Suramar is a zone located in the center of the Broken Isles. Once a shining symbol of Highborne society, Suramar never recovered from the trauma of the War of the Ancients. To survive the devastation of the Sundering, the city's inhabitants sealed themselves away from the rest of the world. Isolated for millennia, they had no allies to call upon when the Legion invaded, and had no choice but to accept a pact with them for power. This pact resulted in many of the high elves, now known as Shal'dorei, rebelling against the current leadership, and led to the exile and withering of many of them.