The Characters of Warcraft
- ️Sat Mar 11 2017
This article is a copy of "The Characters of Warcraft," an official article by Blizzard Entertainment. It presented information about several characters of the Warcraft universe. The original article, formerly located here, did not survive the overhaul of the second World of Warcraft official website on 26th July 2016.
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The heroes and villains of Warcraft stand larger than life, even in a world engulfed by constant conflict. Below, we've collected the personal histories and war stories of Azeroth's paragons. Will you fight beside them, follow them...or topple them?
- Fenris, The Iron Wolf
- Yrel, Light of Hope
- Ner'zhul, Warlord of the Shadowmoon Clan
- Archmage Khadgar, Council of six
- Velen, The Divine
- Blackhand, Warlord of the Blackrock Clan
- Vindicator Maraad, Hammer of the Light
- Kilrogg Deadeye, Warlord of the Bleeding Hollow Clan
- Durotan, Son of Garad, Chieftain of the Frostwolf Clan
- Grommash Hellscream, Warchief of the Iron Horde
- Kargath Bladefist, Warlord of the Shattered Hand Clan
- Vereesa Windrunner, Ranger-General of the Silver Covenant
- Tyrande Whisperwind, High Priestess of Elune
- Li Li Stormstout, The Wild Dog
- Sunwalker Dezco, Chieftain of the Dawnchaser Tribe
- Rexxar, Champion of the Horde
- Gul'dan, Betrayer of the Orcs
- Valeera Sanguinar
- Malfurion Stormrage, First of the Druids
- Uther the Lightbringer, The First Paladin
- Shaohao, Last Emperor of Pandaria
- Taran Zhu, Lord of the Shado-Pan
- Varian Wrynn, High King of the Alliance
- Anduin Wrynn, Crown Prince of Stormwind
- Jaina Proudmoore, Leader of the Kirin Tor
- Garrosh Hellscream, The Stranger
- Sylvanas Windrunner, The Banshee Queen
- Thrall, World Shaman
- Vol'jin, Warchief of the Horde
- Baine Bloodhoof, High Chieftain of the Tauren
- Lor'themar Theron, Regent Lord of Quel'Thalas
- The Lich King, Lord of the Scourge
- Illidan Stormrage, The Betrayer
- Deathwing, The Destroyer
- Lei Shen, The Thunder King
- Wrathion, The Black Prince
- Chen Stormstout, Legendary Brewmaster
- Moira Thaurissan, Queen-Regent of the Dark Iron Clan
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- Though not confirmed by Blizzard, among the playerbase it is considered that the first paragraph of the alternate universe characters can also apply for their main universe counterparts as there is no countering lore and it is based on previous information.
- Blackhand - AU only, with the World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 2 the story of retrieving the Doomhammer happened differently.[1][2]
- Fenris - AU and MU
- Ner'zhul - AU-only
- Kilrogg - MU & AU
- Kargath - MU & AU
- Durotan - MU & AU
- Grommash - MU & AU (without the last sentence)
- Velen - MU & AU
- Yrel's page is about the alternate timeline character.[3]
- Gul'dan - retconned, but consolidated with World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 2
- The Characters of Warcraft/Gul'dan (original) (before his AU page).
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- ^ Matt Burns on Twitter (2017-03-11). Retrieved on 2017-03-16. “Yeah that was something we ultimately decided to go away from in Chronicle. Not to say he didn't help Orgrim get the--”
- ^ Matt Burns on Twitter (2017-03-11). Retrieved on 2017-03-16. “--hammer back, but just the stuff related to him being "consumed" in fire.”
- ^ Matt Burns on Twitter (2015-05-14). “her character page? That's for AU since it talks about Iron Horde stuff.”