Unbroken

by Micky Neilson

Unbroken is a story by Micky Neilson featured on the official site ( https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/sto... ) about how Vindicator Nobundo survived the fall of Shattrath City and learned the ways of the shaman to become Farseer Nobundo.

Genres: Warcraft, Fantasy, World Of Warcraft, Short Stories

31 pages, ebook

About the author

Micky Neilson is a two-time New York Times best-selling author whose graphic novels, Ashbringer (#2 on the list) and Pearl of Pandaria (#3) have both been published in six languages. As one of the first writers at Blizzard Entertainment, he has more than two decades of experience in the cutting edge of the gaming industry. He has self-published three horror novels in his original series The Turning, on Amazon. In 2017 Micky was tapped to write The Howling: Revenge Of The Werewolf Queen, a comic book continuation of the beloved 1981 Joe Dante horror film The Howling. In 2018 Micky completed his first original sci-fi novel, Ridgerunners, and co-wrote the graphic novel The Invisible Empire: Madge Oberholtzer And The Unmasking Of The KKK, as well as the illustrated novel Strange Highways. Most recently Micky wrote the bestselling book The Art Of Spyro: Reignited Trilogy and completed his sci-fi trilogy Skiptracer. Micky lives in beautiful Washington State with his wife and daughter where he enjoys life's essentials: movies, comic books, chocolate and sushi.

Reviews

[Maria · Rating 3 out of 5]

Was a quick read. Details the development and personal experiences of the Krokul as well as introducing the first Draenei shaman. It was fine ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Diana · Rating 4 out of 5]

All right.

[Phantoma · Rating 5 out of 5]

very good story, very enjoyable read and is very short being only 5 pages on the Blizz website.
however it is hard to read from the Blizzard website. would be really nice if Blizz would put it up on Amazon for free on Kindle like they have with some of their other things. after reading the whole thing i feel i need a break as it was so tough to read from the website. whilst it is available in the 'World of Warcraft: Paragons' ebook on Kindle, the ebook itself is £4.99 so it still would have been nice for them to release it for free as they have with some comics.

i guess spoilers from here on out:
reading about the fight of Shattrath was very interesting to read from the viewpoint of Nobundo who was once a vindicator. seeing him lose his connection with the Light really made my heart go out to him.
as a shaman main myself i enjoyed reading about shamanism from the krokul perspecitve and seeing the Draenei's shamanistic beginnings.

[Lanfear · Rating 3 out of 5]

Unbroken es una historia corta, sí, pero con alma. Es de esos relatos que no necesitan 500 páginas para decir algo importante.no se pierde en épicas de combate.
Nobundo es un personaje trágico, pero también digno. No busca venganza, busca sentido. Y encontrar ese sentido en los elementos, en lugar de en la Luz, le da un tono casi espiritual que rara vez se explora en el lore de WoW, que muchas veces es más espadazos y dragones. Aquí no. Aquí hay dolor.

[Xin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everything that is, is alive. Unbroken is WoW story telling at its best, it does such a good job at showcasing how Shamanism and Draenei lore intermingle; and why it makes sense. Nobundo has always been a somewhat interesting character but one that’s never had much lore, until I read this story and understood what makes him so important. Maybe I’m biased because I love Shaman lore, and stuff related to Draenor, but it’s one of the best short stories they’ve released so far.

[Tanakila · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rereading the old short stories. This is a great story on how the Draenei got their first shaman. It is a sad tale of heartache and despair for the Draenei. It seems to me that the affected got it from whatever that "red mist" was in Shattrath. It never really tells you what the mist does other than it chokes the person and they pass out. I am curious as to what this mist was.

[Brett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic background story on Nobundo and even a touch of Akama.

This is such a short story you'd be mad not to read it. It is well written and I really felt myself wishing that was an entire novel.

[Nick · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read for Lore fans of WoW. Strongly recommended.

[NEVEN · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great origin story of a 1st Draenei shaman.

[Monika M. · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great short but touching story about the first Draenei shaman Nobundo.

[Madimadi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Oof, all those women. In the refrigerator. (3/5)

[Mehrdad Hosseinzade · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good

[Lily · Rating 4 out of 5]

De los mejores relatos cortos del WoW que he leído.

[Matyas Hlavacek · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sweet little story to fill in the events post siege of Shattrath.

[JL Mars · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story itself was touching but the writing was a mess. There were random jumps in time (like Velen not being mentioned and then suddenly he's there, people start talking who hadn't been introduced as part of the scene, etc.) and this was really confusing and frustrating. I didn't see anyone else mention this though, so I'm wondering if there was something wrong with my version (which I read directly from the Blizzard website). Interesting lore and background info, but the technical writing mistakes dampened my enjoyment quite a bit.

[Claw · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've read the german version. Unfortunately at some points a bit confusing, because it jumps back and forth through time without a hint. But it is a very good and interesting story about the Draenai.