You Fail At Genn Greymane Lore If...

Tuesday, means Fail Day! I know you all are excited to see what the topic is today. Of course, you could always just read the title of the post, but what fun would that be really. Since I started the lore series there have been a couple characters people have requested and Genn is one that has been talked about quite a bit. So I decided to cave in a little and give the nation what they want. So here goes

You Fail At Genn Greymane Lore If...

• You for some reason didn't know he is the current king of Gilneas
• You didn't know that he is at least 70 years of age
• You were not aware that he was part of the original creation of the Alliance of Lodaeron
• You did not know that he had two children Liam and Tess
• You didn't know his ability to be wrong seems to be non-existent
• You were not aware that Sylvanas shot and killed Liam in the battle for Gilneas
• You didn't know he built the Greymane wall through Gilnean land so that it could be linked into the mountains
• You did not know that his mentioning of where he wanted to build the wall ended up causing a Civil War in his country
• You were not aware the purpose of the wall was so that Gilneas could be its country country and not be bothered by other nations affairs
• You didn't know that he was the one who gave Argul permission to summon the original worgen
• You didn't know he was one of the first to undergo the ritual preformed by the Night Elf druids
• You did not know that he lead Varian through the same ritual
•  You were not aware that for a short while after the Cataclysm he was present at the Howling Oak in Darnasuss. This being where the surviving Gilneans settled themselves

and finally

• You some how did not know that his last words to King Terenas are some of the most famous of those spoken by any Alliance Leader

There it is this week's edition of fail. How fail are you this week? For the quote well I don't there is one better to pick than this one

"Damn the orcs, damn the Alliance, and damn you! The last thing Gilneas needs is sponges from other nations drawing from our resources, Dalaran wizards meddling with our affairs, and someone else's enemies killing our soldiers! Gilneas is its own nation and it always will be. This is the last time I'll ever talk to you, Terenas, so I hope you were listening."

Good luck, it's Free Loot Tuesday!

Wolfheart

There will be some spoilers here so if you don't want to hear them don't read it.

So I finished reading this book. Now I was actually looking forward to reading this because I wanted to see the Alliance finally have someone stand out and take the lead. This did happen, and I am happy about that. The book wasn't written poorly and the story wasn't bad at all. We were introduced to characters that have been away for awhile and the explanation for them fit right in. We finally learn what Jarod Shadowsong and Maiev have been up to.

The main story points are the Worgen joining the Alliance, the Highborne getting integrated back into Night Elf Society, and of course what is going on with Varian. These are all dealt with. I won't give away too much, but for an Alliance character I love what they are doing with Anduin. I think they are building him up to something huge and it is really something the Alliance needs.

So those are the things about the book I did like, and I think it was all pretty well done. For what I didn't like is Knaak makes the Horde out to be savages and evil. This to me is wrong on so many points and not just because I bleed Horde. This is because it is not true. The Warcraft universe is divided between Horde and Alliance but it doesn't mean that one is good and one it bad. I understand that both sides are in conflict, but it doesn't mean one has to want to see the world burn. Yes the Horde is advancing positions but that is only because Garrosh is after resources his people need not because he just wants to slaughter countless Alliance to place on a mantle in his room. I say that because at one point in the book Knaak has Garrosh say just that to Varian. He is going to put his skull on his mantle. Like really?

Overall though it does its part to explain Alliance Lore even with its flaws. Happy reading.