Know Your 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
Know Your Lore: Could Tuskarr be an Allied Race?
Way back in October of last year, we did a brief series on potential playable races in whatever the upcoming expansion happened to be.
Know Your Lore: What if Dranosh Saurfang hadn’t died?
We do something called Tinfoil Hat KYL's here, where we speculate on what might be happening behind the scenes.
Know Your Lore: Blackwatch and the mystery of Gabriel Reyes
What caused the fall of Gabriel Reyes?
Know Your Lore TFH: Azeroth’s countdown to chaos
If you're not familiar with a Tinfoil Hat edition of Know Your Lore, here's the deal.
Know Your Lore: The not-quite retcons of Chronicle Volume 3
World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 3 covered a lot of material in its 184 pages, spanning from Warcraft 3 through WoW’s Cataclysm expansion.
Know Your Lore: Kaja’mite and the origin of Goblins
The origins and purpose of Kaja'mite are a mystery.
Know Your Lore: The forgotten kingdom of Alterac
Perhaps it never should have been a kingdom at all. These days, the only time anyone hears the word Alterac is in reference to a snowy valley, rich with resources and the sounds of constant combat.
Know Your Lore: Fenix
Every people has its heroes -- the brave beings who define courage, valor and integrity for them and their kind.
Know Your Lore: Witchcraft in Warcraft
Hearthstone’s next expansion is called The Witchwood — but the name is a new one, given to what was once the Blackwald in Gilneas.
Know Your Lore: Ebon blades against the Legion
Legion and the events we've just experienced will be felt in Azeroth for years to come.
