Lorever

# 📜 Lorever — *the histories of Azeroth, uncovered as you travel*

> **An encyclopedia of Azeroth that writes itself as you play.**
> Every region, figure, people, war and relic has a page. Pages start in the fog and unlock as you explore, like quests.
> And a narrator can read them to you while you ride.

**Made for World of Warcraft: Forever** (client 1.60.1). 100% free. Fully compatible with **Questie**.

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## ✨ At a glance

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| 🗺️ **2,000 pages of lore** | Zones, cities, dungeons, raids, places, figures, peoples, orders and events, written in the voice of the old chronicles. |
| 📚 **330+ writings** | Every book, letter, journal, legend and inscription in the world, with where to find it. |
| ⭐ **One Lore level** | Every page you uncover and every writing you read adds to one experience bar, up to level 60, with a new title every ten levels, from Wanderer to Voice of Azeroth. |
| 🎙️ **A narrator** | Press **Listen** on any page and keep playing. A progress bar shows how much is read. |
| 🔊 **Natural voice** *(optional)* | Voice packs: every page already narrated by a storyteller, about 30 hours in each language. |
| 🌍 **7 languages** | English, Português (Brasil), Deutsch, Français, Español (España y Latinoamérica), 简体中文, Русский. |
| 🤝 **Questie friendly** | Lorever sits right under Questie's tracker and can draw its marks with Questie's icons. |

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## 🗺️ Lore that unlocks as you play

- **Pages start locked.** Walk into a land, speak with a figure, finish the right quest: the page opens, with a banner and Lore experience.
- **Every name is a link.** Ink blue: a page you know. Faded blue: not yet discovered. Hover for a preview, click to read.
- **Figures have chapters.** Each chapter unlocks on its own, with mentions and **bonds**, the web of relations between the people of Azeroth.
- **Turquoise "!" marks** show undiscovered figures above their heads, on the world map and on the minimap.
- **The Lore tracker** lists what you track and the nearest undiscovered figures and writings, with distances.

## 📚 The library of Literature

- Every book, letter, journal, legend and inscription in the world, by region, with **where to find it**.
- **Missing**, **Read** and **Unlisted** lists, filters by kind, and search.
- Book icons on the map where a writing you have not read is waiting.
- When you read a writing in the world, its text is kept on your computer, so you can read it again inside Lorever.

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## 🎙️ The narrator

Press **Listen** on any page. A small bar stays on screen with **pause**, **next section**, **back** and **stop**, so you can close the book and keep playing.

- A **queue** ("Listen next"), and it **remembers where it stopped**, even after `/reload`.
- **Travel mode:** on a flight, it reads the lands you fly over.
- **Pause in combat**, and read each new discovery aloud, if you like.

- A **progress bar** shows how much of the page is read. Click anywhere on it to read from there.

### 🎚️ Narrator and language — at the top of the options

Open **Options > AddOns > Lorever** (or `/lorever narrator`, or **Voice** on the narrator bar):

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| 🌍 **Lorever's language** | Read Lorever, and hear it, in another language than the game's. Play in English, read in Português. |
| 🎙️ **Narrator** | **Lorever Narrator** (a natural voice, from a voice pack) or the game's **built-in TTS**. |
| 📦 **Voice pack** | The pack read first, when your language has several. |
| 🗣️ **Game voice** | The voice, speed and volume of the built-in TTS, with a **Test** button. |

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## 🔊 Natural voice *(optional)*

Want a narrator that sounds like a **real storyteller**? Install the **Lorever Narration** pack of your language. Every page and every book is already narrated: about **30 hours** in each language.

| Language | Voice pack |
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| 🇺🇸 English | **[Lorever Narration (English)](https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/lorever-narration-english)** |
| 🇧🇷 Português (Brasil) | **[Lorever Narration (Português do Brasil)](https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/lorever-narration-portugues-do-brasil)** |
| 🇩🇪 Deutsch | **[Lorever Narration (Deutsch)](https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/lorever-narration-deutsch)** |
| 🇫🇷 Français | **[Lorever Narration (Français)](https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/lorever-narration-francais)** |
| 🇪🇸 Español (España y Latinoamérica) | **[Lorever Narration (Español)](https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/lorever-narration-espanol)** |
| 🇨🇳 简体中文 | **[Lorever Narration (简体中文)](https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/lorever-narration-chinese)** |
| 🇷🇺 Русский | **[Lorever Narration (Русский)](https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/lorever-narration-russian)** |

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| 🔌 **Nothing to set up** | Install the pack beside Lorever. The narrator uses it **by itself**. With several, choose one in the options. |
| 🛡️ **Only an add-on** | Sound files and a small index. No program runs outside the game. |
| 🔁 **Never silent** | A line without a recording (new text after an update) is read by the game's own voice. |

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## 🌍 Languages

| Language | Interface | Lore | Literature | Voice pack |
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| 🇺🇸 English | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 🇧🇷 Português (Brasil) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 🇩🇪 Deutsch | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 🇫🇷 Français | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 🇪🇸 Español (España y Latinoamérica) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 🇨🇳 简体中文 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 🇷🇺 Русский | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |

Names of places, factions, races, classes and books are the **official names of each language's game client**. Lorever follows your game's language, or the one you choose in its options: play in one language, read and listen in another.

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## ⌨️ Commands

| Command | What it does |
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| `/lorever` | Open the book of lore |
| `/lorever narrator` | Narrator and language options |
| `/lorever listen` | Read the land you stand in |
| `/lorever pause` · `/lorever stop` | Pause or resume · stop the narrator |
| `/lorever level` | Your Lore level, pages and writings |
| `/lorever nameplates` | Show friendly NPC nameplates, so lore marks can appear |
| `/lorever language auto|en|pt|de|fr|es` | Change Lorever's language |
| `/lorever options` | Open the options |

Key bindings: **Options > Keybindings > AddOns > Lorever**. Minimap button: click for the book, right-click for the narrator.

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## 🧭 Find it your way

Don't want spoilers? In the options, pick a **Discovery mode**: **Classic** shows marks on the map and where to find everything; **Explorer** hides the marks and coordinates, and a quiet line tells you when something undiscovered is near, so you can look for it yourself; **Hardcore Explorer** gives no help at all.

## 🏆 The Rank

In the **Journal**, the **Rank** page compares your Lore with other Lorever players: your guild, your groups, and the players they heard. When you climb, a banner with a green arrow tells you your new place. It holds what your Lorever has heard, not a full list of the realm. Joining is your choice; join the optional **"Lorever" channel** to see the whole realm.

## 🔒 Privacy and fair play

- Lorever **never** sends chat messages, never automates anything, and stays out of Blizzard's menus and panels.
- No account, no tracking. Nothing about you or your characters leaves your computer, unless you join the **Rank** (off until you turn it on): then your character's name, realm, Lore experience and time with Lorever are shared with other Lorever players in your guild and groups (and on the "Lorever" channel, if you join it), by hidden addon messages, once after you log in and then only when your Lore changes, at most every 15 minutes. Never your BattleTag, account or guild, never in instances or in combat. Leave it at any time in the options.
- Lorever ships **no Blizzard text, art or audio**. Book text is read from your own game, and stays on your computer.

## ❓ Questions

**Does it work with Questie?** Yes. Lorever is built to sit beside it, and can draw its marks with Questie's icons.
**Do I need a voice pack?** No. Without one, the narrator uses the game's own voice.
**Why can't I see the "!" above figures?** Turn on friendly NPC nameplates: `/lorever nameplates`.
**Found a bug or an idea?** Leave a comment here. 💬

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## 🤖 AI Disclaimer

**The lore.** All of Lorever's lore was written with the help of AI. The AI worked only from facts found in the game itself and in Blizzard's official sources, and was told never to invent events, family ties or "lost chapters". The text is our own: no book, quest or dialogue text from the game is copied into the add-on. The translations (Português, Deutsch, Français, Español, 简体中文, Русский) were also made with AI, using each game client's official names for places, factions, races, classes and books. If you spot a mistake in the lore, please tell us in the comments and we will fix it.

**The narrator.** Lorever's narrator has two voices:

- **The game's own voice.** By default, Lorever reads with World of Warcraft's built-in text-to-speech. No AI is involved.
- **The voice packs (optional).** The narration in the Lorever Narration packs was generated with AI text-to-speech models, on the author's own computer: Kokoro-82M (Apache-2.0) for English, Português, Español and 简体中文, and Piper voices (CC0) for Deutsch, Français and Русский. Only Lorever's own text is read. The packs hold no audio, text or art from Blizzard, and no text from the game's books. No online AI service was used, and no real person's voice was cloned or imitated.

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*Lorever is an unofficial, free fan-made add-on and is not made, endorsed, sponsored or approved by Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. World of Warcraft® and Warcraft® are trademarks or registered trademarks of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc., in the U.S. and/or other countries. All World of Warcraft content, names, places, characters, book titles and in-game assets referenced by this add-on are the property of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. Lorever ships no Blizzard art, audio or book text; book text is read from your own game client and stored only on your computer.*