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: Potential new class hall locations post-Dalaran
Join us as we discuss where new class halls could be given some iconic ones were destroyed when Dalaran fell from the sky.
Lore Watch Podcast: Malfurion, the Emerald Nightmare, and Azeroth’s forgotten history
Join us as we discuss the lore questions tied to the official Warcraft novel, “Stormrage”.
Lore Watch Podcast: A deep dive into the story and choices in Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Join us as we discuss Dragon Age: The Veilguard, exploring the significance of gods, spirits, and corruption in the world of Thedas, the protagonist’s role in the narrative, and the Big Story Choice that must be made early on.
Lore Watch Podcast: What’s up with that giant glowing crystal in The War Within?
Join us as we discuss how Beledar, the immense crystal lodged in the cavern ceiling of the Hallowfall zone, could be connected to Naaru ships, Titan technology, world-soul constructs, elemental magics, stormrook gryphons, Xal’atath, and pumpkin pie.
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.
