Couldn’t Azshara just like … swim to the surface/shore?

sniperct:

Nope.

So basically, the well of eternity exploded

Azshara and her followers ended up hundreds of miles from shore after the continent split apart and the city sank. Think atlantis. What’s more, is she’s sunk so far down she’d never make it to the surface without drowning. And she basically used most of her power trying to buy herself (and her people to a small extent) more time.

BEFORE

AFTER

She was in the Maelstrom area. She be fucked yo

…my brain’s first response to the map changes was, “You fucked up a perfectly good continent. Now look at it, it’s got anxiety!”