Aiden Perenolde
Alterac's king took Horde gold in the Second War and let the orcs through his mountains, and held a prison camp full of Dalaran citizens besides. The other kingdoms sacked his capital for it and Terenas deposed him. Most of the population simply left. All of this is the aftermath of one bribe.
Nobody notices thisNothing is hereNo town, no inn, no repairEvery quest that sends you to Alterac is handed out down in Hillsbrad, at Tarren Mill or Southshore. You walk in and you walk out.The friendliest thing in the whole zone is a goblin standing on a wall.It is the emptiest zone in the game and it is that way on purpose.Left here
Tari18d
Barely anybody quests here, which is a reason to come rather than a reason to skip it.
The telling
Zone · Eastern Kingdoms
