Know Your Lore roundup
by Barb Dybwad 
Apr 2nd 2007 at 8:25PM
As many of you know, our Know Your Lore feature regularly presents quick and dirty biographies and histories of some of the most famous names, places and events in Azeroth. Here's a quick recap of what we've covered so far, for your reference:
Important figures
- The Alliance Expedition
- Arthas Menethil
- Grom Hellscream
- Illidan Stormrage
- Kael'thas Sunstrider
- Lady Vashj
- Medivh
- Neltharion
- Sylvanas Windrunner
Geography
What other historical figures, places or events would you like to see covered in a future Know Your Lore?
Filed under: Lore, Know your Lore, NPCs
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Burning Adrenaline Apr 2nd 2007 8:54PM
Shando Stormrage if you please.
twh Apr 2nd 2007 9:15PM
Uther Lightbringer for the pallies!
Ollej Apr 2nd 2007 9:42PM
How about Darkmoon Faire?
I mean, other than the tickets, are they important in any way at all? Why do they get their own Rep bar? Does rep with them matter?
doobtray Apr 2nd 2007 9:37PM
The Maelstorm.
Melf Apr 2nd 2007 9:42PM
Tyrande Whisperwind
Cairne Bloodhoof
Any of rest of the major dragons of the dragonflights (Ysera, Alex, etc.)
Kadghar
KT
Any dwarf/gnome anything
Dark Yoshi Apr 2nd 2007 9:47PM
Furion, Furion, Furion, and Uther.
White Rabbit Apr 2nd 2007 10:31PM
Kalimdor!
FrankenRob Dec 30th 2008 12:16PM
Cenarius!
Galipan Apr 2nd 2007 10:53PM
Kng Terenas...the one Arthas killed. and/or an explanation on THE ALLIANCE
Bland Apr 2nd 2007 11:20PM
Hogger.
Khanmora Apr 3rd 2007 12:15AM
Nathanos Blightcaller, Nat Pagle, or any of the people you can see as their younger selves in Old Hillsbrad.
Adam Apr 3rd 2007 12:34AM
I would really like more geography know your lores on things like: Kalimdor, Outland, and various instances.
Wartooth Apr 3rd 2007 3:58AM
Mankirks Wife
Goran Apr 3rd 2007 9:35AM
Thrall has to be there!
Tim Engelbart Apr 3rd 2007 5:56AM
Velen :D
Friggas Ring Apr 3rd 2007 8:58AM
I wouldn't mind seeing some speculative lore instead of something already proven. Something thought-provoking. For example, look at the Grimtotems. They're one of the only tribes not to band together with Cairne when he unified the Tauren. Yet, the leader of Grimtotem, Magatha, resides in Thunderbluff. It's long been said that Magatha is seeking power for herself and would probably challenge Baine for leadership should Cairne die. Despite being aggressive to both the Horde and Alliance, however, they appear to remain true to the Tauren lifestyle and, in Thousand Needles, the Grimtotems even have Tauren Rogues and Mages. Are the Grimtotems plotting something? And quests in Thousand Needles suggest they're allying with someone; who is it? The Scourge of Razorfen to the north? The Centaur of Thousand Needles below the mesa? Some new power?
If you want a topic more relevant to the expansion, anyone who read Rise of the Horde knows what Oshu'Gun is, but you could always explain how it, Mother Kashur and the naaru, K'ure, are related and what impact it will have for the Draenei and Orcs (since they both hold it as a holy place) and what this means for Orc/Draenei relations since the orcs have freed themselves from the Burning Legion's corruption.
Or, as someone else suggested, go over a list of the Easter Egg NPCs you meet in South Shore in the Caverns of Time. If Nathanos Marris becomes the Blightcaller when the Scourge attacked his home, killed him and brought him back as an undead, I'm curious to find out what happened to the little Marris girl. Did she die? Or is she out there somewhere following in Nathanos' footsteps before he died?
Dark Apr 3rd 2007 9:11AM
There is all this talk it seems about all the good heroes coming from the horde, and the few that did come from the alliance seem to be prone to corruption. But I haven't heard any mention about Anduin Lothar. Lothar is one of the greatest heroes in WC lore and would be a great topic. And let's not forget, he wielded the Ashkandi!
Friggas Ring Apr 3rd 2007 10:09AM
@Dark - Look at the list of figures they've covered:
The Alliance Expedition - Alliance
Arthas Menethil - Alliance Prince turned Scourge
Grom Hellscream - Horde turned Burning Legion back to Horde
Illidan Stormrage - Alliance turned Burning Legion
Kael'thas Sunstrider - Alliance turned Horde/Burning Legion
Lady Vashj - Burning Legion
Medivh - Burning Legion turned Neutral
Neltharion - just plain crazy
Sylvanas Windrunner - Alliance turned Scourge turned Horde
If you look, you'll see there are plenty of Alliance lore heroes mentioned... they just defected to either the Horde or Burning Legion. Of course, if you want real heroes, there's Vereesa Windrunner (Sylvanas' sister), Falstad Dragonreaver, and, of course, Rhonin who, with the previous two, destroyed the Dragon Soul and freed Alexstrasza. Rhonin later went back in time with a consort of Alexstrasza and Broxigar, an orc warrior, to the Burning Legion's first invasion of Azeroth.
Dark Apr 3rd 2007 9:08PM
I was kinda putting emphasis on the fact that it would be nice to see a hero from the alliance that actually stayed a hero for the alliance. And I know all that already :P. Ive read almost all the books and made a religion out of wowwiki lol.
Elizabeth Wachowski Apr 3rd 2007 10:16PM
Thanks for your suggestions, guys! I'm currently working on the second part of the KYL Special for Kalimdor. Malfurion Stormrage and Uther Lightbringer are definitely going to be covered, as is Thrall. I'm a little short on good Horde heroes, though.
Friggas, wonderful suggestions. We have had a bit of a villain-centric focus so far, just because the villains are out there doing stuff while the heroes are either dead or sitting in throne rooms during WoW. There's a good chance I'll do the Southshore Easter Egg NPC Hunt in the near future, as soon as I figure out how to work the Gallery feature again!