History Characters / WarcraftTheBurningLegion

** [[spoiler: After Antorus, this is now in full effect. Sargeras is permanently sealed away, Argus-The-Titan has been killed and with it the demon's ability to cheat death on fel-tainted worlds died with him, the Demon Hunters and Army of the Light have all but taken the planet back and any death they suffer will be a permanent dent in the formerly endless army, including the bosses you kill in the Antorus raid itself (important demons such as their most powerful portal master, for example). It's safe to say the Legion has been almost entirely dismantled.]]

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They have bat wings and fangs, often exhibit life-draining powers and use bat swarms and sleeping magic as weapons. They are also usually [[UndeathlyPallor ashen-pale]] and bald and have [[LooksLikeOrlok pointed ears, fangs and claws]]. This makes them a cross between a ClassicalMovieVampire and a BigRedDevil (see above).

* FingerPokeOfDoom: Like Archimonde, he also knows the powerful spell Death Finger.

* LastOfHisKind: [[spoiler:He killed all the other Titans when they tried to stop him. He and the last world soul in Azeroth are the only Titans left. Later subverted when it's revealed he has taken the souls of the other titans, bar Eonar who is in hiding and Azeroth who has yet to be awakened, and is trying to have them reborn but under his control, as he as done with Aggramar and Argus.]]
* ManOfKryptonite: After being inundated with fel magic when he shattered Mardunn, Sargeras became this to other Titans (since Titans are beings of arcane magic, and arcane is weak against fel). In fact [[spoiler:apart from Aggarmar, who Sargeras cut in half, fel magic was how Sargeras defeated the remainder of the Titan Pantheon]].

Master of Pain and Mistress of Torment were the secondary leaders of Magtheridon's forces when Illidan arrived with his forces.

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* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: As secondary leaders of Magtheridon's forces they are even stronger than the Blademasters, and are second only to Magtheridon himself, and not counting the bonus campaign, they are among the strongest non-hero units in the game.
* CoDragons: They are the secondary leaders of Magtheridon's forces and must be killed to gain access to him.
* FlunkyBoss: They are accompanied by other demon units.
* HerdHittingAttack: They have a lot of skills that are area or chain.
* KingMook: They are stronger versions of a Doom Guard and a Queen of Suffering respectively.

A massive abomination that serves in the forces of Magtheridon.

* AmbiguousSituation: Due to Magtheridon having no undead troops and the character being a reference to "Diablo", it is ambiguous if Butcher is canon to the game's lore.
* ArtifactMook: Since Magtheridon doesn't seem to have any other undead units, it's rare for him to have an abomination among his forces.
* KingMook: He is an abomination with better stats and abilities.
* LightningBruiser: Not only is he very big and does a lot of damage, but with the Frenzy ability he can attack and run faster.
* OptionalBoss: Unlike Master of Pain and Mistress of Torment, you don't need to kill the butcher to win.

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[[folder: Talnivarr the Sleeper, Destroyer Zardikar, and Sinstralis of the Pain]]

Three demonic gladiators in the Outland Arena, an old piece of Draenor floating in space that can be accessed by a portal in the Dustwallow Marsh. The trio are respectively: a Dreadlord, a Doom Guard, and a Succubus. Each are an OptionalBoss for Rexxar and his friends in ''The Founding of Durotar''. Defeating them and their minions respectively grant Intelligence, Strength, and Agility tomes. Their encounters gradually get more difficult, and after 10 victories, they stop rewarding tomes and instead reward gold.
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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: {{Inverted|trope}}. Mal'ganis, the first Dreadlord to appear in the ''Warcraft III'' campaign, is the only one among those that appear there[[note]]not counting Dalvengyr, who appears in only one mission in ''The Frozen Throne'' and has no dialogue[[/note]] that has no elemental Orb equipped.

* GutturalGrowler: Par for the course for Pit Lords.

* GutturalGrowler: Par for the course for Pit Lords.

* HijackedByGanon: After Gul'dan and Grommash spent the expansion vying for the position of BigBad, [[spoiler:Archimonde, who had already appeared as the FinalBoss in a previous raid, takes center stage.]]

'''[[Characters/WarcraftTheAlliance The Alliance]]:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceStormwind Stormwind (Humans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceLordaeron Lordaeron (Humans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceGilneas Gilneas (Humans/Worgen)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceKulTiras Kul Tiras (Humans)]] [[Characters/WarcraftJainaProudmoore (Jaina Proudmoore)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceHumanKingdoms Other Human Kingdoms]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceIronforge Ironforge (Dwarven Clans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceGnomeregan Gnomeregan (Gnomes)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceQuelThalas Quel'Thalas/Telogrus Rift (High Elves and Void Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceDarnassus Darnassus (Night Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceExodar The Exodar (Draenei)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceTushui Tushui (Pandaren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceVindicaar Vindicaar (Lightforged Draenei)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceMechagon Mechagon (Mechagnomes)]]\\
'''[[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 Bilgewater Cartel (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)]]\\

"And burn it to a husk."''

!!!The Fallen Titan

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->''"Our crusade'' will ''prevail."''

Sargeras is the Burning One, the master of the Burning Legion. Originally a Titan, he fell from grace and decided to undo all of creation, returning it to the Twisted Nether. To that end, he enlisted the aid of the original Draenei race, promising incredible power to those who would follow him. Sargeras and his Burning Legion moved from world to world, eradicating or corrupting all life thereon, until they were attracted to Azeroth by the wanton use of magic by the Night Elves. They found the planet a tough nut to crack, however, and the Legion tried many ploys ranging from brute force to corruption to infiltration.

* GlassCannon: Sinstralis has lower health and higher damage output (through her high attack speed) than the other two. She also has only offensive spells.
* IronicNickname: Talnivarr's title is "The Sleeper" but he is the one that puts his opponents to sleep.

* StoneWall: Zardikar has the most health of the gladiators. Due to a game design error, he also deals very little damage to land units (his air unit damage is instead the one that is inflated, but that's not applicable in the fight since the player does not have any air units).

* SuperBoss: The highest levels of their encounters are harder than the FinalBoss of the campaign, Admiral Proudmoore and among the toughest opponents in the entire campaign. The amount of damage they can output can be pretty staggering.
** Zardikar is a huge tank and DamageSpongeBoss and has the same abilities as a Doom Guard (Rain of Fire, War Stomp, Cripple, though not Dispel Magic), along with summoning Fel Ravagers, which can Devour Magic, removing buffs and debuffs, healing themselves and damaging your summons. His Salamander minions have ManaBurn, which can gradually disarm the party of their disable and nuke spells and eventually overwhelm them once they are out of mana. They also have Firebolt, which they can use to chainstun your heroes.
** Sinstralis has Death Coil, Bloodlust, Force of Nature (for corrupted treants, that have Entangling Roots) and Charm. This gives her huge damage and she can do it from long range, since the other two bosses are melee. Her voidwalker minions have Forked Lightning, so they output a lot of magical damage, and they have Phase Shift, so they can protect themselves from the team's AOE spells. They also have Devour Magic, like the Fel Ravagers.

* SupportPartyMember: Talnivarr is not a huge damage dealer. Instead he provides Trueshot Aura for his Skeletons, uses Sleep on your party members, and drops Infernals to stun and create meat shields for his skeletons. This applies to Zardikar as well, due to the design error making him a StoneWall.

* KingMook: Zardikar and Sinstralis are extremely large and powerful versions of Doom Guards and Succubi respectively.

** Zardikar is a huge tank and DamageSpongeBoss and has the same abilities as a Doom Guard, along with summoning Fel Ravagers, which can devour magic, healing themselves and damaging your summons. His Salamander minions have ManaBurn, which can gradually disarm the party of their disable and nuke spells and eventually overwhelm them once they are out of mana. They also have Firebolt, which they can use to chainstun your heroes.

* SupportPartyMember: Talnivarr is not a huge damage dealer. Instead he provides Trueshot Aura for his Skeletons, uses Sleep on your party members, and drops Infernals to stun and create meat shields for his skeletons. This applies to Zardikar as well, due to the design error.

* DumbMuscle: Talnivarr would be this compared to all other Nathrezim, if he is just a gladiator instead of a spy or commander.
* FlunkyBoss: They are accompanied by minions: Salamanders for Zardikar, Voidwalkers for Sinstralis, and Skeleton Archers for Talnivarr. Unlike most Flunky Bosses, killing them does not end the encounter. It only ends if the player kills them and all of their minions.
* GlassCannon: Sinstralis has lower health and higher damage output (through her high attack speed) than Zardikar. She also has only offensive spells.

* MightyGlacier: Zardikar has the most health of the gladiators. He is also the one most liable to be blocked by his minions.

* SupportPartyMember: Talnivarr is not a huge damage dealer. Instead he provides Trueshot Aura for his Skeletons, uses Sleep on your party members, and drops Infernals to stun and create meat shields for his skeletons.

* KilledOffForReal: Slain by dozens of wisps all exploding at the same time around the World Tree. [[spoiler:Until it was {{Subverted}} in ''Warlords of Draenor'', where he comes back. See BodyBackupDrive above, Archimonde has as many back up bodies as there are realities, and he could use all of them provided he has a way to move his physical body between dimensions.]]
** [[spoiler:WordOfGod has stated their intention was for Archimonde to be defeated in the Twisting Nether if the raid was on Mythic difficulty, which would make him dead for real at the end of ''Warlords''. However, when asked for a confirmation on Archimonde's status, Blizzard [[FlipFlopOfGod wasn't quite sure themselves]] and have stated it's all open for retconning, making whether Archimonde is alive or not unknown for now. His absence in the Burning Legion-centered ''Legion'' expansion may indicate he's no longer around.]]

* BladeOnAStick: Two blades on a single stick.

!!Brutallus

* HeroKiller: He slays the blue dragon Madrigosa before adventurers reach him. Said dragon was helping the Shattered Sun Offensive to retake Sunwell Plateau.

* FlunkyBoss: They are accompanied by other demon units. Salamanders for Zardikar, Voidwalkers for Sinstralis, and Skeleton Archers for Talnivarr. Unlike most Flunky Bosses, killing them does not end the encounter. It only ends if the player kills them and all of their minions.

'''[[Characters/WarcraftTheAlliance The Alliance]]:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceStormwind Stormwind (Humans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceLordaeron Lordaeron (Humans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceGilneas Gilneas (Humans/Worgen)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceKulTiras Kul Tiras (Humans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceHumanKingdoms Other Human Kingdoms]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceIronforge Ironforge (Dwarven Clans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceGnomeregan Gnomeregan (Gnomes)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceQuelThalas Quel'Thalas/Telogrus Rift (High Elves and Void Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceDarnassus Darnassus (Night Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceExodar The Exodar (Draenei)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceTushui Tushui (Pandaren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceVindicaar Vindicaar (Lightforged Draenei)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceMechagon Mechagon (Mechagnomes)]]\\

'''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)]] | '''The Burning Legion (Fel)''' | [[Characters/WarcraftTheDragonflights The Dragonflights]] | [[Characters/WarcraftWildGods Wild Gods]]\\
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** Throughout most of Warcraft's history, Sergeras and the Legion have been the largest known threat out there. While not always present and at the forefront, it was generally accepted that the Burning Legion was the most existential threat out there.

* BreakThemByTalking: He tries to do this to Grom in ''Reign of Chaos'', insinuating that their love of bloodshed and carnage makes them no different. He [[NiceJobFixingItVillain only suceeds in goading Grom into the attack that kills him]].

* TheStarscream: He actully tried to take over, but Horde players put him down after Wrathgate.

* PunchClockVillain: Possibly. They are some of the only demons that are not hostile on sight and pay out rewards if they are defeated, but its unclear if they are doing that or some other force.