Your Fortune Awaits
Your Fortune Awaits was a promotional website for Cataclysm, designed around the Darkmoon Faire theme. Players were able to interact with the website in various ways which would help move either the Horde or Alliance progress bars forward. In this process, the website unlocked never-before-seen Cataclysm artwork, ringtones, The Shattering novel excerpts, developer interviews, and exclusive cinematic trailers leading up to the expansion's release on 7 December 2010.[1]
Description
- The shadows have whispered of your arrival, brave adventurer. They have told me that you are restless and burdened with concerns about your future. Indeed, your fears are well-placed. A darkness is welling from deep within the earth, and soon it will wash over all of Azeroth. Will you be able to withstand the coming surge?
- You can help your faction unlock exciting rewards by receiving Azeroth's Fortune, Discovering Your Destiny, and clicking on the Like or Share buttons found throughout this website. Help your favorite Cataclysm Print Ad and YouTube contest entries win by sharing them with your friends -- just click on the Like or Share buttons on the contest pages.
Azeroth's Fortune
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Azeroth's Fortune was one section of this promotion.
Discover Your Destiny
The "Discover Your Destiny" section was essentially a personality test.
Before players could continue with the test, they had to choose their preferred faction:
- Side with the Alliance
- Humans, night elves, dwarves, gnomes, draenei, and most recently, worgen make up the illustrious Alliance. Proud and noble, courageous and wise, these races work together to preserver order in Azeroth.
- The Alliance is driven by honor and tradition. Its rulers are champions of justice, hope, knowledge, and faith.
- In a time when chaos and uncertainty reign, the Alliance remains steadfast in its determination to bring light to the darkest corners of the world.
- Side with the Horde
- The Horde is made up of orcs, Forsaken, tauren, trolls, blood elves, and most recently, goblins. Misunderstood and cast aside, these diverse and powerful races strive now to overcome their differences and unite as one in order to win freedom for their people and prosper in a land that has come to hate them.
- In the Horde, action and strength are valued above diplomacy, and its leaders earn respect by the blade, wasting no time with politics. The brutality of the Horde's champions is focused, giving a voice to those who fight for survival.
- When the enemies of the Horde have been cured of their intolerance, there may be peace.
- Until that day, there will be the Horde.
Gallery
Art by Brian Huang.
Card back
Berserker
Death
Greatness
Illusion
Blue Dragon
Crusade
Heroism
Madness
Maelstrom
Twisting Nether
Vengeance
Wrath
Contests
There were contests for images (Cataclysm Print Ad) and videos (Cataclysm YouTube Commercial) where fans were able to submit fan art as part of the contests that were essentially propaganda for the upcoming Cataclysm.
Unlockables
Horde
The following unlockables were made available on the Horde side:
- The Blind Seer and Lament of the World excerpts from The Shattering: Prelude to Cataclysm.
- The Drums of War ringtone - On Arid lands of red dust and stone, beleaguered nations shall join as one. Their drums shall beat in unison, and their battle cries shall carry across the world.
- The Warrior's Howl ringtone - From enchanted towers to windswept bluffs, a call to arms shall be ushered forth. The voices of many shall reply as one, with axe and fang and spear and arrow.
Pride of the Horde - On blood-soaked fields of battle, frigid winds carried the proud warrior's screams. In war he won the hearts of his people, and in return he shall guide their future.
Vorix Zorbuzz
A World of Stone - Beyond the veil of the mortal realm, a storm brews deep in an ancient prison. When at last the tempest's wrath engulfs the world, the prison shall crumble like brittle stone.
The Reckoning - Though closed to the world for many years, a nation's doors have been opened by war within and without. Henceforth a cursed people shall join with friends old and new to save their embattled home.
Kezan's Outcasts - Two nations shall be driven from their cherished lands and forge ahead into futures unknown. Each will take a different path, yet both ways shall lead to war.
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Alliance
The following unlockables were made available on the Alliance side:
- Peace No More and The Coming Storm excerpts from The Shattering: Prelude to Cataclysm.
- A Call to Arms ringtone - Under banners of azure and gold, disparate kingdoms shall join as one. Their horns shall sound in unison, and their call to arms shall carry across the world.
- The Lion's Roar ringtone - From the highest boughs to the deepest mountains, a call to arms shall be ushered forth. The voices of many shall reply as one, with glaive and hammer and lance and sword.
Jailer of the Damned - After suffering betrayal at the doorstep of his nemesis, a brave paladin was reborn in the searing heat of enchanted dragon flames. No longer fit to dwell among the living, alone he shall endure as the steward of a misbegotten throng.
Alister Cooper
The City of Shadow - Forged in the wake of feuding clans, a great city fell to hate and vengeance. Never again will peace grace its halls, and soon darkness shall stir in its cursed stone heart once more.
Lost to Time - Buried by the sands of time, a forgotten land shall be revealed. Though its secrets will be sought by many, only a worthy few shall glean truths long lost to mortal minds.
Greymane's Fury - Two nations shall be driven from their cherished lands and forge ahead into futures unknown. Each will take a different path, yet both ways shall lead to war.
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Videos
Video Interview with Jesse McCree[dead link]
Interview with Gary Platner- Cataclysm Cinematic - Making Of
- Cataclysm - The World Reborn
References
External links
World of Warcraft Community Site (Archived) Event progression- World of Warcraft Community Site (Archived) Event completion