Knaak is New York Times-bestselling author of D&D books, Dragonlance, Dragonrealm, Minotaur Wars, Legend of Huma, Ragnarok Manga, The Janus Mask, among others. Knaak and to Chris Metzen, for authorizing him to share this with the fans. Knaak: The second manga WARCRAFT: THE SUNWELL TRILOGY: SHADOWS OF ICE comes out in spring 2006, due to the artwork by Jae-Hwan Kim.ĭIABLO: MOON OF THE SPIDER-featuring Zayl the Necromancer-will be out in December 2005. What are your upcoming books? And when will they be available in bookstores? ‘Ceased to be’ was used specifically for that reason.Ĥ. Otherwise, he pretty much would have immediately returned to try to destroy Azeroth again. He was cast into limbo, so to speak, as Blizzard wanted. Knaak: Sargeras ceased to be in the sense of his physical being in the mortal world of Azeroth. Some think it means he died, while I interpreted it as he ceased to be in Azeroth and remains alive. The phrase “Sargeras ceased to exist” confused many fans. Chris Metzen apologized for the mix-up at the L.A. Blizzard must have liked the name, because they accidentally took the name afterward for the troll god. Knaak: Hakkar first existed in WELL OF ETERNITY, as Hakkar the Houndmaster, my creation. This question has gone around in the Community for some time: Is Hakkar the Soulflayer and Hakkar the Houndmaster one and the same, or different entities? Hence being his mother (or adoptive mother).Ģ. Malorne, who had relations with both Elune and Ysera, knew that he could not properly care for his son, but Ysera’s love was so great for Malorne that she took Cenarius as her own. However, Dungard the Earthen says that he thought Elune ‘birthed’ Cenarius.Įlune birthed Cenarius, but gave him up to Malorne because Cenarius was more a creature of the mortal world and could not be with her. Here is the explanation, per Blizzard, who did not wish any further elaboration in the novel at the time:Īccording to the Sundering, it is said that Ysera is Cenarius’s mother. War of the Ancients Trilogy reveals that Ysera is mother of Cenarius and lover of Malorne.

Knaak replied to few key questions I gathered from Forums* concerning War of the Ancients Trilogy. If you haven’t read the books, be warned the following Q&A may be a Spoiler to some. Knaak to shine some light into the matter. A few details caused confusion among most lorekeepers and for that matter, we contacted Richard A. Many Warcraft fans worldwide have read the three books of War of the Ancients Trilogy.

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Written by Medievaldragon on January 13, 2008. Knaak Interview: War of the Ancients: The Sundering

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