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Anne Stickney

Anne Stickney @Shadesogrey — Anne Stickney knows entirely too much about World of Warcraft lore, and would like to tell you all about it. Currently ensconced somewhere in the mountains of Colorado, Anne is the co-author of the World of Warcraft: Ultimate Visual Guide, as well as the author of the World of Warcraft Annual 2015, and the World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor Strategy Guide.


The Queue: You spin me round

Welcome back to The Queue, the Q&A column for all things Blizzard related. If you have a question for the Queue, leave a comment and you may see it answered tomorrow!

Sometimes I kind of wish the Darkmoon Faire were around more often than once a month. But then I realize that if it were, I’d be really, really tired of it by now. Instead, I’m still having fun racing things and flying through hoops and shooting out of cannons and riding carousels.


Role Play: Warcraft history and roleplaying character development

When creating a character for roleplay, an almost immediate gut reaction is to incorporate as much of Warcraft's vast tapestry of history into your character's own background as humanly possible. After all, some races are so deeply entrenched in Warcraft's lore it seems almost necessary to plot and plan out exactly what happened to your character during each and every war.

The Queue: Aging rock stars

Welcome to The Queue, the Q&A column for all things Blizzard related. If you have a question for the Queue, leave a comment and you may see it answered tomorrow!

I did not actually notice until opening my selfies from this week’s leveling stream that ETC didn’t get the same model upgrades that everyone else received in Warlords of Draenor. Of course they’re still called L90ETC on the banner too, so I’m just going to chalk it off to the band still foolishly trying to cling to the good old days. That’s definitely it.


Know Your Lore: The differences in Draenor’s Warlords

You know, we spend a lot of time talking about the various Warlords of Draenor as they're presented in the latest expansion's version of history. Lords of War was supposedly Maraad's tales of these old warlords, but the stories were pretty specific. And in some cases -- like Kilrogg's vision of his death -- they seemed like a direct reference to the alternate version of Draenor's warlords, rather than our own.

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