Before the Storm Book Cover Art Revealed at BlizzCon 2017

Blizzard Posted 2017/11/05 at 10:12 AM by perculia

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An all-new, official tie-in novel to Blizzard Entertainment’s critically acclaimed World of Warcraft, from New York Times bestselling author Christie Golden

Taking place after the climactic events of Shadows of Argus, World of Warcraft: Before the Storm tells the story of what awaits the heroes of the Horde and the Alliance in the wake of their struggle against the demonic Burning Legion.

Before the Stormtranscribed it here

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Battle for Azeroth at BlizzCon 2017

Battle for Azeroth, World of Warcraft's next expansion was revealed!

6 Allied Races are being added in the expansion with custom appearances and special Heritage Armor sets.
We previewed the Lightforged Draenei and Highmountain Tauren races on the show floor.

Zandalari can be druids!

Dungeon Journal was available

The Design a Dungeon Boss panel also highlighted the Shrine of the Storm Dungeon.

class changes

We also found that Class Buffs are returning in the expansion, with one for every class (except Shamans).

We also looked at all the large Talent Changes and some classes got Artifact Traits available as Talents.

Blizzard discussed these topics in some interviews.

Wowhead's interview

An item level and stat squish update is coming in Battle for Azeroth.

Legendaries and Titanforging info was revealed, including no Titanforging on Azerite armor.

The Heart of Azeroth is empowered by Azerite and can empower latent energies in pieces of gear.

Island ExpeditionsKul Tiras and Zandalar

Check out more expansion art in the Art of WoW Panel.

Stormwind and Orgrimmar also received updates!

WarfrontsWarcraft Q&A

We learned increased default bagpack slots are on the way if you use an authenticator.

At the end of the Q&A we also learned that the Battle for Azeroth Beta Opt-In is now open.

coming in Patch 7.3.5

Zone Scaling and Leveling Improvements - all pre-Legion zones will now scale up to certain levels.

Ulduar Timewalking will be the second Timewalking raid, as part of the Wrath of the Lich King Timewalking Event.

previewed at the Opening Ceremony

The events of the cinematic were transformed into a record-setting diorama for the Battle of Lordaeron.

The novel Before the Storm covers the events leading up to the cinematic. The book cover was revealed and convention-goers received a copy of the Prologue.

We speculated on the Burning of Teldrassil which directly leads to the Battle for Lordaeron.

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Comment by Nithael014Art is amazing. Curious to find out whats going on.Comment by MonsterbabyI swear, every time I see a picture of Sylvanas her Skin colour keeps changing xDComment by jjanchanHaving the prologue available this early is a real tease...it's quite well written imo, and leaves me really wanting more!Comment by rudiruudpekkerReally want to read this!Comment by eMDeKewonder when it will be available for EU :)Comment by GamerozeI'll definitely be buying that! Beautiful artwork for the cover too.Comment by AdoxeAbsolutely stoked for this novel and all the other upcoming cinematics, comics and short stories. Really interested in how and why we start the factional conflict so suddenly.Comment by MitsukiiBeautiful n.nComment by RantsiProductionOnly got lorebooks as of now. Probably need to buy novels at some point aswell but my current budget situation cant handle it. Cover looks nice by the way!Comment by DraxylzSaw a Nobbel video talking about some lore. I should probably start on this book to perhaps enjoy the game more?Comment by Kyraahany idea who did the art for this?Comment by RayanistAh Christie Golden, I'm excited for this oneComment by pyrannor2012Looking forward to the lore and insight we get from the book. As before, it's always great to fill in the blanks on the little questions that pop up during gameplay.Comment by Hallybelugh i rly prefer the old look for Sylvanas, her face looks way too human!Comment by damekagePreording this book quickly.Comment by MardgeerLove the cover cannot wait to get my hands on this bookComment by sunin6my new desk book cant wait to readComment by KellyThe artwork on the book looks fantastic, and those pins are awesome. Jealous!Comment by jjanchanI had totally forgotten that Christie Golden wrote some Star Trek books in the past. I've read some of them - just another reason for me to try reading some of the Warcraft novels.Comment by jjanchanugh i rly prefer the old look for Sylvanas, her face looks way too human!

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