The Geologic Story of Tanaris! - WoW Rocks | World of Warcraft
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- Опубліковано 25 тра 2023
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Hello and good afternoon, everyone! Today, we return to Azeroth for a new episode of WoW Rocks featuring the desert of Tanaris! What sort of strange mysteries lie below the sand, and how did this landscape come to exist on Kalimdor? Let's find out!
Video Footage:
- Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft (2004-)
- Twitter Post retrieved via the WayBackMachine
Background Music:
- "Tanaris" from the WoW OST
Outro Music:
- "Watch Me (Live)" by Greta Van Fleet
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Jediwarlock 2023 - Ігри
According to lore, Uldum was also a jungle, but when the Tol Vir used the Forge of Origination to kill Lei Shen they basically nuked the area thus resulting in the desert we know today, so I would assume Tanaris was also affected.
YES! I didn't go as much into the causes of the change in this episode but I definitely think that destruction would be a major component. :)
I’d be fair to assume the deluge of destruction killed the living soil and nutrients resulting in a ecological breakdown.. perhaps instantaneously.. or over many many years
Silithus too.
Un'goro must have survived because of its significant drop in elevation.
This rocks, very solid content.
Thanks!!
This channel rocks.
Haha, thank you! :)
Great and fun video.
I'd like to add one more note to it.
The silithid storyline is actually established for the first time in the Southern Barrens (for the Horde at least).
This same chain then continues in the Shimmering Flats and then Feralas/Tanaris.
I actually think it's a really good bit of foreshadowing that starts at level 20, and ends with the Ahn'Qiraj War effort and destruction of C'thun. It really makes the silithid feel very creepy, weird and dangerous.
Great detail!! I forgot about the Southern Barrens silithid and only remembered the Shimmering Flats ones, haha ;)
Ooh, this series is back! I love it! :D
Thank you very much! More on the way ;)
Hell yeah 👍
This video is sooo good. It 100% aligns with my interests and made me look at Tanaris with a much more critical lense. It breathes life into WoW in a way I don't on my own and makes me curious about how much other world building I have failed to recognize. Please keep going!
Thank you so much for the thoughtful comment! More episodes on the way, and if you haven't already you can check out the other six episodes I have on the channel too! :)
Is it wrong if I immediately got very excited at the premise of this video lmao
Not at all! There are quite a few of us who are oddly invested in the geology of WoW Zones XD
Just beautiful. Though I always found Tanaris dull, this certainly makes it interesting.
Even the dullest of zones can have an interesting backstory, I've found ;)
I really love the conception and aesthetics of tanaris
Me too!! It's a great Classic zone. :)
Water: literally flows in a sea 2 minutes away from Gadgetzan.
Goblins: okay, this is a very harsh land with no water whatsoever, gotta drill sand and see if there's water there.
And I thought they were practical scientists!
It seems very Goblinesque to run a water pump all the way into Un’Goro. Would’ve been a fun questing story too.
Haha, true!
nice video. Lower level wow lore is so hard to absorb, this is really enjoyable.
Thanks! I'm glad to hear that. :)
Thank you warlock of the jedi.
As i cant play wow due to no cpu, your indepth videos satisfy my warcraft addiction.
I'm glad you're enjoying these! :)
some rock-solid analysis here
Why thank you XD
I literally don't know how I didn't see this all before lol. You can see now zul farrak used to be a jungle area. I wonder if the pots are empty plant pots that used to be full of flowers..
That's a good idea! In Season of Discovery there is also the hidden Wild God ghost that's a forest/jungle spider ;)
I believe it would be beneficial for Blizzard to have some geographical redesigns for the old world. For instance, consider these three deserts: the fine sand of Tanaris to the east, the rocky terrain of Silithus to the west, and the yellowish standard desert of Uldum to the south. In relation to this, I envision a mountain breach to the north of Un'Goro, causing the sea to transform Un'Goro into a salt lake with a volcano at its center. This Un'Goro salt lake would become the focal point connecting these three deserts, allowing for boat travel in-between. It could be represented as one large zone on the map, similar to modern expansions.
Additionally, I would love to see similar redesigns for the rest of Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms, taking into consideration the concepts of dragonriding and solo-HC leveling challenges. These redesigns should also include updates to graphics, geography, lore-timeline, and questing.
That's an interesting idea... I love it! A time skip is something I think a lot of people were hoping for before/after Shadowlands and Dragonflight... it would give the developers a chance to refresh the world without having to push forward with a clunky storyline and keep with the same characters expansion after expansion. :)
Someone left the door to the Caverns of time open and all the sands of time was blowing out of it. That's why the entire jungle ist covered in sand now, they closed the door in classic to hide evidence ;)
*mind blown :o
Great content! Love your well-thought-out vids.
Thanks! :D
I really like the videos about zone lore. Would like to see more of these. Keep up the great work!
Thank you! More episodes on the way... I also have six other WoW Rocks episodes from last summer if you haven't found them yet ;)
I really enjoyed how you used the landscape to draw your conclusion, and then used the Dev's notes. It felt satisfying.
Thank you! :)
Love seeing you videos and interesting facts about the lore of the areas, so cool to see what was designed and how it can be interpreted for what it once was
Thank you so much! I love making these videos :D
Found out a while back that you can fish at the pond at Sand Sorrow Watch
Fascinating! :o
Back in TBC me and some friends that were questing together came across the gate to uldum and the wandering giants I remember wondering what mystery could be behind the mobs and that gate
Maybe we'll find out someday! :o ...the original answer I mean, not the Cata zone ;)
Amazing video, dude! I love the attention to detail. Keep it up and make longer videos!
Thank you! More episodes on the way :)
If there were seas or larger pools of water in the zone before, they've probably been clogged by deposition of sedimentary rocks by the process of erosion. Also Sand is made by the mineral Quartz. The goblins making wells and tapping out of the ground water reservoirs would only have worsened the vegetation and life thus making the landscape even drier. I don't know if there is sandstone in the zone but that would make one of the most common rocks in the zone sedimentary rocks. Love these wow videos!
Love the thoughts! While it's difficult to find sandstone examples naturally in the world here... think about the troll architecture! ;) I'm thinking that is definitely some type of sandstone. Your ideas on deposition are spot-on... more episodes on the way!
The way I see it, life was jungle before nuke and had a sudden shift in climate. Similar to when the meteor smacked our planet.
YES! WoW Rocks is back!
Indeed! :D
Great video as usual, mate.
Thanks a bunch! :)
this was legit dude, keep up the great work!
Will do... more episodes on the way! :)
I love these videos! It helps me giving ideas for my Homebrew D&D world called Adeva!
Awesome! I wish you the best of luck with your campaign/world! :D
I love these videos, even though I don’t play anymore 😊
Thanks!! :)
Sweet
I love this!!!
I'm glad! :D
Oh sweet ! A very niche video about something i didn't know i cared about. Thanks youtube algorythm. Nice video.
Thank you! Niche WoW videos are my specialty XD
Legit awesome video
I'm so glad you enjoyed it! :D
Love your stuff
Thank you very much :)
There are so many opportunities for GIS analyses of the continents.
Yes!! I definitely agree!
@@Jediwarlock Don't know if that's too in depth but what about analysing the mines that exist in Kalimdor and Azeroth to get an idea of what natural resources the Horde and Alliance have? I expect there to be a lot of silver and gold mines but not really any iron mines which begs the question how they arm their soldiers hmm.
loved the video!
Thanks! :)
Tanaris is definitely one of the best zones in WoW!
I agree! Underrated in my opinion :)
we rock rocks!
You rock! :D
So awesome, it's like a short documentary series
Thank you! That's definitely the feel I'm going for with these videos. :)
What an interesting approach to this topic. Love the investigation!
Thanks! More episodes on the way (also, six episodes from last summer can be found on my channel!) :)
i dont even play wow anymore but i like watching your videos
I know quite a few commenters who share the same sentiment... with all this backwards Blizzard drama and bad game design choices I'm happy to present the more old-school parts of WoW for you all to enjoy, even if you don't play anymore. :)
It makes total sense that Tanaris would have once been a Jungle. With Un'Goro Crater nearby, it wouldn't be too far off to assume that Un'Goro, Tanaris, and Uldum were once connected as one large jungle.
Many zones in classic share the similar storyline of multiple separated zones once being one larger area. I believe at one point, Darkshore and Felwood were once the northern part of Ashenvale but as corruption spread, the zones were split. Even Westfall and Duskwood were part of Elwynn forest (although I think Duskwood was still separate, as Brightwood, but it still looked the same as Elwynn). Then of course there's the entire upper half of Eastern Kingdoms. Tirisfal, Silverpine, Hillsbrad, Alterac, and the Eastern/Western Plaguelands were all one zone as Lordaeron.
It really interests me to find out what a "corrupted" or ruined area once was. They really put thought into how affected some areas were and how to separate them, rather than just mish-mashing zones together and calling it a day. Added lore really makes the zones feel more connected, too - even if they look different from each other. Although imagine if they made a WoW expansion that was a prelude to vanilla WoW, with all of these areas still intact. I'd definitely explore a pre-third war Lordaeron.
Thank you so much for the thoughtful comment! I enjoyed reading it. Azshara is one of the most interesting examples to me (I made a WoW Rocks video on it last summer) since it's this shattered beach landscape that used to be right in the heart of the Highborne empire... the autumn trees and colors are not natural and were instead created magically by the elves. Even thousands of years later you can see the enchantment at work, but with the landscape utterly broken something feels "off" about the forests.
@@Jediwarlock Woah, I wasn't expecting a response! I'm glad you enjoyed the read. I've only had the opportunity to explore Azshara post-Cataclysm when it was used as a Goblin leveling zone. I remember questing right by this lake next to elven ruins. The ghosts there really packed a punch from what I remember. I always wondered if the place was also a victim to corruption like Felwood and Darkshore.
In a lot of ways, the zone also reminded me a little bit of Quel'Thalas. I remember asking in trade chat why Quel'Thalas looked so autumn-like even though it was roughly on the same latitude as Winterspring. I got many troll responses, of course, but there were a few people that answered saying elven magic/enchantments were the cause. It's interesting to find out the Night Elves did the same thing in Azshara, but it makes a lot of sense.
Pretty good video, cant wait to see more
Thank you! More on the way! :)
YESSSSS
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Glad to see this series return!!!
I'm happy to hear that! More episodes on the way :)
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I love these videos
I'm glad to hear that! :)
Yes master
Thanks XD
Hey jediwarlock you should check out the zone south of ahn'qiraj. If you stand in silithus and use something like the shaman far sight ability over and over you can reach the zone that exists behind the ahn'qiraj raid. Maybe some proof that initially ahn'qiraj was supposed to be an outdoor raid?
Ooh, thank you for reminding me of that!! The GM of my small server suggested that as a video idea to me a while back but I totally forgot about it... I'll look into it! ;)
Haven't started watching yet but im going to assume you're doing this from the perspective of a fresh set of analytic eyes trying to decipher just what happened to Tanaris. Ignoring all that we know is key to this. Just because you can describe it like a wiki article doesn't mean you should.
Edit: good on ya, i like this format of lore. Always knew it had to be a jungle prior, ungoro crater is also a great zone. Very easy to get lost because there are no roads and not enough distinct landmarks in the inner ring. So youll think youre going to marshalls refuge but really youre south of fire plume ridge because you just passed it.
Thank you so much! I appreciate the kind words. :)
please make more
More on the way! (Also, I have six episodes from last summer if you haven't seen those yet!!) ;)
I miss gavinrad bro
Me too :( I wonder what happened!!
@@Jediwarlock did a little searching and supposedly neck beard rp’ers were giving him shit IRL because they basically want to gate keep *their* way of rping. Just dumb shit in general so he decided to take a break I guess. Hopefully he’s doing good.
But yeah that’s what I could come up with
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Nice! :D