#War of the ancients the sundering series#

This raises the question if the Warglaives Illidan used is the one used by Azzinoth. In the new timeline, however, Illidan Stormrage did not attain the Warglaives Of Azzinoth before being imprisoned for 10,000 years. It was said that Illidan Stormrage killed Azzinoth and took his warglaives.Though the furbolg were around at the time of the War of the Ancients 10,000 years ago, they did not take part in the war against the Burning Legion.This idea appears to have been an invention by Knaak, and doesn't seem to be based on any previous account, nor does it conflict with any previous content. Since, no other account touches this subject, it could have gone either way, its simply unknown. No other source states specifically that they did not fight during the war. No other account of the war, directly mentions the tauren (although some tauren legends mention the Sundering). The tauren did not take part in the War of the Ancients.( LoC 14) Knaak may have based this part of the timeline (prime) after some of these earlier accounts. ( LoC 14) ( APG 169) Most dwarves fought an underground war in the shadows to prevent the return of the demons to the world of the living. There is only a few references to any 'Earthen' fighting demons during the war in other sources. Other accounts mention most 'dwarves' locking their underground gates and hiding underground during the war and letting the night elves fight the demons alone. Earthen did not join with the night elves to help fight, during the war.Hakkar does not appear in any accounts of Third War history in other sources, including Warcraft III, and is said to have been killed during the War of the Ancients in other sources, suggesting that this part of Knaak's second timeline is based on the original accounts of War of the Ancients, and future events from other sources. In this timeline Hakkar survived the War of the Ancients, and was killed during the Third War.This article is a summary of the two versions of history given in the trilogy, altered, and the unaltered, with special emphasis placed upon how they may differ from other versions. Please see War of the Ancients (WC3 account) or War of the Ancients (WoW account) for other versions of the history, as described in Reign of Chaos manual, and the official World of Warcraft homepage. The current official history seems to be a blending of various accounts of the War of the Ancients given in various sources. At the same time, other sources describe certain events similar to other accounts (perhaps suggesting that all accounts exist as knowledge to historians of Azeroth, see flavor lore).

#War of the ancients the sundering series#

The RPG Player Guide series for Horde and Alliance make references to material from these books (for example Hakkar the Houndmaster and his death, and the Earthen involvement during the war, and the time anomaly). EyonixДЄ number of sources and aspects of World of Warcraft's current timeline corroborate this. I'm very sorry but your assumptions are not correct. We work closely with authors that help us expand our game universe, and the information should be considered official. Knaak in particular is an excellent example of real 'Azerothian' history and lore available outside of our game software. Any piece of literature authorized and licensed by Blizzard Entertainment is in-fact, official. For ease of terminology pre-altered timeline is referred to as timeline (prime), and the second timeline is referred to as timeline (new).Д«lizzard considers the War of the Ancients Trilogy an official documentation of the history regarding the War of the Ancients. The novels also contains references to what occurred in their first timeline, before they influenced history. They witnessed firsthand the events of period, eventually becoming responsible for changing key aspects of the timeline. One is the account of a history created from the influence of three characters traveling back in time 10,000 years into the past at the time of The Great Sundering. This article or section contains lore taken from Warcraft novels or short stories.ДЄs described in the War of the Ancients Trilogy ( Knaak, Richard), two versions of history of the War of the Ancients are given.