Know Your Lore, Tinfoil Hat Edition: Wrathion's Gambit

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The World of Warcraft is an expansive universe. You're playing the game, you're fighting the bosses, you know the how -- but do you know the why? Each week, Matthew Rossi and Anne Stickney make sure you Know Your Lore by covering the history of the story behind World of Warcraft.

Enigmatic and sly, the black dragon Wrathion has been observing the progress of Pandaria even before our arrival on the continent. He has a plan for this mysterious new place, one that is just as shrouded in mystery as his intentions. And we, the adventurers of Azeroth, are at his beck and call -- performing favors and jumping through hoops in exchange for powerful upgrades to our weapons and gear, happy to assist Wrathion in whatever grand plan he's trying to pull off.

Yet at the same time, it has become increasingly obvious that Wrathion's reach is far larger than we'd thought. As players level through Pandaria, more and more often they'll see Blacktalon Agents, casually strolling down city streets or having a drink in a local inn. When asked what they are up to, the agents give gruff, non-committal responses that raise far more questions than they answer. If you have concerns, they say, you should take it up with the Black Prince.

Of course, telling a black dragon you have a problem with his plans is likely one of the worst, not to mention last, decisions you'll ever make.wow power leveling

Today's Know Your Lore is a Tinfoil Hat edition, meaning the following is a look into what has gone before with pure speculation on what is to come as a result. These speculations are merely theories and shouldn't be taken as fact or official lore.



The death of the Black Dragon flight

Wrathion is, to his knowledge, the last of the Black Dragon flight. Part of this was due to our meticulous hunting down of the species, part of it was due to the corruption of the Old Gods that often pitted black dragons against each other in their madness. But the largest part of all, the demise of Death wing, was orchestrated by his son, Wrathion. In the rogue legendary quest chain, Wrathion deliberately sends agents out to rid the world of the last known few of his species, in an effort to wipe them out entirely.

Now why, one wonders, would a black dragon seek to leave himself as the sole member of his species? Why would he deliberately seek extinction? Wrathion was the last of his kind, the only member of his kind, from the moment he was born -- he is the only black dragon known to currently exist in an uncorrupted state. Whatever hold the Old Gods had over Death wing and his flight, it was cleansed from Wrathion while he was still in the shell.wow gold for sale

As far as Wrathion is concerned, he already was the last and only of his kind. As far as the Black Dragon flight was concerned, he represented an abberation, one that needed to be destroyed -- and the Red Dragon flight seemed to share this sentiment. Wrathion is still just a child when one thinks in terms of other Azerothian life, barely a year out of the shell and yet displaying more than enough cunning to know that his life was a bone of contention for the other dragon flights. So of course, the obvious, the logical answer was to remove the threat to ensure his survival.

However, in the short time we've known Wrathion, he's been neither logical nor obvious. In fact, he's been deliberately vague. Wrathion doesn't want to answer any questions, at least not directly.

Speaking of questions, what's the one question that has been asked since day one, and still remains unanswered? What's the biggest mystery surrounding Pandaria, one that has never been fully explained?

What, exactly, caused the mists surrounding Pandaria to go away?

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Diablo 3 patch 1.07 adds brawling, buffer monks, better wizards, new craftable items

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Diablo 3′s PvP mode is finally here. The team death match mode was dropped a while back, and the free for all “duels” are now “brawls,” whatever they’re called, you can do them now in the Scorched Chapel zone added by patch 1.07. Blizzard have been tweaking Diablo 3′s Might Scales of Class Balance as well. Today the winds of fate favour Monks and Wizards, who can look forward to some chunky damage upgrades across a variety of skills.

You can initiate brawls by chatting to a new NPC called Nek The Brawler, who you’ll find loitering in the nearest Act hub. Stats will be shifted somewhat depending on your character’s class to keep things a little more balanced. “Demon Hunters, Witch Doctors, and Wizards receive a 30% damage reduction while “Barbarians and Monks receive an additional 5% damage reduction (in addition to the 30% they inherently receive, for a total of 35%).” diablo III gold

Beyond the fighting pit, Monks and Wizards will do quite a bit more damage. Weapon damage has been “increased from 100% to 313%” for the Monk’s “Cyclone Strike,” for example. Blizzard have plenty of data on the abilities that players tend to gloss over, so they could be trying to encourage more people to work powers like “dashing strike” and “Lashing Tail Kick” into their builds. Significant buffs to the Monk’s “Exploding Palm” ability has maximised his high-five capabilities. “Explosion damage” has been “increased from 30% to 50% of the target’s maximum health” up high. As of the time of writing, Blizzard are yet to publish figures for “down low” or “on the rebound.”

Ooh, also, if you’re still rocking Inferno, look out for “demonic essences” among your drops. You can take these to the blacksmith and the jeweler to craft a top tier amulet or pieces of a new archon armour set. Browse the full patch notes at your leisure over on Battle.net.

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