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Know Your Lore: The Tinfoil Hat worgen edition

Filed under: Druid, Analysis / Opinion, Lore, Know your Lore, Worgen


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.

While we certainly have heard quite a lot about the worgen lately, one thing we haven"t really outlined in any detail is who and what they were and are, especially in light of the new revelations about them in the Gilneas starting zone. Our 2009 post was working with the information we had at that time. Since then, there"s been a lot more revealed in the beta, and it"s time to take a look at what we"ve discovered. Note: there will be so many spoilers for Cataclysm starting as soon as this sentence ends that you could eat them with a fork.

If you"re not familiar with the Tinfoil Hat concept (as created by our own Anne Stickney), this week"s KYL is going to take in-game lore as it currently exists and then jump around with it, making unfounded leaps of speculation as to what it might all mean.

First off, let"s cover what we have found to not be entirely true: The worgen do not come from another world or dimension -- at least not originally.

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WoW InsiderKnow Your Lore: The Tinfoil Hat worgen edition originally appeared on WoW Insider on Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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