So in keeping with last week’s discussion about legendaries, I wanted to take the time to answer a question that I get a lot even now, and a question that I’ve been getting regularly since Warcraft III.  Most everyone knows that it’s Illidan that carries the Warglaives of Azzinoth, and most everyone knows what they look like and that the Demon Hunters trained in his image all use similar weapons.

The mystery is generally where did they come from?  Who is Azzinoth, and why does Illidan carry his namesake?  And if Illidan was imprisoned for 10,000 years prior to our meeting him, just how old and how powerful are they?  Behold the history of Azzinoth! ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

So with six shards remaining in my quest for Shadowmourne, I’ve found myself reflecting on the journey so far.  I know that we talked about it before–from the forging of Shadow’s Edge to the imbuement of its soul stealing essence.  The Lich King’s devious whispers and the citadel itself arrayed against the would be wielder of souls.

It’s been a long, fun quest with a lot of new people and a lot of friendly faces (and some not so friendly ones), but that’s not really what I want to talk about either.  What I want to talk about are the other, forgotten legendaries of Warcraft lore, and I want to know what you guys think about them. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

It’s been a while since I’ve had an opportunity to sit and write for you guys.  Work’s kept me busy in the most interesting ways possible, and when it’s not that it’s something else, but every week I go without a lore post I feel bad that I promised I’d find the time, so this week I made sure that no matter what happened, I would find the time.

That being said, I’m on an business trip all this week, so today was the only day I’ll even have to myself.  Now then, where were we?  Cataclysm?  Right.  We all know that the Cataclysm is going to feature heroic versions of some of our favorite old instances.  Shadowfang Keep and the Deadmines especially, but what a lot of people don’t know is that the new versions of the instance aren’t just level 85 copies of their low level predecessors.  What we’re looking at are totally new stories and continuations based on the previous occupants and the past five years. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Okay, well, I’m sure more than a few of you noticed the lack of comic this week, even when I promised it would be up on Friday. Well, first things first, I’m sorry. I really did mean to, and the comic got about halfway done before things just went all over the place. First of all, I usually do the comic on Thursdays, and this Thursday I had COMPLETELY forgotten about a freelancing job I needed to complete, so I had to use the evening to finish that off. By the time I finished, it was pretty late, and I wanted sleep. So I said, no big deal, I’ll finish it Friday evening. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…