In this ongoing work of
World Of Warcraft Fan Fiction, Destron—a
Forsaken mage who can still pass for a living human—sets out to explore. As he does so, he keeps a journal, offering wryly insightful commentary on each region and culture that he happens upon. The author attempts to stick with the setting's established lore as much as possible, while at the same time expanding and embellishing upon it.
It's a very lengthy work (and new chapters are added every month), but is constructed in such a way that you don't have to read the whole thing, or even read it in order. If you do decide to read it in order, take care to pace yourself.
Travels Through Azeroth and Outland can be found on our list of
fan fiction recommendations. But it's actually hosted
here.
This work provides examples of:
- A Chat With Satan: Due to his powers of disguise and simple good timing, Destron is frequently able to meet with his enemies, outright villains, and characters who come in all shades of grey. Most notable are his encounters with Dark Iron commanders in the Badlands, a demonic Dreadlord in the Blasted Lands, and a Twilight's Hammer cult leader in Silithus, as well as many KnightsTemplar around the world. The narrator occasionally bemoans his inability to speak with other, greater villains.
- Adventurer Archaeologist: The narrator, occasionally, as well as nearly every archaeologist and a great number of adventurers in the story.
- Alternative Character Interpretation: A defining, if not dominant, trope of the Warcraft universe, this work has been particularly good about being fair and balanced in character interpretation (but some bias inevitably creeps into the narration).
- Badass Bookworm: The narrator may be a wandering scholar, but he has repeatedly proven himself to also be a dangerous warrior when necessary.
- Blind Seer: Velni, the Ralmanni Seeress
- Death World: The Plaguelands, Silithus, Hellfire Peninsula, the Netherstorm, and most of all Shadowmoon Valley.
- The Drifter: Several characters, most importantly the narrator himself.
- Fisher King: The Lich King is Fisher King to much of Northrend, the Plaguelands, and other nearby areas, while Ragnaros is to the Searing Gorge and Burning Steppes.
- Masterof Disguise: Destron is able to effectively disguise himself as a human named Talus Corestiam. The disguise was purchased from another Forsaken, known as The Masquerade, who makes a living selling human disguises.
- May Contain Evil: Anything involving Saronite.
- Mr. Exposition: Occasionally, one will show up to give the narrator the rundown.
- Our Dragons Are Different: The Netherwing Flight
- To Hell And Back: In Duskwood, briefly, thanks to Morbent Fel. To a lesser extent, Destron's entire trip to Outland.
- Travelogue Show: The purpose of the story.
- Unreliable Narrator: The work is told from a limited first-person point of view. As a result, information given to the reader is occasionally incomplete, inaccurate, or filtered by the cultural and social views of characters.
- Writer On Board: The author has implied as much.
