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The episode discusses the history and politics of dragons in World of Warcraft, including their origins and current relations between factions.

Joe, Matt, and Eric sat down this week to discuss the dragons of  World of Warcraft , starting with their origins as proto-dragons, and all the way up through more modern politics. With many thanks for the great questions, we start off with proto-dragons: why do they call themselves that? Seems like they might call themselves "dragons" and come up with something new for those long-armed fellows. But then, this leads into the next question, because the past of the proto-dragons was described largely with Malygos as the narrator. This was written by Richard Knaak, so there's a lengthy bit of discussion on his turn at the writer's desk. But then, Alexstrasza winds up being the leader of the Dragonflights. So, what happened there? Then, speaking of diplomacy and jockeying for power, how are Lordaeron and Gilneas doing now? Calia is on the new Forsaken council, and Genn has sort of retired and let Tess lead the way, so how are the relations there going to shake out as we move forward into the future? If you want even more background story, we also have  a guide to every  Warcraft  book in chronological order  (for those of you who prefer reading that way). If…

People in this episode

Hosts: Joe, Matt, Eric

Topics covered

• dragons
• World of Warcraft
• proto-dragons
• politics
• Lordaeron
• Gilneas

Keywords

• Malygos
• Alexstrasza
• Calia
• Genn
• Tess

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Products: Warcraft books

Books & works: World of Warcraft

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