Lore

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.

With the new novel Sylvanas coming out on March 29 -- that's today as I'm writing this -- Blizzard Watch managed to talk to its author, Christie Golden, a name that looms large in not just Warcraft novel tie ins, but through a career spanning 60 novels for multiple franchises.

The history and lore of Warcraft has usually been defined by eras of war.

In a huge surprise earlier this week, the World of Warcraft team released a new story cinematic for Shadowlands patch 9.2 titled Shattered Legacies.