WoW Cosmology Chart (in Color!)

[KOUNTERPARTS]

Nothing really to discuss other than how this looks 10 times better than the official art from Blizzard themselves. Just wanted to share it here since when I look at this, at least, I take the forces of the Warcraft universe a little more seriously.


This isn't mine. It comes from the WoW Reddit. Credit to the original maker.
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comment...art_in_colour/

With a little bit of time, patience, and effort, things can be salvaged. Fans and players of this game have wild talent. Perhaps this guy should be looked by Blizzard for their media endeavors. Blizzard should also take note for their expansions and hopefully Shadowlands.

[Corroc]

That doesn't even look anything like the original.

[KOUNTERPARTS]

That doesn't even look anything like the original.

That's because...


...it's not supposed to.

[Varodoc]

I always loved that map, it really conveys how small Azeroth is compared to the cosmos and how it's basically the battlefield of the cosmic forces.

[Jaggler]

Whether it looks better is subjective. I prefer the chronicles version.

[Corroc]

That's because...


...it's not supposed to.

You named the title as wow cosmology chart in color when its more like remaster. Even in the reddit post it says "my attempt at cosmology chart". So yeah I'm going to trash you for shitty title.

Infracted.

[KOUNTERPARTS]

I always loved that map, it really conveys how small Azeroth is compared to the cosmos and how it's basically the battlefield of the cosmic forces.

I've always thought that too. Blizzard has taken great strides to make Azeroth, the planet, the most important part of the story of WoW, and to a degree I'm fine with that.


But there are always bigger fish out there.

You named the title as wow cosmology chart in color when its more like remaster. Even in the reddit post it says "my attempt at cosmology chart". So yeah I'm going to trash you for shitty title.

Thanks for the clicks.

Whether it looks better is subjective. I prefer the chronicles version.

This is true.

[KrayZ33]

I disagree.

I like the original more and do not see the appeal of the fan-made one other than the fact that it features WoW creatures.

[Magical Mudcrab]

Super off-topic, but has the placement of Disorder and Order ever bothered anyone else? Like, why is the Light so close to Disorder? Why weren't Order and Disorder swapped, so that the Light, which is an incredibly orderly thing and wants to bring everything under its totalitarian sway, is closer to it?

[Troggdor]

the shadow "button" at the bottom isnt centered or lined up with the light one and it bothers me more than it should lmao

[Biomega]

the shadow "button" at the bottom isnt centered or lined up with the light one and it bothers me more than it should lmao

A lot of things are wonky and off kilter, this really should have followed a more geometric construction. Eyeballing the labels is a terrible idea.

[Aeluron Lightsong]

Super off-topic, but has the placement of Disorder and Order ever bothered anyone else? Like, why is the Light so close to Disorder? Why weren't Order and Disorder swapped, so that the Light, which is an incredibly orderly thing and wants to bring everything under its totalitarian sway, is closer to it?

Because it is opposite to the Void which is at the bottom.

[Magical Mudcrab]

Because it is opposite to the Void which is at the bottom.

Yes, but why wasn't Order put at the top where Disorder was, that's the question. You would assume that Light would be closer to Order, and Void would be closer to Disorder.

[qwerty123456]

The fan made one looks too loud and like a mess. I think the original is alot better.

[Foivos Karkanis]

very beautiful . I like it more than the original . Mean haters :P

[LemonDemonGirl]

I'd love a poster of this

[crakerjack]

Just how exactly does some single piece of art affect WoW? Am I missing something?

[huth]

Super off-topic, but has the placement of Disorder and Order ever bothered anyone else? Like, why is the Light so close to Disorder? Why weren't Order and Disorder swapped, so that the Light, which is an incredibly orderly thing and wants to bring everything under its totalitarian sway, is closer to it?

Because they aren't actually linked. Placement on the chart is not indicative of any kind of relationship beyond direct opposites.

Though IMO there's basically a star of david like setup going on... Life, Void and Disorder are more chaotic, Light, Death and Order are more ordered, forming two overlaying triangles.

[Magical Mudcrab]

Because they aren't actually linked. Placement on the chart is not indicative of any kind of relationship beyond direct opposites.

If the only point of having the chart is to only show that some forces are diametrically opposed, then the chart would be absolutely worthless; you might as well just have them in a list. Most fantasy cosmology charts tend to have similar forces adjacent to each other, or at least structured in a way that visibly associates like with like, with the prime example being the D&D Cosmology Chart.

[huth]

If the only point of having the chart is to only show that some forces are diametrically opposed, then the chart would be absolutely worthless; you might as well just have them in a list. Most fantasy cosmology charts tend to have similar forces adjacent to each other, or at least structured in a way that visibly associates like with like, with the prime example being the D&D Cosmology Chart.

The point of the chart is to show which forces exist, not their relations to one another. This was explicitly stated by Blizzard. Mostly because it's a FFA everybody against everybody situation, so there's no useful way of displaying them anyway.