Lore Tidbits from the Dragonflight Collector's Edition Art Book

Live Posted 2022/11/13 at 8:00 AM by DiscordianKitty

Ysera and Wrathion HintsClarification on the CentaurbecauseThe centaur of our current era are the result of a forbidden union between a keeper of the grove named Zaetar and the stone elemental Theradras. Yet many are unaweare this generation is but a rebirth of their ancient race.Life Pools = Azeroth's LifebloodThese pools of life are infused with the lifeblood of Azeroth, fed by a wellspring flowing beneath the titan temple of Tyrhold. It is in these pools where the red dragons once set their eggs--"life teaches life," as the Dragon Queen once said. The grand design of Tyrhold was second only to the natural splendor that flows beneath it, the nurturing wells of the Wellspring of Eternity. The foundations of this monumental facility channel the flow of the Wellspring through aqueducts connected to the Life Pools of the red dragonflight. From those pools, eggs of all flights are infused with the strength needed to one day protect Azeroth as Tyr had intended.lore books found in UldamanVery First Emerald Dream PortalThe Dream Portal here was the very first connection forged between the green dragons and the Emerald Dream, one that often influences life on the Azerothian side.Djaradin Were There FirstThough the Waking Shores may appear a wonder of nature, there are forces lying dormant here that require a watchful eye. When the land was reshaped by the black dragonflight, many of the magma-filled caves were inhabited by an overwhelming force of primordial elemental giants known as the djaradin. These hulking beings were fierce enemies of all dragonkind, yet they took particular delight in hunting the black dragonflight. Regardless of the countless numbers of djaradin, they were single-minded in their mission to claim our Broodlands as their own. Though our lands lie dormant, I know that our ancient enemies await our return, and the cycle of hatred is likely to continue anew. Dragons are to Protodragons as Drakonid are to TarasekWhere the dragonspawn were called into creation by our beloved Aspects, it was unlike the origins of the drakonid. When the Boodlands were young, a primordial reptilian race known as the tarasek thrived across the lands. These highly adaptive creatures soon rose as peerless hunters, once able to channel the elemental energies abundant throughout our home. The Aspects bestowed a great honor on these beings and elevated them into the ubiquitous drakonid of today. Much like the changes that took place across the millennia to follow, new methods with varying degrees of success were devised to recreate the drakonid of our flight...Dracthyr = Neltharion's Secret?Though Alexstrasza and the other Aspects disagreed, the Earth-Wader was said to have retreated to his citadel, determined to produce a military force capable of protecting the authority of the dragons.

Whether anything came of his experiments is unknown. Since no evidence was found of them, it would seem anything crafted by his hand took its place among the other mysteries lost to time.Dragonflight Legacies animated shorts

Comment by ScaryfoxI get them trying to explain away the new centaur. However, that still seems like a lazy retcon.Comment by bluebird91I get them trying to explain away the new centaur. However, that still seems like a lazy retcon.Comment by BozznaThose abs on the Tuskarr, damnComment by Pandaabear"Nozdormu also clearly knows about them as the Dragonflight Legacies animated shorts show him speaking with Scalecommander Emberthal - though we suppose he could have learned about her existence more recently."

I think that entire thing is played out after Dracthyr wakes up. Therefor after he is being seen talking to them in the Dracthyr intro questline. You can see dragons of all aspects flying to the Forbidden Reach and that most likely doesn't happen until after the events of the questline since you only see Black Dragons and Nozdormu in the intro questline.

So it's very possible he knew nothing about them until they woke up.Comment by Chaxton"Dragons are to Protodragons as Drakonid are to Tarasek"

Even more reason for us to have gotten Chad Drakonids instead of Dracthyr. This just saddens me even more.Comment by lovelywazThat Tuskar spent all their time catching fish by hands/arms and then eating that fish nonstop, all at the same time! 😮Comment by CarrionCarcassMerithra was done dirty so badly 😭😭😭Comment by NagasshHonestly half wish they'd just ignored the Centaur thing and hoped people would forget like with the Nerubian / Scourge / Maldraxxus architecture.

Having a bad in-lore explination feels worse than the writers just forgetting to double check old lore and leaving it as is.Comment by XexjiHonestly half wish they'd just ignored the Centaur thing and hoped people would forget like with the Nerubian / Scourge / Maldraxxus architecture.

Having a bad in-lore explination feels worse than the writers just forgetting to double check old lore and leaving it as is.Comment by ThomasDWellHonestly half wish they'd just ignored the Centaur thing and hoped people would forget like with the Nerubian / Scourge / Maldraxxus architecture.

Having a bad in-lore explination feels worse than the writers just forgetting to double check old lore and leaving it as is.Comment by UnowhatSo the Ruby Life Pools is where Dragons go to baptize their eggs.

Neat.Comment by NecroxisI just love the fact that Danuser is stuck on this mentality of looking at the old lore, let's say the Centaurs in this case, doing the exact same idea, and then going, "BUT CANONICALLY OUR THING CAME FIRST IN THE STORY" that he's done many times over already in the short time he's been writing Warcraft.

It's so weirdly childish. It's like something I'd remember a kid in 7th grade doing.Comment by JoeAlderFar be it from me to dislike the artbook because it's amazing, BUT. I miss the artists' commentary on what inspired them to do certain designs, how they went through several iterations until they settled for what we're seeing now, and such. You know, what an artbook usually includes. Putting lore in it is cool, but that makes it feel like this is a Collector's Edition exclusive 'Chronicles' tome.Comment by ReikkuZaddy Wrathion could 100% get these cheeks.Comment by danielcamara12I just love the fact that Danuser is stuck on this mentality of looking at the old lore, let's say the Centaurs in this case, doing the exact same idea, and then going, "BUT CANONICALLY OUR THING CAME FIRST IN THE STORY" that he's done many times over already in the short time he's been writing Warcraft.

It's so weirdly childish. It's like something I'd remember a kid in 7th grade doing.Comment by sunnirainZaetar's Grave is an area of Maraudon, Zaetar's Spirit can be found there after you kill Princess Theradras.Comment by StardriftHonestly half wish they'd just ignored the Centaur thing and hoped people would forget like with the Nerubian / Scourge / Maldraxxus architecture.

Having a bad in-lore explination feels worse than the writers just forgetting to double check old lore and leaving it as is.Comment by StardriftI just love the fact that Danuser is stuck on this mentality of looking at the old lore, let's say the Centaurs in this case, doing the exact same idea, and then going, "BUT CANONICALLY OUR THING CAME FIRST IN THE STORY" that he's done many times over already in the short time he's been writing Warcraft.

It's so weirdly childish. It's like something I'd remember a kid in 7th grade doing.Comment by StardriftI just love the fact that Danuser is stuck on this mentality of looking at the old lore, let's say the Centaurs in this case, doing the exact same idea, and then going, "BUT CANONICALLY OUR THING CAME FIRST IN THE STORY" that he's done many times over already in the short time he's been writing Warcraft.

It's so weirdly childish. It's like something I'd remember a kid in 7th grade doing.Comment by KaladosThe last image needs to be blurred/marked NSFW, Dracythr nudity! Come on wowhead!

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because I know some dingus will read that sentence and smash the keyboard with an angry reply. Great article thanks for posting!