History Characters / WarcraftPandaria

* UnderestimatingBadassery: Ninil'ko the Bloodcaller thinks Kil'ruk will die in the battle against Gurthan and worries that he will die too soon to be of any use. He's [[IncrediblyLamePun dead]] wrong.

* RetCon: In ''Warcraft III''' Chen introduces himself as being from Pandaria. It would later be established that he and his kin have never even seen the continent, and once he gets there his foreign origin is a plot point.

'''[[Characters/WarcraftTheAlliance The Alliance]]:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceStormwind Stormwind (Humans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceLordaeron Lordaeron (Humans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceGilneas Gilneas (Humans/Worgen)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceKulTiras Kul Tiras (Humans)]] [[Characters/WarcraftJainaProudmoore (Jaina Proudmoore)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceHumanKingdoms Other Human Kingdoms]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceIronforge Ironforge (Dwarven Clans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceGnomeregan Gnomeregan (Gnomes)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceQuelThalas Quel'Thalas/Telogrus Rift (High Elves and Void Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceDarnassus Darnassus (Night Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceExodar The Exodar (Draenei)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceTushui Tushui (Pandaren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceVindicaar Vindicaar (Lightforged Draenei)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceMechagon Mechagon (Mechagnomes)]]\\
'''[[Characters/WarcraftTheHorde The Horde]]:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOrgrimmar Orgrimmar (Orcs)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeDarkspearTribe The Darkspear Tribe (Trolls)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeThunderBluff Thunder Bluff (Tauren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeTheForsaken The Forsaken (Undead)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeQuelThalas Quel'Thalas (Blood Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeBilgewaterCartel Bilgewater Cartel (Goblins)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordePandaren Huojin (Pandaren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeHighmountain Thunder Totem (Highmountain Tauren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeSuramar Suramar (Nightborne)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeZandalariEmpire Zandalari Empire (Zandalar Trolls)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeVoldunai Voldunai (Vulpera)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOther Other (non-playable races)]]\\

* HotBlooded: The Huojin philosophy lends itself to this temperament. While students of Tushui approach problems with careful contemplation, those who follow Huojin favor swift and decisive action.
* PragmaticHero: Unlike the [[IdealHero ideal]] Tushui, who believe that ideals and morals should be held up to the death, the Huojin believe that ''nothing'' is too much to protect the ones you love and ensure your survival. This is why Ji goes through the very risky plan of blowing the Skyseeker out of Shen-Zin Su's side, rather than waiting for Aysa to ''maybe'' come up with a safer plan.

* TheStoic: Several of the students of Tushui, in contrast to HotBlooded Huojin, who opted to join the Horde.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JimCummings (English), Alexander Hotchenkov (Russian)

[[folder: Ji Firepaw]]

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-> "''The way of the Huojin is not the way of violence. When fighting is needed, we will not hesitate, but when fighting is not needed, neither do we instigate.''"\\

Leader of the Horde-aligned Pandaren. Brash and boisterous, Ji embodies the Huojin monk teachings; the belief that inaction is the greatest crime, and that fighting real battles to protect home and family, regardless the cost, is the only way to live. He joins the Horde because he's drawn to their nature of tragic monsters defending themselves in a world that hates them.

During the Siege of Orgrimmar, it's revealed that the Kor'kron were interrogating him to find out information about some Pandaren artifacts the Horde found in Pandaria, despite the fact that Ji wouldn't know about such things. They say if he doesn't speak, they will execute him. The players rescue him, and Aysa Cloudsinger comes to carry him to safety.

Ji Firepaw continues to make token appearances, still aligned with the Horde, in stories such as ''War Crimes'' and ''A Good War''.
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* BareFistedMonk: The physical martial art aspect is more apparent in Ji than his counterpart. Not only does he aid the player more directly on the Wandering Isle with higher level monk skills but when asked for by the guards, they will note he often spars in the arena.
* BearHug: No pun intended. During Wandering Isle questing, when you find Ji in Morningbreeze Village, he's excited to see you and goes, [[LargeHam "hug me!"]]. If you actually to the /hug emote towards him, he'll 'warmly hug you back'.
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* BloodKnight: He's extremely impressed by the Zandalari's dinosaurs when he visits Zuldazar, and wistfully sighs, saying, "I can't wait to punch one..."
* BlueOniRedOni: The red to Aysa's blue.
* BoisterousBruiser
* ChivalrousPervert: In [[DummiedOut a removed]] and controversial bit of dialogue, he would flirt with female Pandaren players. In the final game, you can make note of how he seems to be attracted to Aysa Cloudsinger, and he will say he's conflicted on how to approach her; she might think he's creepy if he compliments her appearance or that he has no personality if he compliments her form. Blizzard actually intentionally added this dialogue as a reference to the arguing players about his original controversial dialogue -- Some female players felt creeped out when Ji complimented their appearance in beta ("You're some kinda beautiful, aren't ya?") and players who thought the compliment should stay thought the new dialogue ("You looked poised and ready!") made it seem like he had no personality.
* DeadpanSnarker: A little bit. Such as when Shen-Zin Su refers to the crashed airship in his side as a 'thorn'.
-->'''Ji:''' A thorn? Hm. And I left my tweezers at home.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: After their arguing on the Wandering Isle and the brutal beating Ji received in the Siege of Orgrimmar, Aysa and Ji can be found together back at the Isle in ''Legion.''
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: After kicking a hozen in the face: ''"Take THAT, monkey-butt!"''
* {{Foil}}: To Aysa, best expressed by how they go about retrieving the elementals and their response to hearing that the island is in danger.
* HopeSpot: Is depressed after hearing about the death of his master, and when Aysa said he knew in advance what was going to happen, he responds with "[[InvokedTrope let a Pandaren hope, would you]]?"
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: His reason for exploding the Skyseeker out of Shen-zin Su's side, nearly killing the [[GeniusLoci island]] in the process, along with it being part of Huojin philosophy. In Ji's defense, his plan worked. He saved Shen-zin Su's life. Not to mention that Shen-zin was already suffering greatly and ''would'' have died had the Skyseeker remained lodged in his body for much longer.
* LeeroyJenkins: In a way. The core principle of Ji's philosophy is to always act quickly to solve problems before they become worse. For example, he justifies his decision to blow up the Skyseeker by saying that they were running out of time. Subverted in that it actually works, and may have been the best decision all along.
* PutOnABus: After the Siege of Orgrimmar, he makes small token appearances, but ''A Good War'' does mention that he still lives in Orgrimmar.
* ShipTease: Ji makes his feelings for Aysa clear prior to their going their separate ways. There's the bit when he admires her form and a part where he suggests that the player doesn't have to come immediately while "Aysa and I can hang out here. You know... just the two of us."
* StarCrossedLovers: What his and Aysa's relationship boils down too, during the Siege of Orgrimmar Aysa even tries to convince Ji that they should return to the turtle and be together from now on. It's unknown how this goes, since they are seen together as members of the Order of the Broken Temple in ''Legion'', but Ji Firepaw is still said to live in Orgrimmar.
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[[folder:Jojo Ironbrow]]
!!!'''Class:''' Monk
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jojoironbrow_353.png]] [[caption-width-right:268:Has yet to discover helmets.]]
->''"Telling you of my strength means nothing. I must show you."''\\

Jojo is a Pandaren from the Wandering Isle who boasts great strength and loves showing off, tasking the player with gathering objects he can smash with his head. The only object he cannot break is a jade pillar, and he carries it with him everywhere.

!Hozen
[[folder:Hozen as a whole]]

Immature and impulsive, yet fierce fighters and dedicated workers, the Hozen are a race of anthropomorphic monkeys native to Pandaria. The Forest Hozen in particular are a tribe of Hozen that live in the Jade Forest. While initially hostile to the Horde, with a little 'diplomacy' and help from Lorewalker Cho, they end up delighted to side with the Horde against the Mogu and their Alliance-aligned rivals, the Pearlfin Jinyu.

Hozen are a curious, short lived race. Their 'elders' are mostly fourteen or fifteen years old, which is why they tend to be immature and reckless. However they breed like rabbits. The Forest Hozen are widely considered the friendliest of the Hozen. While they have a grudge with the Pearlfin Jinyu in the Jade Forest, they are otherwise friendly to the rest of Pandaria, with non-Horde aligned Forest Hozen appearing as neutral questgivers throughout the continent. They are led by Chief Kah Kah.

* ConLang: Hozen language is... Well, weird. Outsiders are called wikkets, fish are called slickies, , to 'grook' someone means to kill or attack them, and dook, well... You can figure out what that one means (hint: the Hozen often throw it).
* HiddenDepths: While immature and unintelligent, the Hozen are actually pretty good dispensers of more 'basic' wisdom. After all, all you really need to know you learned in kindergarten, right? Some Hozen even travel to monasteries to become Monks, and the ''Bleeding Sun'' novella has a Hozen member of the Order of the Golden Lotus as a major supporting character... but he's ''so'' assimilated that one Horde member is overheard believing that he's lost his culture and identity.
* RiteOfPassage: The earning of the "name name". Hozen gain a single name at birth, and eventually, they earn the right to a name name, which is just their name twice. See Chief Kah Kah. Before he earned his name name, he would have been called Kah, not Kah Kah.
* TheSoCalledCoward: When you defeat Dook Ookem in the Jade Forest, the Hozen flee at your sight for a while. Lorewalker Cho makes it a point to you that this won't last long. "The Hozen are many things, but they are ''not'' cowards." This is what leads you to eventually seek diplomacy with the Forest Hozen and recruit them into the Horde.
* StealthPun: Every rule for Hozen is the second most important rule. The second impression is most important to Hozen. They really put emphasis on number two.
* ToiletHumor: If you haven't noticed already, the characterization of the hozen is rife with poop jokes.

[[folder:The Monkey King]]

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JessHarnell (English)
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The undisputed leader of the Hozen and close friend and companion of Emperor Shaohao.
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* GuileHero: The Monkey King is very clever and prefers to use his wit to get his way. He became Monkey King without spilling a single drop of blood with a simple lie. He told every hozen he met that he was the Monkey King, and their tribe supported his claim. If they didn't believe it, he told them to take it up with their tribe leader. Since no one would challenge a tribe leader over something lightly, most hozen accepted him as king. When the tribe leaders eventually found out, most of their people were already accepting the Monkey King's title and decided not to challenge it.
* MonkeyKingLite: A trickster monkey known to carry a staff checks most of the boxes.
* RhymesOnADime: Just about everything the Monkey King says is in simple verse.
* StaffOfAuthority: When granted Fu Zan by the Jade Serpent, the Monkey King held it as his symbol of rule among the Hozen.
* TakenForGranite: Spent centuries trapped as a jade statue in battle with a high ranking Mogu before Prince Anduin and the members of the Alliance discovered and freed him.

!The Mogu
[[folder:Mogu in general]]
Long ago, the mighty Mogu ruled Pandaria and all who dwelled in it. One of the few Titan-Forged who were able to undo the Curse of Flesh, the Mogu firmly, fanatically believe that their domination of Pandaria was their birthright, and their empire ruled with an iron fist, brutally destroying any and all forms of dissent. Eventually, however, the Pandaren revolted and overthrew the Mogu, forcing them into hiding. With the parting of the mists, however, the Mogu have returned, determined to reclaim and rebuild their empire, and have called upon their old allies, the Zandalari Trolls, to help them attain this.

* PandaingToTheAudience: One of the reasons the pandaren are [[BrokenBase controversial]] in the fandom. Whether silly fat panda people fit into ''Warcraft'' lore was a major point of debate when ''Mists of Pandaria'' was first released (the fact that the ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' series had come out a few years before did '''not''' help), and echoes of this... debate are still felt to this day.

* BladeOnAStick: He wielded a spear in addition to his axe.

* PersonOfMassDestruction

* WhipItGood: One made of lightning, no less.

'''[[Characters/WarcraftTheAlliance The Alliance]]:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceStormwind Stormwind (Humans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceLordaeron Lordaeron (Humans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceGilneas Gilneas (Humans/Worgen)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceKulTiras Kul Tiras (Humans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceHumanKingdoms Other Human Kingdoms]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceIronforge Ironforge (Dwarven Clans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceGnomeregan Gnomeregan (Gnomes)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceQuelThalas Quel'Thalas/Telogrus Rift (High Elves and Void Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceDarnassus Darnassus (Night Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceExodar The Exodar (Draenei)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceTushui Tushui (Pandaren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceVindicaar Vindicaar (Lightforged Draenei)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceMechagon Mechagon (Mechagnomes)]]\\

'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] | [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasAndFollowers Sylvanas and her followers]] [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasWindrunner (Sylvanas Windrunner)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftKnightsOfTheEbonBlade Knights of the Ebon Blade]] | [[Characters/WarcraftIllidanAndFollowers Illidan and his followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeGarroshsHorde Garrosh's Horde]] | '''Pandaria''' | [[Characters/WarcraftOthers Other mortals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheOldGods The Void (The Old Gods)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheLight The Light]] | [[Characters/WarcraftEternals Eternals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftShadowlands Shadowlands (Death)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTitans The Titans (Arcane)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheBurningLegion The Burning Legion (Fel)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheDragonflights The Dragonflights]] | [[Characters/WarcraftWildGods Wild Gods]]\\
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* TheBeastmaster: Subtly, but its there. He has a Cloud Serpent mount named Mishi, a tiger companion named Summer, and multiple cranes live in and around his home.

Long ago, the mighty Mogu ruled Pandaria and all who dwelled in it. One of the few Titan-Forged who were able to undo the Curse of Flesh, the Mogu firmly, fanatically believe that their dominiation of Panderia was their birthright, and their empire ruled with an iron fist, brutally destroying any and all forms of dissent. Eventually, however, the Pandaren revolted and overthrew the Mogu, forcing them into hiding. With the parting of the mists, however, the Mogu have returned, determined to reclaim and rebuild their empire, and have called upon their old allies, the Zandalari Trolls, to help them attain this.

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: If the pandaren represent China when it was peaceful and isolated, then the mogu evoke those periods in Chinese history when it... [[TheEmpire wasn't]]. To be more specific, while pandaren philosophy is based on Taoism, mogu culture is instead influenced by Legalism, the Chinese school of thought which emphasised strong imperial authority and ruthless enforcement of law and order. While Legalism has been an important part of Chinese politics for millenia, it was particularily important during the Qin dynasty, which is the main inspiration behind the mogu.

* ChromeChampion: Only noticable on his ingame model but he's made of platinum (due to his Fleshshaping power).

* DiscOneFinalBoss: As the final boss of the last Pandaria-focused raid in ''Mists of Pandaria'' before the story moves closer to home in the Siege of Ogrimmar.

** After defeating Tsulong the Sha of Fear corrupts him, not only making him paranoid yet also obssessed with darkness and night. "''Die in '''Darkness'''.''"

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Sha of Fear inadvertantly corrupts Lei Shi the Water Spirit while corrupting the waters of the Terrace of Endless Spring. When Lei Shi is purified of Sha corruption, she heads to the top of the Terrace where she manifests a column of uncorrupted Light to hold off the Sha's power.

'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] | [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasAndFollowers Sylvanas and her followers]] [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasWindrunner (Sylvanas Windrunner)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftKnightsOfTheEbonBlade Knights of the Ebon Blade]] | [[Characters/WarcraftIllidanAndFollowers Illidan and his followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeGarroshsHorde Garrosh's Horde]] | '''Pandaria''' | [[Characters/WarcraftDracthyr Dracthyr]] | [[Characters/WarcraftOthers Other mortals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheOldGods The Void (The Old Gods)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheLight The Light]] | [[Characters/WarcraftEternals Eternals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftShadowlands Shadowlands (Death)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTitans The Titans (Arcane)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheBurningLegion The Burning Legion (Fel)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheDragonflights The Dragonflights]] | [[Characters/WarcraftWildGods Wild Gods]]\\

'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] | [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasAndFollowers Sylvanas and her followers]] [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasWindrunner (Sylvanas Windrunner)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftKnightsOfTheEbonBlade Knights of the Ebon Blade]] | [[Characters/WarcraftIllidanAndFollowers Illidan and his followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeGarroshsHorde Garrosh's Horde]] | '''Pandaria''' | [[Characters/WarcraftOthers Other mortals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheOldGods The Void (The Old Gods)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheLight The Light]] | [[Characters/WarcraftEternals Eternals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftShadowlands Shadowlands (Death)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTitans The Titans (Arcane)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheBurningLegion The Burning Legion (Fel)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheDragonflights The Dragonflights]] | [[Characters/WarcraftWildGods Wild Gods]]\\

!!Pandaren

!!Chen Stormstout

* MartialArtsStaff: His primary weapon is this, though he ties jugs to it, presumably for easier transport.

!!Li Li Stormstout

[[folder:Cho]]
!!Lorewalker Cho

!!Taran Zhu

* AFatherToHisMen: He's quite well-respected among the Shado-pan and cares for his subordinates.

[[folder:Shaohao]]
!!Emperor Shaohao

[[folder: Liu Lang]]

!!Aysa Cloudsinger

* PutOnABus: Following the Siege of Orgrimmar, true to her word, Aysa and Ji left their factions capitals and returned to the Wandering Isle. Officially, Aysa remains Alliance Representative for the Pandaren, but has removed herself from their politics.

!!Ji Firepaw

!!Jojo Ironbrow

!!Hozen

* ConLang: Hozen language is... Well, weird. Outsiders are called wikkets, fish are called slickies, , to 'grook' someone means to kill or attack them, and dook, well... You can figure out what that one means (Hint: The Hozen often throw it).

!!The Monkey King

* RhymesOnADime: Just about everything the Monkey King says is in simple verse.

!!The Mogu

* OneGenderRace: It's not unusual for Blizzard to design only males to save artist hours, but the mogu are truly nothing but men, with the exception of Lei Shen's Twin Consorts. They seemingly used to have women in their days afflicted by the Curse of Flesh, but once they reversed its effects they had no need for different sexes to reproduce.
** Averted by the Rajani, who have a few females.

!!Lei Shen, the Thunder King

* FinalBoss: Of Throne of Thunder, and perhaps of the indigenous Pandaria story arc as a whole.

!!The Mantid

!!The Klaxxi

[[folder:Kil'ruk]]
!!Kil'ruk the Wind-Reaver

!!Others

!!The Sha

* DeaderThanDead: After The Heart of Y'shaarj's being reduced to a smear on the Underhold floor the Sha have become ''incapable of spreading'' leaving only the blackened areas with white patches with the dead flora and the Sha themselves falling into a dying stagnation.

* EvilCounterpart: The six prime Sha were imprisoned beneath the temples of the Celestials opposite their aspects: Doubt with Wisdom, Despair with Hope, Anger/Hatred/Violence with Strength, and Fear with Tenacity/Courage
* FinalBoss: The Sha of Fear can be seen as the last boss of the first set of Pandaria raids, since it is the last boss of the Terrace of Endless Spring. Players must complete "Heart of Fear" first, and it is a more difficult dungeon than the Mogu'Shan Vaults.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Affirmed his leadership of the mogu by being the strongest of them all.

->''"Sit down! Have a drink!"''

Chen Stormstout is a wandering pandaren brewmaster from the Wandering Isle. He originally appeared in ''Warcraft III : The Frozen Throne'', where he fought with the Horde against Daelin Proudmoore, becoming good friends with Rexxar, Rokhan, and Vol'jin and meeting Thrall, Cairne, and Baine, before he once again went off to wander around the world. He has a major role in ''World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria'', where he finally comes back to Pandaria and gets to visit his ancestors' brewery.

->''"Take me with you!"''

->''"Every good story needs a hero."''

->''"Pandaria is not like whatever land you come from; it lives and breathes. YOU should be careful what kind of energy you bring here."''

->''"Things are going to get worse before they get better. Only by working together can we overcome the darkness. All that stands in our way... is pride."''

->''"Discipline is the highest virtue."''

-> "''The way of the Huojin is not the way of violence. When fighting is needed, we will not hesitate, but when fighting is not needed, neither do we instigate.''"

->''"Telling you of my strength means nothing. I must show you."''

The undesputed leader of the Hozen and close friend and companion of Emperor Shaohao.

!!Lei Shen
!!!the Thunder King

->''"Lightning strikes in an instant, and is over in a flash. But thunder... Thunder! Thunder proclaims the coming of the storm. Thunder quakes the skies long before the lightning strikes, and thunder echoes in the hills long after lightning's power is spent. It is thunder that sends animals cowering and fills the hearts of peasants with dread. Let thunder be my herald, so that my power is felt throughout the land. I will be... The Thunder King."''

->''"The Alliance. The Horde. Two equally useless sides fighting over insignificant goals. I suspect you don't see it that way. Your war could last a thousand years and it would be but a small river feeding into the ocean of the Klaxxi's plans. Their will is to preserve the cycle. The will of the Klaxxi is eternal."''

* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: He was able to defeat and subdue Ra-den, the mogu god, without any magic. How he accomplished this is unknown, though it's revealed in ''[[Literature/WorldOfWarcraftChronicle Chronicle]]'' that [[spoiler:he struck down Ra-den (or Ra the Titan-Forged) after the Watcher told him about the [[KillEmAll fate of the Titans]] and expected him to be overcomed by the AwfulTruth. Instead, Lei Shen decided that ''he'' would shape Azeroth's destiny in their stead and stole Aman'Thul's power along with Ra's to do so]]. Players do this when they fight him, since the first time it took a weapon meant to annihilate all life on Azeroth to kill him.

* AbusivePrecursors: He and the rest of the mogu were this.
* AnAxToGrind: It was said that when it threw his axe, it sounded like crashing thunder.

'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] | [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasAndFollowers Sylvanas and her followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftKnightsOfTheEbonBlade Knights of the Ebon Blade]] | [[Characters/WarcraftIllidanAndFollowers Illidan and his followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeGarroshsHorde Garrosh's Horde]] | '''Pandaria''' | [[Characters/WarcraftOthers Other mortals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheOldGods The Void (The Old Gods)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheLight The Light]] | [[Characters/WarcraftEternals Eternals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftShadowlands Shadowlands (Death)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTitans The Titans (Arcane)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheBurningLegion The Burning Legion (Fel)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheDragonflights The Dragonflights]] | [[Characters/WarcraftWildGods Wild Gods]]\\

* SimpleStaff: His primary weapon is this, though he ties jugs to it, presumably for easier transport.

* StaffOfAuthority: Shaohao received Sheilun as part of his coronation, unaware of its history and magical power. He is known to have used it once as a SimpleStaff but otherwise treated it as an ornament.