The world of warcraft website would launch its timeline on july 16, 2004. The following is a guide to all canon novels, manga, comics, and short stories related to world of warcraft in chronological order. Chronicles of war includes rise of the horde, the last guardian,tides of darkness, and lastly, beyond the dark portal 2. World of warcrafts story now varies from person to person. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. Added pearl of pandaria, thanks to ucptsaltypete edit 7. It tells the tale of thassarian, a lordaeron soldier who eventually becomes the first death. I have read books associated with games, specifically dnd and while i often enjoy the story they never paint a picture in my head like the great fantasy writers do and i have them kind of labeled as trash fantasy. This article contains lore taken from warcraft novels, novellas, or short stories. The wiki is predominantly concerned with the presentation of this material. Blizzard entertainment rarely used words such as canon and has no official policy on many aspects. Eyonix has confirmed that all warcraft rpg books and novel pocketbooks are official and canon to the warcraft lore, in reply to a fan who bashed the warcraft rpg books as senseless and irrelevant. Some of them retcon older information in the warcraft storyline to make things more streamlined, but blizzard considers both the novels and the.
This book covers illidans view of the burning crusade expansion up to and including his defeat in black temple, as well as maiev and akamas stories from the same time period. World of warcraft shadowlands is getting a prequel novel. Heroes of the storm, much like hearthstone in many ways, is not canon when it comes to the lore of world of warcraft. Below is the list of warcraft and world of warcraft novels. Novels wowpedia your wiki guide to the world of warcraft. Lore wowpedia your wiki guide to the world of warcraft. Warcraft literature chronology world of warcraft book list.
This type of lore can be referred to as canonical lore. This site consists of a compilation of public information available on the internet. Yeah, the novels are pretty much considered canon, um, the funny thing is some things. When it comes to warcraft lore the ultimate source is world of warcraft itself and supporting documents on the website.
Warcraft books in chronological order general discussion world. Funny world of warcraft jokes and puns will make you laugh. Lots of the lore from the original games was retconned in wow. It doe not exist within the lore because it never happened. All stories are presented here in inuniverse chronological order, as opposed to realworld release dates. Dark horse publishing have produced another oversized volume bigger than a4 with. Chris metzen regarding canon yeah, the novels are pretty much considered canon, um, the funny thing is some things are less canon. It covers the events from the creation of the universe all the way to cataclysm.
The movie changed a lot of the base material of the game universe, but those of us who are fans of things like comic books should be used to that. Awardwinning and eighttime new york times bestselling author christie golden has written fifty novels and several short stories in the fields of science fiction, fantasy and horror. Canon frostmourne overtime 120 night elf beast mastery hunter, 471 ilvl. In the chronicles lore books, the canon retelling of world of warcrafts history, raids are usually assigned to one faction or another. Wow insiders chronological guide to warcraft novels, manga. This manga begins during the events of warcraft iii. Rather than replacing the original game, this was intended to be used as an updated version, moving on several years inuniverse and being set around the same point in time as world of warcraft was when the books were. I must admit i went backward and forwards on the placement of war crimes and arthus on that list and in the end just went with what i felt personally, i really enjoyed war crimes, as you said, for the pure catharsis it provided, feeling more like the ending to a chapter rather than a just another side story, but i do understand your problems with it sadly i had a word limit so couldnt go to.
The shattering is still not quite the best of the wow books, suffering from pacing issues and far too much explaining of its own lore and canon, something that to be fair many of the wow books deal with at times, but on the whole its still an enjoyable romp through thralls journey at a time when we werent sick of hearing about it, as. Knaak and other books before arthass book arent canon. This section concerns content exclusive to the warcraft. Eventually, world of warcraft was released and so an updated version, world of warcraft. The ultimate guide to warcraft lore in print blizzard watch. In this weeks wow wednesday, dan takes a look at the best and the worst of the world of warcraft books in the current canon. New players guide returning players guide realm status recruit a friend content update notes new. Some of them retcon older information in the warcraft storyline to make things more streamlined, but blizzard considers both the novels and the comics canon. Added wod section, updated wc3catamop sections thanks to uthatonegreatguy edit 3. I wanted to find out what fandral had done in the archdruids absence, how malfurion and ysera had returned, and what had caused the twisting of the green dragonflight into the dragons of nightmare that once yelled. See the complete world of warcraft series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Wow insiders chronological guide to warcraft novels.
This book takes place just prior to world of warcraft. There are 23 novels in total, 7 part of the warcraft series and 16 part of the world of warcraft one. Nov, 2019 the world of warcraft website would launch its timeline on july 16, 2004. Some of the authors i have enjoyed are robert jordan, george martin, brandon sanderson, patrick rothfuss, just to name a few. Jun 06, 2018 best 2019 world of warcraft books list. These world of warcraft jokes and puns are perfect for wow players. Majority of the lore is from the past games, novels, and etc. Canon wildhammer hearthstone 120 void elf arcane mage, 451 ilvl. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading world of warcraft. Added blood and thunder and updated wod section, thanks to uskvakk edit 8. The complete wow book reading order lore timeline and. World of warcraft has retconned a lot more than the books have. Archive day of the dragon, lord of the clans, the last guardian, and lastly, of blood and honor 3.
But in the movie orgrim and durotan are being shown as brown, not green. Please note if your here because you want to follow up after watching warcraft. Added tides of darkness, thanks to uotaku316 edit 6. It follows many wellknown lore characters from the games which most players will know and follows thrall and cairne bloodhoof from the horde side and anduin wrynn for the alliance, though many more. Canon is defined by the starcraft wiki as material that blizzard entertainment considers as part of the starcraft universe. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Rpg material consists of roleplaying books plus 7 pdfs. Also, check out the league of legends and other funny jokes categories. World of warcraft game manual by blizzard entertainment. Its disappointing that such important parts of the world of warcraft canon lore take place solely in such an uninteresting book. However, these all have inconsistencies or pieces of the story that are later tweaked, retconned, or changed in world of warcraf.
Its inescapable that world of warcraft and warcraft 3 would have to be written with the same lore. After the release of frozen throne, granted, but clearly, much of the world had already been built based on what had happened in the frozen throne and vice versa. Look it up on a search engine and youll find plenty. The books act much like an illustrated series bible. This wasnt because they drank the blood of mannoroth this was because the world itself was being slowly corrupted beyond redemption. World of warcraftseries overdrive rakuten overdrive. The ingame models arent necessarily true to life, especially for the larger races this is mainly for gameplay reasons as its already hard enough to get tauren through a doorway with them being 8 feet instead of 10 as in canon.
This includes all film novelizations, novels, comics, young readers, reference books, roleplaying sourcebooks, and more. Among her many projects are over a dozen star trek novels, a similar number for gaming giant blizzards world of warcraft and starcraft novels, three books in the ninebook star wars series, fate of the jedi. Lore in the warcraft series of games is a term used for background story. A healthy chunk 1220 are the short stories that have been posted up for free on the website, particularly around mop. Why did warcraft 2016 movie change so much established. This means that instead of being listed by when the material was published, its being listed by its order in the warcraft lore timeline. This book is the first novel in the world of warcraft and is continued in the lord of the clans followed by the last guardian and then beyond the dark portal. Some of the books even predate wow so the game retconns the books lol. Why did warcraft 2016 movie change so much established canon. Pdf owner manuals and user guides are not affiliated with the products andor names mentioned in this site.
These guys will show up again in shadowlands, along with. The world of warcraft book series by multiple authors includes books cycle of hatred, rise of the horde, tides of darkness, and several more. Legion books day of the dragon lord of the clans of blood and honor the last guardian war of the ancients trilogy rise of the horde tides of darkness beyond the dark portal arthas. Wowwiki strives to have a neutral point of view on official lore due to it being rarely discussed by blizzard, although examples exist. What is the chronological order of warcraft canon media. If you like your world of warcraft lore, then youve come to the right book. After that all games, books, manga, and comics bylicensed by blizard are cannon. The use of the term stems from blizzards snippets of lore for many of the multiplayer maps in their warcraft rts games, although how much of it has a relationship to the main warcraft universe storyline is unclear.
Its worth noting that some parts arent exactly canon to the game universe chronicles books are completely canon given how diverse the roster of writers is, but the stories are all definitely still worth reading. Quite frankly, there are some things that are better served in different formats. Volume 1 by blizzard entertainment, world of warcraft chronicle. Chronicle is a three volume book series that covers the history of the the warcraft universe. Canon is an oftused term by warcraft fans regarding official lore, specifically the fictional accounts in the warcraft universe. The warcraft series of books are such a wonderful experience to travel through and you can really start to understand all the little cues and snippets in the game itself. Scrolls of lore world of warcraft book release dates by warlock. Wowwiki strives to have a neutral point of view on official lore due to it being rarely. This section of the warcraft comic series takes place during the burning crusade. Its worth noting that some parts arent exactly canon to the game universe chronicles books are completely canon given how diverse the roster of writers is, but the stories. This section concerns content exclusive to the warcraft film universe and is considered noncanon. The movieverse is the alternate warcraft universe in which the events of the warcraft movie occur. Its based on the original warcraft storyline, with minor lore details changed in order for it to appeal to a broader audience.
World of warcraft shadowlands is getting a prequel novel called shadows rising. It is known as the emerald dream, a lush and savagely primal version of the world of warcraft. Blizzard has discussed canon as of 2007 when starcraft ii was announced, using the term. The shattering is a prequel novel for the new world of warcraft expansion cataclysm and explains many of the lore changes that happened in game. Many are the mysteries surrounding the emerald dream and its reclusive guardians, the green dragonflight. May 15, 2012 world of warcraft ebook products and names mentioned are the property of their respective owners. The books act much like an illustrated series bible for the franchise, taking the vast lore of warcraft and condensing it into three easy to reference books, as well as updating and changing plot points. The following is a warcraft lore guide to all canon novels, manga, comics, and short stories related to world of warcraft, presented in chronological order. However, these all have inconsistencies or pieces of the story that are later tweaked, retconned, or changed in world of warcraft itself.
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