20170412: Monk Order Hall

Monk Order Hall

Location:
Planet: Azeroth
Continent: Unknown, but sort of near Pandaria
Region: the Flying Island
Where: the Flying Island, the newbie region of Pandas
Specifically: the Temple of the Five Dawns in the center of the island

Your title in the order hall: Grandmaster (one word)

What one does there:

1. Get quests from NPCs
2. Set missions using NPC followers
   --known NPCs like Taran Zhu, Chen Stormstout, Li Li Stormstout
   --a few new NPCs, like
   --renewable temporary troops


3. Upgrade followers from mission rewards: the NPC followers have iLevels that have to be increased in order to do tougher missions
4. Do order research: one must do this in order to unlock the third relic slot for your weapon.
5. Edit the artifact weapon at the weapon forge.  This is the only place for monks to update traits.  The forge is in the center of the Temple at the top level, on the face of the big turtle statue there.
6. Train temporary troops; here troops are called '{Ox, Tiger} x {initiates, adepts}'; the troops cost order resources and last exactly one mission
7. Get buffs from the Stormstout Brewery
8. Buy Grandmaster armor and armor upgrades after passing a variety of milestones

How to get there:
Every monk (of any race) has a skill called Zen Meditation.  Use this to travel to the Temple.

Return from the Flying Island:
Use Zen Return to get back to where you came from.
Alternately, use the Dalaran hearthstone to return to the new Dalaran floating above the Broken Isles.
After some leveling, there is a portal from the Island to Dalaran.

Artifact weapons: (can only be updated in Temple of the Five Dawns)

Brewmaster (Tank):
--Fu Shan, the Wanderer's Companion; two-handed staff
--relic slots: Life, Storm, (initially locked) Iron

Mistweaver (Healer):
--Sheilun, Staff of the Mists; two-handed staff
--relic slots: Frost, Life, (initially locked) Storm

Windwalker (DPS):
--Al'Burq, Fists of the Heavens; fist weapons
--relic slots: Storm, Iron, (initially locked) Storm