Sargeras is a fictional character in the Warcraft universe - a fictional universe in which a series of games and books are set. He is the key villain of the universe, being the founder and the leader of the Burning Legion. With the release of the World of Warcraft expansion pack 'The Burning Crusade', significant changes were made to the existing plot in order to accommodate new features. Thus there are two biographies, an original and a patched-up version.
Biography (Pre-Burning Crusade Retcon)
Sargeras was a warrior member of the Titans, a race of god-like beings who spread life throughout the universe of Warcraft. These Titans began reforming the worlds they encountered, ordering them for the beings that would later inhabit them. However demonic beings from another dimension, the , appeared and started to undo their works upsetting the balance which the Titans had wrought. To prevent this, the Titan high council Pantheon elected its greatest warrior, the bronze-skinned Sargeras, to deal with the demonic peril. Sargeras fought the demons for millennia.
Sargeras encountered two races of demons that would give him pause. The first, the Eredar, were a race of malevolent sorcerers who invaded and enslaved the worlds they encountered with their corrupting magics. The Titan then encountered a horde of vampiric demons known as the Nathrezim. These Dreadlords used their abilities to possess a world's inhabitants and manifest hatred and distrust in their hearts. Sargeras fought and defeated both races easily, their power insignificant next to his own. However, the races' inherent evil troubled him. As depression overtook him, he began to think the ordering efforts of the Titans to be folly. Their efforts to console him merely met with his disregard and eventually he departed their ranks, believing them delusional.
Sargeras viewed chaos as the optimal absolute in the universe. He came to blame the Titans for this failure of realization and viewed all of the Titans' work as obsolete. His increasing madness eventually corrupted his form and he became a fiery incarnation of blistering hatred. In his anger, Sargeras released the demons who he himself had imprisoned. These demons swore eternal service and loyalty to the fallen Titan.
From among the ranks of the Eredar, Sargeras selected two champions: Kil'jaeden the Deceiver, who was chosen to recruit other races in the universe based on darkness and strength and Archimonde the Defiler, who was called upon to rally the armies of Sargeras. Kil'jaeden's first move was to enslave the Nathrezim under his own power and employ them as his agents to seek out races for corruption. Sargeras pressed his new forces into his new army, the Burning Legion. This force had as its only purpose to undo the works of the Titans and set the universe aflame.
Sargeras and the Legion consumed or destroyed countless worlds in the ensuing millennia. During this time, the Titans had continued their efforts to shape and order the universe and redeem it from the chaos that preceded them. Through the naive use of sorcery, the Highborne sorcerers of the Night Elves would focus his attention on the primitive world of Azeroth. Sensing the untapped potential for power this world possessed, Sargeras was moved by his hunger to attempt an invasion. His initial attempts at invasion were defeated by the efforts of the Night Elves who rose against the demon's corrupting influence and Dragons who were charged by the Titans with the safeguarding of the world. The attempt did not leave Azeroth unscarred however, and the font of power which he coveted was torn asunder and drastically altered the word forever.
Although set back in his efforts, his hunger for the power he beheld upon Azeroth would not let him abandon the world so lightly. He would attempt to gain entry to the realm through different methods.
Continually sending his minions through various rifts and entrances to the world, he assaulted the inhabitants of Azeroth, especially seeking the Dragons who he considered a threat to his efforts. Eventually he would manage to manifest a portion of his being within the world. He disembarked in Northrend, where the Guardian Aegwynn met his presence.Seemingly, Aegwynn defeated Sargeras but was unaware that this was the fallen Titan's intent. A portion of Sargeras' spirit had invaded her body where it attempted to wrest control of her power. Later, his efforts would be successfully redirected at Aegwynn's child, Medivh, the Last Guardian.
Concurrent with these events, Kil'jaeden had begun to bring the Orcs of Draenor into the fold. Employing his minion Mannoroth the Destructor, the Eredar Warlock began to corrupt the shamanic race with demonic magics. He enticed the orcs to drink the blood of Mannoroth which transformed them into a more bloodthirsty warrior race. They would first assault the other races of Draenor and remain eager for a foe to fight.
Upon Azeroth, when Medivh reached maturity, Sargeras brought his influence to bear on the human's mind. Twisting his thoughts, the Titan influenced the magus and made him contact the leader of the Orcish Horde and open a portal between Draenor and Azeroth, promising him a new world for the Orcs to plunder. His aim was to have the Orcs weaken the defenders of the world so that he could reach the Tomb of Sargeras, in which Aegwynn locked the Titan's seemingly defeated shell years ago.
Orcs flowed in through the Dark Portal and Warcraft began in Azeroth. However, the apprentice of Medivh, Khadgar, realized Medivh's corruption, and with the help of Sir Anduin Lothar, he succeeded in killing the possessed Guardian. With the death of Medivh, Sargeras' spirit was banished back to the Twisting Nether where, without a body, to the current date in the Warcraft Universe, he remains.
Biography (Pre-Burning Crusade Retcon)
Sargeras was a warrior member of the Titans, a race of god-like beings who spread life throughout the universe of Warcraft. These Titans began reforming the worlds they encountered, ordering them for the beings that would later inhabit them. However demonic beings from another dimension, the , appeared and started to undo their works upsetting the balance which the Titans had wrought. To prevent this, the Titan high council Pantheon elected its greatest warrior, the bronze-skinned Sargeras, to deal with the demonic peril. Sargeras fought the demons for millennia.
Sargeras encountered two races of demons that would give him pause. The first, the Eredar, were a race of malevolent sorcerers who invaded and enslaved the worlds they encountered with their corrupting magics. The Titan then encountered a horde of vampiric demons known as the Nathrezim. These Dreadlords used their abilities to possess a world's inhabitants and manifest hatred and distrust in their hearts. Sargeras fought and defeated both races easily, their power insignificant next to his own. However, the races' inherent evil troubled him. As depression overtook him, he began to think the ordering efforts of the Titans to be folly. Their efforts to console him merely met with his disregard and eventually he departed their ranks, believing them delusional.
Sargeras viewed chaos as the optimal absolute in the universe. He came to blame the Titans for this failure of realization and viewed all of the Titans' work as obsolete. His increasing madness eventually corrupted his form and he became a fiery incarnation of blistering hatred. In his anger, Sargeras released the demons who he himself had imprisoned. These demons swore eternal service and loyalty to the fallen Titan.
From among the ranks of the Eredar, Sargeras selected two champions: Kil'jaeden the Deceiver, who was chosen to recruit other races in the universe based on darkness and strength and Archimonde the Defiler, who was called upon to rally the armies of Sargeras. Kil'jaeden's first move was to enslave the Nathrezim under his own power and employ them as his agents to seek out races for corruption. Sargeras pressed his new forces into his new army, the Burning Legion. This force had as its only purpose to undo the works of the Titans and set the universe aflame.
Sargeras and the Legion consumed or destroyed countless worlds in the ensuing millennia. During this time, the Titans had continued their efforts to shape and order the universe and redeem it from the chaos that preceded them. Through the naive use of sorcery, the Highborne sorcerers of the Night Elves would focus his attention on the primitive world of Azeroth. Sensing the untapped potential for power this world possessed, Sargeras was moved by his hunger to attempt an invasion. His initial attempts at invasion were defeated by the efforts of the Night Elves who rose against the demon's corrupting influence and Dragons who were charged by the Titans with the safeguarding of the world. The attempt did not leave Azeroth unscarred however, and the font of power which he coveted was torn asunder and drastically altered the word forever.
Although set back in his efforts, his hunger for the power he beheld upon Azeroth would not let him abandon the world so lightly. He would attempt to gain entry to the realm through different methods.
Continually sending his minions through various rifts and entrances to the world, he assaulted the inhabitants of Azeroth, especially seeking the Dragons who he considered a threat to his efforts. Eventually he would manage to manifest a portion of his being within the world. He disembarked in Northrend, where the Guardian Aegwynn met his presence.Seemingly, Aegwynn defeated Sargeras but was unaware that this was the fallen Titan's intent. A portion of Sargeras' spirit had invaded her body where it attempted to wrest control of her power. Later, his efforts would be successfully redirected at Aegwynn's child, Medivh, the Last Guardian.
Concurrent with these events, Kil'jaeden had begun to bring the Orcs of Draenor into the fold. Employing his minion Mannoroth the Destructor, the Eredar Warlock began to corrupt the shamanic race with demonic magics. He enticed the orcs to drink the blood of Mannoroth which transformed them into a more bloodthirsty warrior race. They would first assault the other races of Draenor and remain eager for a foe to fight.
Upon Azeroth, when Medivh reached maturity, Sargeras brought his influence to bear on the human's mind. Twisting his thoughts, the Titan influenced the magus and made him contact the leader of the Orcish Horde and open a portal between Draenor and Azeroth, promising him a new world for the Orcs to plunder. His aim was to have the Orcs weaken the defenders of the world so that he could reach the Tomb of Sargeras, in which Aegwynn locked the Titan's seemingly defeated shell years ago.
Orcs flowed in through the Dark Portal and Warcraft began in Azeroth. However, the apprentice of Medivh, Khadgar, realized Medivh's corruption, and with the help of Sir Anduin Lothar, he succeeded in killing the possessed Guardian. With the death of Medivh, Sargeras' spirit was banished back to the Twisting Nether where, without a body, to the current date in the Warcraft Universe, he remains.
In the fictional Warcraft Universe, Rhonin is a powerful human mage of the Kirin Tor.
He was instrumental in breaking the power of the Orcs at the end of the Second War by freeing the Dragonqueen Alexstrasza from her imprisonment by the Orc Warlock Nekros Skullcrusher, who used the Demon Soul to keep her prisoner.
He was assisted in this mission by the High Elven ranger Vereesa Windrunner (sister of Sylvannas), the warrior Dwarf Falstad, and the dragon-mage Krasus, who was the instigator of this mission. He was also assisted (at first) by the evil dragon Deathwing, but Deathwing's true purpose was to steal some of Alexstrasza's eggs to replenish his own decimated dragonflight. With a stone created from one of Deathwing's scales, Rhonin was able to destroy the Demon Soul and release Alexstrasza.
During this mission, Rhonin and Vereesa fell in love, and were later married. While they were preparing for the birth of their twin offspring, Rhonin was once again summoned by Krasus for help. Apparently, the dragon-mage had discovered a rift in time, which swallowed both of them, along with the Orc veteran Broxigar. The three were sent 10,000 years back in time to the first invasion of the Burning Legion.
World of Warcraft
At present, Rhonin does not appear in World of Warcraft. In the Battle of Mount Hyjal instance in the Caverns of Time - opened in World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade an epic set of robes known as the Robes of Rhonin is dropped by Archimonde, the final boss of the dungeon.
Blizzard announced at BlizzCon 2007 that Rhonin would appear in the reconstructed, relocated Dalaran, in the Wrath of the Lich King expansion. Rhonin has been described as the leader of the new Dalaran.
Appears in
* Day of the Dragon by Richard A. Knaak
* War of the Ancients Trilogy by Richard A. Knaak
He was instrumental in breaking the power of the Orcs at the end of the Second War by freeing the Dragonqueen Alexstrasza from her imprisonment by the Orc Warlock Nekros Skullcrusher, who used the Demon Soul to keep her prisoner.
He was assisted in this mission by the High Elven ranger Vereesa Windrunner (sister of Sylvannas), the warrior Dwarf Falstad, and the dragon-mage Krasus, who was the instigator of this mission. He was also assisted (at first) by the evil dragon Deathwing, but Deathwing's true purpose was to steal some of Alexstrasza's eggs to replenish his own decimated dragonflight. With a stone created from one of Deathwing's scales, Rhonin was able to destroy the Demon Soul and release Alexstrasza.
During this mission, Rhonin and Vereesa fell in love, and were later married. While they were preparing for the birth of their twin offspring, Rhonin was once again summoned by Krasus for help. Apparently, the dragon-mage had discovered a rift in time, which swallowed both of them, along with the Orc veteran Broxigar. The three were sent 10,000 years back in time to the first invasion of the Burning Legion.
World of Warcraft
At present, Rhonin does not appear in World of Warcraft. In the Battle of Mount Hyjal instance in the Caverns of Time - opened in World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade an epic set of robes known as the Robes of Rhonin is dropped by Archimonde, the final boss of the dungeon.
Blizzard announced at BlizzCon 2007 that Rhonin would appear in the reconstructed, relocated Dalaran, in the Wrath of the Lich King expansion. Rhonin has been described as the leader of the new Dalaran.
Appears in
* Day of the Dragon by Richard A. Knaak
* War of the Ancients Trilogy by Richard A. Knaak
In the Warcraft Universe, Rexxar is a half-orc, half-ogre Beastmaster who was instrumental in assisting the Horde in defending Durotar after the fall of the Burning Legion. His half-orc, half-ogre lineage is known as the Mok'Nathal. Due to his mixed lineage, he's a huge and fierce warrior who wields two huge axes in battle. He is something of an out-cast, wandering the lands of Kalimdor with his loyal ursine companion, Misha.
Little is known of Rexxar's past, but he came to be one of the Horde's greatest champions after the Burning Legion fell. He was instrumental in helping the Darkspear Tribe of Trolls flee the Echo Isles when Marines from Kul Tiras invaded, and with the assistance of the troll Shadow Hunter Rokhan and Pandaren Brewmaster Chen Stormstout, helped to secure Durotar for the Horde.
When reports of Alliance attacks began coming in, Rexxar was dispatched to see if their frail alliance had dissolved. He was assisted by Jaina Proudmoore in figuring out what was going on, and when Admiral Proudmoore (Jaina's father) invaded, Rexxar led the Horde forces to repel the invaders and kill the Admiral.
Rexxar later left to roam the wild lands of Kalimdor once again, and could up to recently be found patrolling the areas of Kalimdor known as Desolace and Feralas. But now, with the Dark Portal opened, he chose to travel to Outland to find his kin. Because of his actions, it has become known that an entire clan of Mok'Nathal has survived the destruction of Outland. They are under the guidance of Rexxar's father, Leoroxx.
Cycle of Hatred
In the novel, Cycle of Hatred, Rexxar once again stumbled across a wounded Orcish warrior - Byrok - during his travels, who insisted that his message be brought to the Warchief before it was too late. He had witnessed a meeting of some human members of the Burning Blade Clan equivalent, The Argus Wake, who planned an invasion of Durotar. Instead, Rexxar brought the man alive to Grommash Hold where he was healed by Kalthar, a shaman in Thrall's confidence.
Stats Warcraft 3
Rexxar (as depicted in Warcraft III) is endowed with the ability to not only summon Misha but also to summon Quilbeasts, uses the devastating storm bolt, and also cause a stampede of rampaging Thunder Lizards. He could also use a powerful thunder axe that could be thrown at enemies. He is the main playable hero in the Founding of Durotar campaign of Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. This mini-campaign is unusual in that it is given a lay-out resembling Diablo II rather than the other Warcraft III missions (even with a box labeled "Rexxar's Stash").
World of Warcraft
More recently, the threat of a new Warchief has called Rexxar back from solitude. Rend Blackhand, the aging son of Blackhand the Destroyer - the warchief during Warcraft I - has claimed parts of Blackrock Mountain and declared himself the rightful chief of the Horde. Realizing that Rend was controlled as a puppet of the Black Dragonflight, Rexxar helped young Horde adventurers to find a way to strike at the heart of the Black Dragonflight - the brood mother, Onyxia. He can be found wandering the sandy terrain of Desolace with Misha, but in the recent expansion pack, The Burning Crusade, he is currently in Outland, looking for his kin. Rexxar is located in the Thunderlord Stronghold on Blade's Edge Mountain.
Lineage
* Speculation: It seems possible that Rexxar is the son of the Ogre Turok and the Orc Griselda, daughter of Blackhand. This is the only coupling of an orc and an ogre ever mentioned in currently available Warcraft lore, though it could be unrelated. It was also claimed that Rexxar is "the last son of the Mok'nathal", which indicates he is the only one left of this lineage. Although it may simply mean that he is the last surviving Half-Ogre. This is wrong, however, as Rexxar's father, Leoroxx, and an entire clan of Mok'Nathal is on Outland, alive and well. In Cycle of Hatred, he claims that the Mok'nathal were his mothers people, but this has likely been retconned.
Skills as a leader
Although an outcast, Rexxar is known to be quite a leader.
He led his party, consisting of Misha, his pet bear, and Rokhan at first, later joined by Chen Stormstout (if an in-game side quest is completed) and Cairne Bloodhoof to victory many times and successfully led the Ogres of Stonemaul into battle for the Horde. During the defense of Durotar and the invasion of Theramore, he and his party led hundreds of orcs, trolls, tauren and ogres into battle and divised several tactics to gain an upper hand at Proudmoore's army. He soon left the ogres and returned to isolation, but for many, he could have led the Stonemauls to a brighter future.
Little is known of Rexxar's past, but he came to be one of the Horde's greatest champions after the Burning Legion fell. He was instrumental in helping the Darkspear Tribe of Trolls flee the Echo Isles when Marines from Kul Tiras invaded, and with the assistance of the troll Shadow Hunter Rokhan and Pandaren Brewmaster Chen Stormstout, helped to secure Durotar for the Horde.
When reports of Alliance attacks began coming in, Rexxar was dispatched to see if their frail alliance had dissolved. He was assisted by Jaina Proudmoore in figuring out what was going on, and when Admiral Proudmoore (Jaina's father) invaded, Rexxar led the Horde forces to repel the invaders and kill the Admiral.
Rexxar later left to roam the wild lands of Kalimdor once again, and could up to recently be found patrolling the areas of Kalimdor known as Desolace and Feralas. But now, with the Dark Portal opened, he chose to travel to Outland to find his kin. Because of his actions, it has become known that an entire clan of Mok'Nathal has survived the destruction of Outland. They are under the guidance of Rexxar's father, Leoroxx.
Cycle of Hatred
In the novel, Cycle of Hatred, Rexxar once again stumbled across a wounded Orcish warrior - Byrok - during his travels, who insisted that his message be brought to the Warchief before it was too late. He had witnessed a meeting of some human members of the Burning Blade Clan equivalent, The Argus Wake, who planned an invasion of Durotar. Instead, Rexxar brought the man alive to Grommash Hold where he was healed by Kalthar, a shaman in Thrall's confidence.
Stats Warcraft 3
Rexxar (as depicted in Warcraft III) is endowed with the ability to not only summon Misha but also to summon Quilbeasts, uses the devastating storm bolt, and also cause a stampede of rampaging Thunder Lizards. He could also use a powerful thunder axe that could be thrown at enemies. He is the main playable hero in the Founding of Durotar campaign of Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. This mini-campaign is unusual in that it is given a lay-out resembling Diablo II rather than the other Warcraft III missions (even with a box labeled "Rexxar's Stash").
World of Warcraft
More recently, the threat of a new Warchief has called Rexxar back from solitude. Rend Blackhand, the aging son of Blackhand the Destroyer - the warchief during Warcraft I - has claimed parts of Blackrock Mountain and declared himself the rightful chief of the Horde. Realizing that Rend was controlled as a puppet of the Black Dragonflight, Rexxar helped young Horde adventurers to find a way to strike at the heart of the Black Dragonflight - the brood mother, Onyxia. He can be found wandering the sandy terrain of Desolace with Misha, but in the recent expansion pack, The Burning Crusade, he is currently in Outland, looking for his kin. Rexxar is located in the Thunderlord Stronghold on Blade's Edge Mountain.
Lineage
* Speculation: It seems possible that Rexxar is the son of the Ogre Turok and the Orc Griselda, daughter of Blackhand. This is the only coupling of an orc and an ogre ever mentioned in currently available Warcraft lore, though it could be unrelated. It was also claimed that Rexxar is "the last son of the Mok'nathal", which indicates he is the only one left of this lineage. Although it may simply mean that he is the last surviving Half-Ogre. This is wrong, however, as Rexxar's father, Leoroxx, and an entire clan of Mok'Nathal is on Outland, alive and well. In Cycle of Hatred, he claims that the Mok'nathal were his mothers people, but this has likely been retconned.
Skills as a leader
Although an outcast, Rexxar is known to be quite a leader.
He led his party, consisting of Misha, his pet bear, and Rokhan at first, later joined by Chen Stormstout (if an in-game side quest is completed) and Cairne Bloodhoof to victory many times and successfully led the Ogres of Stonemaul into battle for the Horde. During the defense of Durotar and the invasion of Theramore, he and his party led hundreds of orcs, trolls, tauren and ogres into battle and divised several tactics to gain an upper hand at Proudmoore's army. He soon left the ogres and returned to isolation, but for many, he could have led the Stonemauls to a brighter future.
Orgrim Doomhammer is a fictional character in the world of Azeroth in Warcraft, a game series by Blizzard Entertainment.
Biography
Orgrim Doomhammer became Warchief of the Horde after Blackhand was overthrown. When Gul'dan fell into a coma and was incapable of providing advice to Blackhand, Doomhammer became Warchief. He then tortured Garona to provide him with the location of the Shadow Council. He forced Gul'dan to serve him in exchange for his life. Gul'dan also offered Doomhammer the use of mighty undead Knights, later known as Death Knights, who would serve him exclusively. Gul'dan desired the control of his own clan in exchange for this favour, to which Doomhammer reluctantly agreed. Doomhammer was also a friend of Durotan, the father of Thrall.
Late during the Second War, Doomhammer grew tired of the neverending battle and sought to parley with Lord Anduin Lothar to end the hostilities; however his party was surprised by a band of orcs loyal to Blackhand and was forced to slay Lord Lothar and his party in the confusion (This was actually a retcon, there was not sign in Warcraft 2 that those assassins had something to do with Blackhand). Late in his life, he served as advisor to the young shaman, Thrall in his battle to re-unite the Horde. He fell in combat against the humans during the attacks on an Orc Internment camp (now Hammerfall in Arathi Highlands), and Thrall succeeded him.
The orc capital city, Orgrimmar, is named in his honor.
It has been suggested that players assumed the role of Doomhammer during the Orc Campaign of the original Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, though the orc seen at the end of the campaign looks different from him.
* Appears in the novelization Warcraft: Lord of the Clans'
* Appears in the novelization World of Warcraft: Rise of the Horde
* Appears in the novelization World of Warcraft: Tides of Darkness
Biography
Orgrim Doomhammer became Warchief of the Horde after Blackhand was overthrown. When Gul'dan fell into a coma and was incapable of providing advice to Blackhand, Doomhammer became Warchief. He then tortured Garona to provide him with the location of the Shadow Council. He forced Gul'dan to serve him in exchange for his life. Gul'dan also offered Doomhammer the use of mighty undead Knights, later known as Death Knights, who would serve him exclusively. Gul'dan desired the control of his own clan in exchange for this favour, to which Doomhammer reluctantly agreed. Doomhammer was also a friend of Durotan, the father of Thrall.
Late during the Second War, Doomhammer grew tired of the neverending battle and sought to parley with Lord Anduin Lothar to end the hostilities; however his party was surprised by a band of orcs loyal to Blackhand and was forced to slay Lord Lothar and his party in the confusion (This was actually a retcon, there was not sign in Warcraft 2 that those assassins had something to do with Blackhand). Late in his life, he served as advisor to the young shaman, Thrall in his battle to re-unite the Horde. He fell in combat against the humans during the attacks on an Orc Internment camp (now Hammerfall in Arathi Highlands), and Thrall succeeded him.
The orc capital city, Orgrimmar, is named in his honor.
It has been suggested that players assumed the role of Doomhammer during the Orc Campaign of the original Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, though the orc seen at the end of the campaign looks different from him.
* Appears in the novelization Warcraft: Lord of the Clans'
* Appears in the novelization World of Warcraft: Rise of the Horde
* Appears in the novelization World of Warcraft: Tides of Darkness