Have you ever wondered who that raid boss you just killed was, how all those Hordes are different, or why Khadgar can't keep a portal closed? Well wonder no more, because in this episode I'm explaining the entire history of Azeroth!
This is a video I've been planning for over a year and after a month of work I'm incredibly proud of the result. Enjoy!
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CREDITS:
All writing, editing, and recording was done by me.
Cinematics, models, and the artistic depictions of Sargeras and the Burning Legion are made by Blizzard Entertainment.
The depictions of the Titan Azeroth and the Alliance of Lordaeron were graciously provided by Hipnosworld on Deviantart (www.deviantart.com/hipnosworld).
In game models were isolated using the Narcissus addon or the Wowhead model viewer.
My site: HiddenAzeroth.com
Twitter: twitter.com/HiddenAzeroth
Patreon: patreon.com/HiddenAzeroth
And as always, thanks for watching!
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Ordering of Azeroth
0:40 The Burning Legion
1:09 Fall of Argus
1:46 Zandalari Empire
2:07 Kaldorei Empire
2:20 The War of the Ancients
3:14 The Sundering
3:42 Rise of Humans
4:24 Aegwynn and the Dragon Hunt
4:56 Azeroth Before the First War/Creation of the Horde
6:33 The First War
7:08 The Second War
8:17 Azeroth After The Second War
8:42 Destruction of Draenor
9:29 Creation of the Lich King
9:43 Formation of the Horde (the big one)
10:00 The Scourge of Lordaeron
10:13 The Third War
12:34 The Frozen Throne
13:40 Azeroth Before World of Warcraft
14:14 World of Warcraft
14:54 The Burning Crusade
15:44 Wrath of the Lich King
17:08 The Cataclysm
18:09 Mists of Pandaria
19:02 Warlords of Draenor
20:25 Legion
21:43 Battle for Azeroth
22:42 Buildup to Shadowlands
22:53 Ending
If the audio is too fast, I recommend setting the custom speed to 0.9, it slows me down a bit without making me sound drunk like 0.75 does. Enjoy!
This is by far the best explination i've seen, amazing and funny video 👌🏻
If you're watching this the first time, and if you're only familiar with the stories of Warcraft 1, 2, and 3, like myself, a 0.5 speed will be perfectly fine. Sorry for making you sound so funny. :D
your still slurring your words!
Slowing it down isn't helping. You need to actually open your mouth and articulate the words not just skim them.
I challenge you to repeat this story using all the same words in half the time :)
Seeing it all like that...that's a large pile of depressingly bad writing with a ton of hype and extremely drawn out stakes. Man, writing for games is hard. You're told to sell a game to as large a crowd as possible and inevitably end up with plot points that belong in a tabloid mag.
Ummmm....what, I'm so confused
Wait but we know now that the Jailer made the Helm of Domination and Frostmourne... Well not him himself but like he was the one who had the plans to make it... So how does this affect what we know about Ner'zhul being the helm?
20:48 “Anduin is now high king of the Alliance and also kind of hot!” Lmfao that was great
Nice! couldn't understand a thing due to your blazing speed. Glad that I already know some lore.
Ain't no way you talked that fast for 20 mins without catching a deep breath
New cool Horde with their secret ingredient of Racism is just fucking America.
1:29 'race of sentient chandeliers' Lmao
This sounds an awful lot like scientology Hormone Monster: "Yeah, out of all o' them they got the closest."
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. (Psalms 34:18 [KJV]) - & - When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. (Mark 2:17 [KJV]) - & - For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. (Romans 10:13 [KJV])
Close enough!
This video must have taken years to make
And the they killed him... for real this time!!!
I love this video so much. Could maybe do a video where you explain the whole thing about Shadowlands? And you know what plotholes it filled for example why sylvannas becomes the warchief etc?
holy shit this is absolutely incredible !!! @.@
its a shame most of the lich king stuff was retconned lol.
God, this is amazing. Watched several of these from others and didn't understand sh**. The little animations make a world of a difference.
"So both factions begin to recruit new soldiers from among their citizens to depopulate the local wildlife." 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Dude, that portion of the story where it is essentially the plot of the warcraft movie is way more interesting than what they showed. That whole thing where the orc woman killed the king against her will etc, I dont know, I just feel they could have done better.
Speed: 0.75
way too fast...
C-could you repeat that?
Damn, this was amazing! Thank you so much! Now all of it makes a lot more sense. Also really funny!
As someone who just recently got into WoW I appreciate this video and see the Warcraft universe in a different light - kinda deep, 25 years of history (if you count the initial ideas of Morhaime and his crew it might even be older than that) and it's still evolving and not at its end. The initial stages seem more coherent, later on it gets really messy and difficult to grasp (not a big fan of time travel medium to convey a plot amongst other tbh). I highly recommend to watch this video on 0.75x speed, made it way more bearable and understandable to me (not a big fan of speaking too fast, would rather have a 35 minute video than listen to this, hence the play-back speed feature came in super handy on that one and turned a rather unlikeable video into a very likeable one)
Fantasy Utah, holy fuck. XD
Cool Dan
this is the one origen tale that the titans and gods are reversed lmao
9:32 is this still accurate..? I thought we found out that the Jailer made the sword and helm.
lol "so edgy and cool"
This answered so many question yet made so many more. I swear the story team at blizz must get drunk and throw darts at a wall covered in random words and make up a story for that.
hey check out this streamer he has pretty good content and plays several games: twitch.tv/d1ne
*Confused Screaming*
Thank you lol I been trying to piece my life as if I'm a real tauren paldian in this world of warcraft.
wow
Man this more complicsted than lord of the rings
lmao "Cool Dan" instead of Gul' Dan (Subtitles at the end)
so basicly when irl human kill themself its just to kick the ass of irl silvanas ? understandable
ok we need to turn the video from "for some reason Vol'jin makes Sylvanas warchief" to "Vol'jin makes Sylvanas warchief because some monkey god told him to"
Lamo Shadowlands already reckoned half of this fml
That was awesome, very long story in the most entertaining way possible
Man I cant wait to beat up the grim reaper tho
I just watched this whole thing and I still don't get the full history of this game. It's just as confusing as the Kingdom Hearts game!
All this is taught me is to not eat grain
at this point you gotta call it lore of warcraft 1 2 and 3 + WOW cuz it's like more than half the vid.
yeah, this needed at the very least a second part. Its more silly than it is informative because youre always on the verge of choking on your own saliva.
Me, after 23 full minutes: .....I'm still confused lmao
how many times did you actually try to record thins video?
Wait, what?
All the people surprised that World of Warcraft begins at almost the 15 minute mark are all the people that didn't know that there were 3 Warcraft games made before World of Warcraft...
Amazing work!! thank you for this!!
what
bruh....
Elves are trolls ? 😂😂😂
So the Argus section is basically Final Fantasy IX
For the alliance!
.......You know what? Fuck it. I'll stick with Dunkey's video on Metal Gear Solid.
Gilneas is a furry convention, haha
Fuck. Sakes. LMFAO that is all.
We need this as a quest. I would come back if i could play the story like this.
What if... he recorded the audio in one take?
I cant wait getting an update on this with Shadowlands lore 😃
My favorite Part is when Illidan Disenchants Gul'dan lmao
I think my brain just melted
this really explains alot in my eyes, i wish i could reply all of it from start to finish
FANTASY UTAH-
I lost it at the Lich King alarm clock
Wonderfully done! Thank you so much
Who else slowed the video in the first minute? :_D Anyway good vid
you talk too fast
Muhahaa ! So good ! Big Like and Big LOL :D
Lol I shouldn’t have to play a video on slower speeds... make a slower video or I’m not watching it!!!
garona is not an orc she’s a half orc smh
WOW!
HuH?
This was an absolutely amazing video, I give it 10/5. Thank you Hidden Azeroth you got a subscribe and like from me!
Archimonde's one weakness: *Dead Elf Grandpas*
after all the epic havoc that guldan had done for 4ish minutes of vid content - "Illidan disenchants Guldan" he dies in 1 second love it
best video ever
Will you do an update for shadowlands?
I'm so far behind in the game it makes me depressed lol...
What does this have to do with collecting 15 wolf meat?
Is it intentionally that this womanish orc looks like fiona from shrek? Xd😁😁
thatwasfast
So much was retconned and changed in shadowlands, quite refreshing, and a lot makes sense in the new lore
Why does this have dislikes????This requires a lot of diction and knowledge!!!!!
shadowlands in 5 secs
Huh? I'm sorry I asked.
Remember Warcraft III? Just simple but epic story without most of this bullshit.
I AM MY SCAAAAAAAARS
why speaking so fast?
Dude after 16 years i got it all in 1 place and in 23 minuts :). I peed my pants loling. Wreally Great jobe!!! Love it!!!
UH WOW (no pun intended) Nicely Done!
this guy deserves a medal
Near the end. Wow what a twisted weird and exciting journey it has been.
Ooh so thats why the Icecrown and Frostmourne are so powerfull, Ner'zull is powering them.
There's so much to get through, I recommending watching on 2x speed
A pain to listen to, for a non native english speaker
"Varian gets disenchanted by Guldan" I literally split my drink
I’m 14 minutes in and now he says this is the beginning of world of Warcraft I’m perplexed