Tales of the Past

"Tales of the Past is a storyline movie, based upon the realm of Dunemaul (EU). All three movies of this trilogy have been released. The main idea for this movie was to make battlescenes between huge amounts of hordes and alliances, talking over ventrilo to make it work. This worked out greatly and we managed to do battles and speeches etc with 70 hordes and 40 alliance, in an epic movie that will blow you away!"

Characters

• Yimo - an officer of Eden Aurorae
• Blazer - Yimo's best friend
• Arthas - The Lich King himself
• Thainor - A Human Warlock living in the underground Stormwind, supposed to help Yimo but is working for something greater
• Monóri - An elf officer of the Alliance
• Jaina Proudmoore - One of the greatest sorcerers ever to live
• Rexxar - A champion of the Horde
• Thrall - The Warchief of the Horde
• Saurfang - An officer of the Horde
• Smorisha - Orc General of the Horde
• Morbid - Undead General of the Horde
• Eden Aurorae (The whole guild) - The guild behind the movies (mostly Martin Falch, the director/writer/and so on)
• Iron Edge - A Horde guild that took a great part in making this movie
• Serphentos - An officer of the Alliance, in control of a lot of soldiers
• Highlord Mograine - The Death Knight of Naxxramas reveals himself as something more

Story

To prevent an upcoming war between the Horde and the Alliance, Eden Aurorae has a goal to find an artifact of great evil to stop the madness.

(Under construction)

Tales of the Past - The Series

Tales of the Past is a World of Warcraft Machinima series.
Martin Falch (Maquan) is the director of and the mastermind behind these films.
The series started with a film named Eden Aurorae Guild Movie, which was a self promotion movie for the guild Eden Aurorae. After getting some great feedback Maquan started working on the Tales of the Past trilogy and have since created some of the most epic WoW movies ever made.

Movie	Title	Size (MB)	Runtime (Min)	Release Date	Direct Download	WCMovies	Stream
Eden Aurorae Guild Movie	-	46	-	Sep 28 2005	DDL	-	-
Tales of the Past	This is your story..	401	15	Nov 02 2005	DDL	WCMovies	Stream
Tales of the Past II	Revelations	520	41	Jun 16 2006	DDL	WCMovies	Stream
Tales of the Past III	-	2.33 GB	1h 28min	Dec 12 2007	DDL	WCMovies	Stream-

Maquans own words about the series:

The series originally started out as a guild promotion movie for my guild, Eden Aurorae.
However, as it got popular, I decided to continue and make my second storyline movie, Tales of the Past, which was indeed a way more serious project than the original guild movie. The original idea of [[Tales of the Past was to make a movie with arranged events between the Horde and the Alliance - as you've seen, the same thing goes for Tales of the Past II.

Tales of the Past II was my ambition to make what I did not make in Tales of the Past.
Voiceacting, camera changes, action, a script, a plot - everything a movie should contain. This ambition turned out to result in quite a ride, spanning over 6 months of hard work, but also tons of fun with all the actors, voiceactors and supporters of the movie! In the end it fulfilled my ambition and I am satisfied with the result, even though I know I can improve in many areas! I have learned tons from this production and I know a lot more than I did when I began.

That is why I hope you will stay tuned for Tales of the Past III, which will be the final result of the whole experience!

Tales of the Past - The Books

Peregrine of Staghelm is currently writing a book series, detaling the events that occured between TotP 1 and TotP 2, though expanding far beyond that to explain the true reason behind Arthas' planning and the secret mastermind behind it all, eventually leading up to the forging of the Army of Light and the march of the naaru on the Burning Legion. You can read more here.

Tales of the Past II

Tales of the Past II (TotpII)is an epic machinima movie based in the WoW universe. The move is the second in the 'Tales of the Past' series directed by Maquan (Martin Falch) of Dunemaul. This film, with a total run time of 41 minutes it is arguably the best and largest scale machinima movie ever created using recordings from the popular World of Warcraft MMORPG. Production of the movie took place over approximately six months and included more than 1000 extras in the form of other World of Warcraft plays providing support for epic battle scenes.

Main Characters

Yimo

Blazer

See Tales of the Past II Characters

Storyline

This epic storyline movie picks up where Tales of the Past left off. Yimo and Blazer set out on a quest to prevent a forthcoming War between the Horde and the Alliance, by revealing a mysterious corruption in Stormwind.

Gwaar

Yimo and Blazer begin their quest by visiting Thainor, a warlock who tells them that information about Conrad Schultz is contained within his diary, hidden in the Library of Stormwind. They successfully retrieve the Diary of Conrad Schultz, but accidentally teleport to the tower of Karazhan when making their escape. At Karazhan, Yimo and Blazer face an ambush from hundreds of undead members of the Scourge army. Luckily, members of a group of warriors known as The Ancient save the plucky heroes and transport them back to the safety of their camp.

Arthas
(Only seen from behind)

Initially, no one can understand the strange language written in the Diary of Conrad Schultz, but upon the suggestion of a Tauran named Jubai the heroes travel to Feralas to seek the wisest Tauren Druid: Gwaar. Accompanied by two Tauren companions, Yimo and Blazer travel to the twin colossalls in Ferelas to find Gwaar. Upon their arrival, Gwaar tells Yimo that the Diary is written in a kind of ancient demonic dialect, twisted in a mysterious code. As it turns out, there are far worse things to worry about...

Cast and Crew

(Under construction)

Thainor

FAQ's

(Under construction)

Easter eggs!

Yimo's eyes

(Under construction)

Jubai

Throughout the movie Yimo's eyes change colours. (Green/Purple/Brown)

(This is because there are three actors for Yimo since the 'real' Yimo stopped playing during production.)

Red tauren

At 30:24, when the undead patrol is chasing Yimo a Tauren with red shoulders can be seen on the right behind the hill in Winterspring. (The tauren seen is a guy who should have hidden behind a rock when his noggenfogger didn't work, but accidentially he hid the wrong place and got into the shot.)

Ball & Xconzoa

Drinking undead

At 31:17, when Yimo says "Please stop them Blazer...", the high angle shot revealed an undead infront of the crowd sitting down and drinking. At 31:31, when the undead patrol charges at Yimo, the same undead was still drinking while everyone else moved. (The drinking undead and the group of undeads had just been attacked by a dragon, so he felt he had to regain some hp/mana.)

Two Blazers

Serphentos

At 36:37, there is a rogue in the middle that looked exactly like Blazer who walked up with the army and stealthed. Then at 37:38 it seemed that Blazer had just arrived to the battlefield. (The rogue seen at the battle is actually Blazer, though he's supposed to just fill in a spot - the reason he was there was simply that the scene lacked rogues so he might as well fill out a spot if he used his hood and some other weapons.)

Red Dress Tauren

In the attack on Stormwind Sequence, the Tauren Xconzoa is wearing a pretty red dress.

Music

Monori

(Copied from www.edenaurorae.com)

Title and Intro Credits 00:00-00:59

Passion/Peter Gabriel/Music For The Last Temptation of Christ/15

The clip used is somewhere in the intro.

Prelude 01:00-02:32

Rock House Jail/Hans Zimmer/The Rock Soundtrack/2

On the actual album, this is called "Rock House Jail" though on file-sharing networks people call it "Navy Seals Theme song."

The clip used is from 4:01-5:31.

Party in Stormwind 04:15-05:08

One Last Shot/Hans Zimmer/Pirates of the Carribbean Soundtrack/14

The clip used is from 0:29-1:26.

Yimo and Thainor 05:30-08:07

Volcanic/World of Warcraft

This clip is the music played when in Burning Steppes and Searing Gorge. In the sound.MPQ file, it is under "Music/ZoneMusic/Volcanic." I'm Not completely sure where in the clip it's from, sorry!

Undead Mage Battle 10:22-10:40

Bare Island/Hans Zimmer/Mission Impossible 2 Soundtrack/10

The clip used is from 0:08-0:26.

Yimo and Mage Battle Part 1 10:50-11:50

Dragon Force/My Spirit Will Go On

The clip used is from 0:07-1:07

Yimo and Mage Battle Part 1 11:59-12:37

Dragon Force/My Spirit Will Go On

The clip used is from 4:27-5:04

Yimo and Blazer Talk 12:47-13:23

Still Unknown. Anyone have any ideas? [Probably Judgment Day/Themes for choir and orchestra - Immediate Music]

Horde Arrival 13:23-14:55

Fahrenheit 2.0 (Choir)/Immediate Music/Themes for Choir and Orchestra/18

The clip used is from 0:26-2:00.

Yimo and Jubai 14:55-16:35

Mulgore/World of Warcraft

This music is the music played when in Mulgore. In the sound.MPQ file, it is under "Music/ZoneMusic/Plains." I'm Not completely sure where in the clip it's from, sorry!

Journey to Twin Colossals 16:45-17:35

The Medallion Calls/Hans Zimmer/Pirates of the Carribbean Soundtrack/2

The clip used is form 1:00-1:51

Yimo and Gwaar Part I 18:00-20:26

Between Two Worlds/Immediate Music

The clip used is the entire song.

Yimo and Gwaar Part II 20:30-21:11

Still Unknown. Anyone have any ideas?

Yimo and Blazer Campfire 22:06-23:05

The Way of the Sword/Hans Zimmer/The Last Samurai Soundtrack/10

The clip used is from 0:00 to 0:59

Yimo and Arthas Part I 23:07-24:55

Underwater March/Hans Zimmer/Pirates of the Carribbean Soundtrack/13

The clip used is from 0:00 to 1:48

Yimo and Arthas Part II 24:56-27:06

Tarawa/Hans Zimmer/Matrix Revolutions Trailer Music

The clip used is most of the song, though it has been cut slightly (10 secs).

Yimo and Arthas Part III 27:06-27:30

Volcanic/World of Warcraft

This clip is the music played when in Burning Steppes and Searing Gorge. In the sound.MPQ file, it is under "Music/ZoneMusic/Volcanic." I'm Not completely sure where in the clip it's from, sorry!

Blazer and Tauren 27:30-28:14

Injection/Hans Zimmer/Mission Impossible 2 Soundtrack/9

The clip used is from 0:00 to 0:44.

Yimo sees Arthas 28:15-29:54

Bare Island/Hans Zimmer/Mission Impossible 2 Soundtrack/10

The clip used is from 0:35 to 2:14

Yimo battles undead 29:54-32:08

Injection/Hans Zimmer/Mission Impossible 2 Soundtrack/9

The clip used is from 2:28-4:40

Blazer and armies 32:10-33:49

Rising Empire/Immediate Music

The clip used is from 0:08-1:44

Monóri and Serphentos 33:53-34:59

Hero's Return/X-Ray Dog

The clip used is from 0:00 to 0:48.

General's speeches 35:00-36:18

Hummell Gets the Rockets/Hans Zimmer/The Rock Soundtrack/1

The clip used is from 1:29 to 2:47

Armies charging 36:28-37:09

Unknown still. Possibly from Last Samurai?

Alliance/Horde Battle 37:20-38:21

Dethroned/X-Ray Dog

The clip used is from 0:15 to 1:17

Yimo's Funeral 38:47-39:22

Dwarves Song of Mourning/Lord of the Rings

Still not sure what exactly this is from. Anyone have any ideas?

Blazer's story 39:23-41:31

Moonlight Serenade/Hans Zimmer/Pirates of the Carribbean Soundtrack/9

The clip used is the entire song.

Soundtrack TotP III

"I was... the Ashbringer."

• (0:38/--:--) Legendary - King Arthur Soundtrack - 02 - Woad To Ruin

• (--:--/6:00) Betrayed - King Arthur Soundtrack - 04 - Hold The Ice

• (--:--/--:--) The Ashbringer In Battle - Pirates of the Caribbean 2 - Hans Zimmer - 08 - a family affair

• (--:--/--:--) 01 - Age of Music

Discord

• (--:--/--:--) Saurfang's Challenge - Hans Zimmer- The Contender (Main Theme)

• (--:--/--:--) Trevor Rabin - Armageddon - Launch

• (--:--/--:--) Council of War - The Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion Main Title Music

Two beers per kill

• (--:--/--:--) Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's chest - 07 - Two hornpipes (Tortuga)

• (--:--/--:--) eternal_silencetheme_ngm_by_mike_cameron_force

• (--:--/--:--) 10 - The Peacemaker - Devoe's Revenge Take 3 Take 2.wav

• (--:--/--:--) X-Ray Dog - Clash Of Arms(1)

• (--:--/--:--) The Last Samurai (Soundtrack) - 09 - Hans Zimmer - Red Warrior

• (--:--/--:--) Edgen+discovery

• (--:--/--:--) Movies - Hans Zimmer - The Last Samurai - Spectres In The Fog

• (--:--/--:--) The Last Samurai (Soundtrack) - 03 - Hans Zimmer - Taken

• (--:--/--:--) Starsailor - Way to Fall

• (--:--/--:--) 01 - Danny Elfman - Introduction

• (--:--/--:--) Immediate Music - Epicon (Hybrid)

• (--:--/--:--) Harry Gregson Williams - Metal Gear Solid 1 Opening Theme

• (--:--/--:--) Pirates of the Caribbean 3 - 06 I See Dead People In Boats

• (--:--/--:--) Pirates of the Caribbean 3 - 02 Singapore

• (--:--/--:--) Pirates of the Caribbean 3 - 03 At Wit's End

• (--:--/--:--) 10 - In Search of the Grail

• (--:--/--:--) Saurfang and Rexxar - Theme - Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

• (--:--/--:--) Pirates of the Caribbean 3 - 11 I Don't Think Now Is The Best Time

• (38:10/40:46) Ambush - Saw Soundtrack - Final theme

The Emerald Dream

• (40:58/43:20) Quite A View - Star Wars Episode II - Attack Of The Clones - 02 - Across The Stars (Love Theme)

• (--:--/--:--) 13_-_Hans_Zimmer_-_Barbarian_Horde

• (--:--/--:--) Metal_Gear_Solid_LegendoftheSnake_OC_ReMix

• (--:--/--:--) Naruto OST - 08 Sadness and Sorrow

• (46:00/46:40) Naruto - Strong And Strike

• (--:--/--:--) Naruto - Main Theme

• (--:--/--:--) Warcraft 3 - Comradeship

• (--:--/--:--) Lord of The Rings - Main Theme

• (--:--/--:--) Pirates of the Caribbean 3 - 05 Up Is Down

• (52:42/55:37) Coco Lee - A Love Before Time (Mandarin)

• (55:45/59:26) The Final Trial - Godspeed You Black Emperor - Moya

Armies Unite

• (--:--/--:--) Metal Gear Solid 3 - Snake Eater (Soundtrack) - 211 - Norihiko Hibino - Last Showdown

• (--:--/--:--) Metal Gear Solid 3 - Snake Eater (Soundtrack) - 210 - Harry Gregson - Williams - Lifes End

• (--:--/--:--) King Arthur Soundtrack - 05-Another Brick in Hadrian's Wall

• (1:03:50/1:05:03) Monori In Death - Nightwish - End Of All Hope

• (--:--/--:--) Immediate Music - 48 - Orch & Choir Rise - 3

• (--:--/--:--) 31 - Asteroid Chase - The Shuttle Crash

• (--:--/--:--) Too late... - Naruto (Orochimaru's Theme)

• (--:--/--:--) The Lich King's Power - Naruto 15 - Orochimaru's Fight

Return of the Ashbringer

• (1:07:40/1:09:45) Hans Zimmer - King Arthur - Hans Zimmer - Crimson Tide Theme

• (--:--/--:--) Ash and Frost Part 1 - X-ray Dog 50 - Tightwire Orchestral

• (--:--/--:--) Ash and Frost Part 2 - Immediate Music - Blasphemy 2.0 (Choir)

• (1:13:50/1:14:30) Remember Them When in Hope you Doubt - Immediate Music - With Great Power

• (--:--/--:--) "If you think that's cool..." - Immediate Music - Desperate Hour

• (--:--/--:--) Phoenix and Frost Wyrm - Immediate Music - Serenata (Choir)

• (--:--/--:--) "Nice One!" - Immediate Music - Liberation! (Choir)

• (--:--/--:--) "I smell demons coming..." - X-Ray Dog 44 - Secret Agent

• (--:--/--:--) Monóri vs. Serphentos - Soundtracks - Mission Impossible 2 - Hans Zimmer - Injection

• (--:--/--:--) X-Ray Dog 21 - Big f'n Drums

• (--:--/--:--) "No match for me!" - Immediate Music - With Great Power

Victory of the Ashbringer

• (1:17:05/1:18:10) Trust Company - Downfall

• (--:--/--:--) Batman Begins Soundtrack - Corynorhinus

• (--:--/--:--) Blazer's Final Sacrifice - Metal Gear Solid 3-End theme Harryson Gregson Williams

• (--:--/--:--) "Honor Them!" - Theme Songs - Naruto - Hokage's Funeral Scene

• (--:--/--:--) The Tale Ends - TavernAlliance02

• (--:--/--:--) 04 - Danny Elfman - The Story...

• (--:--/--:--) 10 - Danny Elfman - The Tree of Death

• (--:--/--:--) Credits - Nightwish - Ghost Love Score

External links and references

• Visit the Tales of the Past Official Site
• Tales of the Past II in Warcraftmovies.com
• Tales of the Past mentioned on Denmark radio (included for notability)
• Tales of the Past mentioned in a Danish newspaper (included for notability)

Tales of the Past III

This is a storyline movie, based upon the realm of Dunemaul. It's the final movie in the Tales of the Past series and was released on December 12 2007. Just under an hour and a half long, it is a full feature-length movie.

Of all WoW Fan fiction, Tales of the Past has arguably the most complex storyline, and the greatest tie-in to lore. The presence of Mograine, Arthas, The Ashbringer, and even a Naaru make for a rich and enjoyable experience. The movie is masterfully devised in such a way to leave the ending open for other opportunists to expand on the story. The film is filled with all kinds of scenes, beautiful, intense, sad, happy, and everything in between. It is an absolute must-see for anyone, even, for that matter, people who don't play World of WarCraft.

A teaser trailer for Tales of the Past III has now been released by the series' creator Martin Falch (aka Maquan) at Warcraft Movies.

A synopsis of the movie is forthcoming, please be patient! After all, it's over an hour and a half long.

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Brief Overview (like the description you would read on the back of a book)

The hour of judgment has come. The time for all to show their valor, and their courage... or their weakness.

Within Orgrimmar, many orcs publicly announce that the pending negotiations with the Alliance are worthless, that the Humans will betray them once again. Thrall himself believes they will take too much time. While Saurfang does all in his not-inconsiderable power to quell such uprisings, these sentiments seem to be shared by many. Their fortunes change, however, when a lone Mok'Nathal appears at the gates, and Rexxar is ordered to watch the Alliance and determine what they are doing in the war against the Scourge.

Meanwhile, within the Alliance, discord is ever present. Monóri and Serphentos do all in their power to help smooth relations between the Alliance and the Horde, but in addition to their angry followers, their own prejudices present a barrier as well. Only the theft of an important artifact, and a mage's quest to recover it, can convince the Alliance that this is necessary.

And while the war rages on Azeroth and Kalimdor, Blazer follows the trail of the Ashbringer, and it's wielder, the dreaded Death Knight, Mograine himself. From Azeroth, to Northrend, to lands unreachable by normal means, Blazer's trail follows, and unless his enemy can help him... he will fall to the darkness that took Arthas. A darkness that has, at last, a form to be seen.

A Naaru.

Reception of TotP III

The movie was a great succes on www.WarCraftMovies.com with an average rating of 5 out of 5 and almost 200.000 downloads the first three days (1xRecommended + 2xPlatinum). The seeding of the satisfied downloaders on .Torrent made it clear that the movie was a succes.

Fan Art

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  Yimo's Dream
  by Tendriel

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  Final Battle
  by Khazaad

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  The Battle of Karazhan
  by Khazaad

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  Return of the Lich King
  by Khazaad

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  Yimo and Blazer
  by Khazaad

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  Yimo's Sacrifice
  by Khazaad

Links of interest

Official Eden Aurorae Webpage
Official Tales of the Past Webpage
Tales of the Past III Teaser Trailer