WoW

Before the coming of the Scourge, led by Prince Arthas Menethil, only one Human was considered worthy enough by the High Elves of Quel'Thalas that he gained entry into the Farstriders, the elite Rangers of Silvermoon.

Let's start with a summary of this tangled mess.

When today's anonymous submitter first heard about Mists of Pandaria, she was incredibly excited to play a member of a humanoid bear race.

We finally hit level 80 in the most recent WoW Leveling Bonanza.

Submitter Eliza of the Queue on Nagrand (US-A) was trying to work up the courage to flirt with the hunky local innkeeper.

Over the last few Arcane Sanctums we’ve checked out the new talents coming to both Arcane Mages as well as Fire Mages.

Yes, we're still talking Affliction in Legion, but don't worry, once Demonology and Destruction make their respective debuts on the alpha, I'll probably be doing nonstop non-Affliction then.

"Sorting through photos to upload to the gallery in my guild's web site, I stumbled across this shot," writes submitter Gimmlette of Spectacular Death on Llane (US-A).

Can’t keep up with all of the great WoW-centric (and WoW-adjacent) webcomics out there?

It's the end of 2015 and the beginning of 2016 -- and around this time is when I like to take a few steps back and look at the broader spectrum of lore we saw in the year prior.