The History of World of Warcraft Explained in 1 Hour

[@TheKarazhanLibrary]

This one was certainly an enjoyable but challenging tale to make! This is the libraries first attempt at a summary style video, as expected, not everything can be touched upon in this hour long tale. Feel free to use this comment as a place for any Warcraft stories you think should have made the cut (literally, about 30 minutes was cut out of this to reduce the runtime) Have a great weekend and safe travels to all…I’m going to put my sabatons up after this one 🎉

[@stevendeslauriers1369]

Challenging I bet. Condensing so much lore into a 1h video is quite a feat!

[@manoqueenz]

Would be nice if you could make an extended version containing the 30 minutes that you cut! 🙏

[@serinasen]

I would have gladly watched a 3 hour video, just to have the whole story. 😊

[@aaronhenley4741]

I am just impressed you were able to condense as much lore as WoW now has into the length of a 80s Disney animated film. Most impressive.

[@Aedyn91]

To be fair there is a lot left out, but this is still an awesome video for a returning player or someone who is just starting on their journey. :3 Edit: To clarify, it's still a really good video. It'd be impossible to have everything, even as briefly touched on as it all is here, and it not be five hours lol

[@baileycharlton2191]

Genuinely before clicking on this video I said the same thing that of course you can't literally cover everything but he covered so much it just a hour and 15 minutes. Very impressive

[@magicbiped]

"Father!... Is... it... over?..." "No my son... the raid resets on Tuesday..."

[@SnackPatrol]

IKR? We out here focusing on Xal'atath when the Lich King's still chillin' up in ICC every week.

[@Nagria2112]

my lie is a lie! we have reset on Wednesday in the EU

[@ronibopshop]

​@@SnackPatroland still won't drop my mount😢

[@rlreynos]

I played from Orcs vs Humans @ 5years old to Cataclysm was an epic journey wish i had more time on my hands to continue the journey. Kids work investments have me strapped haha.

[@barbarosozturk]

As someone who skips expansions occasionally, this was awesome to catch up.

[@garrettbaker8098]

You are the David Attenborough of Warcraft lore. I figured it out. Just sat down from lunch and I get to watch your video while I work through an easy project. What a gift. I can't wait.

[@TheKarazhanLibrary]

Thank you for the kind words! Hope you enjoyed 📚

[@itooflemma]

I also watched this whilst my portfolios were performing well lost yen carry trade issues. Was so nice to relax and catch up on WoW lore before returning after 6 years.

[@DANKSAGE420]

People won't understand the Internet and the computer are not that old , gen z thinks computers and Internet has been here for ages

[@justgiz]

The fact that this is a "Summary" and still over an hour really shows how massive this game is.

[@BlastHeart96]

Yeah and it’s hilarious that he’s still speaking fast and being as barebones as possible.

[@0Cico0]

Hero turned evil need to be defeated, same story repeated again and again.

[@DsgSleazy]

@@0Cico0Yeah but this time different magic so story different

[@urukingotv90]

its crazy that a few days ago i was thinking "oh boy i wish i could see a video with an explanation of all the wow lore until now" and here i am

[@user-pc5qj2ix2c]

Nobbel is awesome if you want a deeper dive.

[@3_am___]

Yea i wanted to get up to speed, I didn't play since the legion so i googled exactly that

[@supershiba8346]

​@@user-pc5qj2ix2cnobbel is cool but i somehow cant listen to his voice

[@shockwave.9749]

As someone coming back to WoW for the first time since Wrath, this was perfect 👌 appreciate your effort on this!

[@MoopyBurn]

Almost the same here

[@JDog_Unchained]

If you didn't already know a decent amount of wow lore, you wouldn't understand a lot of this. Still, as someone who hasnt played in a few years, I appreciate the refresher.

[@chemBTW]

thank you for this.....almost all videos out there explain the wow lore in small segments, so you end up having to watch dozens of videos. it's nice having it all in one video like this

[@tannersievert6885]

I started with DF and wanted to get a decent grasp on the whole story. This was great! I learned a ton.

[@TheKarazhanLibrary]

I'm glad! Plenty more to come 📚

[@thomasohara5926]

This is an excellent video that kinda bummed me out. As someone who only played WC3 and Frozen Throne, I was curious to see what had happened to the characters after that game ended. I... can't say I'm very satisfied with the answers to those questions in many cases, BUT! this was a very thorough video and a good resource. Thank you for putting it together.

[@TrueSimp]

Gonna have such a good nights sleep with this one!

[@TheKarazhanLibrary]

Safe travels my friend 👌🏻

[@midwestbox]

Haven't kept up with warcraft lore post legion so this was a nice refresher since I skipped the last 3 expansions since then. Great video, was very enjoyable to listen to while working a long shift. ❤

[@TinmanFPS]

Its crazy how captivating the story is until the Shadowlands where it just gets... lost...

[@altberg__]

yeah. i feel the same. i stopped there.

[@Revinance88]

SL showed the extent to which the Titan's machinations controlled every aspect of reality, and began to set up the narrative of how flawed the results of their hubris had become. We would see this theme continued with the Primalists and Incarnates in DF. The origination of this theme being Sargeras’ rebellion in response to discovering the Void and its aims.

[@ftu2021]

i have no more characters lingering for me to play. Illidan, Arthas and Sylvannas are all gone.

[@denniusmaximus8668]

@@ftu2021 Willing to bet a very large sum of money that Sylvannas will be returning in Midnights and Illidan will be returning in The Last Titan.

[@dinislopes9432]

This video deserves a medal.

[@FelixTheCatSteeze]

This is honestly incredible work. Don’t ever stop the lore! We love it !!

[@Kalazar88Gaming]

Never played WoW more than a few starting zones until hardcore and SoD. War Within will be my first major dive into retail WoW and i'm kind of excited.

[@skitstorm5634]

Two months later we need to know, how is it going?

[@chiri-theoden4264]

I've been wanting to find a video like this for a while, and either KZbin search just sucks and I can't find any that are relatively current, or they just don't really exist. Either way, thank you so much for scratching this itch in my brain that's been driving me insane for months! Love your whole channel, and you were already one of my favorite subs, but this is just a step above the usual. Cheers!

[@TheKarazhanLibrary]

Thanks for the support! Hope I did the story some justice, plenty more to come 📚

[@ryanvictor7040]

Gladly I found this video after playing WoW back and forth for nearly 12 years (I’m 22 btw). Now I understand more of the streamlined lore (rather than fun facts I learned playing the game or reading wow wiki over the years) and this gets me much more hyped for TWW. If there is a way for me to translate this video’s script to my mother language, Portuguese, I’d happily do it. Thank you for the effort you put into this one :)

[@iamwhoiam7887]

Haaa you're old!!!

[@sashamackereth9590]

I had done the same and honestly couldn't tell you how we managed to get from legion onwards

[@ryanvictor7040]

@@iamwhoiam7887 noooooo stop :(

[@randykeith1203]

​@@sashamackereth9590 from my understanding legion did good stuff, then uhh let's fight again and not allow ourselfs to get better in economics and power. Oh hey uhh wanna go to the deadland? Ight let's do that then uhh dragons huh..

[@mikaeusbznd744]

Thank you for doing this for the community! I cant imagine the amount of work it took to make this. Great job!!!

[@TheKarazhanLibrary]

Thank you so much! 📚

[@WolfeRavenwood]

Didn't played alot during the last 2 years and suddenly there is a new quality lore channel. The Earthmother is kind. Thank you and subbed. Welcome things to watch and listen to while i prepare my herd for the war within.

[@thejtmoo]

I have made a return to WoW after some time. When I used to play, all I focused on was completing objectives and moving on. With my return, I have been craving lore like never before and have been trying to find a way to learn it effectively. I really appreciate the quality of the content in this video! Keep it up!

[@sashamackereth9590]

That's why I was drew into ff14 over the last few wow expansions because it's pretty much all lore.

[@thejtmoo]

@@sashamackereth9590 Final Fantasy is something on my agenda as well. It is a game that has escaped me through the years.

[@sashamackereth9590]

@thejtmoo lore and story wise it's great and fairly coherent. Wow I got lost in quests and court up in dungeon hopping

[@thejtmoo]

@@sashamackereth9590 It can be real easy to do that in WoW, which is why I am forcing a slower pace in my leveling and just enjoying the ride rather than rushing to end game.

[@Rainydays-and-Rainbows]

Oh my goodness I can't wait to get myself a tea, sit back, and enjoy this! The lore in World of Warcraft is fascinating to me, but even more so because of your awesome videos. Hope all is well with all of you amazing librarians. Thank you for all of your hard work. ☕💖🥰

[@TheKarazhanLibrary]

Enjoy Rainy! Hope all is well!

[@mullvaden83]

This should be a TV series. =)

[@snelles56]

There’s too much lore in Warcraft for me to wrap my head around it. Whenever I do, bam a mysterious island shows up, a dead king turns out to be alive, that piece of map you couldn’t go to is now a city of dog people, a god damn dragon fucks the place to hell and my girl sylvanas breaks bad over some jailer pusher who has always been pulling string? Oh and then the timeline splits and manaroth gets an axe to the skull, is Guldan still around then? Did Garona not turn out to be a sleeper agent? I can’t keep up and that’s just the last 35 years let alone the tons of lore they added in back to the past to make fuckin pandas make sense

[@baldesion]

What did they have to do to make the pandas make sense?

[@MB-cd8rg]

Yeah I never understood why pandas had to be included to the story in general lol And yes it's crazy to wrap my head around all these details as well, I ended up watching this video at least 3 times while I'm doing laundry or before bedtime, trying to get a complete picture out of this big puzzle lol

[@Timosaurus48]

I know right don't you just hate it when watching/reading/listening to a show or story you actually need to remember things?! Panda's were in Warcraft before World of Warcraft, which is why they were wanted and relevant to the story. Sure you could debate Blizz's choice for panda's but regarding lore they were always part of the history.

[@nasranax]

Love your videos, but you’ve outdone yourself this time. This one is just incredible and I’m sure I’m gonna watch it many times as a good-night tale. Thank you!

[@TheKarazhanLibrary]

Wow, thank you! Hope I did the massive story some justice in this 1 hour! 📚

[@TheDarkyodk]

This is an hour of my work day tomorrow sorted, ty sir

[@e33d90]

“Work”

[@phantomvox]

I started playing wow yesterday. I was looking for a video like this one. Thanks

[@converx]

Started playing WoW 2 weeks ago and it is great to finally have a connection to the names. Although I did not manage to grasp everything in one go, I do think that I have learned enough to get what is happening going forward from The War Within

[@xDiranx]

I loved the vid and feel the last third could have profited immensely if you had continued to provide these small cards, showing a character's name and brief summary. There was just so much info I feel I want to/need to understand to know what is up (as someone who returns to WoW since Cata).

[@2cold2touch17]

Ty for the lore overview, this noob needed it. WoW lore has so many moving parts that sometimes it can be hard to follow it all, so again ty.

[@TheKarazhanLibrary]

The recent expansions are confusing to say the least! 📚

[@Glimjii]

As someone who's been away from WoW for years, coming back to the game, I was so lost about it's lore and the who's who. Thanks to your video, I was able to understand (mostly) what's going on. Appreciate the effort it took to break things down for folks.

[@Kilairia]

omg thank you so much. This has been least confusing/fragmented timeline explanation I've come across. Yay

[@Ehntru]

Your voice is so soothing. Could listen to this all day.

[@TheKarazhanLibrary]

Thank you! Much appreciated 📚

[@JackTDipper]

31:48 Muradin did not die at al. 'When the ice encasing Frostmourne shattered, Muradin was, in fact, merely wounded and knocked unconscious. A short time after Arthas left, Muradin awoke. Confused, hurt, and with total amnesia, he wandered out into the snow. Muradin was eventually tracked down by a group of Frostborn dwarves, who followed his trail of blood-soaked snow during an extremely harsh blizzard.' Also some of the Lore seems to be said in the wrong order.

[@CafeMelodi]

For a new player, this video has given a lot of the quests more weight going through the new expansion. Also, this video and others have got me to think about going through the Classic quests too!

[@Merveias]

Great work condensing it down to an hour like this. Appreciate it.

[@gregmacpherson3219]

Absolutely enthralling!! This is the only channel for WoW lore

[@MostlyGhostlyB]

anybody else like cry hearing these old stories from when they started playing in 2006?

[@rafaelpaimtrabalho]

Great job! Congratulations! Thank you for the amazing work!

[@eahco8476]

As someone who has never played any of the games this is incredible thank you for pointing me in this direction from a previous video

[@kingsargonii6939]

This is excellent. Immaculate video regarding the lore.

[@mtlj-paints]

Looking forward to this! Mid week treat.

[@jeffmiller16]

Please upload the stories you tell to spotify too! So i can listen to them like a podcast

[@TheKarazhanLibrary]

Breaking the Lore! Now available on Spotify, all videos to be uploaded in good time: open.spotify.com/show/6wAy5W4TjV43sSUE01dmE4

[@kreeger2010]

Terrific video. looking forward to more content like this and im sharing this around.

[@TheKarazhanLibrary]

Thanks! More to come

[@Cillic12]

this was awesome, tysm for putting this all together

[@Fitz3354]

This is definitely a very well done, entertaining, calming and informative summary for the History of Warcraft. Keep up the good work.

[@TheKarazhanLibrary]

Thanks! Plenty more to come 📚

[@Gruuuz]

Phantastic Video! Thank you so much for that!

[@henotic.essence]

I needed something to fall asleeo to, I'm so restless! You have a great narrator voice! 🎉🎉

[@jackcanning1236]

Wonderful video, keep up the great work buddy! 👍 👏

[@Stormwave_tv]

Great content! thanks for making such nice videos.

[@Rehz21]

Amazing video brother, at the perfect time too!

[@samuelmeisterw]

Must watch this because I'm impressed with the condensed time

[@Silkencira1710]

Thank you ❤ even though i have already seen all your videos..i still keep watching. I feel like I finally am remembering parts. I love listening to it while puzzling or cleaning 😂

[@TheKarazhanLibrary]

I'm glad you enjoy them! Plenty more to come 📚

[@Silkencira1710]

​@@TheKarazhanLibrary cant wait. ❤ i have also bought some wow books love them

[@kraton05]

NICE!!! This was amazing to watch! Keep up the amazing content!!!

[@Silver_tree83]

You explained this so well, and made it easy to understand thank you 💜🙌🏻

[@joshuaabe4832]

As someone who has followed Warcraft since Warcraft 1 as a kid, I love the nostalgia

[@HYDRARMOR]

Legendary video! Thank you so much for amazing recap!

[@PsycHoOone]

Very nicely done, obviously good timing ;) Cool to have breakdown as someone who isn't really deep into the lore :D

[@scorepro5059]

Great videos, thank you. Do you have a series that explains each of the expansions and how they add to the story?

[@denxx56]

31:47 correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure Muradin wasn't killed, but knocked out. He's still present in both wrath and is a member of the council of 3 hammers

[@TheKarazhanLibrary]

Yeah you're correct, missed this one but I think his survival is possibly retconned into the story afterwards, not 100% sure.

[@altberg__]

amazing summary. i finally know the lore 😅 thanks.

[@TomislavPuklin-wz1bl]

I came to the Dragonflight part of the story and boy oh boy is it obvious this story was written by 30 people each on their own Island completely devoid of any communication between themselves.

[@SimonRobeyns]

was going to say something similar, there's really a clear part where not only the story but also the feeling and atmosphere completely changed and almost seems unrecognizable from what wow really was

[@TomislavPuklin-wz1bl]

@@SimonRobeyns It feels like Marvel and not a fantasy epic is how I would describe it. I would not be surprised if the current writers have a history of working in Hollywood.

[@TheRayny]

@@SimonRobeyns I mean, consider before it was a single player game with online functionalities, before becoming an MMO that literally had to define the core market of the genre. Not giving excuses, but it reflects the development over 20 years of stuff.

[@SimonRobeyns]

@@TheRayny I still love vanilla wow to this day and would consider it one of the all time best games ever created. The world building was unlike any other game even if the quests or stories didn't say that much. Heck it didn't even need epic cutscenes but it was just so much better starting from nothing and paving your way to endgame raids. It's such an epic journey. I remember all items, dungeons, raids everything from vanilla but anything in later expansions just felt useless and forgettable

[@logandunlap9156]

@@SimonRobeynsyep, the Forrest Gump experience. you ain’t “that guy”, but you’re there for everything that happens.

[@the_hanged_clown]

Arthas, as well as his character arch, has always been my favorite. I want to see him come back again, as some kind of Holy Death Knight. that'd be sick.

[@logandunlap9156]

truthfully they should have just started work on WoW 2 once they wrapped up arthas’s story with wrath. i mean you could argue that cataclysm was kind of the start of something like that but it’s still the same engine, just souped up and bloated

[@karmabum21]

Amazing video! Thanks for making it

[@poppatang4216]

This is destined for 1M views, good stuff

[@TheKarazhanLibrary]

That would be something! 📚

[@JR_AFC]

Mate this was incredible so well done!

[@TheKarazhanLibrary]

Thanks! 📚

[@Stfuval17448]

More WoW lore? Count me in 😍 Thank you for taking the time to set up and make this video! The next hour and change looks riveting, full of all my favorite lore ❤

[@luciemartin6241]

Please do eversong woods/ghost lands for your next zone lore video if possible! Your videos are amazing, thank you for the content!!

[@Jedittee]

Best wow lore channel! U have my reputation at exalted.

[@TheKarazhanLibrary]

Thank you my friend! 📚

[@MB-cd8rg]

I played this game since it came out in Europe, back then never really cared that much about all the details, as I was a casual player. There weren't that many parents back then gaming in my guild and my first daughter was still little, but I remember her loving the priest when she died, cause then she looks like an angel 😆 god I had to die a lot for her, she had a blast lol 😂 Now my second daughter is a little gamer as well, then we introduced her to wow, that was quiet a little moving moment to me and hubby, we stood there and just smiled lol Anyways lol Now I'm older, still casual player but enjoy the whole story, it's so hard to have an overview without reading the all the books, this is much faster and just love how much effort you put in that. Thank you ❤

[@christopherc3214]

Really love this!

[@kanushkaperera4789]

Excellent. thank you so much

[@grimharkness]

This was superb, thank you so much for taking the time to make this. I've played WoW since Vanilla, but on and off since MoP so there's a lot I've missed. If you don't mind my asking, where did source the wonderful graphic of the universe come from that you used in the Origins of the Universe section?

[@Revinance88]

A few mistakes here and there, but very well done, especially the amount of time you were able to condense this to.

[@esorian76]

Now i am prepared. thanks

[@ethian83]

Outstanding work. Thank you.

[@TheKarazhanLibrary]

Thank you! Plenty more to come 📚

[@mattiashellstrom4682]

Hey! Another great video! well covered history of thie world of warcraft! I was thinking during watching this one, how long the video would be if all details would be included. my guess would be a week long :). best wishes from Sweden!

[@Growthor]

This is the video I needed.

[@eujoseeduardo]

I really liked this style of lore video!

[@TheKarazhanLibrary]

Glad you enjoyed! Plenty more to come 📚

[@potatoeOnRooftop]

Thanks man! Has anyone told you that you sound very similar to "JackFrags". Its uncanny ❤

[@jg_jgjg]

This is cool. Do lore of killing 10 boars next please!

[@ONiDarpa]

Appreciate this Didn’t there is so much lore prior the 3 warcraft RTS games

[@williamhoward13]

I watched intently for 95% of the video. Around the middle of Shadowlands I started checking my phone, trying to fix my computer desk, and by the time Dragonflight was being spoken about(the only xpac I didn't play) I was completely tuned out. I am trying to reignite my love for the story, but I just can't...Why hasn't Yrel opened the Dark portal to come and cleanse the evils of Azeroth? Been waiting for years for that... Is that going to be ignored? We all have at least one Maghar orc.

[@TeribleROG]

This is Great! ty

[@kerrykent9325]

Love this video, I think this is my third watch through 😂❤

[@TheKarazhanLibrary]

Thanks for the support! Glad you enjoyed it! 📚

[@DragonsController8]

you could give Nobbel a run for his money. I very much enjoy your videoes

[@AnonRymal]

Dragonflight was a really weird mix into the lore video and just spun everything out of shape. It's almost like a spin-off (similar to pandas) to the true story of Warcraft. Anyway great video - thank you!

[@Yellowtoxin]

1hr of WoW lore to fall asleep to

[@Doomstemplar]

The best 1h16m I spent on youtube.

[@TheKarazhanLibrary]

Much appreciated my friend 📚

[@jonahlazer2076]

as an outsider to the WoW community, this is what I've gathered regarding this world's history from this video. Early and Pre-history: Gods born from the spirits of worlds couldn't get Cthulhu and friends out of this one planet without hurting it, so they made robots to keep them from breaking out. Cthulhu pulled a reverse-mechanicus on the robots and turned them all fleshy as a funny prank. Recent History: DING-DANGULON OF SAZERICK CALLED UPON THE MIGHT OF ZEROTH TO WIPE OUT THE LEGIONS OF VOLKVANVONVOLKVAN, ENDING THE THREAT OF THE DIRE LEGIONS AND BRINGING PEACE TO AZEROTH. UNTIL LISHITTEN, FOLLOWED BY HIGGINATHI AND DINNELIN, REEMERGED FROM THE OTHERPLACE AND INVADED THE KINGDOM OF GREGHOG TO AVENGE THE-

[@Narthe.]

You got the chromie/murozond/iridkron bit wrong at 1:11:00 ~~. You said Iridikron didn't absorb the essence of galakrond, but he did. We stopped him initially but that created murozond because of Deimos. We tried again and stopped the creation of murozond by letting iridikron absorb the essence of galkrond into the dark heart.

[@TheKarazhanLibrary]

Thanks for the insight! 📚

[@MechE_Emma]

Yeah, I definitely needed this to understand what the heck has been going on in this game. My mind is already reeling with all the characters and I'm not even past BC!

[@NoraJoklim]

Absolutely bonkers video. This channel is the best on YT lol

[@TheKarazhanLibrary]

My pleasure! Hope you enjoyed 📚

[@Reeper_]

Well done. Thank you.

[@ronaldtorrisi8329]

I love all the lore of WOW I played from start up til 2010 , I miss the game and my level 80 warrior

[@ricardofigueroa641]

I just want to say… thank you!

[@ZZZcZZZ]

Excellent video.

[@MonFrereGaming]

Great video on the lore!

[@TheKarazhanLibrary]

Glad you enjoyed it! 📚