Haven't read the second book. Any other interesting lore tidbits?
Anyone have information on when the next book is coming out?
"We're more of the love, blood, and rhetoric school. Well, we can do you blood and love without the rhetoric, and we can do you blood and rhetoric without the love, and we can do you all three concurrent or consecutive. But we can't give you love and rhetoric without the blood. Blood is compulsory. They're all blood, you see." ― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Fair enough. Honestly I hope they cover more races in the next book. Ogres, gnolls and quilboar surprisingly got a lot of depth so it would be nice to see some more races covered. I really hope later down the line they eventually make it the Eastern Kingdoms or Pandaria, I am actually pretty curious about Quel'thalas and more info on Stormwind.
I would imagine Outland is very definitely in the future (given the outcome of the last book). I wouldn't be surprised if they make it to the Eastern Kingdoms as well - although they probably won't go too far afield. "Traveler" feels a lot like a travelogue for the earliest portions of the game, where many players would probably fly through to get to the end game, but there's a huge amount of ground to cover still.
"We're more of the love, blood, and rhetoric school. Well, we can do you blood and love without the rhetoric, and we can do you blood and rhetoric without the love, and we can do you all three concurrent or consecutive. But we can't give you love and rhetoric without the blood. Blood is compulsory. They're all blood, you see." ― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
I thought these Traveler books were like young adult books? Are they like the old WoW RPG books or something?
To be honest I been hoping Blizzard would make their own official Chronicle book on race cultures and traditions because I love that stuff.
I love learning about the stuff in WoW we don't see like Gnolls, how they eat, sleep, their way of life. Night Elf culture, their traditions, and diets a more in depth view of the world... That stuff fascinates me more than the history :P
Last edited by Orby; 2018-07-19 at 03:46 PM.
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I think the first one was released in 2016, so they're not that old and are more or less canon. If you want to learn about the culture of more bestial races with some interesting facts about tauren, night elves, humans and trolls along the way I would definitely recommend picking the first book up.
Outland would be nice. In WoD we get to see what Draenor looked like before the Horde and what Argus looked like but aside from jed'hin I don't think we ever get a greater insight into unique cultural traits of draenei. Outside of their government and organizations, I've always felt that draenei fell flat culturally.
I actually just saw this and was really happy this was explained, I am glad that there is actual reason black humans exist and were not just added for diversity sake... And living in Stranglethorn seems to be a good choice, being so close to Stormwind so it's likely Stormwinds populace isn't just all white people.Humans are known to live in Stranglethorn. This seems to be where they get their black skintones, as well as African-styled names. They have their own deep-rooted traditions and customs, and suffered the assault of the Horde during the First War just like Stormwind. Most seem to live in or around Booty Bay these days. It's Stranglethorn tradition to remove the wounding items (such as arrows) from a deceased friend, "For how could a soul rest if he must carry the cause of his death with him forever?" Also, for all humans, ogres tend to prefer eating you alive since you're fresher, but if they had to cook you, they'd keep the blood inside your carcass for more flavor.
Does it go into more detail about the more dark skinned humans of Stranglethorn?
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Not a whole lot, no, but on Wowpedia it states that Booty Bay was once the sight of a human settlement that was overrun by trolls, so that might be an indication of native Stranglethorn humans.
Makasa (the main female protagonist) is from Stranglethorn, so is her mother, Marjani and her brothers Adashe, Akashinga and Amahle. She also referenced having ancestors in Stromgarde, but this might just indicate a smaller or mixed ancestry.
Honestly, I always thought it would make sense for Stormwindians to be the swarthiest of the kingdoms being so close to the tropics.