Chris Metzen
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Chris Metzen is Blizzard's Vice President of Creative Development. Metzen began his career as an artist and eventually art director, and his style characterized the earlier WarCraft, StarCraft and Diablo series. Eventually his position in creative development has given him the reins over lore and storylines created for the games of the Blizzard franchise, the foundations of which were laid by previous designers. Metzen also supervises the lore created for the pen & paper rpg, mangas, and novels. He has voiced numerous characters in the Warcraft and StarCraft games.
In World of Warcraft, his responsibility extends into coordinating with artists to create environments that give players a sense of continuity and cohesiveness:
"We're taking the process of building a world seriously and it wasn't just churned out. It had a strong sense of continuity. We've always tried to do that with our ancillary products like the D&D line and our novels. We are kind of painstakingly anal, about making sure all the details add up, that continuity is held to be sacred. So that no matter in what medium you are experiencing warcraft it all feels like a contiguous experience." -Chris Metzen, World of Warcraft Behind the Scenes DVD.
Every quest that is proposed during the game's development, no matter how small, must first be validated by Metzen, as well.
Metzen has used the alias "Thundergod" in multiple online venues, and also self-styles himself as "The Bourbon Cowboy". He is believed to be the voice of Nefarian.[1]
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Other Works
- Alliance & Horde Compendium, co-author
- The Warcraft novel "Of Blood and Honor"
- Manual of Monsters, co-author
- He was also part of "Creative and Rules Design Assistance and Additional Material" staff for the entire Warcraft and World of Warcraft RPG series. As well as Interior Artist for several of the books.
See also
Personal touches
The Feast of Winter Veil features a quest to rescue Metzen the Reindeer from kidnappers. Doing so rewards players with the ability to transform their mount into a similar-looking reindeer.
External links
- Profile on Sons of the Storm
- Art Gallery on Sons of the Storm
- Listing on IMDb.
