The Desolace centaur story leads you into Shen'dralas and its ruins.
- The Magram and Gelkis centaur story continues into Desolace and "kind of carries you over" into Shen'dralas.
- You then find the ruins. They tie those ruins to the Shen'dralar elves of Dire Maul and to what happened to Tortheldrin.
- Asked about level 40, Zierhut said leveling slows in Riverglades and Shen'dralas, with Hyjal the later slow point, close to 60.
Unconfirmed the level band; nothing says Tortheldrin appears in the zone or is a boss. Zierhut did not say the number 40.
Source The Sun, interview with Kris Zierhut and Michael Nuthals, 13 Sep 2026.