Harandar is one of those zones that instantly feels “bigger than a map.” In World of Warcraft: Midnight, Blizzard describes Harandar as a bioluminescent, primordial fungal jungle sitting at the confluence of the World Trees’ great roots—a place where the living foundations of Azeroth gather, twist, and weave together. It’s also the homeland of the Haranir, an enigmatic people who move through secret pathways called the rootways, watching the surface world for ages without stepping into the spotlight… until Midnight forces their hand.

World of Warcraft: Midnight isn’t just “the next expansion” — it’s the moment a brand-new people steps out of the roots and into the spotlight. The Haranir aren’t another city faction with banners and battlements. They’re guardians of the rootways, living in Harandar, a bioluminescent fungal jungle where the roots of Azeroth’s World Trees converge — and where a terrifying phenomenon called the Rift of Aln turns dreams into danger.

Atal’Aman is one of those Warcraft names that instantly triggers two very different memories depending on when you played. For veterans, it’s “that place in Zul’Aman” where the Amani trolls tried to reclaim their pride through loa power and brutal ritual—an iconic Burning Crusade raid later remade as a Cataclysm Heroic dungeon. For newer players, it’s a legendary ruin you’ve heard about more than you’ve truly lived in.

Zul’Aman has never been “just a troll dungeon.” It’s one of Warcraft’s oldest, most emotionally charged battlegrounds—where history, pride, and vengeance sit right on top of a sacred jungle empire. For many players, Zul’Aman is remembered through the Burning Crusade raid: a frantic timed run, animal-themed loa bosses, and Zul’jin’s famous rage. But for the Amani, it’s something else entirely: the last great symbol of a civilization that believes it was robbed, humiliated, and left to rot.

Eversong Woods is one of those WoW zones that lives in players’ heads long after they’ve stopped leveling there. It wasn’t just a starter area—it was an identity statement: golden leaves, arcane spires, soft music, and a sense that you were stepping into a kingdom that had survived tragedy but refused to stop being beautiful. For many of us, Eversong was our first “home zone” that felt truly high-fantasy—elegant, curated, and strangely calm… until you noticed the Dead Scar and realized the calm was a mask.

Silvermoon City has always been one of World of Warcraft’s biggest “what ifs.” It’s iconic, gorgeous, and lore-heavy—yet for years it’s also felt like a time capsule: beautiful, but technically old, socially quiet, and oddly disconnected from the way modern WoW is played. WoW Midnight changes that. Blizzard has confirmed Silvermoon is being rebuilt from the ground up and will serve as the expansion’s campaign hub, with both Horde and Alliance fortifying within its streets.

If WoW Midnight is pulling you back to Azeroth, there’s a good chance it’s because of one word: Quel’Thalas. Even players who haven’t logged in for years still remember the golden forests of Eversong, the haunting scar of undeath cutting through the land, and the glittering spires of Silvermoon—half paradise, half tragedy. Midnight is making that contrast the centerpiece of the expansion: a home rebuilt from disaster, now facing a threat designed to snuff out hope itself.

WoW Midnight isn’t just “the next expansion.” Blizzard is positioning it as a full-on Light vs Void chapter—a story where cosmic forces stop feeling abstract and start landing right on top of places that matter: Quel’Thalas, Silvermoon, and the Sunwell, with the Voidstorm looming overhead. If you’ve followed Warcraft for years, you already know the Light is a symbol of hope and healing, and the Void is the voice of corruption and madness.

If you’ve been away from World of Warcraft for a while, Xal’atath can feel like she came out of nowhere—suddenly she’s “the Harbinger,” the Void has a face, and Midnight is asking you to care about an invasion of Quel’Thalas that sounds like it’s going to reshape the entire Worldsoul Saga. The truth is: Xal’atath has been hiding in plain sight for years.