Tarren Mill



Tarren Mill, often spelled "Tauren Mill" accidentally, is a Horde-allied town located in the northeast of the Hillsbrad Foothills.

Tarren Mill was once a thriving Human town, but was destroyed and taken over by the Forsaken soon after the Battle of Mount Hyjal. The town was the site of a major battle between the Orcish Horde and the Alliance of Lordaeron during the days of the Second War.

Tarren Mill is under attack!
This affectionate nickname is due to the unfortunate fact that, before the introduction of Battlegrounds, Tarren Mill was essentially inaccessible because of the 24-hour all-out war that took place right outside it, and oftentimes even inside it; this situation was created because Southshore is so close by. In its early days, it was not uncommon to find every single NPC - merchants, quest NPCs, and even the bat flightmaster - to be killed immediately upon their spawning. The Honor System did eventually manage to curb this slaughter, but it didn't even put a dent in the real problem: ganking of low-level players, a problem that existed mainly because Horde players arrive there at 20-30, whilst many Alliance players go there 5-10 levels later.

The huge load of dozens of players fighting at once created massive zonewide slowdown, oftentimes leading to a condition known as 'lag death' simply because a network connection couldn't possibly handle the overload - more than once an entire server has crashed whenever hundreds were fighting simultaneously. If one were to be either foolish or masochistic enough to turn on the LocalDefense channel (or, alternately, the WorldDefense channel), the phrase that gave Tarren Mill its nickname would literally crowd out anything and everything else in the chatbox.

A common sight (if one's hardware could manage to show it) was a veritable wall of Alliance charging the town, with another wall of Horde rushing forward to meet them. Common latency times were 5+ seconds, with the highest values of 7+ seconds. Since the introduction of Battlegrounds, however, what was once a fool's dream is now a reality: peace in Tarren Mill.

Facilities

 * Herbalism trainer
 * Alchemy trainer (expert)
 * Tailoring trainer (master)
 * Mushroom vendor
 * Trade Supplies vendor
 * Tailoring vendor
 * Weaponsmith (south of town - allows item repair)
 * Stable Master
 * Inn
 * Mailbox
 * Flight Master (paths to Undercity and Hammerfall)

Noteworthy trade items

 * Recipe: Elixir of Shadow Protection at Cristoph Jeffcoat, Tradesman (in the Inn)

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