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The Lands of Conflict is a source book for the Warcraft RPG and was published in 2004.
One of four known volumes (the others being Lands of Mystery, portions of Alliance Player's Guide and portions of Horde Player's Guide) written by Brann Bronzebeard, during his journey around the world for his brother and the Explorer's Guild.
It covers his journeys in the Eastern Kingdoms.
The book is set a few years before events of World of Warcraft.
Short Stories
Short stories found in Lands of Conflict.
- Duncan Pike contemplates the reason why he still lived after a battle with a large reptilian beast. While he was in the Swamp of Sorrows the creature had attacked him. He thought he was going to die but he tried to defend himself as best as he could. To his surprise an orc joined his fight, giving him a chance for an opening. Together they defeated the beast. While they were enemies learned to judge each other by their actions, not by who they were, and both laughed at their ordeal. Together they helped to a goblin outpost that could tend to their wounds.
- Garrick headed into woods of the plaguelands looking for his childhood friend Adric, who had been raised by the Scourge. He found his friend, who warned him he shouldn't have come to find him. Garrick told Adric he wanted to find him in order to bring him back to his master, a mage of Dalaran who was working on a cure for the undead plague. Adric did not want to be cured, so he shot his friend in the back. As his friend lay dieing, he told him that they would have plenty of time in the world to talk, after Garrick died and rose again in undeath.
- Sir Antonio Kremen is captured, gagged and thrown into a wagon. He had been kidnapped by thugs who wanted to ransom him for money. As the thugs drove the wagon down the road they caught sight of a shepherd girl, and attempted to accost her. Sir Antonion Kremen did not want his mistake of being captured to also fall on the girl as well, so he tried to warn her by thumping on his create as best as he could with his head. However, he heard groans of pain, and soon after the girl was at the back of the wagon helping him out. She was a member of the Stormwind Assassins who had been sent to rescue him and help him back to Stormwind.
- The dwarf Honagger Bradwarden, is attacked and stalked by wolves while out in the snows of Dun Morogh, and trying to make his way home to Ironforge.
- Jack a poor farmer's son, had a secret, he was a member of the Cult of the Damned, he was in a hurry to catch a boat going north. Not long before three soldiers had come to his humble farm house tired and looking for food after long period of fighting the undead of the Scourge. He listened to discussions intently, and fed them poisoned soup which killed them within an hour. He hid their bodies, and then sold the farm. Later he passed the information he had picked up from the soldiers to his contacts in the Cult of the Damned, who urged that he head to Northrend in great haste.
- Rogthur and his companion Jaeson follow some Forsaken into lands held by forest trolls to find out who they were they were going, and to find out who they were going to meet. However the trolls had found the undead scouts, and had quickly slain them. Rogthur and his companion were stuck in troll territory, and now the trolls sensed them. They decided they weren't going to go down without a fight, and they fought to defend themselves.
More Info
A main part of its significance is that it provides population estimate data for the whole of the Eastern Kingdoms, along with useful descriptions of each region. It also describes a number of organizations within the Warcraft universe, and provides a brief history of the world.
- Population Data
| Region | Total Pop(#) | Human Pop(%) | Human Pop(#) | Dwarven Pop(%) | Dwarven Pop(#) | Elven Pop(%) | Elven Pop(#) | Half-Elven Pop (%) | Half-Elven Pop (#) | ||
| Blasted Lands | 2,000 | 10 | 200 | - | - | 5 | 100 | - | - | ||
| Burning Steppes | 3,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Deadwind Pass | 1,000 | 15 | 150 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Duskwood | 5,000 | 60 | 3,000 | 5 | 250 | 5 | 250 | 5 | 250 | ||
| Elwynn Forest | 10,000 | 70 | 7,000 | 7 | 700 | 15 | 1,500 | 5 | 500 | ||
| Redridge Mountains | 2,000 | 65 | 1300 | 12 | 240 | 3 | 60 | 4 | 80 | ||
| Stormwind | 200,000* | 70 | 140,000 | 14 | 28,000 | 10 | 20,000 | 4 | 8,000 | ||
| Stranglethorn Vale | 10,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Swamp of Sorrows | 5,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Westfall | 6,000 | 85 | 5,100 | - | - | 5 | 300 | 2 | 120 | ||
| The Badlands | 2,000 | - | - | 5 | 100 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Dun Morogh (Ironforge) | 28,000 | 2 | 560 | 85 | 23,800 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Grim Batol | Unknown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Loch Modan | 5,000 | 5 | 250 | 90 | 4500 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Searing Gorge | Unknown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Wetlands | 25,000 | 30 | 7,500 | 30 | 7,500 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Alterac Mountains | Unknown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Arathi Highlands | 6,000 | 84 | 5040 | 5 | 300 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Dalaran | 3,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Eastern Plaguelands | 45,000 | 20 | 9000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Gilneas | Unknown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Hillsbrad Foothills | 15,000 | 80 | 12,000 | 8 | 1,200 | - | - | 4 | 600 | ||
| Hinterlands | 13,000 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 1,300 | - | - | ||
| Kul Tiras | 10,000 | 85 | 8,500 | 10 | 1,000 | 3 | 300 | - | - | ||
| Silverpine Forest | Unknown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Tirisfal Glades (including Undercity) | 18,000 | 2 | 360 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Western Plaguelands | 40,000 | 8 | 3,200 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Quel'Thalas | Unknown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Zul'Aman | 20,000 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1,000 | - | - | ||
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| Total | - | - | 203,160 | - | 67,590 | - | 24,810 | - | 9,550 | ||
*: Note that according to the current editor of the World of Warcraft RPG, Luke Johnson, the 200,000 population of Stormwind may have been a typo, and may have been intended to be only 20,000.
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