A Whisper of Warning

This article contains lore taken from Warcraft novels, novellas, or short stories.

A Whisper of Warning.

"A Whisper of Warning" is a short story by Delilah Dawson published digitally on the official site on 6 May 2024. It is also part of the anthology The Voices Within. It is illustrated by Ognjen Sporin.

After her visit in Dalaran at the end of Dragonflight, Alleria Windrunner prepares to go out on a mission to hunt down the Dark Heart and the mysterious Harbinger. Before that, she makes a stop in Silvermoon City.

Characters

Major	Supporting	Mentioned
Alleria Windrunner Arator Windrunner	Lor'themar Theron Turalyon	Branson Breezeblossom twins Greaves Iridikron Khadgar Liadrin Kael'thas Sunstrider Lirath Windrunner Lireesa Windrunner Verath Windrunner Vereesa Windrunner File:IconSmall Xal'atath.gif Xal'atath

Location

• Azeroth
  • Dalaran (mentioned)
  • Quel'Thalas
    • Isle of Quel'Danas
      • Sunwell (mentioned)
    • Eversong Woods
      • Silvermoon City
        • Bazaar
        • Court of the Sun
          • Sunfury Spire
        • Farstrider's Square
        • Royal Exchange
        • Walk of Elders
          • Wayfarer's Rest
      • Sunstrider Isle (mentioned)
  • Stormwind City (mentioned)
  • Broken Isles
    • Suramar
      • Suramar City (mentioned)
• Draenor (mentioned)
• Telogrus Rift (mentioned)

Retcons and inconsistencies

• The short story mentions that Iridikron found the Dark Heart in Aberrus. In the game, Iridikron found it in a weyrn in the Forbidden Reach.
• There is a constellation seen from Draenor which Khadgar dubbed Turalyon's Hammer. However, in A Whisper of Warning, both Arator and Alleria can see it in the skies of Azeroth.

Notes

• This is the first time Alleria is seen in her new The War Within outfit.
• The short story makes references to  [40-70] Remember the Sunwell, A Thousand Years of War, Shadows Rising, Warcraft: Sylvanas, and The Vow Eternal.
• The short story describes Alleria seeing a toddler while on a walk in Silvermoon and remembering how she had been able to see Arator in those years thanks to the Light, from far away, as she did in A Thousand Years of War when he was a boy. As such, it offers a context to the Shadows Rising scene with Alleria watching her young child swinging a wooden sword at a frog, which would not be possible since she was already lost when Arator was growing up.
• The story recontextualizes Alleria's attendance at Lor'themar and Thalyssra's wedding in Suramar, which some readers observed as peculiar in light of her unresolved feud with the groom. Alleria reflects that Lor'themar is still willing to extend her a measure of goodwill for the bond they once shared, and it's mentioned that her invitation to Suramar contained the same stipulation that limited her visit to Silvermoon.
• Arator's residence in Silvermoon marks the first time a nominal member of the Horde or Alliance has been granted lodgings in a capital belonging to the other, and together with the Horde's tolerance in Bel'ameth might reflect an easing of faction tensions since the Fourth War. Beyond that, Arator's specific relocation to Silvermoon is interesting, as both his mother and the aunt who raised him are political exiles.

Gallery

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  Cover art.

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  Arator.

External links

World of Warcraft Community Site A Whisper of Warning