History Characters / WarcraftShadowlands

* TheCorrupter: Zovaal has managed to lure many powerful allies with promises of what they desire most, such as Sylvanas with the promise of a more fair afterlife or the Maldraxxi with the freedom to wage war as they please. [[spoiler: However this fails with Anduin, forcing him to rely on directly using Domination Runes to bypass his iwll completely.]]

** Zovaal begins to put most of his plans into motion in the latter half of World of Warcraft, since his pact with Sylvanas was established around the events of Edge of Night, but especially ''Battle for Azeroth''. Some time after that, the machine of death has been broken due to the Arbiter being incapacitated, enabling the Jailer to claim all of the souls that died since the Legion's third invasion, including every single victim of the burning of Teldrassil, increasing his (and by extension Sylvanas') power.

* LoopholeAbuse: The Jailer is unable to leave the Maw thanks to the enchantments on the Heart of the Forest. When his attempts at causing it to die out via the anima-drought is foiled, it renders him stuck in the Maw even though his forces can come and go. His solution? [[spoiler: Use the anima of all the souls going straight to the Maw to ''Extend it'' around Oribos, allowing him to go straight to the Arbiter and reclaim his own sigil]].

* PhysicalGod: Whatever he is, he definitely has an important role in the cosmology of Warcraft. He was described by Ion Hazzikostas to be a ''Titan++''.

* TinTyrant: [[spoiler:After absorbing the Arbiter's sigil he forms a full set of plate armour in the shape of [[SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset skulls and bones]], with a face covering helmet to boot.]]

* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler: Mueh'zala tricked Vol'jin into appointing Sylvanas Windrunner as Warchief of the Horde, enabled her to start the Fourth War and increase the Jailer's power by sending more souls to his realm. However after Mueh'zala was beaten and bound to Bwonsamdi's will, the Jailer abandoned him.]]

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Prone to this type of behavior. [[spoiler:Sire Denathrius and Mueh'zala are both left behind by the Jailer when they are defeated after accomplishing their part of the Jailer's plan...and Sylvannas is essentially left at the mercy of Bolvar and his party after the Jailer gets what he needs from the Arbiter]]

* TheCorrupter: Zovaal has managed to lure many powerful allies with promises of what they desire most, such as Sylvanas with the promise of a more fair afterlife or the Maldraxxi with the freedom to wage war as they please.

* ItsAllAboutMe: According to ''Grimoire of the Shadowlands and Beyond'', [[spoiler:she was the one who betrayed Cartel Ve after discovering a defensible position in the Maw, arranging for the elimination of her fellow cartel members in order to secure exclusive access to her newfound resources]].

* {{Hell}}: The Maw is the hell of the warcraft universe: A bleak realm made of the residue of destroyed souls having died their [[CessationOfExistence final death]]. Torments are visited upon your soul for eternities, and time itself blurs from one moment to the next -- there is no escape.

* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: From opposing the players in the original Zul'gurub raid, to helping them defeat Jin'do in the remade dungeon, to becoming a dungeon boss in De Other Side that intends to become TheStarscream.

** However, Hakkar shares his ''other'' title, the Blood God, with G'huun, the abomination inadvertently created by the Titans who experimenting on the imprisoned Old Gods and sealed in Uldir.

** Averted in regards to [[spoiler:Kel'Thuzad, who he sends the Mawsworn to rescue after he's beaten at the end of the Necrolord/Venthy campaign.]]

* NoNameGiven: He's only known as the Jailer. [[spoiler: His true name is Zovaal, a fact only known by the other members of the Pantheon of Death]].

* OmniscientMoralityLicense: A final arbiter of the dead, the Arbiter possesses one of these; she decides where souls go, and if there is absolutely no chance of redemption, she has no problem sending them to the Maw. Even those horrible-but-potentially-redeemable souls who get sent to Revendreth do so will full knowledge that they will be inflicted countless torments upon, and self-sacrificing souls gets sent to the Kyrian of Bastion with the knowledge that they will be trained to forget who they once were.

** He's already been active around the time Draenor was destroyed, as he forced the secrets of how to craft Helm of Domination and Frostmourne, artifacts of Death that later found their way to the Nathrezim and then Kil'jaeden, from the Runecarver, resulting in the creation of the Lich King shortly after, who would spread Zovaal's influence oblivious of the fact that he was pulling the strings, instead believing that the Legion was his only puppet master.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: He is responsible for the creation of Helm of Domination and the Frostmourne insofar that they are of ''his design'' -- the Jailer extracted the memories of how to create them from him, with the express intent of having artifacts that would later end up in possession of the Lich King, leading to the destruction of many Azerothian kingdoms by the Undead Scourge.

* AlwaysABiggerFish: To the Lich King, who only held a fraction of the power over death, and whose helmet was forged in the Maw. Jailer is the supreme authority in the Warcraft's equivalent of the Underworld and commands legions of even more vast army of ghastly forces, with Azerothian heroes theorizing it may even rival Legion's own in sheer numbers. He's even capable of claiming the souls of the [[EldritchAbomination Void creatures]], as some of them are heard speaking in [[BlackSpeech Shath'yar]].

* DarkseidDuplicate: He's a towering, bald figure who is the ancient ruler of a FireAndBrimstoneHell known as the Maw, which he was banished to after rebelling against the other Eternal Ones who rule the Shadowlands, and seeks to obtain their sigils to regain his lost power. [[spoiler:When he gets the last sigil held by the current [[TopGod Arbiter]], he gains [[OneWingedAngel a more menacing]] [[TinTyrant armored form]] and sets out to [[InTheirOwnImage recreate all of reality with him as its ruler]].]]

* JudgementOfTheDead: Broker research indicates that prior to his rebellion and imprisonment, Zovaal was actually the judge of the dead. The Aribter was created as his replacement [[spoiler:using a portion of his soul]].

* DarkseidDuplicate: He's a towering, bald figure who is the ancient ruler of a FireAndBrimstoneHell known as the Maw, which he was banished to after rebelling against the other Eternal Ones who rule the Shadowlands, and seeks to obtain their sigils to regain his lost power. [[spoiler:When he gets the last sigil held by the current [[TopGod Arbiter]], he gains [[OneWingedAngel a more menacing]] [[TinTyrant armored form]] and sets out to recreate all of reality with him as its ruler.]]

* TinTyrant: [[spoiler:After absorbing the Arbiter's sigil he forms a full set of plate armour in the shape of skulls and bones, with a face covering helmet to boot.]]

One of the broker cartels. Unlike the other cartels, Cartel Xy seems to be hostile towards the Adventurers, with its two known members being Dealer Xy'exa in De Other Side and Artificer Xy'mox in Castle Nathria.

* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: One Xy member has taken up residence in Korthia's base of operations as a quest giver. One of the first things he says on meeting you is an assurance that not ''every'' member of his Cartel is a bastard.

[[folder:Kalisthene]]
The first ascended that any aspirant meets on their arrival, Kalistene is the ascended charged with ensuring all find their way on the journey to becoming an aspirant

* MouthOfSauron: The Archon is usually far too busy to meet with aspirants as they go through their trial, and though she is by no means hidden, this means the responsibility of congratulating aspirants as they pass each of their trials falls to Kalisthene. In the same vein, contact to the Archon for the aspirants often go through Kalisthene.

[[folder:Mikanikos]]

Mikanikos is the Forgelite Prime of Bastion, a steward responsible for the creation of numerous automatons that are tasked with various functions around the realm's important facilities.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Unknown (English), Mikhail Belyakovich (Russian)

** [[spoiler:While aiding in the ritual to save Tyrande from being overcome by the Night Warrior, she confirms this sister is in fact Elune herself. The Winter Queen's disdain is revealed to be caused by the belief that Elune turned a blind eye to the drought in Ardenweald -- while in truth, Elune's attempt to aid her sister was blocked by the Jailer.]]

* SiblingRivalry: Well, "rivalry" is a strong word, but she is not pleased towards having to spend the effort (and personal anima) to ensure [[spoiler: Ysera's]] resurrection, calling [[spoiler:her]] her "sister's pet". [[spoiler:While aiding in the ritual to save Tyrande from being overcome by the Night Warrior, she confirms this sister is in fact Elune herself -- and is once again displeased to see Elune's power manifest in ''her'' grove.]]

* TorsoWithAView: For some reason, he has a quite big hole in his chest.

* MonsterProgenitor: To the Venthyr race as well to all vampires, such as the Darkfallen. [[spoiler: It's also implied he created the Nathrezim.]]

* HesBack: [[spoiler:Bringing his Sigil to the Runecarver casues him to remember who he once was, and restore his strength in full. While the had the unfortunate effect of allowing the Jailer to steal the Sigil for himself, the Primus immediately makes for Korthia and resumes making plans to stop the latter's schemes.]]

* TheGoodKing: [[AvertedTrope Completely averted]] in the present. However, according to General Draven and Renathal, Denathrius was the BigGood of Revendreth and a [[MentorArchetype father figure]] to Renathal.

* EvilBrit: She sports a [[IAmVeryBritish very pronounced]] posh accent to go with is evil aristocratic ways.