This movie is set in an alternate timeline so no lore gets retconed. Garona kills the king while the horde are besieging stormwind in the normal universe. Warlords of draenor incarnation from an alternate timeline, in that he is openly. To this end, sargeras possessed the human sorcerer medivh and compelled him to contact guldan, an. The visual portrayal of the highelves and kirin tor mages in particular is cringeinducing in their cheap look. This article tells all about the timeline and alternate timelines for the warcraft lore. World of warcrafts alternate timeline is getting weird in battle for. The dark portal on draenor in timeline b is connected to the one on azeroth in the present of timeline a. Everything you need to know about warcraft before you see. This interferes with history, creating an alternate timeline where the orcish clans unite into an iron horde by using technology garrosh brought from his time. The alternate timeline refers to the timeline created when garrosh hellscream used the dark portal to access an alternate past version of draenor before his. Shortly after thrall returns from the alternate draenor, where he killed garrosh hellscream, he confronts chromie, a timewalking bronze dragon in her gnome form, with questions which have lingered his mind ever since theramore was destroyed. With the longawaited adaptation of warcraft almost upon us, here are some thing we want to see from this bigbudget video game adaptation. World of warcraft is based in the world of azeroth, on four main continents.
Timeline unofficial wowpedia, the world of warcraft. Huge lore errors in the warcraft film from someone who saw. Warcraft is a 2016 american action fantasy film directed by duncan jones and written by. Know that there is only one true timeline, though there are those who would have it otherwise. May 21, 2016 12 things we want to see in the warcraft movie. In the process, garrosh took advanced technologies and magic from the main timeline to give advantage to the orcs on alternate draenor of the past and worked. Though durotan and much of warcrafts lore is best known from world of warcraft, and he currently exists as part of an alternate timeline introduced in the lords of draenor expansion. Only now he realizes that their journey through the alternate timeline has just begun.
Its got an alternate outcome to world war ii at the end. Shadowmoon valley remains part of outland, but corrupted by demonic magic and geography significantly altered. As the inquisitr reported, world of warcraft consistently provides players with a rotation of bonus events each week in addition to the games returning monthly and annual events. Maybe when they rebuild the dark portal, it doesnt point to our azeroth, but to their own. Community help forum movie making guide contact us. Feb 08, 2018 more orcs are being added to world of warcraft in battle for azeroth. Please note that warcraft movie material is not canon within official game lore. Khadgar prematurely ages as he fights medivh, also gaining immense power, which allows him to win the fight in the first place, while in the movie, he is unchanged by his appearance, at least.
Even the existence of alternate timelines is canon with regards to the bronze dragonflight. The warcraft film universe is an alternate, separate version of the main warcraft universe. More orcs are being added to world of warcraft in battle for azeroth. More orcs are being added to world of warcraft in battle. Wod takes place immediately prior to the first war, in an alternate timeline where the orcs didnt drink the blood of mannoroth. The cinematic universe, and the lore within it, do not tie into the game timeline in any way. Huge lore errors in the warcraft film from someone who saw the teaser from blizzcon. The edition of warcraft ii was also the first to introduce the use of cd keys to the series, requiring each user online to have their own copy of the game in order to be able to connect. To this end, sargeras possessed the human sorcerer medivh and compelled him to contact guldan, an orc warlock on the world of draenor. Timeline unofficial wowpedia, the world of warcraft wiki.
The frozen throne, with later expansions advancing the games plot and timeline. It depicts the first contact between orcs and humans known as the first war. For ages in the region of middle earth, humans and orcs have been at war. At the very beginning the titans explored all of the great dark beyond and brought order to millions of worlds scattered all over the great cosmos. That is, we go from an alternate draenor 30 years ago, to the azeroth of its timeline, 30 years ago. A short story about thrall and jaina in an alternate timeline. Durotan, father of thrall one of warcrafts main protagonists and a primary horde hero in warlords of draenor, has been killed by the. This cinematic shows the alternate timeline guldan attempting to sway the orcs to his will. Warcraft official movie novelization by christie golden. Alternate timelines world of warcraft the caverns of time, home to nozdormu and the bronze dragonflight is a mysterious place. The present parts of the story take place shortly after warlords of draenor. A movie, but its based on the 1994 dos game orcs made it to the big screeniconic characters, diverse combat, and epic stories didnt.
Alternate timeline wowpedia your wiki guide to the world of. It also contains an unofficial timeline created by wowwiki contributors and derived from various sources. Warlords of draenor and as a major antagonist in world of warcraft. More orcs are being added to world of warcraft in battle for. Its based on blizzard entertainments popular warcraft realtime strategy game series and was originally set four years after the conclusion of warcraft iii. In spite of the apparent age difference, movie and original timeline khadgar share the same goofy sense of humor. In celebration, we thought we would do some alternate lore. The beginning takes place a few decades prior to the world of warcraft. Durotan toby kebbell is the chieftain of his frostwolf orc clan, and he wants to escape the life of war as he and his wife draka anna galvin are expecting their first child. Notably, the film universe does not appear to be simply a different timeline, created by a deviation in key historical events. Some are nearly identical, only differing in a few key events.
Seeing this alternate timeline should give players the urge to check out the early warcraft games and. The warcraft films super early timeline also means we dont get much in the way of combat. In the past, we have revisited pivotal moments in wows history. There was no guarantee that the movie was going to be loreperfect, i for one am just excited to see something, from the gameuniverse. Warcraft film universe wowpedia your wiki guide to the world of. Alternate timeline your wiki guide to the world of warcraft.
Jun 10, 2016 and just as its ending, warcraft leaves all kinds of plot threads dangling for the ambitious possibility of a sequel. This disambiguation page lists all the official warcraft universe timelines published or dates mentioned by blizzard in the various sources over the years. The movie doesnt take part in the same timeline as the rest of warcraft for a variety of reasons, some things happen pretty differently and the movie doesnt do a bad job explaining things. This movie technically takes place in an alternate timeline.
Although the games sixth expansion is not scheduled to. Distant past no one knows how the universe beganit might be with a big bang. May 25, 2016 as we gear up for the warcraft movie there are just a few short weeks to go for american audiences, and even less time for international viewers gamers are still wondering just how it fits into the rts and mmo story we already know. The device of an alternate outcome premise is popular on television lately. The beginning is a 2016 american action fantasy film directed by duncan jones and written by charles leavitt and jones. Spoilers for the movie and the plot of the gamesbooks. Oct 12, 2016 alternate timelines world of warcraft the caverns of time, home to nozdormu and the bronze dragonflight is a mysterious place.
The events of warcraft take place in an alternate timeline. Everything you need to know about warcraft before you see the. Orgrim doomhammer, played by rob kazinsky, served as the warchief of the horde and a mentor to thrall. Alternate timeline wowpedia, the world of warcraft wiki. There are an infinite number of separate alternate, possible timelines, creating the multiverse. Once hes dead, the stormwind forces crumble and the city is sacked. Over the course of its life, the warcraft universe has changed in many ways, often changing the story or lore in warcraft terminology for the sake of game mechanics. After starring at it for a while, the world around them becomes blurry. Colors and surfaces merge into one surrounding color gradient.
Thrall confronts chromie, the timewalking bronze dragon, with a question which lingered his mind ever since theramore was destroyed. An alternate version of guldan appears as the main antagonist in world of warcraft. Blizzard considering giving away world of warcraft. The alternate timeline refers to the timeline created when garrosh hellscream used the dark portal to access an alternate past version of draenor before his father grommash hellscream accepted the blood of mannoroth offered by guldan. Timeline unofficial timeline based on all sources of information and all versions of the timeline. The movie version of guldan, though based mostly on the original games version of him a warlock with dark magic who corrupted the orcs and manipulated them behind the scenes, is also influenced greatly by his recent world of warcraft. The only original timeline lore that might get adapted due to the movie is the existence of lady taria wrynn, which would not be retcon as everything about varians mother is unknown. Where has it ever been stated the movie is taking place in an alternate. Wowhead reveals orgrim doomhammer warcraft movie poster. No one has said the warcraft movie is another timeline. And i would like to point out this movie is about the warcraft storyline first game not world of warcraft. The portals glow turns from green to red, and both timelines events run simultaneously from this point. Warcraft is a franchise of video games, novels, and other media created by blizzard. Timeline and alternate timelines for the warcraft lore.
Warcraft iii and world of warcraft also have both had battle chests released for them subsequent to their initial release. With the longawaited adaptation of warcraft almost upon us, here are some thing we want to. This movie takes place in an alternate timeline apparently, before and during the first war between the orcish. The warcraft movie is nearly here, and if you dont know your guldans from your garonas, everything in the trailers probably looks monstrously confusing. In this video i present the entire warcraft timeline in only 2 minutes.
Inconsistencies in warcraft lore world of warcraft roleplay. Alternate timelines also referred to as alternate realities, alternate universes, or timeways are alternate versions of the universe. Based on the video game series of the same name, the film stars travis fimmel, paula patton, ben foster, dominic cooper, toby kebbell, ben schnetzer, robert kazinsky, clancy brown, and daniel wu. For ages, the fallen titan sargeras plotted to scour all life from azeroth.
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