Forcing a continuation of the city’s history with callbacks to its former self, poking at radical human segments in a way similar as they did back when Capital City/Undercity was operational. That could maintain their grudges with both the Alliance (or segments of it), and the likes of the Scarlets.
Tying them further and forcing them to interact with the Scourge remnants left across the Plaguelands. Cramming both the Scourge and the Forsaken into the same zone, could help have stories that differentiated both, or drew them together. Like for example, facilitating a means to have them not die out by having the Forsaken seek out other segments that could join their faction, or by turning them into “New vs Original” sort of survival fight like the Zerus campaign between Zergs and Primals in Starcraft II.
A man can dream… A man can dream… Seriously though, if blizz realize the potential in a scenario like the above, it would create so much more interesting quests and world building. Might even feel like “World” of Warcraft and not “world of whatever the current endgame zone is”.
Not sure if that corner with Light’s Hope Chapel counts as the “majority of the eastern plaguelands” or am I missing something? I know there are tiny camps here and there, but no settlements worthy of a nation surely? And Turalyon is the opposite of “more moderate” isn’t he? Fanatic extremist is probably way more apt of a description, something which I think the Argents would try to avoid considering they’re a “raceless” nation.
Well to be entirely fair, the Night elves have never officially handed (half of) their lands to the Cenarion Circle. I’ve always read it as a part of their lands they allowed others in, too, under the protection of the Cenarion Circle. But as far as I am aware Hyjal was never given to the Cenarion Circle.
So the night elven army moving to Hyjal can be seen as reinforcing whatever lands they hold still (and I quite like that idea, since it never made much sense that the night elves gave away half of their territory).
So none that reference anything connecting Arthas and the Forsaken, okay, guess I misunderstood you there. Seems like you’re essentially saying the same thing as Gorbathust here, which comes down to “there is a way competent writers that actually put ressources into the story could make it cool”, which in my humble mind goes for pretty much anything in general, and won’t happen in WoW in particular.