Valerie Chu

· Leading narrative goals and initiatives for Hearthstone expansion sets. · Supervising character development, dialogue writing, voiceover recording, and related processes. · Hiring and managing narrative staff and providing career development opportunities.

· Providing creative direction for expansion themes and featured characters across different game modes, cosmetics, and cinematics that preserve the tone, theme, and style of Hearthstone. · Reviewing and contributing dialogue and flavor text for different areas of the game. · Mentoring others to help them improve their writing and processes.

Hearthstone Primary designer, implementer, and writer on the Book of Heroes adventure, which radically reimagined narrative potential and streamlined content pipelines to create an 80 mission single-player experience in the course of a year.

Hearthstone Primary designer for the revamped Returning Player Experience. This three mission adventure features a unique storyline for the first time, along with refreshed gameplay and mechanics. Primary narrative designer for the Demon Hunter Prologue, which introduced players to Illidan in a four mission adventure that showed his transformation into a Demon Hunter, the newest class added to the game. Provided narrative direction and writing for thematic in-game events. Created new playable heroes and their dialogue, including supervision of the casting and recording process. Provided additional writing and feedback for single-player adventures and new expansion set cards. Expansions Released: Ashes of Outland, Descent of Dragons, Saviors of Uldum

Hearthstone: Rastakhan's Rumble and Rise of Shadows Assisted with writing needs for Tavern Brawls, Live Events, and The Dalaran Heist (single-player adventure). Contributed to hero skin and card back descriptions. Organized, edited, and contributed to expansion set flavor text submissions (135 cards per set with three sets per year). Provided feedback and support on narrative initiatives. Heroes of the Storm Led the initiative to give the game a unique story through cinematics and comics. Also provided hero dialogue, video scripts for in-universe and in-development content and provided feedback and mentorship to others. StarCraft II: Nova Covert Ops (Lead Writer) Served as lead writer for the entire project, creating the narrative, cinematics, and mission dialogue. Additionally, supervised or wrote Co-op Commander and map dialogue, while also creative directing the Shadow Wars comic series. Diablo III: Rise of the Necromancer (Narrative Lead) Created the new necromancer characters, including their extensive dialogue and unique class quest. Developed story hooks for new zones and in-game events, as well as a tie-in comic.

StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void • Worked on overall narrative, including mission objectives and locations • Focused on writing/implementation for mission dialogue and side conversations • Provided overall feedback on story concepts, cinematics, and characters Diablo III: Reaper of Souls / Diablo III • Quest designer for Pandemonium zone and Scoundrel backstory quests • Scripted and implemented hub encounters/NPCs, events, and bug fixes • Main writer for Demon Hunter, Scoundrel, Blacksmith, and lore books • Managed voice over casting and recording