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The History of Warcraft, also known as the Warcraft universe, is a comprehensive account of lore created by Blizzard as background information to the World of Warcraft universe, and is made up of the entirety of Blizzard's published record so far.[1] The full text is available on the official World of Warcraft site. Additionally, most (perhaps all?) of this material can be read within the game itself as in-game books.

Want to know more about the lore of World of Warcraft? Although the game doesn't require any prior knowledge of Warcraft lore to enjoy, you may appreciate the broader understanding of the setting and characters in the game that you will gain from learning about the lore. Here are some resources that are available:

Contents

History of Warcraft

Note: Certain parts of the History section are outdated and may therefore conflict with other pieces of lore or stories. They plan on updating this section someday to bring it up to date.[1]

Timeline

Chapter I: Mythos

Chapter II: The New World

Chapter III: The Doom of Draenor

Chapter IV: Alliance And Horde

Chapter V: Return of the Burning Legion

Official Web Site

Samples of online official World of Warcraft lore for one's reading enjoyment.

Encyclopedia

Since the release of the first Warcraft game, the lore of the Warcraft universe has been evolving and expanding at an incredible rate. Today, Warcraft lore is spread across four games and three expansions as well as a number of novels, a pen-and-paper roleplaying game, and even a manga series. Now you can find all there is to know about Warcraft in one official source of all things Warcraft: The Warcraft Encyclopedia. In time we hope it will grow to be the ultimate resource for all your Warcraft story and lore needs.

Lack of recent update activity (as of early 2008) seems to indicate that Blizzard has either put this project on hold or temporarily removed resources committed to expanding it.

World of Warcraft

This section concerns content exclusive to World of Warcraft.

The Burning Crusade

TBC This section concerns content exclusive to The Burning Crusade.

Wrath of the Lich King

WotLK This section concerns content exclusive to Wrath of the Lich King.

Previous Warcraft games

The single-player Warcraft III campaigns and the accompanying game manuals provide a wealth of information about events in the world of Azeroth.

Novels

EBooks

Manga

RPG

This section concerns content exclusive to the Warcraft RPG.

Warcraft Role-Playing Games provide a wealth of information about Warcraft lore.

References

  1. ^ 1.0 1.1 http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/story/index.html#lore
  2. ^ Troll Compendium (official site US)
  3. ^ Troll Compendium (official site EU)
  4. ^ The Undead Plague (official site US)
  5. ^ The Undead Plague (official site EU)
  6. ^ Unbroken (official site US)
  7. ^ Unbroken (official site EU)
  8. ^ The Story So Far (Burning Crusade site US)
  9. ^ The Story So Far (Burning Crusade site EU)
  10. ^ Shamans and Paladins (Burning Crusade site US)
  11. ^ Shamans and Paladins (Burning Crusade site EU)
  12. ^ Blood Elves (Burning Crusade site US)
  13. ^ Blood Elves (Warcraft Encyclopedia US)
  14. ^ Blood Elves (Burning Crusade site EU)
  15. ^ Blood Elves (Warcraft Encyclopedia EU)
  16. ^ History of the Blood Elves (Burning Crusade site EU)
  17. ^ Draenei (Burning Crusade site US)
  18. ^ Draenei (Burning Crusade site EU)
  19. ^ Rise of the Lich King (Wrath of the Lich King site US)
  20. ^ Rise of the Lich King (Wrath of the Lich King site EU)
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