The History of Azeroth - Lore Resources

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For those of you interested about learning more in depth lore. Here are some resources to start you out and give you a guide. This is from the World of Warcraft Community Site but linked here for convenience.

Timeline of Warcraft Game and Book Lore

Chapter I: Mythos
The Titans and the Shaping of the Universe
Sargeras and the Betrayal
The Old Gods and the Ordering of Azeroth
Charge of the Dragonflights
The Waking World and the Well of Eternity
The War of the Ancients (10,000 years before Warcraft I)
The Sundering of the World
Mount Hyjal and Illidan's Gift
The World Tree and the Emerald Dream (9,000 years before Warcraft I)
Exile of the High Elves (7,300 years before Warcraft I)
The Sentinels and the Long Vigil

Chapter II: The New World
The Founding of Quel'Thalas (6,800 years before Warcraft I)
Arathor and the Troll Wars (2,800 years before Warcraft I)
The Guardians of Tirisfal (2,700 years before Warcraft I)
Ironforge - the Awakening of the Dwarves (2,500 years before Warcraft I)
The Seven Kingdoms (1,200 years before Warcraft I)
Aegwynn and the Dragon Hunt (823 years before Warcraft I)
War of the Three Hammers (230 years before Warcraft I)
The Last Guardian (45 years before Warcraft I)

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Chapter III: The Doom of Draenor
Kil'jaeden and the Shadow Pact
Rise of the Horde

Chapter IV: Alliance And Horde
The Dark Portal and the Fall of Stormwind (Warcraft I: Orcs and Humans)
The Alliance of Lordaeron (Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness)
The Invasion of Draenor (Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal Expansion)
The Birth of the Lich King
Icecrown and the Frozen Throne
The Battle of Grim Batol
Lethargy of the Orcs
The New Horde
War of the Spider
Kel'Thuzad and the Forming of the Scourge
The Alliance Splinters

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Chapter V: Return of the Burning Legion
The Scourge of Lordaeron (Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos)
Sunwell - The Fall of Quel'Thalas
Archimonde's Return and the Flight to Kalimdor
The Battle of Mount Hyjal
The Betrayer Ascendant (Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Expansion)
Rise of the Blood Elves
Civil War in the Plaguelands
The Lich King Triumphant
Old Hatreds - The Colonization of Kalimdor

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Chapter VI: World of Warcraft
The War of the Shifting Sands (Opening of Ahn'Qiraj)
Road to Damnation (Opening of Naxxramas)

Chapter VII: The Burning Crusade
The Story so Far
Shamans/Paladins
(Basic overview and introduction of the Draenei and Blood Elves to Azeroth)

At this point, our private server lore begins:
Chapter VIII: Conquest of the Horde
Server Lore

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Other Reading:
Unbroken (The story of Nobundo, a famous Draenei Broken)
Troll Compendium
Murlocs
WoWWiki Lore Resources (Be aware that it is a Wiki and double check the info, though it's generally pretty good)
Warcraft Encyclopedia (Not overly developed but the information within is good)
Warcraft Novels and Roleplaying Guides & Games

Please add additional resources to the list.

[Nostra]

Unbroken was pretty darn good!

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[Qaza]

Sticky'd. Rar!

[vincentmulder]

I see stuff about evry race here, but wheres the atack of Gnomeregan?

Is it because we're smaller than you?