• What sort of weapons does your character use?
• What about armor, does your character use any special armor to aid with their fighting?
• What does your character think about fighting? What prompts them to fight?
• What types enemies have they encountered?
• Where did they train to use their weapon of choice?
• What is their general view toward fighting? What do they believe the world’s view of fighting is?

• Does your character own any specialized weapons?
• Can your character create weapons? Write about how this is done.
• Favorite weapon your character has used?
• What’s the most dangerous weapon your character has used, and what made it so dangerous?
• Write about using a potion during a fight.
• Have they ever encountered a cursed weapon? What resulted?
• Write about a legendary weapon they have only heard of  but are interested in finding.

• Describe your character’s fighting style.
• Write about an event in their youth that involved fighting.
• Do they incorporate any magic into their fighting?
• How prepared is your character if they run out of energy? Do they have training to compensate if they are injured?
• Write about your character’s favorite move being countered.
• Has your character done any kind of team fighting? Tell us about one good team fight and one bad one.
• Has your character ever demonstrated their fighting style to a young person?

• What sort of books on fighting does your character keep?
• How much time did your character spend perfecting their use of weapons?
• Did their training happen as a matter of being an apprentice to another, studying within a school, or figuring it out on their own?
• Does your character teach to anyone else?
• How long would another character need to study in order to be as skilled as your character?

(Note: This is a mostly spoiler-free collection of lore facts from Before the Storm, which means I have left out some rather major spoilers to keep it safe for everyone to read. Unfortunately, I’m unable to provide exact page numbers since I bought Before the Storm on the Kindle, so apologies to all those out there with the paperback version! I’ve also left out several facts that we already know, but if I’ve missed anything you would like to see included or find fascinating, let me know or even add them yourself!)

• Not only can physical contact with Azerite heighten intelligence, strength, dexterity, and control, but it also instills the holder with an unparalleled sense of calm, focus, and power. Those who touch the mineral are gifted with unique clarity of thought which allows them to effortlessly conjure up effective strategies [Chapter One, Chapter Six].
• When the goblins were mining on Kezan, they discovered a vein of Azerite in its liquid form. It is rumored this mining may be the actual reason the volcano erupted, causing Kezan’s destruction [Chapter Three].
• When Azerite solidifies and turns red, it becomes inert and loses all its magical qualities. When the mineral liquifies and becomes a warm honey color, however, it possesses an endless amount of innate positive effects [Chapter Three, Chapter Six].
• Azerite is a liquid in its natural form, only turning solid when exposed to air [Chapter Fourteen].
• The orb on the tip of Gallywix’s cane is solid Azerite. It has gone from gold to red and back to gold again [Chapter Three].
• Azerite is Azeroth’s very essence [Chapter Eight].
• Azerite neutralizes even the deadliest of poisons when the amount of Azerite is more than the amount of poison [Chapter Twenty-One]. However, if only a small amount of Azerite is added to a poison, it exacerbates the poison’s effect, rather than neutralizing it [Chapter Twenty-One].
• Azerite may well be the hardest material on Azeroth, since hardly anything can break it [Chapter Twenty-One].
• Azerite promotes insane rates of growth. It can instantly give any bald person a luxurious mane of hair and double the size of any plant [Chapter Twenty-One].
• Azerite’s natural state is toward growth and healing [Chapter Twenty-Five].

• The Forsaken are strongly discouraged from revisiting places they loved in life [Chapter Twelve].
• Vellcinda (formerly Elsie Benton), once servant to the Menethil household in life, founded the Desolate Council to take care of the Undercity during Sylvanas’ absence [Chapter Twelve].
• Forsaken flesh does not heal itself, but there are ways of preventing their bodies from decomposing completely. One can stitch, graft on new muscle, sinew, and skin, or even drink magical potions to mend undead flesh [Chapter Nineteen].
• The Desolate Council is made up of twenty-two members: The Prime Governor, who stands at the top, four Governors who make up the governing council, seven Ministers that implement the policies the Governors create, and ten Listeners that meet and speak with any Forsaken who have questions, comments, or complaints about how the leadership governs [Chapter Nineteen].
• The majority of Forsaken take on new given names or surnames to mark their rebirth as Forsaken and cast aside their old identities [Chapter Twenty].
• The deceased can be reanimated by the Light in a similar manner to how the undead are raised [Chapter Thirty-Five].

• Quel’thalas used to frequently hold elaborate, ostentatious ceremonies with mock battles and pomp and pageantry, but now the blood elves find such displays distasteful considering the tragedy their people have experienced in recent years [Chapter Three].
• Ever since Anduin was gravely injured by the Divine Bell, his bones ache whenever he is cruel, thoughtless, or in a dangerous situation [Chapter Nine].
• Anduin is eighteen and Calia is nearly forty [Chapter Eleven, Chapter Twenty-Eight].
• Genn Greymane’s marriage to Mia was not an arranged marriage [Chapter Eleven].
• Valeera Sanguinar serves as King Wrynn’s personal spy [Chapter Eleven].
• Darnassus is one of Anduin’s favorite places [Chapter Thirteen].
• Moonwells contain sacred waters that heal wounds, restore energy and vitality, and purify corrupted areas [Chapter Thirteen].
• Tauren chip off pieces of their horn as an offering of respect and friendship [Chapter Fourteen].
• Wyll Benton served as personal servant to three generations of Stormwind’s kings (Llane Wrynn, Varian Wrynn, and Anduin Wrynn after them). He taught Anduin how to read [Chapter Sixteen].
• The Goldshire Inn has been in the Farley family for years and has offered brews since King Llane’s time [Chapter Twenty-Three].
• The price of Peaked Dalaran Red is exorbitant [Chapter Twenty-Three].
• At some point before King Terenas Menethil’s death, his daughter Calia secretly fell in love with and married one of Lordaeron’s footmen. When she became pregnant with his child, she confided in her mother, who proceeded to cover it up by taking Calia on a ‘long rest’ to the more remote parts of the kingdom. Calia gave birth to a girl, but it was decided that her husband would raise the girl away from Lordaeron for their safety. Calia and her mother planned to formally acknowledge her daughter and elevate her husband to nobleman’s status after Arthas had married and produced an heir, but that time never came. Her husband and child are presumed dead, but as Calia never actually saw them perish during the scourge invasions, it is possible they are still alive to this day [Chapter Twenty-Five].
• Before the events of this novel, Anduin had never been to Stromgarde Keep [Chapter Twenty-Eight].