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.
Click here to begin your Warcraft lore journey.
Recent Know Your Lore Posts
Lore Watch Podcast: What if Jaina Proudmoore became the Lich Queen?
Join us as we explore an alternate universe where daughter of the sea becomes the master of the Scourge.
Lore Watch Podcast: What happens when a World Soul is killed?
In anticipation of the upcoming Worldsoul Saga multi-expansion we explore the death of previous World Souls, including the one arranged by the Jailer to knock out the Arbiter.
Upcoming books for Warcraft and Diablo, including a World of Warcraft Tarot Deck
2024 is shaping up to be a solid year for the literature-inclined fans of Blizzard games, with World of Warcraft and Diablo 4 both getting new books.
Lore Watch Podcast: Should the Azerothian Archives be the future of Archaeology?
Join us this week as we explore if the Azerothian Archives should become a replacement for the dated Archaeology profession in WoW, how old you need to be start getting cyber implants, and if Spider-Man and Madame Web had a conversation, what would they talk about?
Lore Watch Podcast: What could be the most cyberpunk story in all of Azeroth?
Join us this week as we explore which tech-based based stories in WoW could go full Cyberpunk 2077, how each Starcraft faction would fare against their counterpart in Warhammer 40k, and if the war in Warcraft is honing Azeroth into the ultimate weapon (which would be hunter loot, obviously.) You can listen to the podcast directly from this post or click on download icon along the lower bar of the player below to listen on your own device.
Lore Watch Podcast: What if…Sargeras never fell?
Join us this week as we explore an alternate version of Azeroth’s history where Sargeras didn’t betray the Pantheon, but instead became a champion of the Light.
Lore Watch Podcast: Should the Lich King’s sister be the Queen of Lordaeron?
Join us this week as we discuss Calia Menethil’s dilemma about her role in the future of Lordaeron, the difference between Wild Gods, Titan Watchers, and Titans in WoW, and who would make a better fixer in Cyberpunk 2077, Joe “I just hope everyone had a good time” Perez or Matt “I don’t play well with others” Rossi.
Lore Watch Podcast: The mystery of Northern Lordaeron
Join us this week as we discuss the origins of hearthstones and their connection to Meeting Stones as well as the Brokers, if there is a way to wield the void without being corrupted by it (asking for a friend), and the mystery of Northern Lordaeron, the unexplored region between Ghostlands and Western Plaguelands that may get the spotlight in the upcoming Midnight expansion.
Lore Watch Podcast: What Angry Keanu Reeves can teach us about WoW lore
Join us this week as we use Cyberpunk 2077 as a jumping off point to explore character building in video game storytelling, settings as characters, what power means in these worlds, the history of immortality and how many of these elements are reflected in WoW lore.
Lore Watch Podcast: Are Forsaken Death Knights the secret to infinite anima?
Join us this week as we go on a wilder tangent than usual (and that’s saying a lot) about the connection between the Forsaken and Death Knights through pain and suffering and how that could be Azeroth’s own perpetual energy source (because science!) Yeah, hope you’re strapped in for this one.
