Stormwind. Probably one of the nicest places to look at in World of Warcraft gets a visual boost in Cataclysm. Perhaps most importantly, is that it will actually be there if you look at it top down. The layout remains entirely the same; of course, there are some details worth mentioning.

Stormwind Castle looks like a castle! And of course, what castle is complete without a gigantor statue of yourself in front of it? That’s right, Varian Wrynn’s narcissism as reached new heights. But hey, if I had a castle, I would probably do it too. The park is gone. If you take a good look at the towers overlooking the “Valley of Heroes”, you’ll see some nasty looking claw marks. This leads me to believe that it was Deathwing’s doing. Apparently he doesn’t like trees…or Moonwells…or anything to do with Night Elves. There is a nice little lake behind Stormwind now, which can be overlooked from the new graveyard. SI:7 has a new building, which resembles the Ravenholdt hideout in Hillsbrad Foothills.

Overall, Stormwind looks quite impressive. A capital the Alliance is proud to call their own. There are many other changes I could have mentioned, but why ruin all the fun? Besides, I’m sure that a good few of you got to see all of the screens that MMO-Champion posted a short while ago like I did.

This is one picture I did manage to grab from MMO-Champion before it locked up the vaults. Behold!

“Who said names had to make sense?”

-Rahnir