Timeline for Did Richard A. Knaak get the idea for Warcraft from J. R. R. Tolkien?
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| Sep 28, 2020 at 15:37 | comment | added | Amarth | Orcs were very much green starting from Warcraft 1 (pic) released around 1994. The Gul'dan character popped up in Warcraft 2, very green, just as his fellow orcs. | |
| Sep 17, 2015 at 13:10 | comment | added | Cherubel | @aramis Shame that Nathans answer got marked as correct when in fact your answer is the correct one. Warcraft came to life after Games Workshop said NO. kotaku.com/5929161/… | |
| Dec 23, 2014 at 19:02 | comment | added | Omegacron | @FuxieDK - I have to agree with 3Doubloons on that one. The orcs were originally green. The idea that drinking demon blood is what TURNED them green wasn't introduced until WarCraft III in 2002. That concept was then expanded on in the Burning Crusade expansion for World of WarCraft, at which point we were shown that their original skin color is brown. In fact, when we first came through the portal in BC, we immediately found RED orcs and thought THAT was the original color. But nope, it's brown. | |
| May 8, 2014 at 4:50 | comment | added | 3Doubloons | @Fuxie: Warcraft orcs being brown is a recent development, dating only from the Burning Crusade expansion in 2007. Prior to that, all orcs were green as inspired by Warhammer. That Blizzard decided to have green orcs be a by-product of the Burning Legion doesn't mean that green wasn't their original colour as far as real-world inspiration goes. | |
| Dec 5, 2013 at 8:53 | comment | added | FuxieDK | Warcraft Orcs are NOT green, they are brown. Gul'dan was the first orc to turn green, due to excessive use of Fel Magic. After the Dark Portal was opened to Azeroth, the demo. Mannoroth was slain, and the orcs drank his blood, turning them green. Dragonmaw and Mag'har orcs never used Fel Magic or drank Mannoroth's blood and have stayed brown. | |
| May 22, 2013 at 12:22 | comment | added | Kalissar | Actually they originally wanted to make a video game about Warhammer's world and came up with warcraft because Games Workshop didn't sell them the right to do it. | |
| May 10, 2012 at 16:54 | history | answered | aramis | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
