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: Our first impressions of The War Within
Matt, Joe, and Liz have been playing through early access of The War Within and have tHOuGhTz & oPiNioNz on the new lore info in the expansion.
Lore Watch Podcast: How will the World Soul Saga address WoW’s long running storylines?
Join us as we explore what we know so far about The War Within storyline to tin foil hat our way through implications for WoW’s larger narrative.
The history of the Earthen of Azeroth, leading into The War Within
World of Warcraft's next expansion The War Within brings the race known as the Earthen to the forefront, with the first two zones largely focusing on their story in Khaz Algar, and adding them as an Allied Race early in the expansion.
Lore Watch Podcast: Will Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom save the MCU?
Join us as we explore Marvel’s recent Comic-Con announcement that Robert Downey Jr.
Lore Watch Podcast: The corrupted Earthen of The War Within
Join us as we explore how the Scarred, a corrupted Earthen race in Khaz Algar of The War Within, may be connected to the twisted Dark Iron Dwarves of Grim Batol.
Which Dragonflight story moment surprised you the most?
With the major events of our adventures throughout the Dragon Isles wrapped up, it's time for some reflection (and a last glimpse of daylight) before we begin our spelunking careers next month.
Lore Watch Podcast: The role of Magni and Brann Bronzebeard in The War Within
Join us as we discuss how we think the story of Magni and Brann Bronzebeard might play out in the upcoming expansion, various interpretations of The Prophecy of The Boy King (spoiler: it may not be about Anduin), and the possible connection between the Nerubians and the underground spider-elf hybrids known as drider-- uh the Fal’dorei of Suramar.
Lore Watch Podcast: Will Sylvanas return in The War Within?
Join us as we discuss if WoW is a narrative-first game, the evolution of the portrayal of goblins, and if Anduin taking center stage in the upcoming expansion means Sylvanas will also make an appearance.
Lore Watch Podcast: The unique origins of crafting materials in WoW
From the Old God-imbued Saronite to the crystalized blood of Azeroth we call Azerite, many of the raw materials we use for crafting in WoW have a deeper connection to myths and legends in the game.
Lore Watch Podcast: The mystery of Xal’atath’s origins and motives
From Shadow Priest artifact weapon to retconned manipulator of Azeroth’s history to the Old God-adjacent big bad of The War Within, we discuss what we know about the void entity known as Xal’atath.
