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Lore
Know Your Lore: The Horde at the beginning of World of Warcraft
When last I wrote a KYL for you all, I talked about the state of affairs on Azeroth at the start of World of Warcraft. Four…
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Know Your Lore: The wrath of Sylvanas Windrunner
We looked at her life, her death, and her rise to become the Banshee Queen. But Sylvanas’ story didn’t end with the destruction of her Dreadlord…
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Know Your Lore: Thrall’s journey from slave to leader
People have a lot of feelings about Thrall. Some love him, others feel ambivalent towards him, yet others hate him. But whichever side you’re on, the…
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The Queue
The Queue: Order halls, hopes for the movie, Legion NPCs, and amazing artwork
It's been a while since I wrote a proper Queue for Blizzard Watch. Usually these days I'm working constantly behind the scenes on stuff for the…
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Heroes of the Storm
Heroes balance changes bring nerfs to Kael’thas and more
Another big set of balance changes is coming to Heroes of the Storm, and they’re almost all nerfs. Basic attack damage is being reduced on several characters…
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Know Your Lore: Warchief Vol’jin
Warchief Vol’jin is an interesting anomaly in Warcraft lore — he leads the Horde, an organization originally formed by Thrall with its roots firmly embedded in…
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Know Your Lore: Familiar faces we hope to see in Legion
Last week, I talked about several characters that I’d like to see make an appearance in the upcoming Legion expansion. I didn’t really think about it…
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Know Your Lore: The life and death of Cairne Bloodhoof in WoW
When we last left our look at the Old Bull’s life we were at the end of the Horde battle in Dustwallow Marsh against Daelin Proudmoore.…
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Know Your Lore: The origins of Cairne Bloodhoof
He’s been dead since Cataclysm, but his life saw his people move from a nomadic existence in perpetual war against the marauding centaur to a part…
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Know Your Lore: Warcraft’s orc problem
One of the hardest lessons to learn as a person is that not everything is about you. So it is for me. I, personally, as a…
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