[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":127},["ShallowReactive",2],{"site-settings":3,"article:\u002Fresources\u002Fbriefings\u002Fwarcraft-forsaken-kingdom-forever-story":16},{"id":4,"description":5,"email":6,"extension":7,"footerNote":8,"legalNotice":9,"locale":10,"meta":11,"name":12,"stem":13,"url":14,"__hash__":15},"settings\u002Fsettings.yml","Compare World of Warcraft realms by expansion, region, population and play style.","listings@realmlist.org","yml","An independent realm directory.","Not affiliated with Blizzard Entertainment.","en",{},"RealmList","settings","https:\u002F\u002Frealmlist.org","QXaYspLUSxnrVumL6oFir6PInhNsRw-yJchxEYSe1AU",{"id":17,"title":18,"author":19,"body":20,"category":105,"description":106,"draft":107,"extension":108,"featured":109,"meta":110,"navigation":109,"path":111,"publishedAt":112,"seo":113,"sitemap":114,"sources":119,"stem":121,"tags":122,"updatedAt":112,"__hash__":126},"articles\u002Fresources\u002Fbriefings\u002Fwarcraft-forsaken-kingdom-forever-story.md","Forsaken Kingdom: The Warcraft III Story Bridge to WoW Forever","RealmList Editorial",{"type":21,"value":22,"toc":98},"minimark",[23,32,42,56,61,64,68,71,74,78,81,84,92],[24,25,26,27,31],"p",{},"WoW Forever was not the only Warcraft announcement worth separating from the BlizzCon headline reel. 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Shown for announcement context, not as a gameplay screenshot.",[57,58,60],"h2",{"id":59},"a-connection-between-strategy-and-mmo-storytelling","A connection between strategy and MMO storytelling",[24,62,63],{},"The official overview follows Sylvanas and the Forsaken toward their foothold in the Undercity. Blizzard places Forever shortly after this campaign's events. Forsaken Kingdom requires Warcraft III: Reforged; it is not a WoW expansion installed through an existing realm client.",[57,65,67],{"id":66},"why-this-interests-a-classic-audience","Why this interests a Classic audience",[24,69,70],{},"For RealmList, the interesting editorial angle is the choice of starting point. Lordaeron and the Undercity are places players already associate with original Azeroth. Returning to that transition offers a different kind of context from jumping directly to a later expansion's endgame.",[24,72,73],{},"That is an interpretation of the announcement, not a prediction about the complete plot. 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