Warcraft/Characters/Shadowlands (Death)
Death is a cosmic force that holds sway over every living thing in the Great Dark Beyond. Acting as a counterbalance to life, it is an unavoidable force that breeds despair in mortal hearts and pushes everything towards a state of entropic decay and eventual oblivion. It manifests in the form of necromantic magic and is represented by the Shadowlands, the realm of the dead.
The Pantheon of Death
Arbiter
The Arbiter is an ancient, mysterious being who dwells atop the city of Oribos and judges all the mortal souls that enter the Shadowlands. Her existence predates all memory—even older than the titans, according to some accounts. When a soul is brought before the Arbiter, all of its contents—deeds, misdeeds, thoughts, accomplishments, and failures—are instantly laid bare, absorbed, and understood by her. The Arbiter then sends the soul off to one of the infinite realms of the Shadowlands, determined by the soul's character.
- The Faceless
- Living MacGuffin
- No Name Given
- Physical God: An ancient supernatural being integral to the settings cosmology, and capable of judging the history of a soul's deeds through a single glance.
- Sealed Good in a Can
- Time Abyss
The Jailer
An ancient being who rules the realm known as the Maw in the Shadowlands. Very little is known about him, since nothing has ever escaped the Maw and no one has ever seen the Jailer himself — or at least, no one has seen him and lived to tell the tale.
- Bald of Evil
- Big Bad
- The Dreaded
- Omnicidal Maniac
- Outside Context Villain
- Physical God: Whatever he is, he definitely has an important role in the cosmology of Warcraft. The developers have described him as being at least as powerful as a titan.
- Revenge
- Sealed Evil in A Can
- The Man Behind The Man
- Your Soul Is Mine
The Primus
Leader of Maldraxxus. The most tactical and long-thinking of the Eternal Ones, he was a master strategist who was nearly unbeatable on the field of battle.
- Dark Is Not Evil
- Fling a Light Into the Future
- The Ghost: Death pun aside, despite being the ruler of Maldraxxus he's been missing for awhile.
- The Smart Guy
- The Spartan Way: He devised a system of great houses, barons, and eternal war games to weed out weakness and allow the army of the Necrolords to continually improve. The reason for this was to make the armies of Maldraxxus as effective as possible at defending the Shadowlands. A better system than most, as troop losses are less important when everyone has access to necromancy.
Sire Denathrius
- Co-Dragons
- Deal with the Devil
- Faux Affably Evil
- Final Boss
- The Heavy
- Horned Humanoid: One of the few Venthyr to have this trait. Implied to be part of his link to the Nathrezeim.
- Monster Progenitor: To the Venthyr race as well to all vampires, such as the Darkfallen. It's also implied he's this to the Nathrezeim.
- Motive Decay: Originally fulfilled the task of purging sinful souls of their evil and having them go to another afterlife or become a Venthyr, only sending those who refuse to be redeemed to The Maw.
- Obvious Judas: Denathrius is introduced dictating a letter about how everyone needs to tighten their belts to get through a famine... while he lives in luxury and a civilian who gives their rations to beggars instead of the authorities is shown being executed. He's also a vampiric being with horns who dresses mostly in red.
- Talking Weapon
Kyrestia the Firstborne
- Bare Your Midriff
- Carry a Big Stick
- To Be Lawful or Good: A bit more on the Lawful side, but is firmly a good character.