Deep within the site, in a long-buried secret vault created by the Titans,
Garrosh discovered a power that had long been thought locked away and
untouchable:
the heart of Y’shaarj. The story of what happens next unfolds in
the upcoming content update, Patch 5.4: Siege of Orgrimmar.
The events
brought about by the discovery of the artifact have drastically and dramatically
changed the Vale. Where Whitepetal Lake once glimmered like a jewel, now there
remains only a dried, dusty husk. With many of the lakes and rivers of the vale
now devoid of water, even the Jeweled Danio have gone. (Though never fear! The
industrious cloud serpents have rescued them and relocated them to the Timeless
Isle, where they can thrive once more.)
In the wake of this destruction, the process of entering the Vale of Eternal
Blossoms for the first time remains largely the same, though the quest leading
there has been slightly updated to reflect the changes that have occurred.
Adventurers will no longer be ushered into the full splendor of the Vale as it
once was, but will instead bear witness to the tainted landscape the war between
the Alliance and the Horde has left behind.