Dat Warcraft Lore

[BadKarma]

http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/11/06/kn...f-azeroth-pag/

Saw this on the WoW reddit.

My mind was fucking blown and honestly it would be amazing if this was the actual truth of it all.

[Sonomaa]

that was a terribly interesting read

Ive always assumed we cant kill old gods, that they will always come back

[BadKarma]

Honestly if this turns out to be the case, it will be one of the greatest mindfucks in all of gaming

[Zieara]

It wouldn't only be a mindfuck but would make for a great expansion if done right

[The Stig]

Any tl;dr version?

Is it a:

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/LKWR8YiulwE/0.jpg

type of deal? Or something else. Just curious.

Not too interested in the lore overall, except for Arthas due to my liking for a hero turned bad guy type thing.

[Meresgi]

Any tl;dr version?

Azeroth is actually an old got itself, old gods we fight come about due to chaos and war and feed on that power, pandas know a way to coexist without assraping and murdering everyone so that robs old gods of power.

[BaneTheBrawler]

Save the Pandas, save the world.

[fantasticdan]

The theory mostly comes from the similarity of the name 'Azeroth' to 'Azathoth'. Problem is, Azeroth was coined back in wc1 which had essentially no story, let alone old gods/cthulhu stuff, and was used to refer to what is now stormwind, not the planet.

[BadKarma]

The theory mostly comes from the similarity of the name 'Azeroth' to 'Azathoth'. Problem is, Azeroth was coined back in wc1 which had essentially no story, let alone old gods/cthulhu stuff, and was used to refer to what is now stormwind, not the planet.

Retcons. It wouldnt really be a retcon either

[fantasticdan]

Yes, they can and have retconned the name azeroth (from kingdom to continent in wc2 to planet in wc3), but the entire theory hinges on azeroth being named after azathoth, which it clearly wasn't. It would be taking the copy/paste from lovecraft a bit too far anyway.