Warcraft Chronicle Volume 3: New Canon Info on Champions of Each Dungeon/Raid

Blizzard Posted 2018/03/27 at 3:27 PM by perculia

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Classic

Blackrock Depths: The Alliance tried to "save" Moira after her kidnapping by the Dark Iron dwarves, but she refuses to join them.

Molten Core - Both, led by Hydraxian Waterlords. Moira les out word that the Dark Iron Dwarves were forced to create a massive army for the Firelord. She also revealed that there were immense riches in the mountain, hoping that adventurous followers would assist her. She doesn't even mind if she has adventurers acting out of greed, which reminds us of players interested in a raid simply for loot who know little about the story! After Ragnaros died, Moira's popularity skyrocketed as she gained the loyalty of many dwarves grateful for their freedom.

Maraudon: The Horde, with the assistance of the Magram centaurs, ended the spreading corruption in Desolace and bloodlust among the centaurs.

Dire Maul: The Horde initially planned on scouring the Gordunni from Dire Maul, but also faced the Shen'dralar, a group of elves feeding off the demonic energy of Immol'thar.

Blackrock Spire: Moira once again sent out word about the happenings in Blackrock Mountain. She made sure the news that Dal'rend's Horde had joined the Black Dragonflight made its way to Orgrimmar.

Blackwing Lair: After the Horde overthrew Dal'rend, Nefarian retaliated but the Horde was victorious. Moira was concerned about Nefarian's motives to revitalize the Black Dragonflight. With Nefarian defeated, Azeroth thought the threat of the Black Dragonflight had been erased.

Wailing Caverns: The Horde rescued the druids trapped in the Wailing Caverns and cleanse the corruption.

Sunken Temple: The Alliance, answering the call of the Cenarion Circle, killed the Atal'ai adherents and tragically many green dragons driven mad by the corruption of the Nightmare.

Zul'Gurub: The Zandalari Trolls asked the Darkspear to convince the Horde to help them prevent the Atal'ai from summoning the Blood God Hakkar. While they did not stop Hakkar from being summoned, the Horde heroes poisoned themselves, which led to the defeat of Hakkar.

Thrall and Bolvar decide to work together to eradicate the threat of C'Thun. Varok Saurfang leads the Ahn'Qiraj War Campaign, and after the gates open, he organized a two-pronged attack. The Horde defeat Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj, the location of many qiraji, while the Alliance defeat Temple of Ahn'Qiraj, an exceptionally dangerous mission.

Naxxramas: The Alliance, led by the Argent Dawn and Bolvar Fordragon, end the Scourge's invasion. They do not destroy Naxxramas and Kel'Thuzad, but weaken it enough for a retreat.

Burning Crusade

The Shattered Halls: Defeating this dungeon was personal for the Horde, as the demonic orcs reminded the Horde of their past corruption.

Magtheridon's Lair: The Horde continued with their invasion of Hellfire Citadel, defeating the pit lord.

Serpentshrine Cavern: The Alliance, led by the Draenei eager to reconnect with their relatives in Zangarmarsh, came to Telredor and learned about the troubles caused by Lady Vashj draining the zone. They appear to be credited with defeating all dungeon and raid bosses in this zone, as well as liberating the enslaved Broken.

The Eye: The Horde lead the attack against Kael'thas, the former ruler of the Blood Elves. Initially loyal to Illidan, Kil'jaeden had lured Kael'thas away with the promise of learning more about fel magic. When the Horde found him in Tempest Keep, Kael'thas is consumed by fel magic and simply a pawn of the Legion.

Black Temple - Both the Alliance and Horde, along with the forces of Shattrath City, Maiev, and Akama, assaulted the Black Temple. This took place while Illidan's Demon Hunters are on Mardum, which is part of the Demon Hunter Starting Zone experience. Also, in his final moments we learn that Illidan thinks of Maiev, while in-game, he has a vision of Tyrande.

Zul'Aman: The Amani launched attacks on the Blood Elves, as most of Quel'Thalas's soldiers were busy on Outland. The Horde led an elite strike to defeat Zul'jin before the Amani attacks seriously began.

Both the Alliance and Horde fight on Quel'Danas. The Horde defeated Magisters' Terrace, in which they faced Kael'Thas a second time. He'd survived the assault on Tempest Keep, capturing M'uru and Anveena to repower the Sunwell to serve as a gateway for Kil'jaeden. The Alliance infiltrated Sunwell Plateau, driving Kil'jaeden back through his portal after the heroic sacrifice of Anveena. Velen then used the heart of M'uru to cleanse the Sunwell, transforming it into a font of holy magic which Lady Liadrin and the Blood Knights embraced.

Cho'gall loosened the prison bonds of Yogg-Saron during The Burning Crusade.

Malygos, attacked by the Nether Dragons, devoted himself to magic. He decided he must remove access to arcane magic to mortals.

Archbishop Benedictus, the leader of the Church of Holy Light, joined the Twilight Hammer. This sets up events in Cataclysm.

Onyxia: Varian, his personality split in half, returned to Stormwind as the Warrior spirit Lo'Gosh. He didn't recognize anyone or even remember his true identity, and his friends were also unable to recognize him due to a cloud of dark magic. However, Jaina Proudmoore sensed he was a familiar figure, and together with the help of Aegwynn, they revealed his identity. Lady Katrana Prestor then kidnaps Anduin and flees to Dustwallow Marsh, and Varian, still split between two personalities, is motivated by his love for Anduin on both sides to defeat Onyxia. Varian's split identity is made whole once again, although hecontinues to struggle with keeping his warrior spirit in check.

Wrath

The Alliance, led by Bolvar Fordragon, initially start the invasion of Northrend on Howling Fjord and later ally with the Frostborn dwarves. The Horde, led by Garrosh Hellscream, start the invasion of Northrend in Borean Tundra and later ally with the Taunka.

Naxxramas: This time around, Naxxramas is defeated by members of both the Alliance and the Horde and Kel'Thuzad's soul was lost in the Shadowlands.

The Eye of Eternity: After the Kirin Tor learns that Malygos is draining away Azeroth's arcane magic, they call upon both the Alliance and Horde for help. Both factions are initially hesitant as this battle would divert resources from the war against the Lich King, but eventually the Alliance, Horde, and Wyrmrest Accord defeat Malygos.

Bolvar Fordragon and Dranosh Saurfang work together at the Wrathgate, and are on the verge of achieving victory against the Lich King when Putress rained down lethal pleague onto the battlefield. Over 5000 Alliance soldiers and 4000 Horde soldiers were lost. In the subsequent Battle for the Undercity, the Horde take out Varimathras, while the Alliance take out Putress. Varian is about to declare war on Thrall when Jaina teleports the Alliance out.

Halls of Stone: The Alliance escorts Brann Bronzebeard into the Halls of Stone, defeating Sjonnir and ending mass-production of Yogg-Saron's iron army via the Forge of Wills.

Halls of Lightning: The Horde defeat the fallen champion Loken, who reveals that his death will herald the end of Azeroth.

Ulduar: Both the Alliance and Horde put aside their differences and join forces to adventure into Ulduar, led by the Explorer's League and Kirin Tor. While they were victorious against Yogg-Saron, Brann discovered that Loken's death triggered a fail-safe mechanism to eradicate Azeroth. Algalon was summoned to Ulduar, and completed his analysis, determining that the fail-safe protocol must continue and the Forge of Origination activated. In spite of this grim news, the heroes fought on and Algalon was ultimately moved by their resolve, allowing them to reverse the fail-safe protocol.

Trial of the Crusader: Concerned that a large army against the Lich King would result in many casualties and minions for the Lich King, Tirion Fordring decides that a small elite squad must infiltrate Icecrown Citadel. The Argent Tournament is a competition designed to pick the best possible champions for this job.

Icecrown Citadel: The assault on Icecrown Citadel, led by the champions of Azeroth, Argent Crusade, and Knights of the Ebon Blade, was successful with a heavy price. Without a Lich King to control them, the Scourge would run rampant across the world. Bolvar Fordragon, tortured by the Lich King, could never rejoin the world of the living and so decided to become the next Lich King. The Horde leaders also faced a rough aftermath--Saurfang retreated from leadership to mourn the death of his son while Sylvanas tried to commit suicide, flinging herself off Icecrown Citadel and brought back to life through a partnership with the Val'kyr.

Cataclysm

Throne of the Four Winds: Both the Alliance and the Horde, led by the Earthen Ring, take down Al'Akir.

Grim Batol: The Alliance, assisted by the Red Dragonflight, freed Grim Batol from the Twilight Hammer.

The Bastion of Twilight: The Horde, assisted by the legendary assassin Garona, struck at the Twilight Hammer's seat of power, Bastion of Twilight, and defeated their leader Cho'gall.

Zul'Aman and Zul'Gurub: Vol'jin united the Alliance and Horde to end the Zandalari's warmongering plans.

Firelands: Both forces, led by the Cenarion Circle, carved out a stronghold known as the Molten Front and defeated Ragnaros the Firelord.

End Time: The Horde help Nozdormu defeat the infinite dragonflight, including a twisted version of himself--Murozond. Freeing the timeways allowed Nozdormu to acquire the Dragon Soul artifact.

Well of Eternity: The Alliance help Nozdormu retrieve the Dragon Soul from the past. This allowed the Dragon Aspects to infuse the artifact with their combined powers at Wyrmrest Temple.

Dragon Soul: The Alliance, Horde, and dragonflights rallied together to defeat Deathwing, infused with the power of N'Zoth. The Dragon Aspects sacrificed their energy to empower the Dragon Soul, and so passed on the responsibility of protecting Azeroth to the Alliance and Horde. However, the old wounds between the factions continued to fester, and instead of turning to peace, the factions turn on each other.

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Comment by DraccyThese are just quick summaries and not the full details of the raids and dungeons in the Volume, right?Comment by TehLucarioThese are just quick summaries and not the full details of the raids and dungeons in the Volume, right?Comment by TehLucarioSome quick theories for Chronicle 4;
MoP dungeons; Hard to say. But while I would like to paint the horde as screwing over the land with the Alliance there to fix their mess (partial bias, but god damn it Garrosh), that's highly unlikely. I would say they're evened out. I'll at least give the Horde my favorite dungeon, Stormstout. Given Chen's history with the Horde, seems fair.

MoP Starting raids; hard to say, but one faction probably did Vaults while the other did both Heart of Fear and followed immediately to Terrace.

ToT; Alliance did LFR wings 1 and 4 (dealing with the Zandalari and taking out Lei Shen), Horde did LFR wings 2 and 3 (Caves and Sewers)

Before anyone gets up in arms, this is mostly based on quest context; Horde did steel blood golem tech for Silvermoon and Jaina asks Alliance to infuse a staff with Lei'shen's powers.

Siege; Alliance does wing 1, Horde wing 2, both finish raid.

Both sides of leaders would have been at siege, so Garrosh had to be cooperation. Would make sense for the Horde to start the invasion ASAP to reclaim Org while the Alliance deals with the fallout in the Vale.

Highmaul; Horde. Closer to them, plus seems more fitting. For balance, giving BRF to Alliance.

HFC was both. No question.

All of Legion was both. This is because the focus was shifted away from factions to classes, so they would be the champions of Azeroth with the Artifacts fighting through these Raids and Dungeons.Comment by TehLucarioWhoever said champions are cannon needs to be fired. We champions have done nothing but bad to the world. Perc, we champions are cowards, idiots, and crybabies - we've done more bad to the word than good. WE ARE NOT HEROES!Comment by JoshmaulEhhhhh, I'm kinda on the fence here. When the word came out that Varian was getting the credit for offing Onyxia - by this point, it was Wrath of the Lich King - my thought was, "The hell you say. We did all the damn work while he was used for the entertainment of bloodthirsty freaks."Comment by TehLucarioEhhhhh, I'm kinda on the fence here. When the word came out that Varian was getting the credit for offing Onyxia - by this point, it was Wrath of the Lich King - my thought was, "The hell you say. We did all the damn work while he was used for the entertainment of bloodthirsty freaks."Comment by ErindeirI have a lot of rp characters with long biography related with three wars and dungeons... and when Blizzard changing story like that... MY ASS IS BURNIN'!1Comment by Rexnoct2000How is it that the horde seems to have taken out most of the threats in vanilla and tbc? Like BRS and BWL should be alliance bc it seems like it'd be something the alliance would be able to do. Why not say alliance defeat Ragnaros too bc they were literally right there at MC while clearing BRD anyhow. At these we took out probably the most difficult raids ever: SW, Naxx 40, and C'thun.Comment by Rexnoct2000Some quick theories for Chronicle 4;
MoP dungeons; Hard to say. But while I would like to paint the horde as screwing over the land with the Alliance there to fix their mess (partial bias, but god damn it Garrosh), that's highly unlikely. I would say they're evened out. I'll at least give the Horde my favorite dungeon, Stormstout. Given Chen's history with the Horde, seems fair.

MoP Starting raids; hard to say, but one faction probably did Vaults while the other did both Heart of Fear and followed immediately to Terrace.

ToT; Alliance did LFR wings 1 and 4 (dealing with the Zandalari and taking out Lei Shen), Horde did LFR wings 2 and 3 (Caves and Sewers)

Before anyone gets up in arms, this is mostly based on quest context; Horde did steel blood golem tech for Silvermoon and Jaina asks Alliance to infuse a staff with Lei'shen's powers.

Siege; Alliance does wing 1, Horde wing 2, both finish raid.

Both sides of leaders would have been at siege, so Garrosh had to be cooperation. Would make sense for the Horde to start the invasion ASAP to reclaim Org while the Alliance deals with the fallout in the Vale.

Highmaul; Horde. Closer to them, plus seems more fitting. For balance, giving BRF to Alliance.

HFC was both. No question.

All of Legion was both. This is because the focus was shifted away from factions to classes, so they would be the champions of Azeroth with the Artifacts fighting through these Raids and Dungeons.Comment by RankkorEven as I am a horde to the core player, I'm not very happy with blizzard doing this.

On the one hand, as these comments demonstrate, no matter how they split the raids, SOMEONE is going to be unhappy. Several someones apparently.

And on another, it really does interfere with head cannon in how events happened. I have a lot of fond memories of clearing grim batol on my orc shaman, as atonement for the many transgressions of the old horde, and as a personal favor to the red dragonflight as part of that atonement.

That little story is suddenly no longer canon. And that's just one example among many.

I really wish they'd leave this one be. I'm pretty afraid of how they'll nullify more of my adventures in the remaining expansionsComment by BlahblahwhateverGood to hear that the Taunka and the Frostborn Dwarves are now CANON allies of the Horde and Alliance. This doesn't confirm any Allied Race news, but I am happy to know that this leaves the door open for it down the line.Comment by DarknessvampThis part sticks out as a little strange to me:

End Time: The Horde help Nozdormu defeat the infinite dragonflight, including a twisted version of himself--Murozond. Freeing the timeways allowed Nozdormu to acquire the Dragon Soul artifact.
Well of Eternity: The Alliance help Nozdormu retrieve the Dragon Soul from the past. This allowed the Dragon Aspects to infuse the artifact with their combined powers at Wyrmrest Temple.Comment by mathiaslindbergThe picture of Varian is terribleComment by sabbottWhich is why we're all the respective leaders of our classes? They've even said that mythic raids are the actual canon of the world.Comment by musicallittle1The picture of Varian is terribleComment by Hoploweinitially i was iffy on the sunwell being an alliance victory, but that makes lor'themar briefly speaking with varian about rejoining the alliance back in mop make a bit more sense.Comment by TombsvThanks for this. The r/wow post is full of errors. For example he stated that C'thun were dead when the book said defeated.Comment by Paladinmaster44Hell of a lot of Horde occurrences while few Alliance...Comment by NulgarI have a lot of rp characters with long biography related with three wars and dungeons... and when Blizzard changing story like that... MY ASS IS BURNIN'!1And on another, it really does interfere with head cannon in how events happened.Comment by tupolew519interesting.

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