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Warcraft Legends #3
Warcraft Legends, Volume 3
"Blizzard Entertainment"--P. [4] of cover.
192 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
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About the author
Christie Golden
171 books1,874 followersAward-winning author Christie Golden has written over thirty novels and several short stories in the fields of science fiction, fantasy and horror. She has over a million books in print.
2009 will see no fewer than three novels published. First out in late April will be a World of Warcraft novel, Athas: Rise of the Lich King. This is the first Warcraft novel to appear in hardcover. Fans of the young paladin who fell so far from grace will get to read his definitive story.
In June, Golden’s first Star Wars novel, also a hardcover, sees print. Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi—Omen is the second in a nine-book series she is co-authoring with Aaron Allston and Troy Denning. Also in June comes the conclusion of Golden’s StarCraft: The Dark Templar Saga with the release of Twlight, the third book in the series. The first two are Firstborn and Shadow Hunters.
2004 saw the launch of an original fantasy series called The Final Dance, from LUNA Books. The first novel in the series, On Fire's Wings, was published in July of that year. The second, In Stone’s Clasp , came out in September of 2005. With In Stone’s Clasp, Golden won the Colorado Author’s League Top Hand Award for Best Genre Novel for the second time. The third book, Under Sea’s Shadow, is available only as an e-book
Golden is also the author of two original fantasy novels from Ace Books, King's Man and Thief and Instrument of Fate, which made the 1996 Nebula Preliminary Ballot. Under the pen name of Jadrien Bell, she wrote a historical fantasy thriller entitled A.D. 999, which won the Colorado Author's League Top Hand Award for Best Genre Novel of 1999.
Golden launched the TSR Ravenloft line in 1991 with her first novel, the highly successful Vampire of the Mists , which introduced elven vampire Jander Sunstar. Golden followed up Vampire with Dance of the Dead and The Enemy Within . In September of 2006, fifteen years to the month, The Ravenloft Covenant: Vampire of the Mists enabled Jander Sunstar to reach a whole new audience.
Other projects include a slew of Star Trek novels, among them The Murdered Sun , Marooned , and Seven of Nine , and "The Dark Matters Trilogy," Cloak and Dagger , Ghost Dance and Shadow of Heaven .
The Voyager novel relaunch, which includes Homecoming and The Farther Shore , were bestsellers and were the fastest-selling Trek novels of 2003. Golden continued writing VOYAGER novels even though the show went off the air, and enjoyed exploring the creative freedom that gave her in the two-parter called Spirit Walk, which includes Old Wounds and Enemy of my Enemy .
Golden has also written the novelization of Steven Spielberg's Invasion America and an original "prequel," On The Run , both of which received high praise from producer Harve Bennett. On The Run, a combination medical thriller and science fiction adventure, even prompted Bennett to invite Golden to assist in crafting the second season of the show, if it was renewed.
Golden lives in Loveland, Colorado, with her artist husband and their two cats.
2009 will see no fewer than three novels published. First out in late April will be a World of Warcraft novel, Athas: Rise of the Lich King. This is the first Warcraft novel to appear in hardcover. Fans of the young paladin who fell so far from grace will get to read his definitive story.
In June, Golden’s first Star Wars novel, also a hardcover, sees print. Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi—Omen is the second in a nine-book series she is co-authoring with Aaron Allston and Troy Denning. Also in June comes the conclusion of Golden’s StarCraft: The Dark Templar Saga with the release of Twlight, the third book in the series. The first two are Firstborn and Shadow Hunters.
2004 saw the launch of an original fantasy series called The Final Dance, from LUNA Books. The first novel in the series, On Fire's Wings, was published in July of that year. The second, In Stone’s Clasp , came out in September of 2005. With In Stone’s Clasp, Golden won the Colorado Author’s League Top Hand Award for Best Genre Novel for the second time. The third book, Under Sea’s Shadow, is available only as an e-book
Golden is also the author of two original fantasy novels from Ace Books, King's Man and Thief and Instrument of Fate, which made the 1996 Nebula Preliminary Ballot. Under the pen name of Jadrien Bell, she wrote a historical fantasy thriller entitled A.D. 999, which won the Colorado Author's League Top Hand Award for Best Genre Novel of 1999.
Golden launched the TSR Ravenloft line in 1991 with her first novel, the highly successful Vampire of the Mists , which introduced elven vampire Jander Sunstar. Golden followed up Vampire with Dance of the Dead and The Enemy Within . In September of 2006, fifteen years to the month, The Ravenloft Covenant: Vampire of the Mists enabled Jander Sunstar to reach a whole new audience.
Other projects include a slew of Star Trek novels, among them The Murdered Sun , Marooned , and Seven of Nine , and "The Dark Matters Trilogy," Cloak and Dagger , Ghost Dance and Shadow of Heaven .
The Voyager novel relaunch, which includes Homecoming and The Farther Shore , were bestsellers and were the fastest-selling Trek novels of 2003. Golden continued writing VOYAGER novels even though the show went off the air, and enjoyed exploring the creative freedom that gave her in the two-parter called Spirit Walk, which includes Old Wounds and Enemy of my Enemy .
Golden has also written the novelization of Steven Spielberg's Invasion America and an original "prequel," On The Run , both of which received high praise from producer Harve Bennett. On The Run, a combination medical thriller and science fiction adventure, even prompted Bennett to invite Golden to assist in crafting the second season of the show, if it was renewed.
Golden lives in Loveland, Colorado, with her artist husband and their two cats.
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August 10, 2020
Fiend:
⭐⭐⭐⭐
We continue Trag's journey to Northrend. He meets the Taunka people, which look adorable in sketch form <3 Akiak takes Trag into his village, offer shelter and aid where most others have turned Trag away. Trag collects a magical piece of bone from the wastes in Dragonblight, hoping it will help him in his upcoming confrontation with the Lich King.
Crusader's Blood ⭐⭐⭐1/2
Stefan, the only wise one in the Scarlet Crusade. The only one who saw the butchery as wrong. His aunt, the narrow-minded Renee Lauer, learned a hard lesson in this one.
I Got What Yule Need ⭐⭐⭐
Aww, now I want it to be Christmas lol. A heart-warming little Winter Veil tale.
The Thrill of the Hunt ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Who doesn't love a Hemet Nesingwary story? ^_^
We continue Trag's journey to Northrend. He meets the Taunka people, which look adorable in sketch form <3 Akiak takes Trag into his village, offer shelter and aid where most others have turned Trag away. Trag collects a magical piece of bone from the wastes in Dragonblight, hoping it will help him in his upcoming confrontation with the Lich King.
Crusader's Blood ⭐⭐⭐1/2
Stefan, the only wise one in the Scarlet Crusade. The only one who saw the butchery as wrong. His aunt, the narrow-minded Renee Lauer, learned a hard lesson in this one.
I Got What Yule Need ⭐⭐⭐
Aww, now I want it to be Christmas lol. A heart-warming little Winter Veil tale.
The Thrill of the Hunt ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Who doesn't love a Hemet Nesingwary story? ^_^
June 1, 2019
Odličan strip, ali pun štamparskih grešaka... Vredi pročitati, ali izbegavati verziju izdavačke kuće algoritam u širokom luku.
December 18, 2023
*The Swedish translation
Fiende 4/5
Kaptenens Blod 4/5
Julens Hjälte 3/5
Jaktens Spänning 3/5
Total 3.5/5
Fiende 4/5
Kaptenens Blod 4/5
Julens Hjälte 3/5
Jaktens Spänning 3/5
Total 3.5/5
August 17, 2020
Fiend: Pretty good and it is nice for the Taunka to be acknowledged outside of the game as aside from Wrath of the Lich King I do not believe they are ever really played any big roles and they do kind of lack any real notable characters and even in Wrath they only played a minor roles in Wrath's story.
Crusader's Blood: Probably my favorite as while the Scarlet Crusade have been part of the Warcraft's lore since Classic as a thinly veiled racist group but I have always wondered why they attack other races outside of the Forsaken as the High/Blood Elves were allies of the Lordaeron and the other Human Kingdoms but this story while doing a very nice job of using the Cycle of Hatred theme but also gives a reason of why the Scarlet Crusade hate all the other races as they kind of devolved into a xenophobic group.
I Got What Yule Need: Nice that the in-game holidays are acknowledged in other parts of the lore and it is a nice little tale. Not bad but not amazing just good.
The Thrill of the Hunt: Nice tale focused on Hemet Nessingway who I kind of wished had his own book as he kind of deserved and it would be fun to read a full book about one of his hunts or just the novelization of one of his questlines from the game.
Crusader's Blood: Probably my favorite as while the Scarlet Crusade have been part of the Warcraft's lore since Classic as a thinly veiled racist group but I have always wondered why they attack other races outside of the Forsaken as the High/Blood Elves were allies of the Lordaeron and the other Human Kingdoms but this story while doing a very nice job of using the Cycle of Hatred theme but also gives a reason of why the Scarlet Crusade hate all the other races as they kind of devolved into a xenophobic group.
I Got What Yule Need: Nice that the in-game holidays are acknowledged in other parts of the lore and it is a nice little tale. Not bad but not amazing just good.
The Thrill of the Hunt: Nice tale focused on Hemet Nessingway who I kind of wished had his own book as he kind of deserved and it would be fun to read a full book about one of his hunts or just the novelization of one of his questlines from the game.
November 26, 2025
This manga was a collection of short stories in the Warcraft world, from Fiend, where Trag Highmountain meets a new ally to help him (which I find pretty cool), and he did reach the Ice Citadel, Crusader's Blood, which was just god awful and was action-packed, but at the same time it was just terrible and I feel sorry for the forsaken and the blood elf mage that clashed with the Scarlet Crusade.
Also, screw the Scarlet Crusade, tbh.
I Got What Yule Need was such a cute Christmas story! I really liked how Krizz saved the little girl's father, but the ending felt like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. And the last story, The Thrill of the Hunt, was actually pretty good, and I really liked how Hemet Nesignwary took care of the druid and the little cute animals.
My favorite story is the Christmas story and the Thrill of the Hunt. That was just it. The other two were okay, tbh, but the Scarlet Crusade one just made me mad as heck. But other than that, I really enjoyed myself and I would pick up another manga to read from Warcraft.
Also, screw the Scarlet Crusade, tbh.
I Got What Yule Need was such a cute Christmas story! I really liked how Krizz saved the little girl's father, but the ending felt like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. And the last story, The Thrill of the Hunt, was actually pretty good, and I really liked how Hemet Nesignwary took care of the druid and the little cute animals.
My favorite story is the Christmas story and the Thrill of the Hunt. That was just it. The other two were okay, tbh, but the Scarlet Crusade one just made me mad as heck. But other than that, I really enjoyed myself and I would pick up another manga to read from Warcraft.
January 8, 2021
We continue to read about Trag and his quest while focusing on other unique characters also! Christie Golden has a nice Christmas story which although being the weakest, I read just after Christmas so I was still in the spirit. The other two characters are Renee Lauer speaking of the Scarlet Crusade (which was good but nothing special) and easily the standout by a mile Hemet Nesingwary's tale "The Thrill of the Hunt". That story was excellent and I enjoyed reading every page which was filled with excitement.
April 15, 2020
This was the first volume of Warcraft: Legends I have read where I did not encounter a single missing word in the speech bubbles, and it was so much more enjoyable!
My favourite story in this volume by far was I Got What Yule Need. It was fantastic to see one of the world events from the game come to life in a story full of laughs. Christie Golden has been a true champion for the stories of World of Warcraft and I hope she continues to write tales set in Azeroth.
My favourite story in this volume by far was I Got What Yule Need. It was fantastic to see one of the world events from the game come to life in a story full of laughs. Christie Golden has been a true champion for the stories of World of Warcraft and I hope she continues to write tales set in Azeroth.
August 18, 2023
Overall this series is delivering. There are both serious and fun stories following each other and I really liked the short comics in this volume. My favourite was the Greatfather winter one but the one with the revenge story was quite interesting as well.
June 23, 2024
I enjoyed this collection of stories as they add a lot of world building. I was happy to see a continuation of Trauq's story (I think I spelled his name right). I want to see the conclusion to his story.
November 4, 2018
Langsam komme ich in die Geschichten rein. Bin sowas nicht gewohnt, mochte aber wohl mehr aus der Welt lesen
October 3, 2022
Entretenido y fácil de leer
September 24, 2017
Really good stories especially surrounding one of my favorite death knight characters Trag Highmountain.
November 26, 2014
This was the last volume of this series that I wanted to read and it sadly did not end on a high note.
The first story was overall a good one, the emotions invested balanced the little plotconvenience out, and it was a nice read. Except, of course the narration boxes: the text in them was just way too small and considered how much the characters talk this would have been better for western comic size instead of a manga.
The second story was sort of mixed, it had a good premise but... it's not bad and not shallow just could have been written a bit better. It is a classic violence begets even more violence story, however… I found out pretty quickly that it's not particularly memorable.
The third one (a christmas story) is obviously not supposed to be taken seriously, I mean they have dust that can make you levitate and in that world they would probably mass produce such stuff for the army. However it was probably the most enjoyable story. The artwork fit the tone nicely and it had a good sense of humor. This was a thoroughly enjoyable and recommendable read.
However the last story got really messed up. It is memorable ok, but for me rather for its pretty sloppily delivered animal rights message and its plot flaws. Sure there was also the problem that one speech bubble was either messed up in the original already or in the translation: That one guy is clearly speaking the lines that the dwarf should be speaking.
However that was just a minor problem, the artwork was missing in quality and coherence, e.g that sabre-toothed cat clearly got the dwarf in the face and there is not a scratch in the next picture. In addition the story was pretty idiotic, I get their animal rights message but that could have been delivered much better.
So I would say the whole volume can manage an ok, but just barely.
The first story was overall a good one, the emotions invested balanced the little plotconvenience out, and it was a nice read. Except, of course the narration boxes: the text in them was just way too small and considered how much the characters talk this would have been better for western comic size instead of a manga.
The second story was sort of mixed, it had a good premise but... it's not bad and not shallow just could have been written a bit better. It is a classic violence begets even more violence story, however… I found out pretty quickly that it's not particularly memorable.
The third one (a christmas story) is obviously not supposed to be taken seriously, I mean they have dust that can make you levitate and in that world they would probably mass produce such stuff for the army. However it was probably the most enjoyable story. The artwork fit the tone nicely and it had a good sense of humor. This was a thoroughly enjoyable and recommendable read.
However the last story got really messed up. It is memorable ok, but for me rather for its pretty sloppily delivered animal rights message and its plot flaws. Sure there was also the problem that one speech bubble was either messed up in the original already or in the translation: That one guy is clearly speaking the lines that the dwarf should be speaking.
However that was just a minor problem, the artwork was missing in quality and coherence, e.g that sabre-toothed cat clearly got the dwarf in the face and there is not a scratch in the next picture. In addition the story was pretty idiotic, I get their animal rights message but that could have been delivered much better.
So I would say the whole volume can manage an ok, but just barely.
July 2, 2016
Story #1: Trag's story finally got exciting!
Story #2: Another one of those, "Here let me tell you a story..."
Story #3: Spoof off of several Christmas Winters Veil stories, especially near the end. It actually made me laugh out loud, lots of fun! Bonus points for a Baby!Gnome!
Story #4: Hemet Nesingwary and a Druid protecting baby Nightsaber cubs. Need I say more?
Notes:
They actually worked the phrase: "What the Fel?" into this one, I'm super impressed!
Story #2: Another one of those, "Here let me tell you a story..."
Story #3: Spoof off of several
Story #4: Hemet Nesingwary and a Druid protecting baby Nightsaber cubs. Need I say more?
Notes:
They actually worked the phrase: "What the Fel?" into this one, I'm super impressed!
November 18, 2014
This was clearly half-made, at least it feels like it. I only liked the first and the last stories.
February 26, 2024
Gets better with each story.
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