This is a list of alternate Heroes that can be purchased or obtained in Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft. Keep in mind that this is about the characters as they are represented in the game itself; for general tropes about the characters, click here. For the Mercenaries from the Year of the Gryphon and their collective tropes, see the Hero Cards page.note
- Cosmetic Award: The new heroes are purely cosmetic, offering new portraits, voice sets and animations, while playing identically to the free hero of the same class. It can be jarring in some cases, like Mecha-Jaraxxus or Morgl, where the base hero is very different.
- Easter Egg: Some heroes have secret interactions if you play certain cards.
- Temporary Online Content: The majority of alternate heroes were unlocked as part of a promotion or pre-order bonus. Blizzard has given no indication on whether they'll ever become available again, although they sporadically do return, usually for other limited events. Averted starting in 2021, as limited-time heroes will become permanently purchasable an unspecified time after their release (usually about a year later).
Death Knight heroes
Blood-Queen Lana'thel, the Death Knight
Voiced by: Jessica Straus (EN)
For Lana'thel's appearance as a boss in Knights of the Frozen Throne, see Bosses.
Once a commander among Kael'thas' forces in Northrend, Lana'thel was slain and resurrected as a vampiric San'layn by the Lich King. Lana'thel was available for purchase in October of 2023.
Lana'thel first appeared as a Legendary Warlock minion in Knights of the Frozen Throne, an Undead 5 mana 1/6 who gains +1 Attack for each card you've discarded this game.
- Transhuman Treachery: When matched against Kael'thas, she dismisses him, claiming she has a new master now.
- Vampire Monarch: She is the queen of the San'layn.
- Winged Humanoid: She was given leathery bat wings on her lower back when she was resurrected, adding to her vampire aesthetic.
Darion Mograine, the Death Knight
Voiced by: Taliesin Jaffe (EN)
Once a paladin of the Silver Hand, Darion was slain by the Scourge and raised as a death knight. He spent his undeath training new death knights at the necropolis Acherus, but was able to break free from The Lich King's control thanks to Tirion Fordring. He now leads the Knights of the Ebon Blade, a faction of other freed undead. Darion is available to players who purchased the Tavern Pass and reached level 50 on the Rewards Track during March of the Lich King.
His alternate skins include Daring Darion and Gladiator Mograine.
Darion originally appeared as a token minion in Knights of the Frozen Throne that could be summoned as one of the Four Horsemen by Uther of the Ebon Blade.
- Horsemen of the Apocalypse: He became one of the Four Horsemen in Legion, a faction that once consisted of the Scourge's most powerful death knights but was reclaimed by the heroic Knights of the Ebon Blade. This version of him is a token minion summoned by Uther of the Ebon Blade.
- One-Handed Zweihänder: He wields the enormous Corrupted Ashbringer in one hand.
- Token Heroic Orc: The first playable Death Knight that's not a servant of the Scourge.
Inge, the Iron Hymn, the Death Knight
One of the Iron Vyrkul, giant warriors forged by the Titans and the ancestors of humanity. Inge was available to players who preordered TITANS.
Her alternate skins include Sea Reaver Inge.
- Instant Runes: Created when she uses her hero power.
- Original Generation: She was made up for Hearthstone.
- Summon Magic: Rather than being themed as raising the dead like other Death Knights, her animation for Ghoul Charge creates a runic portal that the ghoul emerges from.
Pit Boss Reska, the Death Knight
The overseer at the Bloodrock Mine, and a rather sadistic taskmaster for the poor saps tricked into working at Bloodrock. Reska is available to players who purchased the Tavern Pass and reached Level 50 on the Rewards Track during Showdown in the Badlands.
Reska also appears as a Legendary Death Knight minion from Showdown in the Badlands, a 20-mana Frost/Unholy 6/3 Undead with Rush that costs 1 less for each minion that has died this game. When they die, they take control of a random enemy minion.
- Bad Boss: They work their employees to the bone. Then they raise those bones from the dead, and work those to dust. They're a real Scrooge, too, per their Winter's Veil greetings:Reska: Holidays is no excuse to slack off.
- Buried Alive: Their regular card artwork shows them in the process of doing this to someone, shown from their perspective. This is enforced by their minion's entry quote.Take a good look. You ain't never seein' the light again!
- Meat Puppet: They turn anyone unwilling to work, in this case your opponent's minions, into mindless puppets that do their bidding.
Demon Hunter heroes
Aranna Starseeker, the Demon Hunter
Voiced by: Myrna Velasco (EN)
Her alternate skins include Nightborne Aranna, Felfireworks Aranna, Songstress Aranna, Apple Aranna, Runeseeker Aranna, and Emo-rock Aranna.
- Always Second Best: She's always lived in Elise's shadow. Elise is an accomplished druid and priest, not to mention a world-famous explorer who's helped save Azeroth twice. This is actually why we'd never heard of Aranna until now. Becoming a demon hunter instead of a druid was her way of breaking out of this.
- Determinator: Aranna's defining trait is her persistence. Most of her emotes are related to her persevering.
- Empowered Badass Normal: She was originally a Rogue/Hunter hybrid, implying she had no magical skills and survived with just her wits. Becoming a Demon Hunter gave her the firepower to back those wits up.
- Foil: To Illidan. Both of them are glory seekers, natural leaders, and demon hunters who have bad relationships with their druid siblings. The difference is where Illidan is hot-headed, angry, and dogmatic in his hatred for the Legion, Aranna is calm, willing to change her views in the face of new evidence, and cares about helping other people a lot more.
- Horned Humanoid: She has prominent curved horns on her head.
- "I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight: The last battle in the Trial by Felfire adventure is her clashing against Illidan to knock him out of his boundless fury for all things demonic and actually work to make Outland a better place.
- Worthy Opponent: She's courteous to those who can give her a fair fight. The only exceptions are Mecha-Jaraxxus; her Arch-Enemy, and Tyrande; who she questions why Illidan even fell in love with.
Halveria Darkraven, the Demon Hunter
Her alternate skins include Wallflower Halveria.
Halveria is also a collectible card, a 4 mana 4/3 Demon Hunter legendary with Rush that gives your minions +1 Attack after a friendly Rush minion attacks. Her signature song is Going Down Swinging, a 5 mana spell that gives your hero Immune and +2 Attack this turn then forces you to attack all enemy minions.
- Feel No Pain: She claims that she can't feel pain after casting her signature song Going Down Swinging, although whether or not that's just talk is up to you to decide.
- Horrifying the Horror: She was too edgy for Gilneas, a dreary country of werewolves and Victorian architecture.
- Original Generation: Not just an original character, but even the concept of a worgen becoming a demon hunter (or perhaps a demon hunter becoming a worgen?) is original to Hearthstone.
- Our Werewolves Are Different: She's a worgen, a rockstar, and a demon hunter. It's a lot going on.
Kailene Evergaze, the Demon Hunter
A blood elven demon hunter, dancer, and one-woman firework show. Kailene was purchasable as part of the 2024 Lunar Festival event.
- Dance Battler: Her agile dance moves are incorporated into her fighting style.
- Fantastic Fireworks: She uses her fel magic to create dazzling firework shows.
- Ironic Name: A demon hunter named Evergaze.
- Original Generation: Kailene has no precedent in Warcraft.
Kurtrus Ashfallen, the Demon Hunter
Voiced by: Ray Chase (EN)
Kurtrus initially led a modest life, tending to a moonwell and caring for his family. During the Third War however, the dreadlord Tichondrius corrupted Kurtrus' serene forest into the Felwood. Those who resisted were slain by demon armies led by Tichondrius's brother, Anetheron, and only Kurtrus was able to survive the slaughter. Illidan would take in the outcast, forging him and others like him into the Illidari. One day, Kurtrus had a vision of Anetheron, alive and biding his time in the Twisting Nether, as well as a warlock in Kalimdor determined to summon him. With this, he abandoned the Illidari. Stripped of his armor and warglaives, Kurtrus now arrives in the Barrens on a personal quest of vengeance, determined to stop the warlock before it's too late.
Three Kurtrus hero portraits were available to players who purchased the Tavern Pass during Forged in the Barrens; Initiate Kurtrus, Adept Kurtrus (pictured), and Trainer Kurtrus. A fourth portrait, Vengeant Kurtrus, was available for purchase during Voyage to the Sunken City.
His other alternate skins include Ravenlord Kurtrus and Gunslinger Kurtrus.
For tropes about Kurtrus and his playable cards, see his entry on Hearthstone Heroes Of Warcraft Hero Cards.
Omen, the Demon Hunter
Once a noble Wild God, Omen was corrupted by fel energies during the War of the Ancients. Driven insane by the demonic whispers, the immortal Omen slumbers beneath Lake Elune'ara, awakening to rampage the country every Lunar Festival. Omen was purchasable as part of the 2023 Lunar Festival event.
His alternate skins include Omen, Chained.
- Adaptational Intelligence: In World of Warcraft, Omen is incapable of speech in his madness. The Hearthstone version still has his faculties. He even acknowledges Malfurion as a student of Cenarius.
- Finishing Each Other's Sentences: The two heads often speak this way.
- Multiple Head Case: Omen has two heads, each with a distinct voice. They get along well for the most part, but the right head is more cunning and the left head is more aggressive.Playing Soul Split: A cursed... <duality!>
- Noble Wolf: This version is much closer to Omen as he was pre-corruption. As such, he's an honorable god that shows respect to his opponents. In particular, he remembers Huln Highmountain and greets him as an old friend.
- Regularly Scheduled Evil: Referenced by his interaction with Cycle of Hatred, where he regretfully says "It never ends...".
Druid heroes
Ambassador Faelin, the Druid
A wealthy nightborne investor who is funding the expedition to Zin-Azshari, his former homeland. Strangely, wherever Faelin goes, horrors of the deep seem to follow in his wake. Faelin is available to players who purchased the Tavern Pass and reached level 50 on the Rewards Track during Voyage to the Sunken City.
Faelin is also a neutral 4 mana 4/5 legendary from Voyage to the Sunken City that puts three random Colossal minions on the bottom of your deck.
- Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: He has a tendency to get distracted. For his Fire Festival greetings, he reaffirms that he needs to pay attention to the battle and not the pretty fireworks.
- Big Fun: He's a rather overweight guy, but an absolute barrel of joy and wonder.
- Doom Magnet: Wherever Faelin goes, he seems to attract more huge monsters from the depths. This is represented by his ability shuffling Colossal minions into your deck for you to Dredge up.
- Original Generation: He was made up for Hearthstone.
- Really 700 Years Old: He's over 10,000 years old, and remembers when Zin-Azshari was still above the surface. You wouldn't be able to tell that from his absolute giddiness he has gushing over all the wonders under the sea.
C'Thun, the Druid
Voiced by: Michael Bell (EN)
The final boss of Ahn'Qiraj from World of Warcraft, C'Thun is one of the four Old Gods who seek to corrupt Azeroth into their own realm of madness at they rule. A 3D portrait of C'Thun was available for purchase after the launch of Fall of Ulduar.
C'Thun has also appeared on multiple cards:
- He first appeared in Whispers of the Old Gods, where starts out as a lowly 8 mana 6/6, but can gain extra stats from his cultists until he reaches horrifyingly high levels of attack and health. When played, he deals damage equal to his attack split randomly among all enemies.
- In The Boomsday Project, he returned as Mecha'thun, a 10 mana 10/10 Mech with a Deathrattle that activates as long as you have no cards in your hand, deck, or battlefield, instantly destroying the opponent's hero.
- In Madness at the Darkmoon Faire, he returned as C'Thun, the Shattered. The Shattered begins the game split into four cards and shuffled into your deck. His pieces are all 5 mana spells; his Eye, which deals 7 damage split among all enemies; his Heart, which deals 3 damage to all minions; his Body, which summons a 6/6 with Taunt; and his Maw, which destroys a minion. Once all four pieces have been played, C'Thun himself is shuffled into your deck. He's a 10 mana 6/6 whose Battlecry deals 30 damage split among all enemies.
- Badass Boast: Both of his summoning quotes. Also a Pre Ass Kicking One Liner, considering that his Battlecries will probably destroy the opponent's entire board and take a good chunk of their health with it at the very least.
- Cosmic Horror Story: The way a deck centered on the Whispers of the Old Gods version usually plays out. You get these cultists and fanatics after you, and every time you get a Foreshadowing glimpse of what's to come. Eventually he hits the board, most likely ending the game there and then with his utterly massively damaging Magic Missile Storm. Can be subverted into Lovecraft Lite if you somehow manage to interfere with the summoning process (e.g., forcefully drag him into the board through Battlecry or have him eliminated through overdraw), and/or Remove him directly.
- Desperation Attack: What Mecha'thun's deathrattle essentially is. If his owner is left with absolutely nothing left when he dies, he instantly kills the opposing hero.
- Eye Beams: Instead of swinging, his hero portrait will fire a laser at his target.
- Eyes Do Not Belong There: In addition to his singular Giant Eye of Doom, he has eyeballs splayed across his body and at the end of his tentacles. This also applies to Mecha'thun.
- Final Boss: A recurring theme among all three versions of C'Thun is that, with proper set-up, he can end the game by himself, and finding a way to deal with him is the opponent's main objective.
- The original effectively can serve as one for any deck he inhabits, usually ending up as the final possible threat needing to be dealt with to ensure victory.
- Mecha'thun is one last threat to end all threats. If you have no hope left, you can try throwing down Mecha'thun then emptying your hand afterwards for an Instant-Win Condition.
- The Shattered requires you to play four 5 mana spells to even get the chance to play him, meaning that both players will likely be close to fatigue, but by the time he hits the field, C'Thun can pump out enough damage to potentially win the game.
- Gameplay and Story Segregation:
- C'Thun's flavor text claims that his least favorite Hearthstone card is Eye for an Eye. While this is most likely ribbing on him being a Giant Eye of Doom, Eye for an Eye is largely ineffective against C'Thun as his Battlecry only deals 1 damage at a time. Of course, if the opponent survives, plays a second Eye for an Eye, and C'Thun attacks into it... Well, that's another story entirely.
- C'Thun has no lore or thematic reason to be a Druid. As admitted by the Hearthstone team, Druid was only picked because C'Thun Druid was a fan-favourite deck in Whispers and Darkmoon Faire.
- Even though his attack animation is a ranged beam, he still takes retaliation damage.
- Humongous Mecha: Mecha'thun is a mechanical version of the original Old God.
- Instant-Win Condition: Mecha'thun's Deathrattle gives a Non-Standard Game Over that instantly destroys the opponent's hero, provided that it dies while you have absolutely no cards anywhere.
- Magikarp Power: Starts off painfully weak for his cost, but over time can become too big to kill through damage while possessing enough attack to kill the opponent on the spot.
- Magic Missile Storm: Generates one that becomes more powerful the more of his lackeys are sent into the fray ahead of him.
- Mechanical Abomination: Mecha'thun is a rebuilt version of C'thun, containing all of his cosmic horror but a fully robotic shell.
- Medium Awareness: Seems to be aware he is in a card game, as his usual "Your friends will betray you" line becomes "Your deck betrays you.", and he also will use some player emotes that the community often considers to be of the Deadpan Snarker variety.
- Not So Above It All: Will occasionally say the paladin "Well met!" emote rather than his usual creepy fare.
- Punny Name: Mecha'thun.
- Sealed Evil in a Six Pack: C'Thun, The Shattered begins the game, well, shattered. Once his four body parts have been assembled, he reenters your deck with a game-ending Battlecry.
- Time-Limit Boss: Because there's often no way to stop your opponent from buffing C'Thun/setting up for Mecha'thun/drawing all of his pieces, your best way of besting him is often to kill the opponent before C'Thun himself comes down.
Dame Hazelbark, the Druid
An elderly Ancient of Lore. Hazelbark was available as part of the 2019 Winter Veil bundle.
Her alternate portraits include Dame Groovybark.
- Granny Classic: She has all the traits of this, including calling the player child and dearie.
- Never Mess with Granny: She may be a kindly old lady, but she's also a powerful Ancient and a capable druid, and she will kick your ass if you fight her.
- Original Generation: She was made up for Hearthstone.
- Scatterbrained Senior: She frequently forgets what she's doing, as shown by her Thinking and Oops emotes.
- Time Abyss: Ancients are, well, ancient creatures, and Hazelbark is implied to be much older than average. She remarks on how much Malfurion has grown when matched against him. Malfurion himself has been immortal for over ten thousand years.
- Treants: As an Ancient of Lore, she's a vaguely humanoid-shaped tree.
Elise Starseeker, the Druid
Voiced by: Amy Walker (EN)
A brilliant night elf scholar who acts as the League of Explorer's dungeon navigator. While she's about as enthusiastic about the journey as the rest of them, she's also not interested in the whole "dying" thing, and as such recruits the player to help her partners. Elise was available to players who preordered Saviors of Uldum. She has also been featured on three cards, from The League of Explorers, Journey to Un'goro, and Saviors of Uldum.
Her alternate skins include Magical Guardian Elise, Epicurean Elise, and Bookworm Elise. She also appears as a Priest skin, Elise the Leader, depicting her during her days as the leader of a band of Badlands outlaws, making her the second hero (after Arthas) to represent more than one class.
Elise has also been Legendary cards in a number of sets:
- The original Elise Starseeker, from League of Explorers, is a 4 mana 3/5 that shuffles the Map to the Golden Monkey into your deck. The map is a two mana spell that draws a card and shuffles The Golden Monkey into your deck. The Golden Monkey is a 4 mana 6/6 Taunt that replaces all cards in your hand and deck with random Legendaries.
- In Journey to Ungoro, Elise the Trailblazer is a 5 mana 5/5 that shuffles a sealed Un'goro Pack into your deck. If there are no duplicates in your deck, the pack is added to your hand instead. The pack is a two mana spell that literally opens a card pack, adding 5 random Journey to Un'Goro cards to your hand, with a generous leaning on Legendary minions.
- In Saviors of Uldum, Elise the Enlightened is a 5 mana 5/5 Druid Legendary that duplicates every card in your hand as long as your deck has no duplicates in it.
- In Showdown in the Badlands, Elise, Badlands Savior is an 8 mana 5/5 Priest Legendary that summons 4 4/4 copies of random minions in your deck if it has no duplicates in it.
- The Bus Came Back: She returned in Journey to Un'Goro with a brand new card as Elise the Trailblazer, before her fellow explorers all returned in Saviors of Uldum.
- Character Development: Elise started out mainly as the Mission Control of the League of Explorers, using her cartographic knowledge to pinpoint the location of the treasures. With Elise the Trailblazer from Journey to Un'Goro, the flavour text indicated that Reno convinced her to actually take to the field herself - and by the time of Saviours of Uldum, she has all but shed the Mission Control status in favour of an Adventurer Archaeologist, utilizing ancient magical artefacts in battle, and in Galakrond's Awakening, she even takes the commander role. Showdown in the Badlands indicates that her path to field exploration began some time before the League, as her and Reno took on the Bloodstone mining company as heroic outlaws.
- Deadpan Snarker: She's largely unamused by Reno's various ploys.Elise: Reno's nearly to the rod but he just had to rub that shiny lamp he found.
- Glacier Waif: The other Druids include: a ridiculously buff male Night Elf, a Dryad, an 8-foot tall Tauren, and a freakin' tree. Elise, comparatively, is a fairly dainty woman who is a scholar first and a fighter second, yet she plays the exact same as all Druids do - which is to say, she prefers to play slow and has enough healing/armor to take a hefty beating.
- Glowing Eyes: Inverted on her various minion cards, as she is unique among night elves for not having those, instead having human-like eyes. Played straight on her hero portrait, although that might because she's casting a spell and Power Glows.
- Green Thumb:
Word of God says her attack sound from both Elise the Trailblazer and the hero (aluth neladar) is a spell commanding the plants to attack for her. - Informed Attribute: Like Lunara, she keeps Shapeshift as her hero power despite not showcasing any shapeshifting abilities. Her personality (and animations) would place her more likely to be a Balance druid.
- Letting Her Hair Down: Her hero portrait has her in a more feminine outfit with her hair let down. It gives her a far less formal appearance.
- Mission Control: For the fourth wing of League of Explorers, directing and assisting the various explorers (and you) while re-taking the Hall of Explorers from Rafaam and his impromptu army of exhibits.
- My Species Doth Protest Too Much: She's an unconventional night elf, to say the least; aside from the non-glowing eyes, she dresses in human fashion, her first name is not particularly elven, and she's part of an organization that consists mostly of dwarves and is about exploring the world and digging in ancient ruins, which is at odds with the normally conservative, isolationist lifestyle of the night elves.
- Smart People Wear Glasses: She wears distinctive glasses in every one of her appearances, and is also the Only Sane Woman and Smart Gal for the Explorer's League.
Guff Runetotem, the Druid
Voiced by: Fred Tatasciore (EN)
Four Guff portraits were available to players who purchased the Tavern Pass during United in Stormwind; Guff Runetotem, Spelunker Guff (pictured), Fangbound Guff, and Fauna Friend Guff.
His other alternate skins include Guff Murtotem and Drifter Guff.
For tropes about Guff and his playable cards, see his entry on Hearthstone Heroes Of Warcraft Hero Cards.
Hamuul Runetotem, the Druid
His alternate skins include Hamuul Runeblade.
- Gentle Giant: Despite being an eight-foot bull-man, he's a gentle and caring defender of nature.
- In Harmony with Nature: Hamuul strongly believes that all beings of Azeroth can be this.
- Our Minotaurs Are Different: He's a tauren, Warcraft's take on minotaurs.
- Supernatural Gold Eyes: He was the first tauren to be born with these, which in night elven society is a sign that you're destined for great potential. As expected, Hamuul became the greatest tauren druid.
Lunara, the Druid
Voiced by: Amy Walker (EN)
Lunara is the eldest daughter of the demi-god Cenarius. First introduced in Heroes of the Storm, she's ascended to World of Warcraft and now finally here. While her sisters, the dryads, embody peace and the serene beauty of nature, Lunara’s apple didn’t fall far from her father’s tree — she’s a relentless defender of the wilderness and immortal proof that nature is red in claw and thorn. She was unlocked by winning 10 games in Standard Mode during the Year of the Raven.
Her alternate skins include Cherry Blossom Lunara, Sea Dryad Lunara, Fireflower Lunara, Ardenweald Lunara, Dreamgrove Lunara, and Flowerchild Lunara.
- Canon Immigrant: From Heroes of the Storm.
- Characterization Marches On: As opposed to her notably vengeful depiction in HotS, she seems a bit more peppy in Hearthstone. It's more in-line with the standard Warcraft dryad than it is Lunara.
- Cherry Blossom Girl: Her Cherry Blossom skins shows her leaves replaced with cherry blossom petals, appropriately celebrating the coming of spring.
- Easter Egg: She has a unique response for facing Malfurion:"Ishnu'alah, Archdruid."
- Gaia's Vengeance: She embodies (and employs) the vicious side of nature.
- Gameplay and Story Segregation: She keeps Shapeshift as her hero power, despite dryads never demonstrating shapeshifting abilities.
- Our Centaurs Are Different: Being a dryad, she's half Night Elf, half deer.
- Our Mermaids Are Different: Her Zin-Azshari rewards track skin reimagines her as a "Sea Dryad", which is just a mermaid.
Ulfar, the Druid
The last of the drust Thornspeakers, an ancient order of druids from before the drust were corrupted by Gorak Tul. Ulfar was available to players who preordered the Showdown in the Badlands mega bundle.
- Animorphism: He is permanently shapeshifted into a bear, just like he was in World of Warcraft.
- Last of His Kind: He is the last Thornspeaker of the drust, although he would pass his teachings onto a handful of worthy Kul'Tirans.
- Planimal: Like the drust (and later the Kul'Tiran druids he taught), his shapeshifted form is a wicker construct of an animal.
- Pun: When playing Pounce:This bark bites!
Xuen, the Druid
Voiced by: Jonathan Adams (EN)
Xuen the White Tiger is one of the four August Celestials, gods who watch over Pandaria. He resides in Kun-Lai Summit and is the spirit of strength. Xuen was available for purchase as part of the 2022 Lunar New Year event.
His alternate skins include Astral Xuen.
- Baritone of Strength: He speaks in a deep, booming voice that befits a noble god such as himself. It draws a very likely intentional parallel to Mufasa.
- The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You: In a non-dangerous way. Instead of a threat, his threaten emote has him chiding the player that anger does not empower you, it only makes you weaker.
- Nature Spirit: He is the physical embodiment of the strength of the wild.
- Physical God: Literally! He is the Pandaren god of strength. So, both a god in physical form and a god of physical things.
- Sky Face: The other August Celestials can be seen in the clouds around him in his full art.
- The Stoic: Xuen doesn't show much emotion, instead choosing to calmly impart his vast wisdom through his emotes.
Hunter heroes
Alleria Windrunner, the Hunter
Voiced by: Michele Morrow (Original skin) (EN), Mara Junot (2022 and later skins) (EN), Misa Kobayashi (JPN)
- Many believe magic has maintained order in Quel'Thalas. My bow would say otherwise. One shot; one kill, this is how I preserve our realm. I am Alleria Windrunner. If you stand against me you are just another target. And I never miss my mark.
Eldest of the Windrunnner siblings (and thus older sister to Sylvanas Windrunner), Alleria Windrunner was the chief scout of the Alliance Expedition into Draenor during the events of Warcraft II: Beyond The Dark Portal. Currently lost, she's a purchasable hero for the hunter class.
Her alternate skins include Deathkeeper Alleria and Cowgirl Alleria.
- A Day in the Limelight: Was featured, alongside Medivh, as one of the two Heroes in the Tavern Brawl event showcasing The Grand Tournament expansion. This was the first time the purchasable heroes were available for everyone to try, as opposed to only those who spent the money to unlock them.
- Cultural Posturing: A lot of her emotes refer to her being an elf and that therefore makes her dangerous.
- Multi Shot: Her portrait materializes in a hall of arrows.
- Sibling Team: If you play her with her sisters Sylvanas or Vereesa.
King Krush, the Hunter
King Krush is a monstrous devilsaur that stalks prey and any would-be daring adventurers in the primeval world of Scholazar Basin. Krush was first available for purchase in 2024.
Krush first appeared as Hunter's legendary in the Classic set, a 9 mana 8/8 Beast with Charge. The Battlecry of Dinotamer Brann, a 7 mana 2/4 Hunter legendary from Saviors of Uldum, summons him if your deck has no duplicates. A toyified version of him was added in Whizbang's Workshop named King Plush, a 9 mana 6/6 Beast with Charge that sends all minions with less Attack than him into their owner's decks.
- All Animals Are Dogs: He has some distinctly puppy-like behaviour, particularly having an excited roar in response to you playing the card Fetch.
- Boring, but Practical: The original King Krush minion is one of the most basic Legendaries in the game, especially for a class Legendary. All he offers is a big body and a burst of damage that acts as a finisher, and his entire text box is just one word. Despite this, he has managed to see play in metas where big Beasts can be cheated out of your deck, since 8 instant damage is very efficient.
- Intelligible Unintelligible: He only speaks in roars, but like Morgl all of his speech is translated in his speech balloons.
- T. Rexpy: He's a devilsaur, which is basically a T-rex covered from head to toe in spikes.
- You Don't Look Like You: His original minion used TCG art that was meant to represent the ravasaur Lar'korwi, but instead just looks like a blue King Krush. Every appearance by Krush since then correctly colors him green, though Dinotamer Brann's Battlecry still summons the incorrectly-colored Classic version.
Huln Highmountain, the Hunter
Voiced by: David Boat (EN)
The spokesperson for the tauren during the War of the Ancients. He wielded the mighty Talonclaw, a spear blessed by all of the Wild Gods. For his bravery in the war, Huln and his people were blessed with the antler-like Horns of Eche'ro by Cenarius. After his death, Huln awakened in Ardenweald where he became a member of the Wild Hunt. Huln was purchasable during the 2023 Lunar Festival event.
- Celestial Body: His body became a living constellation in the Shadowlands.
- Mark of the Supernatural: His moose-like antlers are a sign of the blessing given to him by Cenarius.
Lor'themar Theron, the Hunter
Voiced by: Gideon Emery (EN)
The Regent Lord of Quel'Thalas, and current leader of the blood elves. Initially, Lor'themar led them alongside Kael'thas Sunstrider, but following Kael's betrayal and eventual death, Lor'themar was left to lead his people alone, a job made easier thanks to the rebirth of the Sunwell... though the oncoming siege of Silvermoon by the Lich King will once again test Lor'themar's ability to weather the blood elves' darkest days. Lor'themar is available to players who pre-ordered the March of the Lich King mega bundle.
His alternate skins include Stepfather Lor'themar.
Lor'themar is also a collectible neutral legendary from March of the Lich King, a 7 mana 7/7 that doubles the attack and health of all minions in your deck.
- Awesome, but Impractical: Doubling the stats of all the minions in your deck can be an insanely powerful effect... But there's some caveats. Without any sort of ramp or mana cheating, Lor'themar comes down fairly late into the game, meaning that you've likely drawn a decent chunk of your minions already; consequentially, getting the most out of his effect practically requires stuffing your deck with minions, potentially making it that much harder to draw Lor'themar by turn 7. Also, the doubling effect only really benefits minions that already have good (or at least decent) stats — Lor'themar's flavor text even comedically makes note that making a Murloc Tinyfin into a 2/2 is perhaps his finest life accomplishment.
- The Good King: Lor'themar proved to be a much more noble and caring leader than Kael'thas.
- Pretender Diss: If he matches against Kael, he blows him off saying "The blood elves need no king."
- Royals Who Actually Do Something: Lor'themar fights alongside his people to defend Silvermoon. His full hero artwork even shows him standing his ground against an incoming army of ghouls.
Sylvanas Windrunner, the Hunter
Voiced by: Patty Mattson (EN)
The former Ranger-General of Silvermoon, Sylvanas was slain by Arthas and resurrected as a banshee. She later reclaimed her free will when the Lich King was temporarily weakened, and rallied as many as she could into The Forsaken. Shunned by the Alliance, she and her people joined the Horde. She was available as a purchasable hero for the hunter class in December of 2019.
Her alternate skins include Naga Sylvanas, Flameshot Sylvanas, Sanguine Sylvanas, and Ranger-General Sylvanas.
Sylvanas is also a neutral Legendary in the Hall of Fame (formerly the Classic set). She is a 6 mana 5/5 with the Deathrattle of taking control of a random enemy minion. She would later return as Sylvanas, the Accused, a neutral Legendary from the Maw and Disorder mini-set with the same statline that destroys and enemy minion; if she's Infused 7 times, she takes control of it instead.
- Attractive Zombie: She still looks pretty good, despite being dead for about ten years.
- Black Comedy: The Arena selection quote for Flameshot Sylvanas says that when she wants to light a fire, she makes sure everyone can see it.note
- Body Snatcher: The effect of the minion's Deathrattle, mirroring the banshee's Possession ability in Warcraft III (although not fitting Sylvanas' own Mind Control that well). The Accused has this effect as a Battlecry instead, though she needs to be Infused first.
- Kicked Upstairs: Sylvanas's card was taken out of Standard for being all but impossible to deal with effectively thanks to her Deathrattle effect, and was one of the first two Legendaries to get the treatment alongside Ragnaros.
- Massive Numbered Siblings: She jokes about this in an Easter Egg.note Should she match against herself and both players greet each other:Sylvanas: ...How many Windrunner sisters ARE there anyway?
- Pre-Mortem One-Liner: She has a number of them in her multitude of special voicelines. Chief among them are "It's time to even the scales." for Hunter's Mark, "Fast is fine, but accurate is final." for Deadly Shot, and "Let NONE survive!" for Kill Command. The final one is also a Pre-Mortem Catchphrase, seeing as it's used in Warcraft III, WoW, Heroes of the Storm, and even Hearthstone as the minion version's attack quote.
- Sssssnake Talk: Naga Sylvanas speaks with lots of "s" words and exaggerated hissing sounds.
Tavish Stormpike, the Hunter
Voiced by: Gideon Emery (EN)
A former member of the Stormpike clan of dwarves, who's abandoned the wealthy clan due to being given the narrow end of the battle axe, as it were. He's become a mercenary, seeking glory, loot, adventure, and more loot. He's currently exploring Kalimdor, under contract to find the shards of a mysterious glowing object that exploded in the skies of Azeroth.
Three Tavish portraits are available through a Legendary questline that was available during the Voyage to the Sunken City launch event; Tavish Stormpike, Tavish for Hire (pictured), and Lootmaster Tavish. A fourth portrait, Sniper Tavish, was also available for purchase.
For tropes about Tavish and his playable cards, see his entry on Hearthstone Heroes Of Warcraft Hero Cards.
Mage heroes
Celeste, the Mage
A celestial cloud serpent. Celeste is available to players who purchased the Tavern Pass and reached level 50 on the Rewards Track during Fractured in Alterac Valley.
Her alternate skins include Celeste-ial.
- Celestial Body: Her form is made of energy and stars, similar to Yu'lon. This is amped up in her Celeste-ial skin.
- Delightful Dragon: She remains constantly respectful and is mostly just curious about mortal life.
- Early-Bird Cameo: An unintentional one, but files referencing Celeste were datamined almost two years before her eventual inclusion. This is the largest gap between files existing and the character being added.
- Our Dragons Are Different: She's a cloud serpent, a race of benevolent eastern dragon-like spirits that inhabit Pandaria.
Kael'thas Sunstrider, the Mage
Once the prince of the high elves, Kael'thas and the survivors of the Scourging of Quel'thalas fell into a magic addiction without their source of power, the Sunwell. Now calling themselves blood elves, his people swore themselves to serve Illidan and he taught them how to siphon magic. Impatient with Illidan's slow methods however, Kael'thas instead turned to the Burning Legion for a new source of power. Kael was available as part of the 2022 Fire Festival bundle.
His alternate skins include Reveler Kael'thas and Wicked Prince Kael'thas.
Kael'thas has also been collectible neutral Legendaries in multiple sets. In Ashes of Outland, he is a 6 mana 4/7 that causes every third spell you cast each turn to cost 1 mana. In Murder at Castle Nathria, Kael'thas Sinstrider, based on his appearance in the Shadowlands expansion, is an 8 mana 4/7 that causes every third minion you play each turn to cost 0.
- Addictive Magic: He and the other high elves unwittingly developed a severe magic addiction, which became a problem when the Sunwell was destroyed. Kael ended up making a Deal with the Devil to try and sate himself.
- Ascended Meme: Is it any surprise that the "Merely a setback" quote gets brought up a bunch? The original minion says the line on death, and his flavour text reads "Descent of Dragons was merely a set back!". If you concede as the hero, he says the line again.
- Dragon with an Agenda: He was initially The Dragon to Illidan, but secretly joined the Burning Legion to fuel his mana addiction.
- Nerf:
- The original Kael'thas minion's effect set the cost of spells to 0 instead of 1, which allowed for disgusting Sequence Breaking. He also used to be seven mana for nearly two years, although the cost nerf was reverted for his Wild rotation.
- Sinstrider used to be 6 mana like his living counterpart, but allowed for any class to do Brann into Denathrius for easy OTKs. He was bumped to 8 to counter that interaction.
- Rule of Three: He either makes every third spell cost 1 (as Sunstrider) or every third minion cost 0 (as Sinstrider) in reference to the three Verdant Spheres that float around him.
- The Wise Prince: He was once a beloved ruler of the fractured blood elves, at least until he Jumped Off The Slippery Slope.
Kel'Thuzad, the Mage
Voiced by: Michael McConnohie (EN)
His alternate skins include Kel'Thuzad the Inevitable.
Kel'Thuzad is also a collectible minion in several sets:
- In Curse of Naxxramas, he is a neutral 8 mana 6/8 that resummons all friendly minions that died that turn at the end of every turn. He's also the final boss of the Adventure.
- His human form, named Headmaster Kel'Thuzad, is a neutral Legendary from Scholomance Academy; a 5 mana 4/6 with a Spellburst that summons any minions destroyed by the spell.
- He returned in Murder at Castle Nathria as Kel'Thuzad the Inevitable, an 8 mana 6/8 Mage Legendary that resurrects all Volatile Skeletons that died this game and instantly explodes any that don't fit on the board. Volatile Skeletons are 2/2 minions that deal 2 damage to a random enemy on death and can be summoned by various Mage spells.
- Denser and Wackier: His stint as the main bad guy of Curse of Naxxramas is far goofier than his canon counterpart. Averted for the playable Hero, as well as the two minion variants, who are all very much in-character.
- Easter Egg: Headmaster Kel'Thuzad actually has an unlisted, unique effect that is very unlikely to ever happen in serious play. In the event that you summon a "cat" like Manafeeder Panthera, Kel'Thuzad will start gushing about how cute it is. Successfully filling the board while a cat is present will cause Kel'Thuzad to give you his pet kitty, Mr. Bigglesworth - a mere 0 mana 1/1, but a legendary one.
- Evil Mentor: As a human, he is the headmaster of Scholomance, which he runs under the pretense of it being a college equivalent for Mages. However, he's actually teaching necromancy in the dungeons beneath.
- Evil Gloating: His opening quotes against Arthas and Sylvanas is rubbing his victory to convert them to their face.
- Faux Affably Evil: In some moments, he comes off as having a façade of smugness - it's all very clear that it is just a façade.
- For Halloween, I Am Going as Myself: A variation - the 2020 Hallow's End trailer showed his human self in his costume, which happens to be a lich.
- An Ice Person: As a lich, he specializes in frost magic. He has voicelines for pretty much every frost spell in Mage's arsenal (at least the ones in Standard at his time of release) to emphasize this. Even his Fireblast is recoloured to look like a tiny frostbolt. Granted, there's also nothing stopping you from using fire and arcane spells in your deck.
- Necromancer: One of the most powerful of these on Azeroth, second only to the Lich King himself. His minions are based entirely around this with each having a massive resurrection effect, and the hero card pays homage by implying Font of Power summons his undead army.
- Our Liches Are Different: He's one of the most iconic liches, and certainly the most iconic from Warcraft.
- Righthand Cat: He's never seen without his pet, Mr. Bigglesworth.
Khadgar, the Mage
Voiced by: Tony Amendola (EN), Naoya Uchida (JPN)
His alternate skins include Navigator Khadgar and Runemage Khadgar.
Khadgar is also a Mage Legendary from Rise of Shadows. He's a 2/2 for 2 that causes all of your cards that summon minions to summon twice as many. He later got another Mage Legendary in the Whizbang's Workshop set, Puzzlemaster Khadgar. Puzzlemaster is a 6 mana 5/5 that equips your Hero with the Magic Wisdomball, a 3 mana 0/6 weapon that casts a helpful Mage spellnote at the end of your turn, then loses 1 durability.
- The Archmage: Took the mantle from his master. He even wields Medivh's staff, Atiesh.
- Confronting Your Imposter: When Khadgar the minion is played against Khadgar the hero, he will say in an outraged voice that he is the real Khadgar and the other one is an impostor.
- Crystal Ball: The Wondrous Wisdomball, a spherical artifact containing Khadgar's knowledge. It can be collected as a very powerful treasure in the Dalaran Heist, and it's in his deck by default in Galakrond's Awakening. It randomly gives "helpful advice", which can range from Captain Obvious tips to absolutely game-winning effects like summoning free minions, restocking your deck when you hit fatigue, preventing lethal damage, clearing the enemy's entire board, or other fun stuff.
- The Magic Wisdomball given by Puzzlemaster Khadgar similarly casts "helpful" Mage spells based on the current board state. As an example, when facing a wide enemy board, the Wisdomball could cast Blizzard to clear/Freeze it... or it could decide to not deal with the threat and instead cast Ice Barrier to give you an unhelpful 8-armor buffer. Like with Zephrys the Great, the Wisdomball can either give you exactly what you need or just provide you with sloppy seconds.
- Magic Staff: The aforementioned Atiesh.
- Rapid Aging: During their confrontation, Medivh turned Khadgar into an old man.
- Squishy Wizard: With only 2 health and 2 attack, Khadgar's minion version gets squished very easily, and is almost always a top-priority target due to his powerful effect. Averted by Puzzlemaster Khadgar, who has a sturdy 5/5 body and doesn't do anything on his own — the real target is the Magic Wisdomball he equips you with.
- Twin Maker: The Rise of Shadows minion's effect, creating copies of any minion you summon with a card effect.
Kit Waxwhisker, the Mage
An unusually smart kobold that's studying magic at Scholomance Academy. Kit was available for purchase during the launch of Audiopocalypse.
- The Cutie: Kit is almost childishly naïve, but also preciously adorable.
- My Species Doth Protest Too Much: Unlike other kobolds, Kit is studious and intelligent enough to not talk in You No Take Candle.
- Original Generation: Kit doesn't only not have a Warcraft counterpart, she didn't even have a Hearthstone counterpart before being added as a hero.
Lady Katrana Prestor, the Mage
Voiced by: Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (EN)
Onyxia also appears as a card in the Legacy set, a 9 mana 8/8 that fills the board with 1/1 Whelps as her Battlecry; and and as Onyxia the Broodmother in the Core set, a 9 mana 8/8 that fills the board with Whelps at the end of each turn. In Onyxia's Lair, she appears as Raid Boss Onyxia, a 10 mana 8/8 with Rush that is Immune while you control a whelp and fills the board with 2/1 whelps with Rush. Katrana herself also appears in United in Stormwind as Lady Prestor, a neutral 6 mana 6/7 that transforms all minions in your deck into random dragons, but they keep their original stats and costs.
- Adaptational Modesty: Her WoW outfit has a large Cleavage Window, which is covered by an undershirt in this game.
- Big Bad: The central antagonist of the Year of the Gryphon and the Onyxia's Lair mini-set.
- Evil Chancellor: She used her position in Stormwind's nobility to slowly run the kingdom into the ground, such as refusing to pay the Stonemasons (causing them to become the Defias Brotherhood), stifling aid to the Burning Steppes (a region controlled by her brother Nefarian), and of course kidnapping Varian and putting the manipulatable child Anduin on the throne.
- For Halloween, I Am Going as Myself: Her Hallow's End greeting.It's Hallow's End, so I'll wear my dragon costume.
- Flunky Boss: Raid Boss Onyxia is Immune while you control a whelp and summons six whelps when she hits the board. You have to deal with the adds she summons before you can hurt her.
- Hugh Mann: She's extremely obviously a dragon in disguise, although no one in Stormwind seems to notice. It's the Hearthstone team having a bit of fun with a plot twist from
sixteen years ago. - Mother of a Thousand Young: Both of her cards represent this, summoning hordes of her brood to assist her in battle.
- The Shadow Knows: The shadows of her wings can be seen behind her on her portrait and in the United in Stormwind cinematic.
- The Man Behind the Man: The one who hired Tamsin and spurred her attack on Stormwind.
- Sibling Team: Her and her brother Kazakus form the Big Bad Duumvirate of the Year of the Gryphon.
- Suspiciously Specific Denial: She ensures us that there's absolutely nothing sinister happening to Anduin in the United in Stormwind trailer, and says not to look too deep into things when casting Dragon's Breath. There's also this gem of a Winter's Veil greetings:Humans love their holidays... uh, I mean, of course we do!
- Treacherous Advisor: Her advise to Anduin is downright evil, and would've quickly destroyed the kingdom if she didn't have to contend with Bolvar as well.
- Waxing Lyrical: Raid Boss Onyxia's entrance and attack quotes are lyrics from her Villain Song in the Onyxia's Lair trailer.
Medivh, the Mage
Voiced by: Cam Clarke (EN), Tōru Ōkawa (JPN)
- The Kirin Tor would tell you that mastering the magical arts is like learning the rule of a game. Fools. True power is taken by those brave enough to break boundaries. I am Medivh, the last Guardian. If magic is a game, then it is one I play to win!
The last guardian of Tirisfal, Medivh is the human magus who opened the Dark Portal with Gul'dan's help while under the influence of the dark titan Sargeras, allowing the orcs to first invade Azeroth. He was subsequently killed by the Alliance, and returned to life decades later to unite the races of Azeroth against the Burning Legion. One of the most powerful mages who ever lived, Medivh is the purchasable hero for the mage class.
His alternate skins include Eternal Medivh and Shipmaster Medivh.
A younger version of Medivh appears in One Night in Karazhan as the snarky host of a sweet party in the tower of Karazhan, until he is captured after a scuffle with Prince Malchezaar, leaving the place in a mess. This version is a collectible card, which equips the player with Atiesh - a 1/3 weapon that, after casting a spell, summons a random minion with the same cost as the spell and loses a durability.
- Animal Motif: Ravens. Which he can shapeshift into in Warcraft. Hearthstone has his portrait materialize from a bunch of ravens merging together. His promotional video features ravens cries as he speaks.
- The Archmage: An all powerful beast from the day he was born, boasting unparalleled control and mastery over magic. Gameplay-wise, he backs it up in the fight with Prince Malchezaar, where he can draw several cards a turn, gain plenty of mana crystals, summon any legendary minion, play 5 random mage secrets, make all his spells cost zero, and then stuff all of that back into his deck so he can do it again the next turn.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: His younger self, who proves himself an unstoppable badass who's more concerned with how his party's going than an Eredar Lord running rampant.
- Cherry Tapping: Atiesh, equipped by Medivh's card, is primarily used for its ability to summon minions when you cast a spell. That being said, it's still a weapon with 1 attack, letting you finish off an opponent by whacking them over the head with it.
- A Day in the Limelight:
- Was featured, alongside Alleria, as one of the two Heroes in the Tavern Brawl event showcasing The Grand Tournament expansion. This was the first time the purchasable heroes were available for everyone to try, as opposed to only those who spent the money to unlock them.
- The Adventure One Night in Karazhan focuses on him heavily before his Demonic Possession.
- Deadpan Snarker: Young Medivh.Prince Malchezaar: All dimensions, all realities are open to me!Medivh: Except this party!
- Demonic Possession: His entry in the collection implies this is the version of him possessed by Sargeras.The Guardian of Tirisfal is a force for good. Demonic possession is a manageable condition.
- Excuse Me While I Multitask: Fending off Malchezaar doesn't stop him from talking with his servant Moroes about the logistics of the party.
- Evil Mentor: He is this because of Demonic Possession to Khadgar. Khadgar as a minion even proclaim that he can beat Medivh again.
- Gameplay and Story Integration: It's mostly the opposite, except for the prologue battle in One Night in Karazhan, where Medivh pilots an obscenely powerful deck capable of easily defeating Prince Malchezaar, who is a 60 health character (120 on Heroic) with Lord Jaraxxus' hero power and starts with 6 mana crystals. Damn.
- Gameplay and Story Segregation: He is the single most powerful character on Azeroth to the point where even Deathwing didn't want to screw with him, but in Hearthstone he's no stronger than the other mages.
- A Glass of Chianti: One Night in Karazhan trailer has some shots of him holding some drink, something he carries over to his hero portrait when fighting Malchezaar, as well as his card portrait once you acquire him.
- Go-Karting with Bowser: As long as you don't trash his tower, anybody can come to Medivh's parties, including Majordomo Executus, Illidan Stormrage, Lord Jaraxxus, Nefarian, and Arch-Thief Rafaam.
- Letting His Hood Down: In One Night in Kharazan, where he is more jovial and doesn't obscure his head.
- Magic Staff: Both in the final battle against Malchezaar and when he's summoned as a minion, Medivh will lend Atiesh to the player.
- Mr. Vice Guy: Young Medivh has a pretty massive ego, but outside of that is a pretty swell guy, to the point where he welcomes anyone to his parties as long as you don't break anything.
Queen Azshara, the Mage
Voiced by: Laura Post (EN)
Once the queen of the Highborne, Azshara the Vainglorious made a pact with Sargeras and the Burning Legion which doomed her homeland. As her kingdom was plunged into the sea, she made a desperate plea with N'Zoth, transforming herself and those still loyal to her into hideous naga. Queen Azshara is available to players who pre-ordered the Voyage to the Sunken City mega bundle.
Her alternate portraits include Mixqueen Azshara.
Queen Azshara is also a neutral legendary from Voyage to the Sunken City, a 5 mana 5/5 Naga that lets you choose an Ancient Relic as long as you've cast three spells while she's in your hand.Relics
- God Save Us from the Queen!: Her lust for power doomed ancient Highborne society and cursed herself and her followers to be monstrous Snake People in service to an Old God.
- The High Queen: Once the queen of the night elves, and now the queen of the naga.
- Making a Splash: Her Fireblast is recoloured to look like a water bolt, and her portrait shows a watery image of her naga form surrounding her.
- Multi-Armed Multitasking: Her Mixqueen skin shows her as a DJ, using all of her arms to play the music.
- Narcissist: She genuinely believes that she's the most beautiful and most perfect person to ever exist, as evidenced by her interaction with herself. Her mirror greetings also has her marveling that she truly is "The Light of Lights".
- Vain Sorceress: In addition to being a gifted mage, she's not called "The Vainglorious" for nothing.
- Vapor Wear: Heavily implied by her outfit, although it could also actually be lingerie.
- World's Most Beautiful Woman: She is considered the most beautiful night elf to have ever lived.
Saraad, the Mage
Voiced by: Jim Pirri (EN)
An ethereal riding an energy camel, and reigning champion of the ethereals' own jousting tournament as well as their hot dog eating contest. Saraad was available for purchase in February of 2023.
His alternate portraits include Technomancer Saraad and Nexus-Dealer Saraad.
Saraad first appeared in The Grand Tournament as Nexus Champion Saraad, a 5 mana 4/5 legendary minion that adds a random spell to put into your hand when Inspired.
- Energy Being: Like all ethereals, he's a collection of energy held together by bandages.
- Horse of a Different Color: He rides an energy camel into battle.
- Original Generation: Saraad was one of the first cards, alongside Bolf Ramshield and Sky Cap'n Kragg, to have no Warcraft equivalent.
- Whatevermancy: His Technomancer skin, which in this case refers to techno music.
Varden Dawngrasp, the Mage
Voiced by: Kayleigh McKee (EN)
A blood elf mage, a student of all things magical and noted for their preternatural gift for the arcane at a young age. Trained under Prince Kael'thas Sunstrider himself, Varden would have likely risen through the ranks to become a Magister if not for Arthas and the Scourge destroying the Sunwell, leading to Kael betraying Silvermoon and leaving for Outland. Alienated due to the actions of their former master, Varden found comfort in their studies. A mysterious troll would come to Varden, seeking aid in gathering glowing shards that had fallen across the Barrens. Suspicious of the troll's intentions, Varden decided to go of their own accord and figure out what power these shards might hold.
Four Varden hero portraits are available to players who purchased the Tavern Pass during Fractured in Alterac Valley; Apprentice Dawngrasp, Explorer Dawngrasp (pictured), Elementalist Dawngrasp, and Pyromancer Dawngrasp.
Their other alternate skins include Frostflame Varden.
For tropes about Varden and their playable cards, see their entry on Hearthstone Heroes Of Warcraft Hero Cards.
Paladin heroes
Arthas Menethil, the Paladin
Voiced by: Patrick Seitz (EN)
Arthas was the prince of Lordaeron and a Knight of the Silver Hand during the outbreak of the Scourge. As the world crumbled around him, he fell into more and more desperate tactics, eventually shunning his mentor Uther and love interest Jaina. He then traveled to Northrend, and gave up his soul to wield Frostmourne and slay Mal'Ganis. He then became a pawn of the Scourge. After Ner'zhul was nearly killed by Illidan, he would don the Helm of Domination and become The Lich King. Arthas is awarded to players who defeat The Lich King with all nine classes in the Knights of the Frozen Throne adventure.
If you're looking for information on his Lich King persona, who acts as the default Death Knight hero, see the Heroes page.
- All-Loving Hero: He still has this personality.
- Big Bad Slippage: A handful of his quotes imply that he's already starting his downfall.Thinking: Which path to choose...Attack: Evil will be PURGED!
- Bragging Rights Reward: He's awarded to players who manage to beat The Lich King with all nine playable heroes in The Knights of the Frozen Throne adventure. To say that doing it is hard would be an understatement.
- Oh, My Gods!: His Wow emote is "Holy Light!", essentially being a Warcraft version of someone saying "Sweet Jesus!".
Cariel Roame, the Paladin
Voiced by: Nondumiso Tembe (EN)
A new paladin of the Silver Hand, having grown up under a strict father- the guard captain Cornelius Roame- with her older sister Tamsin. Although in her youth she was friends with pickpockets and sellswords and could found earning coin in an Old Town brawling ring, she's been committed to straightening herself out after Tamsin was presumed killed during the Scourging of Lordaeron, sending her family into chaos. As she is new, she's been stationed at Northwatch Hold in the Barrens to prove herself. However, she's recently heard a rumor: a Forsaken warlock, matching the description of her thought-lost sister, has been sighted in Ratchet. And now, from the looks of things, she seems to have abandoned her post.
Four Cariel hero portraits are available to players who purchase the Tavern Pass during Fractured in Alterac Valley; Trainee Cariel, Northwatch Cariel, Stalwart Cariel (pictured), and Dungeoneer Cariel.
Her other alternate portraits include Disco Hammer Cariel.
For tropes about Cariel and her playable cards, see her entry on Hearthstone Heroes Of Warcraft Hero Cards.
Lady Liadrin, the Paladin
Voiced by: Misty Lee (EN), Arisa Shida (JPN)
- There was a time long ago, when I fell under the influence of treachery and darkness. I now go into battle, redeemed by the purifying power of the Light. I am Lady Liadrin, and when I shine the light's wrath upon you, there will be nowhere to hide!
Liadrin is the matriarch of the Blood Knights, a sect of blood elven paladins who attained their powers by siphoning energy from the naaru M'uru. However, when Kael'thas betrayed his kin and stole M'uru for himself, she spoke to A'dal seeking forgiveness. He told her that M'uru had willingly sacrificed himself to one day redeem the blood elves, and, inspired by this, she formed the Shattered Sun to defeat Kael and free her people of their magic addiction. She is an alternate hero for the Paladin class and is unlocked by attaining level twenty in World of Warcraft.
Her alternate skins include Admiral Liadrin, Fire Glaive Liadrin, Venthyr Liadrin, and Bold Guardian Liadrin.
Lady Liadrin also appears as a Paladin Legendary in Ashes of Outland. She is a 7-mana 4/6 that gives you a copy of every spell you cast on a friendly minion this game. In March of the Lich King, Blood Matriarch Liadrin is a 2-mana 3/2 Paladin Legendary. After you summon a minion with less attack than her, Blood Matriarch Liadrin gives it Divine Shield and Rush.
- A Day in the Limelight: She battles the Lich King in the March of the Lich King cinematic trailer, showing off a number of awesome paladin abilities.
- Early-Bird Cameo: Liadrin's likeness was used for the Basic set minion Shattered Sun Cleric long before she was added to the game as a playable hero.
- Handwave: Her original entrance quote was "My hammer burns with holy fire!", despite the fact that she uses a sword, was justified by many Paladin animations involving astral hammers. Although the dev team eventually gave in and replaced the word "hammer" with "blade".
- Heel–Face Turn: Referenced in her reveal trailer. She was once one of the darker blood elf characters and enslaved the Light to her will, but eventually saw the error of her ways and sought redemption for both herself and her people.
- Heroes Prefer Swords: She defaults to swords, unlike most Paladins (heck, even Tirion used to use a mace before he gained the Ashbringer).
- Light Is Not Good: She used to gain power through torturing a Naaru.
- Significant Green-Eyed Redhead: Interesting inverted. This trope applied to her original appearance in World of Warcraft, but in Hearthstone her eyes are golden, like Turalyon and other paladins whose eyes have been known to change color when invoking the Light. She and the rest of the blood elves were eventually given golden eye customization options.
- Token Good Teammate: She along with Uther falls to this trope in the Whisper of the Old Gods expansion due to being the only class that (mostly) doesn't have any Old Gods-related cards in their class card set. In fact, several of the Paladin cards feature characters fighting against the titular Old Gods.
Leeroy Jenkins, the Paladin
Voiced by: Yuri Lowenthal (EN)
Yep, that guy. The legendary Hot-Blooded moron who rushed in and wiped his entire raid and said raid's meticulous plan. Leeroy Jenkins was available for purchase in April of 2022, and a 3D animated portrait was available for purchase in March 2024.
His alternate portraits include Fanboy Leeroy and Chicken Leeroy.
Leeroy also appears as a collectible minion from the Classic set, a 5-mana 6/2 with Charge that he summons two 1/1 Whelps for your opponent, just enough to get him killed.
- Adaptational Badass: Unlike his original, useless, iteration he's far more useful here, and even a staple of some aggro and combo decks.
- Ascended Meme: Ascended from a very popular WoW machinima video - first into a collectible, then as a full-fledged Paladin hero.
- Big Eater: He's always chowing down a chicken drumstick, and is rather happy if you play Snack Run.
- Difficult, but Awesome: The trick with Leeroy is all in the timing. Wait for just the right hand with just the right board, and he can end the game then and there.
- Glass Cannon: With just 2 Health, his survival skills are lacking. Especially since he gives your opponent the means to kill him.
- Hot-Blooded: As always, Leeroy is all too willing to jump straight into the fight (read: smacking the opponent in the face)."Time's up, let's do this!"
- Hoist by His Own Petard: The two whelps he summons can kill him on their own. Summoning him when a Knife Juggler (3/2, deal 1 damage when a friendly minion is summoned) is on the opponent's side of the board has often led to Leeroy dying instantly.
- Incoming Ham: He enters the battlefield, both as a minion and a hero, by loudly announcing his own name.
- Leeroy Jenkins: The Trope Namer himself. Interestingly not an actual example in the game itself, since you get to control when he goes Leeroy-ing into the enemy and what he attacks.
- Nerf: Leeroy initially cost 4 mana, but was eventually increased to 5 due to the plethora of game-ending combos this enabled. Notably, being nerfed to 5 mana means Rogues can't play him thrice in one turn with two copies of Shadowstep.
- Say My Name: Like in the original, he shouts out his own name as his Battle Cry summoning line right before he charges in. If the hero is in a Mirror Match, the second player will start yelling his name before confusedly interrupting himself.
- Too Dumb to Live: He gives your opponent the means to kill him then and there... That said, survival isn't his specialty.
Nozdormu, the Paladin
Nozdormu, Dragon Aspect of Time, leads the Bronze Dragonflight. He was available for purchase in September of 2023.
He first appeared in the Classic set as a 9-mana 8/8 Legendary Dragon that restricts both players' turns to 15 seconds for as long as he remains in play. Nozdormu returned in Descent of Dragons as the Paladin Legendary Nozdormu the Timeless, a 4-mana 8/8 that sets both players to 10 mana. He then returned in the Core set as Nozdormu the Eternal, a 7-mana 8/8 neutral Legendary that sets the turn timer to 15 seconds under the condition that both players have him in their decks at the start of the game.
- Extra Turn: An unintentional side effect of Nozdormu's notoriously buggy effect was the creation of numerous exploits (most of which have since been patched out) involving a player rapidly queuing up a lot of actions to make the opponent sit through a bunch of animations on their turn, skipping it entirely. It's especially noticeable with the two adventure bosses that use him, who are capable of skipping your turn permanently.
- Future Me Scares Me: He only breaks his stoicism during his mirror greetings, where he mistakes himself for Murozond, his evil self from a Bad Future.
- Joke Character: The original Nozdormu was an understatted beatstick with no real effect on the game itself other than an Interface Screw, and had no practical purpose other than occasionally messing up combo decks. This is perhaps even more true with Nozdormu the Eternal: even though he costs 2 less mana, his effect only activates if both players make the conscious choice to include him in their decks. Otherwise, he's just a rather underwhelming 8/8 Dragon.
- Time Master: His incarnations in both the Classic/Legacy and Core sets speed up time for both players, forcing them to play faster, while his incarnation from Descent of Dragons just lets you skip the mana ramp-up process and go straight to turn 10.
Sir Annoy-O, the Paladin
His alternate portraits include Sir Anoise-O and Clockwork Annoy-o.
- Ascended Meme: Annoy-o-Tron is so infamous, it's now a playable hero.
- King Mook: He was created to be the ultimate Annoy-o-tron.
- One-Word Vocabulary. Every single one of his quotes is "hello", usually in threes. Literally everything. Greetings? "Hello! Hello! Hello!" Wow? "Helloooooo!" Attacking? "HELLO!" Already attacked? "He-hello?" note
- Rapid-Fire Interrupting: He kept interrupting The Headless Horseman during the Hallow's End trailer.
Sir Finley Mrrgglton, the Paladin
Voiced by: Terrence Stone (EN)
A murloc who was raised by Elise Starseeker to be a perfect gentlefish. Sir Finley was purchasable after the launch of the "Rise of the Naga" Battlegrounds event.
His alternate skins include Fishy Finley.
Finley has also appeared on several cards:
- In The League of Explorers, he's a 1 mana 1/3 neutral Murloc who lets the player Discover a new basic Hero Power.
- In Saviors of Uldum, he is a 2/3 Paladin Legendary called Sir Finley of the Sands. His Battlecry lets you Discover an Upgraded hero power if your deck has no duplicates.
- In Voyage to the Sunken City Sir Finley, Sea Guide is a 1 mana 1/3 neutral Murloc that swaps your hand with cards from the bottom of your deck.
- In Delve Into Deepholm, he appears as Sir Finley, the Intrepid, a 3 mana 2/3 Paladin/Shaman dual-class Murloc. If you've Excavated twice, he transforms all enemy minions into 1/1 Murlocs.
- Brits Love Tea: Unsurprisingly, he has a great fondness for tea and he frequently offers to share a cup with his allies and enemies.
- Canon Immigrant: Got added to World of Warcraft in the expansion Legion, after his introduction in Hearthstone.
- Gentleman and a Scholar: Directly referred to as such on the official site for the adventure. In general he acts like a posh, polite British gentleman.
- High-Class Glass: It even gleams in his intro. Sea Guide swaps it out for a comical monocle/snorkel combo.
- I Am Very British: And he won't let you forget it! Just about every quote of his throws around a British slang term.
- Knight in Shining Armor: As a hero, he's dressed in the garb of a Silver Hand knight.
- Metaphorgotten: Sir Finley of the Sands' flavor text:"The sands shall be my sea! And this scarab shall be my, er, strange and wriggly boat!"
- Orc Raised by Elves: A murloc raised by a night elf, to be specific. His egg was found by Elise, and she raised him to be prim and proper.
- The Unintelligible: A notable aversion, in that he's the first murloc in all of Warcraft to actually speak English... er, Common.
- Weak, but Skilled: The original Finley is one of the weakest legendary cards; he has a tiny body and mana cost. His danger comes from his Battlecry, which replaces the player's hero power with a random one from a different class. This can change the entire structure of a deck, and especially synergizes with weak hero powers, like shaman and paladin, who also coincidentally have a lot of other murlocs and murloc support available to them.
Yrel, the Paladin
Voiced by: Erin Fitzgerald (EN)
Her alternate skins include Fallen Yrel and Shield Maiden Yrel.
She also appeared as a High Exarch Yrel in Madness at the Darkmoon Faire, an 8 mana 7/5 Paladin Legendary that gains Rush, Taunt, Divine Shield, and Lifesteal so long as your deck has no Neutral cards.
- Awesome, but Impractical: High Exarch Yrel is the legendary payoff card for the "Pure Paladin" archetype added in Descent of Dragons. With the other support cards rotated out, running no neutrals just for Yrel is pointless, making the card essentially unplayable for the majority of the time it was in Standard.
- Barrier Warrior: High Exarch Yrel gains Divine Shield along with a host of other keywords if you can fulfill her condition.
- Fantastic Racism: The reason for High Exarch Yrel's Battlecry condition. It's based on the Darker and Edgier Time Skip version seen in Battle for Azeroth, who was converting Mag'har orcs into Lightforged against their will. This aspect of her character is ignored on her hero skin, which depicts her as she appeared in Warlords of Draenor (and more specifically, is pretty much identical to her Heroes of the Storm incarnation).
- Glacier Waif: She's a plate-wearing in-your-face bruiser wielding a hammer almost as big as her... who otherwise has the physiology of a twig.
- Life Drain: One of High Exarch Yrel's effects.
- Light Is Good: A firm believer in the Light. That said, she is a valiant defender of her people and not a pushover.
Priest heroes
Hedanis, the Priest
The lead singer of the world-famous boy band Poison Bloom. Hedanis was given to players who pre-ordered the Festival of Legends mega bundle.
His alternate skins include Apprentice Hedanis and Pianoman Hedanis.
Heartbreaker Hedanis also appears as a Priest legendary in the set, a 4 mana 4/8 that deals 4 damage to himself and has the Overheal effect to deal 5 damage to a random enemy.
- Boy Band: He is the lead singer of one. The other members appear as non-legendary Priest minions from the set, filling other boyband archetypes with names like Heartthrob and Dreamboat.
- Mind-Control Music: Poison Bloom has absolutely not been using shadow magic to rise to popularity.
- The Prima Donna: While he puts on a caring and open-hearted face for the fans, he's incredibly self-centered behind the scenes as seen in a handful of his quotes.
Madame Lazul, the Priest
A troll fortune-teller in service to the Old Gods, Madame Lazul has aided Arch-Thief Rafaam in assembling a motley crew of the most notorious ne'er-do-wells to ever set foot in the tavern. She was given to players who pre-ordered Rise of Shadows.
Madame Lazul is also a collectible minion. She's a 3 mana 3/2 who lets you Discover a card from your opponent's hand, granting you information and card advantage.
- Ascended Extra: From a nameless character in a single trailer that doesn't even appear in-game, to a playable hero and initial focus for the Rise of Shadows expansion.
- The Bus Came Back: After the Whispers of the Old Gods trailer, Lazul took a long hiatus before coming back with a vengeance.
- Humanoid Abomination: Her silhouette in the end of the Old Gods trailer is very tentacle-y, and she often uses tentacles to manipulate objects. She's quite possibly a Faceless One.
- The Infiltration: Her minion effect lets you copy a card from your opponent's hand. In addition to giving you an extra card of your choice, she lets you see part of whatever your opponent is holding.
- Lightning Reveal: Lightning strikes have a habit of causing her brief flashes of Glamour Failure.
- Mouth of Sauron: Initially to Rafaam, being responsible for gathering Hagatha, Dr. Boom, and King Togwaggle for his heist.
- Only Sane Man: she's the voice of reason for the League of EVIL and the one who does the recruiting of the villains.
- Original Generation: Lazul has no precedent in World of Warcraft.
- Rhymes on a Dime: She only speaks in rhyme in the various cinematics featuring her. Averted for her appearance as a hero, which has her talking normally. She occasionally rhymes in her appearances in Tavern Brawls and Adventures, but basically only when she's being cryptic.
- Sinister Minister: Not only is she an evil Priestess, she's quite possibly a Faceless One in disguise.
- Snakes Are Sinister: She has a snake coiled around her at all times, During the Rise of Shadows leadup cinematics it's revealed, during one of her Lightning Reveal Glamour Failures, that this 'snake' is, in fact, just another of her many tentacles.
Sally Whitemane, the Priest
As a young girl, Sally Whitemane was forced to kill her own family after the undead Scourge slew and raised them. She later joined the Scarlet Crusade, an offshoot of the disbanded Order of the Silver Hand, in order to purge the world of the undead. Her fanatic passion let her rise quickly through the ranks, attaining the position of High Inquisitor. However, unbeknownst to Whitemane, the Scarlet Crusade was a Corrupt Church secretly run by the Dreadlords in a scheme to destroy the Scourge and Forsaken by any means. Whitemane was available for purchase in December of 2022.
Her alternate portraits include Electro Swing Sally.
High Inquisitor Whitemane is also a collectible neutral legendary from the Classic set, a 6 mana 5/7 that resurrects all friendly minions that died this turn. Inquisitor Whitemane is also one of the Four Horsemen tokens summoned by Uther of the Ebon Blade.
- Adaptational Modesty: Whitemane is quite famous for her leg-barring Leotard of Power in World of Warcraft. She wears pants in Hearthstone on both her minion and hero portrait.
- Fantastic Racism: Although her hatred of the Forsaken at least has a major Freudian Excuse, she is also very hostile to draenei if she matches against one, exclaiming that their people do not deserve to wield the Holy Light.
- The Fundamentalist: She is known for her utter devotion and hatred for anything not human and not of he Light, standing out even among her cult of religious zealots.
- Last-Name Basis: Interestingly averted for her hero portrait, which is outright named Sally Whitemane. She's usually referred to as Whitemane exclusively, since "Sally" isn't exactly the most intimidating name. Played straight for her minions.
- Light Is Not Good: A devout user of the Holy Light, who seeks to rid the world of anything she sees as impure by her incredibly strict standards. She's a good reminder that the Light specifically answers to those who see themselves as righteous.
Tyrande Whisperwind, the Priest
Voiced by: Elisa Gabrielli (EN), Sayuri Sadaoka (JPN)
- Not everyone sleeps during the night. Under the light of the moon, I truly shine! For the goddess Elune grants me strength and her power shields me from harm! I am High Priestess Tyrande Whisperwind and those who harm my people will not live to see the sunrise!
The High Priestess of the Sisterhood of Elune and wife to Malfurion Stormrage. She is an alternate hero for the Priest class and was unlocked by trying the free trial for Twitch Prime, or as a special promotion to SEA players. Starting from December 2019, Tyrande is obtainable for free by simply visiting the Shop.
Her alternate skins include Ice Lady Tyrande, Handmaiden Tyrande, Torchbearer Tyrande, Kyrian Tyrande, Love Guardian Tryande, Banshee Tyrande, Redeemer Tyrande, Champion Tyrande, and Night Warrior Tyrande.
- Arch-Nemesis: Fandral Staghelm, surprisingly enough, with him accusing her of leading their people to ruin when enter the field against her.
- Happily Married: Has an entrance quote with Malfurion that acknowledge their marriage by calling him "My dear Malfurion" while he calls her "My beloved Tyrande".
- Lunacy: If the player pick her as their Priest Hero, the Hero Power and Tyrande's entrance will have several moon motif appear on it. This a reference to her religion and power in the original game. This is also prominently featured in her character trailer.
- Religious Bruiser: See her character trailer quote. Being a devoted priestess of Elune doesn't stop her to threaten anyone that harm her people. This is more prominently in her and Anduin than Malfurion because the latter's quote tend to emphasize a general Gaia's Vengeance theme while the two of them exclaim their specific religion.
Xyrella, the Priest
Voiced by: Kate Higgins (EN)
Three Xyrella hero portraits were available to players who purchased the Tavern Pass during Forged in the Barrens; Survivor Xyrella, Shardseeker Xyrella, and Lightweaver Xyrella (pictured). A fourth portrait, Shadow-touched Xyrella, was available for purchase during Voyage to the Sunken City.
Her other alternate skins include Investigator Xyrella.
For tropes about Xyrella and her playable cards, see her entry on Hearthstone Heroes Of Warcraft Hero Cards.
Rogue heroes
Edwin VanCleef, the Rogue
Edwin was once the leader of the Stonemason's Guild, a crew tasked with rebuilding Stormwind after the First War. However, due to Lady Prestor's manipulations, the House of Nobles accrued a massive debt and were unable to pay the guild when their work was complete. Outraged, Edwin reformed the group into the Defias Brotherhood, a criminal ring intent on tearing Stormwind to the ground. Edwin was available for purchase in November of 2021.
His alternate skins include Renegade Edwin.
Edwin VanCleef originally debuted as Rogue's Classic set Legendary, a 3-mana 2/2 with a Combo that gives him +2/+2 for each other card you played that turn. After he was rotated to Wild at the start of the Year of the Gryphon, he would return as Edwin, Defias Kingpin, a 4-mana 4/4 Legendary Rogue Pirate from the Deadmines miniset that draws a card; if you play it that turn, Edwin gains +2/+2 and the effect repeats.
- Anti-Villain: He and the Defias were manipulated into villainy by Onyxia, and were legitimately gipped by the House of Nobles.
- Badasses Wear Bandanas: He normally wears it to cover his mouth, although it's down around neck for his hero skin, making it come off like a Scarf of Asskicking.
- Dual Wielding: A Sinister Scimitar in each hand.
- Paper-Thin Disguise: Parodied by the description for an Edwin-themed card back:Is this a tribute to the notorious rogue Edwin VanCleef? Nobody knows. Because it wears a mask.
- Pirate: He's the captain of a huge warship the Defias intend to destroy Stormwind with. Strangely he's not marked as a Pirate for his Classic minion, but the new version from The Deadmines corrects this.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: He just wants payment for the hard work he and his men put into rebuilding Stormwind. Blowing the city up might be a slightly extreme way of achieving that.
Garona Halforcen, the Rogue
Voiced by: Alyson Reed (EN)
A half-orc, half-draenei assassin used as the Shadow Council's blade, a role she despised but could do nothing about due to a spell from Gul'dan. Although she tried to side with the humans, she was mind-controlled and forced to kill King Llane of Stormwind, allowing the orcs to win the First War. Although she largely disappeared into the shadows since then, she has since returned as a leader of the Uncrowned. Garona was made available in the shop with the launch of the Throne of the Tides mini-set.
Her alternate portraits include Ebon Assassin Garona, MC Garona, and Gloryseeker Garona.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: She was forced to kill King Llane while under mind control.
- Devious Daggers: She prefers subterfuge and short daggers to make up for her smaller size than her orcish brethren. Notably, the rather infamous legendary Rogue weapon Kingsbane is one of her daggers.
- Dual Wielding: She wields a pair of daggers.
- Glowing Eyes: The only obvious sign of her draenei heritage are her glowing purple eyes.
- Nonhuman Humanoid Hybrid: Half-orc and half-draenei, although her draenei genes are so recessive that most (including herself) believed she was half-human for years.
Maiev Shadowsong, the Rogue
Voiced by: Debi Mae West (EN), Shinobu Satou (JPN)
- For 10,000 years I have served as Warden of the Barrow Prisons. In that time only one has escaped and you will not be the second. Abandon hope for I am Maiev Shadowsong and none shall flee my grasp!
Maiev is the leader of the Wardens and was the jailer of Illidan Stormrage. She sought out him after his release and banishment to bring him to justice. She was unlocked by playing 10 games in Standard Mode during the Year of the Mammoth.
Her alternate skins include Mariner Maiev, Vendor Maiev, Suspect Maiev, Marshmallow Maiev, Poisonheart Maiev, Mighty Maiev, and Trapper Maiev.
Maiev also appears as a Neutral Legendary in Ashes of Outland. A 4-mana 4/3, her Battlecry imprisons a minion, forcing it to go Dormant for two turns.
- Badass Cape: Her hero portrait puts a lot more emphasis on her cape than her minion and Battleground art.
- Cool Helmet: The same as all Wardens.
- Contralto of Strength: Her voice is deeper and raspier than most other women in the Warcraft universe. She's also a dangerous and cunning fighter, and has a borderline psychopathic obsession with hunting Illidan.
- Improbable Weapon User: Her Umbra Crescent, which is essentially a serrated hula-hoop. Not that it changes the weapons she actually uses in-game...
- The Jailer: Specifically, Illidan's jailer. This is also reflected by her effect as a card, which lets her imprison any minion on the board for two turns.
- Not the Intended Use: Maiev's minion effect is generally meant to lock down key enemy minions and get past Taunts. Her effect can also be used on your own minions however, which can be used to protect a high-impact minion like Malygos or trigger your Imprisoned demons a second time.
MC Blingtron, the Rogue
Blingtron first appeared in Goblins vs Gnomes as Blingtron 3000, a legendary neutral 5 mana 3/4 that equips a random weapon for each player. He returned in Festival of Legends as MC Blingtron, a 5 mana 5/5 Rogue legendary that equips both players with 1/2 microphones, and the opponent's causes them to take 1 extra damage from all sources while equipped. His signature song is Bounce Around (ft. Garona), which returns all friendly minions to your hand and sets their cost to 1 for that turn.
- A Day in the Limelight: Got to host his own Tavern Brawl, Blingtron's Beauteous Brawl, where he would give players a random weapon whenever they used the brawl's custom hero power.
- The Bus Came Back: Finally returns in Festival of Legends as the Rogue Legendary and hero portrait MC Blingtron.
- Gold-Colored Superiority: The MC Blingtron minion equips you with a Golden Mic that acts as a normal weapon and gives your opponent a dingy Broken Mic that makes them take extra damage.
- Made O' Gold: Fitting for a blinged-out robot, Blingtron is made of gold and studded with diamonds and rubies.
- Mic Drop: He drops his mic when doing his threat emote.
- Random Number God: As per tradition with GvG cards, the original Blingtron 3000 equips any two weapons from any class. This has only gotten wackier as the weapon pool has expanded, with things like powerful legendary weapons appearing to game-ending garbage like Cursed Blade.
- Symmetric Effect: Both versions of Blingtron give players a weapon, although the symmetry is broken on both of them. The original might give one player a much worse weapon than the other (pray it's your opponent), while the Festival of Legends one gives your opponent a weapon with a guaranteed downside.
- This Is a Drill: Using his hero power will make him retract his right hand into a drill, and he uses the same drill while attacking.
Patches the Pirate, the Rogue
Patches first appeared in the Mean Streets of Gadgetzan set as a 1 mana 1/1 neutral legendary Pirate Demon. After you play a Pirate, he blasts himself out of your deck and onto the battlefield for free.
- Ascended Meme: One of the most infamous cards in the game, being ubiquitous in Standard and remaining popular in Wild years after his release. Of course he was chosen for the tenth year celebration. He even gets his famous "I'm in charge now!" quote back!
- Human Cannonball: Patches loads himself into a cannon and fires out of your deck when his effect triggers, and the hero portrait enters the game in much the same way.
- Nerf: The Patches minion had Charge originally, which made his ultra-flexible effect even better.
- Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: A demon pirate (observer, to be specific). He was one of a few legacy cards to receive dual-typing in March of the Lich King.
- Pungeon Master: His quotes are loaded with lots of puns on aye and eye. His original entrance quote was even one, although it was removed since the pun was lost after his nerf.
Scabbs Cutterbutter, the Rogue
Voiced by: Dave B. Mitchell (EN)
Four Scabbs portraits were available to players who purchased the Tavern Pass during United in Stormwind; Chef Scabbs, Agent Scabbs (pictured), Investigator Scabbs, and Undercover Scabbs.
His other alternate skins include Campchef Scabbs.
For tropes about Scabbs and his playable cards, see his entry on Hearthstone Heroes Of Warcraft Hero Cards.
V-07-TR-0N, the Rogue
Mimiron is one of the Titan's Keepers, blessed with incredible creativity and skill. He was the one who created the bonds that hold the Elemental Lords and the Old Gods, and was the creator of the creatures that would become gnomes and goblins. Although he is not as powerful as his creators, his mech suit V-07-TR-0N is almost to their power level. V-07-TR-0N was available for purchase in August 2023.
Mimiron and V-07-TR-0N have appeared on various cards:
- V-07-TR-0N first appeared in Goblins vs. Gnomes as an uncollectible 4/8 Mech with Charge and Mega-Windfury (can attack 4 times each turn). He is summoned by Mimiron's Head, a 5 mana 4/5 neutral legendary Mech that, if you control at least 3 Mechs at the start of your turn, destroys your Mechs and summons V-07-TR-0N.
- V-07-TR-0N Prime is a 6 mana 3/5 Rogue legendary Mech T1T4N whose abilities repeat on another random friendly minion. Those abilities are Attach the Cannons!, which gives V-07-TR-0N Prime +2/+1 and deals 4 damage to a random enemy; Full Power!, which gives Prime +1/+2 and draws a card; and Maximize Defense!, which gives Prime +3 health and "Can't be targeted by spells or Hero Powers."
- Mimiron, the Mastermind is a 3 mana 2/5 Rogue legendary Mech that randomly gives you one of Mimiron's Gadgetsnote after you play a Mech.
- Activation Sequence: Implied through V-07-TR-0N Prime's abilities. Attach the Cannons! and Maximize Defense! respectively engage Prime's offense and defense systems, and Full Power! powers him up. Once all three abilities are activated, Prime is at full strength and ready to fight!
- Call-Back: Mimiron's Gadgets are direct call-backs to the Spare Parts spells from Goblins vs. Gnomes, where Mimiron first appeared. With the sole exception of Mimiron's Rewinder, all of them are essentially "upgraded" versions of six of the seven Spare Parts (the only one left out is Armor Plating), with either new twists on their old effects, increased effectiveness, or (in the case of Mimiron's Coolant) a new effect altogether.
- Combining Mecha: The original V-07-TR-0N is a combination of Mimiron's Head and 3 other friendly Mechs. There's even a faux-Transformation Sequence when Mimiron's Head's effect triggers.
- Gadgeteer Genius: Before all the weird and wild inventions of the gnomes and goblins, there was Mimiron. His creative genius is responsible for the birth of the mechagnomes, as well as many of the mechs and constructs that date back to the era of the Keepers and titan-forged, and this is represented in-game through his Gadget spells.
- Gathering Steam: Prime starts out as just an average 3/5, but activating all of his abilities turns him into a sturdier 6/11 with immunity to targeted spells and Hero Powers.
- Letters 2 Numbers: V-07-TR-0N is a numberified version of Voltron, although in this case it is actually pronounced as "vee-oh-seven-tee-ar-oh-en". Also, the Titan keyword on V-07-TR-0N Prime is written as T1T4N for extra flavour. Mimiron, the Mastermind even gets in on the fun through his flavor text, which reads "1N1T14T1NG F74V0R T3XT S3QU3NC3."
- Shout-Out:
- Like the other Keepers, Mimiron's name is derived from a figure from Norse mythology. In his case, it's Mimir, who was renowned for his knowledge and wisdom, but was beheaded during the Æsir–Vanir War, with Odin later claiming his severed head and enchanting it such that it could provide him counsel and wisdom.
- V-07-TR-0N is an obvious nod to Voltron, hence the way the Goblins vs. Gnomes version was summoned. The addition of "Prime" to the TITANS version's name may be a reference to any of the various Primes from Transformers.
Shaman heroes
Bru'kan, the Shaman
Voiced by: Jude Akuwudike (EN)
Once a great shaman, the Darkspear medicine man Bru'kan is now... well, let's just say he's a few totems short of a whole shaman, even if he does still have a good heart and cares deeply for his tribe. Taking the falling of glowing shards of Light as a sign, he divined the future through Far Sight and saw a Horde triumphant in events to come. To that end, he has returned to the fight, and is teaching the young warrior Rokara the ways of being a champion of the Horde so his legacy can live on... and the new Horde she represents can come about.
Four Bru'kan hero portraits are available to players who purchased the Tavern Pass during Fractured in Alterac Valley; Barrens Bru'kan, Dungeoneer Bru'kan (pictured), Venerable Bru'kan, and Deadmines Bru'kan.
His other skins include Spirit Bru'kan.
For tropes about Bru'kan and his playable cards, see his entry on Hearthstone Heroes Of Warcraft Hero Cards.
Disidra Stormglory, the Shaman
A totally totemic shaman from Dalaran, Disidra may have been beaten by the League of EVIL but now she's back with a vengeance! Disidra was available for purchase in January of 2024.
For information on her appearance as a boss, see her on Dalaran Heist Bosses under Recurring Bosses.
- Ascended Extra: She debuted as a random, unremarkable boss from the Dalaran Heist adventure.
- Call-Back: Many of her lines talk about carving and painting totems, referencing how her original boss encounter used a totem-themed deck.
Inzah, the Shaman
A cool-cat vulperan jazz artist. Inzah was available for purchase during the announcement of Festival of Legends.
His alternate skins include Hoedown Inzah.
As a collectible card, Inzah is a 5 mana 5/5 Shaman Legendary who reduces the cost of your Overload cards by 1 for the rest of the game. His signature song, JIVE, INSECT!, is a 5 mana Fire spell with 2 Overload that transforms a minion into Ragnaros the Firelord.
- Beatnik: He's an archetypal beatnik stereotype, including the music and shades.
- I Am the Band: According to his Flavor Text, Inzah plays the trumpet, saxophone, piano, guitar, and bass. That's why he's so overloaded.
- Totally Radical: His dialogue is loaded with jazzy slang.
King Rastakhan, the Shaman
Voiced by: Kayi Ushe (EN)
- Advertised Extra: Despite having an entire set named after him, Rastakhan technically doesn't appear in his own rumble. It doesn't take place in Zandalar or even have much to do with the Zandalari. This may also cross over with Wolverine Publicity thanks to Rastakhan's popularity in Battle for Azeroth.
- Cool Chair: He's sitting on his golden throne in his artwork.
- The Good King: Rastakhan is regarded as a great ruler by almost all trolls. His word is enough to get them all to join up for a fun competition.
- Gameplay and Story Segregation: In WoW, Rastakhan is a Prelate, which is closer to a Paladin than anything else. Here, he's instead a Shaman hero, probably because Paladin already had a large selection at the time Rastakhan was added.
- Shock and Awe: He has lightning crackling across his arms and down his throne. It's more visible in his full art.
Lady Vashj, the Shaman
Voiced by: Barbara Goodson (EN)
The handmaiden of Queen Azshara and lieutenant of Illidan Stormrage, Vashj is possibly the most infamous naga to have ever lived. She was given to all players who pre-ordered Ashes of Outland.
Her alternate skins include Kaldorei Vashj, Baroness Vashj, and Scourgeslayer Vashj.
Lady Vashj is also a collectible Shaman Legendary in Ashes of Outland. Her initial form is a 4/3 with Spell Damage +1. However, when she dies she shuffles her Prime version into the deck. Vashj Prime is a 7 mana 5/6 with Spell Damage +1 who draws 3 spells from your deck and reduces their cost by 3. She returned in Murder at Castle Nathria as Baroness Vashj, a 4 mana 3/6 Shaman Legendary Naga. Whenever she would be transformed, she instead summons the minion she would've transformed into.
- Came Back Strong: Like all the Prime cards, Vashj becomes immensely more powerful after being killed the first time.
- Hidden Heart of Gold: Her opening quotes toward Morgle is surprisingly gentle, calling him "little one".
- Making a Splash: Her totems are summoned from a pool of water.
- Multi-Armed and Dangerous: She has four arms. All of which shoot lightning.
- Smurfette Principle: Of five Shaman skins (six counting Warchief Thrall), Vashj is the only female one.
- Snake People: She's a naga siren, which is a snake person with a nest of snakes for hair.
Morgl the Oracle, the Shaman
- The power of the elements can only be mastered by the most dedicated of wills. There is one shaman whose abilities surpass all others. Hear now his words of wisdom![unintelligible Nerglish]Behold Morgl, the Murloc Oracle!
Morgl the Oracle is a murloc shaman, and member of the Earthen Ring. He is an alternate hero for the Shaman class and is unlocked by recruiting a friend who gets to a combined class level of 20 in Hearthstone.
His alternate skins include Deepsea Morgl, Juggler Morgl, Morgl Holmes, Mummy Morgle, and Smooth Jazz Morgl.
- Canon Immigrant: Got added to World of Warcraft in the expansion Legion, after his introduction in Hearthstone.
- Chekhov's Gunman: Briefly mentioned a full year and a half before his debut as a gag in Puddlestomper's flavor text.
- Cool Old Guy: He's implied to be pretty old, at least by Murloc standards, but he's still a powerful shaman.
- Floating in a Bubble: His intro animation.
- Loophole Abuse: Given that all you need is an email address to make a battle.net account and most people have more than one email account it's not hard to make a dummy account whose only point is to earn Morgl. Blizzard does seem to be aware that people would do this so you can also earn five packs for the first five separate friend accounts to earn 20 ranks.
- Gameplay and Story Segregation: No, sorry. Hungry Crab doesn't work on him.
- Juggling Dangerously: His Fire Festival skin shows him as a torch juggler. If he looks worried, it's because he's used to performing underwater.
- Magic Staff: Not just a staff, a staff with a fishbowl tied onto it!
- Making a Splash: Being a Murloc, both his intro and totem summon feature water.
- Original Generation: Unlike the other playable heroes, Morgl was first introduced in Hearthstone (although he has since been added as an NPC in WoW).
- The Unintelligible: He doesn't speak English like Sir Finley Mrrglton, so all of his emotes are translated.
Ner'zhul, the Shaman
The chieftain of the Shadowmoon clan and Warchief of the Horde of Draenor, Ner'zhul was tricked into forming a blood pact with the demon lord Kil'jaeden, binding him and his fellow orcs into the service of the Burning Legion. When Ner'zhul later opened many portals to other worlds in an attempt to escape, Kil'jaeden quickly intercepted him and destroyed his mortal form, with his spirit eventually transforming to become the Lich King. A Diamond portrait of Ner'zhul was made available in the shop on April 16, 2024.
Ragnaros the Firelord, the Shaman
Voiced by: Matthew Mercer (EN)
The final boss of the Molten Core from World of Warcraft, Ragnaros is the Elemental Lord of Fire. As a servant of the Old Gods, his only desire is to watch the world burn. Although the titans trapped him within the Firelands for all eternity, the Dark Iron dwarves foolishly summoned him to Azeroth, creating the volcano known as Blackrock Mountain and scarring the countryside permanently. Ragnaros was available as part of the 2021 Fire Festival bundle.
His alternate skins include Murragnaros and Jazznaros the Vibe Lord.
Ragnaros originally appeared in the Classic set as an 8 mana 8/8 who can't attack, but deals 8 damage to a random enemy at the end of the turn. He made a surprise reappearance in Blackrock Mountain as the result of Majordomo Executus' Deathrattle effect, which replaces the current hero with an 8 health Ragnaros with a Hero Power that deals 8 damage to a random enemy. He returns once again with a "corrupted" variant in Whispers of the Old Gods as an 8/8 Paladin legendary minion who can attack and heals a damaged ally for 8 health at the end of his owners turn. He made yet another surprise return in Rastakhan's Rumble, this time summoned by the effect of Jan'alai the Dragonhawk. He also appears in Festival of Legends via the Shaman spell JIVE, INSECT!, a 5 mana Fire spell with 2 Overload that transforms a minion into Ragnaros the Firelord.
- Awesome, but Impractical: While the concept and sheer firepower at Rag's disposal makes him highly tempting, he has extremely low health and is vulnerable to combos. Whether or not it's worth it is up to the player and their situation.
- Big Damn Heroes: In the Blackrock Mountain adventure, Ragnaros comes straight out of nowhere before the battle against Lord Victor Nefarius to help you kick his ass.
- Mission Text: RAGNAROS WANTS YOU TO KNOW HE'S GOT YOUR BACK!
- The Bus Came Back: Alongside a handful of other Wild cards, Ragnaros returned from Wild format in the "Doom in the Tomb" event for Hallow's End 2019, with all players gaining a temporary copy of him usable in Standard format. His Lightlord form returned in the year of the Hydra core set.
- Catchphrase: "DIE, INSECT!" It's used by the Ragnaros minion when his effect triggers, and is the name of his hero power as both a playable hero and a boss. The name is also used for the hero power obtained from Fire Plume's Heart, which does the same thing. His Lightlord form, who has a healing effect instead of a damaging one, twists this into "LIVE, INSECT!"
- Clipped-Wing Angel: Sure, transforming into the Firelord with a devastating hero power sounds nice, but with only 8 maximum health, Ragnaros can easily be killed long before you get any value from his effect.
- Defeat Means Friendship: He's fought at the end of the Blackrock Mountain adventure's second wing. He helps the player fight Nefarian at the end of the fourth wing, although this has probably more to do with the fact that Nefarian, after Ragnaros' defeat, now rules solely over Blackrock and the adventurer intends to stop Nefarian's.
- Glass Cannon: DIE INSECT does a fairly impressive 8 damage each turn, which can definitely hit face if you have a way to keep the board clear. Unfortunately, Ragnaros himself only has 8 health.
- Graceful Loser: Upon conceding, his Majordomo version tells his opponent "YOU WIN. GOOD GAME!", which at the time of his release was the only surrendering emote in the game where the losing hero outright tells his opponent it was a good game. Subverted as a playable hero, where it’s "YOU ONLY DELAY THE INEVITABLE!".
- Heel–Face Turn: In Whispers of the Old Gods, where he embraces the light and fights his former masters.
- The Host: Of the Midsummer Fire Festival, an in-game event where he grants all players double quest gold for 2 weeks, coupled with a Tavern Brawl based on him. The chalkboard art for the Brawl even depicts him with a bowtie and a microphone, similar to an old-time game show host.
- Kicked Upstairs: The original Ragnaros card was deemed too powerful for Standard play, and starting with the Year of the Mammoth he was restricted to only be usable in Wild and solo adventures.
- Large Ham: His lines are delivered with fiery enthusiasm and a bellowing voice, with some reference to burning stuff along the way.
- Mechanically Unusual Class: Majordomo's Ragnaros is the only playable hero with no hero class; the other summonable heroes use the class they belong to.
- No Indoor Voice: In the same vein as Jaraxxus, all of his emotes are capitalized.
- Not Quite Dead: In Blackrock Mountain, the player destroys Ragnaros at the end of the second wing. Then in the fourth wing, Ragnaros suddenly and hilariously returns to help the player defeat Nefarius.
- Not the Intended Use: Very rarely will you find someone playing Majordomo Executus who intends to actually turn into Ragnaros. Generally it's used to be given to your opponent, setting their health to 8 to OTK them in some fashion.
- Numerological Motif: 8. His minion cards have a mana cost of 8, 8 attack and health as well as deal damage or heal for 8. The hero variant summoned by Majordomo has a maximum health set to 8 and has a hero power of dealing 8 damage. Sulfuras, the weapon rewarded from the quest card also changes your hero power to a 8 point damage dealer; it also has 4 attack and 2 durability, letting it deal up to 8 damage. Jan'alai will summon Ragnaros with its Battlecry if you've dealt - you guessed it - 8 damage with your Hero Power beforehand.
- Overshadowed by Awesome: If you want Ragnaros' incredible hero power, you can just play Fire Plume's Heart, a Warrior quest that gives you the DIE INSECT hero power without the crippling downside.
- Playing with Fire: He's not the Elemental Lord of Fire for nothing. His Hero Power even involves launching a powerful fireball at his enemies.
- Redemption Demotion: As a boss, he comes with 8 Armor in addition to his 8 health. His Heroic form has a full 30 Health AND 30 Armor! Originally as a hero, he is notably squishier, only having 8HP with 0 armor, and the Shaman portrait version lacks the DIE INSECT! hero power.
- Running Gag: Every Standard year so far has introduced at least one card related to Ragnaros in some way.
- Shout-Out: One of the Shaman portrait's "Thinking" lines is "FLAMES... ON THE SIDE OF MY FACE...", said near-identically to Madeline Kahn's iconic ad-lib, barring the lack of stuttering.
- Spotlight-Stealing Squad: So far, Ragnaros is the most referenced character in flavor texts, has 5 variants (the original from Classic, Ragnaros Lightlord from Old Gods, Majordomo Executus from Blackrock Mountain, Fire Plume's Heart from Un'Goro, and summoned by Jan'alai in Rastakhan), was the star of 2 Tavern Brawls, was in a Big Bad Ensemble with Nefarian in Blackrock Mountain, got his own in-game event in the 2017 Midsummer Fire Festival, became the first alt skin for Bartender Bob, and was eventually Promoted to Playable. That said, he's pretty well liked regardless, so nobody minds.
Thorim, the Shaman
Voiced by: Jamieson Price (EN)
One of the Keepers, Thorim acted as the protector of Ulduar. He wields Krolmir, Hammer of Storms, which he flung towards the earth with all his power and rage, creating Thunderfall in the process, when he was tricked by Loken into believing that his wife Sif had been killed by the frost giant king Arngrim. Afterwards, Thorim would withdraw from the world, brooding over his loss for thousands of years.
Thorim, Stormlord also appears as a 3 mana 3/4 Shaman legendary in TITANS that unlocks your Overloaded mana crystals, then draws cards equal to how many crystals were unlocked.
- Horrible Judge of Character: He still trusts Loken's word unaware that he tricked and betrayed him, with one of his thinking emotes even being "What would my brother counsel?"
- Shout-Out: Thorim is based on, well, Thor, the Norse god of thunder, wielder of the mighty hammer Mjolnir, and husband to Sif.
The Thunder King, the Shaman
Voiced by: Paul Nakauchi (EN)
Lei Shen is the greatest king of Pandaria, the first emperor of the mogu and most powerful warlord in all of history. Although his rule was ancient history, the Zandalari attempted to return him to life and unite the mogu into their former glory. The Thunder King was available for a limited time in June of 2019.
His alternate skins include Jade Lightning King.
- Blasphemous Boast: His entrance quote.
- A God Am I: He sees himself as a godlike being, and the only one worth challenging is himself.
- No Name Given: Unlike other heroes, Lei Shen isn't called Lei Shen, but simply his title - The Thunder King.
- Shock and Awe: As befitting someone with his name.
Warlock heroes
Lord Godfrey, the Warlock
Vincent Godfrey was a Gilnean nobleman before the Worgen attack. After discovering King Greymane was afflicted with the Curse of the Worgen, he committed suicide rather than acknowledge him as his lord. He was later resurrected as a Forsaken by Sylvanas Windrunner, but betrayed her and fled to Shadowfang Keep, now wanted by both the Alliance and Horde. Lord Godfrey was made available in the shop on December 5, 2023.
Lord Godfrey is also a 7 mana 4/4 Warlock legendary from The Witchwood who deals two damage to all minions when played. If any die, he repeats this. He also appears as a boss in the accompanying Monster Hunt Adventure; for tropes related to his appearance there, see the Monster Hunt page.
- Absolute Xenophobe: He was unwilling to accept the worgen as anything more than mindless beasts, to the point where he took his own life rather than bow to one.
- Bounty Hunter: His mirror entry quote indicates that he's taken up work in the Badlands as a bounty hunter.
Mal'Ganis, the Warlock
Mal'Ganis is one of the nathrezim Dreadlords that served as The Lich King's jailers. He aided The Lich King in preparing Azeroth for the Legion's second invasion, created the Undead Plague in Lordaeron. Posing as the leader of the Scourge, he confronted Arthas in Stratholme, where he drove the prince into darkness, eventually manipulating him into becoming a death knight. However, The Lich King used this opportunity to slay Mal'Ganis and begin his own conquest. Mal'Ganis was available for purchase in December of 2022.
Mal'Ganis is also a collectible Warlock legendary from Goblins vs. Gnomes. He's a 9 mana 9/7 Demon that gives your other demons +2/+2 and makes your hero Immune to damage for as long as he's on the board.
- The Corruptor: He belongs to an entire race of them, and he's the one that eventually drove Arthas to becoming The Lich King. He even gets a special interaction for playing the card Corruption.
- Demon Lords and Archdevils: Mal'Ganis is one of the highest-ranking members of the Burning Legion.
- Horned Humanoid: Standard issue for nathrezim.
- Pardon My Klingon: He slips into Eredun, the language of the Burning Legion, for some interactions, particularly those with himself.
Mecha-Jaraxxus, the Warlock
Voiced by: Jamieson Price (EN)
His alternate skins include Jaraxxustein and Mechadrill Jaraxxus.
He returned as the antagonist of Ashes of Outland, now as the leader of the Rusted Legion as he's set to conquer Outland for himself.
- Ascended Extra: Not only is OG Jaraxxus an ascended extra, Mecha-Jaraxxus is as well. He went from a goofy one-off joke to the world-conquering antagonist of Ashes of Outland.
- Cyborg: Jaraxxus has been upgraded into a mechanized body, evidently made of a Fel Reaver.
- Gameplay and Story Segregation: Despite being a demon and a mech (and OG Jaraxxus very specifically being a Demon as well), he counts as no minion type like a normal hero.
- Large Ham: All of Jaraxxus' legendary voice, now available from the start of the game.
- Power Up Letdown: Zig-Zagged. He's back and upgraded with robotic parts! ... but is no longer the One-Winged Angel with an OP hero power, but rather just a regular Warlock. Gameplay and Story Segregation to the max. It gets a bit stupid when you play the original Jaraxxus while playing as Mecha-Jaraxxus, effectively having him get stronger by ditching the cybernetic enhancements. On the other hand, he's no longer vulnerable to Sacrificial Pact and he starts at 30 hp total instead of 15.
- Shout-Out: His mirror match Greetings emote.
Nemsy Necrofizzle, the Warlock
A mysterious, upbeat Gnomish Warlock, seen riding her Bog Creeper servant. She is unlocked by participating in a Fireside Gathering.
Her alternate skins include Winter's Little Helper Nemsy, Diver Nemsy, Feast Nemsy, Sparkspinner Nemsy, Scullery Nemsy, Sparkle Guardian Nemsy, Noodle Nemsy, and Mascot Nemsy.
Nemsy is also a collectible card, from the Whizbang's Workshop set. Game Master Nemsy is a 5 mana 3/6 Warlock Legendary that draws a Demon; her Deathrattle causes her to swap places with it.
- Ambiguous Situation: Was Nemsy corrupted by the Old Gods and turned into a Warlock, or was she always evil and just so happened to pop up during WotOG? N'Zoth's dialogue when fighting against her seems to imply the former.
- Ascended Extra: The Gnome seen fishing on top of Fen Creeper, then later corrupted to take control of Bog Creeper? Turns out she was an evil Warlock all along. She later ascended even further by getting her own Legendary in Whizbang's Workshop, without her Bog Creeper pal in sight.
- Beware the Nice Ones: Don't let her goofy demeanor fool you; she's a Warlock with all the same Power at a Price abilities as Gul'dan. She remarks how her opponent would make a great puppet and has a special interaction with Renounce Darkness where she laments about how darkness is more fun.
- Big Eater: She's in the middle of munching on an apricot in her default portrait. Also, four her skins are about eating food.
- Christmas Elves: Her Winter's Helper skin shows her dressed up as one.
- Doomy Dooms of Doom: Invoked by her if you cast DOOM!Nemsy: Doom! DOOOOOOOOOM!
- Killer Game Master: In keeping with Whizbang's Workshop giving Warlock a tabletop/board game theme, Nemsy's Legendary casts her as the GM, with her card art depicting her sitting behind a GM screen. Since this is Nemsy, however, she has it out for her players: her summon quote has her greet them with "Hiya, victims!" and her flavor text directly references Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies.
- Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Okay, it's still a Gnome name, but it's got Necro in it! That has to count for something.
- People Puppets: Implied to be how she controls her Bog Beast. She also threatens to turn her opponent into one.
- Socialization Bonus: Unlocking Nemsy requires the player to join a real-life gathering of Hearthstone players.
N'Zoth, the Warlock
Voiced by: Darin De Paul (EN)
His alternate skins include Kabal N'Zoth.
N'Zoth, the Corruptor first appeared in Whispers of the Old Gods as a neutral 10 mana 5/7 who resummons up to 6 friendly Deathrattle minions that died that game. He returned in Madness at the Darkmoon Faire as N'Zoth, God of the Deep. His Battlecry resurrects one friendly minion of each different type that died this game.
- Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: His hero portrait shows a group of adventurers facing off against him, and they are absolutely miniscule compared to only N'Zoth's eye.
- Badass Boast: "I taste the essence of your soul..."
- The Corruptor: He's specifically the mastermind behind Deathwing's corruption. He also tries to corrupt druids at the start of the match if he's playing against one. Even his hero border is corrupted, with purple Old God sludge spilling over it on the board. Nevermind the fact that it was literally his original title.
- Early-Bird Cameo: He showed up in Whispers of the Old Gods before ever making a physical appearance in the main series of Warcraft.
- Eldritch Abomination: One of four parasitic gods from the Void that have been influencing Azeroth since its inception.
- Evil Is Not a Toy: Something he reminds Garrosh of should he be matched against the Corrupt Garrosh portrait.
- Ear Worm: Has had "Under the Sea" stuck in his head for the last 10,000 years. And he's not happy about it.
- Necromancer: His minions both have this effect. He resurrects up to 6 other friendly minions, either with Deathrattles or of different tribes, who have fallen during the match.
- You Don't Look Like You: The version from Whispers of the Old Gods was meant to debut N'Zoth's appearance. While he has the same body shape in WoW, he's coloured black and brown in Hearthstone instead of purple and orange. This was corrected for his hero portrait and God of the Deep.
Rafaam, the SUPREME ARCHAE—err, Warlock
Voiced by: Adam Gifford (EN)
His alternate skins include Trader Rafaam.
Rafaam as has also appeared on multiple minions:
- In his first incarnation, Arch-Thief Rafaam was a 7/8 costing 9 mana. His Battlecry allowed the player to discover one of three powerful artifacts: Timepiece of Horrornote , Mirror of Doomnote or Lantern of Power.note . For his boss fight(s) in League of Explorers and more information on that incarnation, see the requisite folder under Bosses.
- In Rise of Shadows, Arch-Villain Rafaam is a 7 mana 7/8 Taunt for the Warlock class, which replaces all cards in your hand and deck with random Legendaries.
- He returned in Murder at Castle Nathria as Imp King Rafaam, a 6 mana 6/6 Warlock legendary that resurrects four different Imps that died this game. If he was Infused by 5, he also gives your Imps +2/+2.
- Accidental Misnaming: In the "Murloc Holmes and the Murder at Castle Nathria" short story, Rafaam reacts in horror at the death of his dear and close friend Sire Donatrio. Or was it Danabrius? Or maybe Denapaloozapolusim?
- Attention Whore: Ultimately, Rafaam wants to be known and feared throughout Azeroth above all else. And maybe score some treasure along the way.
- Betrayal by Inaction: Rafaam pulls this on Tekhan during Saviours of Uldum, fleeing with the Plague of Undeath while Tekhann is left to die to the League of Explorers. He does it again by refusing to aid Eudora in fending off the Dragonflights during the EVIL campaign in Galakrond's Awakening, but she decides to bail out and leave before she gets killed.
- Big Bad: Of both The League of Explorers and the entire Year of the Dragon.
- "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word: What he does is not "stealing", it's "Supreme Archaeology
". - Boring, but Practical: Compared to his previous cards, which were Awesome, but Impractical, Imp King Rafaam is cheaper with a much less interesting but powerful effect, allowing you to Zerg Rush the enemy down with imps.
- Energy Being: As an ethereal, he's pure energy wrapped up like a mummy.
- Exact Words: He promised Tekahn ultimate power and rulership over Uldum if he helped the League take Dalaran and unleash the plagues. He said nothing about helping him stay in that position.
- Fame Through Infamy: This was his ultimate goal. In the E.V.I.L. ending to Galakrond's Awakening, he ends with all his henchmen dead, him fleeing into the shadows, Dalaran, Stormwind, and Orgrimmar destroyed, and Galakrond killed by his own hands. Rafaam still sees it as a win since he's the most famous being on Azeroth to the survivors.
- Hostile Show Takeover: He's a big fan of this.
- In the League of Explorers encounter, he interrupts the Innkeeper to announce himself as RAFAAAAM! THE SUPREME ARCHAEOLOGIST!
- His ending in Galakrond's Awakening has him take over as narrator and give a Where Are They Now epilogue for himself.
- Large Ham: A glorious homage to the villains of exploration films if there ever was one. His hamminess is enough to befuddle the other villains for a moment in the Rise of Shadows cinematic.
- Mythology Gag: Arch-Villain Rafaam's effect is exactly the same as the Golden Monkey from League of Explorers, implying that Rafaam finally got his hands on it.
- Not So Above It All: While his action of gathering the League to rob Dalaran is impressive, he went with Dr. Boom's most impractical and pointless plan of strapping rockets to Dalaran instead of the more sensible ones proposed by Hagatha and Togwaggle.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: The glowing red eyes should be a clue that he's not a good guy.
Sargeras, the Warlock
Voiced by: Rick D. Wasserman (EN)
Once the Defender of the Pantheon, Sargeras spent millennia battling demons that threatened the order maintained by the Titans. That was until he found something that horrified him — a Titan world-soul corrupted by the Old Gods. Rather than let this Dark Titan awaken, Sargeras killed it. Shunned by the other Titans for his actions, Sargeras assembled the scattered demons into a Burning Legion with the sole purpose of destroying all life so that it cannot be corrupted by the Void. Sargeras is available to players who purchased the Tavern Pass and reached level 50 on the Rewards Track during TITANS.
He is also a collectible card from the TITANS expansion. Sargeras, the Destroyer is a 9 mana 6/12 Warlock legendary Demon Titan that opens a portal to The Twisting Nether, a permanent board fixture that summons two 3/2 Felblaze Imps at the end of your turn. His abilities are To the Void!, which sends all other minions into the Twisting Nether; Legion Invasion!, which makes all future Demons summoned from the Twisting Nether have +2 health and Taunt; and Inferno!, which summons two 6/6 Felblaze Infernals from the Twisting Nether.
- Omnicidal Maniac: His crusade is to destroy all life in the universe, because he believes that oblivion is preferable to corruption.
- We Have Reserves: He summons an endless army from the Twisting Nether.
Tamsin Roame, the Warlock
Voiced by: Kimberly Brooks (EN)
Four Tamsin portraits were available to players who purchased the Tavern Pass during United in Stormwind; Scholomance Tamsin, Impressive Tamsin (pictured), Summoner Tamsin, and Tamsin Triumphant.
Her other alternate skins include Dreadsteed Tamsin, Opera Diva Tamsin, and Bonereader Tamsin.
For tropes about Tamsin and her playable cards, see her entry on Hearthstone Heroes Of Warcraft Hero Cards.
Zail Starfallen, the Warlock
One of the felblood elves, blood elves who gave into demonic corruption to sate their thirst for magic. Zail was available to players who purchased the Tavern Pass and reached level 50 on the Rewards Track during Whizbang's Workshop.
- Evil Feels Good: He revels in his demonic transformation. Other blood elves think his condition is a curse, but Zail thinks it's an improvement.
- Original Generation: He didn't appear anywhere before his hero portrait.
- Power High: He sates his thirst for Addictive Magic with Warlock spells, many of which leave him elated.
- Winged Humanoid: He gained a pair of feathery black wings.
Warrior heroes
Annhylde, the Warrior
Her alternate skins include Annhylde, Deathcaller and Rock Angel Annhylde.
- The Dog Bites Back: Should she match against Sylvanas:"I shall NOT take your place this time, my lady."
- It Is Not Your Time: Quoted word for word if she casts Rampage on a minion.
- Our Angels Are Different: Val'kyr are undead female vrykul who have ascended, sprouting ghostly wings. They were created by Odyn to aid souls in the Shadowlands, but have served the Scourge, the Forsaken, and their own agendas.
- Valkyries: Like most of vrykul culture, the Val'kyr are a clear adaptation of the Norse mythological warriors.
- Worthy Opponent: She's always searching for one. Every fight is a Secret Test of Character where she judges the soul of her current opponent. If you want to roleplay, you can even choose whether the opponent was worthy or not - her Well Played emote is "I judge you... worthy." while her Threaten emote is "Rise to meet your fate!". Should she end up in a Mirror Match, she naturally judges herself worthy out the gate.
Boulderfist the Ogre, the Warrior
An ogre with great looks (and stats) for the cost. Boulderfist the Ogre was first available for purchase in April 2024.
He is a depiction of Boulderfist Ogre, a 6-mana 6/7 vanilla Neutral minion originally from the Basic set.
- Ascended Extra: He's not a real Canon Foreigner or established character like most other Hearthstone-original heroes - just an ordinary Classic minion that achieved breakout popularity before becoming a playable hero.
- Ascended Meme: Boulderfist Ogre has been memed on for years for his Flavor Text stating that he has "good stats for the cost" before being made into an official hero skin with flavor text and a shop description alluding to it.
- Big Eater: His Winter Veil emote has him contentedly state "Me eat lots!".
- Early-Bird Cameo: Boulderfist Ogre becoming a hero skin was first alluded to in the April Fools' Day joke patch notes half a month before being officially released.
- Hulk Speak: Boulderfist is evidently quite dim (as expected of the average ogre), and thus speaks in rather simple sentences."What you lookin' at?"
Deathwing, the Warrior
Once the benevolent Dragon Aspect of Earth, Neltharion the Earthwarder, the beast known now as Deathwing was driven mad by the Old Gods and used as a tool to bring about the end of Azeroth. Deathwing was available to players who pre-ordered the Descent of Dragons mega bundle.
His alternate portraits include Deathcore Deathwing.
Deathwing has also been featured as several cards.
- His initial version is a 12/12 Legendary Neutral minion for 10 mana that destroys every other minion when played, but also discards your entire hand.
- He returned in Whispers of the Old Gods in the form of Deathwing, Dragonlord. He retains his 10 mana 12/12 body, but has the new effect of summoning all dragons from your hand as a Deathrattle.
- Deathwing returned again in Descent of Dragons as Deathwing, Mad Aspect, an 8-mana 12/12 Warrior Legendary who attacks all other minions when played.
- He was reimagined for the 2021 Core set as Deathwing the Destroyer, a 10 mana 12/12 neutral that destroys all minions and discards a card for each one destroyed, making it a direct upgrade over the original.
- Awesome, but Impractical: The original is tied (with himself and Tyrantus) for the highest stats of any minion you can summon normally. However, summoning him completely wipes the board (good or bad, depending on situation) and discards your hand (terrible). Dragonlord retains the original's 12/12 body, doesn't force you to burn your hand, and comes with a potentially game-ending Deathrattle that can greatly deter the opponent from removing him. On the other hand, you're sinking 10 mana into a minion with no immediate impact (i.e. probably not going to turn the game around), and he's just as vulnerable to transformations and silences as any other minion. The Core set versions addresses this by having him only discard cards based on minions destroyed, but it's still a risky thing to spend 10 mana on.
- The Berserker: Deathwing, Mad Aspect will attack every minion on the board when played - including your own. It's not an unconditional board wipe like his original version and Deathwing can die in the process, but at least he doesn't burn your entire hand.
- Death or Glory Attack: With his board-wipe effect and 12 attack, Deathwing can easily win the game on his own if the opponent isn't prepared. On the other hand, you're screwed if they happen to have some sort of removal, because you're now left wide open and without a backup plan.
- Dynamic Entry: Depending on the version of Deathwing you play, he either instantly incinerates everything on the board, or just straight-up tears everything else to shreds.
- Easter Egg: Most alternate heroes have special lines for playing certain spells. Deathwing is the only hero to get a line for playing a cross-class spell, specifically the Warlock spell Cataclysm.
- Godzilla Threshold: Impractical as the original Deathwing may be, if the enemy has board control and you're top-decking him, there's literally nothing to lose and everything to gain by summoning him.
- I Am the Noun: He seems really fond of this line.Deathwing: I AM POWER INCARNATE!
Deathwing, Mad Aspect: I am the end of all things! I AM THE CATACLYSM! - Morphic Resonance: As a playable hero under his human guise, Daval Prestor, Deathwing still dresses a lot like his dragon form and retains the distinctive metal jaw.
- Most Definitely Not a Villain: "Deathwing, a.k.a. Lord Daval Prestor, is a perfectly normal guy who would never ever tear the world asunder."
- Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Everything about his name oozes evil. Mad Aspect? Dragonlord? The Destroyer? Even just "Deathwing" by itself is intimidating.
- Omnicidal Maniac: His main defining trait in lore is his goal of annihilating all life on Azeroth. His card version reflects this by incinerating everything that's not himself, and his hero version was naturally given to the class with a truckload of area-of-effect abilities that hit everything on the board, friend or foe.
- Power Creep: Deathwing the Destroyer is a straight upgrade over the original Deathwing, having the same effect but only discarding some of your cards instead of your whole hand. Given that Deathwing was way too Awesome, but Impractical to see play at any point, this is justified.
- Tranquil Fury: As a playable hero, Deathwing is surprisingly restrained in his responses, compared to his card versions which tend to be high-octane scenery-chewers.
- "You!" Exclamation: When playing Sweeping Strikes.Deathwing: You.
E.T.C., the Warrior
Voiced by: Jess Harnell (EN)
The living incarnation of Level 80 Elite Tauren Chieftain, god of rock and roll incarnate, as well as the organizer of the Festival of Legends. E.T.C. was available for purchase during the launch of Festival of Legends.
His alternate skins include Touring E.T.C.
E.T.C has also appeared on various cards:
- Elite Tauren Chieftain first appeared as a Neutral legendary in the Promo set, later rolled into the Legacy set. He is a 5 mana 5/5 neutral legendary that gives each player the power to ROCK with a Power Chord (a 4-mana spell). The Power Chords are Rogues Do It..., dealing 4 damage and drawing a card; I Am Murloc, summoning 3-5 1/1 Murlocs; and Power of the Horde, summoning a random Horde warrior.
- E.T.C., God of Metal is a 2 mana 1/4 Warrior legendary from Madness at the Darkmoon Faire. Whenever a friendly Rush minion attacks, it deals 2 damage to the enemy hero.
- E.T.C., Band Manager is a neutral 4 mana 4/4 from Festival of Legends that lets you assemble a band of 3 cards while constructing your deck, following normal deckbuilding rules. When played, he lets you Discover one of the cards from your band.
- Elite Tauren Champion is a neutral 5 mana 5/5 from Audiopocalypse with the Finale effect to start a rock duel. It gives the opponent a Molten Pick of ROCK that cannot be cast and explodes for 8 damage at the end of their turn. If they spend all of their mana that turn however, it passes back to you and deals 2 more damage.
- Ascended Extra: He was originally a Joke Character based on a real-life band made of Blizzard employees made for Heroes of the Storm. Now he's the central character of his own expansion.
- Hot Potato: Elite Tauren Champion forces both players to throw the Molten Pick of ROCK to their opponent every turn, otherwise they'll take a burst of damage that starts at a sizable 8 and only grows hotter.
- Instrumental Weapon: Both the hero portrait and God of Metal are using warhammers to play the drums.
- Pretender Diss: If he matches against Hedanis, he tells him that real musicians play for the music, not the fame.
- Suddenly Voiced: Prior to Festival of Legends, E.T.C.'s "voice" was just guitar riffs. It wasn't until that expansion that he gained the same voice actor as his Heroes incarnation.
- Truer to the Text: Heroes and the original Promo version depict E.T.C. as playing guitar. However, the tauren from the E.T.C. band seen in World of Warcraft was the drummer, much like God of Metal and the hero portrait.
Magni Bronzebeard, the Warrior
Voiced by: Carlos Larkin (EN), Souichi Abe (JPN)
- My brothers says I spend too much time in the forge! They think it ill befitting a king. Kah! You don't forge legendary weapons like mine while sitting on a throne! The lands of Khaz Modan are MINE and when I bring the pain lads, it's HAMMER TIME!
The king of Ironforge and Khaz Modan, eldest of the Bronzebeard brothers. Magni Bronzebeard is the first dwarf hero and purchasable hero for the warrior class.
His alternate skins include Greatfather Winter Magni, Shipwrecked Magni, Roaster Magni, and Earthen Magni.
- Badass Santa: He takes the role of Santa Claus, err, Greatfather Winter in his alt skin. What else do you call the king of Ironforge dressed up and handing out presents to kids?
- Dual Wielding: His portrait shows him with two hammers.
- Sibling Team: If you play him with his brother Brann in a Warrior deck. If an opposing Brann is played against Magni, he will ask if he's see their middle brother Muradin lately.
- Ultimate Blacksmith: Based on his boast in his promo video. His hero power also has an animation of a hammer hitting an anvil.
Prince Renathal, the Warrior
Voiced by: Jason Marnocha (EN)
The first of the venthyr created by Sire Denathrius, who Renathal considers to be his father. Despite this relationship, Renathal would eventually consider Denathrius to not be acting in Revendreth's best interests, and therefore conspired against him and formed a rebellion. Renathal was available to players who purchased the Tavern Pass and reached level 50 on the Rewards Track during Murder at Castle Nathria.
Prince Renathal is also a 3 mana 3/4 neutral legendary from Murder at Castle Nathria that sets your deck size to 40 and your maximum starting health to 35.
- Actually Not a Vampire: He's a member of the venthyr, who have pale skin, red eyes, Pointy Ears, fangs, drink crimson "life essence" out of goblets, and turn into withered "Ash Ghouls" if they're exposed to the Light for too long. They are not vampires, though!
- Continuity Nod: Trying to attack without a weapon equipped will have him exclaim that he needs Vorpalia.
- Equivalent Exchange: Starting with 40 health is a huge boost to your survivability. In exchange, you also have to put in an extra ten cards which will likely be less good than the regular 30 (including a vanilla 3 mana 3/4), greatly hurting the deck's consistency.
- Evil Brit: He has a distinctly British accent, and while he's not strictly evil he does lean heavily into this trope for his mannerisms and shady motivations.
- I Hate You, Vampire Dad: He started to suspect his "father" Denathrius' fall to darkness and was already planning a coup against him. This makes him Murloc Holmes' prime suspect.Opening vs. Denathrius: How far you have fallen, "Master".
- Nerf: Renathal used to increase your health to 40, but was one of the most played cards across both Standard and Wild since this was hardly a downside.
- Warrior Prince: The "son" of Sire Denathrius, and a valiant warrior who wields his own Sentient Weapon.
Rokara, the Warrior
Voiced by: Courtenay Taylor (EN)
Three Rokara hero portraits were available to players who purchased the Tavern Pass during Forged in the Barrens; Young Rokara, Recruit Rokara, and Rokara of the Horde (pictured). A fourth portrait, Defiant Rokara, was available for purchase during Voyage to the Sunken City.
Her other alternate portraits include Rocker Rokara and Arena Champion Rokara.
For tropes about Rokara and her playable cards, see her entry on Hearthstone Heroes Of Warcraft Hero Cards.
Sire Denathrius, the Warrior
Voiced by: Ray Chase (EN)
Sire Denathrius was the Master of Revendreth, one of the realms in the Shadowlands. He created the nathrezim and ruled over the venthyr... at least until he was found murdered in his castle! Denathrius was given to players who pre-ordered the Murder at Castle Nathria mega bundle.
His alternate skins include Saloon Denathrius.
Denathrius is also a collectible neutral Legendary from Murder at Castle Nathria. He is a 10 mana 10/10 with Lifesteal that deals 5 damage randomly split among all enemies. He also has an Infuse (2) that can be triggered endlessly, increasing the damage dealt by 1 each time.
- Actually Not a Vampire: He's an aristocrat that lives in an Old, Dark House, has pale skin, red eyes, Pointy Ears, and fangs, and drinks crimson "lifeforce" out of goblets. He's totally not a vampire, guys.
- Blood Magic: Technically it's anima magic, which is the red liquid-like essence of a soul that he drinks. His hero power animation shows anima emanating around his portrait to grant him armor.
- Faux Affably Evil: He's a charming, polite, and charismatic guy and is more than a little Camp, but don't let that distract you — he's a truly evil schemer. This is best shown in his card artwork: in the uninfused artwork, he's raising his goblet in the air for a classy toast, while the infused artwork shows him maniacally draining the life force of his fellow venthyr with that same goblet.
- Magikarp Power: His Battlecry as a card is normally extremely weak; spending 10 mana for 5 measly points of damage is not worth it at all. By buffing him up over the course of the game, however, his damage can reach heights as grand as 30, enabling massive board clears and potential OTK plays.
- Monster Progenitor: He created the venthyr and nathrezim in his own image. The Scourge's darkfallen, which also greatly resemble him, were created by the power of Revendreth as well.
- Nerf: Prior to March of the Lich King, Denathrius required only one death for each Infusion, which made him an incredibly deadly finisher if he was in your opening hand.
- Not Quite Dead: When played after he's been Infused, the minion proclaims "A toast! To all who sought to kill me! You failed." implying that whomever made the attempt on his life didn't do a good enough job.
- Posthumous Character: He appears as a hero portrait even though the set he was added with revolves around his murder.
- Vampire Monarch: The ruler of Revendreth, an entire section of the afterlife full of totally not vampires.
- Whodunnit to Me?: The Murder at Castle Nathria trailer is narrated by him post-murder.
Vanndar Stormpike, the Warrior
A mountain king and the leader of the Stormpike Expedition, a group of dwarves from the Stormpike Clan exploring Alterac Valley in search of artifacts, minerals, and relics from their past. Their harvesting of minerals in the area, along with a "sovereign imperialistic imperative" given to them by King Magni Bronzebeard, has led to the Expedition openly warring with the Frostwolf Clan of orcs, whose land they're encroaching on. Vanndar was given to those who pre-ordered the Fractured in Alterac Valley mega bundle.
His alternate skins include Warden Vanndar.
Vanndar is also a Legendary neutral minion from the Fractured in Alterac Valley set. He's a 4-mana 4/4 that, if he costs less than every minion currently in your deck, reduces their cost by 3.
- Awesome, but Impractical: His minion effect makes all of your minions cost 3 less... but only works if your minions are 5+ cost. Plus, you have to actually draw Vanndar, so the effect may just never activate.
- Gameplay and Story Segregation: He's a Warrior hero despite Warrior being one of the Horde classes in Fractured in Alterac Valley.
- Wild Hair: As opposed to Magni's relatively trimmed and styled beard, Vanndar's is massive and flowing.
Varian Wrynn, the Warrior
Voiced by: Chris Metzen (EN)
The High King of the Alliance following the Third War, as well as the father of Anduin Wrynn. A 3D animated portrait was available for purchase in February 2023.
Varian Wrynn initially appeared as a 10-mana 7/7 Warrior Legendary from The Grand Tournament that draws 3 cards from your deck; if any of the three cards were minions, they get put onto the battlefield. Years later, he would return as Varian, King of Stormwind, an 8-mana 7/7 neutral Legendary from United in Stormwind that draws a minion with Rush from your deck, then gains Rush if he did. This process then repeats for Taunt and Divine Shield.
- Badass Boast: Both minion versions of Varian have one of these, befitting his title as King of Stormwind. While his current incarnation says the above quote, the original Varian from The Grand Tournament instead says "Behold, the armies of Stormwind!", accompanied by the epic Stormwind/Alliance theme. Although, it can definitely take the wind out if those armies happen to be two spells and a Cruel Taskmaster...
- So Proud of You: If the original Varian is played against his son, his entrance quote becomes "Your skills are growing, Anduin."
