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| name = Gavan Grayfeather
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| name = Qiraji, servants of C'Thun
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| capital = [[Ahn'Qiraj]]
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| image = Gavan Grayfeather.jpg
  
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| gender = Male
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| faction = [[C'Thun]]
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| mount = Self powered flight
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| race = Wildhammer Dwarf
  
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| homeworld = [[Azeroth (world)|Azeroth]]
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| creature = Humanoid
  
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| language = [[Qiraji (language)]], [[Common]]
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| level = 80
  
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| health = 12,600
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| slang = None known
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| leader = The [[Twin Emperors]]: [[Vek'nilash]] & [[Vek'lor]]
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| mana = 7,988
  
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| character = [[Qiraji Battleguard|Battleguard]], [[Qiraji prophet|Prophet]], [[Qiraji gladiator|Gladiator]]
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| affiliation = Wildhammer dwarves
  
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| height = Varies}}
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| aggro = {{aggro|+1|0}}
  
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| character = Shaman
  
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| location = [[Stormwind Keep]], [[Stormwind City]]; [[Throne of the Elements]], [[Nagrand]]
  
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'''Gavan Grayfeather''' is a [[Wildhammer clan|Wildhammer]] [[shaman]] who has come to the recent meeting in the [[Stormwind Keep]] Throne Room.
  
   
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In the third phase of the world event, he travels to the [[Throne of the Elements]], along with other emissaries of the [[Earthen Ring]], to investigate possible causes for the upheavel. There he converses with [[Thrall]] and [[Aggra]].
  
   
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The '''qiraji''' are a race of [[insectoid]] creatures in southern [[Silithus]]. Different types of qiraji are referred to as castes with a life-long occupation and responsibility in society. It seems to be that every caste has a leader who are under the command of the [[Twin Emperors]]: [[Vek'nilash]] and [[Vek'lor]]. The three most notable castes are the [[Qiraji Battleguard|battleguard]]s, led by [[Battleguard Sartura]], [[Qiraji gladiator|gladiator]]s, led by [[General Rajaxx]], and [[Qiraji prophet|prophet]]s, led by [[The Prophet Skeram]]. The qiraji are able to create servants of living obsidian stone, the [[obsidian destroyer]]s, [[anubisath]]s, and [[horusath]]s.
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==Quotes==
  
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===Stormwind Keep===
  
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*These are grave times for Azeroth, <Name>.
  
   
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==History==
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===Throne of the Elements===
  
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[[Image:Twin Emperors.png|right|250px|The Twin Emperors]]
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:We're tryin' to find a solution to the growin' elemental disturbances in Azeroth. Here in Nagrand, we see the same rifts formin', but as a direct consequence of Draenor bein' torn to shreds. They're a sign of a weakened planet and of an elemental plane in upheavel.
  
   
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=== Origin ===
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At the ancient continent of [[Kalimdor]]'s center was a mysterious lake of incandescent energies, the [[Well of Eternity]]. It was the true heart of the world's magic and natural power. From this magical ether the [[Silithid]] were born. As the fallen [[Old God]], [[C'Thun]], recognized their appearance, he attempted to sunder the world that it once held in its unmerciful grasp. The Old God created avatars from the silithid in its own image. These avatars were to be known as [[aqir]]. Sapient and with purpose, the aqir worked feverishly to build a force capable of laying waste to the world that would betray their god, with the silithid as their minions.<ref name="Prophecy of C'Thun">[[Prophecy of C'Thun]]</ref>
   
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Not long after the troll empires divided the insectoid kingdom of the aqir, the aqir that travelled north would eventually become the race we know as the [[nerubians]] today. The aqir that travelled south ransacked and overthrew a titan research station near [[Uldum]], enslaved the [[tol'vir]], renaming themselves the '''qiraji''' and calling their new home [[Ahn'Qiraj]].<ref>http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=25626575587&sid=1</ref>
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:If ya find any information about these rifts when adventurin' in Outland, please let us know. We'll continue to speak with the elements here and find a way to calm the elements in Azeroth...before it's too late.
  
   
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The qiraji spent the next thousands of years building an army capable of exacting revenge upon the whole of Kalimdor.<ref name="Prophecy of C'Thun"/>
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===Discussion with Thrall and Aggra===
  
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{{text|say|Thrall|Would I be here if this were not serious?}}
  
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{{text|say|Aggra|I have heard you before. You are here to save your world; to learn from ours. Greatmother Geyah has charged me with instructing you, and as such, you will listen to me, Go'el.}}
  
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{{text|say|Thrall|I have told you to call me Thrall.}}
  
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{{text|say|Aggra|Yes I know, Go'el. Thrall is the leader of the Horde, but you are not here in that capacity. Look at you: At what you are wearing...}}
  
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''(Thrall is wearing, of course, Doomhammer’s Plate.)''
  
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{{text|say|Aggra|You say you have come to seek knowledge and understanding, but you are dressed for battle. That is why I question you and your willingness to do what must be done.}}
  
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{{text|say|Thrall|My clothing?! Is that what this has come to now? We debate the merits of my clothing?}}
  
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{{text|say|Gavan Grayfeather|The clothing is merely a manifestation of a larger problem. I've no doubt that you are here to learn, but you must commit yourself both in spirit and in form.}}
  
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{{text|say|Aggra|The dwarf speaks the truth. If you wish to commune with the elements you must do so from the heart.}}
  
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{{text|say|Aggra|Your heart, your love for your land and your people is what has led you here. It was neither your armor nor your weapons.}}
  
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{{text|say|Gavan Grayfeather|Thrall, you must fully devote yourself to the cause.}}
  
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{{text|emote|Aggra shoots Gavan a disapproving look.}}
  
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{{text|say|Aggra|Go'el. You cannot continue to ride the line between Warchief and Shaman. The time will come when you must commit to one side fully. That time is fast approaching.}}
  
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{{text|say|Thrall|I hear what both of you are saying and am grateful for the counsel.}}
  
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{{text|say|Thrall|If I am to understand all that is transpiring, if I am to make a difference, then my devotion must be absolute. I must submit.}}
  
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=== The War of the Shifting Sands ===
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[[Image:Skeram.JPG|thumb|left|The Prophet Skeram]]
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Only the [[night elves]], who once inhabited Silithus, stood in their way. The [[War of the Shifting Sands]] raged for long, agonizing months. The night elves were always on the defensive, always outnumbered, always being driven back. The whole of Silithus was soon engulfed by the silithid and their qiraji hosts. The night elf army was pushed back through [[Un'Goro Crater|Un'Goro]], to the borders of the [[Tanaris]] desert. Out of desperation, the night elven leader [[Fandral Staghelm]] sought the aid of the elusive [[bronze dragonflight]]. Their initial refusal to interfere was reversed when the brazen qiraji attacked the [[Caverns of Time]], home and province of [[Nozdormu]], the Timeless One. Nozdormu's heir, [[Anachronos]], agreed to enlist the bronze dragonflight against the marauding qiraji. Every able-bodied night elf joined the cause, and together they forged a campaign to retake Silithus. Even with the might of the dragons backing them, however, the sheer numbers of the qiraji and silithid proved overwhelming. And so Anachronos called upon the progeny of the remaining flights. Even so, it seemed that the numbers of qiraji and silithid were never-ending. So the dragons and Fandral hatched their final, desperate plan: to contain the qiraji within the city, to erect a barrier that would confine them until a more hopeful stratagem could be devised. With the blessing of Elune the barrier was erected before their eyes, rock and stone and roots from beneath the sands emerging to create an impenetrable wall. Even the winged soldiers who attempted to fly over the barrier met with an invisible obstruction that they could not pass. The qiraji who remained outside the wall were quickly slain. The dragon told Fandral that should any mortal ever wish to pass the magical barrier and access the ancient city, they need only strike the scepter against the gong and the gates would open. He then handed the scepter to the arch-druid.<ref name="War of the Shifting Sands">[[War of the Shifting Sands]]</ref>
   
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Hoping to contain the threat for all eternity, the arrogant Fandral then broke the scepter, both insulting and angering the bronze dragonflight. His actions that day created a rift between the allies that has existed to this day.<ref name="War of the Shifting Sands"/>
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=== Reawakening ===
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The threat posed by the qiraji has thus remained behind its wall for thousands of years. Recently, however, the unmentionable Old God slowly awakened from his slumber beneath Ahn'Qiraj. Behind the gates of the Scarab Wall, the merciless qiraji stirred once again. Empowered by the Old God, C'Thun, the qiraji prepared their legions for a worldwide assault to avenge their bitter defeat at the hands of the night elves a thousand years ago.<ref>http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/burningcrusade/townhall/story.html#top</ref>
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It was discovered that some of the qiraji were finding ways past the wall. [[Anachronos]], the [[bronze dragon]], helped the adventurers of Azeroth open the [[Scarab Wall]] to prevent more incursions. There was a lot of preparation both the Horde and the Alliance had to deal with before the gates could be opened. There were two primary branches of this prep work: gathering war supplies and reconstructing the Scepter of Shifting Sands. After [[Shiromar]]<ref>[http://us.battle.net/wow/en/game/lore/short-story/shifting-sands/1 The War of the Shifting Sands by Micky Neilson]</ref>rang the gong with the Scepter the ancient gates of Ahn'Qiraj opened, revealing the horrors of a forgotten war.<ref>[[Gates of Ahn'Qiraj#Opening the gates]]</ref>
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After the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj were shattered, and the Qiraji poured forth. The combined forces of the Horde and the Alliance, with [[High Overlord Varok Saurfang]] as their Supreme Commander, had to stop the Qiraji before they could overrun Silithus and eventually Kalimdor. The qiraji [[General Rajaxx]] commanded the opposing forces, and an endless flow of silithids and Anubisaths flooded Silithus. This battle stretched across all of Kalimdor, with qiraji resonating crystals summoning the insects.<ref>http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/04/19/wow-archivist-the-gates-of-ahnqiraj/ WoW Archivist: The Gates of Ahn'Qiraj]</ref> Nonetheless the [[Might of Kalimdor]] was victorious. The last of the Qiraji forces were defeated, retreating back to the ancient city-fortress of Ahn'Qiraj. The [[Qiraji Resonating Crystals]] littering Kalimdor vanish as quickly as they appeared, leaving behind nothing but sundered earth.<ref>http://wow.joystiq.com/photos/gates-of-ahnqiraj-event/#4066545 Gates of Ahn'Quraj Event]</ref>
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Adventurers fought the Qiraji and finally reached the [[Chamber of C'Thun]]. After C'Thun was defeated [[Eye of C'Thun|his remnants]] were brought to [[Caelestrasz]].<ref>{{quest|C'Thun's Legacy}}</ref>
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=== The Burning Crusade ===
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[[Harbinger Skyriss]] is one of the qiraji entities that the naaru kept locked up within the [[Arcatraz]]. As a servant of the Old God, he seeks to usher in his master's vision of conquering all of the [[world]]s in the [[Warcraft universe|universe]].<ref>{{quest|Harbinger of Doom}}</ref> He corrupted [[Warden Mellichar]] into releasing all the prisoners within the Arcatraz.<ref>[[Warden Mellichar]]</ref>
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Skyriss indicates that the qiraji may still have a role to play in the universe. Skyriss speaks of the might of the qiraji in the universe, saying "We span the universe, as countless as the stars!" and also "No force on this world or beyond harbors the strength to bend our knee... not even the mighty [[Burning Legion|legion]]!"<ref>[[Harbinger Skyriss#Quotes]]</ref> Because there is no reinforcement for this theory, he most likely blusters.
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During the [[Elemental Invasion]], it is revealed that some Qiraji led by [[Prince Sarsarun]] still reside in Ahn'Qiraj and some worship [[Cho'gall]]. [[Alliance ]][[adventurers]] led by [[Varian Wrynn]] or [[Horde]] led by [[Cairne Bloodhoof]] defeated these Qiraji before they could invade [[Stormwind City|Stormwind]] and [[Thunderbluff]].
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==Culture==
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[[Image:Qiraji.jpg|thumb|Qiraji illustrated by Samwise]]
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The qiraji and their servants wield items made with the rarest and finest materials: bones from gargantuan ancient creatures, gems from the depths of the earth, metals pure and strong.<ref>{{quest|Scythe of the Unseen Path}}</ref>
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The most powerful qiraji wield items of such might they'd give pause even to a dragon.<ref>{{quest|Avenger's Greaves}}</ref>
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The rings worn by the qiraji lieutenants are rumored to grant them formidable abilities. The corrupted gems that adorn them could, in theory, be swapped out with more pure materials to create uncorrupted versions of the rings.<ref>{{quest|Signet of Unyielding Strength}}</ref>
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It seems to be that female qiraji must constantly keep their face covered.<ref>[[Battleguard Sartura]]</ref><ref>[[Qiraji Battleguard]]</ref><ref>[[Qiraji Swarmguard]]</ref>
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Each of the Silithid [[hives]] in Silithus has a crystalline prism in it. They are apparently a means for the Qiraji to communicate various messages and orders to the Silithid.<ref>{{quest|Unraveling the Mystery}}</ref>
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==Types==
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*{{RaceIcon|Qiraji|Male}} [[Qiraji gladiator]]
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*{{RaceIcon|Qiraji|Female}} [[Qiraji battleguard]]
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*{{RaceIconExt|QirajiProphet}} [[Qiraji prophet]]
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*{{RaceIconExt|QirajiEmperor}} [[Qiraji emperor]]
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==Notable members==
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{| class="darktable sortable"
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|| '''{{RaceIconExt|QirajiEmperor|Small}} [[Vek'nilash]]'''
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| The brothers Vek'nilash and Vek'lor are known as the [[Twin Emperors]]. They rule over the Qiraji from the sanctuary of their [[Temple of Ahn'Qiraj|temple]].
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| [[Qiraji emperor]]
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| <font color="orange">Killable</font>
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|| '''{{RaceIconExt|QirajiEmperor|Small}} [[Vek'lor]]'''
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| The brothers Vek'nilash and Vek'lor are known as the [[Twin Emperors]]. They rule over the Qiraji from the sanctuary of their [[Temple of Ahn'Qiraj|temple]].
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| [[Qiraji emperor]]
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| <font color="orange">Killable</font>
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|| '''{{RaceIconExt|QirajiProphet|Small}} [[The Prophet Skeram]]'''
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| Important religious leader in [[Ahn'Qiraj]], the author of [[The Prophecy of C'Thun]] and a boss in the [[Temple of Ahn'Qiraj]]
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| [[Qiraji prophet]]
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| <font color="orange">Killable</font>
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|-
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|| '''{{RaceIconExt|QirajiProphet|Small}} [[Harbinger Skyriss]]'''
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| Kept locked up by the [[naaru]] within the [[Arcatraz]] until he corrupted [[Warden Mellichar]] into releasing all the prisoners
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| [[Qiraji prophet]]
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| <font color="orange">Killable</font>
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|| '''{{RaceIconExt|Qiraji Female|Small}} [[Battleguard Sartura]]'''
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| Boss in the [[Temple of Ahn'Qiraj]]
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| [[Qiraji battleguard]]
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| <font color="orange">Killable</font>
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|| '''{{RaceIconExt|Qiraji Male|Small}} [[General Rajaxx]]'''
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| Commander of the Qiraji armies since the [[War of the Shifting Sands]] and boss in the [[Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj]]
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| [[Qiraji gladiator]]
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| <font color="orange">Killable</font>
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|-
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|| '''{{RaceIconExt|Qiraji Male|Small}} [[Lieutenant General Nokhor]]'''
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| Spawns only during the [[Gates of Ahn'Qiraj]] event
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| [[Qiraji gladiator]]
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| <font color="orange">Killable</font>
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|| '''{{RaceIconExt|Qiraji Male|Small}} [[Qiraji Brigadier General Pax-lish]]'''
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| Spawns only during the [[Gates of Ahn'Qiraj]] event
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| [[Qiraji gladiator]]
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| <font color="orange">Killable</font>
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|| '''{{RaceIconExt|Qiraji Male|Small}} [[Qiraji Major He'al-ie]]'''
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| Spawns only during the [[Gates of Ahn'Qiraj]] event
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| [[Qiraji gladiator]]
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| <font color="orange">Killable</font>
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|-
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|| '''{{RaceIconExt|Qiraji Male|Small}} [[Qiraji Captain Ka'ark]]'''
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| Spawns only during the [[Gates of Ahn'Qiraj]] event
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| [[Qiraji gladiator]]
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| <font color="orange">Killable</font>
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|-
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|| '''{{RaceIconExt|Qiraji Male|Small}} [[Qiraji Lieutenant Jo-rel]]'''
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| Spawns only during the [[Gates of Ahn'Qiraj]] event
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| [[Qiraji gladiator]]
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| <font color="orange">Killable</font>
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|-
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|| '''{{RaceIconExt|Qiraji Male|Small}} [[Qiraji Officer Zod]]'''
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| Spawns only during the [[Gates of Ahn'Qiraj]] event
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| [[Qiraji gladiator]]
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| <font color="orange">Killable</font>
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|-
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|| '''{{RaceIconExt|Qiraji Male|Small}} [[Captain Drenn]]'''
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| Can be found in the [[Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj]]
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| [[Qiraji gladiator]]
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| <font color="orange">Killable</font>
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|-
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|| '''{{RaceIconExt|Qiraji Male|Small}} [[Captain Tuubid]]'''
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| Can be found in the [[Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj]]
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| [[Qiraji gladiator]]
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| <font color="orange">Killable</font>
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|-
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|| '''{{RaceIconExt|Qiraji Male|Small}} [[Major Pakkon]]'''
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| Can be found in the [[Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj]]
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| [[Qiraji gladiator]]
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| <font color="orange">Killable</font>
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==See also==
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*[[Origin of the Races#The Evolution of the Aqir|Origin of the races: The Evolution of the Aqir]]
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*[[War of the Shifting Sands]]
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*[[Prophecy of C'Thun]]
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*[[C'Thun]]
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*[[Ahn'Qiraj]]
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*[[Silithid]]
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For the language, see Qiraji (language).

The qiraji are a race of insectoid creatures in southern Silithus. Different types of qiraji are referred to as castes with a life-long occupation and responsibility in society. It seems to be that every caste has a leader who are under the command of the Twin Emperors: Vek'nilash and Vek'lor. The three most notable castes are the battleguards, led by Battleguard Sartura, gladiators, led by General Rajaxx, and prophets, led by The Prophet Skeram. The qiraji are able to create servants of living obsidian stone, the obsidian destroyers, anubisaths, and horusaths.

History

The Twin Emperors

Origin

At the ancient continent of Kalimdor's center was a mysterious lake of incandescent energies, the Well of Eternity. It was the true heart of the world's magic and natural power. From this magical ether the Silithid were born. As the fallen Old God, C'Thun, recognized their appearance, he attempted to sunder the world that it once held in its unmerciful grasp. The Old God created avatars from the silithid in its own image. These avatars were to be known as aqir. Sapient and with purpose, the aqir worked feverishly to build a force capable of laying waste to the world that would betray their god, with the silithid as their minions.[1]

Not long after the troll empires divided the insectoid kingdom of the aqir, the aqir that travelled north would eventually become the race we know as the nerubians today. The aqir that travelled south ransacked and overthrew a titan research station near Uldum, enslaved the tol'vir, renaming themselves the qiraji and calling their new home Ahn'Qiraj.[2]

The qiraji spent the next thousands of years building an army capable of exacting revenge upon the whole of Kalimdor.[1]

The War of the Shifting Sands

Main article: The War of the Shifting Sands
File:Skeram.JPG

The Prophet Skeram

Only the night elves, who once inhabited Silithus, stood in their way. The War of the Shifting Sands raged for long, agonizing months. The night elves were always on the defensive, always outnumbered, always being driven back. The whole of Silithus was soon engulfed by the silithid and their qiraji hosts. The night elf army was pushed back through Un'Goro, to the borders of the Tanaris desert. Out of desperation, the night elven leader Fandral Staghelm sought the aid of the elusive bronze dragonflight. Their initial refusal to interfere was reversed when the brazen qiraji attacked the Caverns of Time, home and province of Nozdormu, the Timeless One. Nozdormu's heir, Anachronos, agreed to enlist the bronze dragonflight against the marauding qiraji. Every able-bodied night elf joined the cause, and together they forged a campaign to retake Silithus. Even with the might of the dragons backing them, however, the sheer numbers of the qiraji and silithid proved overwhelming. And so Anachronos called upon the progeny of the remaining flights. Even so, it seemed that the numbers of qiraji and silithid were never-ending. So the dragons and Fandral hatched their final, desperate plan: to contain the qiraji within the city, to erect a barrier that would confine them until a more hopeful stratagem could be devised. With the blessing of Elune the barrier was erected before their eyes, rock and stone and roots from beneath the sands emerging to create an impenetrable wall. Even the winged soldiers who attempted to fly over the barrier met with an invisible obstruction that they could not pass. The qiraji who remained outside the wall were quickly slain. The dragon told Fandral that should any mortal ever wish to pass the magical barrier and access the ancient city, they need only strike the scepter against the gong and the gates would open. He then handed the scepter to the arch-druid.[3]

Hoping to contain the threat for all eternity, the arrogant Fandral then broke the scepter, both insulting and angering the bronze dragonflight. His actions that day created a rift between the allies that has existed to this day.[3]

Reawakening

The threat posed by the qiraji has thus remained behind its wall for thousands of years. Recently, however, the unmentionable Old God slowly awakened from his slumber beneath Ahn'Qiraj. Behind the gates of the Scarab Wall, the merciless qiraji stirred once again. Empowered by the Old God, C'Thun, the qiraji prepared their legions for a worldwide assault to avenge their bitter defeat at the hands of the night elves a thousand years ago.[4]

It was discovered that some of the qiraji were finding ways past the wall. Anachronos, the bronze dragon, helped the adventurers of Azeroth open the Scarab Wall to prevent more incursions. There was a lot of preparation both the Horde and the Alliance had to deal with before the gates could be opened. There were two primary branches of this prep work: gathering war supplies and reconstructing the Scepter of Shifting Sands. After Shiromar[5]rang the gong with the Scepter the ancient gates of Ahn'Qiraj opened, revealing the horrors of a forgotten war.[6]

Opening of the Gate

Main article: Ahn'Qiraj War

After the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj were shattered, and the Qiraji poured forth. The combined forces of the Horde and the Alliance, with High Overlord Varok Saurfang as their Supreme Commander, had to stop the Qiraji before they could overrun Silithus and eventually Kalimdor. The qiraji General Rajaxx commanded the opposing forces, and an endless flow of silithids and Anubisaths flooded Silithus. This battle stretched across all of Kalimdor, with qiraji resonating crystals summoning the insects.[7] Nonetheless the Might of Kalimdor was victorious. The last of the Qiraji forces were defeated, retreating back to the ancient city-fortress of Ahn'Qiraj. The Qiraji Resonating Crystals littering Kalimdor vanish as quickly as they appeared, leaving behind nothing but sundered earth.[8]

Adventurers fought the Qiraji and finally reached the Chamber of C'Thun. After C'Thun was defeated his remnants were brought to Caelestrasz.[9]

The Burning Crusade

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Harbinger Skyriss is one of the qiraji entities that the naaru kept locked up within the Arcatraz. As a servant of the Old God, he seeks to usher in his master's vision of conquering all of the worlds in the universe.[10] He corrupted Warden Mellichar into releasing all the prisoners within the Arcatraz.[11]

Skyriss indicates that the qiraji may still have a role to play in the universe. Skyriss speaks of the might of the qiraji in the universe, saying "We span the universe, as countless as the stars!" and also "No force on this world or beyond harbors the strength to bend our knee... not even the mighty legion!"[12] Because there is no reinforcement for this theory, he most likely blusters.

Cataclysm

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During the Elemental Invasion, it is revealed that some Qiraji led by Prince Sarsarun still reside in Ahn'Qiraj and some worship Cho'gall. Alliance adventurers led by Varian Wrynn or Horde led by Cairne Bloodhoof defeated these Qiraji before they could invade Stormwind and Thunderbluff.

Culture

Qiraji

Qiraji illustrated by Samwise

The qiraji and their servants wield items made with the rarest and finest materials: bones from gargantuan ancient creatures, gems from the depths of the earth, metals pure and strong.[13] The most powerful qiraji wield items of such might they'd give pause even to a dragon.[14] The rings worn by the qiraji lieutenants are rumored to grant them formidable abilities. The corrupted gems that adorn them could, in theory, be swapped out with more pure materials to create uncorrupted versions of the rings.[15] It seems to be that female qiraji must constantly keep their face covered.[16][17][18]

Each of the Silithid hives in Silithus has a crystalline prism in it. They are apparently a means for the Qiraji to communicate various messages and orders to the Silithid.[19]

Types


Notable members

Name Role Type Condition
File:IconSmall QirajiEmperor Small.gif Vek'nilash The brothers Vek'nilash and Vek'lor are known as the Twin Emperors. They rule over the Qiraji from the sanctuary of their temple. Qiraji emperor Killable
File:IconSmall QirajiEmperor Small.gif Vek'lor The brothers Vek'nilash and Vek'lor are known as the Twin Emperors. They rule over the Qiraji from the sanctuary of their temple. Qiraji emperor Killable
File:IconSmall QirajiProphet Small.gif The Prophet Skeram Important religious leader in Ahn'Qiraj, the author of The Prophecy of C'Thun and a boss in the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj Qiraji prophet Killable
File:IconSmall QirajiProphet Small.gif Harbinger Skyriss Kept locked up by the naaru within the Arcatraz until he corrupted Warden Mellichar into releasing all the prisoners Qiraji prophet Killable
File:IconSmall Qiraji Female Small.gif Battleguard Sartura Boss in the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj Qiraji battleguard Killable
File:IconSmall Qiraji Male Small.gif General Rajaxx Commander of the Qiraji armies since the War of the Shifting Sands and boss in the Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj Qiraji gladiator Killable
File:IconSmall Qiraji Male Small.gif Lieutenant General Nokhor Spawns only during the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj event Qiraji gladiator Killable
File:IconSmall Qiraji Male Small.gif Qiraji Brigadier General Pax-lish Spawns only during the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj event Qiraji gladiator Killable
File:IconSmall Qiraji Male Small.gif Qiraji Major He'al-ie Spawns only during the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj event Qiraji gladiator Killable
File:IconSmall Qiraji Male Small.gif Qiraji Captain Ka'ark Spawns only during the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj event Qiraji gladiator Killable
File:IconSmall Qiraji Male Small.gif Qiraji Lieutenant Jo-rel Spawns only during the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj event Qiraji gladiator Killable
File:IconSmall Qiraji Male Small.gif Qiraji Officer Zod Spawns only during the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj event Qiraji gladiator Killable
File:IconSmall Qiraji Male Small.gif Captain Drenn Can be found in the Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj Qiraji gladiator Killable
File:IconSmall Qiraji Male Small.gif Captain Tuubid Can be found in the Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj Qiraji gladiator Killable
File:IconSmall Qiraji Male Small.gif Major Pakkon Can be found in the Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj Qiraji gladiator Killable

See also

References

 
  1. ^ a b Prophecy of C'Thun
  2. ^ http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=25626575587&sid=1
  3. ^ a b War of the Shifting Sands
  4. ^ http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/burningcrusade/townhall/story.html#top
  5. ^ The War of the Shifting Sands by Micky Neilson
  6. ^ Gates of Ahn'Qiraj#Opening the gates
  7. ^ http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/04/19/wow-archivist-the-gates-of-ahnqiraj/ WoW Archivist: The Gates of Ahn'Qiraj]
  8. ^ http://wow.joystiq.com/photos/gates-of-ahnqiraj-event/#4066545 Gates of Ahn'Quraj Event]
  9. ^ C'Thun's Legacy
  10. ^ Harbinger of Doom
  11. ^ Warden Mellichar
  12. ^ Harbinger Skyriss#Quotes
  13. ^ Scythe of the Unseen Path
  14. ^ Avenger's Greaves
  15. ^ Signet of Unyielding Strength
  16. ^ Battleguard Sartura
  17. ^ Qiraji Battleguard
  18. ^ Qiraji Swarmguard
  19. ^ Unraveling the Mystery
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