalari vagabonds, sethrak, and vulpera. The Ashvane Trading
Company has a presence in the southern edge of Vol'dun, mining for Azerite.
Geography
Located in the north west of Zandalar,
Vol'dun is a vast and unforgiving land. Dunes of sand, salt flats, and bone
breaking rocky terrain stretch from coast to coast, meeting up with Nazmir to
the east and Zuldazar to the south. Danger here comes as much from the arid and
unrelenting landscape as it does from the creatures who eke out a living here.
The sand-bleached bones of giant beasts litter the land, long since picked
clean and polished to a gleaming smooth by the shifting sands. Brief moments of
reprieve from the heat can be found to the north in the small stretch of marsh
and in the caverns and oasis tucked away from the unrelenting sun.
Wild
creatures
Camels
Hyenas
Krolusks
Vultures
Notes
and trivia
At BlizzCon 2017, Vol'dun's transformation
from a jungle to a desert was explained as being due to the aqir armies of the
Old Gods attacking the region. However, the aqir are never mentioned in-game,
and Vol'dun's state is instead attributed to the battle between Mythrax and
Sethraliss. It was also stated that "players will face off against Aqir,
Zandalari vagabonds, and the Sethrak", yet aqir are never seen in-game.
Finally, there exist many silithid fossil models in the Vol'dun files, but they
were never used. This means that Vol'dun's backstory seems to have been changed
since its announcement at BlizzCon and the release of Battle for Azeroth.
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