Welcome to WoW rp! I’ve roleplayed on a variety of games and mediums now over the years, starting with Club Penguin, Runescape, progressing onwards to D&D and so on, and Argent Dawn has truly been my favourite roleplay experience.
The discord’s that Raikhu posted are honestly the best place to start, with the ADeu discord offering a daily list of what roleplay is planned and around. It also has links to many of the other discord communities around the server.
What roleplay you get outside of Stormwind really depends on what you’re looking for, with Duskwood availiable for more Grimdark and serious tones, while Booty Bay seems like a hub that would suit your character more. I myself rp in Booty Bay regularly, and there’s typically a few people knocking around even if it isn’t as populated as other hubs. On Wednesdays I always see someone called Maggie hosting fun events and games around 8pm server time!
Argent Archives is also a wonderful place to look for roleplay, and it’s where events not on the discords are likely to be advertised on. The site’s a touch outdated and clunky, but hey it does the job more than fine!
If you don’t mind me being a bit of a shill for a minute, but it sounds like the Meridian Edict may be the type of roleplay you’re after too! We’re a faction-neutral guild that offers long-term D&D style campaign stories, where your character can earn new tools and equipment through roleplay, and their character growth and development ties into our stories. We love naturally evolving characters over time, and having them learn themselves and their abilities via roleplay rather than spawning in super strong. Your characters decisions change the path of the personally-tailored stories, as well as the side-plots that affect the daily roleplay.
We offer many other things, that would be a bit much to spam this thread with, so you’re welcome to check out our own thread if that interests you!
The Meridian Edict roleplays near daily, so if you see us out and about you’re always welcome to drop in and join us. Booty Bay is our most common haunt right now!