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Sticky: Dota 2 Lore Megathread by 1337_n00b Started by 1337_n00b, 05-17-2012, 04:19 AM	1,530 responses 1,125,882 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 166,505 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 147,527 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 109,296 views 0 likes	Last Post by Isangman0 09-01-2014, 07:32 PM
Templar Assassin (Valve lore) by Hefaistus Started by Hefaistus, 07-11-2012, 11:51 AM	37 responses 8,655 views 0 likes	Last Post by Harmony 10-10-2012, 05:30 PM
Closed: Dark side and Light side by xcodesia Started by xcodesia, 10-10-2012, 05:34 AM	9 responses 1,548 views 0 likes	Last Post by Hefaistus 10-10-2012, 10:07 AM
Visages "Gargoyle" Creature type? by Mercfh Started by Mercfh, 10-04-2012, 06:11 AM	2 responses 1,268 views 0 likes	Last Post by karl211 10-10-2012, 05:07 AM
Will valve hire people just to write lore for Dota2? by Goldenkrow Started by Goldenkrow, 09-13-2012, 06:55 PM	20 responses 4,634 views 0 likes	Last Post by Goldenkrow 10-09-2012, 05:02 AM
Magnus (Valve Lore) by Hefaistus Started by Hefaistus, 09-26-2012, 01:57 PM	20 responses 7,018 views 0 likes	Last Post by uzikus 10-07-2012, 07:25 AM
Razor by Lamprey Started by Lamprey, 09-08-2011, 03:32 PM	13 responses 3,626 views 0 likes	Last Post by blash365 10-03-2012, 09:15 AM
God's strength by OhDatsApplesMate Started by OhDatsApplesMate, 09-27-2012, 09:02 PM	13 responses 4,735 views 0 likes	Last Post by Unfawkable 10-02-2012, 10:13 PM
Closed: Thoughts on Tauren Chieftain by Justinian of Hattes Started by Justinian of Hattes, 10-01-2012, 12:44 PM	3 responses 1,141 views 0 likes	Last Post by Justinian of Hattes 10-01-2012, 12:51 PM
The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse by MaxBeoulve Started by MaxBeoulve, 07-23-2012, 09:11 AM	40 responses 11,790 views 0 likes	Last Post by GrandBreaker 10-01-2012, 01:50 AM
Dota 2 Universe by DevilEnd Started by DevilEnd, 09-26-2012, 06:10 AM	8 responses 2,747 views 0 likes	Last Post by GrandBreaker 10-01-2012, 12:41 AM

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