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
Just who is the Archon? What we know about Kyrestia the Firstborne, the beacon in the darkness
The leaders of the Shadowlands are the Eternal Ones, also referred to as the Pantheon of Death — and the patch 9.1 trailer tells us that the Jailer intends to take them all on.
The story of Ursoc and Ursol, Azeroth’s twin bear Ancients
They were brothers: Ursoc and Ursol, the bear gods, patrons of the Furbolg.
Who is the Jailer in WoW Shadowlands?
The short and unhelpful answer to the question Who is the Jailer is that guy up there at the head of the post -- Game Director Ion Hazzikostas confirmed on his live interview with Zoltan.tv that the folks at Wowhead had successfully datamined the fella's model, and that up above is it.
The geography of Sanctuary in Diablo, and the places we hope to see in Diablo 4
Sanctuary, the world where the Diablo series takes place, is still mostly unexplored, and mysterious -- a land of many continents, nations, and cultures, teeming with potential.
Could Taelia Fordragon succeed her father in Shadowlands? Here’s where her story could go
Taelia Fordragon is one of the most compelling characters that was introduced in Battle for Azeroth.
Catch up on Diablo lore with our rundown of the many horrors of Sanctuary
There's both Diablo Immortal and Diablo 4 guaranteed on the horizon, with a potential revisiting of Diablo 2's story in a remastered (nay, Resurrected?) version.
Looking back at origins of Ahn’Qiraj, the Aqir, and the Titanforged with the launch of Ahn’Qiraj in WoW Classic
C'Thun is a tinkering Old God.
Could the Light — not the Void — be our next enemy?
There has been much speculation that, after Shadowlands, the next chapter in World of Warcraft will take a cosmological turn -- and many have been expecting a Light vs.
Death loas and dead people trying to kill them: A guide to the characters of Shadowlands prequel novel Shadows Rising
So, in case you missed it, Blizzard is releasing another prequel novel that will tie the World of Warcraft expansion Battle for Azeroth into Shadowlands the way Before The Storm tied Legion into Battle for Azeroth.
What broke the Machine of Death in Shadowlands?
In Shadowlands, souls are flooding into the Maw unchecked instead of being properly assigned to Covenants.
