World of Sleepcraft

Ladno Productions

Welcome to World of Sleepcraft - your sanctuary for long-form Warcraft lore to fall asleep to. Drift off to 2-4 hour deep dives into the rich history of Warcraft, World of Warcraft, and the entire Azeroth universe. From the origins of orcs and humans in Warcraft 1, through the epic campaigns of Warcraft 2 and 3, to the expansive lore of World of Warcraft - we cover it all in soothing, narrative-driven storytelling perfect for bedtime.

  1. 1d ago

    The Complete Story of Desolace and the Centaur

    World of Warcraft Desolace lore story, the complete history of the grey land and the centaur, from the draining of Mashan'she and Zaetar's forbidden love to Maraudon, the Cataclysm bloom, the sons of Cenarion and the Maruuk of the Dragon Isles. ⚔️ https://shop.restedxp.com/forever/ref/ladnopoka/ 👈 Playing WoW Forever? For the strongest start, I'm running RestedXP from day one to race my friends to the bosses. 10% off with my affiliate link. 📖 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1616558458?tag=worldofsleepc-20 👈 Love the feel of a proper book in your hands? Blizzard's own World of Warcraft: Chronicle Vol. 1 is the hardback I'd hand any lore fan, a 10/10 for me, and three more stunning full-colour volumes carry the saga on. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. On the western coast of Kalimdor lies Desolace, a grey desert named for what was done to it. Long ago tauren shaman woke an earth princess, Theradras, who drained the grassland dead to restore herself. A son of Cenarius came to see what had died, fell in love with her, and fathered the centaur, who killed him at birth. His grave in the caves of Maraudon is still the only green place in the dark. This episode follows the land and its people: Cenarius and his keepers, Zaetar and the five first khans, the centaur wars with the tauren, Ghost Walker Post and the kodo, the Gizelton Caravan, the Burning Blade, Warug and the Magram, the fall of Theradras, the Centaur Pariah, the Cataclysm bloom of the Cenarion Wildlands, Alexstrasza's grief, the Stonemother's anger, the Wavestrider, Furien's vengeance, Leh'Prah and the sons of Cenarion, the Bloodsworn, and the Maruuk of the Ohn'ahran Plains. Chapters: (00:00:00) Desolace (00:01:20) Mashan'she (00:14:41) The Centaur Quarrels (00:29:43) Desolace in Classic (00:39:44) Strangers in Desolace (00:53:19) The Magram and the Gelkis (01:05:37) Celebras the Cursed (01:22:26) Thrall at Wyrmrest (01:34:38) The Coast of Desolace (01:42:39) The Runestone (01:53:22) Uniting the Khans (02:10:59) The Centaur of Kalimdor (02:21:00) The Centaur of the Ohn'ahran Plains Calm narration with ambient background for ultimate relaxation and sleep. Follow this show for more Warcraft stories for sleep.

    The Complete Story of Desolace and the Centaur
  2. 2d ago

    The Complete Story of the Headless Horseman: A Hallow's End Special

    World of Warcraft Headless Horseman lore story, the complete history of Sir Thomas Thomson, the paladin who became the terror of Hallow's End. 📖 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1616558458?tag=worldofsleepc-20 👈 Old school like me and love a real book? The official Blizzard story of Warcraft starts in World of Warcraft: Chronicle Vol. 1. Hardback, gorgeous colour art, my 10/10, and three more volumes continue the lore. ⚔️ https://shop.restedxp.com/forever/ref/ladnopoka/ 👈 The strongest WoW Forever start I know: RestedXP on, no wandering, straight to the juicy content. That's my launch plan. 10% off with my affiliate link. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This Hallow's End edition also walks the festival itself. You come in from the cold to the inn at Brill with a bucket of sweets by the hearth, and before the night is over you have spent your treats on masks, wands and a broom that flies, thrown your burdens at the wickerman, fought the fires with a bucket in Goldshire, and stood at the pumpkin shrine behind the Scarlet Monastery as the rider rose. Before he was a headless rider throwing flaming pumpkins at Goldshire, Thomas Thomson was a knight of the Silver Hand with a wife, two children and a pumpkin farm in Tirisfal Glades. He sent his family to safety across the sea, joined the Scarlet Crusade, and learned from a mentor who was secretly a dreadlord that suspicion was holy. Then, purging a village of refugees, he rode down three fleeing figures and recognised them too late. This is his whole story, told from his side, from the old Wickerman Festival of Lordaeron to the night his wife's ghost came back to save him. This episode covers the full arc: Hallow's End in old Lordaeron, the Thomson farm and the Terrace of Repose, Baron Rivendare's poisoned grain, the last ships to Kalimdor, Saidan Dathrohan and Balnazzar, the purge north of Dalson's Tears, the beheading and the curse, the shades that burn six villages, the battle in the Forlorn Cloister, the Forsaken and Gilnean festivals, the Bonefleet and the Crooked Tree, the Ebon Blade and the Horseman's saddle, and the Dragonflight story of Jerome Hayton, Suzannah and the tale of Sir Thomas. Chapters: (00:00:00) Welcome to World of Sleepcraft (00:00:42) Hallow's End in Brill (00:14:16) The Terrace of Repose (00:31:22) Dathrohan's Counsel (00:44:12) The Crusade at the Farm (00:53:59) Thomas in His Cell (01:06:28) The Horseman's Song (01:23:42) The Horseman Falls (01:34:23) Gilneas and the Wickerman (01:50:44) Many Years Passed (02:01:43) The Terrace of Repose (02:18:28) Suzannah's Plan (02:33:45) Masks, Wands and a Broom Calm narration with ambient background for ultimate relaxation and sleep. Follow this show for more Warcraft stories for sleep.

    The Complete Story of the Headless Horseman: A Hallow's End Special
  3. 3d ago

    The Complete Story of N'Zoth, the Last Old God

    World of Warcraft N'Zoth lore story, the complete history of the last Old God and his Black Empire, from the Sleeping City of Ny'alotha and Xal'atath's betrayal to the tidesages of Kul Tiras, the Crucible of Storms, Azshara's Eternal Palace, the Horrific Visions and the fall of Ny'alotha. ⚔️ https://shop.restedxp.com/forever/ref/ladnopoka/ 👈 Want the strongest start in WoW Forever? I'm leveling with RestedXP on launch day to reach the raids first. 10% off with my affiliate link. 📖 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1616558458?tag=worldofsleepc-20 👈 Rather turn real pages than scroll? Order the hardback of World of Warcraft: Chronicle Vol. 1, Blizzard's official history of Warcraft and my personal 10/10. Three more volumes continue the epic, full of beautiful colour paintings. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. He was the weakest of the four Old Gods, and the most patient. Chained at the bottom of the sea, N'Zoth whispered his way into the Earth-Warder, a drowning queen and the sea priests of Stormsong Valley. Then Azshara used the Heart of Azeroth itself to break his chains, and the Black Empire rose again. This is the whole long game, from a cipher tablet in Lorewalker Cho's library to the one shot the champions of Azeroth got at the Corruptor. This episode covers the full arc: the Black Empire and Ny'alotha, Xal'atath's attack and imprisonment, the Last Prison, Zek'voz and the Knowing Presence, the Hour of Twilight and Il'gynoth, Brother Pike and Lord Stormsong, the Crucible of Storms and the Gift of N'Zoth, Nazjatar and the Eternal Palace, Wrathion's return, Magni and MOTHER, the Forge of Origination and the Engine of Nalak'sha, the Rajani and Ra-den, the Horrific Visions, every boss of Ny'alotha, N'Zoth's death, and the Black Blood of The War Within. Chapters: (00:00:00) Welcome to World of Sleepcraft (00:00:31) The Lorewalker's Tale (00:12:24) The Gathering of the Old Gods (00:20:46) The Fall of Azshara (00:33:46) Zon'ozz and Wyrmrest (00:47:49) The Horde at the Shrine (01:02:25) The Fleets Sail for Nazjatar (01:15:43) Anduin's Nightmares (01:29:26) The Vale of Eternal Blossoms (01:38:19) The Chamber's Defenses (01:54:19) The Black Emperor (02:05:20) Ra-den Corrupted (02:14:49) The Battle with N'Zoth (02:23:26) N'Zoth Destroyed Calm narration with ambient background for ultimate relaxation and sleep. Follow this show for more Warcraft stories for sleep.

    The Complete Story of N'Zoth, the Last Old God
  4. 4d ago

    The Complete Story of Arathor

    World of Warcraft Arathor lore story, the complete history of the first human kingdom, from Thoradin's unification of the tribes and the Troll Wars to the Seven Kingdoms, Stromgarde, and the Red Dawn's fight over Thoradin's legacy. ⚔️ https://shop.restedxp.com/forever/ref/ladnopoka/ 👈 Want a head start in WoW Forever? I'm speedrunning launch with RestedXP: quest order sorted, raids sooner. 10% off with my affiliate link. 📖 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1616558458?tag=worldofsleepc-20 👈 Old school like me and love a real book? The official Blizzard story of Warcraft starts in World of Warcraft: Chronicle Vol. 1. Hardback, gorgeous colour art, my 10/10, and three more volumes continue the lore. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Long before Stormwind, Lordaeron or Dalaran, humanity was a hundred quarrelling tribes, hunted by the Amani trolls. Then a warlord named Thoradin won them over one by one, with marriages, promises, and a duel in the fog, and built a city in the dry hills called Strom. This is the story of the kingdom that taught humans magic, gave birth to their faith in the Light, raised the first Guardian of Tirisfal, and then quietly drifted apart into the kingdoms we know. This episode covers the full arc: the Amani leaders Tan'dani and Jintha, Thoradin and Ignaeus, the forging of Strom'kar, the embassy to Quel'Thalas and the One Hundred, the battle at Alterac Fortress and Lordain's sacrifice, Mereldar and the first dreams of Light, Thoradin's discovery of Tyr's tomb, Dalaran and the Council of Tirisfal, Alodi the first Guardian, the spread to Lordaeron, Gilneas, Kul Tiras, Alterac and Tol Barad, the Ballad of Craishae, Faldir's voyage south, Stromgarde and the House of Trollbane, Anduin Lothar and the Second War, Thoras and Galen, the Battle for Stromgarde, Marran and Go'Shek Farm, the Red Dawn of Legacy of Arathor, and Arathor's heirs in Midnight. Chapters: (00:00:00) Welcome to World of Sleepcraft (00:00:33) Before Arathor (00:19:38) Training the One Hundred (00:30:10) Mereldar (00:38:31) The Warrior's Story (00:51:52) The Guardian of Tirisfal (01:02:57) The Ballad of Craishae (01:14:44) Strom Left Silent (01:24:41) After Alterac (01:38:36) Anduin's Visit (01:49:52) Jaina and Thrall in Stromgarde (02:02:37) News Reaches Khaz Algar (02:11:23) Danath Vanishes Calm narration with ambient background for ultimate relaxation and sleep. Follow this show for more Warcraft stories for sleep.

    The Complete Story of Arathor
  5. 4d ago

    The Entire Story of Onyxia (World of Warcraft Lore)

    📖 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1616558458?tag=worldofsleepc-20 👈 Prefer reading by lamplight to listening in the dark? Get the hardback of World of Warcraft: Chronicle Vol. 1, the epic history of Azeroth straight from Blizzard. A personal 10/10, beautifully painted, with three more volumes to keep the story going. ⚔️ https://shop.restedxp.com/forever/ref/ladnopoka/ 👈 Leveling WoW Forever with friends? RestedXP gives you the strongest start, and I'm using it at launch to stay ahead. 10% off with my affiliate link. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. World of Warcraft Onyxia and Black Dragonflight complete story lore for sleep. Journey through the tragic fall of Neltharion the Earth-Warder and his daughter's masterful infiltration of Stormwind. Drift off to sleep as we explore the epic saga of the black dragonflight, from their noble origins as guardians of the earth to their corruption by the Old Gods. This is the story of how Deathwing's madness consumed an entire dragonflight, and how his daughter Onyxia became one of the most dangerous infiltrators in Azeroth's history, ruling Stormwind from the shadows as Lady Katrana Prestor. This calming narration covers the complete history of Onyxia and the black dragonflight. We explore Neltharion's transformation into Deathwing, the corruption of the black dragons, the Old Gods' whispers, the creation of the Dragon Soul, Onyxia and Nefarian's rise as Deathwing's most powerful children, Lady Prestor's infiltration of Stormwind, the manipulation of King Varian Wrynn and Bolvar Fordragon, the Defias Brotherhood conspiracy, Marshal Windsor's heroic exposure, the assault on Onyxia's Lair in Dustwallow Marsh, Nefarian's experiments in Blackwing Lair, their resurrections in Blackwing Descent, and the eventual redemption of the black dragonflight under Ebyssian. Chapters: (00:00:00) Welcome to World of Sleepcraft (00:00:42) Neltharion the Earth-Warder (00:12:14) Neltharion's Madness (00:28:50) The Other Flights Watch (00:41:42) Onyxia's Human Form (00:50:40) Onyxia on Her Own (01:06:38) The Defias Brotherhood (01:18:00) Onyxia Rules from the Shadows (01:30:44) The Lair's Treasures (01:41:40) Windsor Confronts Onyxia (01:59:00) The Battle with Onyxia (02:19:40) The Assault on Blackwing Lair (02:27:41) The Twilight's Hammer (02:40:19) The Amulet's Last Echo (02:55:42) The Black Dragonflight Redeemed Calm narration with ambient background for ultimate relaxation and sleep. Background music and ambience: in-game World of Warcraft recordings by The Cozy Azeroth, used with permission. Follow this show for more Warcraft stories for sleep.

    The Entire Story of Onyxia (World of Warcraft Lore)
  6. 6d ago

    Dire Maul's Full History: The Shen'dralar, the Gordok and the Wildshaper

    ⚔️ https://shop.restedxp.com/forever/ref/ladnopoka/ 👈 Strongest start in WoW Forever = RestedXP. I'm using it on launch day to see the bosses before everyone else. 10% off with my affiliate link. 📖 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1616558458?tag=worldofsleepc-20 👈 Want the story on your shelf instead of your screen? Get the hardback of World of Warcraft: Chronicle Vol. 1, the epic history of Azeroth straight from Blizzard. A personal 10/10, beautifully painted, with three more volumes to keep the story going. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. World of Warcraft Dire Maul lore story, the complete history of Eldre'Thalas and the Shen'dralar Highborne, from Azshara's secret-keepers and the demon Immol'thar to the Gordok ogres, the Wildshaper and the Shen'dralar's return to their people. Deep in the jungles of Feralas stands Dire Maul, once the Highborne city of Eldre'Thalas, built to keep Queen Azshara's secrets. When the Well of Eternity was destroyed, its prince bound a demon in the city's west wing and fed his people on its power for thousands of years, until the power ran short and he began murdering his own. Ogres made the ruins their arena, a satyr poisoned its gardens, and adventurers came for its books and its buried swords. This episode follows the city and its people: the House of Shen'dralar and the Athenaeum, Milli's vine and the ancients, Prince Tortheldrin and Immol'thar, the murdered Highborne, the Gordok ogres and their king's one law, Alzzin the Wildshaper, the Year 25 raids, the forging of Quel'Serrar, the Shen'dralar's return to Darnassus, Cho'gall's Twilight Sermon, the Darkmist Ruins, the Traveler story, the Fourth War, Bel'ameth, and Mordent Evenshade at the gathering in Harandar. Chapters: (00:00:00) Welcome to World of Sleepcraft (00:00:36) Feralas (00:09:57) The Well Is Gone (00:24:08) The Loremaster's Bones (00:36:02) After the Third War (00:44:48) Feralas Outside the Walls (01:04:07) Tendris Warpwood (01:18:11) Dire Maul in the Classic Years (01:26:49) The Athenaeum's Legacy (01:38:46) The West Wing Again (01:55:03) Sensiria Freed (02:08:03) The Slaves Rise (02:16:42) After the Fourth War Calm narration with ambient background for ultimate relaxation and sleep. Follow this show for more Warcraft stories for sleep.

    Dire Maul's Full History: The Shen'dralar, the Gordok and the Wildshaper
  7. Oct 25

    The Complete Story of the Plaguelands

    ⚔️ https://shop.restedxp.com/forever/ref/ladnopoka/ 👈 Leveling WoW Forever with friends? RestedXP gives you the strongest start, and I'm using it at launch to stay ahead. 10% off with my affiliate link. 📖 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1616558458?tag=worldofsleepc-20 👈 More of a hardback person? Blizzard's own World of Warcraft: Chronicle Vol. 1 is the hardback I'd hand any lore fan, a 10/10 for me, and three more stunning full-colour volumes carry the saga on. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. World of Warcraft Plaguelands lore story, the complete history of the Eastern and Western Plaguelands, from the green Eastweald of old Lordaeron to the poisoned grain of Andorhal, the Argent Dawn, the druids who healed the land, and Light's Hope Chapel today. Before it was the Plaguelands, it was the Eastweald: forest and farmland, old chapels, and the granaries of Andorhal that fed a kingdom. Then the Cult of the Damned poisoned the grain. This is the story of the land itself, and of the ordinary people who lived, died and came back to it: a farmer's wife and her diary, a ghost calling for her husband, a little girl waiting for her father in Darrowshire, and the paladins, druids and travellers who would not let the land go. This episode covers the full arc: the Eastweald and Blackwood, the plague cauldrons and Andorhal's grain, Hearthglen's bread, Sorrow Hill and Uther's Tomb, the Battle of Darrowshire, the four farms, Maxwell Tyrosus and the thousand heroes of Light's Hope, the Argent Dawn, the Redpath ghosts and Eris Havenfire, the turned cauldrons and the Retaking of Andorhal, Acherus and the Argent Crusade, the Cenarion Circle's healing, Del Gahrron's homecoming, the Battle for Andorhal, Fiona's Caravan, Darrowshire rewritten, the Brotherhood of the Light at Tyr's Hand, and Light's Hope in Midnight. Chapters: (00:00:00) Welcome to World of Sleepcraft (00:00:33) The Eastweald Before the Plague (00:10:50) Tracing the Plague (00:24:44) Horgus the Ravager (00:41:43) Maxwell Tyrosus (00:58:03) Pamela Redpath (01:08:28) Andorhal Reclaimed (01:16:52) The Druids of the Plaguelands (01:29:20) Chillwind Camp (01:47:28) Northdale and Northpass Tower (02:03:30) Tyr's Hand (02:15:07) The Sanctum of Light Calm narration with ambient background for ultimate relaxation and sleep. Follow this show for more Warcraft stories for sleep.

    The Complete Story of the Plaguelands
  8. Oct 21

    The Complete Story of Azshara, the Zone

    📖 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1616558458?tag=worldofsleepc-20 👈 Rather read it on paper? Order the hardback of World of Warcraft: Chronicle Vol. 1, Blizzard's official history of Warcraft and my personal 10/10. Three more volumes continue the epic, full of beautiful colour paintings. ⚔️ https://shop.restedxp.com/forever/ref/ladnopoka/ 👈 The strongest WoW Forever start I know: RestedXP on, no wandering, straight to the juicy content. That's my launch plan. 10% off with my affiliate link. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. World of Warcraft Azshara zone lore story, the complete history of the red-leaved coast north of Orgrimmar, from the Highborne cities and the unrecorded heroes of Lake Mennar to the goblins who moved a mountain. Azshara is the land that carries the queen's name, but tonight's story is about the land itself. Its Highborne cities stood at the heart of the world until the Well of Eternity exploded, and for ten thousand years its drowned ruins belonged to ghosts, blue dragons, a sea giant, satyrs and furbolgs. Then the living came back: orcs and night elves, a hermit archmage, an eyeless demon hunter, and finally the goblins of the Bilgewater Cartel. This episode follows the coast from Eldarath and the Mennar Academy through Huln Highmountain's war against Tichondrius, the Great Sundering, the Classic-era outposts of Valormok and Talrendis Point, Azuregos and his minnow, the goblin settlement of Bilgewater Harbor, Kalytha's memory and the Sarcen Stone, Subject Nine's rocket, the naga war, Kalecgos's search for Azuregos, the conquest of Talrendis Point, the Legion invasion and Xylem's fall. Chapters: (00:00:00) Welcome to World of Sleepcraft (00:00:35) The Land Called Azshara (00:14:00) The Tauren of Highmountain (00:24:00) The Ruins of Azshara (00:33:22) After the Third War (00:41:35) Archmage Xylem (00:53:25) The Scepter Shard (01:08:23) The Night Elves Resist (01:17:29) Kalytha's Memory (01:25:36) Southern Azshara (01:35:31) The Naga Return Again (01:47:09) The Arcane Trials (01:56:26) Azuregos Returns to Life (02:11:34) The Alliance Response (02:20:39) Xylem's End Calm narration with ambient background for ultimate relaxation and sleep. Follow this show for more Warcraft stories for sleep.

    The Complete Story of Azshara, the Zone

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Welcome to World of Sleepcraft - your sanctuary for long-form Warcraft lore to fall asleep to. Drift off to 2-4 hour deep dives into the rich history of Warcraft, World of Warcraft, and the entire Azeroth universe. From the origins of orcs and humans in Warcraft 1, through the epic campaigns of Warcraft 2 and 3, to the expansive lore of World of Warcraft - we cover it all in soothing, narrative-driven storytelling perfect for bedtime.