Tides of Lore

The trees of Elwynn fall behind you, and Westfall opens beneath a wide sky. A family needs its wedding watch returned. A horse needs feeding. Farmers are trying to hold their ground against thieves and wandering harvest watchers.

In Tides of Lore Classic Episode 2, we follow Westfall’s original questing story through Sentinel Hill, the occupied farms, and the winding coast. Captain Grayson’s lighthouse and Captain Sanders’ treasure offer new discoveries before the Defias investigation carries us through Lakeshire and Stormwind, toward Edwin VanCleef and the Deadmines...

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Rain falls over Zhu’s Watch, but its people have lost the will to care. Farther south, Anduin Wrynn finds the Red Crane’s refuge overwhelmed by fear and despair. Across the mogu ruins, two expeditions search for the same water: a father hoping to preserve a future with his daughter, and a husband trying to save his family.
This week, Tides of Lore follows the Krasarang Wilds story from Ken Ken’s strange cure to the Temple of the Red Crane, the troubled coast, and the breach at Stoneplow. The Alliance and Horde arrive with old suspicions and fresh losses. The people they helped along the way arrive with a reason to stand together.

Lore segment begins at (12:38)Chen Stormstout reaches the homeland behind his family name, only to be rejected by the Stormstout guarding its brewery.

This week, Tides of Lore follows the complete Valley of the Four Winds storyline through the Thunderfoot farms, Halfhill, Sunsong Ranch, the Tillers, the search for the Hidden Master, Nesingwary’s Safari and the infestation consuming Stormstout Brewery.

Along the way, Farmer Yoon must earn the right to continue his grandfather’s work, Lin Tenderpaw confronts the doubt behind her bruised hands, and Hemet Nesingwary Jr. learns what his father values more than any trophy.

Uncle Gao wants to make the Stormstout name famous. Chen must decide what that name should actually mean.

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Pandaria survived ten thousand years behind the mists. The Alliance and Horde needed only days to teach its people their war

The Alliance enters the Jade Forest searching for Prince Anduin. The Horde arrives to secure a foothold for Garrosh Hellscream. Both insist their mission is necessary. Both recruit local allies. Both receive the same warning from Taran Zhu, Pandaria lives and breathes, and it will respond to the emotions they bring

The jinyu begin marching beneath Alliance banners. The hozen raise the colours of the Horde. Between them, the people of Dawn’s Blossom continue trading, monks continue teaching and generations of workers prepare an enormous jade vessel for Yu’lon’s rebirth

Then the two armies meet beneath it

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Beneath Orgrimmar, dark shaman enslave creatures from the Firelands while Horde commanders and SI:7 agents interpret the same threat through opposing fears. In Lordaeron, a mysterious Hooded Crusader dismantles the Scarlet order from within. Her identity is Lilian Voss, the undead daughter rejected by the father who trained her to hate the very thing she became. Her campaign carries us through Houndmaster Braun, Armsmaster Harlan, Flameweaver Koegler, High Inquisitor Whitemane and finally into Scholomance, where Darkmaster Gandling still turns his students into experiments.

Far from that violence, a new pandaren begins training beneath Master Shang Xi. The search for the four elemental spirits introduces Aysa Cloudsinger and the patient Tushui path, Ji Firepaw and the decisive Huojin path, and the balance both philosophies once created together.

When the great turtle Shen-zin Su finally answers his people, they discover an Alliance airship buried in his side. Aysa and Ji work with survivors from both factions to free him. Their cooperation saves every life on the Wandering Isle, but it lasts only until the immediate danger is gone.

The Alliance and Horde demand a choice. Aysa follows the Alliance. Ji follows the Horde. Friends, relatives and former companions are told that the people beneath the other banner are now sworn enemies, just as the mists around Pandaria begin to part.