Lore

Forum Rules

No flaming or derogatory remarks, directly or through insinuation.
No discussion, sharing or referencing illegal software such as hacks, keygen, cracks and pirated software.
No offensive contents, including but not limited to, racism, gore or pornography.
No excessive spam/meme, i.e. copious one liners in a short period of time, typing with all caps or posting meme responses (text/image).
No trolling, including but not limited to, flame incitation, user provocation or false information distribution.
No link spamming or signature advertisements for content not specific to Dota 2.
No Dota 2 key requests, sell, trade etc.
You may not create multiple accounts for any purpose, including ban evasion, unless expressly permitted by a moderator.

Please search before posting. One thread per issue. Do not create another thread if there is an existing one already.
Before posting anything, make sure you check out all sticky threads (e.g., this). Do not create new threads about closed ones.
It is extremely important that you post in correct forum section.

Balance discussion only in Misc.
All art related (such as hero model) feedbacks go to Art Feedback Forum.
All matchmaking feedback should go here: Matchmaking Feedback
All report/low priority issues should go here: Commend/Report/Ban Feedback
No specific workshop item feedback. These should go to workshop page of that item.
When posting in non-bugs section (such as this), use [Bugs], [Discussion] or [Suggestion] prefix in your thread name.

Before posting any bug, test it in latest DotA map or Latest DotA Test Map and make sure it is actually a bug.
You can also find references in PlayDota Guides and PlayDota Mechanics.
Follow Bug Reporting Guide when reporting bugs.

In case you object some action by a moderator, please contact him directly through PM and explain your concerns politely. If you are still unable to resolve the issue, contact an administrator. Do not drag these issues in public.

All rules are meant to augment common sense, please use them when not conflicted with aforementioned policies.

See less

Topics	Statistics	Last Post
Sticky: Dota 2 Lore Megathread by 1337_n00b Started by 1337_n00b, 05-17-2012, 04:19 AM	1,530 responses 1,125,781 views 1 like	Last Post by artifactzone 03-26-2021, 02:35 AM
Sticky: Ozkavosh (Demon Language) Dictionary by KrisK Started by KrisK, 05-18-2012, 11:00 AM	105 responses 166,498 views 0 likes	Last Post by theope1 03-03-2016, 10:24 AM
Sticky: Dota 2 Cosmology - WIP by Lamprey Started by Lamprey, 11-21-2011, 05:04 PM	136 responses 147,515 views 0 likes	Last Post by Sprutnums 02-17-2015, 09:40 PM
Sticky: Maelrawn the Tentacular, the Church Begins [Tidehunter] by KevinCorporation Started by KevinCorporation, 02-28-2012, 09:51 AM	113 responses 109,291 views 0 likes	Last Post by Isangman0 09-01-2014, 07:32 PM
Hero wearables have no story/lore behind them at all! by Judirek Started by Judirek, 05-06-2014, 12:37 PM	18 responses 4,053 views 0 likes	Last Post by Fixmalve 06-08-2014, 08:19 PM
Dota 2 short story by BadFanFictions Started by BadFanFictions, 06-19-2013, 07:26 PM	13 responses 8,485 views 0 likes	Last Post by FunAllowed 06-03-2014, 02:27 AM
Dota 2 Lore Expansion Fanfic Series (WIP) by Grimweis Started by Grimweis, 05-20-2014, 10:30 PM	1 response 1,821 views 0 likes	Last Post by Grimweis 06-01-2014, 06:52 PM
is there an available Jah'rakal Troll Warlod Model? by hyeki Started by hyeki, 05-16-2014, 06:50 PM	1 response 1,097 views 0 likes	Last Post by evilgenius 05-20-2014, 03:04 AM
Who, or what character is the default announcer? by KSnarl Started by KSnarl, 04-10-2014, 05:28 PM	10 responses 3,981 views 0 likes	Last Post by n4st3 05-17-2014, 05:29 AM
lore question: tinker and crey by esmaj Started by esmaj, 05-11-2014, 07:16 PM	2 responses 1,348 views 0 likes	Last Post by Minnakht 05-16-2014, 11:47 AM
Closed: not lore but interesting by esmaj Started by esmaj, 05-07-2014, 07:45 PM	4 responses 1,263 views 0 likes	Last Post by WhaleRum 05-07-2014, 10:00 PM
Strongest Hero by Dodge Started by Dodge, 03-27-2014, 02:52 PM	96 responses 18,403 views 0 likes	Last Post by torgonudho 05-06-2014, 02:40 PM
Little,Mini ,too mini , baby Timbersaw's Lyric by omansak Started by omansak, 05-02-2014, 05:38 PM	4 responses 1,774 views 0 likes	Last Post by Justinian of Hattes 05-03-2014, 10:14 AM
Battle never ends (Cinematic) by blanty Started by blanty, 04-22-2014, 08:33 AM	8 responses 2,788 views 0 likes	Last Post by Noo 04-30-2014, 01:01 PM

Announcement

Forum Rules