Wowpedia

We have moved to Warcraft Wiki. Click here for information and the new URL.

READ MORE

Wowpedia
Don't have an account?
Register
Register
Wowpedia
Wowpedia
274,795
pages
in: Quest givers, Tauren, Quest enders,
and 3 more

Talk: Deeb

Back to page | (Difference between pages)
Sign in to edit
(Rare mob)
 
(→‎Trivia: Was not sure if to delete it entirely, or just add RPG. Either way, Dragonsworns no longer exist, and thus Xarantaur is not a Dragonsworn.)
 
Line 1: Line 1:
  +
{{npcbox
−
How is this not categorized as a rare mob? [[User:Darkangel9080|Darkangel9080]] ([[User talk:Darkangel9080|talk]]) 03:51, October 9, 2010 (UTC)
  
  +
| image = Xarantaur.jpg
  +
| name = Xarantaur
  +
| title = The Witness
  +
| gender = Male
  +
| race = Tauren
  +
| character = [[Druid]]
  +
| level = 80
  +
| type = Elite
  +
| occupation = [[Watchers#Other_Watchers|Watcher]], Explorer, Scholar
  +
| status = [[Immortal]]
  +
| aggro = {{Aggro|0|1}}
  +
| affiliation = [[Bronze dragonflight]], [[Warsong Offensive]]
  +
| location = [[Camp Tunka'lo]], [[The Storm Peaks]]
  +
| mentors = [[Cenarius]] (''shan'do'')
  +
}}
  +
  +
'''Xarantaur''' is a level 80 elite [[tauren]] druid and quest giver at [[Camp Tunka'lo]] in the [[Storm Peaks]]. He is over ten thousand years old, having been among the first tauren druids to be tutored by [[Cenarius]] (as detailed in ''[[Forestlord and the First Druids]]'') and raised to immortality by [[Nozdormu]].
  +
  +
Xarantaur has come to Camp Tunka'lo to find out more of the [[taunka]] hero [[Stormhoof]], venerated by his people for his victory over the nefarious [[the North Wind|North Wind]]. Finding that the camp's history does not match the story he heard, Xarantaur seeks the aid of adventurers to set things right.
  +
  +
He starts the following quests:
  +
* {{questlong|Horde|80|The Witness and the Hero}}
  +
* {{questlong|Horde|80|Memories of Stormhoof}}
  +
* {{questlong|Horde|80|Where Time Went Wrong}}
  +
* {{questlong|Horde|80|The Hero's Arms}}
  +
* {{questlong|Horde|80|Changing the Wind's Course}}
  +
  +
==In-game dialog==
  +
*Do you have a story for me?
  +
*Would you like to hear a story?
  +
*Ah yes, I have read of you, <Name>.
  +
*I am Xarantaur, the Witness.
  +
  +
{{gossip|''Tell me of yourself, Xarantaur. Why are you called The Witness?''}}
  +
  +
:I was one of the first tauren druids, of the last generation taught by Shan'do Cenarius, before the [[Burning Legion|legion]], before the [[Great Sundering|sundering]], when the world was still young. Before everything changed.
  +
  +
:While my brethren hunted great beasts, I hunted stories. I had been drawn to the druidic arts by this hunger, this lust for knowledge. For a time, that hunger was sated as I learned to talk to the trees, rocks, and beasts, and learned their stories.
  +
  +
:But then, the time came when Cenarius walked among us no more and my brethren began to forget what he had taught us. I could not forget, though, and I still needed to learn more about our world.
  +
  +
:So I said my farewells and travelled beyond the lands of my people.
  +
  +
{{gossip|''Please, go on.''}}
  +
  +
:I wandered for the rest of my natural life in search of knowledge, seeing more wonder and meeting more strange and mysterious races than any of my people before me. I travelled across the length and breadth of ancient Kalimdor until there was no more to see, no new lands across the horizon.
  +
  +
:Yet... there was still so much I did not know as I felt my final journey approaching and I wept for the things I would never know.
  +
  +
:As I fell, my life at an end, that is when they found me.
  +
  +
{{gossip|''They ?''}}
  +
  +
:The [[bronze dragonflight|Bronze Dragonflight]]. They snatched me from the brink of death and took me before their master, [[Nozdormu]]. He said they wanted me to continue my hunt. He granted me immortality as a [[Bronze watcher|Watcher]], tasked to bear witness to the history of [[Azeroth (world)|Azeroth]] as one of his agents.
  +
  +
:I am Xarantaur the Witness, and it is my duty to preserve the true history of Azeroth, lest it be forgotten.
  +
  +
==Trivia==
  +
* Xarantaur's appearance and backstory were created by Xaran Alamas the player behind the Xarantaur's Lore Q&A series of threads on the WoW Europe forum.<ref>Xarantaur's Lore Q&A : http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=15211956&sid=1</ref> The NPC was implemented in game, and the questline created by WoW's lead NPC designer at the request of [[Chris Metzen]].<ref>Chris "Thundergod" Metzen's post : http://www.sonsofthestorm.com/tomeofhonor/index.php?show=20</ref>
  +
* In World of Warcraft he appears as a member of the [[Warsong Offensive]], however Xarantaur's affiliations are clearly to the Bronze Dragonflight alone and does not initiate combat with Alliance players.
  +
* Although not directly stated in game, it is the opinion of Xaran Alamas that Xarantaur is a [[Dragonsworn]]. (RPG-only)
  +
  +
==See also==
  +
* [[User:Xarantaur/XarantaurExtra|Xarantaur Extra]] 'behind the scenes' info from Xarantaur's creator.
  +
* [[Storm Peaks NPCs]].
  +
  +
==References==
  +
<references/>
  +
  +
== External links ==
  +
<!-- Read http://www.wowpedia.org/Wowpedia:External_links before posting your links here.
  +
Links that do not conform to the rules will be DELETED.
  +
Repeat violations may result in a BAN.
  +
Have a nice day. :) -->
  +
{{Elinks-NPC|30381}}
  +
  +
[[Category:Quest givers]]
  +
[[Category:Tauren]]
  +
[[Category:Quest enders]]
  +
[[Category:The Storm Peaks NPCs]]
  +
[[Category:Warsong Offensive NPCs]]
  +
[[Category:Bronze Dragonflight]]

Revision as of 05:33, 4 August 2011

Xarantaur
Image of Xarantaur
Title <The Witness>
Gender Male
Race Tauren
Level 80 Elite
Class Druid
Reaction Alliance Horde
Affiliation(s) Bronze dragonflight, Warsong Offensive
Occupation Watcher, Explorer, Scholar
Location Camp Tunka'lo, The Storm Peaks
Status Immortal
Mentor(s) Cenarius (shan'do)

Xarantaur is a level 80 elite tauren druid and quest giver at Camp Tunka'lo in the Storm Peaks. He is over ten thousand years old, having been among the first tauren druids to be tutored by Cenarius (as detailed in Forestlord and the First Druids) and raised to immortality by Nozdormu.

Xarantaur has come to Camp Tunka'lo to find out more of the taunka hero Stormhoof, venerated by his people for his victory over the nefarious North Wind. Finding that the camp's history does not match the story he heard, Xarantaur seeks the aid of adventurers to set things right.

He starts the following quests:

In-game dialog

  • Do you have a story for me?
  • Would you like to hear a story?
  • Ah yes, I have read of you, <Name>.
  • I am Xarantaur, the Witness.

Gossip Tell me of yourself, Xarantaur. Why are you called The Witness?

I was one of the first tauren druids, of the last generation taught by Shan'do Cenarius, before the legion, before the sundering, when the world was still young. Before everything changed.
While my brethren hunted great beasts, I hunted stories. I had been drawn to the druidic arts by this hunger, this lust for knowledge. For a time, that hunger was sated as I learned to talk to the trees, rocks, and beasts, and learned their stories.
But then, the time came when Cenarius walked among us no more and my brethren began to forget what he had taught us. I could not forget, though, and I still needed to learn more about our world.
So I said my farewells and travelled beyond the lands of my people.

Gossip Please, go on.

I wandered for the rest of my natural life in search of knowledge, seeing more wonder and meeting more strange and mysterious races than any of my people before me. I travelled across the length and breadth of ancient Kalimdor until there was no more to see, no new lands across the horizon.
Yet... there was still so much I did not know as I felt my final journey approaching and I wept for the things I would never know.
As I fell, my life at an end, that is when they found me.

Gossip They ?

The Bronze Dragonflight. They snatched me from the brink of death and took me before their master, Nozdormu. He said they wanted me to continue my hunt. He granted me immortality as a Watcher, tasked to bear witness to the history of Azeroth as one of his agents.
I am Xarantaur the Witness, and it is my duty to preserve the true history of Azeroth, lest it be forgotten.

Trivia

  • Xarantaur's appearance and backstory were created by Xaran Alamas the player behind the Xarantaur's Lore Q&A series of threads on the WoW Europe forum.[1] The NPC was implemented in game, and the questline created by WoW's lead NPC designer at the request of Chris Metzen.[2]
  • In World of Warcraft he appears as a member of the Warsong Offensive, however Xarantaur's affiliations are clearly to the Bronze Dragonflight alone and does not initiate combat with Alliance players.
  • Although not directly stated in game, it is the opinion of Xaran Alamas that Xarantaur is a Dragonsworn. (RPG-only)

See also

References

  1. ^ Xarantaur's Lore Q&A : http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=15211956&sid=1
  2. ^ Chris "Thundergod" Metzen's post : http://www.sonsofthestorm.com/tomeofhonor/index.php?show=20

External links

Community content is available under CC BY-SA 3.0 unless otherwise noted.
More Fandoms