Cheap WoW WOTLK Classic GoldThe Maelstrom is a zone players briefly enter upon first traveling to Deepholm and other phased scenes. Deathwing used the Maelstrom to cause The Shattering, and as such, it plays a crucial role in Dragon Soul. Players cannot PvP or fly in The Maelstrom.
This is an guide on how to reach Cataclysm zones including those around the Maelstrom.
This is the earth realm beneath the Maelstrom, and the only Maelstrom area you can visit later on, once you've been there before, via a quest at level 80. A portal to Deepholm will open up at the Western Earthshrinein Orgrimmar or the Eastern Earthshrine in Stormwind City.
This is an island in the Great Sea near the Maelstrom. You can't reach this isle, and will only see it when playing agoblin , as their storyline starts here (except when you are a Death Knight Goblin, in which case the starting area is different).
These are a group of islands located south of Azshara and north of Durotar. You can't reach these isles, and will only see it when playing a goblin, as their storyline plays out here after fleeing Kezan.
This is the large whirlpool in the middle of the great sea. you normally can't reach this, but you be there during one quest, when you go to deepholm.
The Maelstrom itself is located in the northern tip of the South Seas, to the northwest of the Broken Isles. At the center of the Maelstrom is a location known as the Eye. The empires of themakrura and the naga, named Mak'aru and Nazjatar, lie beneath it. They, along with the other regions within the Maelstrom, are considered sub-regions of The Eye. These are all located beneath it, below ocean surface.
It is implied that the Maelstrom is slowly eroding and damaging the artificially-raised Broken Isles, and will ultimately destroy them for good.