The level 68-72 zone Borean Tundra is actually meant to be the starting point for all alliance members but I rather wanted to start in the Fjord… even though this is considered to be the horde starting zone. While the Fjord is more beautiful in my opinion, the Tundra offers more interesting quests. In both starting zones you’ll get an archivement when you successfully finish 130 quests. I’d definitely recommend to spend some quality time in the Tundra to quest and explore this great and very interesting zone.

One of the first instances you’re gonna visit – once you’re in Northrend – is most likely the level 71-73 instance Nexus in the Borean Tundra. While it’s pretty cool and space-like looking I personally prefer the more organic looking instances . Unfortunately no boss or trash-mob in there drops any real interesting protection-warrior item . The only more or less interesting drop comes from the last boss Keristrasza, Shoulderplates of the Beholder. The stamina and the socket is cool but like I said, it’s no real tank drop.

If you already completed all quests in the Borean Tundra you most likely noticed one quest in particular. When accepting The Art of Persuasion the NPC Librarian Normantis on Amber Ledge wants you to interrogate a prisoner in order to learn the location of Lady Evanor.

This quest caused quite a fuss in some forums, e.g. the official European WoW-Forum. Lots of people were shocked that Blizzard suddenly seems to encourage their players to torture other people in the game. To be honest I totally don’t understand these arguments. Everybody should see that this quest is merely an ironic attempt to mock the US government because of Guantanamo Bay! Those guys can’t seriously believe that BLizzard isn’t doing all that on purpose. In the worst case just don’t accept the quest and move on to another one if you really don’t wanna do anything like this… you won’t miss an incredible quest-reward anyway.

In my opinion some people out there take everything just too seriously and should first think before they spam false accusations in every available forum.

Receiving the quest

Executing it