Lord of His Pack live at Blizzard's community site
by Matthew Rossi 
Jan 14th 2011 at 3:32PM
Do you like worgen? Sure, we all do! Well, I do, anyway. And if you liked the Gilneas starting zone and wanted to get to know more about the origins of the place and its independent-minded king, Genn Greymane, Blizzard has you covered. James Waugh's Lord of His Pack is all about the king himself, his relationships with allies and adversaries like Darius Crowley, and how they made the trip across the ocean to Darnassus following their flight from their homeland. The past and the present are both explored, and a fuller picture of the Gilneas that was and the Greymane that is come to light. Go check it out now.
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Blizzard, News items, Lore, Cataclysm
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
NighttimeApparition Jan 14th 2011 3:44PM
All I can think of when I see that picture is, "His nose is shaped like a triangle!" (With the fat part near his eyebrows) I sure hope it had to do with lighting and not how poor Genn's Nose is supposed to be portrayed.
I'm just picky because I'm an artist. I know.
Arturis Jan 14th 2011 4:18PM
I had the same response to the image. I'm really hoping that its just an unfortunate shading decision.
Josh Jan 15th 2011 3:41PM
Could be the artist isn't from Blizzard. You'll see a subtext right below the picture in the official site that reads: "This original Genn Greymane image was created by Ludo Lullabi and Tony Washington, the artistic team behind DC's latest: World of Warcraft miniseries, CURSE OF THE WORGEN."
BlindWorg Jan 14th 2011 4:04PM
I approve of this.
Elmouth Jan 15th 2011 2:49AM
'its independent-minded king, Genn Greymane"
I couldn't help but laugh at this part, I mean damn he's living in Varian's throne room xD
Prelimar Jan 14th 2011 4:12PM
genn, hooray!
my worgen alt approves.
"for my people..."
Kel Jan 14th 2011 4:17PM
I just finished reading it, and I adore it. I knew I loved that man!
Al Jan 14th 2011 4:24PM
At least somebody at Blizzard remembered the second moon, now to get it back in-game.
John Jan 14th 2011 4:27PM
I love Graymane.
I love Crowley.
I love Gilneas.
And I still hold that I do not play a worgen. I play a Gilnean!
Joker Jan 14th 2011 4:41PM
Too bad there's really no purpose for Worgen after you leave Gilneas.
Wish Blizz would stop making all these stupid books / comics and put all this stuff ingame, they are ruining the game with all the good parts of the lore happening in these lame books.
If I'm going to take the time to read a book it's going to be a good book written by a real author, not some hack that writes video game books (lol).
RetPallyJil Jan 14th 2011 5:23PM
People, downvotes are for idiotic first posters and gold sellers. Downvoting people who have a different opinion is nothing more than childish pouting.
MusedMoose Jan 14th 2011 7:30PM
I disagree. I think downvotes are also for people who are making asses of themselves, people who mock others' hard work, people who generally talk crap, and people who try to tell other people what to do.
RetPallyJil Jan 14th 2011 8:20PM
Or you're a shambling man-child who still can't handle it when the world doesn't revolve around them :)
perderedeus Jan 14th 2011 9:13PM
You bring up a very valid point. I'm surprised you were downvoted. And the replies saying you're mocking someone's hard work... buh?
It isn't unreasonable to want a fully fleshed-out experience for Worgen in game. If you haven't already, play the Goblins from 1 to 20. Go from Kezan to Lost Isles to Azshara and see the sheer amount of love they've received. Compare to the Worgen experience, that ends (for them) once they hit Darkshore. They're on the NE leveling path at that point.
The Worgen story IS continued in game, but it is made available to new Forsaken players. Which is fine, because they're the other half of the conflict... but to rob the Worgen of that by sending them to the other side of the world, and putting them on the Night Elf leveling route... it's just a let down.
I won't say this story is bad for what it is, a story that is separate and existing in a format outside the game. That's fine. But I also won't turn a blind eye to a relatively poor handling of Worgen in the game. Too many events are taking place in the literature. Baine's retaking of Thunder Bluff? That would have made an EPIC assault event in the game, but it was only detailed in the Shattering book.
Joker Jan 14th 2011 11:13PM
@perderedeus. I guess some people want to stay ignorant of Blizzards mishandling of WoW through greed and just view these problems as ramblings from a troll and mark me down.
Wish I could be ignorant and enjoy WoW the same way as they do, would be nice to call things I don't understand the work of witchcraft (lol).
Blizz could spend some time and money to make an epic taking back Thunder Bluff event, but no, they get some Rent-a-Writer to write a book about said events and make a ton of cash instead of improving the game and having major plot points take place in the game where they belong.
Also, they make all this money from this kind of stuff but don't bother hiring decent voice actors to do voice work, Hell, Crowley sounds like they gave a drunk homeless man a 40oz to go in and do some voice over work in a drunken Jack Sparrow accent.
I don't see how more people are bothered by these kind of things, I love WoW and I hate seeing it slowly being ruined.
Matthew Rossi Jan 15th 2011 2:49AM
I have to be honest. I find your contempt for the journeyman writer nauseating. Your "rent a writer" comments display an ignorance of the difficulty of the writing profession and a general unwilling, dismissive attitude that completely invalidates anything you have to say.
I have a book out, have been published in several magazines and anthologies, and I know how hard the freelance writing life is. If someone offers you a paying gig with the potential for a lot of exposure, you take it. If it's someone else's property, if it's a video game setting, if it's the flipping Teletubbies, you often find yourself taking that job. It's work. It's money. It's writing.
It's the fact that people like you pretend to literacy but scorn the writer in the trenches trying to make a living at his or her craft that really irritates me. Tennesee Williams wrote horror fiction when he was young. Jack London wrote pulpish sci fi. Some writers get lucky, and get to write the "good books" that someone else told you about (because I refuse to believe that anyone who actually loved writing would be so hateful to writers) but not everyone gets to make it.
Joker Jan 15th 2011 6:07AM
@Matthew Rossi. A "writer" for Joystiq thinks he knows what a real writer is? That's kind of sad.
I gotta ask. Did you copy and paste your opinion from another site like you do your articles?
Riddle me this. If that Rent-A-Writer is a hack, what does that make someone who writes about WoW on a blog that is known for its lack of integrity and thinks he's a real writer?
A nobody? A failure? Delusional?
Seems like these "writers" you speak of need to get a real job if life is so tough for them, lol.
Matthew Rossi Jan 15th 2011 6:45AM
Ad hominem attacks aside, you got any actual point or facts to share?
Here's why I think I'm a real writer:http://monkeybrainbooks.com/Things_That_Never_Were.html Even got an introduction from Paul Di Fillippo, writer of the Steampunk Trilogy. I know you haven't read it. You use 'lol' as punctuation.
Here's my credits from Postscripts magazine. http://www.sfsite.com/lists/ps-author01.htm I got nominated for the British SF award for those.
Here's an old adventure I wrote for Pyramid Magazine: http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/sample.html?id=706
So, Joker, got a name? Got any professional credits? Got anything besides ill-tempered, undeserved scorn? Go ahead and provide your bona fides. Sure, I'm no great shakes, I'm not famous, I'm not rich, and I'll never be. I don't care. I've been writing professionally for a variety of venues for more than 20 years now. I use my name. I don't hide behind an a jejune mask of anonymity and throw insults around when confronted with my own ill mannered, uneducated, boorish self entitlement.
Your contempt is pointless since it's unearned. Responding to you is like talking to a camel, and as likely to reach you.
Joker Jan 15th 2011 7:33AM
@Matthew Rossi. I'm going to be the bigger man here and walk away since you're obviously mentally ill.
You remind me of the security guard in Observe and Report, and that's just sad.
Vael'lokk Jan 14th 2011 5:36PM
Beautiful storytelling! Well worth missing over two 40+min dungeon finder lines to read and re-read!
In fact, I'm not bothered at all about missing the lines, because I'm rolling a worgen alt the moment I finish typing this :D
For Gilneas!