Initial Impressions: The Nexus
Blizzard’s recent outpouring of expansion information continues today with a preview of a new area: The Nexus. Aside from the cool name, there’s actually some fascinating lore that accompanies this as well. Here’s a quick summary:
“Determined to forestall a catastrophe, Malygos decreed that the world’s unbridled magic must be reined in by any means necessary. And so the great Aspect turned to the Arcanomicon, a map of the world’s ley lines. Gifted to Malygos ages ago by the titan Norgannon, the Arcanomicon has been continuously updated and revised by the blue dragons over the long years of Malygos’s seclusion.
Now Malygos uses the Arcanomicon to locate and tap into the ley lines, diverting the magical powers that course beneath the earth to his home base in Northrend, the Nexus. Once harnessed, the energies are focused through the Nexus’ ascending rings and blasted into the Twisting Nether. Malygos’s redirection of the ley lines has carried disastrous consequences, however, splintering the world’s crust and opening unstable rifts: tears in the very fabric of the magical dimension. ”
Needless to say as magic-using mortals, we’re not exactly pleased that Malygos decided to get rid of all the magic, so it’s likely we’ll have to go and “neutralize” him. Teaming up with the red dragonflight, Dalaran has been moved to float above Northrend. There are, of course, other mortal magic-users that have joined Malygos, and you’ll have to contend with them as well.
I’ve heard some good reviews so far from my fellow players, what do you guys think (You can find the full Nexus page here)?
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