The Story of Warcraft pre-WoW | Movie edit (Part 1/2)

NAVIGATION INDEX (info about video is at the bottom):
Start (00:00)
WARCRAFT I: ORCS AND HUMANS (00:28)
- Intro (01:28)
- Human campaign (02:50)
- Orc campaign (13:10)
WARCRAFT II: TIDES OF DARKNESS (23:35)
- Intro (26:52)
- Orc campaign (28:45)
- Human campaign (43:09)
WARCRAFT II: BEYOND THE DARK PORTAL (58:54)
- Intro (01:01:28)
- Orc campaign (01:02:31)
- Human campaign (01:19:14)
INTERLUDE (01:34:36)
WARCRAFT III: REIGN OF CHAOS (01:40:22)
Warcraft III Trailer (01:40:40)
Prologue campaign: Exodus of the Horde
- Intro: Thrall's Dream (01:43:03)
- Chapter One: Chasing Visions (01:45:59)
- Chapter Two: Departures (01:48:42)
- Chapter Three: Riders on the Storm (01:51:26)
- Chapter Four: The Fires Down Below (01:54:32)
- Chapter Five: Countdown to Extinction (01:58:26)
Human campaign: The Scourge of Lordaeron
- Human Intro: The Warning (02:01:11)
- Chapter One: The Defense of Strahnbrad (02:04:50)
- Chapter Two: Blackrock and Roll (02:09:21)
- Interlude: Jaina's Meeting (02:12:44)
- Chapter Three: Ravages of the Plague (02:14:11)
- Chapter Four: The Cult of the Damned (02:18:40)
- Chapter Five: March of the Scourge (02:21:27)
- Interlude: The Prince and the Prophet (02:24:35)
- Chapter Six: The Culling (02:26:02)
- Interlude: Divergent Courses (02:29:30)
- Chapter Seven: The Shores of Northrend (02:31:36)
- Chapter Eight: Dissension (02:34:41)
- Chapter Nine: Frostmourne (02:38:03)
- Human Finale: Arthas' Betrayal (02:44:02)
Undead campaign: Path of the Damned
- Chapter One: Trudging through the Ashes (02:46:58)
- Chapter Two: Digging up the Dead (02:50:34)
- Interlude: The Dreadlords Convene (02:55:59)
- Chapter Three: Into the Realm Eternal (02:57:28)
- Chapter Four: Key of the Three Moons (03:00:52)
- Chapter Five: The Fall of Silvermoon (03:03:39)
- Interlude: The Revelation (03:08:18)
- Chapter Six: Blackrock & Roll, Two! (03:10:05)
- Chapter Seven: The Siege of Dalaran (03:14:24)
- Chapter Eight: Under the Burning Sky (03:17:08)
- Undead Finale: The destruction of Dalaran (03:20:20)
Orc campaign: The Invasion of Kalimdor
- Chapter One: Landfall (03:22:46)
- Chapter Two: The Long March (03:28:35)
- Interlude: The Destruction of Lordaeron (03:31:51)
- Chapter Three: Cry of the Warsong (03:33:46)
- Chapter Four: The Spirits of Ashenvale (03:37:45)
- Interlude: The Blood of Mannoroth (03:40:40)
- Chapter Five: The Hunter of Shadows (03:43:25)
- Chapter Six: Where Wyverns Dare (03:49:27)
- Chapter Seven: The Oracle (03:51:48)
- Chapter Eight: By Demons Be Driven (03:57:58)
- Orc Finale: The death of Hellscream (04:02:19)
Night elf campaign: Eternity's End
- Chapter One: Enemies at the Gate (04:06:35)
- Chapter Two: Daughters of the Moon (04:10:45)
- Chapter Three: The Awakening of Stormrage (04:15:44)
- Chapter Four: The Druids Arise (04:17:45)
- Chapter Five: Brothers in Blood (04:23:06)
- Chapter Six: A Destiny of Flame and Sorrow (04:31:48)
- Interlude: The Last Guardian (04:35:50)
- Chapter Seven: Twilight of the Gods (04:38:02)
- Night Elven Finale: Eternity's End (04:45:27)
PART TWO: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIuUaJaro7J-mtE
About this video:
This is a compilation of all my previous Warcraft videos. It contains all the cinematics and story-relevant campaign content, organised so as to be watchable as one (long) movie (for example, all credits are moved to the end, some logos were removed, added a short interlude about the events that were supposed to happen between Warcraft II and III etc.).
This was intended to be only one video, but because of its size I could not upload it to KZbin in one piece at higher than 480p quality, so I cut it in halves in a spot that I felt was natural. Therefore, the contents from "Warcraft I", "Warcraft II" and "Warcraft III Reign of chaos" can be found in the first video, which you can access from this playlist or by clicking the link in the video description.
As always, for more information about the lore, check out wowpedia.org or Blizzard's official sites. Obviously, all the used content belongs to Blizzard and has only been edited by me.
For other versions of these campaigns (different resolutions or cleaner versions) check out the older videos on my channel.
I hope you enjoy watching this Warcraft "movie", at least until Blizzard gives us a real one ;)

[@The_Omega_Dragon]

Warcraft's opening quote: "Welcome to the World of Warcraft." Seriously epic foreshadowing.

[@KurtisShane]

I was just thinking that and just read your comment OMG!!!

[@Wowgamer12344]

Gave that old DnD t.v. series feeling, didn't it? A shame more people didn't get the opportunity to experience the sheer epic of those games when they were still up to par with many standards.

[@YUhave2Bawsome]

yeah, too bad now the World of Warcraft is a cheap Hollywood action flick

[@ClericOfPholtus]

Legit soothsaying

[@briggsasher5478]

instablaster...

[@clark_cant]

Sir, by making this, you have done such a great service to Warcraft lore enthusiasts. Thank you so much!

[@Dandramere]

The music in WC3 and WoW Vanillia really played a big part in setting the tone. The campaign maps where small, but the music gave me the impression of how vast and ancient the world is.

[@KingLich451]

vanilla was quite huge and really detailed for 2004 standards.

[@Sikkeskatona]

@@KingLich451 vanilla was a chance to really discover the World of Azeroth. It was a REALLY long journey with many perils. The game reminded us that we have to work as a team to get the quests done 😄

[@ScrotusMaximus69]

Lorewise, Kalimdor was undiscovered at that point, so since their "known world" consisted of just the Eastern Kingdoms, it might make sense for them to refer to that large gulf west of Khaz Modan as a great sea (or a part of the great sea that they hadn't yet fully explored). Gameplay-wise, it was the only in-game sea back then (and the name makes it sound exciting for the people waiting to play a game which introduces naval warfare to the franchise :) ).

[@ZanesZygot]

I've no idea when I first watched this video, but it's time to do it again. It's been so long I'm alway from Warcraft lore that all the nostalgia just came back and I feel the need to consume it all. Thank you!

[@BryanDiedAged34]

I’ve watched your Warcraft game movies a few times now. Even over the years where others have created them, this is still the best version on YT. Thank you.

[@0rurin]

Damn, they stepped it up big time between 2 and 3...

[@Catholic-Redpilled-Spaniard]

yep

[@robertlesure9397]

It was also like an 8-10year gap or something crazy like that.

[@cblyat53]

6

[@JillLulamoon]

Something I kinda miss about the Alliance that was in Warcraft 2 was how, although warriors of light and the good guys, they could be just as merciless and vicious as the Horde. They would put Orc heads on pikes, minor peasant uprisings were met by the blades of the knights, they razed the capital of Alterac to the ground with no mercy, and they were a very desperate alliance of nations that didnt really get along united only to fight off the Horde. Stormgarde and Gilneas left the Alliance shortly after victory lol.

[@Norrieification]

2:31:54 my second-favorite bit of dialogue in the whole series ("the traitor king!" "who, me?" "they were referring to me, death knight" is my favorite). The foreshadowing here, the descent into madness, Arthas is already blinded by his ambition. Chills run up my spine hearing it.

[@AnMComm]

"Already" blinded by his ambition? He killed his own further and threw away his ashes just to resurrect an old necromancer he killed himself.

[@Norrieification]

@@AnMComm I worded it poorly. I was saying that the bit at 2:31:54, "this howling wind cuts to the bone, and you're not even shaking. My lord, are you all right?" as foreshadowing. It's my second favorite line of dialogue in the series, maybe my second.

[@alohadouken]

Thank you very much for this. I started with Warcraft III only to play DotA. Then moved on to WoW but never really grasped the lore. This was very entertaining and the next time I play WoW I will appreciate the game even more.

[@garethgrist7936]

Never played ANY Warcraft games before I played WoW... now it all makes sense!! Thanks for making this and posting! Now for part 2...

[@David-xg5uu]

I like the way that zombie arthas regards his former paladins so little that he declines to even talk back to most of them.

[@sandro5535]

I like to imagine some kind of Hawk trying to capture Medivh while he is in crow form.

[@atylerblack164]

I really wish they would make another Warcraft installment. These were my favorite games growing up and I still play wc2 with friends quite a bit.

[@dingodyno9016]

W1-3 > WoW

[@atylerblack164]

Dingo dyno Dingo dyno > Steaming Pile of Shit

[@dingodyno9016]

Andrew Black Andrew Black > Mountain of Horse shit

[@atylerblack164]

Dingo dyno Coming from a lifeless WoW fan. Doesn't really hurt, but props for just using the same insult back to me, really helps prove that you are a WoW fanboy.

[@dingodyno9016]

Andrew Black what an idiot, I'm guessing you can't read well, look back at the comment I posted, it says W1-3 > WoW, meaning I like Warcraft 1 through 3 better, I hate WoW, wow ruined the Warcraft series and I will never touch that game ever, Warcraft 1 through 3 represents what Warcraft was and should still be, don't you feel real smart now 

[@zephz1285]

its 2020 and im still watching this quiet often.

[@philipsurname6297]

I love what you did with the maps and the camera panning, prior to each game. Bravo!

[@macklee6837]

Sir, you've done a service for the Royal library in Stormwind. 👍

[@Taric25]

This was absolutely remarkable, thank you so very much for putting this together.

[@EmeraldWings90]

This is awesome. This was exactly what I was looking for at it was perfect from start to finish. Thank you, thank you for making this! It must have been a lot of work... Truly, you're brilliant. I'm going to watch the second part tomorrow...

[@idriseldritch9739]

Gay.

[@TeGGeni]

A truely mastered idea from you, something what many people have beem wishing a some time. I have always been interested about the lore as long as i have been playing the game series, coz i started at vanilla, i never have been getting the real whole story what i have been wanting. tried to read, watch some lore videos one from that and one from there, it didnt give me the whole picture of the story. Now i got the story of warcrafts start, characters, everything what i was wishing a long time. THANK you from your great work, nicely edited, completed and mastered a video, what will be come as a legend.

[@meowistforlife]

Watching these is a Christmas tradition for me

[@cocomunga]

I can perfectly imitate the Orc narrator in Warcraft 2. It’s fun to read along. It’s even more fun to have the music playing without the audio, and narrate it myself.

[@jdrago9998]

Orc peon: I can do that.

[@simonmartin4963]

Thank you for making these videos, I finally understand the story of the game I've played for years, and now look forward to actually being involved in the storyline of WoD.

[@FiendMatadorSlayerOfNoobs]

To think Murlocs were actually threatening at one point.Hah.

[@Inastudioss]

This is so nostalgic that I don't really know what to do, hahaha! Thanks for the upload. I am currently drawing posters from the different stories. Great having this in the background for inspiration!;)

[@Nin13666]

Cutie alert.

[@RonnieFlare17]

Thank you for doing and compiling this! I knew Warcraft 3 was the biggest influence on World of Warcraft, but I was curious to see what 1 and 2 looked like/what they set up narratively

[@Sp4wn82]

Omg this nostalgia watching that lore and campaigns. Those were the days when you commanded Deathwing himself.

[@1988Bowser]

Brings back memories.

[@nikolamirceski3158]

BRO i was planing to play WARCRAFT 1,2,3 , just becouse for the storys in World of Warcraft but u make my life better, cheers!!!

[@ClericOfPholtus]

I've watched this two part video on the entirety of the Warcraft universe (up to that point) at least 4 times before and now I will begin the 5th. Gods I'm such a nerd. Still, it's excellent background fodder to keep myself on task when writing up DnD materials and in need of a fantasy focused mind.

[@dreamachi7624]

i remember feeling feeling pity for arthas when i was playing warcraft, how his too much good intentions brought about by his responsibility as a prince turn him into evil. such a tragedy.

[@DynMads]

Perhaps a, Greek Tragedy

[@istvansipos9940]

a talented, young dude who wanted good, but the temptation of a dark force was too much for him. A bit familiar... For me, Arthas was a special guy from the very 1st minute. In my mother tongue, "Ártasz" (familiar pronunciation) means "you hurt (us, some1, etc)" Foreshadowing at its finest

[@dynamicworlds1]

DynMads yeah, it was pretty obvious how his character arc was going to go right from the beginning.

[@dudsproducoes]

awesome job gathering all those parts together; they really fit perfectly and made my night. i can hardly believe how much work you had doing so. congratulations and keep up the good work

[@laranjadigitalfilmes]

dude, you´re my hero. Thank you very much for putting all these amazing material together. Now anyone can enjoy the fantastic lore of Warcraft without having to spend weeks playing the games.

[@SemiDanMan]

Just finished watching this today. Had to watch it in about 3 sessions because I didn't have the endurance to watch it all in one go! I used to play WoW a few years ago and I had never played any of the previous Warcraft games. Now I feel like I must have missed out on so much of the lore having not played through these games :( I really appreciate that you've edited this together. I can't imagine how long it must have taken you to make it.

[@Katziezi]

Good day, the story is unbelievably long and complex. Jumping straight into WoW without all this knowledge makes it appear a confusing mess of a storyline, which it is not. Although I found it a little too late, as I already watched other gameplays of Warcraft II and always skipped to the story parts, I thank you for this video! It might be helpful as a story recap in the future. P.S. That's a great name for a KZbin channel.

[@Aiuralion]

I already liked this video, but now that Blizzard has rendered Warcraft 3 unplayable, I have a new appreciation for it.

[@LordThomasPassion]

Warcraft 3 was already unplayable with those trash animations.

[@murdeoc]

i hope you do, this vid is awesome, but i never was much of an mmo player so i really dont know too much about what happened since frozen throne. the entire lore in one (ok, 2) vids is really cool. tnx for taking the time to do this!

[@Jw-tl9uz]

WHOA , in WC1, the opening cutscene the guy said, WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF WARCRAFT... its like blizzard alrdy knew they had an MMO game from the start

[@donraccoonisoverlordofther9341]

Probably was refering to the Warcraft universe.

[@Jw-tl9uz]

Well. Derp of course. I was just sayin they would use that same line for thier mmo

[@nabetserq]

This is awesome and brings a fuck ton of memories... i remember being 8 years playing this.... now 26... still in love with warcraft :)

[@StankoAx]

Grom Hellscream is exceptionally good at getting captured and imprisoned by his enemies, lol 1:03:27 1:50:15

[@mjminino]

man this must have taken a lot of time to do, congrats and props!

[@hypnotizerLuna]

i remember when i first played warcraft 3 Reign of Chaos back when it was first released, i was simply amazed by the quality of the cinematics! it all looked very realistic to the standard then. And the music was so epic! Plus the storyline, it was easily one of my favorite games in Warcraft franchise.

[@Martinexpress]

This is so nice man! Thanks for uploading this.

[@mcoltean]

Amazing stories.. Amazing scenes Best 4 hours of lore about games. ever

[@szbszig]

Although earlier games completely miss triggered events and in-game conversations, I would have liked a few glimpses of action from those missions too. Nice video nonetheless!

[@WingZX1103]

My god the first two made everything epic. Like im actually doing this

[@idriseldritch9739]

Omzzg!!! lol omzzggz!

[@jamesvanwagoner4188]

I love this! this is Well Made! I wish they would make an HD remake of WarCraft I and II. I want to be able to play it again! Or a Version where it will work on my computer. :)

[@dingodyno9016]

yessss, just yesss im tired of all this WoW expansions

[@DiceMasterChannel]

Look up the Gog (good old games) portal. There you may find what you seek 🙂 Otherwise dosbox.

[@Portubed]

"Welcome to the World of Warcraft" on the intro to Warcraft 1... MIND BLOWN!

[@thiagobteixeira]

Dude, so thanks!!! It's just a awesome work! Rly thx for your effort! Rly thx!!! ^^

[@Pohvi]

Warcraft II, how i miss thee

[@kduv889]

I did it! Part one complete geez

[@Raducu2oo5]

1:17:50 - Ner'zhul: "Hey let's go through a portal to conquer other worlds!"...ends up in Starcraft universe...Ner'zhul: "F**K!"

[@SlavicStrenght]

You have put alot of work into this!! Thank you for sharing.

[@Wafflebrah21]

Cool cut scenes in W3

[@Jas2davir]

Ah just what i needed! a 4 hour movie about a game that i spend too much time playing. Well screw you assignment that's due tomorrow i'm watching this!

[@ScrotusMaximus69]

"... a 4 hour movie..."Look again. I'm sorry for your assignment xD

[@Jas2davir]

4 hours 48mins lol.... im just 2 hours in :O

[@matheuspaog]

You are genius, thanks so much for this!

[@Pokerface-tr1ds]

True... it was back in 1995 when I first came in contact with Warcraft.. since then I am a fan!

[@Pokerface-tr1ds]

Classic Warcraft from my youth :) The story is awesome.

[@damdumah2552]

ty for this been play Warcraft 1-2-2exp since 1996

[@junk8714]

I love this so much coming back to WoW for the first time in years and so happy to see the game still doing so good. Amazing characters. Amazing story. My childhood in one video

[@Nortic111]

2:45:30 It really is an outstanding moment. The shocking betrayal, Arthas' dialogue, it's delivery, even the graphics of the time, how it was edited. They made such a leap from Warcraft II.

[@kyrek387]

Awesome Replay brings back memories. even vanilla wow players that think there the shit original players have nothing on us Original Warcraft players

[@lottiewasheresomewhere]

truth

[@TheRealDarthias]

I never played Orcs and Humans, but I remember the old Warcraft II games on Mac that I had with my brother and friends that lasted up to or in some cases over 3 hours sometimes on Garden of War. Everyone sending peons / peasants to start small bases both to take the goldmines and to start cutting into the centre mine...Of course a lot of times it devolved into spamming sappers / demolition teams and sending them in to clear the path. And if I recall correctly, Gold Mines actually had health and you could destroy them, though it was hardly worth the effort attacking the mines because of the insane amount of health they had.

[@IcoKirov]

Great video so far. I like how it is hd, not like the rest videos with this cintent in youtube, also great is that not only the cutscene were shown, but the important dialogues during the gameplay itself. GREAT! the only comment I have is that the gameplay of WC3 and the cutscenes are a bit dark, the contrast is not set so good, but it is not a big deal

[@WasabiSniffer]

oh man, this takes me back

[@zeffitelee7064]

Thx so much for this video. It helped me a lot

[@azelheidrruth1661]

This is the game I remembered!

[@Razsor97]

My first time watching this & I love it. How do you only have 3k subscribers?

[@pedskon]

Steve Buscemi in the background at 57:05?

[@missbish1000]

OMG I soo remember that 16 bit video game version of Warcraft hehe, had it on my Nintendo way back in pre vanilla days lol.

[@zyfigamer]

2:43:03 Mal'Ganis: What? He can't possibly mean to-- Arthas: STFU BIATCH! *slice*

[@leandrom6135]

GREAT Compilation!!!

[@bulddog]

woww this sums up my childhood

[@TheTORNADO6000]

Thanks for your work, man! FOR AZEROTH!!!!

[@Dave_Cymru]

I loved the tides of Darkness. Those Death Knights were awesome. I wish they would keep the game the same yet have it run on modern systems! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@LeonNguyen87]

Very well made, thank you

[@RossardJames]

This is incredible. Thanks a ton.

[@Team_You_Mee]

This is epic. Nice work

[@eliwoodnguyen1505]

Guys i still has several questions How ner'zul, a death knight raised by Gul'dan, become Lich King and how the scrouge was born ?

[@Arkosh888]

Nerzul was not a death knight. Nerzul was the mentor of guldan. He became the lich king or jailor of the damned because of the pact between him and the burning legion. The scourge was born in icecrown and spread through eastern kingdom to make way for the invasion of the burning legion. It was supposed to weaken the defenses of azeroth

[@arinwendeeriadorskaya6917]

Ner'zhul escaped through one of the portals he opened, but found Kil'jaeden and a Doomguard welcoming party on the other side. The demons captured him, forced him to cooperate and turned him into a ghost animating a suit of armor frozen into ice.

[@SirJohnatan]

Can someone enlighten me what's the thing about death knights in draenor warcraft 2 beyond the dark portal? Death knights aren't from warcraft 3 since arthas was the first death knight as lich king ?

[@ScrotusMaximus69]

Here's the Wowpedia explanation: "These soldiers of darkness were created by Gul'dan to replace the slaughtered Warlock clans. Assembled from the corpses of the Knights of Stormwind slain in the last battles of the First War, these abominations were then instilled with the ethereal essence of the Shadow Council. Further empowered with magical energies culled from the slain necrolytes, the death knights wielded an arsenal of necromantic and elemental spells that mete out all but certain death to the enemies of the Horde. The original death knights were created for Orgrim Doomhammer by Gul'dan as powerful soldiers of the Horde. These death knights were created by placing the souls of the slain warlocks of the Shadow Council into the corpses of fallen Stormwind knights, the first of whom was Teron Gorefiend. Unlike modern death knights of the Scourge, these ghoulish fiends were not battle hardened warriors; they were insidious necromancers who possessed superior intellect and tremendous magical power. They often favored the use of terror tactics and reanimated the corpses of enemy soldiers who fell in battle to serve them as mindless undead minions. Most of these death knights were destroyed during and after the Second War, either killed by the Alliance or transformed into liches by Kil'jaeden."

[@SirJohnatan]

@@ScrotusMaximus69 wow thanks you a lot mate, thank you I've searched about dks but I didn't find anything like this from wowpedia you made my day. 👍👍👍 Now I understand

[@minhly650]

Way to go.Not only tell me the story but also help me improve my english.

[@ignaciocarbajal6887]

Nostalgia overwhelming!

[@jessr3945]

Great job, thanks for this

[@mobley85]

so music at 57:57 sound familiar to the hearthstone players?

[@Godfex]

01:41:30 It still give me chills...

[@TheBatrahian]

amazing work thank you.

[@wowman4642]

Good voice impersonations of the horde in the two levels from Warcraft 3 (Riders on the Storm and The Fires Down Below)

[@grimMjownish]

nice work here..respect and tnx for this video :)

[@Iorikio]

Excelente video, saludos desde Perú.

[@meowistforlife]

Wow, the line only a fool would leave these treasures unguarded for both the very first orc mission ever and the assault on new stormwind

[@jacob_swaggerz]

I still remember playing vanilla WOW and being blown away by the under city. How intricately it was reconstructed. Stromgarde (RED) for the win (in WC2).

[@MrUser1million]

The flames look really good for a game this old, created in a time of comparatively low tech.

[@eliwoodnguyen1505]

WTF ????? THIS IS TOO AWESOME TOO MUCH TOO GOOD

[@ВлалиславСкотников]

thanks warcraft 2 for happy childhood

[@Blightwalker]

thank you for this😍😃

[@medeltidsdykaren]

Great work m8, just wish you had some gameplay from orcs and humans. Miss that old game... good times

[@carlosroberto366]

I have always wondered who is the guy for the human voice of WI and WII, same for the orc. Unique voices!

[@ScrotusMaximus69]

According to IMDB and Wowpedia, Bill Roper did both orc and human briefing voices, as well as many units, in both WI and WII.

[@carlosroberto366]

Scrotus Maximus Useful info mate! thank you :D

[@megamage911]

Scrotus Maximus Damn, talented guy :O

[@qbmarian9972]

great story and a great game !!!

[@MrShuyin22]

i remeber that a big part of the story from the warcraft history

[@Alexajin]

The whole W2 epilogue was supposed to be in the game Warcraft Adventures btw ;]

[@KEiSooN]

Great job!