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.
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Recent Know Your Lore Posts
What happened to Before the Storm’s star-crossed lovers, Saffy and Grizzek? Patch 8.1.5 sheds light on their fates
It’s been a while since we’ve gone back to Before the Storm, Christie Golden’s tie-in-novel to Battle for Azeroth.
Know Your Lore: Elune, the Night Warrior, and the Void
We don't know what Elune is.
Know Your Lore: How Mimiron changed life on Azeroth, and how he died
Of all the Titan-Forged Keepers entrusted with the progression of Azeroth following the war with the Black Empire, Mimiron may be the most clever and inventive.
Know Your Lore: The mystery of Ashkandi, Greatsword of the Brotherhood
Okay, yeah, this one's mostly for me.
Know Your Lore TFH: For want of a nail
This edition of Know Your Lore is a Tinfoil Hat edition, which means it speculates on in-game lore and isn't to be taken as canon.
Know Your Lore: Sylvanas Windrunner and the Wrathgate
When we first made our foray into the frozen wastelands of Northrend, we weren’t sure what was in store for us.
Know Your Lore: Like Blades of Grass
What if one life was lost that should have continued?
Know Your Lore: The Naga
Pride doesn't always go before, during, or even after a fall.
Know Your (Diablo) Lore: Things I hope Diablo Immortal answers for us
Last week, we talked about the 20-year gap between Diablo 2 and Diablo 3 and how Diablo Immortal is going to live in that gap, starting five years after the destruction of the Worldstone.
Know Your Lore: Overwatch’s Ashe, Echo, and the Deadlock Gang
We can’t all be heroes – and some of us were never meant to be.
