Rested XP (10/30/23): BlizzCon, Speculation, and Tall Dwarves

The World of Warcraft novel War Crimes put everyone's favorite mass murderer Garrosh Hellscream up in the trial of the century, but was Garrosh right? No. No he wasn't. However, it's impossible to ignore the real world influences of the WoW trial of the century, nor can we any further ignore that fans don't get to choose if their fiction is political. Join Will Harrison as he looks at the real world influences of War Crimes, nazi Germany, and how the real world affects the lore of World of Warcraft in this return podcast. FIND EOA ON BLUESKY:https://bsky.app/profile/essenceofazeroth.comFIND ESSENCE OF AZEROTH ON PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/c/essenceofazerothMUSIC CREDITS:Music provided by Chillhop MusicSpirit of Naima, Psalm Trees, ALEXANDER - Autumn Turned Winterhttps://chll.to/06c93bf9Broadcast info:Composer: Ievgen PoltavskyiBMI IPI Number: 01033060323Music provided by Chillhop MusicWard Wills - rannihttps://chll.to/007c1b5fMusic provided by Chillhop MusicLeavv - Satinhttps://chll.to/a93932c3

When is player housing coming to World of Warcraft? This past week's Warcraft Direct not only celebrated the 30th anniversary of the IP but gave a look at the future of the MMORPG. Join Will as he talks it over, discusses his lack of interest in WoW Classic, and waxes poetic about punching goblins. Find Will over on BlueSky here

The season finale for The Burning Crusade appears and Will Harrison returns with all the World of Warcraft lore you could want, this time talking about the Sunwell Plateau, the Sunwell Offensive, and how a character only found in a manga suddenly became the most important lore figure ever... At least for a few minutes. Oh, and Kalecgos is a sad boy. ESSENCE OF AZEROTH ON TWITTER: @AzerothPodcast ON YOUTUBE Essence of Azeroth On YT ESSENCE OF AZEROTH PATREON Give Me Money I Give You Lore

Join Will for the first episode of 2024, as he delves into the depth of the Gnomish capital to ask the question: Why did everyone forget about the Gnomes of World of Warcraft?

Join Will on this holiday-tinged episode as he reads a story from the 'Fairy Tales of Azeroth' hardcover book collection and prepares to return to work in January.

Will returns, giving an update on the next episode while also talking about the WoW Classic Season of Discovery and the two new Alliance capital cities coming in the next retail patch. So many cities.

BlizzCon is over but that doesn't mean the World of Warcraft news stops there! Join Will this week as he talks about the 10.2 Emerald Dream patch, the upcoming Amirdrassil raid release, and a raid training minigame called Pineapplassil that you won't want to miss.

Join Will as he talks about the day that was in BlizzCon 2023 announcements, with three new World of Warcraft expansions coming via the WorldSoul Saga and how we're heading deep, deep underground.

The Forsaken episode is out and Will is back with yet another dose of WoW news for your week. He's talking about BlizzCon 2023 speculation, rumors of the next WoW expansion, and why Heroes of the Storm isn't dead yet. ⁠PATREON: www.patreon.com/essenceofazeroth

Join Will this week as he details the history of the Forsaken race in World of Warcraft lore, including their origins and current state in the game. Also, we'll try not to mention Sylvanas too much, we promise. New KPR segment with Leeman Kessler (@MayorLoveCraft on TikTok) asks the question: What if Frasier Crane was a zombie?