Will talks about what led to the shattering of Draenor, the history of its races, and how the Gronn, Ogron, Ogres, and Orcs are all related. Also: Gordoth returns to KPR with mixed results. Consider joining our Patreon over at www.patreon.com/essenceofazeroth. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/azerothpodcast/message

Will ventures into the haunted Castle of Karazhan to answer questions about his favorite raid in WoW history, along with a new KPR segment and an other-worldly co-host who NEEDS TO READ THE ROOM A LITTLE, SARGERAS. Ugh. Consider joining our Patreon over at www.patreon.com/essenceofazeroth. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/azerothpodcast/message

Illidan's two closest allies during The Burning Crusade eventually became his downfall. What happened to Kael'thas Sunstrider and Lady Vashj? Join Essence of Azeroth for yet another World of Warcraft lore podcast in our season dedicated completely to The Burning Crusade, as we head to Tempest Keep and Serpentshrine Cavern and inspect two of the most infamous raids in WoW history. Consider joining our Patreon over at www.patreon.com/essenceofazeroth.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/azerothpodcast/message

The Season 4 Premiere! The Burning Crusade in many ways was more of a direct sequel to the Warcraft FTS games than vanilla World of Warcraft was. So, if we're going to do an entire season on just Burning Crusade then we need to start somewhere. Join Will this week as he delves into the backstory of Sargeras, the formation of the Burning Legion, and talks about the Illidan novel from Legion that made some serious updates to the Illidan Stormrage story.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/azerothpodcast/message

The Season 3 finale! Join Will for a look at the Game of Thrones-like history of the Dwarves, how Firelord Ragnaros came to Azeroth... Uh, the first time, and how a hardcore raiding guild almost got permabanned from the game for an earth-shattering bug in the salad days of Vanilla WoW raiding. Also: KPR returns! Loro Licklock is thrilled that we're paying him once again.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/azerothpodcast/message

Are the goblins of World of Warcraft anti-semitic? Join Will this week as he goes into the history and lore of the Goblin race while also providing the framework for attempting to answer an uncomfortable question about a thing he loves.  JOIN US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/essenceofazeroth FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/gaming/AzerothPodcast TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AzerothPodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/azerothpodcast/message

In this bonus episode on World of Warcraft: Dragonflight launch day, join Will as he talks about the recent short story released by Blizzard that fills in some gaps between expansions. JOIN US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/essenceofazeroth FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/gaming/AzerothPodcast TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AzerothPodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/azerothpodcast/message

This week Will finishes preparing all of you for the new World of Warcraft: Dragonflight expansion with a rundown of some recent lore findings that involve the Grimtotem, Neltharion, and more.  JOIN US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/essenceofazeroth FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/gaming/AzerothPodcast TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AzerothPodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/azerothpodcast/message

Join Will this week as he ventures into the history of the Druid class, the origins of the Worgen, and the green dragons that used to guard the Emerald Dream. JOIN US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/essenceofazeroth FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/gaming/AzerothPodcast TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AzerothPodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/azerothpodcast/message

The desert of Silithus hides many secrets, including two raids, one of the hardest accomplishments in video games, and a one-eyed God out to eat the world. Join Will this week as he tackles the Ruins of and Temple of Ahn'Qiraj raids, as well as the Scarab Lord title. JOIN US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/essenceofazeroth FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/gaming/AzerothPodcast TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AzerothPodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/azerothpodcast/message

There's a lot of prep work to do before players visit the Dragon Isles in World of Warcraft's new expansion Dragonflight, so here's a primer on Proto Dragons, Galakrond, and the Watcher known as Tyr.  JOIN US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/essenceofazeroth FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/gaming/AzerothPodcast TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AzerothPodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/azerothpodcast/message

The Wrathgate is one of the most important events of lore in World of Warcraft, so why isn't it even in the game anymore? JOIN US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/essenceofazeroth FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/gaming/AzerothPodcast TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AzerothPodcast LQuXa2zw3jsUiM7FRaOy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/azerothpodcast/message

Join your favorite kids' show host Billy this week as he talks about where the server names come from with the A, B, C's of Azeroth! JOIN US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/essenceofazeroth FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/gaming/AzerothPodcast TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AzerothPodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/azerothpodcast/message

This week we talk theology in Azeroth, why The Light is capitalized, and lore retcons.  JOIN US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/essenceofazeroth FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/gaming/AzerothPodcast TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AzerothPodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/azerothpodcast/message

Part two of our Naxxramas journey, in which we go over every ring and boss inside the floating fortress.  FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/gaming/AzerothPodcast TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AzerothPodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/azerothpodcast/message

A raid as notorious as Naxxramas requires two episodes, so join Will this week as he talks about the lore behind one of the hardest raids in WoW and how the floating fort came to be. FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/gaming/AzerothPodcast TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AzerothPodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/azerothpodcast/message

A new episode! A Real one! Join Will this week as he delves into the background of everyone's favorite *cough* fish race, the Murlocs. FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/gaming/AzerothPodcast TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AzerothPodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/azerothpodcast/message

In which Will returns with the mia-est of culpas, gives an update on EoA, and even provides some... Gasp! Lore? On this podcast? No way. Daddy made you some content. FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/gaming/AzerothPodcast TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AzerothPodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/azerothpodcast/message

Where did Will go? Did the Shadowlands get him? Here's a quick update on what to expect from the podcast in 2021.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/azerothpodcast/message

The essence of Azeroth may be on holiday break but that doesn't mean we aren't working. Join Will this week as he looks into the long, forgotten class questlines of Vanilla World of Warcraft, starting with the notorious Warlock quest to obtain the Dreadsteed epic mount. Visit us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/AzerothPodcast or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/AzerothPodcast. Transcript found at https://medium.com/@azerothpodcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/azerothpodcast/message