Warcraft: War of the Ancients: The Well of Eternity
Richard A. Knaak · 2004
Ten thousand years ago, Queen Azshara and her Highborne court are drawing deeper and deeper on the Well of Eternity, and something beyond the world is listening. The young druid Malfurion Stormrage, his twin Illidan and the priestess Tyrande are swept up in events when strangers out of time arrive among them: the mage Rhonin, his mentor Krasus and an orc veteran named Broxigar.
What this adds if you've played the games
This trilogy is where Malfurion, Tyrande and Illidan begin, and so do Azshara, the Highborne and the Burning Legion's first invasion. Legion, Battle for Azeroth's naga and Cataclysm's Well of Eternity dungeon all lean on it. Knaak stretches his battles across chapters, which wears by the third book, but no other fiction shows the ancient night elves this closely. Read Day of the Dragon first.
Where it fits
- Ties intoWarcraft: Day of the Dragon
Rhonin and Krasus come from Day of the Dragon, and the trilogy gives away that book's big reveal. Read Day of the Dragon first.
- Read beforeWarcraft III: Reign of Chaos
Set ten thousand years before Warcraft III's night elf campaign, but its present-day frame starts after the Third War. Play Warcraft III first.
- Comes beforeWarcraft: War of the Ancients: The Demon Soul
The second book continues straight from The Well of Eternity. Read the trilogy in order.
Editions
Pocket Books paperback
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