Eye (Maelstrom)

The Eye is a zone in the South Seas. It is located in the center of the Maelstrom. On the surface there is not much except a vast swirling arcane storm. The Maelstrom creates a giant whirlpool leading into the Eye. Beneath the water, this has created a wall of water which makes accessing the Eye difficult. When Brann Bronzebeard visited it, he said that he saw more forms of life in the Eye than he imagined existed in all the world, because besides the various creatures he found, there are also water elementals, octopi, sharks, hydras, threshadons, frenzies and giant squids.

Within the waters of the Eye are the opposing empires of the makrura and naga. The makrura live in the city of Mak'aru, while the naga live in the city of Nazjatar.

Geography
The Eye is located in the South Seas, at the center of the Maelstrom, to the northwest of the Broken Isles. The empires of the makrura and the naga lie beneath it. These empires are named Mak'aru and Nazjatar. 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.

Further within the center of the Eye, the Rift is located, which is all that remains of the Well of Eternity. It goes deep down into Azeroth's core, allowing magma from the depths to rise up. This has created the northeastern Pillar Deep, the northern Gishan Caverns , and the southeastern Boiling Terrace. On the southeastern edge of the Boiling Terrace lies the Drowned Reaches, which holds the remains of all the ships that have been dragged into the Maelstrom. Oppositely, on the southwestern side of the Maelstrom and around the perimeter of the Eye, lies the Scintal Reef, which encloses Mak'aru.