History Characters / WarcraftTheHordeZandalariEmpire

* BadassInCharge: That fancy blade of his isn't just for show; Rastakhan is a competent fighter and [[spoiler:overpowers Zul in a straight fight before the latter gives up and welcomes a fatal blow.]]

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

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

** [[KingOfTheDinosaurs Rezan, Loa of Kings]].

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[[caption-width-right:300:''"It is good to be the king."'']]

-> ''"The law is what I say it is, for so long as I am king."''

Rastakhan is king of all trolls on Azeroth, chosen by the ancient Loa of Kings, Rezan. He is an ancient and formidable Prelate and his word is law. He is ancient and hoary, but his wire-hard muscles speak to his strength. A string of {{Shrunken Head}}s hangs from his neck, and a humanoid skull is impaled on his spear. He rules from Zuldazar on the island of Zandalar. While he technically is the king of all trolls throughout the world, it is not an entirely accurate description. This is because trolls often have trouble working with each other, despite conferences on Zandalar. King Rastakhan is strong, wise, insightful, cunning and visionary. He is a big part of the reason that Zandalar’s influence is again felt in the world, as he is instrumental in organizing the 6-year troll conferences and in sending representatives to work against Hakkar. Most other trolls respect him as a powerful and wise leader, although some see him as indecisive and weak, bending to the manipulations of the Zanchuli Council that advise him.

!!Princess[[spoiler:/Queen]] Talanji

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Talanji is the daughter of King Rastakhan and the Princess of the Zandalari Empire. As royalty, she is blessed by the Loa of Kings and Queens, Rezan, and is one of few people who can invoke direct council with him. Horde players first encounter her behind bars in a prison in Stormwind, alongside Zul, and you work with Rokhan and Thalyssra to break her free, which earns the Horde the King's gratitude and a place in Dazar'alor.

Talanji herself is known for being adventurous and outgoing, frequently taking time to walk the streets of her city and tour the lands of the Zandalari Empire. She is known to go exploring, seeing how outsiders run their own kingdoms and rule their own lands. Her abilities as a Priest are impressive, as Rezan is one of the most powerful Loa and grants her great magical power, [[spoiler:although her power is diminished when Rezan perishes at the hands of Zul.]]

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: All trolls are associated with dinosaurs, but the Zandalari have [[RaptorAttack ravasaurs]], [[TRexpy devilsaurs]], [[PteroSoarer pterrorwings]], [[MixAndMatchCritter direhorns]][[note]]with traits from the triceratops and ankylosaurus[[/note]], brutosaurs[[note]]Essentially Saurpods, like Brachiosaurus.[[/note]], ankylodons [[note]]Armored saurs resembling a fusion between a bear and ankylosaurus, and uses the bear skeleton.[[/note]], and sabertusks [[note]]They look like cats, or a kaprosuchus somewhat.[[/note]], as well as a special type of Druid/Hunter hybrid spellcaster, who can command and summon dinosaurs, as well as shapeshift into them. They also seem to have a tendency to take the biggest dinosaurs and [[HeavilyArmoredMook stick huge, enchanted stone armor on them]], resulting in living siege weapons. The word 'dinosaur' never arises; Zandalari use the term 'saur' to describe multiple reptiles.
** While they don't use these saurs, Zandalar is also home to Saurolisks[[note]]Large lizards akin to komodo dragons[[/note]] and Saurid[[note]]Compies; the Zandalari see them as rat-like pests.[[/note]], as well as more 'mundane' reptiles like crocolisks and snakes.

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

* {{High Priest}}ess: She was the priestess in charge of worshipping the spider loa Shadra before betraying and killing her.

* CityOfGold: Dazar’A’Lor is plated with gold, and according to Mathias Shaw, even the dungeon cells are covered in the shiny metal. This doesn’t stop the Zandalari from having plenty of homeless trolls begging on the street and living on the outskirts of the city.

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: All trolls are associated with dinosaurs, but the Zandalari take it UpToEleven. They have [[RaptorAttack ravasaurs]], [[TRexpy devilsaurs]], [[PteroSoarer pterrorwings]], [[MixAndMatchCritter direhorns]][[note]]with traits from the triceratops and ankylosaurus[[/note]], brutosaurs[[note]]Essentially Saurpods, like Brachiosaurus.[[/note]], ankylodons [[note]]Armored saurs resembling a fusion between a bear and ankylosaurus, and uses the bear skeleton.[[/note]], and sabertusks [[note]]They look like cats, or a kaprosuchus somewhat.[[/note]], as well as a special type of Druid/Hunter hybrid spellcaster, who can command and summon dinosaurs, as well as shapeshift into them. They also seem to have a tendency to take the biggest dinosaurs and [[HeavilyArmoredMook stick huge, enchanted stone armor on them]], resulting in living siege weapons. The word 'dinosaur' never arises; Zandalari use the term 'saur' to describe multiple reptiles.

* FantasyPantheon: Just like all troll cultures across Azeroth, the Zandalari worships a ton of different Loa. In addition to those they share with the Darkspear tribe and the other troll tribes, there’s also:

** [[PteroSoarer Pa’Ku, Loa of the winds]].

* {{Irony}}: He wants to forge a Troll empire as powerful as the ancient Empire of Zul. To achieve this he aligned himself with the Old Gods. The Empire of Zul was formed to stop the Old God's minions from taking over.

* BloodKnight: While they were originally introduced as a peace-minded tribe of historians and magicians, ''Mists of Pandaria'' has revealed a lot more about their culture, including their warlike ways, and violent rites of passages for young trolls seeking to rise in the tribe. It seems that they are NotSoDifferent from their less-reputable cousins but they at least have the sense to make good first impressions.

* NotSoDifferent: To the elves, although neither race would ever admit it. The Zandalari are the most gaudy, haughty, and advanced of the trolls, not ''just'' a tribe but an ''empire'', whose society is structured similarly to those of their Highborne descendants. They are also quite given to the arrogance and CulturalPosturing found often among ''Warcraft's'' elves (especially blood elves). Lampshaded InUniverse with the Zandalari's epithet, the "Elves of Trolls".

* FamousLastWords: "Long may you reign... over your empire of ash." [[spoiler: Subverted in that he's brought back. His actual words are. "Wait... Dis was not the future I was promised..."]]

* BloodKnight: While they were originally introduced as a peace-minded tribe of historians and magicians, Mists of Pandaria has revealed a lot more about their culture, including their warlike ways, and violent rites of passages for young trolls seeking to rise in the tribe. It seems that they are NotSoDifferent from their less-reputable cousins but they at least have the sense to make good first impressions.

* {{Precursors}}: The Trolls are one of the oldest flesh race known in Azeroth, if not ''the'' oldest, and all Troll tribes originate from the Zandalari. They've existed before the Night Elves - in fact, it is confirmed that the first Night Elves were Trolls who were changed by their proximity to the Well of Eternity.

* PromotedToPlayable: They become part of the Horde in ''"Battle for Azeroth"''.

He tries to be a good king, and holds meetings with concerned citizens often. Of course, this can take a while, and the line to be in the King's presence is long, but many wait for their turn to see him in his grandeur. Some Trolls see Zandalari as the highest and most righteous - Rastakhan is not one of these, and he insists on keeping Speakers from every tribe within the city, such that the most powerful tribe might aid them all.

* {{Ambadassador}}: Talanji attempted to forge diplomatic relations with the Horde before she was captured by the Alliance. Stormwind comes to realize that it isn’t smart to imprison a person who can summon a giant spirit T-Rex to attack her opponents.

* HappilyMarried: Don't let the banter and constant bickering fool you - it's just how Raal and Loti express their love.

Wardruid Loti is a member of the Zanchuli Council advising King Rastakhan, and serves Gonk, the Raptor Loa. You work longside her to root out Blood Magic corruption within Zanchul. She's fairly laid back, in a casual sort of way, and finds Pa'ku and Hexlord Raal to be a bit annoying and uptight. It isn't until later you find out that Raal and Loti are actually married.

* HappilyMarried: Don't let the banter and constant bickering fool you - it's just how Loti and Raal express their love.

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* MoralMyopa: The Zandalari Trolls looked down on the Mogu for their use of slaves, though they themselves had no issue enslaving the Goblins of Kezan to make them mine Kaja'mite for their rituals, which lasted until the Goblins used their newfound intelligence obtained through their exposure to the ore to overthrow their troll masters.

* LightIsGood: While all of the Troll tribes have priests, the Zandalari are the only Trolls known to have actual [[ThePaladin Paladins]] in their ranks. Hinted at in Classic and finally introduced in ''Mists of Pandaria'' as Zandalari Prelates, it was revealed in ''Battle For Azeroth'' that their Paladins channel the holy light through veneration of Rezan, the Loa of Kings. After [[spoiler:Rezan is killed by Zul at Atal'Dazar]], the Prelates were de-powered and their future left uncertain. However, [[spoiler:with the announcement of Paladins being a playable class for the Zandalari]], it's implied they've regained their powers, possibly through venerating other Loa.

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

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: All trolls are associated with dinosaurs, but the Zandalari take it UpToEleven. They have [[RaptorAttack ravasaurs]], [[TyrannosaurusRex devilsaurs]], [[PteroSoarer pterrorwings]], [[MixAndMatchCritter direhorns]][[note]]with traits from the triceratops and ankylosaurus[[/note]], brutosaurs[[note]]Essentially Saurpods, like Brachiosaurus.[[/note]], ankylodons [[note]]Armored saurs resembling a fusion between a bear and ankylosaurus, and uses the bear skeleton.[[/note]], and sabertusks [[note]]They look like cats, or a kaprosuchus somewhat.[[/note]], as well as a special type of Druid/Hunter hybrid spellcaster, who can command and summon dinosaurs, as well as shapeshift into them. They also seem to have a tendency to take the biggest dinosaurs and [[HeavilyArmoredMook stick huge, enchanted stone armor on them]], resulting in living siege weapons. The word 'dinosaur' never arises; Zandalari use the term 'saur' to describe multiple reptiles.

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

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'''[[Characters/WarcraftTheHorde The Horde]]:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOrgrimmar Orgrimmar (Orcs)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeDarkspearTribe The Darkspear Tribe (Trolls)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeThunderBluff Thunder Bluff (Tauren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeTheForsaken The Forsaken (Undead)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeQuelThalas Quel'Thalas (Blood Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeBilgewaterCartel (Goblins)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordePandaren Huojin (Pandaren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeHighmountain Thunder Totem (Highmountain Tauren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeSuramar Suramar (Nightborne)]] - '''Zandalari Empire (Zandalar Trolls)''' - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeVoldunai Voldunai (Vulpera)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOther Other (non-playable races)]]\\
'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] | [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasAndFollowers Sylvanas and his followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftKnightsOfTheEbonBlade Knights of the Ebon Blade]] | [[Characters/WarcraftIllidanAndFollowers Illidan and his followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeGarroshsHorde Garrosh's Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftPandaria Pandaria]] | [[Characters/WarcraftOthers Other mortals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheOldGods The Void (The Old Gods)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftEternals Eternals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftShadowlands Shadowlands (Death)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTitans The Titans (Arcane)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheBurningLegion The Burning Legion (Fel)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheDragonflights The Dragonflights]] | [[Characters/WarcraftWildGods Wild Gods]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheArtifactWeapons The Artifact Weapons]]\\

'''[[Characters/WarcraftTheHorde The Horde]]:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOrgrimmar Orgrimmar (Orcs)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeDarkspearTribe The Darkspear Tribe (Trolls)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeThunderBluff Thunder Bluff (Tauren}]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeTheForsaken The Forsaken (Undead)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeQuelThalas Quel'Thalas (Blood Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeBilgewaterCartel (Goblins)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordePandaren Huojin (Pandaren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeHighmountain Thunder Totem (Highmountain Tauren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeSuramar Suramar (Nightborne)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeZandalariEmpire Zandalari Empire (Zandalar Trolls)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeVoldunai Voldunai (Vulpera)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOther Other (non-playable races)]]\\

Yazma is a member of the Zanchuli Council advising King Rastakhan, and serves Shadra, the spider loa. She later betrays Rastakhan once Zul attempts his coup d'etat, kills her loa and absorbs her power. She serves as the final boss of Atal'Dazar dungeon.

* ShoutOut: To Yzma of ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove''. Similar names aside, she's also a priestess EvilChancellor to a {{Mayincatec}} king with a DumbMuscle minion to do her bidding.