Lore Resources

History of Azeroth

Timeline of Warcraft Game and Book Lore

Chapter I: Mythos

• The Titans and the Shaping of the Universe
• Sargeras and the Betrayal
• The Old Gods and the Ordering of Azeroth
• Charge of the Dragonflights
• The Waking World and the Well of Eternity
• The War of the Ancients (10,000 years before Warcraft I)
• The Sundering of the World
• Mount Hyjal and Illidan's Gift
• The World Tree and the Emerald Dream (9,000 years before Warcraft I)
• Exile of the High Elves (7,300 years before Warcraft I)
• The Sentinels and the Long Vigil

Chapter II: The New World

• The Founding of Quel'Thalas (6,800 years before Warcraft I)
• Arathor and the Troll Wars (2,800 years before Warcraft I)
• The Guardians of Tirisfal (2,700 years before Warcraft I)
• Ironforge - the Awakening of the Dwarves (2,500 years before Warcraft I)
• The Seven Kingdoms (1,200 years before Warcraft I)
• Aegwynn and the Dragon Hunt (823 years before Warcraft I)
• War of the Three Hammers (230 years before Warcraft I)
• The Last Guardian (45 years before Warcraft I)

Chapter III: The Doom of Draenor

• Kil'jaeden and the Shadow Pact
• Rise of the Horde

Chapter IV: Alliance And Horde

• The Dark Portal and the Fall of Stormwind (Warcraft I: Orcs and Humans)
• The Alliance of Lordaeron (Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness)
• The Invasion of Draenor (Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal Expansion)
• The Birth of the Lich King
• Icecrown and the Frozen Throne
• The Battle of Grim Batol
• Lethargy of the Orcs
• The New Horde
• War of the Spider
• Kel'Thuzad and the Forming of the Scourge
• The Alliance Splinters

Chapter V: Return of the Burning Legion

• The Scourge of Lordaeron (Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos)
• Sunwell - The Fall of Quel'Thalas
• Archimonde's Return and the Flight to Kalimdor
• The Battle of Mount Hyjal
• The Betrayer Ascendant (Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Expansion)
• Rise of the Blood Elves
• Civil War in the Plaguelands
• The Lich King Triumphant
• Old Hatreds - The Colonization of Kalimdor

Chapter VI: World of Warcraft

• The War of the Shifting Sands (Opening of Ahn'Qiraj)
• Road to Damnation (Opening of Naxxramas)

Chapter VII: The Burning Crusade

• The Story so Far
• Shamans/Paladins

(Basic overview and introduction of the Draenei and Blood Elves to Azeroth)

At this point, our private server lore begins:

Chapter VIII: Conquest of the Horde

• Server Lore

Other Reading

• Unbroken (The story of Nobundo, a famous Draenei Broken)
• Troll Compendium
• Murlocs
• WoWWiki Lore Resources (Be aware that it is a Wiki and double check the info, though it's generally pretty good)
• Warcraft Encyclopedia (Not overly developed but the information within is good)
• Warcraft Novels and Roleplaying Guides & Games