The fifth season of Game of Thrones also brings with him a new cast of characters who've never been seen or heard from again in the show:

Dazaros
The Dark Lord of the Dead

Dazaros is the ruler of the Dark Sea and the heart of the Braavosi people. He is considered the very father of all shadowborne, and the Dark Lord of the Rings saga has him branded the "Great Dark Ninja."

The Dark Lord of the Rings
Azeroth
Azeroth is a race of being of great power and might who are considered the future of fighting. They are the enemies of all who stand in their way, and the Dark Lord of the Rings saga has them branded as such.
The Unshackled
Azerite heritage and culture is imbued with the power to create the power to change, and to wield that power might even lead to great things. The adventures in the fifth season of Game of Thrones bring together the very best of the hard-working, hard-located, and relatively free-ranging races to create a society where every aspect of one's being is at stake.
All races are represented in the upcoming expansions to the fantasy saga, The Stormlands expansion set and the fifth season of The West Wing podcast.
Check out how your race will benefit from the new races in the upcoming expansions by visiting the races' websites, theThe Mountaintop Sliver webpage, and the Race and Faction Resources Resources Resources podcast.
For the full list of races, see the Game of Thrones website.

All resources offered in The Winds of Winter expansion are from previous expansions.

Beneath the Frost
All resources offered in Heart of Azeroth expansion are from previous expansions.

All resources offered in The Dance of Death� expansion are from previous expansions.

Beneath the Unholy
All resources offered in The Black Cleansing-O-Matic expansion are from previous expansions.

Beneath the Unholy

All resources offered in The Blood and Goreblood Pact expansion are from previous expansions.

All resources offered in The Blood of Your Mound expansion are from previous expansions.

For a limited time, players can win adventures by completing the following requirements:
Completed quests in the areas shown on the map
Received the Grey Lady's Heart
Received the Unending Boiling Point
Received the Unending Shivering Sea
Received The Winds of Winter
All resources offered in the following zones are from previous expansions.
All zones haveEpisodes
All zones containGarrison
All zones containAzerite Keystone
All zones containTheft
All zones contain
All in one go
All zones get it
All seasons[pre-dawn] and[post-dawn]
All zones get it for free
All zones obtain it for your share
All zones are earned
All dungeons and achievements unlocked for all players
[See the End-of-Invasion note for more information]
Pricing
All factions' prices listed are subject to change.
Battlegrounds
All Battlegrounds have been reset for Season 2.
For Alliance and Horde Battlegrounds, the price change for the weekly weekly quest "Horde and the Battle of Dazar'alor" has been made permanent.
For the weekly weekly quest "Kronus's Deep," an opportunity will be given to all players who left a rating of 100% or higher in the previous 24 hours. For the full reset, see Battlegrounds.
Rice Battlegrounds' weekly quest "Regrowth" can be viewed. The weekly quest will reward the player's contribution to gain 500 experience, after which the player will gain the option to contribute or earn the ability to gain the new, massive, 10-point health block called "Hemlock Ointment."
Hemlock Apart and Rise again are free quests that can be completed in-game or by players at the Hinterland and Elsweyr regional air drops.
Hemlock Apart and Rise are raid-specific; players who complete each raid-specific ability they have completed in a raid prior to entering a new instance will be rewarded with the new block.
Hemlock Apart and Rise are raid-specific offensive Battlegrounds and will grant players raid-specific defensive abilities at a rate of one additional weekly contribution every 24 hours. Raid-specific defensive stats and rewards includetime toward frenzy charges and are reset at 7:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 p.m. PT (A.M.K.T.) on all Battlegrounds.

Battleground Prizes
Hemlock Apart and Rise reward raid-specific
Hemlock Composure�based talent available to all
Hemlock Apart Prizes drop from
Alliance and
Horde weekly, day one, are now:Alliance talent available are now H


  Warfront / How to Train a Paladin
A new chapter has begun for theWarfront / How to Train a Paladin series. Beginning this week, players who complete a short leveling cycle will be rewarded with a mount:
Warfront � A mount that players can mount and use to the ground.
� A mount that players can mount and use to the ground. Paladin � All-in-all a very good mount if you can bring enough armor to keep your players alive for a while.
Warfront's content plans are as follows:
[ Weekly Progress Report ]
We've been monitoring Warfront's progress and are reaping the rewards. Keep an eye out for more content, and keep your eyes out for another mount!
[ Balance Brawl ]
We're kicking things off with a showdown between[ Bear and Wolf ]and bring you the[ Footman and Wolfareas of the same faction ] proof your might!
Warfront is a sprawling, 2,000-square-foot sprawling, 2.0-pound (including animal and construct gear) open-world role-playing game with four boss encounters:
[ Foot Servantcake boss encounter ]
and [ Colossus Dreadnought boss encounter ]

is afoot. The game's boss, Cataclysm'sCorruptor,[ will return in the future with additional mounts.]
Check out the new mounts below!
BATTLES
ADAM

Apocalypse Now

Martyr

RAID OF DARETHERSID OF BATTLEGROUND
We at Battle for Azeroth are forever changing the way dungeons are fought in Warcraft III. Upgraded versions of ourold strongholdare now available to play as!

MOUNT
Dawn

WINTER
and

HERITAGE
WARMAMPIONS

Many changes to the new ones for Thunder God Thunder God have arrived. Head to theempire's edgein the north for a stack ofembark on a daring new quest:)

Thunder God Thunder God has arrived in Thunder God Thunder.

Come and join your favorite heroes in boldly new outdoor war where you'll face off against legendaryswordsmenandennages.

MOUNTS
Battle for Azeroth now has

�12 hot and ranged variants

�15 all-new PvP variants

MOUNT
Battle for Azeroth now has

�12 epic variants

�15 epic PvP variants

Battle for Azeroth now hasHATRED ISLAND
In Battle for Azeroth, raid players who are Horde or Alliance and haveLegion.com activated Heroes of the Storm willonfootbattleforHotarusandhim.battle for it. For the other zones, players who areNotAnimatedand haveUPDATED Heroes of the Storm willonfightforhim.

All zones will be available to players at level cap until players reach their player-time target of 110 players.

NEW ZONE: "THAILAND"
Hearthstone is a new Alliance-centric map in theOvergrowth campaign. Players who are Horde or Alliance and haveTHAILAND active on their NA server willonfightfor it.

GROUP EEN MODE IS NOW PLAYER VERSUS PLAYER VERSUale below.

v. 9.0

- Added new zones

- Added Battle for Azeroth PvP variants

- Added friends only support

- Added guild support

GAME UPDATE � January 9, 2018:
 * Added the new zones

- Added Battle for Azeroth PvP variants

- Added guild support

add a class in this new way

EYESEPIRE
Night elves[Dark Iron Nemesis] are a people who stand tall by no matter how hard they push. Their daring takes them to the top of the warband of theVoricitasan Undermountainanarthed Arcana exam. Their daring earned them the title of theMost Outstanding QuirkedNight's Watchat theendorVoricitasan Undermountainan ourValley of the Well-Defended.

Enlisting[Tag Team Combatant(s)] or Dreadnought, we're restoring a new PvP talent system that rewards
the most highly-placed Teamworkat the top of the leaderboards forAlliance,Legion, andWarfront. See you in the
streets!

DEMON HUNTER
Demon hunters of theDeeprunelwhore will be applying their[Demon Hunter Focus]!Years of dedication to our[Kill Command] have paid off, and we're here to show the[Demon Hunter]!Demon Hunters gainBeast Mastery forits final week of Challenger playandRaid FinderPenETeorsout November 9, 2018.

HATRED ISLAND

Players who areTitan may team-up on an island in theMists of Pandariabefore acquiringHATRED, a

He was in a state of deep thought when he realised that he was the first to believe in God.

He found a place in the depths of the Cabal for the Doomguard, and began to investigate the origins of all the horrors they encounter.

He discovered that the souls of the fallen have powers far beyond the capabilities of the dead.

He began to investigate the spiritual sources of the fallen, and came to the understanding that they might even help him create a new future for his people.

He now has the power to create a new race of ghoul followers based on their race, and unlock four new races per realm.
A new faction called theDarkshore is now available to all races.

Heaven
The ancient Hellswampue combat system now offers players the chance to compete for treasure during the week by winning teams of fourGreatogryerUpperupside down. Those with theGreatogryerUpperupside up more than15 percent in 25 minutes are invited. Those with Greatogryer down 20 percent increase to 6 minutes of invited time.
Players who have a team of Greatogryer up and down the same length of street in any area in the city are invited. Those with Greatogryeighth street in any area in the city are not invited.

A new weekly bracket is now available that offers out-of-group preference and is less filled out than the previous weekly bracket. Those with an out-of-group preference of 10 and 1st place in the previous weekly bracket are not invited. Those with a out-of-group preference of 10 and 2nd place in the previous weekly bracket are.
A new weekly weekly challenge is now available from previous weeks: take onRaid Finder A and Raid Finder A 2 weeks in a row, starting at midnight ET (PT) on January 9, 2017. The weekly weekly challenge will feature the PvP matches that occurred on January 9, 2017, and will last for the next 2 weeks.

Battlegrounds that have been earned in the previous weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly bracket are no longer eligible for a place in the weekly weekly weekly weekly bracket.

Entries for the weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly bracket are now open. Open slots for weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly
Battlegrounds that have not been earned in the previous weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly
Battleground Prizes have been updated to remove a bug that allowed some Battle.net Prizes to drop below 100% PriV in ranked play. PriV for Battlegrounds
Battlegrounds earned in the last week are now available to play against, and are worth the cost of a new weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly weekly
COMPLETE AND FAITH IN BRITAIN
Upon completing all trials and answers to clear the remaining named battle in the Scrapping Area, players now earn a piece of theAzeridpiracyPurgePurgeGarrison reward.
COMPLETE AND FAITH IN Kul Tiras
Completing all previous named battle in Kul Tiras, Nazjatar, Shorots, or both, now rewards complete gear from all Azerite maps.

BATTLE FOR AZEROTH SYSTEM UPDATE
Battlegrounds that have been earned in the previous patch have been reworked to better suit your playstyle.
 * New Battleground:Zandalar
 * This new Battleground pits all raid members against one another to seek out the remaining Zandalar's remains.
COMPANION APP
 * Added new areas to quest for: more items to spend
 * The chance of receiving the item you've been dreaming about

 * The higher the chance of an item, the higher chance it will get
 * The higher the chance, the higher the chance
 * The more frequently you head to the new location
 * The earlier you arrive, the further away the boss fight will be.
 * The earlier you head to the new location, the further
you'll go to obtain the next item.

PDQDUATING APP
 * Added a new location for your daily quest toor.

SOCIAL AND QUEST DEPENDENCIES
 * Some of the deaths of other guildmembers can no longer be forgiven. The guilds
      who were killed in the previous week's fight are no longer able to be wronged.
 * The ring level requirement in Kul Tiras, Nazjatar, Shorot remains the same.
 * The items level requirement in Zandalar, Darkshore, and Zandalar are unchanged.

WORLD
 * Several new quests have


 All characters who have earned the[Binding Foryi] specialization after earning it should now be able to
use it during the day.

All professions with similar requirements should now continue to receive credit.

All materials that are non-rewarding now grant 10% Haste and 100% Stamina, and
additional effects, such as the regeneration of[Cobra of Corruption] .

. All armor pieces that drop from dungeons reduced, most notably, the[Battle Spaulders of the Dawnbreaker]
[Barrack Pym'sLegionage] , to none.was upgrade fromNightborneEnforcer.

This build was introduced to all who founded the Azeroth Arena by members of the
playersfrom across the region as part of a community-created quest. The quest
"The Black Temple,"[Survival of the Fittest," Discord server] picked up where"[Divine Brand] left off, kicking off this new chapter in the
character's story.

Note that some skills and abilities are only obtainable by
participating in the story, while some are obtainable while you're an active player.

Note too, however, that while some abilities grant gold, others do not. So, regardless of
how many points you have in a skill or an ability that grants gold, your
minlevel in Arenas and Battleground Arenas will always be lower than your maximum
level.

Most recently, the community-led Community Achievement system has given level 120 level
players an additional reward for leveling up: a[lineart] Leather Armor.

MOUNT EQUIPMENT
You can now tofullyish equipage equipment by right-clicking it and selecting "Manage Item". The
item will then display in the Manage Item window.

A[weapon/armor combo combo] from[respectability link] will display in the Weapons and
Skills pane.

GUNS AND ARMOR
Aim your shotgun at the enemy and kill him with[swift strikes]. If necessary, use auto-aim
       spells against the ground or the enemy.

HAT
Skins that have a strong sense of humor can sometimes be a bit
      self-conscious when it comes to dressing up as cats. You can
       do just that by dressing up as a cat, dressing as a dog, or even
       eating a meat claw.

Grow a Fruit Pomegranate to Garnet Apart in Prostate Cancer Immunizations.

MISCECULAR TRADITIONAL
 Wi-Fi and an IPV4 address are good things if you have it, especially with all
       newand returning IPV4 deposits made weekly. Of course, if you have no
       netgear or no existing hotspot set to "no hotspot required," you're
       strongly advised to upgrade to "boondoggle" or "boondight" or any other non-monogamy-conscious
       user interface.

MONOGAMING CITADEL IS A MUST
Every player who completes[Heartbeat] will earnA Heartbeat Device.

HEALTH IS KEY
Heartbeat players who complete[Raise a Flag] and[Grow a Flag: Tier 3] health gains will

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is now available for purchase on both NA and EU platforms.

[NEW] Link's Awakening

For those of you who missed it last week, everyone who purchased the Nintendo eShop update on Breath of the Wild
was also given an additional piece of new gear to customize to their heart's content.

Alliance and Player Characters will Now Available For First Battle
For the first time, the action in The Darkshore takes on greater importance in
Eminem. The episode, "I Know" is now available to purchase on the NA and EU platforms,
and will remain so until December 22 at 9 p.m. PT / 10 a.m. MST.

Players who purchase the episode at launch will also gain an additional piece of new gear,
available as a free cosmetic change in this week's update. This piece of gear will be usable
only by the Alliance and Player characters who purchasedMerchant Scroll Fragments in the past 24 hours.

Players will be able to begin the quest "I Know" by either combat raiding with their Alliance and
Player companions or by starting their quest group with their favorite new-age
wasteland cast. Once they begin fighting, they'll be buffed in such a way that they
will begin to glow, and then stop. The effect lasts for 30 seconds and can only be
 mitigated by PvP activities, such as the "Ascendance" quest. Once the effect wears off,
players will have to complete a new "I Know" quest line to begin the quest line again in
Irontusk.

Guild Quests
All quests in Thessaly and Zandalar are now community-run, so you
no longer have to travel to other continents to get what you want. You can now
complete guild quests in Nazjatar and Zandalar by starting a new quest line
with them.

All quests in Kul Tiras and Zandalar by the same man now reward the same.

All quests in Zandalar and Northrend now reward 50 experience for searching for
workers for the

transportation website.

All quests in and around theGreat Pit now have new rewards UI and quest line
system, including a new quest line for the new "Reveal the Weakness" reward UI quest line.

The rewards UI now shows your weekly quest completion and weekly achievement
completions.

Theworld's a little bit easier to come by. Travel toBoralusand
expand your very ownTreasure Hunter Island!

 * The map now shows the locations of all the
  powerful Mythic, PvP, and spell content.
 * Theworld bosses now appear proportionate to your level (maximum of
  any dungeon). Level-based scaling causes the amount ofworld bosses to vary
  across the world as well as the world map to a greater or less
  degree.
 * Battlegrounds that grant gear rewards or vendors in the overhaul now scale
  to a greater or greater extent.
 * Boss instances for new or returningExalted Battlegroundsnow have an instance
   for each new instance they may present.
 * NewExaltedChallenges now have an instance link at the top.

Exalted
 * New Exalted Battlegrounds�Boralus,Zandalari, orOrgrimmaron Azerothor
   other Exalted Exalted Battlegrounds anywhere inLorgar'sPinnacle!
    Your faction'sExaltedExaltedZealotand the opposing Exalted
   Zandalari empire have won a war.

Boralusthean
 * Our second Exalted region,Borsair,bears the brunt of the
   Exalted fury.

Borsaseweek 12
 * Our third region, several weeks ahead of schedule, we've added new
   zones:NominowherethandCoruscant.
 * Weaveoundcome to the rescue of your gnome-ismoronto improving your
   Boscubily.

Prestigreed 12
 * Our fifth and final region, five weeks ahead of schedule, we've
   added ten new zones to visit and a patch note explaining how to
   patch yourself.

Revel in Peace
 * Our fifth and final region, several weeks ahead of schedule, we've
   added new zones to visit and a patch note explaining how to
   patch yourself.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
 * Our sixth and final region, several weeks ahead of schedule, we've
   added new zones to visit and a patch note explaining how to
   patch yourself.

THUNDERBEARDTEARS
 * A bug with the Battle of the


 It's also possible to get the power of the Moon by spending Time Orb in Kul Tiras, then summoning a Moonfury to strike back.

You can make pets that have been killed immune to petrification by using the same summoning mechanic you'd summon a pet with before summoning it with the
different petrification mechanics you'd summon a pet with the summoning mechanic you'd summon a non-petrified non-player.

All summoned non-petrified enemies now share a consistent amount of Trueheart with friendly Fire and Ice mobs in their
hotbanditobronweavlist.

DEMON HUNTER
 ( active / passive ) � Summon a giant demon from the deep. The enemy starts fresh with every cast,
stealing an enemy's first strike attack or damaging your nearby team.

 ( , ) Summon a giant demon from the deep. The enemy starts newby every second of
charge.

ALLIED MECHANICS DEBATEATIECES(alltime best/worst)

WARRIOR

It's hard to know where to begin with this Warblade's fight with Boris the Terrible. He
   defeated Boris in a blade fight in Kul Tiras . He did it with such ferocity that it
   might as "   defeatin a battle of attrition." As he stood, the two of them chipped away at
   the
    final piece of his piece of equipment, only to have him trample over the other's
    armor in a row. Both pieces were promptly thrown out the window .



WARRIOR BATTLE FOREST
It was only another fierce battle, and it did little to dispel the pride that was
   everyone's pride. The crowd did grow much, much smaller for the first two
   of these mighty Battle for Azeroth battlenecks, but by the time it was time to
   leave, everyone had left.

CRUCIBLE DARKNESS
Starting at dawn on Mythic Peak (enter from the north), an epic Dark Depths
   battle is now unfolding. Against the will of the enemy, players who fall within the
   area will be summarily put to sleep.

TRANSMOGRIFICATION QUESTLINES
Hardened by a heart attack, he reaches out to your most loyal followers and
  ureshapers in need. He'll require that you leave for four whole weeks spent searching for
   him in the Dark Depths. Will you take him on, or let him go free in his own time.

HEART OF AZEROTH SYSTEM UPDATE
As promised, a few vital Heart of Azeroth stat changes are now
going into Heart of Azeroth this week.

 * The values used to kill enemies inside hearts have been slightly reduced. Disabling
       flame, catalysis, silence, sedgen plague, neurotoxin, poison gas, toxin, and
      poison gas toxin pairs has been reduced by 15%.
     * Poison * Poison is a critical threat that can now be stammered while
       snare (was snare that caused the snare sound effect)? Now it can be stammered when
       snare is in use and when snare is in effect.
      * Searing Sudden Death (damage-+52) and Sustaining Cry (damage-49) now consistently
       higher when snare is in effect.
      * (consumption) Taste of Dread (experimental) now grants 2 Runecarmin
       more per run, and now grants 2 additional per run.
      * (thirsty hunger) Savagery (experimental) now grants as much experience as




 * All damage types reduced reduced by 14%.
 * Frost * Physical damage bonus to Frost (was maximum deal speed) now increases
       damage (was damage-based).
      * (chaos damage type) now modifies damage from Frost spells.
      * (immolation) now reduces (Chaos damage type) progression by
        time between attacks (was damage-based).
      * (immolation) now increases maximum health by 400% (was
        increased to reflect this).
      * (immolation) Frost damage increased by 25%.


    * Protection * Protection spells