Hello everyone!
Tiragarde sound, the alliance zone which contains their capital city of Boralus has opened up
for testing on the alpha.
The story itself is a little bit broken up considering the starting scenario and a couple
of cutscenes are not fully implemented yet, but we’re going to do our best to figure
it out.
Our journey to kul tiras begins with Jaina Proudmoore returning to Stormwind city and
Anduin requesting her to do a job only she can do.
Proudmoore would rather go after the Horde who has just run wild through the city, I
assume this takes place after the Horde breaks out Talanji and Prophet Zul, but Anduin is
not hearing it.
Underestimating our enemy has already cost us enough lives and we need the Kul Tiras
fleet if we hope to stand a chance against the Horde and their Zandalari allies.
That’s why we travel with Jaina to Boralus, however those that played Warcraft 3, you
might remember Jaina stepping to the side as Rexxar and the Horde moves in to take care
of her father.
Daelin Proudmoore, ruler of Kul Tiras at the time did not believe like his daughter did,
did not believe that working together with the Horde was an option.
He rememberd fighting in the Alliance of Lordaeron for the sake of the World, but his daughter
had stood shoulder to shoulder with the Horde defending it against the threat of the Legion.
That is why she did nothing, why she let the Horde into Theramore and they killed her father.
“Father...why wouldn’t you listen?”
OF course her opinion on the horde has changed quite a bit since then, but her mother Katherine
Proudmoore ruler of Tiragarde and in essence all of Kul Tiras has not forgotten what her
daughter has done.
The scene is not implemented, but next thing we know, Katherine reject Jaina and exiled
her while we’re imprisoned within Tol Dagor.
I assume that Priscilla Ashvane has something to do with that decision.
She has been Katherine’s trusted advisor and cloes friend for many years, even before
they both lost their husbands at Theramore.
In fact a whole bunch of people lost loved ones at Theramore, most likely why they’re
not so welcoming to the Alliance and like I said, Jaina is exiled and I imagine we’re
going to track her down in the last zone not available for testing quite yet.
As luck would have it, we’re imprisoned with Flynn Fairwind, a former captain with
his very own crew and Harlan Sweete as his first mate.
The two of them had a falling out after a messy job and Flynn lost all taste for freebooting,
just disappeared one day, while Harlan took the nastiest of the crew and formed the Irontide
Raiders.
Flynn is quite familar with Tol Dagor.
It used to be a legit prison untill the Ashvange Trading company bought it.
Now they jsut throw anyone in here.
People they don’t like.
People they want to keep quiet.
Not a place we want to stay so together we bust out out on a little Getaway boat provided
by Taelia.
She’s quite an interesting character as we discover that she’s not from Kul Tiras,
she’s their ward from across the sea.
Her mother was from Lordaeron and her father was a decorated knight of Stormwind.
She was send here during the Third War to keep her safe which got quite a lot of buzz
going.
Some suggesting that she could be a potential partner for Anduin, future queen of Stormwind
and some even wondering if her father might be Bolvar Fordragon.
It’s not impossible, he was definatly a decorated knight of Stormwind and not a lot
is known about his background besides beying very loyal to the crown so definatly potential
for some awesome story with this character.
After our jailbreak we end up at the questing hub for testing where it says that the heart
of Kul Tiras is sick with infighting and corruption.
Gangs run rampant while the noble leaders squabble for power and influence.
Expose a deadly conspiracy and restore house Proudmoore to its former glory.
When The Ashvance Co threw us into Tol Dagor, they made a big mistake.
Flynn swiped some powder from one of the guards, Ashvane’s dirty secret, as this powder can
blow a galleon clean in half and the military has no idea.
Lady Ashvane of house Ashvane actually wants to rule the region and take over from House
Proudmoore.
Where Proudmoore rules the militia and there for pretty much the continent, Ashvane currently
rules the nation’s wealth but this powder, this Azerite can turn that all around.
That’s our mission here, to discover what is going on and more importantly find proof.
This journey takes us to the Ashvane Foundry where they’re not shy of child labor and
put their chemists to work on creating the powder.
The weapons are then shipped through Bridgeport protected by a garrison of Proudmoore marines,
they have a lot of balls to ship it right under their noses so we sneak on to a ship
to see where it’s going.
The aluring call of the sirens snags the vessel at Castaway point, but we’re close enough
for Flynn to figure out that the weapons were going to Freehold.
It’s a ‘free people’s port’.
Unlike Boralus, it has no rules or regulations about what vessels are alowed to dock.
Privateers, mercenaries.
Even pirates are welcome, but things are changing now that Harlan Sweete is bankrolled by Lady
Ashvane.
He and his Irontide Raiders have brought several crews together and while we do find the proof
we need in the form of dockmaster records, we also discover that they’re planning an
attack on Daelin’s gate.
It has protected the southern channel for decades.
If it falls, the pirate fleet can sail straight into Tiragarde Sound and considering the amount
of Azerite they have at their disposal, some help is in order.
We arive at Vigil Hill after the gate has already fallen, we do our best to help out
and push them back, but the gate is lost, they’re forced to evacuate and boralus should
brace for possible contact with enemy vessels.
Ashvane has a lot to answer for as together with Taelia we round up some Proudmoore Guards
and confront her with the evidence at Unity Square.
Taelia steps up to accuse Lady Ashvane of being behind the attack.
Don’t you see, Katherine?
Replacing you has been her plan all along.
Katherine turns to Priscilla – is this true?
Priscilla cuts the soft and sympathetic act.
Goes hard against Katherine: Weak!
Unfit to rule!
Ashvane BUILTY this city!
Takes a shot at Katherine with her pistol.
Guards jump into action.
Priscilla shoots barrels on a wagon near the crowd, igniting a smokescreen that quickly
envelops the plaza.
Chaos ensues as we try to go after her.
Seemingly cornered it seems to be all over, but Priscilla jumps off the bridge and disapears.
Atleast now Katherine is willing to speak with the Alliance and that’s where the main
story of Tiragarde Sound ends.
There is a dungeon called Siege of Boralus which used to have Lady Ashvane as the end
boss in the dungeon journal, but that appears to have changed.
Datamined dialogue suggests the hunt isn’t over quite yet and Ashvane is not only working
together with pirates, she’s also in league with Queen Azshara.
We take care of the pirates in the dungeon Freehold while Ashvane seems to be similar
to what’s going on with the Horde side as in Prophet Zul with the power of the black
empire trying to siege their capital, here it’s Ashvane with the power of Azshara and
I suppose N’zoth backing them up.
There are of course more side quests going on like helping out the lumber company with
a witch problem, the explorers league with their expedition, save Eddie Norwington from
troggs which leads to a really cool darkmoon faire esk kinda area.
At anglepoint wharf we get a taste of what’s going on in Stormsong Valley.
Sea priests, kraken and darkness beneath the waves.
Of course later this week I’ll upload the full playthrough and once the city is a bit
more finished, I’ll gladly make a video exploring what is going on.
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