Official World of Warcraft Community site (US). Official World of Warcraft Community site (EU). Rise of the Lich King (Wrath of the Lich King site EU). Rise of the Lich King (Wrath of the Lich King site US). History of the Blood Elves (Burning Crusade site EU). Shamans and Paladins (Burning Crusade site EU). Shamans and Paladins (Burning Crusade site US). The Story So Far (Burning Crusade site EU). The Story So Far (Burning Crusade site US). ^ a b both US/EU areas now defunct World of Warcraft - Expanded Universe ( US, EU) at the Official sites.With the transition to the encyclopedia was effectively removed.
Lack of update activity (as of early 2008) seems to indicated that Blizzard put this project on hold or temporarily removed resources committed to expanding it. In time we hope it will grow to be the ultimate resource for all your Warcraft story and lore needs. Now you can find all there is to know about Warcraft in one official source of all things Warcraft: The Warcraft Encyclopedia. Today, Warcraft lore is spread across four games and five expansions as well as a number of novels, a pen-and-paper roleplaying game, and even a manga series. Since the release of the first Warcraft game, the lore of the Warcraft universe has been evolving and expanding at an incredible rate.
The EU version was still accessible for several months, but is now offline also.
There may have been a plan on updating this section by Blizzard someday to bring it up to date, but it appears to have been abandoned. Note: Certain chapters below are outdated and may therefore conflict with other pieces of lore or stories. Here are some resources that are available: Want to know more about the lore of World of Warcraft? Although the game doesn't require any prior knowledge of Warcraft lore to enjoy, you may appreciate the broader understanding of the setting and characters in the game that you will gain from learning about the lore. In the absence of lore on the official sites, most (perhaps all?) of this material can be read within the World of Warcraft itself as in-game books.
The full text was available on the official World of Warcraft site, but was removed for some unknown reason. The History of Warcraft (also known as the "history of the Warcraft universe") is a comprehensive account of lore created by Blizzard as background information to the World of Warcraft universe, and was made up of the entirety of Blizzard's published record so far.