Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Lore, Know your Lore, Cataclysm
Ironically, for a nation we will only get to see with the arrival of the Cataclysm expansion, Gilneas has a long and storied history both within the Warcraft setting and in the games that have comprised it. Colonized during the first flowering of the Arathor after the Troll Wars, Gilneas grew alongside the other colonized regions of the Arathi Empire even as the heart of that empire faltered. As proud Strom entered a period of decline, Gilneas joined other human settlements like Lordaeron and Stormwind in becoming fully independent, and a strong but insular culture developed here.
How then, did Gilneas go from one of the strongest of humanity"s kingdoms to what it will be when you come to it as a player? It"s said that pride goes before the fall, but for Gilneas, it could be said that pride both precipitated and delayed its fall, and that what kept it secure for decades is what ultimately brought about its current fate.
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Know Your Lore: A history of Gilneas originally appeared on WoW Insider on Wed, 08 Dec 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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