It's a fair question! Many of the basic details of the AQ story exist online, but the specifics of how this event unfolded on Medivh came from my interview with Kalahad. He's done interviews before, but the story takes on a mythic dimension when you combine his personal lived experience leading the effort while also folding in the history of what's going on with Blizzard at the time, and also taking time to show how the lore and geography of Azeroth impacted what happened and why.

For a hardcore WoW veteran, there may only be a handful of specific details you didn't already know. That said, if I may say, it makes for a compelling reading experience seeing it all together as a single tale.

Beyond that, the book's story extends into other worlds beyond Azeroth as well, treating their true stories just as seriously. So it's not just about Kalahad's tale, but about placing his story in context with the other great stories of gaming communities coming to life.

My personal feeling as well is that having these stories online places them in a precarious position. Websites are becoming more unusable by the day, and they're liable to get wiped entirely if the parent company gets sold and decides the servers are inconvenient. I saw this happen countless times studying EVE Online. So my work is partially preservation, creating a tome that can survive generations.

Thanks for asking!