Hello everyone!
Sathrovarr the corruptor is what we call a dreadlord.
Cloven hoofed demons with gaunt faces, sharp claws, and sharper minds.
In their tongue they are known as the Nathrezim but they sometimes refer to themselves as
the Thal’Kituun, meaning ‘unseen guest’ in their language.
The Dreadlords see manipulation and deception as their true talents, preferring to remain
hidden in the shadows, waiting for an opportune moment to strike.
Although they are fearsome opponents on the battlefield, the dreadlords prefer to have
their unwitting victims do their dirty work for them, turning nations against each other
through manipulation and guile.
As Thalanir Dawnrise, a Sindorei scholar once said: “That's the problem with the Nathrazim,
at least an infernal has the courtesy of announcing its presence”.
Once they take hold of their victims they can consume their essence, and are even capable
of possessing people, as the dreadlord Balnazzar did to the paladin Saidan Dathrohan.
The Nathrezim originally came from their home planet of Nathreza,a planet in the Twisting
Nether, a place where the very fabric of the world was saturated in potent energies and
raw magic.
We know of one unnamed city on Nathreza, where a tall basalt tower stood, illuminated by
the sickly green shade of fel lanterns.
The tower housed great discs containing the knowledge of the Nathrezim.
The races they had come across, all their conquests and information on every plot the
manipulative race had ever orchestrated.
Illidan Stormrage used the souls of his enemies and his own soldiers to open a portal to Nathreza.
He and his demon hunters tore through the unsuspecting Nathrezim and retrieved the Seal
of Argus, a disc which taught Illidan the location of the Eredar’s homeworld.
After leaving back through the portal from which they arrived, Illidan collapsed the
portal and Nathreza shattered.
All those Nathrezim on the surface were vanquished forever, having been killed in the Twisting
Nether.
It could be that a small rocky section of Nathreza still stands.
In legion, Portal Keeper Hasabel is the doommaiden responsible for transporting demons from their
respective worlds to the front lines of the Burning Legion.
When fighting her in The Burning Throne she opens portals to several demon worlds, one
of which is Nathreza.
Another portal she opens is to the world of Xoroth, home of the dreadsteeds and wrathsteeds
which are the mounts of the Nathrezim.
One of these mounts, a xorothian wrathsteed, is the mount of Arax’ath who warlock players
defeat in order to take his mount for themselves during their order hall campaign.
With their extraordinary powers these demons made up some of the most powerful forces that
the burning legion had to over, under the command of the dark titan sargeras they set
out on the mission of destroying and conquering worlds, making sure that the voidlords would
be unable to corrupt a slumbering titan spirit.
Naturally this meant setting their eyes on our world of azeroth which houses one of these
spirits, but the legion’s invasions were halted by heroes of the world.
You might recall how archimonde was defeated during warcraft 3, but that wasn’t the first
nor would it be the last time that they tried to take our world.
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Seeking a way onto Azeroth, Kil’jaedan has tasked the newly resurrected Kael'thas Sunstrider
with creating a portal through which he can enter.
Kael'thas, who had been swayed to the will of Kil’jaedan by promises of salvation for
the blood elf people, needed a huge source of power, and what better than the last essence
of the sunwell?
When the sunwell was destroyed there were remnants left, fragments of its power.
To avoid these essences falling into the wrong hands the red dragon Korialstrasz collected
the essences and hid them, transforming them into a human girl named Anveena.
It was when the blue dragonflight sent Kalecgos to investigate that he met Anveena and they
struck up a bond.
Kil’jaedan had learnt of Anveena and knew the remaining powers of the sunwell would
be more than powerful enough to power a portal through which he would enter, he sends Kael’thas
to apprehend the girl and use her to power the portal.
When Anveena was kidnapped and taken to Sunwell Plateau, Kalecgos followed, determined to
rescue her.
You can learn more about Anveena through one of the older videos on the channel, but for
now our focus is on Kalecgos and how he came across Sathrovarr the Corruptor.
If you have been through the Sunwell Plateau raid you will remember seeing Kalecgos.
To our dismay and surprise, he is aggressive and we are forced into combat.
It becomes clear during the battle that something is not quite right.
The lights are on but Kalecgos isn’t exactly home.
As we soon find out Kalecgos has been corrupted, and we enter into a shadowy, dark dimension
where we can see Kalec, the half elf form of Kalecgos, fighting against a dreadlord
at least three times his size.
Sathrovarr has corrupted Kalecgos but as it would turn out, dragons prove formidable targets
for possession, and Kalec is fighting against Sathrovarr, desperately trying to regain control
of his body.
He calls out to us for help before he loses, and the power of Sathrovarr’s hold over
Kalecgos is obvious.
Kalec cannot resist him much longer, he is losing control over his own body and mind.
Sathrovarr proves a tough opponent in physical combat too, and we need to kill him before
he can kill Kalec, who is slipping away.
If we fail, Sathrovarr kills Kalec and the dragon known as Kalecgos is now lost, calling
out his victory in the name of Kil'jaedan.
Sathrovarr, though formidable, can be beaten and killing this huge dreadlord will free
Kalecgos of his corruption.
Once freed Kalecgos has control back and thanks us for our help as he heads further into complex,
determined to save Anveena and stop Kil’jaedan.
What of Sathrovarr however?
We know that demons can never truly die unless they’re killed inside the twisting nether,
and a few expansions later Sathrovarr turns up again.
In the battle for broken shore scenario Sathrovarr is one of many demons Gul’dan summons in
against the alliance.
We haven’t seen him since his defeat at the Broken Shore, but he made his Hearthstone
debut in Blizzcon 2019.
Featuring as part of the upcoming Descent of Dragons expansion, all those who logged
in from November 5th got his card for free, and all those who attended Blizzcon or who
had a virtual ticket would also receive his golden version.
In Hearthstone Sathrovarr, having dropped his corruptor title, does what he does best
summoning a copy of a friendly minion into your hand, your deck, and the battlefield.
Just wait until you also find a copy in your pocket.
And your desk!
And your fridge!”
With that we’ve come to the end of sathrovarrs story.
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