A New World

An interesting fanfic project, A New World is an idea of what would happen when Azeroth from Warcraft meets our world. It can be found here.

Not to be confused with New World, with which it shares no similarities.


 * Badass: The U.S. Marines certainly count.
 * So does the Secret Service.
 * Badass Normal: Hillary Clinton talking down two leaders warring against each other.
 * Big Damn Heroes: The trio of Marines would have likely died fighting undead if a group of adventurers hadn't bailed them out.
 * Celebrity Paradox: In this fic, there is no World of Warcraft game on Earth, but World of Warhammer in order to prevent the Earth humans from instantly knowing everything about Azeroth.
 * Genre Savvy: One of the Marines instantly starts aiming for headshots when he realizes his team is fighting zombies, and encourages the others to do the same.
 * Wrong Genre Savvy: However, the fact that Azeroth's undead work differently from the kind in zombie movies works against him.
 * The Magic Goes Away: The ambient mana on Earth is much weaker than in Azeroth. It doesn't make casting spells impossible for Azerothians, but casting is much more difficult on Earth.
 * Nuclear Weapons Taboo: A Gnomish mage gets visibly upset when Barack Obama mentions nukes in front of him. Given what happened to Gnomeregan in the backstory, this is understandable.
 * Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: When Rhonin's temper flares. "THAT'S IT! THE NEXT BEING TO ANNOY ME GETS SET ON FIRE!
 * Shout-Out: A few.
 * Some of the Marines are named after Starfist characters.
 * Gelbin Mekkatorque claims that one mage or engineer is worth 42 shamans.
 * Looks like Dr. Leo Spaceman has moved up in the world.
 * What the Hell, Hero?: A Night Elf rogue decides to test the competency of the Secret Service by faking a possible threat. Her party leader called her out on the stupidity of her little stunt, though.