The Prelude to WoW: What Came Before

The guys at OGaming have published an article entitled “The Prelude to WoW: What Came Before”, in which they summarize the storyline contained in Warcraft III and its expansion up to the beginning of World of Warcraft. Take a look:

The Runeblade is encased in a solid block of ice on an ornate pedestal in the center of an echoing chamber. But this is not what catches Arthas’ eye. In front of the pedestal are three enormous Guardians, appearing to float above the ground, holding great dark maces and shields with burning skull emblems on them. Their long bodies seem stretched out, and their frozen crowns and burning eyes stare in contempt. With fire in his eyes Arthas charges the Guardians. Not suspecting such viciousness from a human, the Guardians are taken by surprise and quickly dispatched by the maniacal Prince. With its last breath, the final Guardian tells Arthas it was not trying to protect the Runeblade from the Prince and his men. It was doing the opposite protecting them from the Runeblade. Arthas shrugs off the warning and enters the chamber with Muradin. Before Arthas can take the sword, Muradin runs ahead and reads the seal at the pedestal. Its incantation reads: ‘˜With great power to rend flesh comes the sacrifice of a broken spirit’. Muradin then sighs in disappointment. (It’s no use Arthas, the blade is cursed. I should have known!)