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The Insider recently sat
down with the World of Warcraft design team and learned more about
Silvermoon City, one of the two new capitals that will be introduced
in World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade. Read on to see the ideas
that led to the rise of the blood elf capital, and its rebirth from
the ashes of the Third War...
The Scarred City
The rich and detailed history of Silvermoon City provided the dev
team with a wealth of possibilities from which to weave the blood
elves' mystically-charged capital. One of the central themes of
Silvermoon is the idea that it is the scarred descendent of a
once-proud elven metropolis. When Arthas and the Scourge plowed
through the defenses of Silvermoon during the Third War (a tragic
event that occurred in the timeline of Warcraft III: The Reign of
Chaos), they tore a path of destruction through the city and the
surrounding landscape. In The Burning Crusade. this translates into
a divided Silvermoon. The blood elves' capital is split in half,
with one side recently restored to its former grandeur, while the
other is abandoned and left to ruin.
Before the coming of the Scourge, Silvermoon City was the heart and
the capital of Quel'Thalas, the high elves' magic kingdom.
Quel'Thalas was an idyllic sanctuary in where the high elves could
pursue their arcane studies. For close to seven millennia, the elven
kingdom and its capital Silvermoon stood, and the homeland of the
high elves flourished. But all this changed when the Scourge came to
claim the most sacred and precious possession of the High Elven
nation – the arcane energies of the Sunwell, located at the heart of
Silvermoon. By the time Arthas and his army of the dead turned
southward, no one remained in Quel'Thalas – at least no one living.
With the design of Silvermoon City, the dev team sought to capture
this pivotal event in blood elf history. In a way, Silvermoon also
serves as a look into the psyche of the blood elves as a whole, and
as we'll see, not everything is quite right in the newly rebuilt
capital.
Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall
What does elven architecture look like? In previous Warcraft games,
players could only catch brief glimpses of the magnificent and
otherworldly constructions of Azeroth's high elves. As players led
their armies through the forests of Quel'Thalas or whittled down the
high elves' defenses in Warcraft III, they caught brief peeks at
elven structures. In World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, players
will be able to take a much more detailed look at the blood elf way
of life.
The blood elves are trapped in a struggle with their hunger for
magic, caught between mastering this desire or letting it master
them, and the duality of Silvermoon reflects their inner struggle.
One side ruined, one side restored to its former glory; magnificent
on the outside, lingering darkness on the inside. Small details like
floating flowerpots and the omnipresent glowing green crystals
further underline the idea that the rulers of this city are
completely drunk on magic. But the truly interesting insights reveal
themselves when players look closer at what is going on in
Silvermoon City. Beyond the luscious avenues, behind the rich
billowing curtains, lie dark and gloomy interiors, and those who
explore the other side of Silvermoon City may find that the city's
beautiful façade serves only to hide the true, more-sinister side of
the city....
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