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El’Anon is reporting that the new Death Knight starting area/zone has received names. There is a screenshot that shows each area name. I couldn’t get this to work on the sandbox, and don’t have access to a 8471 server. Take a look:

There are two areas that we know of a good and clean version and [...]

Earlier we posted about a boat dock at Ebon Hold. We, like always, speculated it from just about every angle. We concluded that the sails on the boat were Bloodsail Buccaneer sails, but guessed that that could just be a placeholder for the “real” Death Knight boat or could be that we, as Death [...]

Just earlier I posted El’Anon’s Ebon Hold preview, and as awesome as it was, one thing that was left off is the boat dock that is behind it. I went on live to see if there was anyway possible to get to the very far eastern shore of EPL, and unless I am just lost, [...]

El’Anon gives an awesome look at the Death Knight starting area. It’s connected to Tyr’s Hand and the Noxious Glad. We know from recent spells added in alpha patches that it will be named Ebon Hold. Enjoy!
Wrath of the Lich King - Death Knight Starting Zone Preview from el'anon on Vimeo.

We have seen the Death Knight starting gear, talents, spells, mounts, videos in action and the only thing left is starting area. In patch notes that were released it was noted that the DK starting area was not completely ready for alpha testing, however, some images have popped up that shows a new, unknown area [...]