History Characters / HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraftSecondaryCharacters

-->''This one turned out nicely...''\\

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[[folder:Boom Laboratories]]
''For information on Dr. Boom, see [[Characters/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraftHeroes Heroes]]. For information on Boommaster Flark, see [[Characters/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraftBosses Bosses]].''
!!In General
* MadScientist: Admittedly goes without saying that every scientist here has a screw loose
* WhatEverHappenedToTheMouse: Outside of Boommaster Flark, Crystalsmith Kangor and Whizbang the Wonderful, we don't know what happened to the Boom Labs scientists after the place gets destroyed.

!!Zilliax
->''Unity. Precision. Perfection.''\\

Dr. Boom's personal robot body guard. While Dr. Boom is the mastermind and creator behind almost every robot at Boom Labs, Zilliax is their true master. Zilliax is a 5 mana 3/2 Legendary neutral Mech from ''The Boomsday Project'' with Taunt, Divine Shield, Lifesteal, Rush, and Magnetic.\\
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In the ''Whizbang's Workshop'' expansion, Dr. Boom builds a modular, upgraded version of Zilliax, dubbed Zilliax Deluxe 3000. Deluxe 3000 is a Legendary neutral Mech who's fully-customizable: during deckbuilding, you get to pick three Zilliax Modules, with a combination of the first two determining what Zilliax's stats, cost, and effects are, while the third determines his card art.[[note]]There are eight modules in total, including the Recursive Module (1 mana 1/1 that shuffles Zilliax into your deck on death), Haywire Module (2 mana 4/4 that deals 3 damage to your Hero at the end of your turn), Power Module (2 mana 1/3 that makes Zilliax's attack double at the start of your turn), Pylon Module (3 mana 2/2 that gives your other minions +1/+1 while Zilliax is on the board), Virus Module (3 mana 1/4 with Elusive, Poisonous, and Reborn), Twin Module (4 mana 3/3 with a Battlecry that summons a copy of Zilliax), Ticking Module (5 mana 1/3 that makes Zilliax cost 1 less for each minion in play), and Perfect Module (5 mana 3/2 with Divine Shield, Taunt, Lifesteal, and Rush). Each module also corresponds to one possible art for Zilliax.[[/note]]

Rheastrasza is an 8-mana 8/8 legendary Druid Dragon. If your deck has no duplicates, she summons the Purified Dragon Nest, a permanent that lets you Discover a Dragon at the start of your turn and reduces its cost by 4.

Theldurin is a 4-mana 3/4 Hunter legendary. If your deck has no duplicates, he becomes Immune to the turn you summon him and attacks each enemy.

Spirit of the Badlands is a 3-mana 3/4 Legendary Paladin Undead Beast. If your deck has no duplicates, she adds a Mirage to your hand. Each turn, the Mirage transforms into a copy of a random minion in your deck, and remains in your hand after being played.

Holli'dae is a 5-mana 4/5 Shaman legendary. If your deck has no duplicates, she equips you with the Staff of the Nine Frogs, a 2/9 weapon that summons a Frog with Taunt after your hero attacks. The Frog starts as a 1/1, but each subsequent frog is +1/+1 larger.

The Elemental Lord of earth, ruler of Deepholm, and master of all earth elementals. Formerly ensnared by the Old Gods, Therazane has since largely kept herself concerned with protecting her realm from intruders... like the miners and outlaws who've inadvertandly uncovered a portal to Deepholm.\\

A tauren shaman from the Earthen Ring and the leader of the Ring's forces in Deepholm, who restored the World Pillar following the Cataclysm while also holding back the forces of the Twilight's Hammer. In ''[=WoW=]'', Maruut sacrificed his life to finish the restoration, but here, he's alive... and not happy about the mortals that've disrupted the balance of the elements.\\

Maruut Stonebinder is a 7 mana 5/6 neutral Legendary from the ''Delve into Deepholm'' mini-set. If your deck has no duplicates, he lets you Discover an Elemental to summon, with the remaining options getting added to your hand.

In the ''Whizbang's Workshop'' expansion, Dr. Boom builds a modular, upgraded version of Zilliax, dubbed Zilliax Deluxe 3000. Deluxe 3000 is a Legendary neutral Mech who's fully-customizable: during deckbuilding, you get to pick three Zilliax Modules, with a combination of the first two determining what Zilliax's stats, cost, and effects are, while the third determines his card art.[[note]]There are eight modules in total, including the Recursive Module (1 mana 1/1 that shuffles Zilliax into your deck on death), Haywire Module (2 mana 4/4 that deals 3 damage to your Hero at the end of your turn), Power Module (2 mana 1/3 that makes Zilliax's attack double at the start of your turn), Pylon Module (3 mana 2/2 that gives your other minions +1/+1 while Zilliax is on the board), Virus Module (3 mana 1/3 with Stealth, Elusive, Poisonous, and Reborn), Twin Module (4 mana 3/3 with a Battlecry that summons a copy of Zilliax), Ticking Module (5 mana 1/3 that makes Zilliax cost 1 less for each minion in play), and Perfect Module (5 mana 3/2 with Divine Shield, Taunt, Lifesteal, and Rush). Each module also corresponds to one possible art for Zilliax.[[/note]]

Some of Floop's Glorious Gloop acts as the Druid Legendary spell for the ''Boomsday Project'' expansion. It costs 1 mana and makes it so that whenever a minion dies the turn it's cast, you gain 1 Mana Crystal for that turn only.

Tho'grun is an 8-mana Warrior legendary who shuffles three Explosives into your deck. When an explosive is drawn, it destroys a random minion from your opponents hand, deck, and battlefield.

In the ''Whizbang's Workshop'' expansion, Dr. Boom builds a modular, upgraded version of Zilliax, dubbed Zilliax Deluxe 3000. Deluxe 3000 is a Legendary neutral Mech who's fully-customizable: during deckbuilding, you get to pick three Zilliax Modules, with a combination of the first two determining what Zilliax's stats, cost, and effects are, while the third determines his card art.[[note]]There are eight modules in total, including the Recursive Module (1 mana 1/1 that shuffles Zilliax into your deck on death), Haywire Module (2 mana 4/4 that deals 3 damage to your Hero at the end of your turn), Power Module (2 mana 1/3 that makes Zilliax's attack double at the start of your turn), Pylon Module (3 mana 2/2 that gives your other minions +1/+1 while Zilliax is on the board), Virus Module (3 mana 1/3 with Stealth, Elusive, Poisonous, and Reborn), Twin Module (4 mana 3/3 with a Battlecry that summons a copy of Zilliax), Ticking Module (4 mana 1/3 that makes Zilliax cost 1 less for each minion in play), and Perfect Module (5 mana 3/2 with Divine Shield, Taunt, Lifesteal, and Rush).[[/note]]

* EquippableAlly: The Magnetic keyword lets Zilliax be played as a buff for an allied mech rather than a separate minion.
* SwissArmySuperpower: Zilliax Deluxe 3000 has the honor of being ''Hearthstone'''s first-ever fully-customizable card, with his stats, cost, effects, and even ''card art'' being determined by what Modules you pick during deckbuilding, letting you create the perfect minion for whatever deck you're making. The only thing that ''can't'' be changed is Zilliax's Mech tag.

* AwesomeButImpractical: The ability to replay a classic ''Hearthstone'' hand with the minion is cool... but for the most part, completely impractical. Besides the tempo loss from playing a 6 mana 5/5 that doesn't immediately impact the board, there's also the fact that while most of these hands are indeed "iconic", not all of them are necessarily good to play in whatever the current meta might be, meaning that you're also gambling on getting a good hand (namely Secret Hunter or Patron Warrior) rather than a dud (Mill Rogue almost inarguably being the biggest). And if that weren't enough, the cards you get are the ''current'' versions of those cards, which notably handicaps Togwaggle Druid (Twig of the World Tree, on top of being incredibly slow as always, ''refreshes'' mana crystals instead of giving them to you), Freeze Mage (Sorcerer's Apprentice now costs ''double'' what it used to) and Libram Paladin (Pen Flinger can't go face). He still sees play in aggro decks though because at the very least he refills your hand with something, and he can potentially highroll into a winning hand.

* AwesomeButImpractical: The ability to replay a classic ''Hearthstone'' hand with the minion is cool... but for the most part, completely impractical. Besides the tempo loss from playing a 6 mana 5/5 that doesn't immediately impact the board, there's also the fact that while most of these hands are indeed "iconic", not all of them are necessarily good to play in whatever the current meta might be, meaning that you're also gambling on getting a good hand (namely Secret Hunter or Patron Warrior) rather than a dud (Mill Rogue almost inarguably being the biggest). And if that weren't enough, the cards you get are the ''current'' versions of those cards, which notably handicaps Togwaggle Druid (Twig of the World Tree, on top of being incredibly slow as always, ''refreshes'' mana crystals instead of giving them to you), Freeze Mage (Sorcerer's Apprentice now costs ''double'' what it used to) and Libram Paladin (Pen Flinger can't go face).

%%* TheTriadsAndTheTongs

* WeakButSkilled: 5/3 for 6 mana is very, very weak. The Jade Golems she summons, [[MagikarpPower potentially a lot less so]]. Even if you don't summon another Jade Golem during the game, Aya still gives you a total of 8/6 worth of stats, which is hardly a bad deal.

* SwissArmySuperpower: The biggest advantage of Kazakus's effect is being able to customize the potion/golem to fit any situation. You can pick a 1-mana card to get yourself out of a pinch, a 5-mana card to gain an advantage on the next turn, or a 10-mana card for a powerful late-game bombshell. You also get a large variety of effects to mix and match, meaning that it's very rare for Kazakus to ''not'' improve your situation in some way, and no matter what you get, the card will always give you a ''huge'' amount of value for your mana.

* ColdHam: Delivers his lines far more calmly than in his Ulduar encounter, where he yells at the top of his lungs.

* EvilSoundsDeep: Has an extremely deep-filtered voice, which is notable because he doesn't sound like this in ''World of Warcraft'' at all in his Ulduar encounter.

After Boom Laboratories went up in smoke, Whizbang took the knowledge he'd gained there and applied it to the most important of all inventions: TOYS! As the Splendiferous Whizbang, he acts as both the title character of the ''Whizbang's Workshop'' expansion and a new Legendary neutral minion that functions similarly to the original -- rather than selecting one of the standard deck recipes, Splendiferous Whizbang replaces your cards with one of Whizbang's Experimental Decks, all of which are unique to Whizbang and either centered around a centralized theme or some sort of gimmick.[[note]]There are currently 11 decks in all, including the Deck of Heroes (a League of Explorers-themed Highlander Paladin deck), Deck of Villains (a League of E.V.I.L.-themed Warrior deck), Wonderful Deck (a Mage deck where all the cards are Morphing Cards that transform into random playable Mage or neutral cards each turn they're in your hand), Deck of Discovery (a Druid deck filled with ramping spells and Moments of Discovery, 0 mana spells that Discover a Druid spell, Druid minion, or Neutral minion you can afford to play), Rainbow Deck (a Death Knight deck with cards from every class and spell school), Deck of Treasures (a Rogue deck containing 5 Duels treasures), Shrunken Deck (a 20-card Warlock deck with self-deck destruction synergy cards), Septuplet Deck (a Priest deck containing 7 copies of Astral Automaton, a 1 mana 1/2 Priest minion from ''TITANS'' that has +1/+1 for each Automaton you've summoned that game, as well as cards designed to stall and generate more Automatons), Deck of Legends (an all-Legendary Hunter deck with 2 copies of each card), Questing Deck (a Shaman deck that starts you off with Quest Accepted!, a 1 mana spell that starts the Quest(line)s Unite the Murlocs, Corrupt the Waters, and Command the Elements), and Deck of Wishes (a Demon Hunter deck with 3 Wishes that Discover the perfect card à la Zephrys the Great).[[/note]] Like the original, if Splendiferous Whizbang somehow winds up in actual play, he's a 4 mana 4/5 minion.

* ConfusionFu: Because both Whizbangs randomize your deck every game, there's no way to tell in advance what they might throw at you except by memorizing all the deck recipes.

* RushBoss: Splendiferous Whizbang's "Shrunken Deck" is this in a nutshell; it's a deck of 20 cards, most of which either mill through your own deck or benefit from your deck being almost or completely empty. While this allows you to burn through you deck at incredible speeds and thus put out big threats, if your opponent answers them you basically die on the spot.

* SkillGateCharacter: Whizbang the Wonderful gives new players a way to experience advanced synergies and some cool Legendaries. However, anyone with a reasonable collection has no ([[RuleOfFun practical]]) use for this guy, and a deck made by someone who knows what they're doing will beat a pre-constructed one nine times out of ten.

After Boom Laboratories went up in smoke, Whizbang took the knowledge he'd gained there and applied it to the most important of all inventions: TOYS! As the Splendiferous Whizbang, he acts as both the title character of the ''Whizbang's Workshop'' expansion and a new Legendary neutral minion that functions similarly to the original -- rather than selecting one of the standard deck recipes, Splendiferous Whizbang replaces your cards with one of Whizbang's Experimental Decks, all of which are unique to Whizbang and either centered around a centralized theme or some sort of gimmick.[[note]]There are 11 decks in all, including the Deck of Heroes (a League of Explorers-themed deck), Deck of Villains (a League of E.V.I.L.-themed deck), Wonderful Deck (a Mage deck themed after Shifter Zerus where all the cards are Morphing Cards that transform into random Mage or neutral cards each turn they're in your hand), Deck of Discovery (a Druid deck filled with Moments of Discovery, 0 mana spells that Discover a Druid spell, Druid minion, or Neutral minion you can afford to play), Rainbow Deck (a deck with cards from every class and spell school), Deck of Treasures (a deck containing 5 Duels treasures), Shrunken Deck (a 20-card deck), Septuplet Deck (a deck containing 7 copies of Astral Automaton, a 1 mana 1/2 Priest minion from ''TITANS'' that has +1/+1 for each Automaton you've summoned that game), Deck of Legends (a deck that has 2 copies of Legendaries), Questing Deck (a Shaman deck that starts you off with Quest Accepted!, a 1 mana spell that starts 3 Shaman quests), and Deck of Wishes (a deck with 3 Wishes that Discover the perfect card à la Zephrys the Great).[[/note]] Like the original, if Splendiferous Whizbang somehow winds up in actual play, he's a 4 mana 4/5 minion.

** Splendiferous Whizbang functions much the same, except his decks are much more flavorful, including decks themed to the League of Explorers and League of E.V.I.L., a deck that only has 20 cards in it, a deck that contains cards from every class and spell school, a deck containing 5 Duels treasures, and more!

* WhatEverHappenedToTheMouse: Outside of Boommaster Flark and Crystalsmith Kangor, we don't know what happened to the Boom Labs scientists after the place gets destroyed.

For ''Hearthstone'''s 10th anniversary, Harth was finally added as a collectible card as part of the ''Gift'' set. He's a 6 mana 5/5 neutral Legendary with a once-per-game Battlecry that replaces your hand with eight cards that make up an iconic hand from Hearthstone's past, with there being at least one hand for each class[[note]]In alphebetical order by class, there's three hands that correspond to each Death Knight rune (Blood, Frost, and Unholy), as well as an ''Ashes of Outland''-era Aggro Demon Hunter hand, a Togwaggle Druid hand, a ''Kobolds and Catacombs''-era Secret Hunter hand, a ''Classic''-era Mage hand, a Libram Paladin hand, a Galakrond Priest hand, a Mill Rogue hand, a Shudderwock Shaman hand, a Cubelock hand, and a Patron Warrior hand[[/note]].

For ''Hearthstone'''s 10th anniversary, Harth was finally added as a collectible card as part of the ''Gift'' set. He's a 6 mana 5/5 neutral Legendary with a once-per-game Battlecry that replaces your hand with eight cards that make up an iconic hand from Hearthstone's past, with there being at least one hand for each class[[note]]In alphebetical order by class, there's three hands that correspond to each Death Knight rune (Blood, Frost, and Unholy), as well as an ''Ashes of Outland''-era Aggro Demon Hunter hand, a Togwaggle Druid hand, a ''Kobolds and Catacombs''-era Secret Hunter hand, a Libram Paladin hand, a Galakrond Priest hand, a Mill Rogue hand, a Shudderwock Shaman hand, a Cubelock hand, and a Patron Warrior hand; Mage's hand is unavailable due to a bug at time of writing[[/note]].

!!The Headless Horseman
->''HA HAHA HAHAHA!!!''\\

The host of the Hallow's End event, and the main enemy of his own single player tavern brawl event.

* DetachmentCombat: You do battle against his disembodied head as one of his boss phases.
* EvilLaugh: As per usual with the Headless Horseman.
* HeadlessHorseman: Duh.
* RhymesOnADime

!!Gearmaster Mechazod
->''I will cleanse you both of the Curse of Flesh!''\\
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The main enemy of the "Unite against Mechazod" Tavern Brawl. Gearmaster Mechazod seeks to undo the "curse of flesh" (i.e. turn everyone into robots). Anduin and Uther (and later Medivh and Malfurion) team up to defeat him in the tavern brawl. Unlike the Adventure bosses, Mechazod is represented by a minion, each turn they cast a random spell then leap to the playing field against the player whose turn it is.
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The dwarven Innkeeper who owns and maintains the magical inn Hearthstone is supposedly set in. A genial and welcoming figure who greets you when you arrive and instructs you on how to play Hearthstone. Implied by several journal entries on the Hearthstone blog to be more powerful than he lets on.

Dr. Boom's personal robot body guard. While Dr. Boom is the mastermind and creator behind almost every robot at Boom Labs, Zilliax is their true master. Zilliax is a 5 mana 3/2 Mech with Taunt, Divine Shield, Lifesteal, Rush, and Magnetic.

''For information on Reska, the Pit Boss and Elise, Badlands Savior, see [[Characters/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraftAlternateHeroes Alternate Heroes]]. For information on Reno, Lone Ranger and Gunslinger Kurtrus, see [[Characters/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraftHeroCards Hero Cards]].''\\

With valuable Azerite veins discovered in the barren wastes of the Badlands, the greedy Bloodrock Mining Company has set up shop in the region, backed by the local law enforcement. Outraged by the wanton destruction and pollution that Bloodrock's careless mining has brought, outlaw groups have sprung up to force the miners out of the land.

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!!Tirion Fordring
->''Put your faith in the Light!''\\

The Paladin class legendary of the Classic set, Tirion is an 8 mana 8/8 minion with Taunt, Divine Shield, and Deathrattle granting his controller a 5/3 weapon - the legendary Ashbringer.\\
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Tirion introduced players to the Grand Tournament upon its inception. In the prologue of the Icecrown adventure, he attempts to come to Jaina's aid as she faces the Lich King, only to arrive too late as she is resurrected as the Frost Lich, under the player's control. Tirion then becomes the player's next opponent.

* TheAce: Taunt, Divine Shield, decent stats, and a strong Deathrattle. Tirion is the ultimate value package. To top it off, he's from the Classic set, which means (barring a rotation to the Hall of Fame) he'll be in Standard forever.
* AscendedExtra: Become an NPC in the Knights of the Frozen Throne prologue.
* BarrierWarrior: He has the powerful combination of Divine Shield and Taunt.
* IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight: His entire fight with Frost Lich Jaina is this. Fortunately, he succeeds.
* SurroundedByIdiots: All of his minions when fighting against Frost Lich Jaina are terrible. He even lampshaded this by saying: "I need to get better adventurers."
* TakeUpMySword: His Deathrattle gives the player his sword, The Ashbringer.
* YouAreTooLate: He comes to Jaina's aid one turn too late in the Icecrown prologue.
* ZeroEffortBoss: His boss fight as Frost Lich Jaina has him be scripted to use mediocre cards that are easily eliminated by Jaina's new abilities. It takes him five turns until he stops summoning joke minions, and at that point, the player's field will likely be set up enough that he simply can't take it back

!!Pompous Thespian
->''An autograph? Eh, I suppose.''\\

A common 2 mana 3/2 with Taunt from ''One Night in Karazhan'' who serves as the storyteller for the plot of ''Knights of the Frozen Throne'' in the three-part, online, promotional comic series.

* AccidentalTruth: [[spoiler: His lies are implied to be completely correct]].
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: His voicelines in-game present him as, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a pompous thespian]]. The online comics make him a storyteller with a friendly demeanor that slowly transitions to a swindling conman.
* LemonyNarrator: His story is constantly interrupted by the tavern-goers who nitpick about continuity issues and the Fortune Teller who keeps spoiling the outcomes, to which he stresses them to stop.
* UnreliableNarrator: He's constantly changing details about the story on the fly, and tries to change the subject when a contradiction in his tale is pointed out. However, he's actually a pretty benevolent case of this trope, at least at the beginning - he goes out of his way to make his story as scary as possible to stop the Bloodsail Raider and her friends from travelling to Icecrown Citadel, aware of the dangers present. Later on, people are throwing money at him to tell them more, so he keeps it up to get a quick buck and bails after a while. [[spoiler: However, [[AccidentalTruth he might not be so unreliable after all.]]]]
* TheUntwist: An in-universe case and also [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] with the reveal that Valeera almost killed Anduin, to which the rest of the tavern groans about how obvious it was.

!Lords of Outland
''For information on Lady Vashj, Lady Liadrin, and Maiev Shadowsong, see [[Characters/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraftAlternateHeroes Alternate Heroes]]. For information on Zixor, Kanrethad Ebonlocke, Magtheridon, Kael'thas Sunstrider, and Teron Gorefiend see [[Characters/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraftBosses Bosses]].''

!!General
* {{Cyborg}}: A large number of the Lords of Outland have become this, thanks to the Rusted Legion.
* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: After being "upgraded", they become loyal to the Rusted Legion, regardless of their previous alignment.

!!Murgur Murgurgle
->''Murgur murgurgle!''\\

The leader of the Sungill murlocs. The Sungill are a murloc tribe who traveled through the Dark Portal in search of [[MythologyGag kidnapped tinyfins]]. Now lost in Outland, they settled in Hellfire Peninsula. However, the residual demonic energies corrupted some of them into the crazed Felfin tribe. On the brink of extinction, one valiant murloc, Murgurgle, led an offense and pushed his people to Zangarmarsh, making it their new haven. For his bravery, he earned the title Murgur, a murloc's greatest honorific.\\

Murgur Murgurgle is a 2 mana 2/1 Paladin Legendary with Divine Shield. His Prime form is a 6/3 for 8 that summons four random murlocs and gives them all Divine Shield.

* AllThereInTheManual: Murgurgle's origin isn't revealed in game at all, and was instead revealed during an interview.
* HarpoonGun: Murgurgle Prime has one of these as an ArmCannon.
* OriginalGeneration: That whole backstory was invented for ''Hearthstone'', with the exception of the baby murlocs being taken into Zangarmarsh, which was part of a short TBC quest line.
* RepetitiveName: '''Murgur Murgur'''gle.
* WowingCthulhu: Jaraxxus heard the tale of Murgur Murgurgle, and was inspired to "recruit" him into the Rusted Legion.
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!!Overarching Characters

[[folder:The Old Gods]]
''For information on N'Zoth and C'Thun, see the [[Characters/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraftAlternateHeroes Alternate Heroes]] section.''

A group of parasitic aliens created by the Void Lords to corrupt Azeroth, the Old Gods were the main focus of the ''Whispers of the Old Gods'' expansion, coming from an alternate timeline where they successfully brought forth the end of the world. They returned in ''Madness at the Darkmoon Faire'', having infected Darkmoon Island with their evil.

!!General Tropes
* BigBadDuumvirate: They are the main villains of both ''Whispers of the Old Gods'' and ''Madness at the Darkmoon Faire''.
* TheCorruption: Warp and twist a number of iconic minions, ranging from Annoy O Tron to King Mukla himself.
* DarkerAndEdgier: By far the most sinister figures from Warcraft to enter the tavern so far, and that's after we've seen the likes of Illidan, Gul'dan, Ragnaros, Nefarian, Kel'Thuzad and Rafaam. Their corruption even spreads to a number of the tavern's other patrons. That said...
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: The Old Gods are no less vulnerable to enemy removal than any other minion in the game. This goes double for Yogg-Saron and N'zoth, whose stats are dismal for their cost despite their powerful effects (with Yogg-Saron in particular being completely able to punch ''himself'' out).
* EldritchAbomination: All of the Old Gods are references to the Franchise/CthulhuMythos, and have that look.
* LighterAndSofter: Some of their mannerisms are definitely a lot sillier and wackier than in World of Warcraft, such as N'Zoth being sick of 'Under the Sea' and Yogg-Saron seeking tryouts for new minions.
* VillainProtagonist: They're an evil bunch, and you can put 'em right there in your deck to help you win.
* WeakButSkilled: For a bunch of {{Eldritch Abomination}}s, most of the Old Gods are pitifully weak in terms of raw stats, with the exception of Y'Shaarj. However, their abilities and C'Thun's cultists more than compensate.
* WhatIf: Hail from a universe where the Old Gods succeeded in bringing about the Hour of Twilight and rule Azeroth, and notably Y'Shaarj is still alive.

!!Yogg-Saron
->''Bow down before the god of death.''\\
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The final boss of Ulduar and a major antagonist from the ''World of Warcraft'' expansion ''Wrath of the Lich King'', Yogg-Saron, Hope's End is a 10 mana 7/5 who casts a random spell with random targets for every spell his owner cast that game.\\
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He returned in ''Madness at the Darkmoon Faire'' as Yogg-Saron, Master of Fate. He is a 10 mana 7/5 that activates one of six effects randomly as long as you've cast ten spells this game. The first five have a 19% chance to trigger - Hand of Fate fills your hand with spells and makes them cost 0 this turn, Curse of Flesh fills the board with random minions and gives yours Rush, Mindflayer Goggles takes control of three enemy minions, Mysterybox gives him the original Yogg's Battlecry, and Devouring Hunger destroys all minions and gives their stats to Yogg-Saron. He also has a 5% chance to cast Rod of Roasting, casting Pyroblast on random targets until one player loses.\\
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In ''TITANS'', he is represented by Prison of Yogg-Saron, a 7-mana neutral Legendary location with 3 durability that casts 4 random spells when used, targeting a specific character if possible.\\
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He returned again in ''Fall of Ulduar'' as Yogg-Saron Unleashed, a 9 mana 7/5 Titan that casts two random spells each time you use an ability. His abilities are Induce Insanity, causing all enemy minions to attack each other; Reign of Chaos, taking control of an enemy minion; and Tentacle Swarm, filling your hand with 1/1 Chaotic Tendrils that cast a random spell of a certain mana cost when played, improved by each Tendril played this game.

* CardboardPrison: Ulduar was designed to hold Yogg-Saron indefinitely, but his close proximity to the Watchers let him easily spread doubt in the minds of his captors and eventually spread his influence all throughout Northrend. The pit that contains Yogg is also... not the most secure-looking, which is parodied in Prison of Yogg-Saron's flavour text:
-->''"We've finally captured Yogg-Saron! How should we keep him contained?"\\
"How about... an open pit... right below us... with four loose chains?"\\
"PERFECT!"''
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: With the random spells he can cast, Yogg-Saron can very easily pull such shenanigans as Pyroblasting his owner in the face, summoning a bunch of tokens and then destroying them, buffing up a minion and then Pyroblasting it, going over to the opponent's side and [[RuleOfThree Pyroblasting them in the face]], and so on and so forth. It's very hard to tell who ends up benefiting more from Yogg-Saron until the dust has settled. This has earned him the nickname of "Yogg-Saron the Betrayer" among players.
* ColdHam: Delivers his lines far more calmly than in his Ulduar encounter, where he yells at the top of his lungs.
* EvilLaugh: "Master of Fate" lets out an evil cackle if his wheel lands on Rod of Roasting.
* EvilMinions: Is apparently holding tryouts for new ones, which is the topic of the "Servants of Yogg-Saron Tryouts" tavern brawl.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Has an extremely deep-filtered voice, which is notable because he doesn't sound like this in ''World of Warcraft'' at all in his Ulduar encounter.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Statistically speaking, as the number of spells cast by Yogg-Saron's Battlecry increases, so too do his chances of that Battlecry ending with Yogg-Saron killing himself.
* {{Irony}}: For some[[EldritchAbomination thing]] whose moniker is '[[HopeCrusher Hope's End]]', it's hilariously ironic how players [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1861 actually put their hope in him.]]
* LethalJokeCharacter: The best example in the game. Who knew such a wacky effect would turn out to be such an ample board-clearing and card drawing mechanism? Blizzard even had to ''nerf'' Yogg by way of ending the effect if Yogg kills itself or otherwise removes itself from the board because it was so powerful.
** That said, his EnsembleDarkhorse nature led to that nerf being reverted years later, putting the Lethal back into his arsenal.
* MagicMissileStorm: Often creates these as part of his battlecry.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: With that many mouths, this shouldn't be surprising.
* {{Nerf}}:
** The original Yogg-Saron proved to be too much of a power outlier when he was released, turning games into literal coinflips when he was cast. He was eventually nerfed to stop his spell-spree if he left the battlefield before it was over, pretty much killing the card. However, this was eventually reverted as the card is no longer a problem.
** Yoog-Saron Unleashed originally cost 15 mana but has its cost reduced by 1 for each spell you cast this game. It turned out that Rogue and Druid were ''way'' too good at chaining cheap spells, getting Yogg down to 0 in just a few turns then dominating with endless free board clears/mind controls by copying or bouncing Yogg. He was reworked to his current state to fix this power outlier ''and'' make his effect more resonant.
* RandomEffectSpell: Might as well be the TropeCodifier at this point, at least for card games. It can pull from the list of all viable spells for the format that the game is in, and can pick any viable target, even if it doesn't logically make sense to do so. Yes, this does include pyroblasting your own face. Repeatedly. Or pyroblasting ''[[ExplosiveStupidity himself]]''. Each of his variants continue the theme, with Master of Fate spinning a wheel of possible effects (many of which also have random effects), Prison casting random spells at a target, and Unleashed casting spells on ability use and potentially filling your hand with minions that cast random spells.
* RandomNumberGod: Actually succeeded in replacing [=RNGesus=] for a while as the God that players and streamers pray to.
* RealityIsOutToLunch: When Yogg comes out, it's an excuse to sit back and watch the fireworks while chaos unfolds.
* TooManyMouths: He has about 60 orifices on his face, and every single one is a mouth.
* WheelOfDecisions: Master of Fate's battlecry takes the appearance of one, showing a wheel with his six effects (with Rod of Roasting having an appropriately smaller slice than the others).

!!Y'Shaarj
->''Gorge your hatred! Embrace your rage!''\\

The progenitor of the Sha and one of the main villains of the ''World of Warcraft'' expansion ''Mists of Pandaria'', Y'Shaarj, Rage Unbound is a 10 mana 10/10 who pulls a minion out of his owner's deck onto the battlefield at the end of their turn.\\

In ''Madness at the Darkmoon Faire'', Y'Shaarj, The Defiler is a 10 mana 10/10 that adds a copy of each Corrupted card you've played this game to your hand, and sets their cost to 0 that turn.

* BoringButPractical: Compared to C'Thun getting buffed by his followers to the point where he can vaporize the opponent and their board, N'Zoth reviving a full board's worth of minions, and Yogg'Saron doing literally ''anything'' he feels like, Y'Shaarj's effect is quite mundane. However, he's also a solid 10/10 body with no strings attached, and his effect is generic enough that you can splash him into most decks with no problems.
* TheCorrupter: Encourages your minions to "Gorge your hatred...embrace your rage...", bringing them into the fight straight from the deck. The Defiler takes that more literally, returning every Corrupted card you've played that game to your hand.
* InformedAttribute: Y'Shaarj is frequently attributed as having 7 heads, but his ''Hearthstone'' art merely shows him with one.
* UnstoppableRage: Implied to be whipping your minions into this, causing them to leap from your decks directly to engage the enemy, even if doing so is counterproductive.

[[folder:Year of the Dragon]]
!!The League of E.V.I.L.
''For more information on Rafaam, Hagatha, Dr. Boom, Madame Lazul, Vessina, Dark Pharaoh Tekahn, and the League of Explorers, see [[Characters/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraftHeroes Heroes]].''
!! General
* AdorableEvilMinions: The Lackeys are disposable 1/1 minions. Kobold, Goblin, and to some extent Witchy Lackey are all especially cute.
* TheBadGuyWins: They successfully stole Dalaran in ''Rise of Shadows'', and Rafaam manages to obtain the Plague of Undeath from Uldum in ''Saviours of Uldum''.
* TheBusCameBack: Five former villains return for this group. Notably, there's one villain for each year - Dr. Boom is 2014, Rafaam is 2015, Lazul is 2016, Togwaggle is 2017, and Hagatha is 2018. To hammer home the point, a few mechanics from old sets reappeared too.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: The League has members of most races with a relatively equal gender split, as is the case for most expansions; their leadership alone comprises an Ethereal, a Kobold, a Goblin, an Orc, and a Troll. Their playable lackeys from the Dalaran Heist encompass even more races, including a few really obscure ones.
* FauxAffablyEvil: They're a personable bunch, at least towards each other. They squabble, [[CardCarryingVillain carry their cards]], and have mostly goofy personalities. Of course, they still stole Dalaran, unleashed ancient plagues in Uldum, and intend to resurrect [[Literature/DawnOfTheAspects Galakrond]], an ancient evil that once roamed Azeroth. Rafaam, in particular, reminds the players how evil he is when he leaves Tekahn to die at the end of Tombs of Terror.
* FunWithAcronyms: Their team name is stylized as one, but it's not clear what it's supposed to stand for.
* {{Mooks}}: The main mechanic of the five is creating Lackeys, which are unique 1/1 minions with a small Battlecry, themed around the villains.
* SympathyForTheDevil: The teasers for the set showed a handful of the villains quite sad after their defeat - Togwaggle is in an unlit, treasureless cave, Hagatha is being chased out of the swamp by hounds, and Dr. Boom is in the ruins of his lab. It's hard not to feel a little bad [[WhatTheHellHero for putting them in that spot]].
* VillainProtagonist: The main characters of ''Rise of Shadows''.
* VillainTeamUp: It's a collection of Rafaam, Madame Lazul[[note]]the Fortune Teller from ''Whispers of the Old Gods''[[/note]], King Togwaggle, Dr. Boom, and Hagatha.

!!Togwaggle
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[[caption-width-right:268:Who the king? I THE KING!]]
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The legendary king of the Kobolds. He had retained his kingship for many generations due to being smarter than the average kobold - he placed a lantern over his candle to stop rivals from snuffing it out. Inside his lantern lives Rakinishu, a tiny fire elemental - his "magic candle" that guides him. Unfortunately, he wasn't clever enough to stop adventurers from raiding his kingdom, leaving him without gold ''or'' candles. To get his wealth back, he happily accepted Madame Lazul's call.\\

In ''Kobolds & Catacombs'', King Togwaggle was an 8-mana 5/5 Neutral legendary that swapped you and your opponent's deck around, but also put a 5-mana King's Ransom in your opponent's hand to switch them back.\\

He returned as Heistbaron Togwaggle, a 6 mana 5/5 Rogue minion that lets you choose a fantastic treasure if you control a Lackey. The treasures are the same that Marin the Fox created.

* AdiposeRex: You'd be hard-pressed to find a fatter kobold than him.
* {{Familiar}}: He sees Rakanishu as this.
* FatBastard: He's quite corpulent, and was the BigBad of ''Kobolds & Catacombs''.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: He implied he had a VillainousFriendship with Rafaam back in the Dungeon Run. In fact, a tie-in comic shows [[https://comic.playhearthstone.com/en-gb/up-comes-down Rafaam gave Togwaggle]] his crown.
* {{Greed}}: No amount of treasure is enough for King Togwaggle. That said, his concept of 'treasure' did consist of stealing candles until Rafaam convinced him to dream bigger.

!!Tak Nozwhisker
->''You say "hoard"? Me say "prepared"!''\\

A goon of Togwaggle's. Tak is a 7 mana 6/6 for Rogue from ''Rise of Shadows''. Whenever you shuffle a card into your deck, Tak adds a copy to your hand.

* PutOnABus: PlayedForLaughs in the ''Road to Northrend'' tavern brawl. Apparently the League accidentally left Tak behind in [[ContinuityNod Blackrock Mountain]].

!!Kronx Dragonhoof
->''You are too late. His return is nigh!''\\

A tauren cultist. While he serves Rafaam, his loyalties lie with his true master; Galakrond. Kronx is a 6 mana 6/6 Neutral Legendary from ''Descent of Dragons'' that draws Galakrond from your deck. If you already are Galakrond, his Battlecry instead lets you unleash a Devastation: Annihilation deals 5 damage to all other minions, Decimation deals 5 damage to the enemy hero and heals you for 5, Domination grants your minions +2/+2, and Reanimation summons an 8/8 Dragon with Taunt.

* BreathWeapon: Annihilation takes the form of your hero breathing fire across the battlefield.
* EvilIsNotAToy: He believes this about Galakrond, and (correctly) assumes Galakrond will betray Rafaam at the first opportunity. He keeps quiet about it though, since he ultimately just [[DragonWithAnAgenda wants his master resurrected]].
* SituationalSword: If Galakrond is already in your hand, Kronx is effectively a dead card until he's played. Given that Galakrond is 7 mana and Kronx is another 6, this might make his powerful Battlecry too slow in desperate situations.
* YouAreTooLate: Quoted verbatim in his summoning line.

!!Dragon Aspects
''For more information on Deathwing and Nozdormu, see [[Characters/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraftAlternateHeroes Alternate Heroes]].''

!!Alexstrasza
->''I bring life and hope.''\\

Leader of the Red Dragonflight, and Aspect of Life. Alexstrasza is a 9-mana 8/8 that sets the health of a hero to 15.\\
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She returned in ''Descent of Dragons'' as another neutral Legendary: Dragonqueen Alexstrasza, another 9 mana 8/8 with the effect of adding two random dragons to your hand and reducing their cost to 1 as long as your deck has no duplicates.
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She returned in the Core set as the neutral Legendary Alexstrasza the Life-Binder, with the same statline as the original, but a new battlecry, either healing you or one of your minions for 8 health or dealing 8 damage to an enemy minion or hero.

* TheRedMage: The original version of Alexstrasza sees play in control decks as both a [[HeroicSecondWind self-heal]] to deal with aggression and as a 15-damage nuke to make up for such decks' lack of early damage.
* ObviousRulePatch: Dragonqueen used to be able to generate a copy of herself. On the rare chance it happened, it was completely game-breaking as the player got ''five dragons'' in play. A swift hotfix prevented her from doing this.
* {{Nerf}}: Originally Dragonqueen's dragons cost 0 mana, which made her extremely swingy when played on curve. Their cost was raised to 1 so you can only play one (or no) dragons on the same turn as her.

!!Ysera
->''I dream, and the world trembles.''\\

Leader of the Green Dragonflight, and Aspect of Dreams. Ysera is a Legendary 4/12 Dragon for 9 mana in the Classic set, who adds a random Dream Card to your hand at the end of each turn. The Dream Cards are:
* Dream, a 1-mana spell that returns an enemy minion to the opponent’s hand (It was originally a free spell that returns a minion to its owner's hand).
* Nightmare, a free spell that gives a minion +4/+4 (originally +5/+5) but destroys it at the start of your next turn.
* Ysera Awakens, a 3-mana (originally 2-mana) spell that deals 5 damage to all minions (originally everything) not named Ysera.
* Laughing Sister, a 2-mana (Originally 3-cost) 3/5 that can't be targeted by spells or hero powers.
* Emerald Drake, a 4-mana 7/6 Dragon.

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Ysera returned in ''Descent of Dragons'' as the Druid Legendary Ysera, Unleashed. She retains her 9-mana 4/12 statline, and has a Battlecry that shuffles seven Dream Portals into your deck. Dream Portals summon a random Dragon when drawn.\\
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She returned in the Core set as Ysera the Dreamer, with the same statline as the original Ysera, but adds every Dream card to your hand as a Battlecry.

* BadassBoast: "I dream, and the world trembles!"
** Ysera, Unleashed has "My dream is your nightmare!"
* TheCavalry: Ysera, Unleashed provides a steady stream of free Dragons throughout the game after being played.
* MightyGlacier: Ysera's 12 health is quite hefty even for a 9-mana minion, and her 4 attack lets her trade decently well while dodging most Priest removal. She'll also churn out overpowered cards for free for as long as she sticks around, making her a late-game powerhouse, though the need to play those cards from your hand along with Ysera's own high mana cost means it takes a while for her to start making an impact.
* {{Nerf}}: In order to compensate for Ysera the Dreamer, most of the Dream cards had their effects nerfed. Dream in particular would've been bonkers overpowered in its old form, letting you infinitely recycle Ysera for endless copies of the other four cards. However, Laughing Sister was actually buffed since it was pretty awful compared to the others.
* PurposelyOverpowered: All of Ysera's Dream Cards are way undercosted for their effects and stats. Given that she only comes into play during the late game, they pretty much need to be.

!!Malygos
->''I am the essence of magic!''\\

Leader of the Blue Dragonflight and the Aspect of Magic. Malygos is a 9-mana 4/12 neutral Legendary Dragon from the Classic set with Spell Damage +5. He returned in ''Descent of Dragons'' as Malygos, Aspect of Magic. A 5-mana 2/8 Mage Legendary, Aspect of Magic's Battlecry Discovers an upgraded Mage spell if you're holding a Dragon.[[labelnote:List]]0-mana Frostbolt, Arcane Missiles that deals 6, 1-mana Frost Nova, 1-mana Polymorph, Tome of Intellect that adds 3 spells to the hand, Arcane Explosion that deals 2, Arcane Intellect that draws 4, Fireball that deals 8, and Flamestrike that deals 8.[[/labelnote]] His version in the Core set, Malygos the Spellweaver, is a 9-mana 4/12 neutral legendary dragon whose Battlecry draws spells from your deck until your hand is full.

* TheArchmage: He's the guardian of all magic on Azeroth (at least until Kalecgos took up the mantle in ''Warcraft'' lore). His original version is pretty much designed for burning your opponent's face off with massive spell damage, and his Aspect of Magic version gives you stronger versions of existing spells, like a 1-mana Polymorph or an Arcane Intellect that draws 4 cards.
* FinishingMove: If anyone drops Malygos on the board, they'll be winding up a huge burst of spell damage to end the game. Most decks built around Malygos also have ways around his mana cost, letting them destroy the opponent on the spot rather than praying that he lives a turn (which, if the opponent is even slightly competent, he won't).
* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the ''Hearthstone'' universe, Kalecgos serves on the Council of Six but Malygos is still around, as opposed to ''World of Warcraft'' lore where Kalec only took up the position after Malygos went mad and had to be put down.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: The art on Malygos's original card was initially a portrait of Kalecgos, who received a whole new artwork when he also became a card. This was an intentional choice by the developers due to the lack of good Malygos art at the time.

!!Murozond
->''You think this is your time? It is MINE.''\\

The evil future version of Nozdormu, Murozond is the lord of the Infinite Dragonflight.
* Murozond first appeared as an Arena-exclusive Legendary in the Taverns of Time event, as a 7-mana 6/6 who sets your turn timer to 15 seconds for the rest of the game, but lets you draw 2 more cards each turn.
* He returned in ''Descent of Dragons'' as Murozond the Infinite, an 8-mana 8/8 Priest Legendary whose Battlecry replays every card the opponent played last turn.
* He appeared again in ''Caverns of Time'' as Murozond, Thief of Time, a 7-mana 6/6 Priest Legendary who Discovers a Dragon and deals damage equal to its cost to all other minions if your deck has no duplicates.

* DittoFighter: In keeping with Priest's copying gimmicks, Murozond the Infinite can copy a turn from the opponent. Unfortunately he won't replay Battlecries, but that can be an advantage if your opponent played, say, [[PersonOfMassDestruction Deathwing]].
* EvilDoppelganger: He is Nozdormu after witnessing the [[BadFuture End Times]], which drove him insane and caused him to try and muck with the timeline to prevent this future.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Year of the Gryphon]]
''For information on Lady Prestor, Edwin [=VanCleef=], and the ten Mercenaries, see [[Characters/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraftAlternateHeroes Alternate Heroes]].''

!!Runi
->''Come with me, into the future!''\\

The daughter of Xyrella. When the Exodar crashed into Azeroth, Runi fell into an unbreakable coma that seemingly no magic could awaken her from. One night while praying over her daughter, Xyrella had a vision of shards of light raining from the sky. These shards were the fractured pieces of the naaru Mi'da, who promised Xyrella that his shards could save Runi's life.\\
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Runi was not represented by any cards in the Year of the Gryphon, however her future self does appear in ''Caverns of Time'' as Runi, Time Explorer, a 3 mana 3/4 Paladin legendary that Discovers a Paladin location from the FUTURE![[note]]Each location is 3 mana and has 2 durability. Outskirts of Lordaeron destroys all minions with less attack than a chosen minion. Ruins of Korune draws 2 cards and swaps their costs. Temple of Earth summons a copy of a friendly minion with +3 Health and Taunt but makes it unable to attack. The Nighthold casts 3 random Paladin Secrets. Valdrakken adds two random Dragons to your hand and gives them +2/+2. Wind Rider Roost summons a random 3-cost minion and gives it Charge. Xenedar causes your next Battlecry that turn to trigger twice.[[/note]]

* DelicateAndSickly: A young girl that is comatose and slowly dying, driving much of the conflict of the Year of the Gryphon's story.
* FutureBadass: After being healed by Mi'da, she would at some point be Lightforged and recruited by Nozdormu to help defend the timeline.
* MeaningfulEcho: Time Explorer's attack quote is "For the Light! For my mother!", playing off a similar quote from Xyrella where she says "For my daughter!" instead.
* MythologyGag: The locations from the future all reference expansions from ''World of Warcraft'' that take place after the Year of the Gryphon is set. Lordaeron references ''Battle for Azeroth'', Korune references ''Mists of Pandaria'', Temple of Earth references ''Cataclysm'', Valdrakken references ''Dragonflight'', and The Nighthold and Xenedar reference ''Legion''. The only odd one out is Wind Rider Roost, but it might be referencing ''World of Warcraft: Classic''.

!!Archdruid Naralex
->''In my folly, I have sown chaos!''\\

A night elf druid who attempted to use the natural wonders of the Wailing Caverns and the power of the Emerald Dream to restore the Barrens to its original, lush state. However, after connecting to the Dream, he was instead overwhelmed by the power of the Old God-corrupted Emerald Nightmare, transforming the Caverns into what they are now and corrupting his companions into the Druids of the Fang. He would be stuck asleep, continually shifting between madness and sanity, until one of his last disciples, accompanied by a group of adventurers, was able to brave the Caverns and rescue him.\\
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Archdruid Naralex is a 3-mana 3/3 neutral Legendary that begins Dormant for 2 turns. While he's Dormant, one of Ysera's Dream cards is added to your hand at the end of your turn.

* AbsurdPhobia: His deepest fear is murlocs, which manifests as a giant albino murloc.
* DeepSleep: What Naralex is stuck in, represented in-game through the Dormant mechanic. While he's asleep, the Emerald Nightmare- a dark, corrupted part of the Emerald Dream- leaks out and corrupts the Wailing Caverns, and as such Naralex gives you Dream cards while he's "asleep", one of which could be the Nightmare spell.
* ForcedSleep: Naralex attempted to connect to the Emerald Dream in this manner. It didn't go well for him.

!!Mutanus
A colossal, monstrous albino murloc manifested from Naralex's nightmares. He appears when anyone tries to awaken Naralex from his slumber. Mutanus the Devourer is a 7-mana 4/4 Legendary neutral murloc that eats a minion in your opponent's hand and gains its stats.

* CannibalismSuperpower: He gains the stats of whatever he eats.
* ExtremeOmnivore: He can eat any minion in one gulp. Alexstrasza? Yogg-Saron? Iron Juggernaut? Doesn't matter.
* LivingDream: Rather, living nightmare. He's the living manifestation of Naralex's fears.

!!Anetheron
->''You are defenders of a doomed world!''\\

A nathrezim of the Burning Legion, brother of Tichondrius and the demon who slaughtered Kurtrus' family. Although he was defeated many years ago at the Battle of Mount Hyjal, Tamsin Roame has gathered an artifact called the Demon Seed to resummon him into this world, and Kurtrus has returned to slay the dreadlord for good.\\

Anetheron is a 6 mana 8/6 Warlock Legendary. If your hand is full, he instead only costs 1 mana.

* AscendedExtra: Previously, Anetheron was the least fleshed-out of the nathrezim lords, only appearing as a background character in one cutscene, a mini-boss in ''Reign of Chaos'', a boss fight in the Caverns of Time, and a cameo in ''Legion''. Here, he is the driving force of the story for Tamsin, Cariel, and Kurtrus and has personal history with the latter.
* CCGImportanceDissonance: In the story, Anetheron tears through Stormwind's guards and burns the city to the ground once he' summoned. A lot of emphasis is placed on how powerful he is and how deadly Tamsin's quest is. In play mode he's... fine, and he has seen play, but it's nowhere near the world-ending force the adventures make him out to be.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: In Book of Mercenaries, he's a 5/200 minion with Mega-Windfury that cleaves adjacent minions. He's almost as strong as Galakrond, who destroys the ''entire world'' in the non-canon EVIL ending for ''Galakrond's Awakening''.

!!Cornelius Roame
->''The sky burns and you're sitting around? MOVE IT!''\\
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A guard captain in Stormwind, and the father of both Cariel and Tamsin Roame. Cornelius is a 6-mana 4/5 neutral Legendary from ''United in Stormwind'' that makes you draw a card at the start ''and'' end of each player's turn.

* FleshGolem: What he's ultimately become by the time Cariel confronts him.
* MindRape: What Tamsin does with him, represented by burning his cards and killing him with fatigue.
* PeoplePuppets: He's reduced to one after the final encounter with Tamsin.
* ParentalFavouritism: He always preferred Tamsin over Cariel. Even when he's just a mindless undead husk, when Cariel tries to tell him she's his daughter, he answers with a surprised and happy "Tamsin?".
* PuzzleBoss: In Tamsin's chapter in the Book of Mercenaries, he can't be harmed by minions. The only way to kill him is through fatigue.

!!Lokholar, the Ice Lord
->''Let your essence congeal... with Lokholar.''\\

A massive frost elemental spirit summoned by the Horde to Alterac Valley to aid them in combating the Stormpikes.\\

Lokholar, The Ice Lord is a 10-mana 8/8 Legendary neutral Elemental with Rush and Windfury; if you have 15 or less health, he costs 5 less.

* DefeatEqualsFriendship: In order to call upon the Ice Lord's power, you have to first defeat him. Bru'kan does so, earning his help.
* SummonBiggerFish: Bru'kan invokes the aid of Lokholar in order to get the Alliance forces in Alterac to listen to him and help defeat Tamsin.

!!Ivus, the Forest Lord
->''From your ashes... shall rise life.''\\

A massive ancient of war summoned by the Alliance to Alterac Valley to aid them in combating the Frostwolves.\\
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Ivus, The Forest Lord is a 1-mana 1/1 neutral Legendary from ''Fractured in Alterac Valley'' that spends the rest of your mana; for each mana crystal consumed this way, Ivus randomly gains either Rush, Divine Shield, Taunt, or +2/+2, with only the last effect being capable of repeating.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: The keywords you can get from his battlecry can't repeat, preventing scenarios where Ivus [[CriticalFailure gets nothing but redundant keywords.]]
* TheCavalry: During Bru'kan's fight against Vanndar, Guff comes in alongside Ivus having earned his trust in an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome.

!!Mi'da, Pure Light
->''Rest easy, child. You are safe now.''\\

Mi'da is a naaru, a sentient being made entirely of holy energies sworn to bring peace to all mortals and halt the forces of the Holy Light's opposite, the Void. One night, through mysterious circumstances, Mi'da shattered into numerous shards of Light in the skies of Azeroth, with multiple parties scattering across the land in search of them. Among these individuals were a Draenai healer named Xyrella, whose daughter Mi'da promised to save if she reassembled her, and the malevolent black dragons Kazakusan and Onyxia, who wanted to utilize her power by turning her into a Void-corrupted dark naaru. Now, in the depths of Onyxia's lair in Dustwallow Marsh, the shattered naaru has been fully restored, and her confrontation with Onyxia is nigh.\\

Mi'da, Pure Light is a 6-mana 4/6 Priest Legendary from the ''Onyxia's Lair'' mini-set with Divine Shield, Lifesteal, and a Deathrattle that shuffles a Fragment of Mi'da into your deck, which is a 6-mana Cast When Drawn that resummons her.

The inhabitants of Gadgetzan frighten each other with stories of the Lotus leader, saying things such as, “Hey, watch yer back, or White Eyes’ll jump outta da shadows and getcha.” Nonetheless, the rumors surrounding White Eyes are surprisingly close to the truth. He is a powerful warrior—known to be as immovable as a mountain and as pitiless as a storm—but the tale-tellers are missing one important detail. A secret most of the Jade Lotus does not even know. He is not the leader of the Jade Lotus. He’s merely a figurehead, and the real power behind the Jade Lotus comes in a smaller—though no less dangerous—form... Aya Blackpaw.\\

->''A curse of frogs upon you! It's really a blessing.\\

The leader of the Reliquary, an archaeologist group founded in Silvermoon and a brutal rival of the Explorer's League. Tae'thelan has recently come to the Badlands to oversee the mining of Azerite and other artifacts from the area.\\

A shifty, shady man and associate of Bloodrock, whose machinations have metaphorically gotten them into a hole too deep to get out of. Truthfully, Velarok is a black dragon sent to manipulate the events in the Badlands.\\

The conductor operating the Bloodrock Tram which hauls loads of Azerite across the country... and pollutes wherever it goes with fel smoke and barrels of toxic sludge.\\

The head of blastmining operations, who exposes new Azerite veins by bombing the hell out of everything.\\

The leader of the Dryscale Naga and a gambling addict. Snake Eyes struck up an uneasy alliance with the outlaw gangs after Bloodrock polluted the naga's oasis with toxic sludge.\\

* MultiArmedMultiTasking: Her artwork shows her rolling dice with her upper left arm while her lower left arm is gripping her pistol.

A red dragon who believes that all life is sacred and can be redeemed. She joined the outlaws in order to save the Badlands from Bloodrock.\\

Rheastrasza is an 8-mana 8/8 legendary Druid Dragon. If your deck has no duplicates, she summons the Purified Dragon Nest, a permanent that lets you Discover a Dragon at the start of your turn and sets its cost to 1.

A dwarf with some anger issues who's ready to punch everyone at Bloodrock in the face!\\

A spirit wolf who speaks for the wildlife that has driven away by the Bloodrock Company.\\

Spirit of the Badlands is a 3-mana 3/4 Legendary Paladin Undead Beast. If your deck has no duplicates, it adds a Mirage to your hand. Each turn, the Mirage transforms into a copy of a random minion in your deck, and remains in your hand after being played.

* MasterOfIllusion: It generates a magical mirage that can form into anything that resides in the Badlands, or in this case within your deck.

A troll witch doctor who believes that frogs can heal the Badlands.\\

Holli'dae is a 5-mana 4/5 Shaman legendary. If your deck has no duplicates, he equips you with the Staff of the Nine Frogs, a 2/9 weapon that summons a Frog with Taunt after your hero attacks. The Frog starts as a 1/1, but each subsequent frog is +1/+1 larger.

* NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: He's named after Doc Holiday, a dentist-turned-gunslinger that participated in the shootout at the O.K. Corral. Similarly, Holli'dae is a doctor-turned-outlaw.
* WitchDoctor: He assists the outlaws with frog-based medicine and seeks to use frogs to heal the damage that Bloodrock has caused.

''For information on Elise, Badlands Savior, see [[Characters/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraftAlternateHeroes Alternate Heroes]]. For information on Reno, Lone Ranger and Gunslinger Kurtrus, see [[Characters/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraftHeroCards Hero Cards]].''\\

!!Reska, the Pit Boss
->''Take a good look. You ain't never seein' the light again!''\\

The overseer at the Bloodrock Mine, and a rather sadistic taskmaster for the poor saps tricked into working at Bloodrock.\\
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Reska is a 20-mana Frost/Unholy Death Knight 6/3 legendary Undead with Rush that costs 1 less for each minion that has died this game. When he dies, he takes control of a random enemy minion.

* BadBoss: He works his employees to the bone. Then he raises those bones from the dead, and works those to dust.
* BuriedAlive: His artwork shows him in the process of doing this to someone, shown from their perspective. This is enforced by his entry quote.
* MeatPuppet: He turns anyone unwilling to work, in this case your opponent's minions, into mindless puppets that do his bidding.

!!Tae'thelan Bloodwatcher
The leader of the Reliquary, an archaeologist group founded in Silvermoon and a brutal rival of the Explorer's League. Tae'thelan has recently come to the Badlands to oversee the mining of Azerite and other artifacts from the area.\\

Tae'thelan is a 4-mana 2/5 Mage legendary that reduces the cost of cards that didn't start in your deck by 4, but not less than 1.

!!Velarok Windblade
A shifty, shady man and associate of Bloodrock, whose machinations have metaphorically gotten them into a hole too deep to get out of. Truthfully, Velarok is a black dragon sent to manipulate the events in the Badlands.\\
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Velarok is a 3 mana 3/3 Rogue Legendary. If you play three cards from another class while he's in in your hand, he transforms into Velarok the Deceiver, a 3-mana 3/6 Dragon with Charge that Discovers a card from another class and reduces its cost by 3 whenever he attacks.
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[[/folder]]

[[folder:Other Expansions]]
!!Tirion Fordring
->''Put your faith in the Light!''\\

The Paladin class legendary of the Classic set, Tirion is an 8 mana 8/8 minion with Taunt, Divine Shield, and Deathrattle granting his controller a 5/3 weapon - the legendary Ashbringer.\\
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Tirion introduced players to the Grand Tournament upon its inception. In the prologue of the Icecrown adventure, he attempts to come to Jaina's aid as she faces the Lich King, only to arrive too late as she is resurrected as the Frost Lich, under the player's control. Tirion then becomes the player's next opponent.

* TheAce: Taunt, Divine Shield, decent stats, and a strong Deathrattle. Tirion is the ultimate value package. To top it off, he's from the Classic set, which means (barring a rotation to the Hall of Fame) he'll be in Standard forever.
* AscendedExtra: Become an NPC in the Knights of the Frozen Throne prologue.
* BarrierWarrior: He has the powerful combination of Divine Shield and Taunt.
* IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight: His entire fight with Frost Lich Jaina is this. Fortunately, he succeeds.
* SurroundedByIdiots: All of his minions when fighting against Frost Lich Jaina are terrible. He even lampshaded this by saying: "I need to get better adventurers."
* TakeUpMySword: His Deathrattle gives the player his sword, The Ashbringer.
* YouAreTooLate: He comes to Jaina's aid one turn too late in the Icecrown prologue.
* ZeroEffortBoss: His boss fight as Frost Lich Jaina has him be scripted to use mediocre cards that are easily eliminated by Jaina's new abilities. It takes him five turns until he stops summoning joke minions, and at that point, the player's field will likely be set up enough that he simply can't take it back

!!Pompous Thespian
->''An autograph? Eh, I suppose.''\\

A common 2 mana 3/2 with Taunt from ''One Night in Karazhan'' who serves as the storyteller for the plot of ''Knights of the Frozen Throne'' in the three-part, online, promotional comic series.

* AccidentalTruth: [[spoiler: His lies are implied to be completely correct]].
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: His voicelines in-game present him as, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a pompous thespian]]. The online comics make him a storyteller with a friendly demeanor that slowly transitions to a swindling conman.
* LemonyNarrator: His story is constantly interrupted by the tavern-goers who nitpick about continuity issues and the Fortune Teller who keeps spoiling the outcomes, to which he stresses them to stop.
* UnreliableNarrator: He's constantly changing details about the story on the fly, and tries to change the subject when a contradiction in his tale is pointed out. However, he's actually a pretty benevolent case of this trope, at least at the beginning - he goes out of his way to make his story as scary as possible to stop the Bloodsail Raider and her friends from travelling to Icecrown Citadel, aware of the dangers present. Later on, people are throwing money at him to tell them more, so he keeps it up to get a quick buck and bails after a while. [[spoiler: However, [[AccidentalTruth he might not be so unreliable after all.]]]]
* TheUntwist: An in-universe case and also [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] with the reveal that Valeera almost killed Anduin, to which the rest of the tavern groans about how obvious it was.

!Lords of Outland
''For information on Lady Vashj, Lady Liadrin, and Maiev Shadowsong, see [[Characters/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraftAlternateHeroes Alternate Heroes]]. For information on Zixor, Kanrethad Ebonlocke, Magtheridon, Kael'thas Sunstrider, and Teron Gorefiend see [[Characters/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraftBosses Bosses]].''

!!General
* {{Cyborg}}: A large number of the Lords of Outland have become this, thanks to the Rusted Legion.
* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: After being "upgraded", they become loyal to the Rusted Legion, regardless of their previous alignment.

!!Murgur Murgurgle
->''Murgur murgurgle!''\\

The leader of the Sungill murlocs. The Sungill are a murloc tribe who traveled through the Dark Portal in search of [[MythologyGag kidnapped tinyfins]]. Now lost in Outland, they settled in Hellfire Peninsula. However, the residual demonic energies corrupted some of them into the crazed Felfin tribe. On the brink of extinction, one valiant murloc, Murgurgle, led an offense and pushed his people to Zangarmarsh, making it their new haven. For his bravery, he earned the title Murgur, a murloc's greatest honorific.\\
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Murgur Murgurgle is a 2 mana 2/1 Paladin Legendary with Divine Shield. His Prime form is a 6/3 for 8 that summons four random murlocs and gives them all Divine Shield.

* AllThereInTheManual: Murgurgle's origin isn't revealed in game at all, and was instead revealed during an interview.
* HarpoonGun: Murgurgle Prime has one of these as an ArmCannon.
* OriginalGeneration: That whole backstory was invented for ''Hearthstone'', with the exception of the baby murlocs being taken into Zangarmarsh, which was part of a short TBC quest line.
* RepetitiveName: '''Murgur Murgur'''gle.
* WowingCthulhu: Jaraxxus heard the tale of Murgur Murgurgle, and was inspired to "recruit" him into the Rusted Legion.
[[/folder]]

!!Overarching Characters

[[folder:The Old Gods]]
''For information on N'Zoth and C'Thun, see the [[Characters/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraftAlternateHeroes Alternate Heroes]] section.''

A group of parasitic aliens created by the Void Lords to corrupt Azeroth, the Old Gods were the main focus of the ''Whispers of the Old Gods'' expansion, coming from an alternate timeline where they successfully brought forth the end of the world. They returned in ''Madness at the Darkmoon Faire'', having infected Darkmoon Island with their evil.

!!General Tropes
* BigBadDuumvirate: They are the main villains of both ''Whispers of the Old Gods'' and ''Madness at the Darkmoon Faire''.
* TheCorruption: Warp and twist a number of iconic minions, ranging from Annoy O Tron to King Mukla himself.
* DarkerAndEdgier: By far the most sinister figures from Warcraft to enter the tavern so far, and that's after we've seen the likes of Illidan, Gul'dan, Ragnaros, Nefarian, Kel'Thuzad and Rafaam. Their corruption even spreads to a number of the tavern's other patrons. That said...
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: The Old Gods are no less vulnerable to enemy removal than any other minion in the game. This goes double for Yogg-Saron and N'zoth, whose stats are dismal for their cost despite their powerful effects (with Yogg-Saron in particular being completely able to punch ''himself'' out).
* EldritchAbomination: All of the Old Gods are references to the Franchise/CthulhuMythos, and have that look.
* LighterAndSofter: Some of their mannerisms are definitely a lot sillier and wackier than in World of Warcraft, such as N'Zoth being sick of 'Under the Sea' and Yogg-Saron seeking tryouts for new minions.
* VillainProtagonist: They're an evil bunch, and you can put 'em right there in your deck to help you win.
* WeakButSkilled: For a bunch of {{Eldritch Abomination}}s, most of the Old Gods are pitifully weak in terms of raw stats, with the exception of Y'Shaarj. However, their abilities and C'Thun's cultists more than compensate.
* WhatIf: Hail from a universe where the Old Gods succeeded in bringing about the Hour of Twilight and rule Azeroth, and notably Y'Shaarj is still alive.

!!Yogg-Saron
->''Bow down before the god of death.''\\

The final boss of Ulduar and a major antagonist from the ''World of Warcraft'' expansion ''Wrath of the Lich King'', Yogg-Saron, Hope's End is a 10 mana 7/5 who casts a random spell with random targets for every spell his owner cast that game.\\
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He returned in ''Madness at the Darkmoon Faire'' as Yogg-Saron, Master of Fate. He is a 10 mana 7/5 that activates one of six effects randomly as long as you've cast ten spells this game. The first five have a 19% chance to trigger - Hand of Fate fills your hand with spells and makes them cost 0 this turn, Curse of Flesh fills the board with random minions and gives yours Rush, Mindflayer Goggles takes control of three enemy minions, Mysterybox gives him the original Yogg's Battlecry, and Devouring Hunger destroys all minions and gives their stats to Yogg-Saron. He also has a 5% chance to cast Rod of Roasting, casting Pyroblast on random targets until one player loses.\\
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In ''TITANS'', he is represented by Prison of Yogg-Saron, a 7-mana neutral Legendary location with 3 durability that casts 4 random spells when used, targeting a specific character if possible.\\
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He returned again in ''Fall of Ulduar'' as Yogg-Saron Unleashed, a 9 mana 7/5 Titan that casts two random spells each time you use an ability. His abilities are Induce Insanity, causing all enemy minions to attack each other; Reign of Chaos, taking control of an enemy minion; and Tentacle Swarm, filling your hand with 1/1 Chaotic Tendrils that cast a random spell of a certain mana cost when played, improved by each Tendril played this game.

* CardboardPrison: Ulduar was designed to hold Yogg-Saron indefinitely, but his close proximity to the Watchers let him easily spread doubt in the minds of his captors and eventually spread his influence all throughout Northrend. The pit that contains Yogg is also... not the most secure-looking, which is parodied in Prison of Yogg-Saron's flavour text:
-->''"We've finally captured Yogg-Saron! How should we keep him contained?"\\
"How about... an open pit... right below us... with four loose chains?"\\
"PERFECT!"''
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: With the random spells he can cast, Yogg-Saron can very easily pull such shenanigans as Pyroblasting his owner in the face, summoning a bunch of tokens and then destroying them, buffing up a minion and then Pyroblasting it, going over to the opponent's side and [[RuleOfThree Pyroblasting them in the face]], and so on and so forth. It's very hard to tell who ends up benefiting more from Yogg-Saron until the dust has settled. This has earned him the nickname of "Yogg-Saron the Betrayer" among players.
* ColdHam: Delivers his lines far more calmly than in his Ulduar encounter, where he yells at the top of his lungs.
* EvilLaugh: "Master of Fate" lets out an evil cackle if his wheel lands on Rod of Roasting.
* EvilMinions: Is apparently holding tryouts for new ones, which is the topic of the "Servants of Yogg-Saron Tryouts" tavern brawl.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Has an extremely deep-filtered voice, which is notable because he doesn't sound like this in ''World of Warcraft'' at all in his Ulduar encounter.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Statistically speaking, as the number of spells cast by Yogg-Saron's Battlecry increases, so too do his chances of that Battlecry ending with Yogg-Saron killing himself.
* {{Irony}}: For some[[EldritchAbomination thing]] whose moniker is '[[HopeCrusher Hope's End]]', it's hilariously ironic how players [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1861 actually put their hope in him.]]
* LethalJokeCharacter: The best example in the game. Who knew such a wacky effect would turn out to be such an ample board-clearing and card drawing mechanism? Blizzard even had to ''nerf'' Yogg by way of ending the effect if Yogg kills itself or otherwise removes itself from the board because it was so powerful.
** That said, his EnsembleDarkhorse nature led to that nerf being reverted years later, putting the Lethal back into his arsenal.
* MagicMissileStorm: Often creates these as part of his battlecry.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: With that many mouths, this shouldn't be surprising.
* {{Nerf}}:
** The original Yogg-Saron proved to be too much of a power outlier when he was released, turning games into literal coinflips when he was cast. He was eventually nerfed to stop his spell-spree if he left the battlefield before it was over, pretty much killing the card. However, this was eventually reverted as the card is no longer a problem.
** Yoog-Saron Unleashed originally cost 15 mana but has its cost reduced by 1 for each spell you cast this game. It turned out that Rogue and Druid were ''way'' too good at chaining cheap spells, getting Yogg down to 0 in just a few turns then dominating with endless free board clears/mind controls by copying or bouncing Yogg. He was reworked to his current state to fix this power outlier ''and'' make his effect more resonant.
* RandomEffectSpell: Might as well be the TropeCodifier at this point, at least for card games. It can pull from the list of all viable spells for the format that the game is in, and can pick any viable target, even if it doesn't logically make sense to do so. Yes, this does include pyroblasting your own face. Repeatedly. Or pyroblasting ''[[ExplosiveStupidity himself]]''. Each of his variants continue the theme, with Master of Fate spinning a wheel of possible effects (many of which also have random effects), Prison casting random spells at a target, and Unleashed casting spells on ability use and potentially filling your hand with minions that cast random spells.
* RandomNumberGod: Actually succeeded in replacing [=RNGesus=] for a while as the God that players and streamers pray to.
* RealityIsOutToLunch: When Yogg comes out, it's an excuse to sit back and watch the fireworks while chaos unfolds.
* TooManyMouths: He has about 60 orifices on his face, and every single one is a mouth.
* WheelOfDecisions: Master of Fate's battlecry takes the appearance of one, showing a wheel with his six effects (with Rod of Roasting having an appropriately smaller slice than the others).

!!Y'Shaarj
->''Gorge your hatred! Embrace your rage!''\\

The progenitor of the Sha and one of the main villains of the ''World of Warcraft'' expansion ''Mists of Pandaria'', Y'Shaarj, Rage Unbound is a 10 mana 10/10 who pulls a minion out of his owner's deck onto the battlefield at the end of their turn.\\

In ''Madness at the Darkmoon Faire'', Y'Shaarj, The Defiler is a 10 mana 10/10 that adds a copy of each Corrupted card you've played this game to your hand, and sets their cost to 0 that turn.

* BoringButPractical: Compared to C'Thun getting buffed by his followers to the point where he can vaporize the opponent and their board, N'Zoth reviving a full board's worth of minions, and Yogg'Saron doing literally ''anything'' he feels like, Y'Shaarj's effect is quite mundane. However, he's also a solid 10/10 body with no strings attached, and his effect is generic enough that you can splash him into most decks with no problems.
* TheCorrupter: Encourages your minions to "Gorge your hatred...embrace your rage...", bringing them into the fight straight from the deck. The Defiler takes that more literally, returning every Corrupted card you've played that game to your hand.
* InformedAttribute: Y'Shaarj is frequently attributed as having 7 heads, but his ''Hearthstone'' art merely shows him with one.
* UnstoppableRage: Implied to be whipping your minions into this, causing them to leap from your decks directly to engage the enemy, even if doing so is counterproductive.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Year of the Dragon]]
!!The League of E.V.I.L.
''For more information on Rafaam, Hagatha, Dr. Boom, Madame Lazul, Vessina, Dark Pharaoh Tekahn, and the League of Explorers, see [[Characters/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraftHeroes Heroes]].''
!! General
* AdorableEvilMinions: The Lackeys are disposable 1/1 minions. Kobold, Goblin, and to some extent Witchy Lackey are all especially cute.
* TheBadGuyWins: They successfully stole Dalaran in ''Rise of Shadows'', and Rafaam manages to obtain the Plague of Undeath from Uldum in ''Saviours of Uldum''.
* TheBusCameBack: Five former villains return for this group. Notably, there's one villain for each year - Dr. Boom is 2014, Rafaam is 2015, Lazul is 2016, Togwaggle is 2017, and Hagatha is 2018. To hammer home the point, a few mechanics from old sets reappeared too.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: The League has members of most races with a relatively equal gender split, as is the case for most expansions; their leadership alone comprises an Ethereal, a Kobold, a Goblin, an Orc, and a Troll. Their playable lackeys from the Dalaran Heist encompass even more races, including a few really obscure ones.
* FauxAffablyEvil: They're a personable bunch, at least towards each other. They squabble, [[CardCarryingVillain carry their cards]], and have mostly goofy personalities. Of course, they still stole Dalaran, unleashed ancient plagues in Uldum, and intend to resurrect [[Literature/DawnOfTheAspects Galakrond]], an ancient evil that once roamed Azeroth. Rafaam, in particular, reminds the players how evil he is when he leaves Tekahn to die at the end of Tombs of Terror.
* FunWithAcronyms: Their team name is stylized as one, but it's not clear what it's supposed to stand for.
* {{Mooks}}: The main mechanic of the five is creating Lackeys, which are unique 1/1 minions with a small Battlecry, themed around the villains.
* SympathyForTheDevil: The teasers for the set showed a handful of the villains quite sad after their defeat - Togwaggle is in an unlit, treasureless cave, Hagatha is being chased out of the swamp by hounds, and Dr. Boom is in the ruins of his lab. It's hard not to feel a little bad [[WhatTheHellHero for putting them in that spot]].
* VillainProtagonist: The main characters of ''Rise of Shadows''.
* VillainTeamUp: It's a collection of Rafaam, Madame Lazul[[note]]the Fortune Teller from ''Whispers of the Old Gods''[[/note]], King Togwaggle, Dr. Boom, and Hagatha.

!!Togwaggle
[[quoteright:268:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/674px_heistbaron_togwaggle_full.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:268:Who the king? I THE KING!]]
[[caption-width-right:268:[[labelnote:Click here to see King Togwaggle]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kobold_stole_my_deck.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]
The legendary king of the Kobolds. He had retained his kingship for many generations due to being smarter than the average kobold - he placed a lantern over his candle to stop rivals from snuffing it out. Inside his lantern lives Rakinishu, a tiny fire elemental - his "magic candle" that guides him. Unfortunately, he wasn't clever enough to stop adventurers from raiding his kingdom, leaving him without gold ''or'' candles. To get his wealth back, he happily accepted Madame Lazul's call.\\

In ''Kobolds & Catacombs'', King Togwaggle was an 8-mana 5/5 Neutral legendary that swapped you and your opponent's deck around, but also put a 5-mana King's Ransom in your opponent's hand to switch them back.\\
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He returned as Heistbaron Togwaggle, a 6 mana 5/5 Rogue minion that lets you choose a fantastic treasure if you control a Lackey. The treasures are the same that Marin the Fox created.

* AdiposeRex: You'd be hard-pressed to find a fatter kobold than him.
* {{Familiar}}: He sees Rakanishu as this.
* FatBastard: He's quite corpulent, and was the BigBad of ''Kobolds & Catacombs''.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: He implied he had a VillainousFriendship with Rafaam back in the Dungeon Run. In fact, a tie-in comic shows [[https://comic.playhearthstone.com/en-gb/up-comes-down Rafaam gave Togwaggle]] his crown.
* {{Greed}}: No amount of treasure is enough for King Togwaggle. That said, his concept of 'treasure' did consist of stealing candles until Rafaam convinced him to dream bigger.

!!Tak Nozwhisker
->''You say "hoard"? Me say "prepared"!''\\

A goon of Togwaggle's. Tak is a 7 mana 6/6 for Rogue from ''Rise of Shadows''. Whenever you shuffle a card into your deck, Tak adds a copy to your hand.

* PutOnABus: PlayedForLaughs in the ''Road to Northrend'' tavern brawl. Apparently the League accidentally left Tak behind in [[ContinuityNod Blackrock Mountain]].

!!Kronx Dragonhoof
->''You are too late. His return is nigh!''\\

A tauren cultist. While he serves Rafaam, his loyalties lie with his true master; Galakrond. Kronx is a 6 mana 6/6 Neutral Legendary from ''Descent of Dragons'' that draws Galakrond from your deck. If you already are Galakrond, his Battlecry instead lets you unleash a Devastation: Annihilation deals 5 damage to all other minions, Decimation deals 5 damage to the enemy hero and heals you for 5, Domination grants your minions +2/+2, and Reanimation summons an 8/8 Dragon with Taunt.

* BreathWeapon: Annihilation takes the form of your hero breathing fire across the battlefield.
* EvilIsNotAToy: He believes this about Galakrond, and (correctly) assumes Galakrond will betray Rafaam at the first opportunity. He keeps quiet about it though, since he ultimately just [[DragonWithAnAgenda wants his master resurrected]].
* SituationalSword: If Galakrond is already in your hand, Kronx is effectively a dead card until he's played. Given that Galakrond is 7 mana and Kronx is another 6, this might make his powerful Battlecry too slow in desperate situations.
* YouAreTooLate: Quoted verbatim in his summoning line.

!!Dragon Aspects
''For more information on Deathwing and Nozdormu, see [[Characters/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraftAlternateHeroes Alternate Heroes]].''

!!Alexstrasza
->''I bring life and hope.''\\

Leader of the Red Dragonflight, and Aspect of Life. Alexstrasza is a 9-mana 8/8 that sets the health of a hero to 15.\\

She returned in ''Descent of Dragons'' as another neutral Legendary: Dragonqueen Alexstrasza, another 9 mana 8/8 with the effect of adding two random dragons to your hand and reducing their cost to 1 as long as your deck has no duplicates.
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She returned in the Core set as the neutral Legendary Alexstrasza the Life-Binder, with the same statline as the original, but a new battlecry, either healing you or one of your minions for 8 health or dealing 8 damage to an enemy minion or hero.

* TheRedMage: The original version of Alexstrasza sees play in control decks as both a [[HeroicSecondWind self-heal]] to deal with aggression and as a 15-damage nuke to make up for such decks' lack of early damage.
* ObviousRulePatch: Dragonqueen used to be able to generate a copy of herself. On the rare chance it happened, it was completely game-breaking as the player got ''five dragons'' in play. A swift hotfix prevented her from doing this.
* {{Nerf}}: Originally Dragonqueen's dragons cost 0 mana, which made her extremely swingy when played on curve. Their cost was raised to 1 so you can only play one (or no) dragons on the same turn as her.

!!Ysera
->''I dream, and the world trembles.''\\

Leader of the Green Dragonflight, and Aspect of Dreams. Ysera is a Legendary 4/12 Dragon for 9 mana in the Classic set, who adds a random Dream Card to your hand at the end of each turn. The Dream Cards are:
* Dream, a 1-mana spell that returns an enemy minion to the opponent’s hand (It was originally a free spell that returns a minion to its owner's hand).
* Nightmare, a free spell that gives a minion +4/+4 (originally +5/+5) but destroys it at the start of your next turn.
* Ysera Awakens, a 3-mana (originally 2-mana) spell that deals 5 damage to all minions (originally everything) not named Ysera.
* Laughing Sister, a 2-mana (Originally 3-cost) 3/5 that can't be targeted by spells or hero powers.
* Emerald Drake, a 4-mana 7/6 Dragon.

Ysera returned in ''Descent of Dragons'' as the Druid Legendary Ysera, Unleashed. She retains her 9-mana 4/12 statline, and has a Battlecry that shuffles seven Dream Portals into your deck. Dream Portals summon a random Dragon when drawn.\\
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She returned in the Core set as Ysera the Dreamer, with the same statline as the original Ysera, but adds every Dream card to your hand as a Battlecry.

* BadassBoast: "I dream, and the world trembles!"
** Ysera, Unleashed has "My dream is your nightmare!"
* TheCavalry: Ysera, Unleashed provides a steady stream of free Dragons throughout the game after being played.
* MightyGlacier: Ysera's 12 health is quite hefty even for a 9-mana minion, and her 4 attack lets her trade decently well while dodging most Priest removal. She'll also churn out overpowered cards for free for as long as she sticks around, making her a late-game powerhouse, though the need to play those cards from your hand along with Ysera's own high mana cost means it takes a while for her to start making an impact.
* {{Nerf}}: In order to compensate for Ysera the Dreamer, most of the Dream cards had their effects nerfed. Dream in particular would've been bonkers overpowered in its old form, letting you infinitely recycle Ysera for endless copies of the other four cards. However, Laughing Sister was actually buffed since it was pretty awful compared to the others.
* PurposelyOverpowered: All of Ysera's Dream Cards are way undercosted for their effects and stats. Given that she only comes into play during the late game, they pretty much need to be.

!!Malygos
->''I am the essence of magic!''\\

Leader of the Blue Dragonflight and the Aspect of Magic. Malygos is a 9-mana 4/12 neutral Legendary Dragon from the Classic set with Spell Damage +5. He returned in ''Descent of Dragons'' as Malygos, Aspect of Magic. A 5-mana 2/8 Mage Legendary, Aspect of Magic's Battlecry Discovers an upgraded Mage spell if you're holding a Dragon.[[labelnote:List]]0-mana Frostbolt, Arcane Missiles that deals 6, 1-mana Frost Nova, 1-mana Polymorph, Tome of Intellect that adds 3 spells to the hand, Arcane Explosion that deals 2, Arcane Intellect that draws 4, Fireball that deals 8, and Flamestrike that deals 8.[[/labelnote]] His version in the Core set, Malygos the Spellweaver, is a 9-mana 4/12 neutral legendary dragon whose Battlecry draws spells from your deck until your hand is full.

* TheArchmage: He's the guardian of all magic on Azeroth (at least until Kalecgos took up the mantle in ''Warcraft'' lore). His original version is pretty much designed for burning your opponent's face off with massive spell damage, and his Aspect of Magic version gives you stronger versions of existing spells, like a 1-mana Polymorph or an Arcane Intellect that draws 4 cards.
* FinishingMove: If anyone drops Malygos on the board, they'll be winding up a huge burst of spell damage to end the game. Most decks built around Malygos also have ways around his mana cost, letting them destroy the opponent on the spot rather than praying that he lives a turn (which, if the opponent is even slightly competent, he won't).
* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the ''Hearthstone'' universe, Kalecgos serves on the Council of Six but Malygos is still around, as opposed to ''World of Warcraft'' lore where Kalec only took up the position after Malygos went mad and had to be put down.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: The art on Malygos's original card was initially a portrait of Kalecgos, who received a whole new artwork when he also became a card. This was an intentional choice by the developers due to the lack of good Malygos art at the time.

!!Murozond
->''You think this is your time? It is MINE.''\\

The evil future version of Nozdormu, Murozond is the lord of the Infinite Dragonflight.
* Murozond first appeared as an Arena-exclusive Legendary in the Taverns of Time event, as a 7-mana 6/6 who sets your turn timer to 15 seconds for the rest of the game, but lets you draw 2 more cards each turn.
* He returned in ''Descent of Dragons'' as Murozond the Infinite, an 8-mana 8/8 Priest Legendary whose Battlecry replays every card the opponent played last turn.
* He appeared again in ''Caverns of Time'' as Murozond, Thief of Time, a 7-mana 6/6 Priest Legendary who Discovers a Dragon and deals damage equal to its cost to all other minions if your deck has no duplicates.

* DittoFighter: In keeping with Priest's copying gimmicks, Murozond the Infinite can copy a turn from the opponent. Unfortunately he won't replay Battlecries, but that can be an advantage if your opponent played, say, [[PersonOfMassDestruction Deathwing]].
* EvilDoppelganger: He is Nozdormu after witnessing the [[BadFuture End Times]], which drove him insane and caused him to try and muck with the timeline to prevent this future.

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[[folder:Year of the Gryphon]]
''For information on Lady Prestor, Edwin [=VanCleef=], and the ten Mercenaries, see [[Characters/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraftAlternateHeroes Alternate Heroes]].''

!!Runi
->''Come with me, into the future!''\\

The daughter of Xyrella. When the Exodar crashed into Azeroth, Runi fell into an unbreakable coma that seemingly no magic could awaken her from. One night while praying over her daughter, Xyrella had a vision of shards of light raining from the sky. These shards were the fractured pieces of the naaru Mi'da, who promised Xyrella that his shards could save Runi's life.\\

Runi was not represented by any cards in the Year of the Gryphon, however her future self does appear in ''Caverns of Time'' as Runi, Time Explorer, a 3 mana 3/4 Paladin legendary that Discovers a Paladin location from the FUTURE![[note]]Each location is 3 mana and has 2 durability. Outskirts of Lordaeron destroys all minions with less attack than a chosen minion. Ruins of Korune draws 2 cards and swaps their costs. Temple of Earth summons a copy of a friendly minion with +3 Health and Taunt but makes it unable to attack. The Nighthold casts 3 random Paladin Secrets. Valdrakken adds two random Dragons to your hand and gives them +2/+2. Wind Rider Roost summons a random 3-cost minion and gives it Charge. Xenedar causes your next Battlecry that turn to trigger twice.[[/note]]

* DelicateAndSickly: A young girl that is comatose and slowly dying, driving much of the conflict of the Year of the Gryphon's story.
* FutureBadass: After being healed by Mi'da, she would at some point be Lightforged and recruited by Nozdormu to help defend the timeline.
* MeaningfulEcho: Time Explorer's attack quote is "For the Light! For my mother!", playing off a similar quote from Xyrella where she says "For my daughter!" instead.
* MythologyGag: The locations from the future all reference expansions from ''World of Warcraft'' that take place after the Year of the Gryphon is set. Lordaeron references ''Battle for Azeroth'', Korune references ''Mists of Pandaria'', Temple of Earth references ''Cataclysm'', Valdrakken references ''Dragonflight'', and The Nighthold and Xenedar reference ''Legion''. The only odd one out is Wind Rider Roost, but it might be referencing ''World of Warcraft: Classic''.

!!Archdruid Naralex
->''In my folly, I have sown chaos!''\\

A night elf druid who attempted to use the natural wonders of the Wailing Caverns and the power of the Emerald Dream to restore the Barrens to its original, lush state. However, after connecting to the Dream, he was instead overwhelmed by the power of the Old God-corrupted Emerald Nightmare, transforming the Caverns into what they are now and corrupting his companions into the Druids of the Fang. He would be stuck asleep, continually shifting between madness and sanity, until one of his last disciples, accompanied by a group of adventurers, was able to brave the Caverns and rescue him.\\

Archdruid Naralex is a 3-mana 3/3 neutral Legendary that begins Dormant for 2 turns. While he's Dormant, one of Ysera's Dream cards is added to your hand at the end of your turn.

* AbsurdPhobia: His deepest fear is murlocs, which manifests as a giant albino murloc.
* DeepSleep: What Naralex is stuck in, represented in-game through the Dormant mechanic. While he's asleep, the Emerald Nightmare- a dark, corrupted part of the Emerald Dream- leaks out and corrupts the Wailing Caverns, and as such Naralex gives you Dream cards while he's "asleep", one of which could be the Nightmare spell.
* ForcedSleep: Naralex attempted to connect to the Emerald Dream in this manner. It didn't go well for him.

!!Mutanus
A colossal, monstrous albino murloc manifested from Naralex's nightmares. He appears when anyone tries to awaken Naralex from his slumber. Mutanus the Devourer is a 7-mana 4/4 Legendary neutral murloc that eats a minion in your opponent's hand and gains its stats.

* CannibalismSuperpower: He gains the stats of whatever he eats.
* ExtremeOmnivore: He can eat any minion in one gulp. Alexstrasza? Yogg-Saron? Iron Juggernaut? Doesn't matter.
* LivingDream: Rather, living nightmare. He's the living manifestation of Naralex's fears.

!!Anetheron
->''You are defenders of a doomed world!''\\

A nathrezim of the Burning Legion, brother of Tichondrius and the demon who slaughtered Kurtrus' family. Although he was defeated many years ago at the Battle of Mount Hyjal, Tamsin Roame has gathered an artifact called the Demon Seed to resummon him into this world, and Kurtrus has returned to slay the dreadlord for good.\\
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Anetheron is a 6 mana 8/6 Warlock Legendary. If your hand is full, he instead only costs 1 mana.

* AscendedExtra: Previously, Anetheron was the least fleshed-out of the nathrezim lords, only appearing as a background character in one cutscene, a mini-boss in ''Reign of Chaos'', a boss fight in the Caverns of Time, and a cameo in ''Legion''. Here, he is the driving force of the story for Tamsin, Cariel, and Kurtrus and has personal history with the latter.
* CCGImportanceDissonance: In the story, Anetheron tears through Stormwind's guards and burns the city to the ground once he' summoned. A lot of emphasis is placed on how powerful he is and how deadly Tamsin's quest is. In play mode he's... fine, and he has seen play, but it's nowhere near the world-ending force the adventures make him out to be.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: In Book of Mercenaries, he's a 5/200 minion with Mega-Windfury that cleaves adjacent minions. He's almost as strong as Galakrond, who destroys the ''entire world'' in the non-canon EVIL ending for ''Galakrond's Awakening''.

!!Cornelius Roame
->''The sky burns and you're sitting around? MOVE IT!''\\

A guard captain in Stormwind, and the father of both Cariel and Tamsin Roame. Cornelius is a 6-mana 4/5 neutral Legendary from ''United in Stormwind'' that makes you draw a card at the start ''and'' end of each player's turn.

* FleshGolem: What he's ultimately become by the time Cariel confronts him.
* MindRape: What Tamsin does with him, represented by burning his cards and killing him with fatigue.
* PeoplePuppets: He's reduced to one after the final encounter with Tamsin.
* ParentalFavouritism: He always preferred Tamsin over Cariel. Even when he's just a mindless undead husk, when Cariel tries to tell him she's his daughter, he answers with a surprised and happy "Tamsin?".
* PuzzleBoss: In Tamsin's chapter in the Book of Mercenaries, he can't be harmed by minions. The only way to kill him is through fatigue.

!!Lokholar, the Ice Lord
->''Let your essence congeal... with Lokholar.''\\

A massive frost elemental spirit summoned by the Horde to Alterac Valley to aid them in combating the Stormpikes.\\

Lokholar, The Ice Lord is a 10-mana 8/8 Legendary neutral Elemental with Rush and Windfury; if you have 15 or less health, he costs 5 less.

* DefeatEqualsFriendship: In order to call upon the Ice Lord's power, you have to first defeat him. Bru'kan does so, earning his help.
* SummonBiggerFish: Bru'kan invokes the aid of Lokholar in order to get the Alliance forces in Alterac to listen to him and help defeat Tamsin.

!!Ivus, the Forest Lord
->''From your ashes... shall rise life.''\\
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A massive ancient of war summoned by the Alliance to Alterac Valley to aid them in combating the Frostwolves.\\
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Ivus, The Forest Lord is a 1-mana 1/1 neutral Legendary from ''Fractured in Alterac Valley'' that spends the rest of your mana; for each mana crystal consumed this way, Ivus randomly gains either Rush, Divine Shield, Taunt, or +2/+2, with only the last effect being capable of repeating.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: The keywords you can get from his battlecry can't repeat, preventing scenarios where Ivus [[CriticalFailure gets nothing but redundant keywords.]]
* TheCavalry: During Bru'kan's fight against Vanndar, Guff comes in alongside Ivus having earned his trust in an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome.

!!Mi'da, Pure Light
->''Rest easy, child. You are safe now.''\\

Mi'da is a naaru, a sentient being made entirely of holy energies sworn to bring peace to all mortals and halt the forces of the Holy Light's opposite, the Void. One night, through mysterious circumstances, Mi'da shattered into numerous shards of Light in the skies of Azeroth, with multiple parties scattering across the land in search of them. Among these individuals were a Draenai healer named Xyrella, whose daughter Mi'da promised to save if she reassembled her, and the malevolent black dragons Kazakusan and Onyxia, who wanted to utilize her power by turning her into a Void-corrupted dark naaru. Now, in the depths of Onyxia's lair in Dustwallow Marsh, the shattered naaru has been fully restored, and her confrontation with Onyxia is nigh.\\

Mi'da, Pure Light is a 6-mana 4/6 Priest Legendary from the ''Onyxia's Lair'' mini-set with Divine Shield, Lifesteal, and a Deathrattle that shuffles a Fragment of Mi'da into your deck, which is a 6-mana Cast When Drawn that resummons her.