World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 2
Chris Metzen, Matt Burns, Robert Brooks, Peter Lee, Joseph Lacroix · 2017
The second volume turns to Draenor, from its primal past of gronn, ogres and arakkoa to the orc clans and the draenei who settled among them. It then covers the orcs' corruption, the First and Second Wars on Azeroth and the Alliance's expedition through the Dark Portal, ending with the fate of Draenor.
What this adds if you've played the games
The official version of the first three games' story, and the cleanest way to get it if you'd rather not play 1990s strategy games. Draenor's ancient history, with the gronn, the ogres and the arakkoa, is good background for Warlords of Draenor. Like the first volume, it overrides the older novels where they disagree. Read it after Volume 1.
Where it fits
- Background forWarcraft II: Tides of Darkness
Summarizes the First and Second Wars and the expedition to Draenor, endings included. Play the early games first if you plan to.
- Background forWorld of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor
Its history of old Draenor, from the gronn and ogres to the orc clans, is the past Warlords of Draenor revisits.
Editions
Dark Horse Comics paperback
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