World of Warcraft: Catalcysm – concept art collection

The human kingdom of Gilneas, sealed behind the Greymane Wall Illustration: Blizzard Photograph: guardian.co.uk Worgen are able to transform between wolf and human forms Illustration: Blizzard Photograph: guardian.co.uk The area known as the Barrens will be ripped apart in the Cataclysm storyline Illustration: Blizzard Photograph: guardian.co.uk The werewolf-like Worgen are the new additions to the Alliance Illustration: Blizzard Photograph: guardian.co.uk Worgens can appear in the game as all character classes bar Priest and Shaman. They’re a scary bunch… Illustration: Blizzard Photograph: guardian.co.uk The Abyssal Maw, an area of the WoW map that provides a home to the water elements Illustration: Blizzard Photograph: guardian.co.uk Deathwing, leader of the Black Dragonflight, and the starting point of the Cataclysm story Illustration: Blizzard Photograph: guardian.co.uk Deathwing's return destabilises the geology of Azeroth, allowing the Elemental Plane to burst through to the surface Illustration: Blizzard Photograph: guardian.co.uk The Volcanoths are denizens of the Lost Isles Illustration: Blizzard Photograph: guardian.co.uk Like the Gnomes, one of Cataclysm’s new races, the Goblins, specialise in magical technology Illustration: Blizzard Photograph: guardian.co.uk Another view of the Goblins, the new Horde race from Cataclysm Illustration: Blizzard Photograph: guardian.co.uk A Catus Palm from the Lost Isles Illustration: Blizzard Photograph: guardian.co.uk A female Goblin mage from the Lost Isles Illustration: Blizzard Photograph: guardian.co.uk A sketch of a Worgen Warrior from the new starting area of Gilneas Illustration: Blizzard Photograph: guardian.co.uk A Trogg town situated beneath the Skywall in the cavernous Deepholm Illustration: Blizzard Photograph: guardian.co.uk An early sketch of a Greymane town street in Gilneas Illustration: Blizzard Photograph: guardian.co.uk