The (almost) Complete History of World of Warcraft

Have you ever wondered who that raid boss you just killed was, how all those Hordes are different, or why Khadgar can't keep a portal closed? Well wonder no more, because in this episode I'm explaining the entire history of Azeroth!
This is a video I've been planning for over a year and after a month of work I'm incredibly proud of the result. Enjoy!
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CREDITS:
All writing, editing, and recording was done by me.
Cinematics, models, and the artistic depictions of Sargeras and the Burning Legion are made by Blizzard Entertainment.
The depictions of the Titan Azeroth and the Alliance of Lordaeron were graciously provided by Hipnosworld on Deviantart (www.deviantart.com/hipnosworld).
In game models were isolated using the Narcissus addon or the Wowhead model viewer.
My site: HiddenAzeroth.com
Twitter: / hiddenazeroth
Patreon: / hiddenazeroth
And as always, thanks for watching!
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Ordering of Azeroth
0:40 The Burning Legion
1:09 Fall of Argus
1:46 Zandalari Empire
2:07 Kaldorei Empire
2:20 The War of the Ancients
3:14 The Sundering
3:42 Rise of Humans
4:24 Aegwynn and the Dragon Hunt
4:56 Azeroth Before the First War/Creation of the Horde
6:33 The First War
7:08 The Second War
8:17 Azeroth After The Second War
8:42 Destruction of Draenor
9:29 Creation of the Lich King
9:43 Formation of the Horde (the big one)
10:00 The Scourge of Lordaeron
10:13 The Third War
12:34 The Frozen Throne
13:40 Azeroth Before World of Warcraft
14:14 World of Warcraft
14:54 The Burning Crusade
15:44 Wrath of the Lich King
17:08 The Cataclysm
18:09 Mists of Pandaria
19:02 Warlords of Draenor
20:25 Legion
21:43 Battle for Azeroth
22:42 Buildup to Shadowlands
22:53 Ending

[@HiddenAzeroth]

If the audio is too fast, I recommend setting the custom speed to 0.9, it slows me down a bit without making me sound drunk like 0.75 does. Enjoy!

[@plshalpme173]

that was really nice and memey, you did a good job

[@TranqGFX]

You can definitely see all the hard work that was put into this video. I forgot so many things that happened over the years... Loved the humor in the video!

[@TheGreatMehlman]

This was really well done!! Great voice over and humour throughout, you should be proud of your effort

[@Alex97237]

Easily the best and most fun WoW summary to date, really gj dude!

[@jaydub8576]

So tell me this, how old is Tyronde if she fought in the War of the Ancients?

[@pathfinder.george]

Meanwhile a quest asks me to kick fish back into the river

[@johndurrett3573]

Ha! Gold ticket right there

[@jmiddleton7518]

Don’t forget.. *A turtle made it to the water!*

[@ginga1615]

hillarious!

[@oklahomahank2378]

Don’t forget herding cats while the legion is destroying the entire universe.

[@hatred3417]

I hope this is not going to start another space war and another shitty addon. Don't do it

[@strikermodel]

I love how, once World of Warcraft starts, the story just devolves into "guy tries to be evil, champions run him over"

[@Banana-cc5rx]

blizzard story writing after Wotlk basically

[@navilluscire2567]

@@Banana-cc5rx No that's been basically the story of warcraft since vanilla and...actually since the beginning too. (all 3 RTS games) Bad dudes show up good guys face them, some stuff gets blown up, some characters (people will hopefully care about) die for 'drama'. Then repeat that again and again because hey it works so why change things? Heck just make a big bad guy (or gal..) show up with a different flavored apocalypse almost happen every other year that the champions are fated win against eventually (and with ample "asspulls"), they must stop these baddies because otherwise everything gets blown up (every single expansion), that sure won't get old anytime soon...

[@seankrkovich2869]

@@navilluscire2567 very true

[@AYO25]

Evovels*

[@Catffeine_Cafe]

@@telvannicouncilor In WoW's defense, many of the expansions they highlight a new villain where there wasn't much lore for the villain before, which definitely makes it feel like these villains come out of nowhere. Hence why Ulduar and ICC are heiled as the best raids, because there was three expansions worth of plot leading up to them.

[@JenniferBuechner]

"We can kill old gods, but the Titan's can't , because reasons" No line has ever been more true, or more confusing LOL

[@billytringuyen1]

they want to hire a hitman

[@randomthings1293]

Titans are REALLY big and can destroy a baby planet by just slapping it really hard. Mistery solved.

[@p-jan5747]

Technically they respawn again :P.

[@jagosvujovic2086]

i thought that we never actually killed the old gods, just put them back in their prison?

[@Watashi_wa_robottodesu]

You clearly didn't pay attention. The Titans would kill azeroth if they killed the old gods.

[@frankkennedy6388]

"Everyone kills themselves in order to beat up the Grim Reaper" I laughed pretty hard at that. What an ending!😂

[@duncmanxxx]

Fun fact, he did this all in one breath!

[@johnfabian7069]

No shit, Can hardly understand him. It's like the disclaimer at the end of a commercial... But great info...

[@garapueto96]

@@johnfabian7069 I switched it to .75 speed to follow along. The .5 setting was too slow and warped the speech.

[@asdf-vq3wv]

@@garapueto96 I watch almost all youtube videos at 1.5 or 1.75 speed.. this video I started at 1.75.. slowed allllll the way down to .75 to be able to keep up..

[@Delfegor1]

Mike Reciniello for me it was hard to understand everything since I’m not native speaker and generally don’t know English, but I wish I read your comment before watching the video 😅

[@Boost2k6]

If you slow it down to 0.75 you actually realize how unclear he talks LOL. He‘s still hard to understand.

[@BigFredMachine]

'Alexstrasza tries to save him by setting him on fire with questionable results.' That line is golden.

[@GeeTee1]

Played off and on for years but only started really paying close attention to the story during BfA. The fact this man talked for 14 minutes straight then hit us with “this marks the start of the game” is insane to me

[@irrelevant_noob]

Meh, he said beginning of *WoW* at 14:14, since the games really start at 6:14. 🤓

[@Ahmetfusta]

Tbf there are 3 games before wow and even lore books

[@scarvestarr]

Yeah, I thought I knew so much about the game but I'm way over my head here.

[@RiverStiix]

@@irrelevant_noob Nope, it's the complete history of "world of warcraft" not just "warcraft" therefore the game starts at 14:14

[@jonathan13co]

What's more amazing is the extremely drastic shift in quality storytelling before WoW came out and after...

[@RuiWang-zm2ue]

I feel that as the franchise progresses, the writers of WoW gradually shifts from high fantasy into the realms of magic mushroom fantasies.

[@tremendousyeet3467]

So from high fantasy to high fantasy.

[@t84t748748t6]

its started logic enough but i lost it when time travel got involved

[@honorsoul]

seems like they stopped taking mushrooms and started doing lsd

[@PandaMonium92827]

Would certainly explain a lot.

[@Garviel_Loken.]

It seems like they have adopted warhammer's mixed sci-fi-fantasy approach

[@BootlessDave]

I'm still trying to process the fact that the elves used to be trolls...

[@poolofstuff]

And the trolls used to be squirrels!

[@nawafoxbow4975]

Talk bout a glow up

[@smellmyclock]

slugg ee I thought the squirrels fucked the trolls to make elves?

[@sombrego2260]

I never realized that the gnomes, dwarves and humans came from titan races I knew about the elves but the other races was news to me. It really shows how terrible the game are at conveying lore.

[@chuk90]

A cutscene from w3 frozen throne, a naga witch said that the nagas were used to be night elves? so much evolution here going on

[@Terrezio]

"So both factions begin to recruit new soldiers from among their citizens to depopulate the local wildlife." 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@Remarion]

That's the classic experience right there 😊

[@Krincash]

Haha, good one.

[@marazali1816]

and to commit genocide on radical parties and criminals

[@jingitaxias8461]

From killing squirrels to killing the grim reaper, boy Lovestosplooge really is a champion.

[@JenniferBuechner]

@aaliamazing It's not reality!

[@mdeck21]

I demand an update of Shadowlands and Dragonflight! No seriously, this was absolutely amazing and extremely informative while not taking a ton of your time. And I have not done a good job of following the storyline through the last 2 expansions so I need this guy to break it down again xD

[@Azmina_the_warlock]

💯

[@reddin-on8mm]

Well we discovered that there were 5 powerful not titans in the afterlife that controlled their pocket whatevers and they then banished the diet Artus to a place called the Maw where they forgot about him and basically allowed him to build an army when Sylvanus made a deal with him and burning the tree is apart of their plan somehow, then Sylvanus was reunited with herself because Diet Artus wants to rule everything. Anduen was corrupted by jailer and used as a puppet which messed up his head then Sylvania committed suicide I guess. Not too long after Deathwing's experiments woke up to find the Primalist are awake and have the greatest munchies

[@mdeck21]

This weirdly makes sense@@reddin-on8mm

[@IvanFazekas]

Definitely need to watch this a couple more times. This was the BEST synopsis of the WarCraft universe!! Thank you!

[@limonapb]

yeah I watched it on 0.5 and I still need to watch it again to fully understand what is happening.

[@CyBOXbeatbox]

14+ minutes in: "and that starts the story of world of warcraft." WHAT

[@madragous]

My thoughts exactly 😭😭

[@davidc1179]

The funniest part is that the prehistory of world of warcraft sounds a lot lot better than its history.

[@genco6195]

@@davidc1179 thats why i love warcraft 3

[@aquicklad972]

@@davidc1179 that's because it is

[@phoenixrising6006]

Well, this is the story of WoW, to get to the story of WoW you gotta go over BEFORE the events of warcraft 1 and the 1st invasion, WoW doesnt start till after warcraft 3

[@dekaemployee]

"Velen prayed for guidance from a race of sentient chandeliers" I fucking lost it

[@irrelevant_noob]

(1:26) Also related: * 14:43 Illidan and Kael'Thas steal a floating chandelier-ship * 15:39 Velen purifies the Sunwell by throwing a dead chandelier into it

[@TheWolfalpino]

they are not chandeliers, they are being of lights (can see them in shattrath) but the video is a bit ironic in some points

[@dekaemployee]

@@TheWolfalpino you need to look up the definition of "joke"

[@user-tp6jw7rd2x]

"Anduin is now High King of the Alliance, and also kinda hot!" Exceptional work friend :D

[@Elauxxx]

I mean *he is* 👀

[@queend5493]

I enjoyed this so much. I was laughing and saying Yep through the whole video. Also he did in 23 minutes what I've been trying to explain to someone who started in Pandaria and Ive been playing since vanilla! Thank goodness for the share button

[@Archris17]

I played until Cata, quit, then JUST NOW came back after my boss all but insisted I play with him. WHAT. THE ACTUAL. FUCK. DID THEY. DO?! What the HELL is going on here?! I am so lost it beggars belief!

[@queend5493]

@@Archris17 Lol! The game has changed quite a bit and will take some getting use to as you quit so long ago. Almost everyone is enjoying dragon flying (not me you'll find me face planting mountain after mountain or going splat on a building or tree) as it's a freebie at max level. Stick with it lol This video gets you through the lore so that's a plus.

[@waffles47_87]

I love how the players are visualized as an unstoppable wave of destruction

[@AmariKhumalo]

For real, a small group of 20 players can pretty much kill ANYTHING, even commit deicide easily while entire armies numbering in the thousands, demonic beings, and dragons can't really accomplish jack shit 🤣. It literally makes zero sense, but whatever.

[@xueoue9659]

players are fourth natural disaster

[@AegisEstGros]

@@AmariKhumalo we're just built different don't worry about it

[@victuz]

Player characters are like a force of nature in Azeroth. It can't be stopped.

[@theyellowmeteor]

Just have everyone in the world steamroll from one end of the map to the other and hope the problem is one of the many things that die along the way.

[@Nobbel87]

cLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP

[@QuangLe-qk3nv]

CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP

[@adapach2724]

cLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP

[@karmenkowalski8422]

@@QuangLe-qk3nv cLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP

[@HiddenAzeroth]

I was sitting there sweating the whole time you watched it hoping I didn't make some massive error.

[@_varden]

I saw it all live, I witnessed history, so exciting

[@wotwot9754]

I appreciate the 4 hours you spent typing up everything you said so people like me could use subtitles. You’re cool Dan.

[@J.Jordanov95]

I have spend years learning world of warcraft history, but this video... It's just pure gold. Great work, really had lots of fun watching it and its quite accurate!

[@losaface4]

There's a lot of, "We killed this guy but someone resurrected them so we have to kill them again." events in this game.

[@cinderdane4168]

"But for real this time..." uhhuh.. X) and we all know Blizzard ^^"

[@ChiefAndros]

Hey why blaming them. Whe the myghtiest heros, slayer of gods and savior azeroths (Player characters) can be resurrected then why not the bad guys too?

[@kadedeason4795]

Probably for whenever they are too lazy to make a new character

[@bethsleepien9817]

Soap opera with orcs and furries, but hey if it was good enough for the Greeks etc!

[@gwyndlin]

We need more Exile effects and less Destroy effects in WoW.

[@ZanicaKnight]

15:50 “cause without magic, wizards are just frail nerds.” There’s jokes for everyone in this epic recap

[@afterwalker6773]

This is the most in-depth lore explanation for the history of warcraft that I have seen on youtube. You covered just about everything. Well done.

[@PoorEdward]

what? it’s not even in depth, it’s an ironic oversimplification if anything

[@PlanetDiablo16967]

19:46 This is a common misconception. There is no actual rule against using magic in Makgora duels. The rules are typically decided by the participants themselves. People just saw the rules that Garrosh and Cairne agreed upon and just assumed they were universal.

[@Breakability]

Even so, both Gul'dan and Sylvanas were cowards in their respective makgoras.

[@user-uq4gr5nl5o]

"Without magic wizards are just frail nerds" most accurate statement I've ever heard.

[@BlueDragonWereWolf]

*frail nerds frantically trying to invent magic to become wizards*

[@BarqueCat2]

I've played enough D&D to assert that even with magic, wizards are still frail nerds (d4 hit dice? really?)

[@VixeyTeh]

I'm in this statement, and I don't like it. Lol.

[@andrew51723]

number 500

[@luisotavionascimento1312]

"Illidan promises he's done consuming demonic power to stop the legion" "Illidan then promptly consumes more demonic power to stop the legion" That's just gold

[@kris8569]

classic illidan

[@joelminator]

He is his SCARSSSSSSSSSS

[@kingraven4691]

" HAHA SIKE "

[@endersmith162]

taavs if you haven’t watched Azerothian Supervillains... it’s a gem.

[@thedootlord]

No thats illafan eating more demon substance to kill more of them

[@torbenmayer]

God, I want to have a part 1 1/2 asap, just to see how the new expansion fits in! GREAT work!

[@AimlessNameOG]

it doesn't, at all.

[@Solid_Roots]

Thanks for the recap bud great jobs telling the storyline in a quick manner as well LOL I was afraid the full history would take 10hrs or more to digest it fully - so thanks again mate 🤠!!!¡¡¡!!!

[@rhkzerocool]

"they plugged in Gul'dan like a 9 volt battery" LOL

[@johnhunt4634]

There's a lot of, "We killed this guy by someone resurrected them so we have to kill them again." events in this game.

[@gollese]

@@johnhunt4634 Just like us in the game, we keep coming back 😁

[@TendoTheDude]

This shit is hilarious. That Lich King alarm clock was gold

[@Meskuzze420]

" murder time" 🤣🤣🤣💀

[@mariekereinsma1821]

... and Varian gets disenchanted by Gul'dan :')

[@JustinOhio]

This is the funniest video I’ve seen in a long time. Also very informative and perfect for what I was looking for to get back into wow. Thank you so much for the content!!

[@stewpidasohl]

This was really well done! So much to cover but you hit all the highlights I can think of

[@heathermsmarvel8750]

I feel like I need to pause after every sentence, go back, and read all the text on screen.

[@razeal18]

replay value

[@Makooz31]

I changed the playback speed 😁 he sounds funny as hell, but you can certainly hear and process the information alot better lol

[@laxxboy20]

@@Makooz31 Yep watching at 0.75 speed right now

[@generalalduin9548]

Heather MsMarvel you to?

[@rinni1961]

Right?? Information overload!

[@restinginn9906]

"in a stunning display of nepotism Aegwynn gives her infant child the powers of a guardian" - LOL I loved that line

[@ExiliodosInocentes]

Dude Illidan running screaming "I AM MY SCARS" gets me everytime great vídeo, much fun.

[@anthropoid539]

Thank you so much for making this. I'm just returning to WoW, I stopped playing after BC way back in the day and have been looking for a video like this before I actually signed back up. Really, really, thank you.

[@ImperialAceX]

"Varian gets disenchanted by Gul'dan." That is the best line I've heard all year.

[@brysoncatmull8817]

Omg I can't stop laughing, that was too much 🤣

[@crabhm5537]

You gotta get those dusts

[@DerReaperZockt]

i laughed my ass off when this came

[@Arcticsharpshooter]

who in his turn gets disenchanted by Illidan!

[@MiosPanties]

I wonder what mats he got out of Varian

[@kennethchong8574]

"We can kill the Old Gods that the Titans can't because reasons.." rofl

[@SaturnYoshi]

I think it had to do with the Old Gods burrowing so deep into the planet. The Titans did kill Y'Shaarj by pulling it out like a tick, but it did more harm to Azeroth than good at the time.

[@Vivaldidu14]

@@SaturnYoshi In truth the Old Gods we fought aren't as dead as you can think. Their spirit are still around and they might revive in their prison with enough time. The only exception would be N'Zoth very recently because we killed him in his own "world" (a vision of another Azeroth to sum up a bit what Ny'alotha is)

[@gentlemandog4985]

@@SaturnYoshi I always felt it was their massive size, basically the difference of trying to remove a bullet from a wound with a scalpel (we the "Children of Azeroth") vs using one of those drills you drive around with in construction sites (The Titans)

[@OldBearby]

"Because reasons" is the legendary weapon that can pierce plot armor. There must be a weapon like that In Game with transcendental stats.

[@cloudnyne4663]

I thought it was a widely known fact that the "old gods" that we killed were just Avatars and their real, gigantic bodies are still trapped beneath the ground/sea

[@ImBulletm9]

This video was honestly a solid 10/10. Good job!

[@DestinedFX]

you did an incredibly great job explaining the history, thank you

[@mikeorr3333]

"Now everything is on fire, and Fantasy Utah just got flooded" Never heard a better description of Thousand Needles than this (pre-Cata)

[@Zayross]

"Varian gets disenchanted by Gul'dan" got me unprepared xD

[@VibrantDesigns]

He said disintergrated?

[@kirkus33]

@@VibrantDesigns I heard disenchanted, he said it again with Illidan too.

[@jmantruth]

This had me rolling honestly 😂

[@jmantruth]

Vibrant Designs He said “Disenchanted” twice..

[@krisp5735]

best line, lol

[@murzkatze]

watched it a couple of times. its so great. I wish he would make an updated version of it

[@RobTunes]

This was SPECTACULAR! And helpful! Well done!

[@dylanheitkamp6145]

20:48 “Anduin is now high king of the Alliance and also kind of hot!” Lmfao that was great

[@JJJKKK445]

This amazing video actually does something incredible... it lets you feel the exact moment the warcraft lore writers went "yeah... fuck it"

[@rastax123]

In wod? 😂

[@jeremygrant1325]

@@rastax123 that's the impression I got. WOD kind of made some sense but had a whole lot of problems, everything since WOD made no sense.

[@lynnaenelson3417]

Hmm couldn't have anything to do with activision .....or you know everyone who created WoW being gone...🤷‍♀️ this video is hilarious and informative though. I enjoyed it

[@fluffydbeast7557]

I think bfa was pretty cool with the whole sylvanas thing but why did the horde even go to zandalar in the first place:/ cant remember

[@xelloskaczor5051]

@@lynnaenelson3417 hey activision made cata and mop, not best expansions but not awful from coherent lore perspective

[@bosforvasile2175]

Man you did a great job with this video! Exactly what I needed, thanks a lot !

[@RamboKOstrich]

UNBELIEVABLE VID! Great job!

[@cristhianbrit]

“Anduin is now king of the alliance and also kinda hot” lol

[@80storms]

Honestly "In a stunning display of nepotism" is the best line in this entire video, and there are some serious winners

[@Zyphent]

I was a big fan of "because without magic, Wizards are just frail nerds"

[@Cabelius]

This is such a great video. Explained everything that I´ve been kinda lost so well

[@smallrose323]

holy shit this was amazing. so much information at once and i had to lagh out loud multiple times. great editing !!! great everything!!!

[@DrStench13]

Even back when I was playing WoW in the first few years, this story went completely over my head. I was just killing murlocs and spiders.

[@jasonmnosaj]

You and literally everyone playing classic. Classic is for people too confused by the games huge amount of lore and just wanna kill things and make "friends" (more like cults). People playing classic never cared about the game. They just wanna play JRR Tolkien's version of secound life. 🤣

[@sammassey5587]

Lmaaaoooo

[@smirnasparlor2829]

@@jasonmnosaj not really. I played classic so I can understand the basis of the story and start it slowly. It's the foundation of the lore and it's easier to follow and decide if you want to learn more or just remain in classic. I'm now updated with the lore and bought Shadowlands (waiting not so patiently), but I wouldn't be here without Classic. I recommend the journey to anyone who wants to take it slow but learn lore at the same time. Read the quests and don't skip all the time! :D

[@Rainkit]

@@jasonmnosaj Dude, I just started playing WoW and I had to make a classic account because all the changes to the world that come with each expansion makes the storyline incomprehensible. "Ok, this area takes place in cataclysm, but the quest is during legion. Wait, didn't I just kill that guy? Why am I doing quests for him now?" Modern WoW has what I've been referring to as "quantum storylines". You can be in one area but have 3 different storylines from 3 different expansions going at the same time, which makes it very confusing to figure out what on earth is suppose to be going on. So the current plan is; play classic, figure out what content is old, and what is new, and why the cat people still don't have voice lines. I got a character to level 50 just in time for shadowlands so when I'm ready I can go through each expansion one at a time and hopefully figure out what on earth is going on to satisfy my massive lore bone lol.

[@Rainkit]

Did the quest line in Stonetallon where Hellscream gets mad at one of his lackeys for blowing up a city full of civilians. Next quest I do, Hellscream blows up a city full of civilians. What happened?! Send lore!

[@Huliandel]

Sentient chandeliers... I'll never call them the naaru again.

[@user-dm5dr8rv5i]

Thank you. The countless 30min+ videos for all of the expansions are exhausting. Nice to find one concise place

[@anneboyd541]

this was very educational and hysterical. thank you for posting!

[@MATRIX6162]

Event: *occurs* Champions of Azeroth: it’s murder time

[@jaywilkey1323]

I gotta get new pants!

[@jhechtf]

That's it, that's the whole story line.

[@iriswaldenburger2315]

I really love the running gag of the “secret ingredient”

[@Haluna11]

dont get it

[@badgirlgigix3]

a new horde is formed by garrosh, secret ingredient: racism SFOLSKFLDSJFKSDFJ

[@blooperdanewb4800]

what is the next secret ingredient going to be? gae?

[@gustavrantzau9242]

i love all the little details that gets included. There was so much more knowledge here thx

[@Luke-mn6is]

This is a great video it explains so much in a short amount of time, fantastic work!!

[@michaeltijerina4320]

"A turtle made it to the water" words that will ring in my ears for all eternity!

[@annilahti53]

Aahhhh the most annoying world quest. 🤩

[@Ysgramor7720]

The cycle of life can be cruel

[@Slidewxyz]

“Unplug Gul’Dan and just let him walk away for some reason” 😂

[@RobTunes]

I’d give you a like but you’re currently at the perfect number

[@josephcargyle3681]

Seriously well done, this really clears up a lot for me

[@tobiramasensei2692]

Thanks for this summ up, I would really like if you could continue this

[@mathiassvendsen9788]

I like that the artistic representation of Azeroth looks like a Troll, considering Trolls are pretty much the "most native" species of the planet.

[@duncmanxxx]

At least of the sentient races

[@HiddenAzeroth]

Yeah, it’s one of the big reasons I liked it too! It was done by Hipnosworld over on deviantart and used with their permission!

[@VonSnootingham]

That and Tauren. But there were a lot more trolls and they did a lot more with their time. Actually, of all the 23 races in the game, including Allied Races, only 11 are native to Azeroth. And that's counting the ones that are just subtle offshoots like the slightly shadowy bois that are the void elves. You have the four elves, two trolls, two tauren, goblins, pandaren, and vulpera. So Azeroth (the titan) is definitely a furry. Oh man, looking at that list I realize it's mostly Horde. Pandaren play both sides, but then Horde has 8 and Alliance only has 2 native races and they're the oldest and youngest elves. Their other races are: 2 space aliens and 7 titanspawn. Meanwhile, the Horde also has 2 space aliens but only 1 titanspawn. So really, the Horde is the faction that's more native to Azeroth while the Alliance is the invaders. Form a certain point of view.

[@davidmazon]

The legion is defeated and illidan stays behind to BULLY sargeras.

[@franzip6543]

I consider that entirely canon

[@flamingblood8447]

That's because it is... Like that's actually what happened lol

[@Gnossiene369]

@@flamingblood8447 ”Like because that’s because what actually happened.” Do you just refrain from communicating to people or just gave up when you realized you were bad at it?

[@salemsmith7085]

@@Gnossiene369 what even was that clap back even? it wasnt even clever. “oh u said words in a way i think makes u sound dumb hardy har ima boomer” this isnt r/murderedbywords and u arent the main character. dont look down on someone just for the way they say things, it makes u look like a clown 🤡

[@fancen]

@@Gnossiene369 yikes

[@fexbio]

Great summary. One thing, though: Illidan wasn't imprisoned in Outlands, he was killed. In Legion the players go through a lenghty mission to ressurrect him and almost fail.

[@CallistaZM]

well, yes and no. He was killed but he can't be killed. As a half-demon, his soul is immortal just like all other demons, it went to the Twisting Nether where he could have resurrected himself. However, because the wardens imprisoned his physical body, he was unable to do that, which was their point. That's why Gul'dan stole his body and why we had to get it back before he could be resurrected.

[@jloost-gamer]

Thank you for typing out the close captions, they really helped me watch this without rewinding 2,000 times

[@jeysonman2215]

I like how the latest patch takes 2 seconds to finish.

[@vamborala]

8.3 is unquestionably one of the worse patches in this game's history, lore and gameplay wise. It's on par with selfie patch.

[@sombrego2260]

@@vamborala it's pretty clear that they decided last minute to make it much smaller Than originally planned to shift focus on Shadowlands instead. And it was probably for the best. The 8.2 events are not in the video by the way which are kind of important to some extent.

[@gerardlacroix6015]

@@sombrego2260 They should have done a rising of the Dark Empire, with a random but menacing minion of N'Zoth as the final boss ( a bit like Helion back in the day ) which we would eventually kill and realise what Sylvanas is doing, and be torn between "staying in Azeroth to deal with N'Zoth" or "Go to the shadowlands", and finally opting for the later as "more important", then returning for 10.0 in a ravaged Azeroth where the world is split between old god forces and resistant of various races.

[@MantaRaydiated]

Took him longer to recap it than it took them to make it.

[@loganreed9340]

@@gerardlacroix6015 in 10.0 the main enemies would probably be the Armies of the Light

[@delsucksatgames4926]

I loved Illidan's running "I AM MY SCARS!" gag. Also, Helm of Domination going "Ow!Ow!Ow!Ow!Ow!Ow!" while Sylvanas rips it in half was great.

[@rickwrites2612]

I love "because without magic, wizards are just weak nerds"

[@rickrox9636]

This is one of my favourite videos on youtube and i've never played wow in my life

[@itsamystery1648]

hilarious, love it! you put alot of work into this, so well done, hope Blizzard rewards you for this. You should be extremely proud of yourself!

[@zylle1993]

"we can kill old gods, but the titans can't because REASONS" LMAOOOOO

[@joshualastimosa5713]

Hahah maybe the titans are just too powerful, might overkill azeroth xD

[@topefpv]

@@joshualastimosa5713 that's actually true. In lore it says that the Titans are too strong and will destroy the azeroth if they will try themselves. They understood that by killing 1 oldgod and ripping a hole in Azeroth. So they made an army instead to fight for them.

[@notyourbuisness689]

Pretty sure the Titans could but they didn't because the old gods had attached themselves to the growing titan inside Azeroth because apparently all planets are titan eggs???? Also something to take note of the guardians left behind aside from dragon aspects actually possess titan powers which the new races of Azeroth gained from their machines who were turned into people so it's not as far fetched as one might think.

[@icebergerplays9639]

My brother literally asked me why we could but the titans couldn't three days ago. I just said because we are most definitely more powerful then a titan

[@TankManHeavy]

The Titans could most definitely kill the old gods, one of them rips Y'shaarj out of the world like a parasite but they realise that if they did that they would kill the world soul. The Sha in Pandaria is the remnants of Y'shaarj.

[@thecutmusic1]

oh em gee. that was a ride. I loved every moment of it. thank you.

[@DRosie222]

i found it funny that the expansions i knew the most about, having joined during SL, seemed to be the quickest to explain haha. Great timeline of events, and video in general!

[@KrogTharr]

Sylvanas joining the Horde: -I want to join! -Why? -To avoid the consequences of my actions xD

[@Earthpsalm]

It's like, the story of her undead life!

[@Iluvatar196]

I just realized : Warcraft universe is basically DC and Marvel in not letting a character stay dead

[@Mediados]

As a DM you know that you dont wanna waste a good antagonist. Its hard to let your favorite characters go XD

[@radongc115]

That started right around when all the original creators of the warcraft universe started leaving & Blizzard merged with Activision. AKA, it's the shameless corporate money generator that's used in basically every industry. Marvel is the exact same.

[@blacksunshine65]

I just came across this and it's gold. GOLD I tell ya! "Everything is on fire and fantasy Utah got flooded." Great work!

[@Im_Korzak]

This video is very helpful and very well done thanks for all your effort

[@rcorky]

I literally spent nearly half of my life playing this game, living through these in-game events and this video is even overwhelming for me hahaha

[@tohafi]

I love how our motivation as "Champions of Azeroth" to do anything, is basically just to get *pants* XD 100% accurate!

[@TheBest1972]

Actual good and quick history lesson. Helped me understand what was going on in WoD

[@kingbrago6775]

Oh my god I haven’t laughed this hard in a while!! “Disenchants Gul’Dan” had me ROLLING

[@Kaldrack]

"the mages (of dalaran) don't like that as without magic wizards are just frail nerds"

[@Breakhammer]

Easily one of the best WoW videos ever

[@thatgirl4397]

I’ve been playing wow for 14 years and thanks to this video I finally understand the story! Great job!

[@Victorhalldin]

best 23 minutes and 15 second I've spent this year xD love it

[@alnimri]

I've played Warcraft 2 and 3, WoW, watched the cinematics, some of the movie, played Hearthstone, etc. And this video managed to explain everything I didnt understand in 23 minutes. *Legendary!*

[@ekroizm]

Heartstone isnt exactly lore accurate

[@alnimri]

@@ekroizm I figured as much lol, I was trying to clarify that I basically did way too many things "WoW" related!

[@Evija3000]

I've only played BoA and seen a few older cinematics. This video taught me that history repeats itself and Illidan is super old.

[@difup]

I was following along great for around the first 3/4 of it and then they time traveled for the second time and everything got really confusing.

[@jogendrajoshi7327]

Same

[@Mediados]

I mean at this point WoWs story goes on for the sake of going on.

[@pacho640]

I got around half the video before getting confused

[@joshanonline]

I love time travel stories and that was just confusing crap. I guess they ran out of ideas or got lazy and decided to bring back old characters for profit, but didn't work well so they tried something even more radically stupid with the jailer.

[@bozzigmupp510]

@@Mediados It's nice

[@cahntwhoat7351]

this is the best vid i can send friends to explain lore i've seen for all 8 years of playing gj

[@trav07]

lmao 'Varian Wrynn gets disenchanted" is easily my favorite thing said in this whole recap. Loved it!!

[@ericahess7508]

I think this is probably the funniest lore video I've seen.

[@HiddenAzeroth]

Thank you!

[@myself2noone]

Was that the killian experience?

[@TheSankTank]

Anyone else listen to this, look back on the past decade of gaming and only just now realise why you did half the things you spend endless hours doing? xD

[@hermconfirm7368]

Thank you for this great video! Clear, fast and funny!

[@TheOldestSoul]

Very nicely done! Nice little cliffnotes to wow's history and lore!

[@Sergalt]

Story of how Heroes of Azeroth became genocidal kleptomaniacs

[@HiddenAzeroth]

Let's be fair, they were genocidal kleptomaniacs from jump street.

[@jaywilkey1323]

Probably not best to start us off with "Hey, kill all these Kobolds!" They shoulda know what would happen next.

[@Starkimonde]

Did someone say fat loot!?

[@Grieves0001]

@@jaywilkey1323 They were hoarding all the candles, they deserved it.

[@johndurrett3573]

And for really good pants!

[@pablofernandez7047]

I fucking love how he show's the champions of azeroth steamrolling through everything

[@Lornext]

I love how the players just instantly stomp everyone.

[@RandomNexus]

Just... hilariously brilliant! Thank you! 😁👍🏻❣