Show Notes
Lore segment begins at (20:16) Deathwing’s return has left the dragonflights divided, grieving, and vulnerable.
At the Maelstrom, Thrall is no longer Warchief. He is one shaman among many, trying to calm forces that refuse to answer him. But when the ritual fails, Aggra forces him to confront a wound he has avoided for too long: the name Go’el, the death of Cairne, and the question of who Thrall is without the Horde.
Far to the north, Wyrmrest Temple becomes the stage for another fracture. The blue dragonflight grieves Malygos. Arygos and Kalecgos represent two possible futures. Ysera warns that the Hour of Twilight is coming. Then twilight dragons strike, the sanctums below Wyrmrest are destroyed, and Alexstrasza shatters the Orb of Unity in grief.
With the Accord broken and Nozdormu missing, Ysera sends Thrall into the Caverns of Time. There, the timeways twist around him, showing him Durotan and Draka alive, Taretha in a world where Thrall died, and Aedelas Blackmoore remade into something far more dangerous.
More from Tides of Lore
Lore segment begins at (10:04) A prince promises survival at a terrible cost. Rebels escape his city, bargain for sanctuary, and build a new life above the world. Thousands of years later, their descendants must decide how to save the home that bargain gave them. We begin Tides of Lore: Forever by connecting the Skyborne’s origins to the Shen’dralar of Eldre’Thalas, the ancient city now known as Dire Maul. We follow Tortheldrin’s rule, the rebellion against his plans, and the exiles whose journey leads into Skywall and the Zephras Isle starting storyline. First, we return to the aftermath of Warcraft III: Arthas’s betrayal, Grom Hellscream’s sacrifice, the stand at Mount Hyjal, and the fragile peace that follows. These events leave Azeroth with the rivalries, displaced peoples, and unfinished conflicts that form the backdrop to World of Warcraft: Forever. We also discuss the High Order and Windshapers, the Skyborne’s ties to the Kirin Tor and Earthen Ring, and our first impressions of how their story fits into Warcraft’s history.
The trees of Elwynn fall behind you, and Westfall opens beneath a wide sky. A family needs its wedding watch returned. A horse needs feeding. Farmers are trying to hold their ground against thieves and wandering harvest watchers.
Lore segment begins at (12:38)Chen Stormstout reaches the homeland behind his family name, only to be rejected by the Stormstout guarding its brewery.
Lore segment begins at (18:07) Pandaria survived ten thousand years behind the mists. The Alliance and Horde needed only days to teach its people their war