All right WoW lore nerds, we have some new info that has come out thanks to an interview with PC Gamer UK regarding Cataclysm. Do not read further if you don’t want to be spoiled!
On the Worgen starting zone

“The worgen starting zone actually begins in a flashback. Gilneas is besieged by the Forsaken and gripped with rumors of plague. You meet a dissenter, Crowley, who believes that Gilneas’ isolationism is a mistake and that they should rejoin the Alliance. When the worgen curse comes, you and Crowley lead the defensive, but are pushed back to the city cathedral, where you realize that the worgen you are fighting are your own friends and neighbors driven feral. As you realize this, the curse takes you.

Flash forward to some months later, when you’re captured in the countryside by your old friend Crowley. From here, the portion we saw at BlizzCon begins.”

On the Goblin starting zone

“You start on Kezan as a pretty high level (society-wise, not game mechanics) executive, successful and rich, with a hot secretary. When Kezan begins to fall apart, you give your life savings to a Trade Prince who promises you safe passage to the mainland. Instead, he captures you and tries to sell into slavery. That’s when the shipwreck happens, and again, the story picks up with the BlizzCon portion.”

We also now have some new and confirmed lore tidbits for Cataclysm. I’ll start with the bad news. Garrosh has been confirmed as the new leader of the Horde (I wanted Basic Campfire!). He has also re-designed Orgrimmar and kicked out everyone but Orcs and Tauren as he feels only they are best suited to defend the city. And Orgrimmar isn’t the only city to be expanded. The ruins of Lordaeron are being expanded since there is a pit forming in the Undercity. Also, the Zoram’gar Outpost will be redesigned to look like a Warsong Hold compound.

In other zone news, Stranglethorn Vale is apparently going to be one of the most altered areas in Cataclysm.  And Southshore’s story has changed since Blizzcon as tidal waves will have destroyed it instead of a Horde takeover. Unfortunately no other news regarding other zones has been released as of yet.

There was also some new raid information:

The four new raids, the article says, will be more like Naxxramas than Sartharion. We assume that means more in scope and number of bosses than difficulty. Of course, much like Arthas, Deathwing won’t be in one of the launch raids. Tol Barad, the new Wintergrasp-style zone, gets a mention, as does the fact that there will be at least one additional new Battleground in addition to Gilneas.

Now that’s some interesting information, and I’m sure just the start to what will probably begin to leak out. If you’re interested in buying the issue of PC Gamer UK, you can right here! And thanks to WoW.com for the tipoff!