Pandaria is a land of wonder and adventure, and the inhabitants of its mystic shores resemble their home. The "Tales of Pandaria" short story series paints a vivid portrait of the island shrouded in mist: its heroes and villains, sacred orders and "ordinary" folk. You can download the entire series—along with artwork for each story—for free, or read these epic tales in your browser.

Warcraft has many more sagas of strife and triumph to come, but, before you charge onto brutal Draenor, step through the fog of a continent hidden for ages, and listen to the Tales of Pandaria.

The Trial of the Red Blossoms
by Cameron Dayton
Every seven seasons, the trees within the Shado-pan Monastery bloom crimson. For one young pandaren thief, the Trial of the Red Blossoms is a punishment for his crimes, a stay of execution, and a chance at redemption.

Bleeding Sun
by Matt Burns
Visions of peace led the tauren Sunwalker Dezco to the legendary Vale of Eternal Blossoms. Now, as war threatens this enchanted land, will he sacrifice one of his own beloved children to restore hope in the vale?

The Blank Scroll
by Gavin Jurgens-Fyhrie
The Warchief has ordered his loyal subjects to search Pandaria for anything that might bring power to the Horde. Two goblins think they’ll earn a hefty reward for what they found on the north coast… but in order to crack open an old vault, they’ll need the help of a lorewalker.

Death From Above
by Robert Brooks
Every century, the mantid swarm the Serpent's Spine. Most die. Some live. Only a rare few become legends. During the height of the mogu empire, one mantid struck fear in the hearts of slaves and taskmasters alike: "Wind-Reaver."

The Strength of Steel
by Raphael Ahad
When an orc finds the training grounds of the Order of the Cloud Serpent in Pandaria, he sees a chance to achieve greatness, to join his Dragonmaw brethren in the sky and reclaim their ferocious wartime heritage for the Horde. But the ways of the Order are not the ways of the Dragonmaw… which will prevail?

Over Water
by Ryan Quinn
A veteran Alliance soldier is rescued from the ocean (and certain death) by a group of pandaren, but quickly realizes that he's fallen in with a group of Anglers. Between their obsession with hunting big fish and their fascination with even bigger tall tales, the soldier is in for quite a ride.

The Untamed Valley
by Robert Brooks
Two Alliance heroes are transporting a war criminal across Pandaria, unaware that a pack of Hellscream's loyalists are following their trail. A battle is shaping up in the Valley of the Four Winds… and the Tillers who have cared for the land for generations have no intentions of sitting it out.

The Jade Hunters
by Matt Burns
Three dwarven masons from different clans must put aside their differences and travel to Pandaria on an assignment given to them by the Council of the Three Hammers. Will they find what they seek and learn to work together, or will the animosity between their clans doom them to failure?

Listen to the Tales of Pandaria