World of Warcraft

Blizaard has created some great fantasy worlds (Diablo, Warcraft, and Starcraft) originally designed as PC games. Today each of these worlds have developed into their own brand of Adventure, RTS ,and MMORPG gaming. Each of these worlds have been made into a d20/Alternity game. An an entire history of the game can be found here.

The world of Azeroth is the main planet where all the action takes place. The planet has two moons,  the White Lady and Blue child. The White Lady has a monthly cycle, while the Blue Child supposedly takes half that time. At onetime there was one super continent known as Kalimdor, yet after a great conflict known as the "The War of the Ancients", it split into three continents (Azeroth, Kalimdor, and Northrend). There is another land mass hidden, and known as Pandaria. The subterranean lands are largely unexplored, but there are tunnels that go deep and connect to all three continents.



Azeroth's past has always been shaped by conflict. When the world was created, a group of primordial beings held sway of the world. These beings created and destroyed life at their whims, conflicts between their elemental followers were common and would spill unto the world many of times. The only true goddess known was Elune, who transformed a group of trolls into her followers who eventual became the elves. Many Eternal Spirits (Ursoc the Bear, Malorne the White Stag, etc) were also worshiped by many of the early bestial races. For the early race of Azeroth were the Gnolls, Trolls, Murlocs, Furbolgs, Nurbians, and Quriaj.
It wasn't until the "Reckoning" that some of the other races appeared... the Earthen, Dwarves, Gnomes, Humans, Dragons, and Giants.

The Reckoning was a conflict between a group of  "Celestials" known as the Titans, who established orded throughout the Universe. They fought the Old Gods, and chained them beneath the planet. There servitors were left in charge of the planet. However, the Old Gods had cursed there creations, which twisted their forms into mortal flesh creatures. Thus the races of Dwarves, Gnomes, Vyrkul, and Humans came to pass.
Centuries after the Reckoning had passed, a "War of the Ancients" would occur in which the forces of the Burning Legion, lead by the Titan Sargeras, would threaten to destroy the world. During this conflict most of the races and Eternals banded together to stop the Burning Legion, for they began to create a massive portal around the Well of Eternity (the magical nexus of the world). When the Legion was defeated, it cause the super continent to crack and divide into three parts, with most of the center falling into the sea.

Again centuries later would pass before another conflict grew. Humans grew and took over the eastern lands of Azeroth. During this time... the World of Warcraft as we know begins. For the Burning Legion didn't forget its loss, and managed to make a new army from the world of Draenor. They used corrupted orcs to come through another portal and wreak havoc on the lands. It took two wars, but the orcs were stopped.. However, a third conflict came to pass when the Legion made it presence known directly and attempted to bring in more. The fall of Lorderon occured because of the machinations of the Burning Legion, and further the corruption of the Queldorei Elves.

Today... the world is face with another cataclysm, and over the years and the races have united and fought for control of the world a new challenge is on the horizon. Azeroth will be shaken once more by the herald of the Old Gods, and the lands will be torn asunder.