Shrine of Aviana

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Quick Overview

The Shrine of Aviana is a named landmark on Mount Hyjal honoring Aviana, an ancient spirit associated with the wild and the skies. The Burning Legion’s first great invasion changed the fate of many of Azeroth’s ancient protectors. Forever’s new shrine location permits that tradition to be explored, but its founding date and current priesthood remain unspecified in the available map record.

Full History

The Shrine of Aviana is a named landmark on Mount Hyjal honoring Aviana, an ancient spirit associated with the wild and the skies. The demigods’ role in the War of the Ancients connects the shrine with an older sacred landscape.

The Burning Legion’s first great invasion changed the fate of many of Azeroth’s ancient protectors. The night elves’ later guardianship of Hyjal preserved religious memory of wild powers alongside their stewardship of Nordrassil.

Forever’s new shrine location permits that tradition to be explored, but its founding date and current priesthood remain unspecified in the available map record.

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