A Peak Into The City Of Dalaran

Ever since I first saw Dalaran in the Alterac Mountains when I first started playing World of Warcraft back in 2005, I’ve always wondered what exactly would be inside that huge purple bubble. At first, being the lore noob that I was and not knowing any better, I actually thought that the place would be a dungeon that would be unlocked sometime during the future yeah I never really paid attention to lore while playing the previous Warcraft games). Blizzard announced that Dalaran will move to Northrend in the Wrath of the Lich King expansion and will be the continent’s neutral major city much like Shattrath is for the Outlands.

Looking at the architecture of Dalaran from the video, it’s not surprising that the place looks similar to Stormwind or any other Human structure but with a twist of Elvish since it appears to have a certain Silvermoon-ish feel to it too. For me, it’s a welcome change from the strange looking design of Shattrath City and sort of a welcoming back to the architecture we would normally see in Azeroth.

Another thing I noticed is that like Stormwind or Silvermoon City, Dalaran looks much bigger than Shattrath City does as it doesn’t look like one big circular structure. This probably lends a better feeling of it being a major city for all of us.

You can also find a few screen shots of Dalaran here courtesy of World of Raids.