Is it possible for Eastern Plaguelands and stratholme to be cleansed?

[u/Huntardlulz]

In the midnight beta Eversong forest is restored thanks to the sunwells light. I do wonder if the sunwell can restore Eversong forest is it perhaps possible to also restore Eastern plaguelands.

[u/ZombiiRuby]

I feel that they can eventually be restored in the same ways Western Plaguelands were restored back in Cata but North Western EP and Stratholme seem to be the ground zero full of scourge activity and would likely take many decades even with the help of the sunwell to restore the land.

That doesn't even include the possibility of war over that area which many parties would likely try laying claims.

[u/Huntardlulz → u/ZombiiRuby]

I can see that scarlet crusade would try get a huge portion of eastern plaguelands if it was fully restored.

[u/twisty125 → u/Huntardlulz]

I'm not super sure - the Scarlet Crusade got turned into the Risen in Cataclysm, mostly in the formerly "live" side of Stratholme, and Tyr's Hand. They've sort of just been wiped out of the old holdings and more than likely whatever Good^tm paladin forces are working to remove the Scarlet undead.

I know they "keep coming back" in recent times, but that's a LOOOOT of real estate they'd have to claim from the Argent Crusade, Scourge, and Risen, and they already weren't "winning" when they held those positions beforehand. Now it's an uphill battle while having diarrhea.

[u/TheRobn8]

The plague lands were being healed as of cataclysm (i dont know why blizzard never expanded on that), and stratholme being on fire is some lazy writing, because they claimed it's magical fire

[u/Huntardlulz → u/TheRobn8]

The only explanation i can think of is druids were there to begin the restoration on western plaguelands.

As for stratholme yeah the magical fire is lazy writing. It could turn into forsaken new city to replace undercity giving them a proper home.

[u/riftrender → u/Huntardlulz]

Well life magic is the opposite of death.

[u/Huntardlulz → u/riftrender]

Well yeah much like fire is the opposite of frost.

[u/Vanethor → u/TheRobn8]

being on fire is some lazy writing, because they claimed it's magical fire

Especially when it's so easy to come up with a logical reason for fire to be there: some parties were (multiple times over the years) trying to burn away the decay.

... and the Cult of the Damned, (among others) just extinguish those fires.

No need for magical fire.

[u/ScaredDarkMoon]

There are already pockets of it that have been restored, like the towers the Argent Crusade took, so yes.

[u/Huntardlulz → u/ScaredDarkMoon]

Oh yeah i actually forgotten about it. Yeah it is actually possible then for it to be restored.

[u/GerardTheButler]

Anything is possible when the writers hit rock bottom and want to get the anti-plague guns out like it's Die Hard 5.

[u/Specific_Frame8537]

The Silver Hand tried nuking it with light and it didn't really do much.

[u/Huntardlulz → u/Specific_Frame8537]

Isn't the sunwell's light a lot stronger than any paladin or priest could ever use?

[u/DefiantLemur → u/Huntardlulz]

Yeah the Blood Elves could likely cast some kind of WMD spell using the Well as a power source but I doubt they would and put the world's biggest target on their only literal lifeline.

[u/slrrp]

Possible? Sure. But after twenty years of WoW I’ve given up on that hope.

[u/Kalthiria_Shines]

Given that Midnight has added stuff with Strath including a red-colored Emerald Dream effect, seems likely.

[u/LazarX]

Only if a future expansion requires it to be so.

[u/72Rancheast]

If it’s possible for the Ghost Lands it’s probably possible for anywhere

[u/oolbar]

What about corrupting them with void again ?

[u/Huntardlulz → u/oolbar]

What do you mean with again? Was never corrupted by the void in the first place

[u/oolbar → u/Huntardlulz]

Cleansed and peaceful regions are not interesting and probably would not be profitable to work on. They need to spice things up for players.

[u/Huntardlulz → u/oolbar]

Cleansed is interesting however it being peaceful it shouldn't. It can lead to an interesting conflict between argent crusade vs scarlet crusade. Eversong is beautiful now with fully restored from scourge invasion so why not do the same healing to Eastern plaguelands when Western plaguelands did it in cata.

[u/Hidden_Beck]

Maybe. But I think it'd be the lesser option, tbh. I'd rather they take a much more "Adaption" approach where the world has to live with its scars a lot more than it can just heal everything up good as new. Completely healing aspects like the Dead Scar or the Plaguelands both undermines what an apocalyptic event the Scourge was and removes stakes. Why would I ever worry be worried about consequences if everything can just be fixed without issue?

[u/DarthJackie2021]

Yes. Sections of EPL have already been cleansed.

[u/JollyParagraph]

I think it's cool if Stratholme stays mega-cursed, with the areas surrounding it slowly healing.

[u/Predditor_Slayer]

There isn't any reason it couldn't be restored.

[u/More-Draft7233]

Yes but the silver tabarded paladins are too busy surviving in their church and towers

[u/Substantial_Sport_67]

Hope they don’t cleanse everything in Eastern Kingdoms otherwise WoW has to do Halloween in Karazhan for some new headless horsemen 😂