The Story of Gul'dan [Lore]

[@Cpt0bviouss]

well, you forgot one part. Gul'dan did manage to escape the Tomb of Sargares, he made his way to an inn, and is now playing cards with all who would be challengers.

[@Nyloxmc]

Same with illidan!

[@MoodyHD-]

Extraordinary.

[@MrTab001]

duuuude wtf lol at 2:25 the spikes in the background line up perfectly with the spikes on gul'dan's back haha anyone else notice that?

[@arbiterofthehornedrat1570]

MrTab001 lol

[@youngoutlaws3070]

Huh pretty cool

[@RedDeadSakharine]

I always felt that "darkness incarnate" part to be somewhat over the top. But since I saw the movie, I now understand. He really is ^^'

[@quietazn]

2:17 Guldan's spikes perfectly matched the background. Looks like guldan's thirst for power extends that of your video!

[@ravenf6]

Those are the three thigns Gul'dan cares about: Power, more power, and screw whatever means it takes to get it.

[@plushdogg124]

"Okay a number 1 combo large, and what would you like on your burger sir?" Gul'dan: "Everything."

[@minnaraiha2979]

here i am giggling to 6 year old wow lore comment :--D

[@MrWowExpertsChannel]

This is really well researched and put together. I like how you used different media to keep the visuals going. Overall, amazing video

[@captaincokecan]

One of the best parts of a Sunday. sitting down of a evening with a cup of tea loading a new video and hearing "Hello everyone"

[@Zagnutjones]

gul'dan is not only my favorite warcraft character..but one of my favorite charaters from all media

[@Kidwhix]

He's my favorite HS character and I love him

[@SKXGiu]

What an absolute perfect way of ending my evening! - WoW lore, BY NOBBEL, about what is probably one of my favorite characters :)

[@richardm.garciajr.9930]

Love the lore, you cover alot of information. Gul'dan was purely greedy & he was his own undoing

[@frub2106]

Your lore is legend...I will enjoy changing it!

[@Jamesmcknightmare]

Damn you Kel'thuzad!We've killed you 3 times,STAY DEAD!

[@frub2106]

+Arthas Menethil Would have made more sense if I was still called Gul'dan.

[@slugprincess10]

GOSH! Finally! Nobbel, please do more videos like this! I know WoD is very important but.. you know I really love how to storytell us these lores! Always rooting for you Nobbel!

[@mjshorty101]

jesus, Gul'dan in my mind is the most evil of the villans, he not only wants to destroy but manipulate and use people for his own ends. like some of the craziest where leaving the war in search of power knowing full well they would lose, or the breeding programs, and other stuff O.O

[@frangeek]

Yeah, it's been a while since I've seen a great villain in WoW. That's why I hope that Gul'dan survives the events of WoD and finds out a way to travel to our present timeline somehow and start messing with things there.

[@Lalle524]

It would make sense if it was just the Champions and the alliance. This is no longer so because of garrisons Will be giving Champions their own armys, so it would be very hard to give a reason gul'dan would survive

[@Stormkiller95]

Cho gall is even more badass betraying even gul dan he is crazy

[@Solaxe]

Dreadnought D He's not nearly as evil as Sargeras

[@kylevernon]

Looks like you guys predicted Legion.

[@E4Al56EX8]

Wow, really well made video Nobbel, kudos!

[@addaskhasawneh8174]

It's fantastic that I can look back at videos this old with that quality, I hope this channel is still alive.

[@young6777]

I wanna join The Iron horde. Think about it a Horde filled with Orc's never enslaved by the burning legion. Never under the leadership of Guldan and never had warlocks. That is the Horde i want to be in. FOR THE IRON HORDE!

[@jamieironside1256]

Also a horde a horde founded on manipulation by Garrosh in his desire to kill everyone on Azeroth because, like a child, he didn't get his own way.

[@young6777]

Yea i would help him invade azeroth if I could IRON HORDE ALL THE WAY

[@clawhammr666]

That's why was first excited for expansion when saying that we're about to meet all the warlords and then.. wait we're gonna fight them all but durotan? Psychness got sucked right out

[@Sigmundfruit]

young6777 yep... flatten those innocents! IN THE NAME OF FUTILE REVENGE!

[@young6777]

YUP for the IRON HORDE THE TRUE HORDE!

[@OFFICIAL-H-RUBBER]

Hello Nobbel, old player here coming back for the lore... Used to love your content and still do. Thank you for reading this, and thank you for endless hours of your time telling me everything I needed to know about my favourite game ever while I was boosting noobs and taking the views of Azeroth. Loktar ogar!

[@Siddhartha1941]

I am so glad I finally found a spoiler free lore video to watch. Don't take this wrong, I admire the work you have been doing for WoD, but I want to keep my experience in WoD as spoiler free as possible, so I have restrained myself from watching most of your videos in the past few months.

[@josersreviews137]

Another great video. Thank you for all the hard work and research you do to spread the lore of Warcraft, It is very much appreciated.

[@DrCornelius]

2:17 my OCD is pleased that you matched the spikes in Gul'dan's picture with the ones in blade's edge

[@Mrlightford]

Omg pause video at 2:35 then look at the horns coming out of Gul' dan's back and look how great they match up with the background.

[@rogachi-7659]

w t f...good eye you got there buddy

[@mathenis]

nice work, my favorite is Nerzhul, still cant wait to see what will happen with Guldan, he is beyond interesting and can do so much evil things.

[@WiDOC]

Activate subtitle (english), Go to 9:57, Laugh hard

[@sillylittlefangril8382]

+WiDOC Oh... my...

[@BenjayTay]

Gul'dan seems to go by Cool Dan xD

[@ciarhdap]

My favorite characters in WOW are Medivh and Gul'dan, both awesome characters who changed the world(s) forever.

[@DrinkingMud]

GUL DAN WAS SO BADASS IN THE FILM

[@om0206]

ikr

[@SkyLordPanglot]

He was, but he was also too passionate in my opinion. He is usually the guy in the shadows. The one that controls the situation, but is not right in the front. In the movie he was all like "You will obey me because Im powerful." Thats not how he usually goes. He is maybe one of the most powerful warlocks, but his best power is manipulation which goes along with clear mind. Not with this childish rage outbursts he showed in the movie. The CGI though was...

[@mohameda6185]

He's a fucking dick with no honor

[@thewalrus45]

Yeah, that's Gul'Dan! He doesn't care about that kind of thing.

[@SnakeA113]

I am badass

[@fish3977]

And what, Nobbel, must we give in return for this video?

[@CrimsonFlare321]

...everything.

[@Manualatice]

...20 minutes of your day.

[@mortvald]

John Doe Your brain.

[@ConnorNotyerbidness]

A like and subscribe...

[@frub2106]

This is not his destiny!

[@Lalle524]

Im surprised this story wasn't on your list of the first must do lores but i am happy to know a bit more about the monster that gave illidan his demonic powers

[@silverquis]

Blizz confirmed that the actions of Gul'dan and the Legion will be high for the last patch of WoD. Which makes me think that Gul'dan has something to do with Grom being the boss of this xpac.

[@jamieironside1256]

It was said that the encounter will have a heavy Legion influence. Personally, I hope Grommash is barely part of the final encounter - or at least give us a real reason to fight him. There's no reason for him to be the final boss, especially when we've had a year of Garrosh and Blizz said they weren't going to go that way.

[@camzoman]

Grommash will not be the final boss. He'll be a patch boss for sure but there's no way it'll be so simple. Even in BC they knew that just Illidan wasn't enough, so we had an invasion by Kiljaeden. All sorts of things could happen, an invasion on Azeroth by the Naga, Sylvanas going crazy, the evil under Tirisfall showing itself, the Bronze Dragons becoming infinite, the alternate timeline's legion invading in Alternate Draenor, something involving Wrathion. There's a lot of potential above just stopping the Iron Horde.

[@jamieironside1256]

+Awkward Squirtle like in my other comment - whilst I hope he isn't the final encounter, Tom Chilton confirmed that he was.

[@jamieironside1256]

Kokainuser Or, sadly, he will be, like Tom Chilton said in an interview.

[@pkscarr]

Kokainuser i think it would be cool if WoD Gul'dan somehow comes into posession of the Skull of Gul'dan from our timeline, and finds out about the Tomb of Sargeras. with the additional knowledge, this time he is able to get the eye and sieze power for himself

[@hypercubek5498]

I've never subscribed to anything on youtube but your videos are just too good to miss...keep it up bro

[@alexion56]

nobbel ur vids are too good to be true! keep up with the good quality! greetings from peru

[@lisamb4269]

Love your accent..;) And thanks for the explanation in the video that you made. I am a huge lore fan of WoW, Vanilla vet here. Looking forward to the new expansion!

[@Dbomb828]

Anyone else notice the conveniently placed spikes behind gul'dan's picture at 2:25 ?

[@TheCronob]

Nobbel: I might not be able to tell you everything Gul'dan: EVERYTHING

[@MySOAP12]

ah, a perfect bed time story :)

[@GioDude-mz8ve]

Ikr same

[@Ecliptor.]

yeah too bad it's narrated like shit

[@zee1645]

you never had to listen... and no one cares about your opinion

[@astrealove1]

My favourite Warlord is actually Grommash Hellscream.

[@twilit4995]

Same

[@itsjonesh]

Me2

[@Nekross06]

Why though? Gul' Dan made Grommash, his clan, and the rest of the orcs his bitch. Conquered a planet. Is the most powerful warlock in existence. Grom has....a named axe.

[@astrealove1]

Nekross And the fact that he killed Mannoroth and saved the Orcs in Regin of Chaos is irrelevant right?

[@Nekross06]

Lillie Craft Yes it is irrelevant, since he was the first one to drink the blood and fuck his race in the first place. They wouldn't need saved if not for him.

[@Superpippo121]

ty for making the story of gul'dan i was waiting for it

[@1NURHEAD]

Gul'dan is my FAVORITE villain of all time wow wouldn't be without him he is the start of wow

[@theawesomekickassman]

yay more videos from Nobbel! my favorite History teacher xD

[@MsAamaanda]

I can't wait for the Warlords explanation. I also love your lore videos the lore is so interesting thanks for all of the informative videos

[@BountyFlamor]

I don't even play WoW and love your lore videos.

[@TheWormholeGuy]

I absolutely love your vids, nobbel ! Don't stop making them ! You're amazing

[@sirswampert9194]

2:28, nice placement of Gul'dan, really works with the spires behind him ~xD.

[@anarchel]

I can't keep myself from repeating "Heeello everyone" with you everytime

[@MegaChickenfish]

With the next expansion looming, rewatching some of this... _Whatever happened to Medivh?_ That's the last we've seen of Sargeras' soul. Maybe he possessed Med'an after that so we finally get to kill him!

[@dooterscoots2901]

I'm mostly just a hearthstone player but I've always liked WOW lore.

[@Zedigan]

It would be cool if the skull of Gul'dan had a similar effect to the Lich King's crown or even Frostmourne. When you have it in your possession you will here the whispers of the spirit within the object. Perhaps whoever has the skull of Gul'dan will here his whispers, creating a second lich king. Or something like that.

[@originalunoriginal4055]

**hear

[@Gidinam]

Gul'dan was always my favorite character, my main is inspired by his power and his determination to make his mark on the world.

[@ThomasSpettel]

Gul'dan is my favorite warlord too especially for his warlock appearance. Will we get to see how he was contact by the burning legion in warlords of draenor as the timeline is different to the original time line where he took over Nerzul? And so you think we will see that it will be Archimond or Kiljaden that first contacted Gul'dan? Also, i may be so bold, is there any war gear similar to Gul'dan, like the skull spikes on his back or the chains on his robes? Also, i think you are an amazing lore-master or Lorewalker ^^ for warcraft

[@MalonzeProductionsGaming]

15:34 to this day. i think that rune looks like the symbol on the door tot he woman's public bathrooms.

[@warlordmel]

Awesomely telled... Mad thumbs up! You have more lore storys? If not plz do some! Great!!

[@MDksa123]

thank u so much i really enjoy these series so much :D

[@babydollgremlin]

at 2:25 look at gul'dan spikes it matches perfectly with the background nice nobbel !!

[@LoreoftheCards]

Another great video, as usual Nobbel

[@streetpaladin]

This is f*cking awesome!

[@Hedgepook]

That snake photobomb tho at 9:03

[@Darkvega2k7]

Gul'dan, the worst pitch man in orc history. "You'll gain super duper bad ass powers, for the low low cost of....EVERYTHING!!"

[@NishikiGG]

Few things in this world are more buttery than "Heeeeello everyone" and the rolling of the letter R.

[@HellhoundIX]

I'm so glad that Nobbel's favorite warlord is Gul'dan. I love Gul'dan too! Long live the Shadow Council!

[@lalle96]

Gotta say i loved the way, that the art of Gul'dan lined up with the background @ 2:44

[@m1569752]

Yay a new lore video that doesn't have spoilers for WoD.

[@TRV98]

Whooooo A REAL LORE VIDEO AGAIN!

[@Alhazzred01]

This guy sounds like a draenei.

[@marvinhusbands]

I had to rewind coz I was reading the comments and this guy speaks so quick.

[@renxiel]

Loved it.. I think all your vids are amazing Nobbel87

[@sebastiannilsson5772]

Love the new video nobbel!! Keep it up:D

[@gasmanoo]

Best character in Warcraft universe (at least for me).Thanks you Nobbel :)

[@JagDefiros]

The final raid, could be if Guldan claimed the eye, it would be awesome.

[@misterbryton1213]

great video. great explanations.

[@OoOnomad]

I waited for this, ty nobble

[@MrYami11]

Finnaly, a WoD spoiler-free lore video from Nobbel! Finnaly I can satisfy my hunger!

[@adamleclerc4892]

Damn. These are so well made...

[@FrostyyLessthan3]

4:51 Love that voice!!!

[@jayhan94]

and what gul dan would you like for your toppings? EVERYTHING

[@bakshev]

You know I just figured out something. Gul'dan is like the biblical Cain. That's why he's so interesting.

[@Elkethuss]

Omg thanks ur awesome im learning Everydays with ur video the lore of wow is totally fantastic

[@godlygamer911]

Apparently you aren't learning English.

[@Elkethuss]

dont have to speak correcly for understand. is awesome thank to him for is awesome video

[@ECAPS.]

The Godlygamer what's your problem?

[@syedmohiuddin3384]

The Godlygamer A typical ignorant moron.

[@Elkethuss]

The Godlygamer no english is just not my primary language sorry if i offence you. but you are out of the topic. im just saying nobble do an awesome job ^.^

[@reedlaverty3489]

Could you do an Overview of the Human Kingdoms? Like talk about Kul Tiras and then Stormwind and so on? Please?

[@blasterbashar1]

Sadly there is not much story behind most of them.

[@reedlaverty3489]

I know but it'd be awesome. Or maybe an overview of each factions as a whole, something like that.

[@CuteEplet]

pretty sure he talked about them in the story of warcraft (like 1 hour video)

[@reedlaverty3489]

Oh I know but more in depth rather then gloss over

[@ThallanarRabidtooth]

From what I know about the lore of WoW, let me list all the Human Kingdoms that I know of and try to provide lore on them. Warning, this could be a very long comment. Kingdom of Stormwind: The last standing human bastion of civilization. Home of the Alliance, where King Varian Wrynn leads the Alliance, with his son Anduin backing him up. The lore of Stormwind City is quite lengthy, you can find the information easily on the internet. Kingdom of Lordaeron: Former home of the Alliance of Lordaeron, now fallen into shambles because of Arthas Menethil's meddling. It is now the home of the Forsaken, where they skulk around in the dark and wet sewer system beneath the former capital city. Kingdom of Stromgarde: Technically part of the Kingdom of Lordaeron, but has fallen into disrepair due to bandits and marauders. This Kingdom used to oversee their land of Arathi Highlands and Hillsbrad Foothills. Kingdom of Gilneas: The Gilnean people walled themselves off from the rest of civilization due to the threat of the Plague spreading throughout northern Lordaeron during the 3rd war. The Greymane Wall was shattered during the Shattering (The Cataclysm) and the Feral Worgen that lived in Silverpine Forest flooded in and started the epidemic that turned Gilneans into Worgen. These are all the Kingdoms that I know of, however, there are still some important cities where Humans lived and were part of a Kingdom. These are: Stratholme City: Part of the Kingdom of Lordaeron. Stratholme was the first place where the Plague was documented to start, with the help of Mal'Ganis the Dreadlord. Arthas Menethil, who was trying to stop the Plague at the time, purged the city of all the sick and ill, before setting sail to Northrend to track down Mal'Ganis and finish the fight. Durnhold Keep: Part of the Kingdom of Stromgarde, Kingdom of Lordaeron. A place where Orcish prisoners were kept, awaiting execution. Thrall was being held here and with the help of the Bronze Dragonflight, you free Thrall, and help him continue on this way to become the Warchief of the Horde.

[@drothganger]

Amazing job on the video man

[@Kalwei]

Your R's are funky :D

[@LilStormborn]

omg i love your accent^^ anyway thank you for the infos and your work :)

[@lunaraurora8308]

2:42 lol the 'spikes' on gul' dan shoulders line up with the background

[@Marcel.liusmaximus]

I still believe that despite what people are saying the gul'dan in the trailer IS our gul'dan as well as alternate timeline one because simply the timeline shifts AFTER they drank the fel blood

[@mikemaguire421]

Yey new video :P)

[@MTread545]

"Hey Gul'dan, what did you have to sacrifice for that shiny new BMW?, Everything..."

[@atro8749]

I hope you will do the Story of Kel'Thuzad, since he is my favourite WoW Villain and Naxxramas is just incredibly cool :D

[@TaimenVerbeke]

Best voice for lore :D

[@dementedp]

So i started playing WoW just a couple of months ago not because of what people said about it or because it is the "King of all MMOs", but because i started loving all of its lore. I have watched a lot of lore videos on this channel and on Danger Dolan 's for other curious facts about wow. The longer the video, the better for me. Im so exicted about the story it have that i cant wait for the movie ! I believe WOW has the potential to claim the place of All the Lord of the Rings movies, i hope blizzard do it right.

[@Greendotz]

If you haven't already definitely give Warcraft 3 a go, that has the best lore by a long way. The lore in WoW isn't bad, and has definitely improved since WotLK, but it's a little bit "Hollywood" if if you know what I mean.

[@dementedp]

Greendotz Yeap i started with the Warcraft lore :D. I think many people complain about WoW going bad since CATA, since the end of the lore that started everything (Warcraft) "ended" with the expansion of the Lich King. Everything after that is new ground that wasnt told in any warcraft game by obvious reasons, so everybody is like "wtf is this?!" and bla bla. But i bet that if blizzard would have made Warcraft 4 including the story for Cata and MoP, people would have been like "omg those expansions were as great as the previous ones"

[@Knight0fPurity]

Awesome! .075x speed is best for playback.

[@c.d.dailey8013]

Wow. I have watched a lot of lore videos on Nobbel87 channel in chronological order. I also recently read the three volumes of Warcraft Chronicle. Now I see how things are. I think I finished the videos covering volume 1. Some of the latest I seen were about night elves especially Illiden. So I think that is the war of the anchients. That was the main event of volume one for me. Now this video is talking about the orcs. So it seems like this is getting into volume two. I think I good name for this time is the opening of the dark portal. The Chronicle refers to this a lot, while describing when other events take place. This event is a lot like the birth of Christ. It splits history into two parts. There is the regular history after the event. Then there is the anchient history before the event. Guldan is an interesting character in the invading orcs. He was the one to get the orcs corrupted by the demons. He was the leader of the first orc warlocks. When Guldan influinces the orcs, the earliest Horde can be set in motion. I look forward to watching more videos. BTW I have seen Illidan holding a skull. I didn't know that was Guldan's skull. This reminds me of Hamlet. Alas poor Guldan. I knew him.

[@BalboaCruz]

You do a great job Nobbel87!

[@RyuFlameheart1]

So even after death, Gul'dan can speak through his own skull... Does this mean he found a way to transcend the boundaries of mortality? I see this as a possible means of returning to the plane of the living for him.

[@koolzedspeaks]

So Gul"dan was very powerful himself. So I wonder what kind of powerful demons/guardians of the tomb actually killed him

[@actionplayer5192]

sarageras is the destroyer of worlds

[@blasterbashar1]

Why is Thrall blue if his parents Kel'thuzad and Neltharion refused the blood of Hogger?

[@Henrikstinker]

Because Kel'thuzad has been around Scourge magic, duh

[@Riri_734]

Damn informative video, thanks! subbed!

[@mbmcneilly]

Something that is not touched on here that is fairly important in defense of Ner'zhul; he was tricked. He had visions of his dead wife Rulkan, controlled by Kil'jaeden. He often communed with her prior to the arrival of Kil'jaeden's trickery. Seeing this vision, when visions of ancestors were typically trusted, Ner'zhul believed that combating the Dreanei was a correct action. He only learned of the deceit after it was too late. You can read about this in Rise of the Horde, by Christie Golden.

[@alexthepomy4528]

It's surprising that gul'dan hasn't been brought back from the dead yet throughout wow expansions,I feel as though they should make an xpac making him the main bad guy

[@joshuar5008]

Nobbel my man can't wait to watch it in a few moments.

[@valetudo530]

Hell scream was the first to accept the gift? I thought Hellscream poured it out after Gul'dan told him he had to give everything...then Hellscream used his axe to slice Mannoroth right in the skull.

[@GrimFelArt]

That was when Garrosh traveled back in time and told Grommash not to take it. That was WoD.

[@R1NZL3R]

Love watching your videos Nobbel. Where do those WoW comics come from that you use as slides?

[@BrunosGeekReviews]

The manga-like comics are from Udon.

[@R1NZL3R]

Where can I download / read them?

[@BrunosGeekReviews]

Not sure, oddly enough I can't find the WoW 'mangas' in Udon's web store. Maybe the license expired? Try eBay.

[@Geraduss]

Rey Arocha Or piratebay, I found them on there. But weather I downloaded it is another matter, illegal an all that stuff ya know. "inconspicuous eye roll"

[@thenotoriousz.a.c.6923]

Bruno's Geek Reviews i found one at barnes and noble recently but otherwise it does look like they cant sell them on the Udon's web store

[@jamescarman8417]

Everyone time I watch WoW videos and they say the usual "When Kil'Jaeden found out the Draeni were hiding on Draenor" I loose it. It just sounds so hilarious. Like "oh my god what?! No way! The Draeni were on Draenoer the whole time?! What an inconspicuous planet. How would I have ever known?"

[@josha145]

this has to be updated imo lol