Cursed Azeroth

Broken Isles & Eastern Kingdoms

Light's Gambit Challenger's Handbook, Dunelle's Kindness, Hallowfall ✦ 69, 45

A Spark of Radiant Flames, Lothar's Landing, Hallowfall ✦ 76, 43

Nar'thalas Academy

Location—Ruins of Nar'thalas, Azsuna, Broken Isles

Noteworthy Relics—Tidestone of Golganneth

Noteworthy Tomes—Rune Formation, Encyclopedia Azsunica (K-M), Courtship Rituals of the Skrog, Draconic Compendium Volume III, Ancient Tome of Teleport: Dalaran

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Relevant History—Founded in the age before the Sundering, much of Nar'thalas Academy's Arcane legacy was compromised when Queen Azshara corrupted the once great city of Nar'thalas, banishing it beneath the tides.

Sealed chambers within the lower levels of the school still hum with residual power—and of course the presence of the naga. Access to these chambers is restricted, requiring an enchanted key.

The central sanctum of the Hall of Antiquities once held the Tidestone (last known location: Nazjatar, Great Sea). Meanwhile, the Hall of Arcane Learning is curiously inhabited by echoes of students, instructors, and Arcane anomalies alike. Many of these aberrations seem to be cyclical in nature, lessons caught in loops that have long outlived their original purpose.

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The Vaults of Dalaran

Location—The Violet Citadel, Dalaran City, Various

Noteworthy Relics—The Eye of Dalaran, Natalie Seline’s books, The Focusing Iris, Book of Medivh, Skull of Guldan

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Relevant History—Not merely a site of storage, the Kirin Tor's vaults once stood as the embodiment of the Council’s belief in magical dominion. Designed to house artifacts deemed too volatile or significant for standard containment, the vaults were heavily warded—built to prevent misuse and keep power from “unworthy” hands. And, ironically, to forestall catastrophe.

During the Legion’s third invasion, sections served as containment cells. These held not only cursed or unstable relics, but occasionally the individuals or entities bound to them.

Leading up to the Destruction of Dalaran, the city was repositioned above Khaz Algar—under advisement from an infiltrator posing as Archmage Drenden, later revealed to be Xal’atath. The resulting destruction scattered the vault's contents across the isles. Many of these relics have since been found in and around Azj-Kahet.

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VC—Void Corruption

Whispered truths, altered perception, fracturing sanity.

SB—Soulbinding

Soul attached to object/place/person.

AA—Arcane Anomalies

Compromise from the Arcane school of magic.

NB—Necromantic Bleed

Lingering Death or Chaos magic.

TE—Temporal Echo

Time is broken or loops indefinitely.

WC—Wild Contamination

Curse derived from shamanic, nature, or environmental rites.

RI—Runic Imprint

Language or symbols imprinting on the soul.

FB—Faithbreaking

Curses that fracture Light-based/adjacent belief.

AE—Anima Entanglement

Soul-memory connected with place or object—mostly Shadowlands-based.

CR—Cosmic Resonance