Filed under: Lore, Know your Lore, Cataclysm
The World of Warcraft is an expansive universe. You"re playing the game, you"re fighting the bosses, you know the how -- but do you know the why? Each week, Matthew Rossi and Anne Stickney make sure you Know Your Lore by covering the history of the story behind World of Warcraft.
To date we"ve discussed C"Thun and Yogg-Saron, the Old Gods that have to date made an appearance in the game. But they"re far from the only Old Gods on Azeroth, and the Old Gods on Azeroth are far from the only Old Gods in the entire Warcraft universe. As we discussed before, the Old Gods are a universal phenomenon, spreading chaos and destruction wherever they go, whether they"re being summoned into Outland"s Shadowmoon Valley or having their servitors corrupt the former prison wing of the naaru vessel Tempest Keep.
So far in the Cataclysm beta, we"ve seen the Twilight"s Hammer more or less in full on "Let"s bring the Old Gods back!" mode. They"re running excavations in Darkshore and the Twilight Higlands, their camps have sprung up on the shores of Thousand Needles" new submerged environment, and entities like Soggoth and Isorath have been discovered. (Until I hear differently, I"m still assuming that Isorath is an actual Old God, because if not man, that"s one really big mess of tentacles for a servitor.) But these are far from the only potential places where the Old Gods" presence can be felt.
To date we"ve discussed C"Thun and Yogg-Saron, the Old Gods that have to date made an appearance in the game. But they"re far from the only Old Gods on Azeroth, and the Old Gods on Azeroth are far from the only Old Gods in the entire Warcraft universe. As we discussed before, the Old Gods are a universal phenomenon, spreading chaos and destruction wherever they go, whether they"re being summoned into Outland"s Shadowmoon Valley or having their servitors corrupt the former prison wing of the naaru vessel Tempest Keep.
So far in the Cataclysm beta, we"ve seen the Twilight"s Hammer more or less in full on "Let"s bring the Old Gods back!" mode. They"re running excavations in Darkshore and the Twilight Higlands, their camps have sprung up on the shores of Thousand Needles" new submerged environment, and entities like Soggoth and Isorath have been discovered. (Until I hear differently, I"m still assuming that Isorath is an actual Old God, because if not man, that"s one really big mess of tentacles for a servitor.) But these are far from the only potential places where the Old Gods" presence can be felt.
Continue reading Know Your Lore: The Old Gods, part four -- their dread shadow
Know Your Lore: The Old Gods, part four -- their dread shadow originally appeared on WoW.com on Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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