I admit, I am one of those who knew nothing of Warcraft before playing WoW. Frozen Throne, Reign of Chaos … I was clueless. My knowledge of the Warcraft universe and its lore was weak. I had considered buying Warcraft III and playing it through to gain a better understanding. However, that seemed too timely a venture.
Thankfully, Phlare posted on Warcraft Movies all the cut scenes from Reign of Chaos, and its expansion, the Frozen Throne, giving us a background of what had been going on in Azeroth, and setting up WoW. In total there is about four hours of movies. Parts 1-5 are from Reign of Chaos, and 6-9 are Frozen Throne. I recommend downloading them and watching as it is next to impossible to read most of the text on the streamed versions.
- Part 1: [Stream] [Download]
- Part 2: [Stream] [Download]
- Part 3: [Stream] [Download]
- Part 4: [Stream] [Download]
- Part 5: [Stream] [Download]
- Part 6: [Stream] [Download]
- Part 7: [Stream] [Download]
- Part 8: [Stream] [Download]
- Part 9, Act 1: [Stream] [Download]
- Part 9, Act 2: [Stream] [Download]
- Part 9, Act 3: [Stream] [Download]
These movies have many lore elements in them that will come into play in Wrath of the Lich King, including burning of Stratholme (which will be a CoT instance) and how Prince Arthas became the Lich King.
interesting post, will come back here, bookmarked your site
Kudos from one braniac to another. :)