In the second part of the “Chronicles” series of World of Warcraft, there are many details about Draenor and the first wars between humans and orcs.
The backstory of World of Warcraft, with its maturation over more than a quarter of a century, is one of the more complex stories in video game history. Those who want to know every detail of the world must lock themselves away for weeks with books, comics, websites, and a movie to grasp the full extent of Blizzard’s universe.
However, many sources have become outdated over the years, have been revised, or even completely retold to fit better into the “big picture” of the story.
With “World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 2”, the backstory continues. This time, the focus is primarily on Draenor, the development of the planet, and the orc clans. It begins with the shaping of the planet from the wild energies of the elementals and leads through the wars between orcs and ogres to the invasion of Azeroth and later the counter by Turalyon and Khadgar.
But the story of Azeroth is also woven further. How was the Dark Portal opened and what was the course of the war? Why did the orcs already have death knights on their side? Chronicles 2 provides answers to all these questions and fills in the logic and knowledge gaps that have accumulated over the decades.
The book will be released on March 14, 2017, in English – exactly one year after the release of the first book. A release date for the German version is still pending.
A large part of the contents of Chronicles still comes from the pen of Chris Metzen, before he announced his retirement last year.
