Kagarin? not really don't get me wrong there's lots of it but it just feels like they made up a bunch of names and put it in a blender to get a lore. lord of the rings has much better lore imo.
But the wow lore was in books before the game...... at least as far as i remember there were even a manga series about the lich king before the expansion was announced
*sigh* the first warcraft book was released in 2001 .. the first warcraft game was released in 1994 .. and your manga point holds no valid argument, yea they made a manga, but it was based off the game. . .instead of the other way around. How is this simple logic flying over your head? No video game to date has the amount of lore warcraft holds, Elder scroll's would really be the only big contender. .
To be Honest.... World of Warcraft, or more exactly WarCraft is has one of the most interesting and richest Lore I ever seen in my life, or at least from Games, im not sure how much of inspiration does LOTR made into WC, but even that, i really like that is not exactly like (Horde is the Bad Guys and Alliance is the Good Guys) every race and each Alliances has their own Heroes and Villains and that's what really makes it more interesting than any other VideoGame Lore i ever see.
The cards were a pretty nice use of visuals. Way to keep the viewer's interest. Were you ever planning to update this since the Mists of Pandaria expansion?
While I think this is the best (brief and to-the-point) lore video available, it's missing out on some extremely important points; the largest of which is the war against the scourge, that happened simultaneously to the Burning Legion’s attempt at claiming Azeroth (during what is known as the Third War - Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos), which in turn leads to confusion at around 41:00. The confusion being - “How did the Forsaken come to be, and how are they different form the scourge?” I understand that, at least according to the title of the video, this is told from the Horde's point of view, and that technically the whole part of the story that relates to Arthas’ corruption and to the Forsaken breaking apart from the scourge is told from the Alliance’s perspective. But still, I think it's a crucial piece of info to put out there with all the rest, especially as a way of building the background to the part described in 47:20. I think I would've been completely lost had I not been well aware of the story of Arthas' corruption in seek of vengeance against Mal'Ganis, and, in turn, him becoming the Lich King and occupying Icecrown Citidel. So, to those who feel lost as to what I described, I suggest you watch a compilation of Warcraft III cinematics (search for “The Story of Warcraft pre-WoW (movie edit) part 1/2”, and just cut straight to the Warcraft III parts, since it all happened during Reign of Chaos). Also, you left out a HUGE chunk of info (at around 31:34) regarding Thrall’s escape from slavery, coming of power and the creation the New Horde, with the help of Grom and Orgrim, and then you just jumped on along to the part where Thrall's heading west to Kalimdor because of The Prophet’s (Medivh’s) advice. So, to those left somewhat confused as to how Thrall escaped and did all of that, I suggest again that you go to the video I mentioned above and read what’s written in the part called “interlude”, directly prior to the events of Warcraft III. And, finally, you left out everything, and I mean everything, regarding Illidan, prior to the events of WoW: TBC. That includes Illidan's forbidden release from imprisonment by Tyrande Whisperwind in order to help the war against the Burning Legion, his betrayal in search for power (again), which ultimately led to his escape into hiding in the Outlands after failing to stop, now king, Arthas from becoming the Lich King, plus the reasons for Lady Vashj’s and Kael’thas Sunstrider’s loyalty towards him. All-in-all, great job! Very informative, lovely format, and without a doubt a tremendous effort. Also, lovely speech at the end. Gave me goosebumps ;)
I just have to commend you Gydeon Rozen for your thorough feedback. As someone just browsing youtube and seeing this as a suggested video, it's extremely informative to see the flaws in a well crafted video especially when having to do with Lore. I didn't think I'd care as much to look into the missing pieces you pointed out but after realizing the honest effort that went into both this video and your feedback... I just had to and am now even more inspired by this truly creative game and universe. Major props dude. Keep doing your thing!
Thank you for spending those countless hours putting videos like this together. For those of us who started playing WoW just recently, this video brings a lot of backlight on who is who and what is going on.
12 years later… This was legit my first foray into WoW lore. The first video I ever remember actually paying attention to. It immediately cemented my love for the Horde. And through this I found Jesse, Crendor, and they have been a part of my life ever since! Through WoW, to listening to Cox’n’Crendor while playing Monster Hunter, to FFXIV, and beyond. 12 whole years!
I am a returning player who has not played WoW since Wrath, videos like this were few and far between and with all the feature creep and power creep, disjointed story and story that flat out just contradicts it's self, videos like this are a life saver, I can just concentrate on levelling up and consume the lore out of game. thanks. I will never play Wow anything but casually now, I savage raid in FF14 but I love that this world still exists and as different as it is, I can still go and chill in the Grizzly Hills.
yes, during their stay in alliance they taught humans arts of magic and thus we have human mages. in return alliance helped them with the forest trolls.
Illidan didn't really serve the burning legion while in outland. The illidary demons were outcasts of the burning legion and Illidan was gathering all these forces to ward off the wrath if Kiljaeden. Illidan had in fact enslaved Magtheradon in order to turn the orcs trapped in outland into fell orcs. Kaelthas was the one who served the burning legion.
Only 9 minutes in and I'm completely lost... I think this video is probably better for people who already know the story and just want a refresher. For new people (or noobs) it's really difficult to follow. Just a series of events with very little in the way of motivations or explanations of what everything is. Also, the writing on the cards only make it more confusing by giving vague details without context.
Can I just take a moment to appreciate and thank you for making these videos. Your narrative skills increase the interest and enthusiasm I have for WoW Lore. I have read the novel : Beyond the dark portal, which is a very good book in my opinion but you do a very good job of explaining everything clearly. So thank you.
jesus christ, it was because of the circumstances. Pit 500 raging orcs from the old horde against 775 footmen and the answer is pretty obvious; the horde wins 99% of the time.
Well Orc's got they'r reasons that wasn't stated in this lore to do what they did. First of All Ner'zhul was tricked by Kil'jaeden, to corupt the Orc's and kill all the Draenei (Kil revange for not folowing him). Coruption spred to the lad drying planet and kiling plant life. Orcs have no choice if they want to survival but to move to another world. Also they bloodlust in first war and so one, was becos of deamos corruption (Mannoroth blood). And one more thing Ogr's orginated from Dreanor not Azeroth. Lastly being deaply interested is something make yuo a fan o geek and not gay.
ateva84 On the other hand, I cannot blame the Alliance for being "dicks" to the Orcs. After all, the Horde slaughtered countless people in Azeroth and destroyed their kingdoms.
I've never paid attention to Lore..but after seeing this video I realize how much background and knowledge I was missing...who was this boss or that boss and why did this or that happen all falls into place and makes more sense of what came to past..thanks for series..GJ:))
warcraft lore is so rich and so pleasing and this is why i still love questing and leveling toons. it will always be one of my most favorite aspects of this great game
Why is this using the card game to explain it? I don't get it considering how horrible the card game is. exampe the art for Gul'Dan is not Gul'Dan.. but a unnamed orc Gul'Dan has always been depected as having a white beard and wearing a hood before this.
Xandia™ ˆ Legends of Norrath which has been doing this for the EverQuest franchise with just about the same play style years before this ever came out.
darkmay200 You pick a story arc and stick to it, instead of constantly introducing more and more new elements until it is no longer recognizable and confusing.
Don't judge me but I really loved the cards as visuals.. made it soooo much easier to follow and made complicated lore seem rather simple :) thanks for the vid.
I love the Lore of the Warcraft universe. Its so rich and awesome! I've watched this particular piece a half dozen times now! I also really dig the Sylvanas piece as well!! Keep up the good work! You should do one that covers all of WoW up to and most of MoP. Please and Thank You!
That was very helpful actually. I have been playing WOW every since Vanilla and I was never that much into the lore until now so its good to know a lot more now; especially with the up-coming expansion.
Agreed. However I enjoyed the death knight lore when I first made one. Back when hero quest r class quest were more defend and around, it made you feel important and not a shell.
Having played since Vanilla, how can the lore NOT have soaked in? You must have skipped all the text boxes, conversations and cut scenes from the very start! The entire game (and franchise in general) is centered around it's Lore...
You did a good job on this mate. I have been with the series since Orc and Humans. Still have the original manuals. You did some reading. Good graphics. Clean presentation in a non-annoying fashion. 9.2/10.
This is fantastic. Easy to understand, Fun to watch, A great way to learn the HUGE and Rich Lore of World of Warcraft, Thank you for this great video Liked, Subscribed. :)
I"ll say it again. He HAS been removed from power. A good take on justice. All criminals if not killed in their capture should stand trial for their crimes and then if deemed guilty by their peers should be given equal punishment compared to their crimes.
I watched all of it and i havent even played the game once....
Hand's down the most in depth video game lore you'll find.
There's reasons why they've been the king of the MMORPG genre for the past decade C:
Kagarin? not really don't get me wrong there's lots of it but it just feels like they made up a bunch of names and put it in a blender to get a lore. lord of the rings has much better lore imo.
johnshere I said video game lore . . . The LOTR video games which are based off the movies, which are based off the books, do not count at all..
But the wow lore was in books before the game...... at least as far as i remember there were even a manga series about the lich king before the expansion was announced
*sigh* the first warcraft book was released in 2001 .. the first warcraft game was released in 1994 .. and your manga point holds no valid argument, yea they made a manga, but it was based off the game. . .instead of the other way around.
How is this simple logic flying over your head?
No video game to date has the amount of lore warcraft holds, Elder scroll's would really be the only big contender. .
To be Honest.... World of Warcraft, or more exactly WarCraft is has one of the most interesting and richest Lore I ever seen in my life, or at least from Games, im not sure how much of inspiration does LOTR made into WC, but even that, i really like that is not exactly like (Horde is the Bad Guys and Alliance is the Good Guys) every race and each Alliances has their own Heroes and Villains and that's what really makes it more interesting than any other VideoGame Lore i ever see.
I don't really see any connection between LOTR and WarCraft. Both share ancient Nordic mythology like the orcs and other races but that's about it.
llucllumador Warcraft 1 was heavily influence by Tolkiens Lord of the rings, so he might be drawing his comparison from that
@@Popikaify oh boy
Dude you're a true loremaster of the horde as I'm proudly am Lok'tar Ogar
The cards were a pretty nice use of visuals. Way to keep the viewer's interest. Were you ever planning to update this since the Mists of Pandaria expansion?
This series has moved to the channel "TSGamer"
While I think this is the best (brief and to-the-point) lore video available, it's missing out on some extremely important points; the largest of which is the war against the scourge, that happened simultaneously to the Burning Legion’s attempt at claiming Azeroth (during what is known as the Third War - Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos), which in turn leads to confusion at around 41:00. The confusion being - “How did the Forsaken come to be, and how are they different form the scourge?”
I understand that, at least according to the title of the video, this is told from the Horde's point of view, and that technically the whole part of the story that relates to Arthas’ corruption and to the Forsaken breaking apart from the scourge is told from the Alliance’s perspective. But still, I think it's a crucial piece of info to put out there with all the rest, especially as a way of building the background to the part described in 47:20.
I think I would've been completely lost had I not been well aware of the story of Arthas' corruption in seek of vengeance against Mal'Ganis, and, in turn, him becoming the Lich King and occupying Icecrown Citidel.
So, to those who feel lost as to what I described, I suggest you watch a compilation of Warcraft III cinematics (search for “The Story of Warcraft pre-WoW (movie edit) part 1/2”, and just cut straight to the Warcraft III parts, since it all happened during Reign of Chaos).
Also, you left out a HUGE chunk of info (at around 31:34) regarding Thrall’s escape from slavery, coming of power and the creation the New Horde, with the help of Grom and Orgrim, and then you just jumped on along to the part where Thrall's heading west to Kalimdor because of The Prophet’s (Medivh’s) advice.
So, to those left somewhat confused as to how Thrall escaped and did all of that, I suggest again that you go to the video I mentioned above and read what’s written in the part called “interlude”, directly prior to the events of Warcraft III.
And, finally, you left out everything, and I mean everything, regarding Illidan, prior to the events of WoW: TBC. That includes Illidan's forbidden release from imprisonment by Tyrande Whisperwind in order to help the war against the Burning Legion, his betrayal in search for power (again), which ultimately led to his escape into hiding in the Outlands after failing to stop, now king, Arthas from becoming the Lich King, plus the reasons for Lady Vashj’s and Kael’thas Sunstrider’s loyalty towards him.
All-in-all, great job! Very informative, lovely format, and without a doubt a tremendous effort. Also, lovely speech at the end. Gave me goosebumps ;)
I just have to commend you Gydeon Rozen for your thorough feedback. As someone just browsing youtube and seeing this as a suggested video, it's extremely informative to see the flaws in a well crafted video especially when having to do with Lore. I didn't think I'd care as much to look into the missing pieces you pointed out but after realizing the honest effort that went into both this video and your feedback... I just had to and am now even more inspired by this truly creative game and universe.
Major props dude. Keep doing your thing!
When UA-cam recommends you a video from 8 years ago because you watched one Nobbel video. Still I love Jessie
man, talk about a blast from the past. this just wound up on my recommended list.
FOR THE HORDE
I've never played WoW. I know almost nothing about it. But I can see myself watching this again. It was very captivating.
Misheard last words:
Grom: "I have peed myself"
Thank you for spending those countless hours putting videos like this together. For those of us who started playing WoW just recently, this video brings a lot of backlight on who is who and what is going on.
12 years later… This was legit my first foray into WoW lore. The first video I ever remember actually paying attention to. It immediately cemented my love for the Horde. And through this I found Jesse, Crendor, and they have been a part of my life ever since! Through WoW, to listening to Cox’n’Crendor while playing Monster Hunter, to FFXIV, and beyond. 12 whole years!
This would be such a good film
+Monkeypanda047 Hold on to your butt! Warcraft movie coming 2016.
Lol!
King Xerxes is it still coming ?
dat Chen Stormstout card tho
i use to watch this everyday...its been 5 years and im so glad i found this again
I am a returning player who has not played WoW since Wrath, videos like this were few and far between and with all the feature creep and power creep, disjointed story and story that flat out just contradicts it's self, videos like this are a life saver, I can just concentrate on levelling up and consume the lore out of game. thanks. I will never play Wow anything but casually now, I savage raid in FF14 but I love that this world still exists and as different as it is, I can still go and chill in the Grizzly Hills.
If blood elves are really high elves.... does that mean the blood elves were for the alliance at one point?
They were in Warcraft3 ^.^
For like 2 days...
yes, during their stay in alliance they taught humans arts of magic and thus we have human mages. in return alliance helped them with the forest trolls.
***** I had forgotten about that until yesterday.
***** Well I watched about 9 hours of lore videos yesterday that's why I remembered lol.
6:40 is probably my favorite moment ever cuz I totally agree
Rise up brothers and sisters of the Horde! Blood and Glory await us! Best faction with the best lore. Thanks for your great video!
It would be one, long, epic movie that I would watch over and over again.
Illidan didn't really serve the burning legion while in outland. The illidary demons were outcasts of the burning legion and Illidan was gathering all these forces to ward off the wrath if Kiljaeden. Illidan had in fact enslaved Magtheradon in order to turn the orcs trapped in outland into fell orcs. Kaelthas was the one who served the burning legion.
Only 9 minutes in and I'm completely lost... I think this video is probably better for people who already know the story and just want a refresher. For new people (or noobs) it's really difficult to follow. Just a series of events with very little in the way of motivations or explanations of what everything is. Also, the writing on the cards only make it more confusing by giving vague details without context.
Like many who have come back to WoW after so many years, thank you for the short history FOR THE HORDE!
Can I just take a moment to appreciate and thank you for making these videos.
Your narrative skills increase the interest and enthusiasm I have for WoW Lore. I have read the novel : Beyond the dark portal, which is a very good book in my opinion but you do a very good job of explaining everything clearly. So thank you.
Where did you find these WoW cards?
google
you can say for the horde but hey.... alliance still kicked your ass almost every time:)
Go away
Like...when...Allys are soo incompetent they can't even repair Stormeind after 5 FUCKING YEARS
+Jonathan Black hahaha Damn that was amazing
jesus christ, it was because of the circumstances. Pit 500 raging orcs from the old horde against 775 footmen and the answer is pretty obvious; the horde wins 99% of the time.
Dude this whole story was really awesome ... Best storyline n story telling with the use of cards... A real 5star thanks
I just watched all of this by accident.
I'm impressed at how well made and written this was.
LOK'TAR OGAR!
For the Alliance!
Its been 7 years and I still hold this as my comfort video
Amazing video. Very fun to watch and really well compiled.
I knew there was more to the story... My ex use to argue with me that the alliance were dicks to the Horde. Now I know why lol
.... why? because I took interest to the lore behind a game I play?
kay, you're strange.
Well Orc's got they'r reasons that wasn't stated in this lore to do what they did. First of All Ner'zhul was tricked by Kil'jaeden, to corupt the Orc's and kill all the Draenei (Kil revange for not folowing him). Coruption spred to the lad drying planet and kiling plant life. Orcs have no choice if they want to survival but to move to another world. Also they bloodlust in first war and so one, was becos of deamos corruption (Mannoroth blood). And one more thing Ogr's orginated from Dreanor not Azeroth. Lastly being deaply interested is something make yuo a fan o geek and not gay.
*****
happy fun run does sound kinda gay... (-_-)
ateva84 On the other hand, I cannot blame the Alliance for being "dicks" to the Orcs. After all, the Horde slaughtered countless people in Azeroth and destroyed their kingdoms.
Wtf you cant class change temporarly back to shammy just to scare off some griffons nerzul was a hacker man
"But these weren't those blue eyed, yellow belly scourge Death Knights you kids are used to. No." At that moment, I added this to favorites.
I've never paid attention to Lore..but after seeing this video I realize how much background and knowledge I was missing...who was this boss or that boss and why did this or that happen all falls into place and makes more sense of what came to past..thanks for series..GJ:))
Back when it made sense
What happened to jesse's voice?
This was awesome. Nice to relive all this lore again.
warcraft lore is so rich and so pleasing and this is why i still love questing and leveling toons. it will always be one of my most favorite aspects of this great game
Has anyone noticed that Grom's tongue looks like a burger patty?
I CAN'T BREATHE
+Ekin Kiziltan It actually is a burger patty, that is why he is always salivating from the mouth. "Mmmmm!.... This is, a tasty burger!"
whaaaat? the orcs attacked stormwind? that's not what they showed in the movie..
Weeeell... Maybe it´s coming up ;)
Many things happened different in the movie.. :(
yeap..Blackhand's, king Llane's and Medivh's deaths for example..
medvih died in the lore to
y that early
I want the music from the intro so bad, it’s so badass!! I watch this video on loop just to hear it (And the good ol’ OG Lore)
This is really cool !
I haven't played WoW or Warcraft 2, 3 for years but I really enjoyed this.
Thanks.
FOR THE HORDE!
LOK'TAR OGAR!!
Why is this using the card game to explain it? I don't get it considering how horrible the card game is. exampe the art for Gul'Dan is not Gul'Dan.. but a unnamed orc Gul'Dan has always been depected as having a white beard and wearing a hood before this.
Typhon Plume What card game?
Xandia™ ˆ Legends of Norrath which has been doing this for the EverQuest franchise with just about the same play style years before this ever came out.
and having a staff and hunched back
this... this was beautiful to listen to.
thank you for putting the effort and time to make something like this.
Very good narrative. Thanks.
none of this shit makes sense
Fantasy.
Thats what happens when Blizzard just makes shit up as they go along.
Play Warcraft 3 and Frozen Throne, then it'll make sense
MisterSinister
that's how all storys are made...? How else do you make a fictionally story?
darkmay200 You pick a story arc and stick to it, instead of constantly introducing more and more new elements until it is no longer recognizable and confusing.
Thanks for bringing me up to speed Simon's brother!
Just Awesome!
Can't wait to see updated to recent patches and next followup story to next expansion.
Thank you for making this this really helps me understand whats going on a bit better.
The quote Grom made when he killed Mannaroth was great when I first heard it and just as great here!
Thanks a lot ! Great video , i've learned a lot about the horde ! FOR THE HORDE!
Still the best style lore videos, please come back.
Don't judge me but I really loved the cards as visuals.. made it soooo much easier to follow and made complicated lore seem rather simple :) thanks for the vid.
The last bit, I loved it. For the horde!
Seriously well done!
this is amazingly made!!! i love the way you explain the story, and the cards are really great =) anyone could understand this!
Awesome compilation.
this is GREAT ! i love the audio cutscenes
awesome story and explanation jesse!
Love this ! For the HORDE ! ❤️
Really good,thanks for making this!!!
If Blizzard ever wanted this would make good tv series.
this is a great vid, thank you so much for putting this together
This vid helped alot in understanding WoW lore thx
Awesome story. Most of this I knew from Warcraft III but, I knew nothing of the 2nd war because I never played WCII. Thanks
AMAZING LORE!
Thanks that cleared a lot of things up :)
i think im gonna record this and play it before i go to bed...dude u totally rock
Awesome video.. I didn't know many things said in this video. Makes me a proud Horde player though!
very well put and yes... FOR THE HORDE!!
I love the Lore of the Warcraft universe. Its so rich and awesome! I've watched this particular piece a half dozen times now! I also really dig the Sylvanas piece as well!! Keep up the good work! You should do one that covers all of WoW up to and most of MoP. Please and Thank You!
I remember when I was like 10 or 11 I saw this video and thought it was the coolest shit ever
Without a doubt my most favorite faction in warcraft.
FOR THE HORDE! * orcish roar/ screech *
I love your video and detail! Subscribed :)
Thanks a lot for this video, it was very clear ;)
That was very helpful actually. I have been playing WOW every since Vanilla and I was never that much into the lore until now so its good to know a lot more now; especially with the up-coming expansion.
Agreed. However I enjoyed the death knight lore when I first made one. Back when hero quest r class quest were more defend and around, it made you feel important and not a shell.
Having played since Vanilla, how can the lore NOT have soaked in? You must have skipped all the text boxes, conversations and cut scenes from the very start! The entire game (and franchise in general) is centered around it's Lore...
He'll Ya Man!
This was a great video.
For The Horde!
This was very interesting and informative to watch! Good work, sir! *applauds*
This is why WoW has so many subscribers.
It's amazing lore.
Your light country accent made understanding this disoriented story even more complicated. But I liked it.
This would be one of the sickest movies everrrrrrr
i teared up @ 38:18 when you played the audio...Good memories... :')
thank you very much this was quite informative.
Thx a lot for cool vid!
thanks :D this is awesome
This is a great video. WoW lore should be part of the literary canon.
You did a good job on this mate. I have been with the series since Orc and Humans. Still have the original manuals. You did some reading. Good graphics. Clean presentation in a non-annoying fashion. 9.2/10.
this was sick man!
keep up the great vids:)
AWESOME!
It's their badass rating I think, a measurement of how badass a character is.
So i knew nothing about this now i do THANKS!!!!!!!
Thrall...the blood haze has lifted...the demons fire has burnt out in my veins...i...have...freed myself.
Chilling...
This is fantastic. Easy to understand, Fun to watch, A great way to learn the HUGE and Rich Lore of World of Warcraft, Thank you for this great video Liked, Subscribed. :)
LOVED IT
That Bench that Lor'Themar threw in the pools in Silvermoon City for Warchieft!
Really nice thanks man
I"ll say it again. He HAS been removed from power. A good take on justice. All criminals if not killed in their capture should stand trial for their crimes and then if deemed guilty by their peers should be given equal punishment compared to their crimes.
Say what you will about WoW, or just Warcraft in general, but there is no denying that it has some of the coolest lore in any media.