What timeline should the WoW animated series be? 📺

[Heramaar-argent-dawn]

Why is that even a debate?

Start from Warcraft 1 to current state of WoW, just with additional explanations of old events such as the Sundering, Black Empire and co.

It makes 0 sense to start in the middle of the story. Half the people watching it would just be confused what they are even watching due to no entry point.

@Gilvion-ravencrest

Also how would you guys suggest they address the elephant in the room, the players in such scenarios, cause we do play major rolls but they would have to either just pick one or a group of them, or somehow cut us out of the story entirely, what do you think?

A similar question I had myself when planning a show for the Destiny franchise as a fan thing. My solution was to just fill the “player” slot with actual written characters.

The Player in a video game like WoW and Destiny only serves as “the window through which we interact with the story/world”. There is no need for that in a finalized, animated story because you are already interacting by observing the story as a watcher.

[Heist-quelthalas]

@Heramaar-argent-dawn

Why is that even a debate?

Start from Warcraft 1 to current state of WoW, just with additional explanations of old events such as the Sundering, Black Empire and co.

Mainly because it’s blizzard and noone really trusts them be able to retell an old story without altering it any way they can to fit their own modern ideology.

[Gram-ghostlands (Gram)]

I think Arthas has been done to death (forgive the pun). It’s been in the RTS game, in Wrath and in Shadowlands with lots of other mentions.

I think the rise of the Scarlet Crusade and the corruption of Ashbringer has enough lore to make a good story that a lot of players have heard about but not many know the story very well.
Arthas’ story could be told here in flashbacks or similar maybe.

[Gilvion-ravencrest]

Ohhh true that would be awesome to see

[Bornim-argent-dawn]

Dont care, as long as no one who writes for blizzard within the last 10 years is anywhere near the show

[Gilvion-ravencrest]

A fair concern

[Mannar-stormscale]

WoD / Legion would be fantastic if they were able to capture the tone that was set during those expansions with the music and the looming threat of the Burning Legion. Gul’dan should be voiced by his voice actor from WoD and Legion too.

[Croil-kilrogg]

From the start so War of the Ancients including the book Broxigar

[Gilvion-ravencrest]

Broxigar and garrosh are the only Orcs I respect

[Lythric-argent-dawn (Lythric)]

Something entirely new. Although an animated series depicting books would also be neat like Rise of the Horde/Lord of the Clans.

[Tuskcutta-tarren-mill]

The Illegal Danish: Super Snacks

[Dampdk-frostmane]

AU Draenor after we left covering the rise of the tyrranical army of the lightbound.

I’ll also accept a romcom about the old gods as roommates.

[Gilvion-ravencrest]

@Dampdk-frostmane

I’ll also accept a romcom about the old gods as roommate.

Now this, this I like

[Heramaar-argent-dawn]

@Heist-quelthalas

Mainly because it’s blizzard and noone really trusts them be able to retell an old story without altering it any way they can to fit their own modern ideology.

Then let the fans do it? That way they deny any hand in it while also profiting off from free advertisement for their IP.

And factual, they are already letting us do it. There are a few animators that collaborate to re-tell the stories of the books lore accurate. Sadly, they receive little support so far from the WoW community as a whole, due to being so unknown yet.

[Tah-earthen-ring]

@Heramaar-argent-dawn

Then let the fans do it?

Because the fans aren’t opinionated and don’t have various views and ideologies?!

[Heramaar-argent-dawn]

Fair point.

[Beerwolf-sunstrider (Beerwolf)]

90s Saturday morning style cartoon of The Amazing Adventures of Chromie: Chromietime! that’ll provide the kids with a moral at the end of each episode.

/gag

[Shopkeeper-aggramar (Shopkeeper)]

@Punyelf-draenor

I would like to see them do all of world of warcraft in chronological order. So from Vanilla on. Some would probably like some earlier stuff too.

Yup, anything that makes the story a bit more accessible for everyone. Throw in some stuff from the books, short stories and comics and it will be mint!

[Maxinmus-silvermoon]

If they ever make an animated Warcraft TV show, it’ll either be of WC3 or they’ll create a new story set during WOW.

[Shoazaze-argent-dawn (Shoazaze)]

Some important events with possible lore stuff that was in only books to be shown properly. Make it so that it tells more about both history, current and maybe future stuff.

Past:

Troll Empire war against the Aqir Empire
Events leading up to Pandaren’s overthrowing the Mogu.

Set it out that each race gets their own story of both present and the past so that more lore can be taught about them to those that don’t play the game or wish to have a different medium to learn said lore.

Gnomes could have the tale on how they lost their city.
Goblins, quite possibly a trade civil war from the past to figure out the first Trade Prince.

Each race has their own unique tales to tell, be it how they formed, who they fought against so there’s a lot of stories to tell if it was animated. Each race got say a season each of 6 episodes or so.