History Characters / WarcraftTheAllianceExodar

* YouCanNeverGoHomeAgain: Zigzagged. They might be able to return to Argus eventually, but exactly how much of it is left now is questionable.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: The draenei as they were introduced in ''Frozen Throne'' were completely different from the current incarnation, being portrayed as far less humanoid, not necessarly blue-skinned and with a shaman tribe-based culture. Even gameplay-wise, they were stealthy rogue-like units rather than light-wielding paladins. When ''Burning Crusade'' came out, Blizzard retconned the original draenei as being former eredar and the draenei seen in ''Frozen Throne'' as being "Broken", a corrupt variant of the species.

* {{Badass}}: Maraad is a brutally efficient warrior, disposing of demon-corrupted orcs as if they were nothing.

* {{Badass}}: [[TookALevelInBadass Grows into one]] over the course of ''Warlords of Draenor''.

* ArchnemesisDad: Inverted. [[spoiler: In ''Legion'', his old pal Kil'jaeden is revealed to have kidnapped his son and raised the kid to become a demonic Eredar. Kil'jaeden then sent the son to lead a demonic army to destroy the Exodar.]]

* BadassGrandpa: Albeit of a more cerebral/spiritual bent.

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%%* StrangeBedfellows: With Lady Liadrin during the Sunwell event.

A wandering warrior of faith, Maraad is a pillar of draenei society and one of their most notable [[ThePaladin Vindicators]]. His sister was captured and raped by orcs as part of Gul'dan's experiments, giving birth to his niece [[ChildByRape Garona]] before dying. Maraad was also present at the destruction of Shattrath City, where he was ordered to escort a party of refugees to safety. Partway through he fought an orc and told the refugees to keep going, that they'd be safe--only to find them all killed when he returned from battle. Prior to ''Wrath of the Lich King'' he helped out his niece and her son Med'an against Cho'gall and the Twilight's hammer. He subsequently served in the war in Northrend and returned to instruct others in the ways of the Light. He is set to play a major role in ''Warlords of Draenor'' as he travels back in time to the alternate universe Draenor.

* GoodIsNotSoft: The Draenei have spent so long running from the Legion and are so world-weary from losing home after home that they can be dissonantly violent and are capable of shocking brutality and mercilessness when they choose to stop running and fight. This is especially evident with the AU Draenei on Dreanor, who are still strong and numerous rather than a dying society of desperate survivors and actively push back against the Iron Horde, leaving ''mountains'' of Orc corpses in their wake.

* HeavenlyBlue: They have a distinctly bright blue skin, and their entire culture is based around worshipping the closest thing Azeroth has from Angels.

* HorrifyingHero: Played with; they don't look ''that'' frightening objectively, but in-universe, being former Eredar, they look nearly identical to an entire group of demons, including ''Archimonde'', who was personally responsible for most of the destruction during the Third War and came very close to destroying all of Azeroth. This resulted in a somewhat awkward first encounter with the Alliance, where they found a wounded Night Elf and nursed her back to health, only for her to yell in terror when she awakened surrounded by what she essentially saw as a group of Archimonde clones. Fortunately for them, their accomplishments since them have helped prove they were nothing like the Burning Legion Eredar, and they no longer cause that kind of reaction.

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* GlowingEyes

* [[HigherTechSpecies Higher Tech Race]]: Noticeably and probably due to Naaru influence. They are capable of interstellar space flight, have holographic communicators, and live in a sattelite to begin with.

-->'''(When attacked) "How unfortunate...for you."'''

* CoolOldGuy: To the point that he's essentially a blue-skinned Expy of Gandalf.

* HolyHandGrenade

* MagicStaff

* StrangeBedfellows: With Lady Liadrin during the Sunwell event.
* WizardBeard

* HealingHands

* HolyHandGrenade

A draenei paladin from the alternate timeline Draenor in ''Warlords of Draenor''. Yrel starts as a naïve priestess on Draenor, but when the Iron Horde begins its path of conquest she must stand up and become a hero for the draenei and the Alliance.

--> '''Blackhand''': "What do ''you'' want, little girl?"
--> '''Yrel''': "Your head."

* ActionPolitician

** GoodIsNotSoft: The Draenei have spent so long running from the Legion and are so world-weary from losing home after home that they can be dissonantly violent and are capable of shocking brutality and mercilessness when they choose to stop running and fight. This is especially evident with the AU Draenei on Dreanor, who are still strong and numerous rather than a dying society of desperate survivors and actively push back against the Iron Horde, leaving ''mountains'' of Orc corpses in their wake.

** BadassBoast: Ever loving he may be, this old man can throw down.

* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: [[spoiler:Tries to calm down Jaina during Varian's funeral in ''Legion'', claiming that the infighting between the peaceful and hardlining members of the Alliance is exactly what the Legion wants. Sadly, this only pisses her off ''more''.]]

** BadassBoast: [[spoiler:When facing down Blackhand, he turns towards her, amused, after she distracts him from killing Durotan]]
--> '''Blackhand''': [[spoiler:What do ''you'' want, little girl?]]
--> '''Yrel''': [[spoiler:Your head.]]
** BadassInCharge: Takes a leading role towards the end of Shadowmoon. [[spoiler:She's eventually made an Exarch, one of the overall leaders of draenei society.]]
** BadassInDistress: The player first meets her while freeing her from enslavement to the Iron Horde in the introduction questline.

* PreMortemOneLiner: [[spoiler:To Blackhand, though he manages to survive.]]
--> '''Blackhand''': [[spoiler:'''YOU WILL ALL ''DIIIIIIIIE''!!!''']]
--> '''Yrel''': [[spoiler:Just you.]]

* {{Badass}}
** BadassInCharge: A political leader, a spiritual leader, and one tough customer.
** BadassInDistress: He was sold to the Iron Horde by [[spoiler:Othaar]], who wanted to make sure his opposition was out of the way. Sure enough, Maladaar's intervention eventually uncovers the traitor's identity.

* TragicKeepsake: His hammer, which has a crack from crush an orc's skull, reminds him of his failure to protect a group of refugees.

Nearly 25,000 years ago, the Eredar of Argus lived in peace. That didn't last. Their mastery of magic attracted the attention of the Burning Legion and its leader, Sargeras, led the Eredar into corruption. Two of the Eredar's three leaders, Kil'jaeden and Archimonde, fell into the corruption of fel magic. The third leader, Velen, prophesied what was to come and led those who would listen away from demonic corrupption.

* HealingHands

* [[BigRedDevil Big Blue Devil]]: Face tentacles aside, the draenei physically look like this. It's because their former kinsmen, the Eredar, fit this trope and the current incarnation of the draenei is far removed from their depiction in ''Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne'''.

* CrystalSpiresAndTogas: Similar to Quel'Thalas or Dalaran. Added Emphasis on ''crystal''.

* OutOfFocus: Arguably the most out of every playable race, on both Alliance and Horde. In fact, they're ''so much'' out of focus that in the novel ''Wolfheart'' the night elves assumed they had left the Alliance and so didn't invite Velen to the Alliance meeting.
** They'll finally get their time to shine in ''Warlords of Draenor.''

* SpaceElves: Type II. See ProudScholarRace.

* HeavenlyBlue

* HorrifyingHero: Played with; they don't look ''that'' frightening objectively, but in-universe, being former Eredar, they look nearly identical to an entire group of demons, including ''Archimonde'', who was personally responsible for most of the destruction during the Third War and came very close to destroy all of Azeroth. This resulted in a somewhat awkward first encounter with the Alliance, where they found a wounded Night Elf and nursed her back to health, only for her to yell in terror when she awakened surrounded by what she essentially saw as a group of Archimonde clones. Fortunately for them, their accomplishments since them have helped prove they were nothing like the Burning Legion Eredar, and they no longer cause that kind of reaction.

* GentleGiant: Not quite on the Tauren's level, but the average draenei still towers a human, and they are definitely noble and peaceful overall.

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/velen_border_big_9758.png[[caption-width:268:Crystal Demon Pope]]

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http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vindicator_maraad_2_6152.png[[caption-width:268:Don't get mad, get Maraad.]]

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yrel_border_big_6446.png[[caption-width:268:[[JeanneDArchetype Jeanne d'Argus]]]]