Thrall: Twilight of the Aspects

Thrall: Twilight of the Aspects is a World of Warcraft novel by Christie Golden. Basically a follow-up to her earlier The Shattering Prelude to Cataclysm, the book follows the titular ex-Warchief as he struggles with his inner demons, while at the same time the Twilight's Hammer plots to destroy all life on Azeroth, starting with the dragons.

This novel contains examples of:

"Nozdormu: You asked me how I knew the infinite dragonflight was behind creation and liberation. I know this because....
 * Absolute Xenophobe: Arygos, proud son of the genocidal Blue Aspect Malygos, hates everyone who isn't a blue dragon, and even wanted to kill Thrall just for being in the Nexus even though he was a on a mission from the other aspects..
 * All Your Base Are Belong to Us: Wyrmrest Temmple is taken early on and not reclaimed until the climax.
 * Alternate Universe: Thrall visits an alternate timeline in the Caverns of Time, where his early death was the point of divergence..
 * Arc Words: ...Kind of. "All that matters is this moment," while only said once or twice in the book, has been repeated by Nozdormu at least twice more in the World of Warcraft game.
 * Awesome Moment of Crowning:
 * Badass in Distress: Kirygosa is kepr in captivity under a Shock Collar, but eventually escapes and fights in the final battle.
 * BFS: Fleshrender.
 * Big Bad: Deathwing.
 * Bigger Bad: The Old Gods.
 * Cain and Abel:
 * The Chains of Commanding: Kalecgos is wary about becoming Blue Aspect, and this enables him to become friends with Thrall, who also had to become Warchief after Doomhammer's death, and realizes that he has been bound by that role.
 * Dangerously Genre Savvy: Deathwing. He refuses to rest until he has proof that Thrall  is dead. and no, falling off a high cliff does not count.
 * The Dragon: The Twilight Father is this to Deathwing, and Chromatus is a more literal one once he is awakened.
 * Eleventh-Hour Superpower:
 * For Want of a Nail: In the alternate timeline Thrall visits he died young..
 * Future Me Scares Me:.
 * Heroic BSOD:.
 * Heroic Sacrifice:
 * Hero-Killer: The colossal chromatic dragon Chromatus was bred by Nefarian with this very purpose. In addition, is this to Thrall.
 * Impaled with Extreme Prejudice:
 * In Spite of a Nail In the alternate timeline, Thrall notes that are fundamentally the same people be remembers even if their lives are very different.
 * Make It Look Like an Accident: The Twilight Father tells he should have done this to Thrall after he says too many were watching for him to kill him.
 * Meaningful Name: Thrall sees his name as symbolic of the forces he has beem a slave to all his life.
 * The Mole: The Twilight Father is a respected member of human society. Specifically,.
 * Names to Run Away From Really Fast: Fleshrender, weapon of choice. Thrall calls him out on how such a brutish name shows his true lack of sophistication.
 * Not the Fall That Kills You: Apparently, you can fall from large heights and only get slightly wounded if you land in snow.
 * Off with His Head:
 * Omnicidal Maniac: The Twilight's Hammer cult's defining trait.
 * Only Mostly Dead:.
 * "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Thrall gives one to.
 * Shock Collar: Used on Kirygosa.
 * Sinister Minister:.
 * Smug Snake: The Twilight Father.
 * Spanner in the Works: Thrall royally fucks up the Twilight Hammer's plan. Though it is partially subverted in that Deathwing is aware of the threat he poses and has made Thrall the top of his hit list
 * The End of the World as We Know It: The Hour of Twilight, when all life (except the twilight dragons) will be extinguished and the Old Gods will have won. Fortunately, it is so far only a prophecy.
 * Tin Tyrant:.
 * Villainous Breakdown: and the Twilight Father as their plans go awry.
 * Villains Want Mercy:A defeated begs Thrall for his life, but he refuses to spare him..
 * Wham! Line
 * Thank you, my lord."


 * You Can't Fight Fate:
 * You Have Failed Me:.
 * Played straight with . Kirygosa thinks it's You Have Outlived Your Usefulness, but the Twilight Father says otherwise.