Uh, what's up with the giant, flying, glowy trees in wow powerleveling Crystalsong forest? Did I miss a quest chain or something? Why are they giant/flying/glowy? "Magic", sure, but I think I need more. Why?

Some of my guildies suggested "because Dalaran is there", and I buy that maybe Dalaran is in Crystalsong *because* of the trees - but it still doesn't explain the trees. Others suggested Dalaran is somehow *responsible* for making them giant and/or flying and/or glowey - but I didn't see any of that in Alterac.

The only backstory we have on that zone is from Lands of Mystery, one of the RPG books. What does that mean? Well, things that come out of the RPG books are really up in the air as far as how canon they may or may not be wow powerleveling . The story of Crystalsong Forest as it's told in Lands of Mystery might change when the zone actually gets quests and is itemized.

It was the site of a massive battle between dragons, the Blue Dragonflight and the Black Dragonflight. Whenever a Blue Dragon died, loose magic escaped their bodies and filled the air (think the elementals from Karazhan). Eventually, one of the older dragons at the battle conjured a great spell to freeze the attacking dragons, and the loose magic floating around amplified it to an unexpected degree. The spell was massive, and crystallized the entire battlefield rather than just the enemy dragons. It's stayed that way ever since.

This was around the time of the Sundering, and those Night Elf-esque ruins you see there were most likely Highborne ruins. Supposedly in Wrath, the Silver Covenant and the Sunreavers are fighting over wow powerleveling these ruins, but that's not actually reflected in-game at all. My guess remains that in a content patch, we'll see this place come to life with all sorts of stuff.