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
by Matthew Rossi on September 16, 2020 at 2:00pm @MatthewWRossi
They were brothers: Ursoc and Ursol, the bear gods, patrons of the Furbolg.
by Matthew Rossi on September 15, 2020 at 5:30pm @MatthewWRossi
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.
by Phil Xavier on August 10, 2020 at 4:00pm @redlikethesun
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.
by Phil Xavier on August 5, 2020 at 10:00am @redlikethesun
Taelia Fordragon is one of the most compelling characters that was introduced in Battle for Azeroth.
by Liz Patt on July 30, 2020 at 6:00pm @lizexmachina
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.
by Matthew Rossi on July 28, 2020 at 2:00pm @MatthewWRossi
C'Thun is a tinkering Old God.
by Phil Xavier on July 23, 2020 at 10:00am @redlikethesun
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.
by Matthew Rossi on July 17, 2020 at 2:00pm @MatthewWRossi
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.
by Ted Atchley on July 3, 2020 at 4:00pm @honorshammer
In Shadowlands, souls are flooding into the Maw unchecked instead of being properly assigned to Covenants.
by Liz Patt on June 19, 2020 at 10:00am @lizexmachina
It seems like it should be a "duh" moment, right?