I hear dead people

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Today we'll be looking at various easter eggs hiding right under your noses. You'd be surprised how many easter eggs are littering the various faction capitol cities. Today's focus will be the Undercity, capitol of the Forsaken.

To start things off, we'll look at the throne room of the former king of Lordaeron. Looks pretty empty right? Just a lonely throne and the seal of Lordaeron illuminated by the skylight above.

Actually, there is a little more here than meets the eye, or rather, more to "hear".

While standing in the throne room, go into your audio settings and turn down or turn off the volume settings for the "music" and bump up the settings to max for the "amibient" sounds. Then make sure you are standing around the throne or seal area. If you stand there for a few moments, you can start to hear ghostly voices whispering softly to you.

If you are a lore junkie and fan of Warcraft III, you will recognize this as the scene where Arthas murdered his father in that very throne room.

If you look closely at the floor around the seal, you can even see a conspicuous splatter of old dried blood there from when the deed was done.

Additionally, if you do this same trick while in the hallway leading up to the throne room from the outside, you can hear the sounds of Lordaeron's former living citizens celebrating Arthas's return. Also, standing near the fallen bell will allow you to hear it ringing.

Warcraft wasn't the only game by Blizzard starring short bearded men who like drinking and fighting

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Years before the advent of World of Warcraft, Blizzard had produced another game staring three short bearded warriors. Their names were Baelog, Eric "The Swift," and Olaf. They were the stars of the console game "The Lost Vikings."

These guys have found their way out of their original game world and ended up lost in the old-world dungeon Uldaman.

Members of the Alliance can visit these guys and take part in working with them for a quest string. Members of the Horde, though, can totally slaughter these three and swipe them of their loot, a couple pieces of which are quite unique, such as the Horned Viking Helmet and Olaf's All Purpose Shield.

RIP: Starcraft Ghost

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In the Netherstorm, on one of the smaller floating islands off the southern borders of the Area 52 land mass, one will find a rather futuristic looking grave/tomb/headstone/monument/thingie. This thing is a tribute to the console game Blizzard tried (and failed) to get off the ground, namely "StarCraft: Ghost". "NOVA" was the name of the main character.

It used to be that one could see a stealthed blood elf woman with a long blond ponytail and black armor crouching there on the island itself, but she has either been removed entirely or only appears at certain times.