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Tanaris
Tanaris TAoW

Type

Region

Capital

Gadgetzan (2,200)

Primary Races

Goblin
Human
Troll
Ogre

Government

Steamwheedle Cartel

Resources

Shipping
Archaeology
Fishing

Tanaris is an expansive desert located in the far southern reaches of Kalimdor. It is home to vast numbers of trolls, pirates, and goblins. The Caverns of Time are also located within this desert, given its isolation and the bronze dragonflight's affinity with the Sands of Time.

It is an arid land with little settlement or prosperity. Much of it's business comes from what pirate bay may be found along the coastlines and several goblin towns.

History[]

Tanaris has been an endless sea of sand for aeons. Nozdormu, the great dragon of time, was said to make this land his home since time immemorial, thriving in the solitude of oppressive heat and miles of sand.

Tanaris is the ancestral home of the bronze dragonflight based out of the Caverns of Time. The titans also have a holding here in the form of an entrance to the ancient land of Uldum, Whch was once guarded by elite Stone giants. found in the southern parts of the desert. It was here that Anachronos first discovered the full threat of the silithid, who had been making hives in the remote regions of Tanaris. The War of the Shifting Sands was consequently unleashed upon the western land of Silithus.

With the Cataclysm Steamwheedle Port and many parts of Tanaris were flooded making Gadgetzan a port. Some Tanaris goblins wisely invested in desert real estate and reaped the benefits when it became beach-front property.

Great Tribes of Tanaris[]

Main Page: Seven Great Tribes of Tanaris

New Tanari Map

Made using "Inkarnate"

The Seven Great Tribes of Tanaris are a set of tribes that claim direct linkage to King Hassani of the Sands, a mythical figure in Tanaris' past. Contrary to popular belief, these tribes act more like the noble houses of the Eastern Kingdoms, with landed titles, Heads, armies, and alliances between tribes. Most of the tribes are grounded, inhabiting cities as seats to their power.

Geography[]

Tanaris covers a vast expanse of southern Kalimdor, just south of Thousand Needles. It is a blazing hot expanse of rolling sand dunes under a cloudless sky. The southern region is more mountainous, with large cavern networks, with some extending deep beneath the surface. A vast realm, Tanaris holds many secrets. The land is mostly desert, and below ground are gigantic tunnel networks. They remain largely unexplored, for few have the fortitude to venture into such a harsh landscape. Still, rumors tell of all manner of creatures that hide within the tunnels and slaughter trespassers without hesitation. Although the sea of dunes does not look as if it would support a variety of wildlife, humans, trolls, hyenas, scorpids, basilisks, and silithid bugs are quite common. Ocasionally, drakes are also seen soaring on the thermals that swirl over the great desert.

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