Know Your Lore: The orcs, part 1

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The World of Warcraft is an expansive universe. You’re playing the game, you’re fighting the bosses, you know the how — but do you know the why? Each week, Matthew Rossi and Anne Stickney make sure you Know Your Lore by covering the history of the story behind World of Warcraft . Their name is on the freaking box. The very first Warcraft product ever released is called Warcraft: Orcs & Humans . Orcs get top billing. In terms of pure history in the Warcraft setting, orcs have a lot to discuss. In their time, they’ve gone from a shamanistic society of hunters defending itself from the hostile gronn and ogres to a united war machine led by a figurehead, to a demon-blood drunk engine of genocide and finally out the other side, to a shamanistic society that keeps elements of the war machine alive. Continue reading Know Your Lore: The orcs, part 1 Filed under: Analysis / Opinion , Lore , Know your Lore Know Your Lore: The orcs, part 1 originally appeared on WoW Insider on Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink