Lore
Want to get into the lore, but don’t know where to begin? The following is a guide to all canon novels, manga, comics, and short stories related to World of Warcraft — in chronological order. This means that instead of being listed by when the material was published, it’s being listed by its order in the Warcraft lore timeline. For frame of reference, all material is sorted by the game title and expansion in which it takes place.
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Recent Know Your Lore Posts
Lore Watch Podcast: Will the Light bring together Anduin Wrynn and Faerin Lothar?
Matt and Joe explore the possibility that Faerin Lothar of Hallowfell is being set up as a love interest for Anduin, the questionable motivations of the High Heavens and Burning Hells post-Diablo 3, and the parallels between the way the Diablo and WoW franchises approach storytelling.
Lore Watch Podcast: What is the nature of the Light?
Matt and Joe debate the philosophical implications of how the Light affects free will, its relation to the Void, and its influence on prominent lore characters like Anduin Wrynn.
Lore Watch Podcast: A Dragon Age Origins story overview
We conclude our Dragon Age lore series with the game that started it all: Dragon Age: Origins.
Lore Watch Podcast: A Dragon Age 2 story overview
Matt and Joe are joined by Liz as they dive into what you need to know about the Dragon Age 2 storyline to prepare you for this week's launch of Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
Lore Watch Podcast: Where can the Diablo 4 story go next?
Matt and Joe are joined by Liz as they wrap up their discussion of the events in Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred.
The history and importance of Nahantu, the main zone of Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred
In the Diablo 4 expansion Vessel of Hatred, players follow Neyrelle, who has taken Mephisto's soulstone into the jungles of Nahantu, the main setting for the expansion.
Lore Watch Podcast: Exploring the story campaign of Diablo 4’s Vessel of Hatred expansion
Matt and Joe delve into the narrative, characters, and villains from the latest Diablo 4 expansion, Vessel of Hatred.
The Venture Company has always played the villain, but could Blizzard be setting up these Goblins for something more?
The various Goblin cartels have been a feature of World of Warcraft since its release, and while some of them have been allies more often than enemies, there's one group of Goblins that's reliably a thorn in our side: the Venture Company.
Lore Watch Podcast: Catch up on the Dragon Age: Inquisition story
Matt, Joe, and Liz cover everything you need to know about the lore of Dragon Age: Inquisition in preparation for the upcoming release of Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
Lore Watch Podcast: What is the true nature of Old God-created races?
Join Matt and Joe as they explore how the plight of the Nerubians of Azj-Kahet may provide insight into other groups corrupted by the Old Gods, more potential underground regions that could be explored in Azeroth, the history and destruction of Dalaran, and the burning question keeping us up at night: Why don’t the Earthen have Scottish accents?
