Azshara

All Elves on Azeroth today date back to the ancient Kaldorei who rose to power before the Sundering.

Many races have at one time or another created vast empires on Azeroth.

Illidan Stormrage is one of the most well-known figures in Warcraft lore, although the majority of his story took place long before World of Warcraft -- he was first featured back in Warcraft 3.

When looking at World of Warcraft and the Warcraft RTS series that preceded it, one thing is clear.

As soon as Hellfire Citadel and patch 6.2 hit the servers -- and maybe even a little before -- people started talking about what the next WoW expansion is going to be.

A couple of weeks back we took a look at the origin of Sargeras and the Eredar. This week, we pick up with Sargeras' first assault on Azeroth, the War of the Ancients. This conflict changed the face of the world forever, splitting the primeval continent of Kalimdor into four pieces (that we know of) -- modern Kalimdor, Northrend, the Eastern Kingdoms and Pandaria.

You might be wondering why, for my inaugural Know Your Lore column here at Blizzard Watch, I'm covering Queen Azshara, of all things.