The Dawn holds the western approach

Full History

The western entrance to the Plaguelands was not left unguarded in the original World of Warcraft world. Argent Dawn personnel maintained an organized presence at the frontier, offering a foothold for those willing to face the undead. The position mattered because the Scourge's devastation remained immediate and unfinished. Holding a road into the blighted provinces was a daily duty, not the conclusion of a war.

After Arthas's campaigns destroyed Lordaeron, the remnants of northern society faced dangers from both plague and surviving undead hosts. Tirisfal lay under Forsaken influence, while the Western Plaguelands remained far from secure. The Argent Dawn's frontier personnel occupied a place between these territories and invited cooperation from adventurers without requiring allegiance to a single kingdom. Their outpost offered orientation, commissions, and a means to support a common resistance.

The western camp should be presented as part of a contested landscape rather than a completed defensive line. The quests that begin there describe threats still awaiting action. Nothing requires that every instruction was followed or that the Scourge was driven out of the province. Its historical significance is the persistence of organized opposition even after the institutions that once defended Lordaeron had collapsed.