The Story of Shadowmoon Valley - Warlords of Draenor [Lore]

The Draenei are on the brink of war with the Iron Horde. Ner'zhul and his shadowmoon clan are put on the task of summoning the dark star while the rest of the Iron Horde gets ready to assault Karabor. With Velen's visions proving false, will our heroes be able to change history and the Draenei from extermination? Find out on this exciting episode offf WARLORDS OF DRAENOR!
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[@QuestText]

Velen : I hope I can trust you, guy... First human through the portal : ALL RIGHT GUY'S LET'S CLAIM THIS WORLD!

[@Durpanny]

I picked up on that too. It was beautiful.

[@christopherduncan9207]

That line was great.

[@PsiDebby]

I think I love it more when he is asking that about my Warlock with her Demon beside her.

[@TheMMObro]

Yooo I was like oh god at that too. Such a facepalm moment.

[@DrPluton]

The first time I heard that, I face palmed in real life.

[@TonyBone21]

Yrel's growth and rising through the SMV storyline make her my favorite character in the whole of WoD.

[@tomislavjovicin5439]

nobbel, dude, i was a warcraft fan since i played warcraft 2 in 2001-2002 (that's when i had my first chance do do so), and i don't have the time and money to commit to WoW, so i thank you for your videos of lore by zones and the other character specific and event specific lore, keep it up, the videos are awesome, straight to the point, and no unnecessary shots of running back and forth between quests, as long as you make these videos i will be your eternal subscriber

[@MarkTheMadMan]

i believe that yrels story was never told properly due to blizz being lazy and wanting to rush the legion release. Maybe we could have found out what the mark was and told the rest of the story if they had not cut out a patch (which i think is what they did)

[@Cipri001]

Let's just hope that the expansion after Legion is set on Draenor. I want to know more about Yrel and Draenor itself.

[@AgentCamtho1]

I was looking forward to this one, since I didn't get to see it for myself as a Hordie I hope he also goes over the Dungeons and stuff, they are pretty important, maybe eventually the raids, Nobbel is great at explaining all the lore perfectly

[@SkellingtonZen]

The way Exarch Akama says, "Ahh, the little one is the taskmaster..." I wonder if the gnome was insulted by that...

[@TheOblivionFreak]

Maybe the mark is the violet crystal "Spirit's Song". In the book "Rise of the Horde" was mentioned that the crystal can change form, and Velen used it to stay in contact with the Naaru K'ure, and he hold it always near his body.

[@vadeasnether3939]

I dont know if you have a video explaining the worgen curse However this is what ive picked from it: A druid clan called the druids of the wolf( or something) that worships a great wolfic spirt this spirt grants them a power but also a curse : it turns them into worgen these are the first worgen. Now the other druids dont like this so they put the worgen to sleep under a great tree, But they Woke Up. they Run upon all of the lands infecting other humans and druids with this plauge! This is a VERY quick run of the Worgen story but it gets deeper and i dont have enough pizza.

[@bluexephos335]

I'm sending this message from internet explorer so it might come in delayed but 2 planes are headed to the twin towers! Get help!

[@FinalBossTV]

Once I connected the dots that Crispin Freeman, the voice of Alucard from "Hellsing," (and many other awesome voices) is the voice of Maraad, it's all I hear now. >_

[@shirojaki2063]

He plays many WoW characters, the first time I heard one I instantly knew it was him. :p

[@tomassvaton3784]

F**! :D Why have you done this to me! :D

[@Detherocable]

Meanwhile, our Velen back in Azeroth hasn't done shit :P

[@genaschtes]

i would say, that velen gives yrel his visions, his thoughts, his memories. i think he is giving her his wisdom.

[@Smallzv]

"Lose this duel and i'll banish u to the shadow realm!"

[@rktong1985]

The dark star reminds me of the dark templar. Seriously though, at around 23:33 when the thing says, "The void HUNGERS."

[@commandervulkan]

The SUPERIOR story. No seriously I'm not pulling that Alliance > Horde shit. I mean this is a really good story line.

[@CyclopsToppingWolverine]

Alliance > Horde

[@Toganni]

I love listening to your lore! I love how you roll your Rs - I can't do that! Sounds so amazing!

[@geek593]

Such a shame about Maraad. He was easily my favorite character in the early zones and it feels like they wasted his character. The old war veteran using the knowledge he gained from his past failures to save people is an extremely compelling character archetype.

[@Soulferon]

Hey Nobbel, would you mind maybe doing a story or spreading some lore insight on Chen Stormstout? He was in warcraft, but I havent been able to find out much about him.

[@catxborsuq1]

I'm pretty sure that mark Velen gives Yrel is the crystal she later gives us so that we can use it to receive Velen's last message to us. Which means as it was a sort of recording crystal or something.

[@NEkromanT33]

How cool it would be having Karabor and Bladespire as cities instead of those tents in the mud in Ashran...

[@Jakiegrox]

Really a fan of Y'rel and it would be cool for her to be the new leader of the Draenei

[@ScenetheUndead]

Man, if I was Velen and had just been told by maraad that we are here to help..yet this odd looking creature comes out of a portal and says "Lets take this world for the alliance!" I would be worried lol.

[@Sigmundfruit]

Do you cover smaller plots like the podlings or genesaur in this video too?

[@Antony_Oscar]

Shadowmoon Valley was pretty epic. Only, I couldn't finish the Battle of Karabor because the mobs kept killing me and my gear ended up completely broken. Oh well, I'll finish it later at a higher level.

[@Litany_of_Fury]

great work it's so hard to find a good alliance walk though

[@lordeli8866]

Yep that Draenai girl is beautiful

[@eddyrigs]

SOOOO MANY GOOSEBUMPS !!!

[@KekePellegrino]

If you like this particulair story you should read its book (Rise of the Horde). I did read it and it clarifies allot.

[@AliasEville]

Love your vids Nobbel!!

[@samiamrg7]

wait, why didn't the Iron Horde wait to open the Red Portal until _after_ dealing with the Draenei? Garrosh must have realized that trying to simultaneously invade Azeroth and deal with the Draenei would be needlessly complicated.

[@owenbisal8007]

because then alliance players would be screwed over because they don't have a garrison

[@mihirmanohar]

Can u make videos of like scenarios ?? Plz plz plz

[@mrsquidge2556]

in my opinion!.. i think that velen has passed his "prophet" title to her, making her a sort of exarch

[@nitefyre2032]

A very educated guess is that the passed on the abilities of the prophet to her but she has to grew in them. When the time is right they will kick in and given that the timelines are all over the place now. Maybe they don't need The Prophet any more?

[@nex6939]

Is this Naaru in Outland? Isn't he the one that sells some of the old Zul'Aman gear?

[@Regnorash]

***** I don't think so, after a quick search I think the one you are refering to is called G'eras.

[@diluted_potato8774]

Where was Vol'jin during all this?

[@lykbeats3686]

He was in his "wacka jack shack" do the freaky deaky with jaina

[@luisvaldivieso3711]

Does anyone knows what is the name of the song in the minute 24:30, when Samaara dies?, please , i'm tired to look for this song.

[@BloodseekerxD]

what are those wings thatuou re flying with at 22:10 smthn like that ?

[@franky92fr]

Seems like we might have the Legion returning

[@Adamapple]

I miss this

[@LycoansArcanePlays]

2:33 "Invincible" OH NO YOU DIDN'T

[@IShallCallHimTaders]

Holy crap is that Akama ? Bad asssss

[@Sinynathehuntress]

I wish my rotation looked like that

[@123jared4]

Will we see Illidan in this era?

[@Talematros]

what music is playing at 27:12? please answer

[@3Katapa]

I didnt cry .what. No. stop. please.

[@aleksandarvil5718]

AU!Ner'zhul = Edward Elric

[@BStark00]

lool, you have invisible! sniff i want it tooXD

[@joefisherman1326]

What is soulbinder if you kill some bloodmaul ogres in there lvl 100 area you can get a thing called envoyes journal I think was the name but it tells a small story that the warsong clan went there to get an artifact. It says that slaves brought bodies out of the mines and that he overheard someone say Soulbinder. Then it says that the ogres refused to give the artifact to the orcs. Then the journal ends. It also in the beginning it says that prophet garrosh told them where it was. Is it a staff or any other artifact like thing. Do the bloodmaul ogres work with the shadow council did the orcs steal it? Who is now in possession of soulbinder?

[@Sigmundfruit]

Well what do we know?: Soul binder Nyami ordered the death of exarch Hataaru in order to hide the truth. She then went to aunchindoun to harvest souls and summon the legion. We also know that he was probably around a mine when he was killed. Finally we know that later, cho'gall was preparing to lead an army of pale orcs to attack the ogre city of highmaul and retrieve powerful artifacts such as the abrogator stones.

[@DanielHolme]

oww look at the cute lil gnomey and the sexy blue cows

[@williamegen2927]

Nobbel87 why are the two brothers bigger than valen

[@jojangers]

Wait, yrel got the mark thing? Lol i have the same face on my hunter as her so i thought the player got it XD

[@bindair_dundat]

Can a Horde player do the Shadowmoon quests or the other way around? It is a waste of good story and cinematics if they are only faction specific zones.

[@Alex-gx3mq]

Why does he mis-pronounce Yrel it is driving me crazy

[@KamalCharles]

Why there is Alternate Ner'zhul ?

[@owenbisal8007]

because there is alternate draenor

[@SokiHime]

Thumbnail picture: Deposit pearl-necklace here

[@erinxyes]

Sound is okay, but video is stuttering throughout.

[@thesebytcheslame]

Who's the girl at the near end? Just curious..

[@Casper6277]

"I do hope my trust in your people is not misplaced" "Don't worry it's fine we're here to help" *Baros Alexson enters through portal* "Let's take this world for the alliance!"

[@nicksalehi97]

haha yea

[@Cipri001]

Yeah lol

[@seamuswerther2413]

lmao

[@basillah7650]

Makes no different than the horde that invaded Azeroth since they're taking the world and not in peace

[@aleksandarvil5718]

*/Seinfeld Theme Plays*

[@SableRain]

I facepalmed when Baros Alexston comes through the portal hollering, "Let's take this world for the Alliance!" after Prophet Velen says he hopes his trust won't be betrayed. What a dope. -_-

[@trymeout1091]

gotta say...Velen's death was one of the best cinematics in WoD...man the goosebumps! xD

[@ASpaceOstrich]

I believe that she is now "The Prophet Yrel", whether she realises it or not. I hope she returns for Legion.

[@SonicTheHedgehog17]

I'll play through Draenor just for Yrel. One of the best female characters in WoW.

[@xXxAMIR99xXx]

Wait if nerzhul dies that means theres no lich kung? And Arthas is normal? And the kingdom of lordaeron still exists? Which means Arthas is now king?

[@Dr.Barber]

which means the future of this alternate universe past is completely different yes

[@GlebIkc]

Yes,it would be.As u see all we change in draenor doesn't change in real time Azeroth and Outland.

[@Paddzr]

But we're not connected to Azeroth, probably we won't be. Especially since they connected to our Azeroth.

[@Curllube]

None of these events change our Azeroth

[@cooltv2776]

and either way the AU azeroth is going to be taken over/destroyed by c'thun anyways. we only stopped him because we had the united force of the alliance races (who only united because of the horde) and the united horde (who only existed because of the portal

[@johnjones6307]

"Shadowmoon burial grounds was merely a set back" - Ner'zhul next patch

[@noodlespoo]

Just a correction: the ship's name was Genedar, not Oshu'gun. That's Orcish for 'mountain of spirits'.

[@moonrazor2039]

Are you planning on doing an overview for every zone? That'd be cool, all zones are pretty great.

[@RaVeNICEX]

that will be nice !

[@Durpanny]

Would be amazing, I don't have an alliance toon and their story is just amazing!

[@TheMMObro]

Durpanny idk it's all random draenei but horde has durotan, draka, drek, thrall is around more bc our counterpart SPOILERS died (maraad). Draenei have velen who u don't see much, maraad whose death was awesome in a "good way to go" protecting yrel whose character buildup was rushed. I guess the naaru blessing she gets from velen can explain it but she goes from her first kill to super paladin super fast. The horde one I didn't take my time like I did on my ally tho so I'm not even that sure, so I shouldn't be judging. All I know is I remembwr frostfire ridge over anything bc that one was cool. The ganar/durotan rivalry was resolved way too fast. Ganar, "I'm mad bro," durotan, "u mad bro? Kill me," ganar, "ok sry I luv u bro. " lol

[@Nobbel87]

Yep!

[@ismarsarajlic9723]

Nobbel87 awesome :D keep doing the light`s work. lok`tar ogar

[@1stPCFerret]

I wonder... The "dark Naaru" ae beings of shadow - aren't the Sha of Pandaria quite similar? could there be a connection?

[@pneumoniac]

Sha came from an Old God and dark naaru come from a corrupted naaru. There is no link between them at all

[@violetblues1768]

+1stPCFerret Sha of Pandaria are actually caused by the death of y'shaarj, the strongest old god among all four. The old gods are the enemies of the naaru, but seeing a naaru being twisted isn't new in warcraft history. Remember M'uru in the sunwell?

[@SuperMikegrim]

Alliance garison looks so much better then horde one ;P

[@GELSPRG]

Well if you are an Ally I guess so. You are used to fancy castles and stuff like that, while I spent most of my time leveling in zones filled with camps and towns filled with tents. Also Orgrimmar is pretty much just a canyon with buildings in it, while Stormwind is a fortress (quite a weak one, but fortress nonetheless).

[@DemonicMonkey88]

GELSPRG But don't worry, because while the horde may not have fancy buildings you still have a special place in blizzards heart, and no one can ever take away that favoritism!

[@redninja7778]

GELSPRG dude I totally agree

[@leonardovieiraperes8527]

GELSPRG stormwind is not a fortress, it's just a city, but with some walls and stuff. and although the alliance garrison looks better, the horde one looks bigger. much bigger. like horde lvl 1 = alliance lvl 3.

[@burningisis]

I really wish they had gone with their previous idea of having racial garrisons. I mean, I play a draenei, on draenor... and I cant have a draenei looking building? pout

[@RomireTV]

Khadgar is a double agent! Splits himself into 2 beings! Horde goes left and alliance goes right, He goes both ways!

[@dexter6110]

Bifactional

[@Skittlez12350]

akama was such a fucking cool character, in warcraft 3 he was only part of a side quest but then they turned him into a really good character in BC

[@lala97849]

Velen = most badass Racial Boss confirmed.

[@ZNI492]

Man I cry when Velen sacrifices himself :*(

[@5x3x1x5]

RileyRivalle2 timey wimey wibbly wobbly

[@link1170]

Morgan Freeman Well, the normal timeline, he should still be alive and kicking if that helps.

[@WildeFyre69]

The cinematic of the sacrifice of Yelen and the marking of Yrel is my favorite one! Good story. Keep up the good work! Your efforts are appreciated!

[@StormsparkPegasus]

Draenei means "exiled ones" in the Eredar language.

[@bellial974]

today, i found a small curiosity not a big deal, there is a draenei child named Isel in Nagrand(WoD) you save her and her mother from the Iron Horde in Teelar, the mother becomes the inn keeper in Teelari Outpost and isel is often running around the camp, then in Nagrand(BC) you can find Isel in teelar where she is now the inn keeper,,that made me wonder how many minor Npc´s from outland can be found in their younger days in Draenor?

[@pekisall4326]

First of all, excellent video Nobbel but i have a few points to make, correct me if im wrong on any of these please, 1. the name of the ship the Draenei arrive on Draenor isnt called oshu'gun but Genedar, oshu'gun is what orcs call that half ship wrecked mountain. 2. i dont think they ejected the naaru just becasue of crash panic, but it was the naaru K'ara powered the ship to fly and velen says the naarus life was coming to an end so THAT CAUSED them to crash instead of landing properly (and people think we draenei crash our ships all the time... it was blood elves sabotage back in azuremyst isles and now this) 3. you tell the events that proves Yrel isnt the new leader of the Draenei but you didnt want to spoil it when talking about the mark. what is that event exactly? i saw all the story in draenor so please tell me. And finally i was pissed off we werent getting karabor as a main city but i was hoping they would at least make it like a town to hang. the gardens look beautiful, but blizz didnt even BOTHERED to make the temple inside. theres not even a door! no town life, no vendors, no sellers or innkeeper NOTHING... ps: i see you used the cinematic here, so the copyright incidents are OK now? we wouldnt want anything happen to your account now would we ?

[@sushanalone]

Finally alliance got some good story since after wrath, I love the Valen part, knowing his history, i know what he would do, and he did. almost teary

[@200reece]

I like how it just seems like another tuesday for Velen purifying the dark star. Just like "All right, you rule the draenei now, i'll just sacrifice myself now. Buh-bye!"

[@CallMeNoa]

One of my favorite theories is that the Dark Star is the reason the old Horde had necromancers in the First War. We know three things: 1: The Horde had necromancers. The units in WC1 were called Necrolytes, and they summoned skeletons. 2: The Necrolytes used the Void, which is the same power the Shadowmoon clan uses in WoD. We know they used the Void because the magazine said so, it said that humans researching the Necrolytes' Void powers led to the Forsaken Cult of Forgotten Shadow. 3: The WC1 manual said the Necrolytes followed orcish religions, which never made sense until WoD because until WoD no orc clan did anything with darkness and undead. Given all of that I think it's a safe conclusion to say that the Dark Star in the main timeline/reality is why the Old Horde had necromancers.

[@Random_Person.-.]

I know I'm 5 year's late but another thing that contributes to this theory is the Ashbringer. It was forged from a dark crystal taken from an orc warlock that was purified by the light abd many people think that it was a piece of a corrupted Naaru

[@hughsdtf]

Do you think you will be putting out a video of the alternate azeroth of WOD, since we come to stop the chances, what do you think about the current path of that Azeroth will be, since no lich, and etc. Would love to hear your thoughts.

[@TyudroWymoreEdgartyu2]

I think that Blizzard, for an end-game raid, will pit us against all of the Warlords. How cool will that be? :D

[@sercanozyurt4760]

I think Blizzard will open portal to alternative azeroth.(at the end of wod, we will Return to azeroth. Khadgar create portal to azeroth but They will stack at alternative universe) Legion captured alternative azeroth. Thrall and khadgar must speak to nozdormu for destroy caverns of time and go back to our azeroth. New features: - old Lands of azeroth. Dalaran, lorderaeon, silvermoon, captured Lands (looks like outland) and more. 4. Spec maybe. I think blizzard will make expansion like that. (sory for my english :))

[@squidbilly9]

this is pretty much spot on, this guy must be working at blizzard and just leaked the next 4 years of wow

[@Warlundrie]

squidbilly9 no, this sounds pretty damn off in my opinion since destroying the cavern of time won't change time itself, only our connection to it. If we really wanted to stop the other timelines we should talk to the titans who created them, not destroy our gateway to them. The best thing in my opinion is to contact the titans through their guardians on Azeroth and with the help of the former dragon aspects.

[@sercanozyurt4760]

SergantSwiftblade Titans are last part of warcraft. I think Blizzard will never show titans to players. They are myths of warcraft universe.

[@Warlundrie]

Sercan Ozyurt yet we battle sargeras forces a whole lot.

[@basillah7650]

LOL at the noobs thinking it would happen

[@veo16]

5:54 The part with Akama made me cry a little.

[@balaran4349]

Warlords of Draenoe may not have been the best expansion we got, but as a huge draenei lore fan returning back to Draenor was a huge gift for me. Draenei got a chance to save what has been destroyed by the horde.

[@Cipri001]

Same here. The humans and the Draenei are in my opinion the best races.

[@KamatariIsozaki]

To be honest, the Shadowmoon (and also the Frostwoolf) story was far better planned out then rest of the zones up until Nagrad, even though I don't really enjoy the end game of the current expansion I found Shadowmoon story very awesome

[@KamatariIsozaki]

RileyRivalle2 True, sort off, but right now I got like nothing to do on WoW, zones have amazing story but end game has non that would keep me entertained long enough for me to still be subscribed

[@nobledonkey17]

as a horde who hasn't had time to lvl his ally alt's yet i thank you because i have been wondering about the ally opening area a lot

[@Twistedman2000]

Great vid your awesome and keep going and a question if gnomes drink demon blood do they Then turn into goblins

[@Yondaime8X]

Lol

[@kiffe22]

Hello I am Gamemaster kiffe22, I noticed that you spoiled crucial information about future story development in the World of Warcraft on KZbin. In the comment section of Nobbel87's video: "The Story of Shadowmoon Valley - Warlords of Draenor [Lore]" you shared the information that gnomes become goblins if they drink demon blood. Although we do not know how you attained this info i have to inform you that we do not tolerate this and will therefore henceforth ban your account from the game permanantly. Please accept this and we will refrain from taking further actions legally.

[@relaxedfish2344]

sorry but I couldn't help but laugh that your alliance commander was gnome they are just so cute.

[@tachikoma747]

I'd marry Yrel. 28:15 DAT FACE

[@BornFlunky]

No mention of Khadgar's little questline to locate Gul'dan?

[@Zamin54]

Seriously people, it's VELEN* and NAARU*

[@Bara3103]

I have to comment this: This is the first time I actually refreshed "my subsription page" and when I saw this pop up I said "YES!" to myself...... I surprise myself how I reacted. I like the Lore videos so much!

[@patrikzotaj4528]

our main original prime timeline universe velen is still alive.

[@NotSirRockford]

Keep up the awesome work :D Did play through Shadowmood myself for the first time last night And I still got the shivers ^^

[@TFTitanManX]

Great video, please continue to make these for each zone. I want to enrich myself in the lore but at the same time it's difficult when I just want to get to 100 as fast as I can, it's hard to slow down and enjoy the view. Also why is Prophet Velen the only draenei with pupils...it creeps me out.

[@formicthearchdruid6763]

This was the best zone! Valen video was amazing

[@DerLoladin]

I love the shadowmoon valley cinematic, there are a lot of jewels with this new expansion but for me, this and the Talador cinematic are THE best. When I first saw this it brought tears to my eyes and when I showed those 2 to my family (and they have no interest in WoW and most videogames) they had a very, very similiar emotional reaction. Very well done Blizz.

[@sarahthewierdo]

yrel is the new prophet of the dreanei that is what it means

[@stormstrider1990]

Samaara's death almost brought a tear in my eye the first time I did the quest. Must be because of the awesome voice acting.

[@Khorothis]

So Velen can purify a Naaru who turned 100% to darkness (albeit at the cost of his life)? Wow. No wonder they respect him so. I just hope that our Velen will get some more showtime, maybe bro it up with Malfurion since they're both mighty pacifists with glorious beards.