Hyjal Summit

Hyjal Summit is the highest point of Mount Hyjal, the great mountain of northern Kalimdor that night elves, dragons and the creatures of the forest hold sacred. The World Tree Nordrassil stands there over the second Well of Eternity. Snowy peaks tower over the summit, and a river cuts a path through ancient elven ruins.

After the Sundering, Illidan Stormrage made a new Well of Eternity atop the mountain, and the night elves planted Nordrassil over it; the tree's power guarded them against sickness and age. In the Third War, Archimonde led the Burning Legion up the mountain toward the Well, and orcs, humans and night elves fought the last battle of the war there. At its end, the wisps of Hyjal gathered on Nordrassil and destroyed Archimonde. The blast damaged the tree, and the night elves lost their immortality: Malfurion Stormrage had chosen to give up that power to defeat Archimonde. Afterwards, Malfurion sealed the mountain behind a thick wall of plants while Nordrassil slowly healed.

Losing their immortality cannot have been easy for the night elves, and some may have disagreed with Malfurion's choice. Now reports say that someone or something is draining the power from the land around the summit, and the whispers of ghosts from the Third War can be heard there. Threats old and new stalk the mountain's slopes, eager to claim its power.