The Accepted Standard

Turn order is determined by contested 1d100 (initiative) rolls at the start of combat.

1-3

This is a Miss!

Whatever you were attempting has failed.

4-8

This is a Hit!

You may Attack or Heal for 1 point.

9-10

This is a Critical Hit!

You may Attack or Heal for 2 points.

8 HP total

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Foreword: Hello, welcome! Please keep in mind that this is by all means not an exhaustive timeline. 

If you need, see a more detailed timeline here. 

Years are either negative or positive. Think BC or AD in Earth history. 

The center time point for World of Warcraft is the start of the First War between humans and orcs.

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• -25,000~: The Eredar rise on Argus

• -15,000~: The Curse of Flesh affects the various titan constructs such as the Dragonflayer Vrykul who’s children would eventually become human.  Around the same time, a Tribe of Dark Trolls settling near the Well of Eternity began to slowly transform into what we know today as Kaldorei or Night Elves.  

• -13,000 - Corruption of the Eredar by Sargeras on Argus and their addition to his Burning Legion.

• -10,000 (One of the most important historical dates.) - The War of the Ancients and the Sundering of Azeroth occurs.  

• Arluin Balvanis betrays his fellow Highborne and joins the Kaldorei Rebellion. The Sundering separated him from Kalimdor for centuries. 

• -7,300 - The Highborne are exiled from Kalimdor for their continued use of Arcane magics. They lose their violet hue to their flesh and slowly transform into what we know as High Elves or Quel’dorei.

• -2,800 - Troll Wars:  Humans in the Northern lands of the Eastern Kingdom for the Kingdom of Arathor.   The Arathi and High Elves band together to defeat the Amani trolls. High elves began to teach the first 100 human mages Arcane Magic.

• -975 - War of the Shifting Sands

• -230 - War of Three Hammers

• -200 - The Draenei crash-land on Draenor. 

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First War Begins

This is known as year zero or year 592 by the King's Calendar

0

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• 4 - The Second War: The Council of Seven Nations unanimously votes to form The Alliance of Lordaeron.   The Order of the Silver Hand is founded and begins training the FIRST Paladins. 

• 15-18 - The Alliance splinters and the Kingdoms of Quel’Thalas, Stromgarde, and Gilneas leave the Alliance of Lordaeron after the costly failure of the Orc internment camps following the Second War.  Wall of Gilneas construction begins.  Kel’Thuzad and the Cult of the Damned begin blighting Andorhal’s granaries with the Plague.

• 20-24 The Third War:This year is filled with many Lore Important events that a small summary would not do it justice.  My recommendation would be to play Warcraft 3 and experience the Lore first hand or watch a video.   Around the Third War is when many of today's average adventurers would have been born. Be careful on age if you are playing a human in his mid 20s during any of the first three wars as you would be mid to late 40s as of Dragonflight if you were an adult during the Third war, Let alone the first or second war.

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World of Warcraft 

Begins

Year 25

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• A small band of adventurers set aside their differences and decide to unite together to aid other groups in pushing back the rise of Ragnaros from the depths of Black Rock Mountain.  When the Fire Lord was pushed back to the elemental plain. This once rag-tag group from all corners of Azeroth forged a seal on the Black Anvil of Shadowforge City.  Creating The Order of Khaz Modan. Named in honor of the various dwarven clans that supported their early efforts. Making a vow to the Dwarves and each other to safeguard their mountain namesake. 

• The Order sends their finest into the Plaguelands to aid the Argent Dawn in taking down the Necropolis of Naxxramas. The Order’s casualties were high and in return, they were granted purified lands in the Western Plaguelands. Naming their Fortress Home, Braemoore.

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• 26- The Burning Crusade

• 27- Wrath of The Lich King

• 28- Cataclysm

• 29- Hour of Twilight

• 30- Mists of Pandaria

• 31- Warlords of Draenor

• 32 - Legion

• 33 - Battle for Azeroth

• 34 - Battle for Darkshore, Battle of Dazar’alor

• 35 - EWW SHADOWLANDS HISS

• 40 - 44 Dragonflight  - World Soul Saga Begins

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Due to the King’s Calendar and the normal timeline counting of Before or After the first war. There is a lack of clarity for the War Within year. Year 35 is S.L. and Dragon flight is marked as year 40. But using the King’s calendar for 2024 would be the year 639. Which is 47 years after the First War. When I have more information. I will update and edit accordingly.  

For now we have subtracted 3 years from the Calendar and put it together for Dragonflight and the World Soul Saga.

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