THE 2ND WAR: The Most Lore Important WoW Story You've Probably Never Seen

[@FlyingButtress]

Hi folks - Literally went into hiding for the first 12 hours this video was up but I just want to say Thanks for all the kind words and positivity and stuff. I'm really glad that people seem to have enjoyed this. I will begin building the next series - Beyond the Dark Portal, episodically, over on my channel fairly soon. It's a big book so it's gonna take a while but I'll get it done eventually and then we can do this again. If Hiru's ok with that, obviously!

[@Sassylashex]

The Cheering sound effects for Khadgar are epic 😂

[@egomane9252]

I'm only 20 Mins it but I am enjoying every second. Good Warcraft Lore mixed with a British Speaker is something I never knew i missed. Please do more. It's perfect xD

[@filthiman]

Very well done my dude!

[@lanerickard5024]

This was really well done! You're a great story teller. Thanks for the content!

[@jasminetaylor5416]

This video is great! Can’t wait for more 👌

[@randymarshislorde]

This is quite honestly, in my opinion, the single best piece of KZbin content I have found in over 5 years. The editing, the narrating, the very concept behind it is absolutely wonderful. I would gladly spend dozens of hours watching/listening to other Warcraft stories told in this format, PLEASE make more

[@RazanaArcclaw]

Well good thing there is like 6 more of these on flying butress' KZbin channel!

[@randymarshislorde]

@@RazanaArcclaw I discovered that like an hour after I left that comment. Shame that they are mostly playlists of 10 minute videos, I prefer 2-3 hour ones instead. But at least they are the right order so it's easy to watch them. His playlists have been my last 5 hours or so tbh

[@RazanaArcclaw]

@@randymarshislorde Check his playlists he has supercuts of all the prior ones aswell.

[@RazanaArcclaw]

@@randymarshislorde kzbin.info/www/bejne/iF61ZYGffJeld6c here ya go, all the supercuts, dawn of the aspect,s rise of thel ich king, illidan, shadows rising, rise of the horde, and the last guardian

[@mantari974]

@@randymarshislorde there is supercut playlist as well

[@frantictoast3741]

The Second War isn't talked about enough. It's top tier Warcraft.

[@DanTehSamuraiMan]

I actually wanted to re-read Tides and Beyond the Dark Portal, so this video is a nice treat, since I lost many of my old WC books

[@WikiHL]

Preach

[@Aztonio]

There is a remake of the game launching this year on WC3 Reforged, Chronicles of Secon War.

[@danielbuckley8687]

Is the best warcraft game

[@frantictoast3741]

@@danielbuckley8687 it's my favorite conflict. The way they crafted this conflict into the story makes the war in BFA look like a pile of dog puke.

[@konstantinriumin2657]

I find it quite fascinating that Teron Gorefiend, shadow council's member and first death knight, was actually loyal to the Horde and did what he could to save Orcs, didn't follow Gul'dan's betrayal, and even died to protect Nerzhul whom he thought was Orcs' last hope. Unusual nobility for such unusual creature

[@catxborsuq1]

And then Chronicles Volume 2 has to ruin that by explaining that he was interested in his own survival but knew he needed the other clans and that only Ner'zhul could unite them :/

[@KatieKinz08]

One thing we have to heavily remember is Chronicle is written in the perspective of the Titans.

[@robertlupa8273]

@@KatieKinz08 lul

[@konstantinriumin2657]

@@catxborsuq1 But that doesn't make sense, since he literally sacrificed his (un)life to buy time for Ner'zhul

[@Finalrellik99]

@@catxborsuq1 Well...chronicles makes alot more sense though

[@MrDrop442]

Why the fuck haven't I looked at the flying buttresses channel until now... I absolutely love this. I knew he helped make the videos on this channel but man... You got a new subscriber!

[@Dewster413]

This was possibly the greatest bit of content I've ever seen/listened to, the way you put your own spin on this made it extremely entertaining. I really hope this does well because I would love to see a lot more of these

[@aimilios439]

There are a lot of these in the flying Buttress channel! Certainly worth it.

[@JustMe-iw3ev]

This and the 'Beyond the Dark Portal' videos are arguably two of the most underrated Warcraft lore pieces on KZbin. I've been binging this one since stumbling on it yesterday and I plan to continue with the follow-up video as well. I'm a huge lore buff for the franchise and this is an excellent way to engage with the history behind modern day WoW. This is an excellent video and extremely well done. I hope Flying Buttress would consider making more like this!

[@phantom0456]

“Fantastic… now the corpse has a stick.” I couldn’t stop laughing the entire time the story of the warlocks reanimating the Stormwind knights was being told. Too funny.

[@foreverrockinout]

Flying Buttress is my favorite person to listen to lore videos from. His humor is just what I need to keep me entertained

[@thogarn_bob5930]

This is such a well done video. Such huge moments from the lore as well- founding of the Silver Hand/Paladins, creation of the first generation Death Knights and ogre mages, the Horde dragon riders, Gul’Dan’s betrayal and the final battle at Blackrock Mountain. So fucking epic. Please make more like this, FlyingButts narration and voices are amazing!

[@Dea7hWarran7]

The artistry, the voice acting, the plot…all…perfect.

[@P.O.Madness]

He couldve used a child toon as Varian. But no, oh no. He just minimized the menacing Adult Varian and try to pass him as a child. I couldnt stop laughing seeing him silently and yet menacingly following Lothar and Khadgar hahha

[@brittneystreeter493]

😂😂😂

[@Blazieth]

The funny part, to me, is that the belt Varian wears in that model apparently used to belong to Anduin Lothar.

[@MrKrissKross2010]

I get that people would assume Varian came out like that tho xD

[@alexchism5192]

As a Paladin main for almost 15 years I got chills when the founding of the silver hand came up. WoW

[@Na4oLibre]

Thank you Hiru for helping me find FlyingButtress Ive read the books but those supercuts make them so fun to revisit

[@DIEGhostfish]

21:47 Zuluhed's dark shamanism being blocked by the anti-deathwing lock placed on the Demon Soul by the other aspects was really cool.

[@tunajenkins4]

thank you for introducing me to flying buttress. i've fallen in love with the content on there and use it as a sleep aid regularly.

[@mr.noonoo1003]

Hope the Flying Buttress gets the viewership he deserves!

[@Iehovv]

Yeppp i watched his channel a lot and he has amazin content, hopefully this will boost him a little

[@IluvatarEru]

I thought this was a dirty joke

[@ZiddyNZ]

Really enjoyed this casual take on the lore. Flying Buttress has another subscriber. "Poor mans Chocobo" xD

[@jared4832]

I don't know why, but this really felt good to listen to. A great story, and great characters. This is the lore I fell in love with so many years ago.

[@friedrice7]

The music added a great sense of atmosphere for me

[@mattflub]

I know much better than today's shit.

[@dolomiite]

I hardly ever comment on videos, but the work put together here is nothing short of genius. I would prefer my lore always be served with this beautiful and hilarious commentary. I first started listening to this on a drive, didn't even realise the visual edits till I was 40 minutes in. This is amazing. It is just perfect! Please make a lot more of this!

[@Shervin86]

Omg how come I had not seen this before? I swear KZbin algorithm is purposefully hiding the best videos. I love many Warcraft books as a side popcorn read in between other books and this video is fantastic!!

[@jbell9490]

This is easily the best rendition of Warcraft Lore that I have ever seen. 😁

[@ajollayoldgal]

This is incredible. Flying Buttress, you’ve earned a new sub, and I hope we have more of these lore videos on our way.

[@chrissmid8660]

People love the 3rd War because it shows the true beginning of WoW's Horde. But I just realized the 2nd War is the start of the Alliance. Felt so proud with the dwarves and humans always helping each other

[@TheCommentFactory]

These long cuts are pure GOLD!!!! 🤣

[@Zentatasulop]

Watched the whole thing. It was deeply immersive and very entertaining. Great job! Please complete all the books. It’s wonderful for people new to Warcraft as well.

[@Obironnkenobi]

1:58:40 - I was dying when it was just Aleria running making that noise, but when they both started making that noise I had to pause the video.

[@a.r.t.8651]

awesome, thanks hiru and flying buttress, I'm always asking for second war lore and now you just gave us the whole first half of it

[@somerandomschmuck2547]

I love the idea that the origin of the entire paladin class was just the pope sitting in church one day wondering how the hell some people with bibles and sticks were suppose to deal with musclebound aliens kicking their teeth in, when suddenly he just stand ups and say, “I’ve got it, dual classing!”

[@Garouwerks]

Thank you for this reading. I understand WoW and it's lore so much better now! With my ADD and crazy (medical) dyslexia, I find it difficult to impossible to read anymore, so I love these. Been Binge watching! Please keep going

[@tythealkemist9856]

"Some day she would be focused on so much as a character that SOME people would be bored and annoyed by her" yep

[@TLKjedi]

This was beautiful. I enjoyed the narration, voices, and impressions even more than the story. I don't even play WoW anymore but once I started this I couldn't stop.

[@P.O.Madness]

You may be thrown off by the accent at first, but pay attention for a little bit and you will soon be immersed in the story completely. Its such a well made video.

[@CtrlAltDlt68]

The events of the Second War would be incredibly awesome to see in true cinematic spectacle. In particular, the battle at the foot of Blackrock Mountain would be truly amazing to see. Additionally, there's a lot of moving parts to the Second War to make it feel "genuine." It's pretty impressive Mr. Metzen managed to create so much political intrigue and mix it with realistic war campaign scenarios.

[@bryanbryan6108]

If only Brandon Sanderson wrote WoW novels

[@zacksheppard8091]

This is pretty exceptional. Solid voice acting, nice narration, and genuinely funny. Very well done; I really enjoyed this and subed for more. Thank you for the work!

[@Mrjcowman]

I've been running a Pathfinder 2e game set in the Second War for the past year. We just concluded the final battle and are taking a downtime break before we pick up with Beyond the Dark Portal. Why the second war, you ask? I wanted to tell the story of the Order of the Silver Hand from beginning to end. My paladin player has never played WoW nor any Warcraft games, so it's a great story to introduce him to the franchise

[@gigglesnorts3630]

Alleria and her sister's "running through the forest" noises fucking sent me holy shit

[@AmitCinematicUniverse]

These human Paladins showed better use of the Holy Light than the Draenei have on Draenor.

[@thecurrier]

i absolutely adore longer videos such as this, thank you so much for the amazing listen

[@TheEggwolls]

Hahaha I don’t know why, but “NICE SCARF” got me 37:59

[@Killerstorm5280]

Honestly, folk that made this, Absolutely amazing job doing this. I kept listening to this at home, at work, and every time I had free time. Thank you so much for the visuals and the voice acting/reading. This was such an enjoyable time and I cannot wait to see more ^-^ ._. I will admit as well, always wanted to do something like this with voice acting. Was so much fun to listen too lol.

[@mikeygduv]

This is incredible. As someone who grew up with Warcraft I & II it's fun to see it put into perspective with the modern story (using the current models etc) Sort of bridging the gap of the old games and WoW. Also the Warcraft Adventures backgrounds were a marvelous touch!

[@DIEGhostfish]

I wish that had been finished. Or the movie had hired Peter Cullen for doomhammer.

[@Name_Nah00]

Holy cow, despite the comedic angle of telling this story I found myself totally invested, even tearing up when Turalyon found his Faith in his fight against Orgrim.

[@Sithedd]

This is an amazing video. Truly top tier quality. I can't imagine how much work went into it considering the run time

[@medorath8533]

One of the best wow videos i've ever seen, well done man.

[@Prfinity]

Ayy what a treat nice to see you flying butt :)

[@JaceDJasuo]

The lore is great , but your way of telling is even better. I really enjoyed listening the whole 3 hours. Thank you for your work and your effort :)

[@kevincasmer6153]

I kept missing parts of the lore because I was laughing too much! Awesome vid!

[@billbillinger2117]

The Last Airbender jab had me rollin'.. well played.

[@Mexican00b]

3 hours video? Wth... Pauses video Goes to make popcorn and buy a soda Oks, lets go

[@TheLesoro]

I dream about The Second War expansion via Caverns of Time since reading of "Tides of Darkness" in 2010 All about it is absolutely great

[@Jessethoth]

It's worth mentioning that the novel World of Warcraft: Tides of Darkness is a retelling of Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness to make it fit better with Warcraft III and WoW canon as WC2 was a 1995 real time strategy game and narrative wasn't as high priority in it some of it's missions' stories take place in spite of one another as alternate outcomes. The novel retells every mission in a more linear way that's far more canon and fits key elements of the game's mission stories in a way that allows BOTH campaigns to technically be canon omitting a few events that would completely disrupt canon. Like in the last Horde mission you DESTROY Lordaeron but obviously that wouldn't be canon so you get a slight alteration where Lordaeron is besieged but repels said siege for example. Really good read and a great game. There is also a World of Warcraft: Beyond the Dark Portal which retells Warcraft II's expansion Beyond the Dark Portal.

[@nakomat09]

started to listen to this in the evening and before i knew it 3 hours had passed and i was almost done great listen well done

[@notjustyouraverage]

Watched the whole thing. No regrets. This was amazing.

[@RZethusE]

Damn good! Didn't think I was gonna end up watching all 3 hours of it but here I am.

[@grennbalze]

35:01 "Is that the voice you're going with?" hahaha that was hilarious

[@JoelAgrell]

This is amazing! I was glued to this on a long train ride. So good! Thank you 😊

[@leonardemini9657]

I just spent two days locked inside my apartment watching these SuperCuts They're amazing. I'm lost for words, I hope you do more of these!

[@dw22509]

this was absolutely amazing, I can't imagine how long it took to create. I hope there'll be more!

[@mantari974]

There is 6 more other supercuts on his channel

[@chopshop94]

Amazingly done! I know this took a great amount of work but please do more of these

[@clayhoyt5717]

this video is hands down the best thing ive seen on this channel. and thats a major compliment bc you guys are one of the few wow channels that doesn't make me want to die. top notch content guys keep it up.

[@NotARussianDisinfoBot]

1:06:00 "A woman that could only be described as handsome..." Coming from the Dawn of the Aspects video, I appreciated this ongoing joke.

[@ishalef3933]

Flying Buttress is the greatests warcraft lore video maker

[@OliveOilFan]

You need to do top Bald people in warcraft

[@ThatGuy-lx4vy]

Do you wanna feel represented by that 🤣

[@kch1303]

Anduin Lothar...err...Gul'dan is balding...Antonidas...old Khadgar model? Ner'zhul is basically bald. Um...Zo'vaal?

[@loa_loveoverall]

Man these are so good. The way you bring the lore to life in such a witty way has made playing classic so much more fun! Thank you

[@Doodihealz]

This was so good, the imagine really helped me picture the scene of events. Thank you for your hard work!

[@sharpshot014]

Thank you so much for this, its like a TLDR for a major plot point for Warcraft. please do more :)

[@Tapzer]

I don’t even play wow anymore or have any real interest in it, but when I see a 3 1/2 hour lore video from you I can’t help but watch.

[@cycy9154]

This is AMAZING. Thank you so much Hiruma and Buttress. I'm a lore buff but I've never read any of the books. This was an excellent interpretation.

[@ntrz-]

this was really incredible. well done, really love lore vids and this was wildly entertaining and the voice acting was inredible.

[@jasonray76]

Thanks!

[@noahbarber887]

Support the buttress!!!! He’s the hardest working wow channel on KZbin! In quality and humor

[@adamhaha7572]

Hands down, it was the best thing ive watched in last years. Thanks!

[@zollof6699]

I LOVE Warcraft lore, and this was such a fun way to watch it, ya know, instead of someone just explaining the events.

[@rzv.sketchify]

I have never had an hour and a half go by as quickly as this video made it seem. I don't want the video to end!

[@johnthebarbarian]

"If i go its an invasion, if you go its treason" what a badass line

[@freeflowme]

This is so awesome. I started playing Warcraft back in ~’04, playing the WC3 at a friend’s house over the summer. Got into WoW in ~’07, late TBC if I recall. I’ve read about bits of Warcraft history, but learned so much here - never new Kel’Thuzad had been a member of the Kirin Tor, for example.

[@firedrake110]

2:15:05 is the exact moment the Horde lost the second war. Gul'dan fucked it up, just like he fucks up everything else. He couldn't even betray his people for power correctly, and just fucking died like a powerless fool. After the conquest he would have had plenty of time to go exploring, but he just had to ruin everything, like always...

[@NotARussianDisinfoBot]

Doomhammer did want to kill Guldan like he did the other warlocks, so I can't help but wonder if Guldan would have survived long after a horde victory.

[@Hvanudetfornoget]

Thanks for sharing FlyingButtress! Huge love to you Hirumaredx for doing it!

[@cody9732]

Never watched a full book "reading" before lol, ill watch every single one of these

[@wildthaddeus478]

Holy cow I have LOVED listening to this over the last couple days. To the point where I do not know what I am going to do on my walk tomorrow. This has been great!

[@mhx47]

Really nice style of storytelling with good humour. I did read the book and enjoyed this video a great deal.

[@gostreiver8036]

Imagine blizzard putting even half as much effort into narrating their stories which are meant to be core parts of the gameplay. The idea that people are meant to just get it all from books is maddening. I never would have known this story to the same degree without your narration. Thank you

[@porkins8340]

They did narrate it for the game, could probably find all the wc2 mission intros combined somewhere and watch that. Not novel levels of detail but same story.

[@vulkenite5476]

You can never have this huge massive and highly detailed story in a single expansion though. Everything is already shortened in this video. If they do, It'll probably not be a an MMO anymore, but a single story rich RPG or a visual novel game with a lot of talking.

[@deltarek1534]

One of the best editing story told I have ever listened to I enjoyed every sec of it

[@Bresagk]

One of the best WoW lore videos i've seen in a while, great job.

[@joshshepherd5734]

I love how he tells the stories! Really helps me get my WoW fix while at work and I LOVE the lore of the game, that's what makes it interesting!!

[@al1313ex]

OMG he is like the elvis of wizards! i am dying! the video is top notch ,nicely made addition to the tale! good job!

[@Putrescence420]

this is a damn delight, since i don't play wow anymore,thanks for showing us this guy, love these series!

[@roninace213]

Always happy to see a Flying Buttress Vid.

[@thespartanslayer1]

amazingggg story telling skills, voice acting and all... Really enjoyed a lot! Need more of this!!!

[@CallsignWildfire]

Thank you for this content, this is really amazing and I hope that there are indeed more videos like this on Hirus channel in the future!

[@deesul4134]

43 seconds in and i liked the video - I need more of these because Blizzard does not actually talk about the lore in the game. I am so lost in the game and ive played since wrath and im still so confused

[@Sassylashex]

I’m a flying Buttress fan! I love his videos and storytelling. He deserves all the views 🤩

[@jamesdavis4009]

Absolutely amazing and entertaining retelling of this story, can't praise this enough. Reminds me somewhat of a Monty Python Retelling, absolutely wonderful! Thanks so much for this! Made my day!

[@BraveAbandon]

What a refreshing return to the days when the lore and story not only made sense, but was dramatic and exciting

[@IVPixel]

And then wow and tbc happened

[@alexanderrahl7034]

@IVPixel even WoW was okay. In vanilla there wasn't a world threatening villain. You had amorphous threats like Ragnaros sure. But Onyxia and Nefarian were really more of a "Stormwind's problem". Ahn Qiraj was the first time we saw a big threat, and it was played up and done rather well enough. Naxxramas didn't seem like a world wide threat either. Just a Lordaeron threat, an amorphous threat of the scourge getting stronger. All the zones had their self contained stories. Wasn't until TBC when ... I don't even really know. Illidan, even then wasn't really a threat to anyone in particular.

[@IVPixel]

@@alexanderrahl7034 You are actually correct, then again I remember fuck all from vanilla except that the horde was obsessed with muh LUMBER. I will go and replay wc3 to remind myself why I hate what blizzard has done with warcraft especially the whole "these genocidal green ape like aliens that love slavery are the actual victims" nonsense.

[@Elxjunior23]

The most amazing voice acting was valeria running breath..Still One hell of a video. Gratz🤣🤣🤣

[@thefool199]

Extremely good. More in this style would be great

[@GioFan201051]

He made like 6 more of those on his channel :-D

[@Wyrmshield]

Haven't watched yet but I'm so excited for a 3 hour video on warcraft 2 lore. The novels are absolutely critical for warcraft lore and I have always said they need to base the next movie/tv series on these novels and not the games themselves

[@sparkraido]

10/10 voice acting for the dwarf at the chapter 10

[@Ogema-1]

Better then the Warcraft Movie. Points taken off for Gorefiend not having his iconic yellow cape.

[@Skippa1986]

That's a low bar...