History WorldOfWarcraft / TropesFToL

* FirewoodResources: It pays homage to ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'' by having many quests that involve collecting those neatly stacked piles of lumber, ostensibly for construction purposes. They are usually represented like that in the inventory too, although some do make them look like cut boards, not firewood. {{Justified}} to an extent by the Goblins who, not to be outdone in the efficiency department, use machines called Shredders that can automate the chopping and sawing of wood until they spit out a nice collection of perfectly formed boards. Until they break down and explode, or go berserk and start killing people.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers:
** The quest leading you to Rhea involves a package containing compressed blasting powder, a tempered mithril bomb casing, and some safety goggles; being Goblins, the safety goggles were the hardest thing to find.
** The Venthyr Anima Conductor daily quest "Census of Sins" sends you to read the sinstones of several souls sent to Revendreth. The first six have long names and descriptions of how their sinful actions led to them being condemned. The last is simply named [[AerithAndBob Devin]], and his sinstone just says that "He meant well, but there were consequences."

** The [[TheForce Holy Light]] is associated with this, and its paladins and priests (e.g. [[ThePaladin Tirion Fordring]] and [[MessianicArchetype the Prophet Velen]]) are often seen in said colors (HeavenlyBlue is a common tertiary color, but purple (especially among [[SpaceElves draenei]]) and [[RedIsHeroic red]] (especially among [[OurElvesAreDifferent blood elves]] and the [[KnightTemplar Scarlet Crusade]]) also occur somewhat frequently).

** In the Jade Forest questlines for the Horde (in Mists of Pandaria), a young Hozen named Riko that joins the Horde falls for a female Forsaken NPC. Initially, he gets freaked out when he sees what's underneath her cloth-mask (a prosthetic jaw and mouth) and runs away scared because she's undead. But when she's captured in a Jinyu/Alliance trap, he rushes through the entire trap to rescue her, proclaiming he still likes her, even if she has a dead face.
** Kalecgos, a blue dragon, seems to have an interest in human women. The first, Anveena, was not actually human and sacrificed herself to restore the Sunwell. As of ''Mists of Pandaria'', Kalec has paired up with Jaina Proudmoore following Theramore's destruction. She even looks a bit like Anveena.
** In the Sholazar Basin, there's a human woman named Tamara Wobblesprocket, who happens to be married to the Gnome flightmaster not even twenty paces from her.

* LessEmbarrassingTerm: In [[http://www.wowhead.com/quest=24705 this]] quest, the robed [[{{Bishonen}} blood elf]] who's been [[DudeLooksLikeALady mistaken]] for a DamselInDistress by [[CloudCuckoolander the questgiver]] gets so flustered that even ''he'' refers to his stranded luggage as a "purse." (It's actually a [[InsistentTerminology crate]].)

* LighterAndSofter: ''Dragonflight'' still has a fight against a world-threatening faction like most other expansions, but the expansion also places a lot of emphasis on exploration, befriending and learning about the various peoples of the Dragon Isles, and participating in a veritable craftsmanship renaissance.

'''Malown the Postman:''' You've been [[JustForPun MALOWNED!]]

* ForWantOfANail: Subverted in ''Warlords of Draenor.'' While [[WordOfGod quest designer Don Adams]] has said the alternate Draenor was virtually identical to the main timeline's before Garrosh traveled back, there are several small but notable differences that have left this Draenor ever so slightly different from our own even before his arrival, as noted by Kairoz in ''Hellscream.''

** Gallywix as well, not in the main game perhaps but definitely in the [[http://www.wowpedia.org/Trade_Secrets_of_a_Trade_Prince short story]] about him.

** [[http://www.wowpedia.org/Arator_the_Redeemer Arator]] wanders around Honor Hold asking various [=NPC=]s about his missing father Turalyon, with the implication that we would eventually aid Arator in his quest to find him. We don't; the plot point was dropped (possibly a casualty of the cut "portal worlds" idea) and Turalyon remained MIA until ''Legion''.

* TheGenericGuy / TheNondescript: Lor'themar Theron, until recently the only racial leader without a unique model/voice. Mention his name to anyone that plays [=WoW=], and the most common reply will be [[MemeticMutation "Who?"]] He finally got a unique voice actor and about [[http://www.wowpedia.org/Lor%27themar_Theron 40 pounds more armor]] in ''Cataclysm'' and a unique model in ''Battle for Azeroth''.

** The odd bosses in Karazhan makes sense if viewed as restless spirits tied to the curse of the place, but the [[http://wow.gamepedia.com/Maiden_of_Virtue Maiden of Virtue]] is one who really doesn't belong. Supposedly, she's trying to stamp out the debauchery and "impurity" in the Tower, but exactly how a titan-forged watcher came here, who she does so on behalf of, and just why she was sent is never discussed.

* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Due to their builds, rank and file Naga are this; males are DumbMuscle while females are {{Squishy Wizard}}s. In Vashj'ir, Wavespeakers Tulra and Valoren are surprised to hear about [[http://www.wowpedia.org/Nar%27jira Nar'jira]], a [[ActionGirl Naga Battlemaiden]].

** Double-subverted if you defeat the Lich King while wielding Shadowmourne. One of the special items that you can acquire from the Lich King is [[http://www.wowpedia.org/Jaina%27s_Locket Jaina's Locket,]] which, according to the flavor text, he always wore close to his heart.

---> “They wanted to hold me, to keep watch over me – a prisoner in all but name. But I will NOT be held accountable for the sins of my father. My destiny will be my own.”- Wrathion, the Black Prince

* LanternJawOfJustice: King Varian Wrynn's. Deathwing has a villainous one.

* LessEmbarrassingTerm: In [[http://www.wowhead.com/quest=24705 this]] quest, the robed [[{{Bishonen}} blood elf]] who's been [[DudeLooksLikeALady mistaken]] for a DistressedDamsel by [[CloudCuckoolander the questgiver]] gets so flustered that even ''he'' refers to his stranded luggage as a "purse." (It's actually a [[InsistentTerminology crate]].)

* FireAndBrimstoneHell: The Maw is essentially the ''Warcraft'' version of Hell and has the trappings of this, being a barren wasteland with many areas flowing with lava.

** Multiple bosses in ''Dragonflight'' use a mechanic which will try to send the player off the arena in some way. Thus, mechanics are required to either deal with this such as summoning a barrier to keep them from being thrown off. Death Knights actually don't have to do this - since Death's Advance makes them ''immune to knockbacks or forced movement''.

* HotGuyUglyWife: The origin of the centaurs can be traced to the union of Zaetar (son of Cenarius, an attractive Night Elf/Stag centaur) and Princess Theradras, who would be pretty {{gonk}}y even if she wasn't several times larger than him and built like the Venus of Willendorf with four arms and three faces.

** The troll loa Bwonsamdi takes after Baron Samedi in both name and appearance, but his role as a {{Psychopomp}} borrows from Papa Legba instead. Also, the Gurubashi blood god Hakkar the Soulflayer is a more evil version of [[Myth/AztecMythology Quetzalcoatl]].

*** Revendreth is based off stereotypical vampire mythos, i.e. Dracula, etc. It's a dark realm of shadowy forests and cemeteries. At the center is a giant castle called "Castle Nathria" with towering gothic spires and bat-like architecture. Among its denizens are gargoyles and gremlins, as well as the venthyr - grey-skinned, fanged humanoids who drain souls of their life force, but are otherwise outwardly elegant and sophisticated beings.