Quiet Places is a series of maps that mark suitable roleplay locations with little to no NPCs. They’ll be some-what consistently categorized as follows; Walk Up - Empty locations near heavy player traffic. Dwelling - Buildings ideal for home based roleplay. Day to Day - Areas heavily themed for every day necessities or duties. Ancient Rites - Can be anything from ruins to totems. Darkspear trolls can make use of a variety of ritual sites and such areas are key to their culture and theme.
As a relatively new capital, added in Cataclysm, the Echo Isles can feel a bit small. There are no portals to this location and besides being the starting zone for new trolls, there aren’t that many utility npc’s. Yet, this makes the isles absolutely perfect for roleplay. Plentiful little landmasses litter the main isles and a variety of them provide heavily troll-themed buildings, ruins or activities. The addition of a true home for the Darkspear tribe truly was a long time coming.
The roleplay scene can be sparse at the isles but I’ve seen more than a few troll based guilds hold events here - Darkspear or otherwsie. Additionally, being near so many new players can actually be good and productive publicity. Walk-Ups might happen more than one might think.
Troll lore is deep and oh so enjoyable with our community’s impressive amount of work on their own, inspiring head-canons. Trolls are my favorite race horde side and I urge you to wander around the Isles, even with a newly made Darkspear.
"With trolls, I draw a line connecting the bottom of the ears, drop it three inches, and split it in half. Easy shot at the spine, and you get the tongue as you're going." Chen looked aghast. "I think, Vol'jin, what he meant — " "I be knowing what he meant." The troll looked at Tyrathan. "These be Zandalari. Four inches. Their ears be set high."
Every now and again I reread Shadows of the Horde and am delighted all over again by how Vol’jin and Tyrathan interact.
i have been listening to the audiobook of shadows of the horde just about 7 years late and i’m not very far in but here are my thoughts so far-
vol’jin intentionally making stains because Tyrathan is put in charge of doing his laundry and he’s petty as hell is utterly hilarious
they mention that because humans are so small compared to pandaren that Tyrathan’s robes are hella over sized and that he;s likely wearing a female pandaren’s robes
also seriously they just CANNOT stop stressing over how small and fragile humans are compared to trolls/the world of azeroth
