Vanilla Stratholme - Music & Ambience (1 hour, 4K, World of Warcraft Classic)

The music & ambience dungeon series (from World of Warcraft Vanilla) continues with the Classic Stratholme. The city is presented after the tragedy in an apocalyptic ambience very well complemented by the themes like Cursed Land and Undercity. The hell unleashed.

Stratholme was the second largest human city in Lordaeron, matched only by the capital. At the beginning of the Second War, Stratholme, specifically the Alonsus Chapel, was the location where the Archbishop Alonsus Faol founded the holy Order of the Knights of the Silver Hand, and indoctrinated its first five members, including Uther the Lightbringer and Saidan Dathrohan.

The original Stratholme was a port town built on the northeast edge of Darrowmere Lake. Stratholme was the chief source of Alliance oil in the north. During the Second War, it was preparing to deliver massive amounts of Oil to the kingdoms in western Lordaeron. The Horde sabotaged its refineries and platforms to halt their shipment, and destroyed the city. With the destruction of Stratholme, the Alliance supply lines to Quel'Thalas were severed.

Just before the Third War the Plague reached Stratholme in infected shipments of grain, most likely from Andorhal. The populace, unaware of the plague, baked and consumed the infected grain. The dreadlord Mal'Ganis was silently overseeing the operation.

Soon after, as the first undead started to rise, Prince Arthas and a contingent of soldiers arrived at Stratholme, but realized that the city had already been infected. Arthas thought that the only way of keeping the plagued (but not yet turned) citizens out of the hands of Mal'Ganis was by killing them. Most of the soldiers, including Uther the Lightbringer and Jaina Proudmoore chose not to help Arthas, thinking his purge was madness. Arthas and some soldiers, however, went on, and the city's population was almost completely massacred by them, along with the undead. Arthas confronted Mal'Ganis inside the city, but the dreadlord told him to seek him out in Northrend, fleeing from the site. The majority of the few survivors left with Jaina Proudmoore.

Stratholme was later taken under the control of the Undead Scourge. After the end of the war, when Arthas was called back to Northrend, the lich overlord Kel'Thuzad established Stratholme as his capital and positioned his floating fortress, the Necropolis Naxxramas, above the ruined city.

Stratholme is quite possibly the largest stronghold held by the Scourge in all of Lordaeron. Leading Scourge forces in the city below is a former noble turned death knight by the name of Baron Rivendare, who coordinates the efforts of the Lich King in the Plaguelands, where he constantly battles the force of the Argent Dawn. Kel'Thuzad raised undead structures among the human ruins. Undead and necromancers control the city while gargoyles and frost wyrms patrol the sky. Noxious orange mist oozes from the buildings and poisons living creatures, transforming them into servants of the Scourge. Kel'Thuzad's rule here is absolute, and from here he stretches his skeletal hands to control the surrounding plaguelands.

Music from Vanilla WoW Stratholme (always marked in the video) together with in-game ambience:
00:30 Cursed Land 6
01:48 Cursed Land 5
03:20 Undercity 1
04:33 Undercity 2
06:04 Undercity 3
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28:12 Undercity 1
29:24 Undercity 2
30:55 Undercity 3
32:21 Cursed Land 1
33:21 Cursed Land 3
34:35 Cursed Land 1
35:35 Cursed Land 3
36:50 Cursed Land 1
37:49 Cursed Land 3
39:09 Battle 4
39:42 Battle 3
40:19 Cursed Land 1
41:19 Cursed Land 3
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52:31 Cursed Land 3
53:45 Cursed Land 1
54:55 Battle 4
55:28 Battle 3
56:05 Cursed Land 3
57:20 Cursed Land 1
58:21 Cursed Land 3

Cursed Land and Undercity themes were composed by Derek Duke

Main areas from Classic WoW Stratholme dungeon:
00:00 Intro (Eastern Plague Lands)
02:51 King's Square (Entrance)
11:15 King's Square ("Postman")
15:51 Elders' Square (Alonsus Chapel)
20:05 The Gauntlet
27:17 Slaughter Square (The Slaughter House)
30:03 Baron Rivendare
32:15 Crusaders' Square (The Scarlet Bastion)
38:55 The Scarlet Bastion (The Hall of Lights)
42:06 The Scarlet Bastion (Malor the Zealous)
42:27 The Scarlet Bastion (The Hoard)
45:30 The Scarlet Bastion (Cannon Master Willey)
47:44 The Scarlet Bastion
55:04 The Scarlet Bastion (Archivist Galford, Of Love and Family quest)
56:14 The Scarlet Bastion (Crimson Throne / Saidan Dathrohan / Balnazzar)
59:00 Outro (Don't click!!)

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