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The Warcraft universe (aka Warcraft franchise) is the game world, history, and lore created by Blizzard Entertainment, beginning with the seminal title Warcraft: Orcs & Humans. This page contains information about the official sources of Warcraft franchise and its lore.

See also lore, Category:Sources, Wowpedia:Citation, and Wowpedia:Book citation index.

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:

Games, their manuals and official sites

The computer games were the origin of the Warcraft universe, and continue to be its primary focus. Much has changed in the lore since Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, with each new release greatly expanding the world and revising some of the past lore.

Warcraft I introduced the basic conflict between the orcs and humans, as well as the characters of Medivh, Llane, Garona, and Lothar.

Warcraft II expanded the world beyond the continent of Azeroth to include Khaz Modan and Lordaeron. The dwarves, high elves, trolls, goblins, and Burning Legion were introduced, as well as a host of new characters.

Warcraft III expanded the world yet again by introducing the continents of Kalimdor, Northrend, and Outland along with a mention of the mysterious land of Pandaria, a detailed backstory chronicling the creation of the world of Azeroth, and several new races including the night elves, the tauren, and the Scourge.

World of Warcraft and its expansions has continued this trend by allowing the players to experience nigh all of the colossal world as no more than one of the many little players, as well as introducing a host of new creatures and characters.

Warcraft: Orcs & Humans

Warcraft II

Warcraft Adventures

Warcraft III

World of Warcraft

Hearthstone

World of Warcraft site

Cataclysm This section concerns content exclusive to Cataclysm.

WoD This section concerns content exclusive to Warlords of Draenor.

World of Warcraft site archives

WoW Icon 16x16.png This section concerns content exclusive to World of Warcraft.

World of Warcraft Community Site World of Warcraft Community Site Official World of Warcraft forums

World of Warcraft, The Burning Crusade and Wrath of the Lich King sites didn't survive the overhaul. See the archives below for the lore articles.

TBC This section concerns content exclusive to The Burning Crusade.

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

Cataclysm This section concerns content exclusive to Cataclysm.

WoD This section concerns content exclusive to Warlords of Draenor.

Timelines

Main:

Other:

See also

Novels and novellas

Warcraft
World of Warcraft

Compilations

Short stories

Savage World
Destination: Pandaria
Leader Short Stories
Other
Possible
From World of Warcraft Official Strategy Guide (hinted to be non-canon)[8]

Compilations

Comics

Canceled comic
From World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Official Strategy Guide (hinted to be non-canon)[9]

Editions

Manga (Manhwa)

Animated series

Magazine

See also

Videos

Cinematics, trailers and patch trailers

Movies

DVDs

  • Warcraft III Cinematics Disc
  • The Making of World of Warcraft
  • WORLD OF WARCRAFT BEHIND-THE-SCENES DVD[10]

RPG book

The RPG Icon 16x36.png This section concerns content exclusive to the Warcraft RPG and is considered non-canon.

Warcraft

World of Warcraft

PDF-only material

Other books

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Art

Atlas

Lore

Strategy Guides

Warcraft

World of Warcraft

Other

Editions

Other

References

  1. ^ a b c Kyle Hilliard 2013-11-10. Blizzard Working On Bringing Warcraft & Warcraft II To Modern PCs. Gameinformer. Retrieved on 2014-01-03.
  2. ^ a b c BlizzCon 2013 World of Warcraft Q&A Panel
  3. ^ Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos Demo
  4. ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20080813073530/http://eu.blizzard.com/en/wow/townhall/
  5. ^ [1]
  6. ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20111206153519/http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/cataclysm/features/
  7. ^ [Neilson on Twitter]
  8. ^ https://twitter.com/MickyNeilson/status/525757228825858048 Neilson on Twitter
  9. ^ https://twitter.com/MickyNeilson/status/527888024659828736 Neilson on Twitter
  10. ^ http://gear.blizzard.com/index.php/default/warcraft/world-of-warcraft-behind-the-scenes-dvd-85913.html
  11. ^ World of Warcraft RPG Character Sheet at White Wolf's download site
  12. ^ World of Warcraft RPG Conversion Document at White Wolf's download site
  13. ^ World of Warcraft the Roleplaying Game Preview at White Wolf's download site

External links

Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard official site 
Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Warcraft: Orcs & Humans overview and demo.
Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition overview.
Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos official site with demo, screenshots and more.
Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne official site with screenshots, artworks and more.
Blizzard Entertainment Battle.net site 
Blizzard Entertainment Battle.net The Dark Portal, the consolidated source for official Warcraft II news, strategies, maps, pictures, and more.
Blizzard Entertainment Battle.net Mojo StormStout's Warcraft III Strategy Guide.
World of Warcraft Community Site World of Warcraft official site 
World of Warcraft Community Site World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade official site 
World of Warcraft Community Site World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King official site 
External link Fantasyflightgames site 
External link fantasyflightgames.com Warcraft: The Board Game official site.
External link fantasyflightgames.com Warcraft: The Board Game's collection official site.
External link fantasyflightgames.com World of Warcraft: The Board Game official site.
External link fantasyflightgames.com World of Warcraft: The Board Game's collection official site.
External link fantasyflightgames.com World of Warcraft: The Adventure Game official site.
External link fantasyflightgames.com World of Warcraft: The Adventure Game Figure Expansions official site.
External link white-wolf.com Official site of White Wolf (Publisher of the Warcraft RPGs).
External link swordsorcery.com Official site of Sword and Sorcery.
External link warcraftrpg.com Official site for the World of Warcraft RPG.
External link bradygames.com Official website of BradyGames (Publisher of World of Warcraft official guides).
External link entertainment.upperdeck.com Official site for the World of Warcraft: Trading Card Game.
External link entertainment.upperdeck.com Official site for the World of Warcraft Miniatures Game.
External link sonsofthestorm.com Sons of the Storm website.
External link DCComics.com World of Warcraft (Wildstorm comic) and Warcraft action figures official website.
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