https://youtu.be/QESzTP6_in4
Thoughts?
can someone give me tl;dw
>>332444493
Children's books for scholastic.
Legacy servers when
>A universe that is based upon warfare
>"Let's make children's stories in this universe!"
>>332444195
>first person in the video
>Chris Metzen
fucking dropped
>>332444493
Blizzard are making a kids book series in co-operation with scholastic and Greg Weisman as author of the first.
>>332444793
According to that logic you can't make childrens books set on earth either.
Metzens mid life crisis is getting worse
>>332444582
>haha don't be a jackass anon, thats ridiculous!
>totes serious
what the fuck
>>332444582
children are writing books for a publisher...
WOW GG everyone
>>332444768
To be fair they are not at war ALL the time.
>ZERO new content
>they're putting money into books and movies
Bravo actiblizzard
>>332445019
except they literally are at war all the time
>>332444692
Never because that would mean Blizzard acknowledging that there is a qualitative difference between vanilla/TBC/WotLK and current retail.
And that will never happen.
>>332445019
Even if that is the case, there are naturally dangerous/outright evil things in Azeroth that are not really suitable for kids' stories.
Think of something like the Hakkari, for example. How exactly would you introduce something like them in a children's story?
>>332445307
Kids stories have been about horrific tihngs all the time, it's just about how you frame it.
>>332444807
>Greg Weisman
Cancelled after one book, RIP
>Story is about a 12 year old who goes sailing with his dad but they get shipwrecked and separated, so he has to travel around Azeroth trying to find him with his qt teen night elf companion
I like the idea.
>>332445474
How do you correctly frame a ritual sacrifice in which the heart is removed and fed to a great serpentine god, who then grants unlife to the sacrificed?
nice. wow is now dead
>>332444692
Nostalrius is free
>>332445307
You know, they might just not place it in Zul'gurub during one of the Hakkari uprisings.
I mean you wouldn't really set a childrens book in Syria with people getting tortured left and right either right? Same concept.
>>332445781
You just don't fucking talk about that, then. There's literally TONS of stuff in the warcraft universe, and you want to go down to the darkest stuff?
>inb4 shill
>>332445781
When I was a kid there was this popular horror-for-kids series Graveyard School. Kids love scary stuff, as long as it's not too scary.
>>332445220
Other than forced interaction between players making the game a lot more social being removed (which everyone agrees was a good thing), what is lacking in quality between then and now?
in b4 >pandas
Yes pandas suck ass but people who claim all expansions after wotlk are trash, can't list why at all.
>>332445978
The thing is that 90% of Azeroth has factions like the Hakkari causing some sort of havoc.
Is it really a proper portrayal of the world if this kid just waltzes through it and miraculously manages to meet only nice murlocs and teenage night elves?
Sounds cute.
>>332446248
It's about as proper as any other fantasy world like Harry Potter.
>World involving magic that literally kills people
>Shenanigans with chocolate frogs
>>332445869
It's also buggy, overrun with Chinese gold sellers who pay the staff off and laggy as fuck. The draw distance is like five feet so there's pop ins everywhere.
>>332444768
>implying our very own world isn't a universe based upon warfare, and yet the vast majority children's books are set in it
The WoW books were always pretty cool, might give these a look
>>332446392
Harry Potter has the excuse of being a children's story to begin with.
Warcraft has a long and bloody history behind it, which kind of makes it less suitable for kids' stories.
>>332446248
Actually the representation in WoW is probably a lot more off than the book would be of a normal situation in Azeroth.
I mean your character comes in during a time of war. There are a lot of peaceful races, who lived in relative peace for quite a while before Lich King/Deathwing/Garrosh or Garrosh again come to stir up trouble.
Taunka, Ho-zen or the jinyu all lived pretty chill lives during the times we weren't around.
>>332446635
The Hobbit is a kids story too though.
>>332446531
I'm pretty sure the vast majority of children's books are set in comfy make-believe universes, not the real world.
>Greg Weisman
He makes good shit.
>>332446720
Make-believe alternate versions of our own real world, yes. From Pippi Longstockings to Harry Potter, this has been the case. So what's to stop a make-believe alternate version of Blizzard's own fake world, in which a child traveler may only bump into manageable, non-visceral danger?
>>332446975
>>332446720
What books did you guys read?
>>332447076
>>332447176
>>332444195
>his book is a gift from his mom's boyfriend
C U C K
U
C
K
>>332447278
>remove a sexy, problematic pose from ow
>this is in a children book >>332447278
blizzard logic
>>332446998
Nothing's stopping that, I guess. Just seems to be pretty dishonest to the legacy of the setting, is all.
>>332447368
>>332447076
Guybrush
>>332447468
>>332444807
they should stick to games, rejected concept art isn't going to resonate with children
>>332447370
that's concept art ya dingus.
>>332447076
Younger Kunkka
Also , shit will suck
Warcraft was supposed to be gruesome and gorish.
Look at WC2 , this doesnt fit the franchise at all.
But its acti-blizz , so who cares. they raped Warcraft already , they dont care anymore.
So they are literally trying to indoctrinate young children to eventually become basement dwellers so they would play their game in the future?
B R A V O
>>332447278
>tiddie creature in childs book
>censor sylvanis in adult game because, "Don't know how to answer why she's in a bikini to her young daughter"
Blizzard sends so many mixed messages
>The adventures of a sailor's son, a pirate girl, and a murloc as they follow a magic compass around Azeroth.
>Written by Greg Weisman.
>There are people not excited by this.
>>332447176
>white man killing black robbers
I already can see why this book will be problematic
>>332447663
>Warcraft was supposed to be gruesome and gorish.
Warcraft, since its inception, has always been pretty fucking cartoony.
I seriously don't see the problem here.
Well I'm not surprised, the game is now perfect for 8-12 yo
>In the near future, there will be children who grew up reading warcraft stories
>step-father
>my wife's son is the protagonist.
>>332447663
>Warcraft was supposed to be gruesome and gorish.
You never played warcraft 2, right? Dialogues before missions and cinematics were goofy as fuck
>>332447076
This guy's kid?
>>332447076
Treasure Planet?
>>332447818
>I had beta version once but it lost forever now
;_;
>>332447891
I think this is more meant like the guy adopted the kid and took him on his adventures.
>>332447663
>Warcraft was supposed to be gruesome and gorish.
What Warcraft were you playing? It's always been super over the top cartoony. Or do you not remember the "stop poking me" gags and hammy as fuck narrator?
>>332446998
Fucking this.
I swear these realism fags are fucking autismal.
>>332447912
I think that guy needs to flip his god damned collar down. Who the fuck pops the collar on a cardigan?
>>332447278
That artwork is so fucking shitty wtf
>>332447837
I was reading those shitty Knaack books when I was 13.
>>332447443
Except it isn't, at all. You can express Warcraft's full lore without going into full detail. It's not exactly Game of Thrones.
>>332447076
I always love stories where the protagonist star off cute and unexperienced and grows up into a badass over the years.
still waiting for anduin to go full warror of light on some fools
>>332447912
>You never played warcraft 2, right? Dialogues before missions and cinematics were goofy as fuck
>>332448269
I still think it would be really cool if Anduin became a Paladin.
>>332447912
>You never played warcraft 2, right? Dialogues before missions and cinematics were goofy as fuck...
>>332447912
>>332448087
Are you two forgetting that people and creatures would turn into gory paste when killed in WC and WCII and leave behind bloody, slowly rotting skeletons?
>>332448292
>>332448161
>killing and blood can't be goofy as fuck
>>332448292
That's Metzen in full 90s mode. The actual game is colorful and cartoony.
>>332444768
Yeah because no kids books feature wars....
what are you retarded? Even Dragon Ball was a kids show.
>post concept art to prove his point
lol you're literally retarded
>>332448428
>>killing and blood can't be goofy as fuck
PHEW, this is SURE goofy!
>>332448401
And how it changes the fact what game never took itself seriously and was full of fun shit?
>>332445741
I always welcome more /ss/ in the West.
>>332446975
So is Teldrassil really fucking tiny or are those buildings really fucking big?
You know how the Hobbit had a ton of goody overtones and wasn't as complex or dark as the Lord of the Rings? That was a kids novel.
Adults weren't exactly interested in fantasy at the time that book was made.
If you stupid banal fucks couldn't appreciate kung fu panda at least the kids can.
>>332446635
>Warcraft story especialy for children
>HURRR IS NOT FOR CHILDREN
retarded as always /v/ :^)
>>332448536
>>332448292
So this...is the power...of autism...woah...
>>332448564
The repeated clicking gags are supposed to be easter eggs and were not indicative of the general tone of the games.
>>332448536
Thanks for proving my point, retardlook at the head he holds
>>332446247
I actually like pandas.
But TBC and flying mounts was the beginning of the end.
And the only reason vanilla was as tolerable as it was was precisely because of the social aspect of the game, which has been stripped away, expansion by expansion.
That and the continuing pruning of abilities that only leads to WoW becoming literally a MOBA.
>>332448536
You couldn't pick a better picture? You had to pick the one with the severed orc head making a face?
>>332448696
No, but the over the top narrator was.
>>332448696
This shit started from wc3, thanks for proving again for proving that you never played warcraft 2 and think that killing=adult game
>>332448670
>Harry Potter
>Made for kids from the get go, whole point of the universe is to be a setting for kids' stories
>Warcraft
>Began its life as a simple setting for videogames about waging bloody war, evolved into a more intricate setting about waging bloody war
See the difference now?
>>332444768
You're what's wrong with humanity.
You're weak.
You want to hide reality, and hide from reality.
You will be bred out.
>>332444195
too bad real blizzard died 10 years ago
>>332448843
WC2 has click gags, you underaged faggot
>>332448904
>HURRR THEY CANT DO THAT I DONT LIKE IT
fucks sake /v/
>>332448530
This is art from the game manual you fucking idiot.
>>332448697
HE IS HOLDING A DECAPITATED HUMAN HEAD THAT'S DRIPPING BLOOD
AND NOW CHRIS IS WRITING BABY BOOKS FOR 5 YEAR OLDS
>>332448904
>Began its life as a simple setting for videogames about waging hilariously bloody war
Fixed for you, no need to thank me
>>332448904
You haven't read Harry Potter if you think it is a kids series. The books get progressively darker as Harry ages.
The series starts as appropriate for children but doesn't stay that way.
>>332444582
perfect for /v/
>>332448737
I agree on both points, I worded my last post weird and made it sound like the removal of social aspect was a good thing but I meant forced interaction was good.
The pruning in legion is going to be shit for some classes who didn't already get nipped in wod for sure. The content in wow has always been anywhere from decent to good, 5.2 and Throne of Thunder was as good as ulduar for me IMO and a lot of people seem to agree etc.
>>332448753
>You had to pick the one with the severed orc head making a face?
You don't know when your head is cut off it keeps the same face it had when it was cut off in most cases? This guy was fighting and scowling before they chopped his head off.
I don't understand why people are bitching
Of course Warcraft is built on a dark premise but it's always had even more lighthearted moments.
Especially with ActiBlizz.
I don't mind this type of story for Warcraft because it can be argued for.
The butchering of Diablo's world though, is a truly disappointing thing. This kind of story wouldn't fit there.
>>332448987
>You will be bred out.
Sounds like a good thing to me. Wouldn't want to inflict anyone else with the punishment that is existence on this planet.
>>332444195
At the beginning I really thought that was Varian talking.
Are we sure Varian isn't voiced by Metzen because holy fucking shit.
>Make spin-off children's books that don't effect the actual lore or anything at all
>After an entire chronicle book was released going into the deep lore of pre-Azeroth
>Everyone loses their shit
My shirt is RUINED!
They're a few days early.
>>332444195
>making YA novels with dumbed down prose when they already made novels with dumb prose that WEREN'T YA
War of the Ancients was GOAT, fuck off with your Hunger Games shit, Blizzard
>>332448269
>anduin mind controls alliance soldiers in MOP
I'd be pissed as hell that ain't cool
LOL THE ART IN WARCRAFT 2 WAS REALLY GOOFY AND FUNNY, LOL.
THIS SHOULD BE THE COVER OF THE NEW CHILDREN'S SERIES
Metzen was a mistake
concept art doesn't read as well as an illustration or a cartoon
this is more like a picture book, which is more disappointing when you consider a talented art just used half ass photoshop brushes to paint the backgrounds.
The right thing would be to hire someone who can draw appealing art for the target audience. But just throw money at it, and tell everybody you made sales.
>>332444195
They trying to pull in the Harry Potter/Twilight bucks or something? Get kids hooked on the books, then make a movie series... I can see through your plans, you kikes.
>>332449273
Haha! So silly and funny! I knew Warcraft 2 was silly and goofy :)
Look at how silly the human is in this!
>>332449164
He is voiced by Metzen, that's never been a secret.
>>332449273
Already was posted
Yes, it's looks pretty funny and human face made me smile
But I guess children of 91+ can't appreciate nice things and will take everything too serious
>>332449273
>>332449273
But no one said that. Stop being such a fucking sperg.
>>332449257
He didn't mind control them, he feared them.
In front of a cave filled with hostile ghosts.
>>332444195
>muh sharing with muh kidz
If I ever had kids, I wish I never become as pathetic as this.
>All these autistic children who are clinging to Warcraft 2
Warcraft 3 set a different tone. Get over it you obese faggots, don't play the games or read the books if you don't want to.
>>332447076
He's too white, too male, too hetero. It gonna flop.
>>332444195
It's Indoctrination and pretty unethical imo.
Their goal is not to provide an amazing experience for kids, or to teach something, but rather to make kids play World of warcraft.
>"He's gonna make friends..."
>Cut to a shot of a naked night elf
Am I fucking crazy or is this the stupidest "hey we're out of touch adults THIS is what the kids want" piece of shit move ever? Kids don't want to be stupid fucking kids in a fantasy world like Azeroth, they want to be the orc or the night elf or whatever, and WoW is far from being kid un-friendly even though it has WAR in the title, it's just that most kids would rather play dogshit like Minecraft or Five Meme's at Michaels instead.
>>332449620
He feared the monkey men, he used mind control to Jedi mind trick the dwarf who had come to take him home.
>>332449680
dunno, he looks to me like he might eat a dick or two in his freetime.
>>332449558
>No one said that
Someone said Warcraft 2 was gruesome and gorish. Some retard responded by saying
>You never played warcraft 2, right? Dialogues before missions and cinematics were goofy as fuck
Dialogues and cinematics in Warcraft 2 were not goofy or silly at all. They were gruesome and if you were playing Horde were all about an Orc telling you to slaughter humans with pictures of gore in the backgrounds.
So, no clue what the fuck you're talking about.
>>332445781
The same way how they made a rape story like Hanzel & Grettel into something less rapey.
How is nobody talking about all the /ss/ that will come out of this? You guys are dumb.
>>332448679
I miss this meme, anon please do your best to revive it
>>332449779
This clearly isn't marketed as something a kid buys. It's like a good night story a nerdish parent that used to play or still plays WoW or warcraft 3 buys to read to his 5 year old nerdspawn.
>>332449257
I was more thinking of him becoming an avatar of light an fighting the old gods or undead with vengeful light
>>332450130
Pretty likely, but it's worth noting he readily uses shadow spells
>>332444768
America loves war. Burgers and war is what America lives for. The earlier we can teach our children about war the better.
>>332450130
>implying he won't be corrupted and turned into a loot pinata in a 5 man dungeon
>>332450343
>>332450648
only to later become the true hero we all need.
>>332448904
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCNA8vq88ak
Warcraft truly is a terrifying and bloody world
>>332445978
Henryk Sienkiewicz book in desert and wilderness is set in 19th century egypt during Mahdi's rebellion in Sudan, and thats a childrens book
>>332450994
This game is one of the reasons Blizzard doesn't outsource anything anymore.
They said young adults, what do amerifats believe a young adult is? What's the cut off age?
>>332450648
>Wrathion raid
>Anduin is his bitch boy
>other bosses include yet another Gul'dan, resurrected Kael'thas and Bolvar Fordragon and some dragon jobbers
>>332451163
the official post actually says 8-12
>>332451163
It's just something trying to appeal to kids who read books like Percy Jackson but everybody thinks it means they're turning it into Peter Rabbit.
>>332444195
NOT VIDYA!!!!!!!!!!!
GO BACK TO >>>/lit/
>war
>murder
>genocide
>gang rape
>forced impregnation
>torture
>undeath
all appropriate themes for kids
good job blozerd
>>332451529
So the bible?
>that fucking Sideshow polystone Arthas
Now I'm jelly.
>>332451163
The blog post on battle.net says 8-12. Greg Weisman is the author though, and while he makes "young adult" stuff in name it's stuff that tons of adults enjoy like Gargoyles.
>>332450994
>shocking
Okay, this one was pretty good
>>332451614I own one.
>>332444195
honestly looks better than anything done with WarCraft in years.
>>332451529
>magical elves that love trees and can turn into animals
>le quirky midgetmen that create all sorts of whacky gadgets
>humans and dwarves ripped literally from LotR, a children's book
>dindu nuffin noble savages
>cowpeople that can also turn into other animals
>jamaicans
Wew lad
>>332451529
do you really have nothing better to do than make the same kind of post over and over again?
>>332447278
Looking forward to all the loli porn from this.
>>332444195
seems like they are trying to get people interested in warcraft because it's fucking dying.
PR the book
>>332451636
gargoyles was shit though
>>332451529
Yeah, it's impossible to turn something like that and make it kid friendly.
>>332452043
say that to my face motherfucker
>>332451937
Nice
Reminds me of the Jungle Book or something. I kind of like it, but I'm skeptical because you just know they're going to market it to fans who'll buy it for their kids just to show that off on social media.
>>332451826
>LotR, a children's book
You mean The Hobbit.
>tfw you can clearly tell who played WC2 and who started with WoW
This is sad.
and this abomination metzen is making is even sadder
Honestly , he should kill himself already.
>>332448697
you're a fucking tard dude let it go
you were wrong
The protagonist has to be the kid of either harrison jones or that one admiral that popped up in the MoP cinematic whos name I can't remember.
>>332452330
>LotR
>not for children
Top kek
I'm getting maybe Treasure Island vibes from the art, especially >>332447076, and Treasure Island was a "children's book" too (literally serialized in a children's magazine). It's not going to be fucking Dora the Explorer, guys.
>>332452821
>maybe
major*
>>332452707
Not him but I've read the original LoTR books, all of them, both as a child and as an adult and they are not for children. Theres a lot of stuff in those books that a child or even a preteen just wouldn't get.
>>332448623
>tiny
>shit's in the clouds
>>332444195
Sounds okay. It's by the Gargoyles guy.
It might be nice for once to have a book that isn't about the latest world-ending devastation.
>>332452821
According to some retards in this thread(who think that warcraft 2 was a mature game for the mature gamers) Treasure Island would be for the adults too
Too bad, they never read book on theur live
>>332452707
LotR appeals more to an adult's appreciation for fantasy, I think. There's still plenty of whimsy in it though.
>>332448623
isn't the entire area they are looking at on top of teldrassil?
>>332448623
>>332452981
I think that's actually the smaller tree on top of Teldrassil in the nelf 1-5 zone, and then the background of the picture is Teldrassil itself.
Or else the buildings are crazy big.
>>332446975
>Murloc sidekick
I can get behind this.
>>332453118
It is.
>>332452334
UUUU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiGcCHgAVmE
>>332453218
>not getting behind the underage qt nelf
anon...
>>332447950
Maybe he is that guy. We don't know when it's set.
>>332452936
Children used to be literate. Fantasy books were made for children. The adults who like it now, were the children who read it.
You can make something for kids and adults like it too, Disney does it.
>>332453218
>A Boy and His Murloc
>>332453312
I thought that was a dryad.
>It's been years since twelve-year-old Aramar Thorne, a clever boy who is never without his precious sketch book, has seen his father. So when Captain Greydon Thorne comes ashore and asks his son to join him at sea, it feels as if someone has redrawn Aram's entire world. Before he knows it, Aram is aboard the Wavestrider with Lakeshire fading to a distant dot on the horizon. But the thrill of adventure quickly fades, as Greydon relentlessly schools Aram on how to handle his cutlass and how to relate with the strange and diverse creatures of Azeroth. In addition, Aram struggles to get along with the Wavestrider's crew?especially second mate Makasa, a tough teenaged girl who has been reluctantly placed in charge of him. Just as Aram starts to get his head above water, a band of vicious pirates attack the Wavestrider, turning his world upside down once again. As Aram tries to find his way home with his father's compass in hand, he'll travel across Azeroth's beautiful and hostile terrain, encountering creatures both terrible and wondrous. He'll seek to understand Azeroth's denizens as he draws them in his sketchbook, forming unlikely friendships along the way. But the journey is hindered by Greydon's compass, which never points north. If the compass isn't leading Aram and Makasa home--to safety--to what destiny is it leading them?
I dunno, it sounds fine to me.
>>332453656
The compass will be literally Jack's compass from PotC, calling it.
To be fair, kids books are super comfy.
>>332453936
I want to seize a dragon's family jewels!
>>332449731It's a dryad
>>332454101Then you'd be guilty of genocide
Looks like Blizzard is getting the april fools jokes started early this year.
>>332454914
Yes, because a children's book primarily aimed at fans of the series who have children themselves is surely a joke.
Perhaps you're just retarded?
Is that the screen transition from Guild Wars 2?
This is actually a cool idea. Maybe not traditional in W1 and 2 sense but in wows current universe it fits in pretty well
>>332453324
>Maybe he is that guy
That would be kinda cool.
>>332454606
As if he's not already guilty of genocide himself every time he fires that immense cannon off.
>>332444195
DON'T CARE
>>332446720
m8 have you ever read any of the classic fairytales by brothers grimm?
they're all full of brutal violence and cruelty that would get a movie rated 18+ today.
>old cannibal lady wants to roast and eat kids in her cabin in the woods
>girl cuts off half her foot to fit in a shoe in order to get the prince to marry her
>spiteful queen tries to murder her stepdaughter by poisoning her, simply for being too beautiful
>>332455892
What they did 160 years ago would not fly today. Pretty much all their stories got "nerfed" into kid-safe versions regardless.
>weisman
HOLY FUCK
HUGE GET
NIGHT ELF LOLIS CONFIRMED
>>332456340
Dryad m8
>>332454360
Even better
>>332456340
i want to fuck her cute tight stag pussy.
would read to my kids desu
>>332444195
not vidya
>>332456609
you wish.
>>332456657
it's a book you tard, it's not vidya
>>>/lit/
>>332451636
You mean man children. Actual adults wouldn't like that kiddy shit.
>>332456736
It's a book based on vidya. It's more vidya than the constant e-celeb threads.
>>332456736
it's a book about about Warcraft, one of the biggest video game franchises in history. Deal with it.
>>332456854
Where do you think you are?
>Murloc companion
im ok with this
>Human child.
>All his friends are human or Alliance characters.
Pussy shit. Not letting my kids read this.
![WorldMap-Redridge[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/SWsDUVR.jpg "WorldMap-Redridge[1].jpg")
>>332453656
>with lakeshire fading to a distant dot
hold the fucking phone
LAKESHIRE IS ON THE SHORES OF A LAKE
AND THERE IS NO EXIT TO THE OCEAN
HOW DID THEY ALREADY FUCK THIS UP
>>332457175
Nigga the bottom left corner clearly shows a river going out to see
>>332456340
Whatever just give me the /ss/ loli porn
>>332456026
And we can't nerf WoW lore enough to be suitable for 12 year olds. The same age group where girls start trying out handies in the back of the school bus. Nope. That would prove far too difficult for any modern hand to attempt.
>>332457175
There's the river in the southwest that goes past Westfall, into Stranglethorn, and then to the ocean. It never says his dad docked at the lake :^)
>>332457269
>out to sea
thats a fucking shallow river that crosses through duskwood and reaches the sea after passing through stranglethorn vale and over a waterfall next to a horde base
so assuming a sizable ship does in fact dock on a riverbank, it now has to make its way all the way down a river and over a waterfall to sea
except the wording implies he sets sail from lakeshire. which from that river is not visable
maybe you should try 'see'ing the whole picture blizzdrone
>>332457269
There's also a bridge leading to Duskwood that is way too small to allow a boat bigger than a row boat to sail past.
There's also a hill that completely blocks the view from the river to Lakeshire.
>>332457175
>He has this mental image of his dad as a great adventurer
>Actually he just fucks around on Lake Everstill
>The entire book is the kid just getting lost in eastern Redridge
>>332457632
Compare the geographies of the earlier games to WoW. They're really, staggeringly different.
>>332457569
WoW is a dollhouse, friend. Blizzard can and will always tweak their maps and stories to suit the current narrative. Lakeshire is now a huge ass lake with at least one river flowing out of it to the ocean large enough to ferry ships for its entire length. Not unlike the Columbia River in Oregon. Get used to it.
>>332457648
>the "bandits" are just dindus from Stonewatch throwing rocks at the ship that causes it to shipwreck
>Aram's sense of direction and his father's compass are so shit that Aram ends up in Teldrassil
>>332457736
And WoW is the current model for the Warcraft universe Azeroth, the earlier games' geography literally mean dick.
Can't wait for the book when the kid wanders into the Goldshire inn
>>332457993
This is the latest (though pre-Cata, see how 1k Needles isn't flooded for example) map we have, from the big lore book that just came out.
>>332458231
>Night Elf Druid shapeshifted into a bear tries to lure Aram to ERP
>human SI:7 agent intervenes and takes the NE druid away
>>332458343
And?
>>332458343
when will they fucking add kul tiras in the game
justice for Daelin
I've never really hated Metzen even though people say he ruined the lore and stuff, but does anyone else think he comes off as a massive douche? Probably the biggest tool in gaming I can think of.
>>332458526
Reinforcing your point, anon.
>>332458570
Kul Tiras is the island by Gilneas that looks like it's flipping you off.
Has nothing to do with video games. Blizzard is just trying to get more money from general merchandising. Same thing as their statues and plushies.
>>332457175
Gamescale. The world is way bigger than what we actually see in WoW.
That river on the bottom left could easily fit a full ship, who knows.
>>332458640
i know
why isn't it in the fucking game already
>>332458769
Kul Tiras' existence would trigger dindus
>>332458593
He used to be cool but then he got corrupted.
>>332458343
why is the wandering isle so fucking BIG
By the third book the kid is going to be a Shaman/Paladin/Mage/Druid hybrid, wielding two Ashbringers, the only hope for the world and he will have an Orc girlfriend
Screencap it
![daelin_proudmoore_border_big_2_3703[3].png](https://i.imgur.com/2PdZb1I.png "daelin_proudmoore_border_big_2_3703[3].png")
>>332458827
>>332458769
>>332458570
LITERALLY DID NOTHING WRONG
>>332458915
Why wouldn't it be?
From what we saw in the game it actually is a pretty huge place.
And it's a ten thousand year old super turtle.
>>332459129
>People still compare him to Garithros
>People still compare a true hero of the alliance who only wished to protect his people to a selfish, traitorous dog
>>332459415
>Selfish, traitorous dog is betrayed by a selfish bitch.
>Sylvanas a qt would follow to ends of the earth teebeequeuehache senpairino.
The double standards never cease.
>>332458343
Cata is being quietly retconned
Koltira jokes about it in Legion
They will probs pretend WOD never happened as well
>>332460738
The map is literally pre-Cata anon, as in it's shown right after the book talks about the Sundering. Note how all the labeled locations are ancient ones, not modern ones.
>Koltira jokes about it in Legion
There's a quest to save him from Undercity.
>>332460887
Oh there is now? last i heard he just said he didn't want to talk about it, which is a cop out but i hated Cata so much i was okay with it
>>332461071
It's part of the DK artifact stuff.
http://legion.wowhead.com/quest=42708/rescue-koltira
>>332444195
I'm going to read it, the boy looks cute
With what's been going on with Overwatch I'm not surprised their new main demographic is children.
Wonder if he will meet Wrathion
Maybe Wrathion will tell him about the time his father chained up & raped to death a bunch of women
you know, for kids
>>332462620
Maybe Wrathion will tell him about his adventures in the land of teddy bears where the biggest danger was strong emotions.
