The official WoW: Forever Podcast continues! They have talked about this for a long time, and it’s finally time for the lore episode. Nobbel87 and PlatinumWoW joined Josh “Aggrend” Greenfield and (Birthday Boy!) Lore Historian Lead Sean Copeland to talk about all things story in World of Warcraft: Forever.
Watch the whole episode now, or read the highlights from the episode below.
WoW Forever Almost Was Made to Fit the Retail Timeline
In the beginning of development of WoW Forever, the plan was to keep all the story in-line with the timeline of Retail. When they started exploring what stories they actually wanted to tell, they quickly realized that would box them in too much.
One example was the Ashbringer storyline from Season of Discovery. It feasibly fit in the continuity of WoW’s known history, but still deviated from the canon. To be able to create stories that are even more exploratory of Warcraft characters, they decided to separate the timelines completely.
Vol’jin Will Have His Own Story
When developing the story for the Skyborne, there is a moment where players go to speak with their faction leaders. When Aggrend went to put a gossip text on Vol’jin, he realized that there was no story in Vanilla WoW that involved the Troll leader. So he made a promise to himself to give him a story in Forever.
Playable Ogres Teased
When speaking about the story in the Riverglades, they talked about how Horde players help out a clan of Ogres, and Aggrend said this:
| “It’s always good when the Horde makes new allies, like Ogres. You know, that’s cool. It’s always cool to have Ogre allies, right?” |
Although it’s not fully announced, this is a very clear tease that playable Ogres might come to the Horde in WoW Forever.
