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Who are the Lorewalkers (and why do they know so much)?
Episode 372
With the new Lorewalking feature, it has some of us curious about the Lorewalkers. What is their history in the game, and why exactly do they know so much? A listener asked us just that -- somewhat s…
Published on 5 days, 23 hours ago
Faerin Lothar and the Arathi legacy
Episode 371
This week Lore Watch takes a deep dive into the character of Faerin Lothar, based on the recent short story "Faith and Flame," as well as the release of patch 11.1.7, which sends us questing back int…
Published on 1 week, 5 days ago
Our Lorewalking wish list
Episode 370
The new Lorewalking feature in World of Warcraft is one we can use to explore more moments from the game we haven't seen, or explore the ones we have seen more in-depth. A listener wrote in and asked…
Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago
Lorewalking: what to expect from this upcoming feature
Episode 369
Who would have thought that the hosts of the Lore Watch Podcast would be excited to talk about the new Lorewalking feature coming to World of Warcraft? The episode goes through the scenarios in detai…
Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago
The War Within: The story so far
Episode 368
If in between hauling Brann's sorry carcass through another delve and racing around in your car in Undermine you haven't been paying close attention to the story of The War Within, we've got your bac…
Published on 1 month ago
How we'd make Azeroth into a D&D campaign
Episode 367
This week's Lore Watch is based on a listener question, which mashes together two of Joe and Matt's favorite topics: Azeroth and Dungeons and Dragons. Specifically, this episode goes through doing ju…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
The evolution of Dragons (and other fantasy creatures)
Episode 366
On this week's Lore Watch Podcast, Joe and Matt are joined again by our writer Eric O'Dea, and they continue to explore how the telling and re-telling of stories about creatures in folklore has evolv…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Kobolds and the real life origins of in-game creatures
Episode 365
While they are unassuming little creatures, their presence in fantasy lore ranges all the way from traditional folklore all the way into modern day Dungeons and Dragons and World of Warcraft. With th…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Gallywix is only mostly dead, and other listener questions
Episode 364
This week, Joe and Matt take to the mailbag to answer your questions, which are as varied as you are. First, since WoW has a tendency to bring back characters from the dead, and we just quote-unquote…
Published on 2 months ago
Xal'atath, the Void, and the dawn of Azeroth's creation
Episode 363
This week's episode was inspired by a question from a listener, about where the story is going from here as we make our way toward the next expansion of World of Warcraft, Midnight. We veer right int…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago