World of Warcraft: Exploring Azeroth - The Eastern Kingdoms
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- Create Date：2021-03-14 03:19:48
- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Christie Golden
- ISBN：1789095719
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Summary
For over a quarter of a century， players of Warcraft and World of Warcraft have been treated to a treasure trove of artifacts， gear， weaponry， and trinkets of both awe and amusement。 Now players can get an in-depth look at the items they have collected…and some they might not have just yet。 With exquisite art and a framing story involving the no-nonsense Matthias Shaw and high-spirited Captain Flynn Fairwind， this book covers the continent of the Eastern Kingdom， from Stormwind to Stranglethorn， plaguelands to palaces， and all the lands in between。
Reviews
Brooke
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This book was beautifully illustrated， entertainingly written， and overall a great review of the lore of WoW told from a different perspective with even a few tidbits of new lore squirreled in there。 While not as meticulously detailed as the WoW lore volumes， I found it much more fun to read something not quite so dense。 Here's hoping we get more Exploring Azeroth books， I would love to see them done for every landmass/expansion！ This book was beautifully illustrated， entertainingly written， and overall a great review of the lore of WoW told from a different perspective with even a few tidbits of new lore squirreled in there。 While not as meticulously detailed as the WoW lore volumes， I found it much more fun to read something not quite so dense。 Here's hoping we get more Exploring Azeroth books， I would love to see them done for every landmass/expansion！ 。。。more
Timothy Pitkin
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This book looks amazing， I love the way it looks， the illustrations look great and it love how they added extra details to make the book look like journal。 I love these types of books and I do like the contents as well as we do get some more insight to past areas of the games within the context of the present like seeing the characters learning details that may not be common knowledge within the game but is common for players。 Also love the few jabs at the game like making a joke about seeing a This book looks amazing， I love the way it looks， the illustrations look great and it love how they added extra details to make the book look like journal。 I love these types of books and I do like the contents as well as we do get some more insight to past areas of the games within the context of the present like seeing the characters learning details that may not be common knowledge within the game but is common for players。 Also love the few jabs at the game like making a joke about seeing a number of people wearing what is logically supposed to be a unique item from the game。 While nothing to ground breaking in terms of new lore as most of it has been covered in other books or just in game but I think there may have been a few hints at future lore for the game。 。。。more
James
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I consider myself a voracious fan of Warcraft lore。 I have a huge shelf full of Warcraft books and collector's stuff。 In fact， the story is what keeps me playing the game， even though I have many contentions with how it actually functions。 Also， as someone who has played since Vanilla， I look back very fondly on the old world and all the little elements it contains。 Thusly， I was excited to read Exploring Azeroth and take a journey down memory lane。Unfortunately my experience wasn't as good as m I consider myself a voracious fan of Warcraft lore。 I have a huge shelf full of Warcraft books and collector's stuff。 In fact， the story is what keeps me playing the game， even though I have many contentions with how it actually functions。 Also， as someone who has played since Vanilla， I look back very fondly on the old world and all the little elements it contains。 Thusly， I was excited to read Exploring Azeroth and take a journey down memory lane。Unfortunately my experience wasn't as good as many readers apparently had， which actually makes me feel a bit guilty。 The book itself took me about an hour to read， which at 120-ish pages， is ultra fast。 Some of that is due to the extensive use of artwork （which is quite good）， but it's also due to lack of content。 The book does a competent job of briefly summarizing the major highlights of every zone while working in some details and items a person might experience or find， but it lacks a compelling story， and I didn't find many details I wasn't already aware of。 There were often large chunks of blank pages， and with an already large font， it didn't seem as if they tried very hard to add emotional elements， especially when considering it was written by an author I normally enjoy for that very reason。The book itself is written as if Shaw and Fairwind have been tasked with traveling the Eastern Kingdoms， "Lewis and Clark" style， as a pair of emissaries。 One is very methodical， the other free-flowing and spontaneous。 One writes orderly reports， the other scribbles all over them。 They're a team， and they work so well together for all the wrong reasons。 And when I think about that concept， it sounds absolutely fantastic。 That being said， Shaw doesn't go into the 'deep secretive detail' I would expect from a spy， and Fairwind's strange， ALL-CAPS， often-sideways writing really made his character feel bizarre and almost too aggressive （The first word that popped into my mind was psychopathic）。If you're a person who hasn't experienced much of the story behind the Eastern Kingdoms， I think you'll find a compelling， albeit short， book which will encourage you to go back and find those little adventures yourself。 If I were that person， I'd probably give this four stars。 However， as a person who has already experienced that and remembers it fondly， I do feel as if they could have tried harder to create a more adventurous story line with actual experiences at each POI。These two characters have started a same-sex relationship together， which is a new concept in WoW， and its clear this book did want to point that out in little ways。 It could have benefited greatly by telling their story while also describing the adventures they had traveling through the important locations within their narrative。 Simply reducing the font to a normal size would have made far more than enough room to do so， as it already had ample wasted space。Overall， its not bad， but it certainly could have been a lot better。 。。。more
EJ Graham
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Now I will admit if you're not already deeply into Warcraft lore you will probably struggle to appreciate it， but if you play WoW this is a combination of fun little insights into this part of the game world， some little Easter Eggs scattered throughout and the genuinely funny at times commentary from Flynn。I can't lie， I was reading his footnotes in his voice pretty much every time。I don't know if more are planned， but I'll definitely read them if they are released。 Now I will admit if you're not already deeply into Warcraft lore you will probably struggle to appreciate it， but if you play WoW this is a combination of fun little insights into this part of the game world， some little Easter Eggs scattered throughout and the genuinely funny at times commentary from Flynn。I can't lie， I was reading his footnotes in his voice pretty much every time。I don't know if more are planned， but I'll definitely read them if they are released。 。。。more
Guido Arguedas
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Fue fenomenal para saber el actual estado de todas las regiones en Azeroth
lyn straine
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a slim but charming tome; the design & illustrations are really nice and i do like this a lot simply as a physical product。 content-wise there's not a lot of new or really interesting information， but it's fun to see certain classic items and locations as described through an in-character lens。 flynn's notes were cute and not too twee or overwhelming， and there are several quick but direct references to the fact that these two are in a committed romantic relationship， so that's nicenoticed the a a slim but charming tome; the design & illustrations are really nice and i do like this a lot simply as a physical product。 content-wise there's not a lot of new or really interesting information， but it's fun to see certain classic items and locations as described through an in-character lens。 flynn's notes were cute and not too twee or overwhelming， and there are several quick but direct references to the fact that these two are in a committed romantic relationship， so that's nicenoticed the adventure zone shoutout too ;） 。。。more
Deimos
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A nice little lore book told from the perspective of two characters traveling throughout the Eastern Kingdoms。 Not much was new information， but the illustrations were nice and I mostly just wanted it to add to the collection。 Easy to get through in one sitting。
Richard Shank
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