Highborne Cities - The Suramar Region

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While the Nightborne kept Suramar City's culture and history alive for well over ten thousand years, the region immediately outside the city fell deep into obscurity. Other than the names of several outlying ruins, hardly any historical information about 'old Suramar' has survived. Having said that, though, there are Nightborne such as Chief Telemancer Oculeth – who once owned a workshop and telemancy lab just north of the city – that can recall a time in old Suramar before the War of the Ancients [Quest: Oculeth's Workshop].

The Ruins:

  • Ambervale
  • Dawncleft
  • Falanaar
  • Meredil
  • Ruins of Elune'eth
  • Sashj'tar Ruins
  • Tel'anor

Ambervale

Ambervale is the location of Koralune Manor [Page: Ambervale]. Little else is known about this ancient ruin.

Dawncleft

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Aside from its original name, little is known about this ancient ruin [Quest: Scouting the Crimson Thicket]. The Kel'balor leyline feed can be found under Dawncleft [Page: Kel'balor].

Falanaar

Like most cities in Suramar, the bulk of Falanaar sits atop a portion of the Arcway, a vast network of tunnels that were built for the purpose of tapping into and channeling the leylines running beneath the entire region [Quest: Tapping the Leylines]. Unlike other nearby towns, however, the tunnels under Falanaar are home to not just one, but two leyline feeds: Falanaar North and Falanaar South [Achievement: Leyline Bling].

The Temple of Fal'adora in Falanaar served as a temple to Elune [NPC: Chief Telemancer Oculeth Dialogue].

The ancient citizens of Falanaar often carried Falanaar Crescents. It is not known exactly why they did so, but the crescents are considered powerful talismans even today [Item: Falanaar Crescent].

Meredil

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Meredil, a set of ruins atop Shal'Aran, may have once housed an Arcan'dor prior to the Sundering. One of the members belonging to the organization of proto-druids that created the Arcan'dor trees, Keeper Selentia, is initially found guarding a dead tree stump in Shal'Aran [Quest: Arcane Thirst]. Furthermore, the player's Arcan'dor seed fits into the pedestal of the tree stump perfectly, as if it was meant to be placed there [Quest: The Valewalker's Burden]. Thalyssra also surmises that the massive amount of leyline energy fed into the chamber was for whatever the Keeper was guarding [Quest: Shal'Aran]. Since the current Arcan'dor subsists off of the leyline feeds flowing into Shal'Aran, it may not be too much of a stretch to assume that an ancient Arcan'dor did much the same thing and that Shal'Aran was built to hold an Arcan'dor.

It is not clear what happened to this original Arcan'dor, if there was indeed one there. However, because it does not resemble Falanaar's fallen Arcan'dor, it may not have failed in the same spectacular manner. In fact, it is more likely that the Arcan'dor was abandoned (except by the Keepers, who were charged with maintaining and keeping watch over it, hence why Keeper Selentia has guarded it even in undeath) or destroyed during the War of the Ancients.

Ruins of Elune'eth

Little is known about this ancient ruin.

Since the Ruins of Elune'eth are located just above Meredil and Shal'Aran, it's possible that they were all originally a part of the same city.

Sashj'tar Ruins

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Sashj'tar was once a research community [Item: Scroll of Town Portal: Sashj'tar].

Tel'anor

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Tel'anor is a massive cemetery city located just north of Suramar. Before it was abandoned during the War of the Ancients, it was customary to bury fallen elves of significance there. Many ancient elven heroes and warriors are still interred in Tel'anor today [Page: Tel'anor].

The burial city's ancient caretakers once performed rituals to venerate the dead using sacred oils, burial shrouds, and incense [Quest: Tools of the Trade]. Burial urns filled with mementos belonging to the deceased additionally served to keep the fallen placated and prevent any unhappy spirits from rising [Quest: Fragments of Memory].

Tel'anor is also home to a large set of windchimes known as the Chimes of the Moon. According to a plaque at the site, the Sisters of Elune believed that whenever the Chime rang, it emitted the same note as the one Elune was singing at the time. However, it is said that the Chime did not ring often [Object: Plaque].

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