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Dragon Isles Spotlight: Algeth'ar Academy
Dragonflight
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20.11.2022 um 08:00
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DiscordianKitty
Dragonflight is filled with detailed, fun places to explore. We go over one of our favorites: Algeth'ar Academy.
Algeth'ar Academy is a dungeon coming in Dragonflight. Set in Thaldraszus, the Academy is a place of higher learning for all dragons, and it has an extremely large outdoor area, filled with fun easter eggs and interesting NPCs.
We already reported on Naralex, a character from the Wailing Caverns who can now be found
speaking to an Oneiromancy Instructor outside of the Academy
, and on Yumadormu and Setogosa, NPCs in the area that
make references to both Hearthstone and 'Yu-Gi-Oh!
'.
There is also Joseph Healer and Tristian Bailer - two NPCs clearly playing on a Hearthstone Board, who are references to more 'Yu-Gi-Oh!' characters. (Joey Wheeler and Tristian Taylor)
A main area in the Academy includes a section for each dragonfligfht. A green dragon with a Tauren visage form helps guide dreams, and healers can practice their skills under the supervision of a red dragon with a Kul Tiran visage form,
A black dragon that arrived with Sabellian from Outland can be found helping to tutor students, and nearby, a Bronze dragon with a Pandaren visage form helps students with time to study.
Magical scholars from all over Azeroth have gathered near the Blue Dragonflight's area, and seem very excited by the magic they're witnessing from a blue dragon with a Gnome visage form is apparently working on some sort of... teleportation spell?
Chief Telemancer Oculeth
This is astounding!
Astounding?
They have managed to capture an interlaced resonance and then sift that through a stream of saturated... pollen?
Clearly it is not pollen but I believe that is the closest analogy one has to the form of striated existence re-blocking that this spell work is attempting.
You see, they have created a weave of latent energies and harnessed it into a conduit.
Go on...
Now, what that weave does is act as a compatible substrate for the interlaced resonance. That means you can shift the 'pollen' along the weave as one would channel an arcane font of energy in the construction of a barrage spell.
So instead of the typical near instantaneous physical juxtaposition, or, obviously one of the less common linked transubstantiation methods of artificial relocation, what you get is a super accelerated positional transference that is too fast for the average mind to perceive.
<Blank stare.>
Oh, you might think of it as a teleport spell but isntead of just sending you there it is doing the equivalent of firing you out of a cannon.
There are also magical duelling lessons, overseen by the blue dragon Professor Oxigos. At least one student already seems to have mastered the
polymorph duck
spell!
The Academy's Library, complete with Librarian, is enough to make any book lover feel welcome - and we found we could interact with an Arcane Tome to get a 5-minute
Arkanes Schwebebrett
, which looks cool but does
not
provide protection from falling damage. (We found that out the hard way.)
Near the Library, we found an Unfinished Masterpiece near several Academy Artists. Finishing it offers the buff
Künstlerische Inspiration
- which lasts an hour and leaves you "Feeling as though you've created something worthwhile".
Speaking of art, we also picked up an artist's brush to find... well, a placeholder loot item, but we're sure the actual item it's replaced with will be very cool!
They don't always seem to be there, but we found some lanterns near a fountain which grant
Schmetterlingslaterne
, a half-hour buff that causes butterflies to start surrounding you! (Hi Blizzard, if there is not yet also a toy version of this, can we please get one? Please and thank you!)
We also came across a mage that seems to be having some trouble with her conjured food. Apparently people tell her it tastes terrible. We can confirm tasting the food makes you quite firmly agree.
Some of the most intriguing areas feel like they absolutely must play a larger role later on. For example, this great hall, that could easily host important meetings, but is currently just being cleaned.
Have you found any fun secrets in Algeth'ar Academy? Let us know!
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