This is something I posted in General forums and decided to post here for more insight:

This is a detailed, investigative approach to discovering the truth that has been hidden from us. Through this research it is inevitable that the Horde, the Alliance, their enemies and other known factions are not alone on Azeroth. The &quot;Azeroth Investigation (AI)&quot; proves that Azeroth is in fact a half known world and though the truth has yet to be unveiled, there is without a shadow of a doubt, another world within our own. There are in fact hidden areas throughout Azeroth that for some reason have never been explored, although they are all easily accessible. Why is this? Why are some land forms not labeled when they are all easy to travel to with Zeppelins? And why are some land masses &quot;missing&quot; in certain views of the map? These are questions that need to be discussed...Without further delay, let's take a look into the AI using graphical evidence.


This is Azeroth as we know it today.
[Figure 1]
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/852/azerothekkalimdoref9.jpg

This in-game map is also supported accurate by numerous other maps created by other adventurers such as BRADYGAMES who developed:

[Figure 1a]
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/news/images/06-06/WorldMap2.jpg

Two continents, to the West, Kalimdor, in the center, the Maelstrom, and to the East, the EK. Now, with that image, it would be easy to think of this map as a complete spread of the entire world, but let's take a step back.

[Figure 2]
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/6152/14chartnc2.jpg

Notice the numbered arrows pointing to various focal points and refer to them as needed while reading the following:

This image debunks any arguments that the map is a full fold out or a full spherical look of all of Azeroth.

Take a look at [1]
This arrow points to a very curious land mass. A gigantic block of ice with arms drooping down towards Kalimdor and Darnassus and the northern EK. However if you refer back to [Figure 1], this land mass is miraculously missing. The ice &quot;arm&quot; from this land mass labeled by [1] is no where in sight. Using the finest Gnomish Engineers to reconstruct the map how it should be they have managed to create a rough scale and skew with the ice mass onto the map where it should be in [Figure 1]:

[Figure 3]
http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/6370/icemassscalezc2.jpg

This image shows roughly how this land mass should be drawn onto the map. Why is it missing from [Figure 1] then? 
An argument may very well be &quot;Because it’s a giant block of ice and nothing could live there so why put it in?&quot; 
Let me ask you this then, how do the wolves, hares and for heavens sake Trogs provide for themselves in Dun Morogh? If the argument is &quot;it is too cold and everything will die there no point exploring&quot;, then why are animals able to survive in Dun Morogh's sub-areas that must be cold hence the names &quot;Coldridge Valley, Chill Breeze Valley and Frostmane Hold&quot;? Furthermore, if the argument is solely based off of &quot;survival&quot; do we need to discuss how any wild life survive in the &quot;The BURNING steppes&quot;? &quot;The SEARING Gorge&quot;? Anybody else?
The question is, has this ice capped island labeled [1] in [Figure 2] ever been charted, and if so, why has the information been hidden away from the public? What is so important about this ice mass that it has been secretly left out of the maps in hopes that no body would notice? 

To further the point that this map is not a &quot;spread&quot; of the entire world, take a look at [3] in [Figure 2]. The arrow points to a blank patch of water under the sign &quot;Azeroth&quot;. If this map were truly a spread and there was nothing else of interest on the world, why is the polar cap labeled [1] not shown on the bottom where [3] points? 

The next point of interest in [Figure 2] is [2] and [4] which further prove that this map is not a spread of the entire world. If it were, how come Bloodmyst Isle and Azuremyst Isle are not shown north of where [4] is pointing? This proves that the map in [Figure 1] is not a spread and shows only HALF of what is on the planet Azeroth...

This obviously leads to the next question...What is... or more likely than not, WHO is on occupying the other side of Azeroth? But before we go there...let us examine islands on the outskirts of the Maelstrom in [Figure 1].

To the south of the Maelstrom is the larger of the two islands and to the south west of the Maelstrom is a smaller one. What is on these islands?
Rumors have spread that these are the infamous &quot;GM Islands&quot;. But to say so is simply speculation without proof. Take a look at the larger island side by side with the entire Durator land mass:

[Figure 4]
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The left island is Durator, the island that holds the Horde Stronghold Orgrimmar and supports tens of thousands of adventurers and creatures. To the right is the unknown &quot;GM Island&quot;. Ask yourself, how many GMs are in all of WoW. Definateley not tens of thousands. Why would GMs need to take an entire land mass for their own use and suck the resources from the thousands of starving creatures? Exclusive screenshots of the supposed GM Island and Developer Islands which are assumed to be the islands in question under the Maelstrom:

GM Island
A)http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5673/gmislandtd2.jpg
B)http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/2971/gmisland2jl7.jpg

Developer Island?
C)http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/9666/gmisland3wm4.jpg
[ Reference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1b7kvo7zB8 ]

Now, even if the screenshots and movie confirm the GM and Developer Islands exist, it does not make sense that the islands under the Maelstrom would be them. Not only are the islands under the Maelstrom seemingly much larger than what the screenshots and video show, there is textual evidence describing what these islands really are according to Warcraft lore:

&quot;In Warcraft III, when Thrall's fleet crashed, it made an emergency landing on an island near the maelstrom where the trolls were fighting desperately against human colonists and murloc raiders. The island was destroyed (though not by the Maelstrom) and Thrall barely escaped.&quot;
[ Reference: http://www.wowwiki.com/Maelstrom ]

That being said, what is on the islands under the Maelstrom? Why can we not travel there by use of Zeppelin or Gnomish Flying Machine (Gyrocopters?). Why are they not labeled and not charted? What is hiding there? It apparently was a base for the Troll empires fighting against invasion, once the fighting ended, why has neither faction ceased control of this abandoned island? Or has somebody already?

Another island string apparently in danger of the Maelstrom is the Broken Isles:

&quot;It is implied that the Maelstrom is slowly drawing the Broken Isles towards itself, and will ultimately destroy them for good.&quot;
[ Reference: http://www.wowwiki.com/Broken_Isles ]

The screenshot in the reference bears striking resemblance to the string of islands northwest of the Eastern Kingdoms, and if so, why are these islands not charted? We know by lore that these islands held the Night Elf city of Suramar and were traveled between using the waters in-between called Stormreaver Bay. Is the only reason these islands are not explorable because they are apparently ultimately doomed to be sucked into the Maelstrom?

Are all these strings of islands held secret and cut off from the world as a base to monitor the progressive growth of the Maelstrom? In fact, let us now take a look into the Maelstrom itself.

&quot;The Maelstrom is the gigantic rift that was created when the Well of Eternity collapsed at the Sundering of the World&quot;
[Reference:
http://www.wowwiki.com/images/1/1e/Maelstromundersea.PNG 
 ]
We all know that, but look closer...&quot;The Maelstrom is the &quot;GIGANTIC RIFT&quot; that was created..&quot; using the lores own words RIFT: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rift it is clear that there is more to the Maelstrom than what meets the eye. If the rushing waters have been filling this....rift for years and years and years, the rift must be a very large split in the ground to never fill. Or perhaps it is simply not a giant hole with a bottom, but in fact a rip from top to bottom in the world, this rift creates a mutilated tunnel through the center of Azeroth all the way to the &quot;other side&quot;. This leads to the inevitable conclusion that the Maelstrom is in fact a pathway to the other side of Azeroth. 

&quot;Nazjatar is the great capital of the Naga built into the abyssal trench on the sea bed beneath the swirling waters of the Maelstrom. It is here most Naga dwell and their Queen, Azshara, holds court within a beauteous palace even larger than her former home on land.&quot;
[ Reference: http://www.wowwiki.com/Nazjatar ]

Under the storming Maelstrom, the waters must be calm enough to support the life of the Naga stronghold and the Makrura city Mak'ara. The Rift is thus guarded by the entire empire of the Naga Queen Azshara and the Makrura. For what reason? Why does this rift hold such sacred importance to the naga? 

&quot;The makrura despise the Naga and are forever at war with them.&quot; 
[ Reference: http://www.wowwiki.com/Mak%27aru ]

Is this true? Or a ploy by a greater power to have us in Azeroth to believe what they want us to belive? Or is it really the Naga and Makrura who care so much about the Rift, or are they merely henchmen of a much higher and greater power. Is this power the reason why the Naga guard the Rift? So no full hearty adventurer may find his way to the other side? And why is it such a big deal that no one be able to get to the other side of Azeroth? What is on the other side? Something is being hidden from us. 

The truth must be found, the evidence is out there and the facts have been presented. 

What is the giant Ice Mass on top of Azeroth?

Why is this mass not shown on other views of the map?

What or who occupies the other side of Azeroth.

Are there secret observation bases on the Broken Isles or the islands south of the Maelstrom?

Is The Rift a pathway to the other side of Azeroth?

Are the Naga and Makrura really at ware beneath the Maelstrom?

Or, is there a higher more organized power keeping all these facts hidden from the population?


Please add your insight if you wish.