Lore

There have been various magical MacGuffins that we've pursued across Azeroth in the past two decades of World of Warcraft's story -- The Pillars of Creation, The Helm of Domination, The Scepter of the Shifting Sands -- and our current adventures in The War Within task us with traipsing across Khaz Algar in pursuit of Xal'atath and the powerful Dark Heart.

The latest raid in The War Within is Liberation of Undermine, which sees our band of plucky heroes taking a stand alongside much of Goblinkind in order to topple their long-time oppressor, Jastor Gallywix.

Death Knights, one of the most iconic, lore-heavy classes added to World of Warcraft, are the core topic of this week's Lore Watch, this time with a focus on what dead means, really.

The Hallowfall Arathi are major players in The War Within story so far, but who are they and how did their group end up deep in Azeroth's underground?

With the major events of our adventures throughout the Dragon Isles wrapped up, it's time for some reflection (and a last glimpse of daylight) before we begin our spelunking careers next month.

I realized recently that I don't play games as much as I use games to imagine various characters experiencing the storylines.

One of my favorite phrases is "ludonarrative dissonance" and I  often find myself musing on it.

I'm really enjoying Dragonflight now that I've let myself relax and enjoy the characters I have -- the most stressful time for me in any expansion is always the part where I level certain characters to max level.

Do you ever find yourself thinking, "I love the fantasy for this class, but I don't like playing it?" Or, perhaps, it's the other way around: Is there a class that you love to play, but you don't really connect with lore-wise?

The first time we encountered Il'gynoth was in the Emerald Nightmare raid, it had some interesting prophetic whispers for players -- whispers that were immediately dissected for clues about future plans for the game.