Naga (Warcraft)

The Naga are a fantasy race that features in Warcraft.

History

The Naga were an intelligent serpentine race that inhabited the planet of Azeroth. Their origins were traced to over 10,000 years ago to the lands of Kalimdor that was ruled by the Night Elves who formed the mighty Kaldorei Empire that was being led by Queen Azshara who ruled the nation with her loyal followers that were the Highborne. This privileged class of nobility ruled in the capital city of Zin-Azshari where they were obsessed with the arcane magics from the Well of Eternity with their activities drawing the attention of the dark Titan Sargeras. He promised the Highborne that he would remake the planet Azeroth into a paradise, and that they would be rewarded with great power for serving him. At Sargeras' command, the Highborne created a portal in the Well in the hope that Sargeras would be able to enter Azeroth himself. The Highborne's efforts brought about the first invasion of the Burning Legion, but the ensuing War of the Ancients seemed to do the opposite of what Sargeras had promised. Demons poured from the queen's jeweled palace and laid waste to most of the city. Death and devastation followed the demonic army as it spread outward. The other night elves, together with many unlikely allies rallied in the Kaldorei Resistance, put up a surprising defense, and managed to close the portal. This added magical stress was too great for the Well of Eternity, which imploded with disastrous consequences. The Well was driven downwards by the impact and collapsed in on itself until it was finally obliterated, piercing the planet's molten core, and creating the raging Maelstrom.

Overview

In appearance, they were a race of humanoids whose lower bodies lacked legs but were serpentine in form. Naga are scaled humanoids with the lower bodies of large serpents. Naga can breathe water or air, and some naga have recently emerged from the ocean's depths. Yet most Naga have continued to dwell in the ocean's depths, beneath the site of the original Well of Eternity.

It was known that their kind possessed a warrior caste.

As former Highborne, the naga's past abuse of the Well has not been without additional consequences. The Highborne were obsessed with the Well, and the naga have been exposed to the Well's residual magics for millennia. Consequently modern naga are addicted to magic.

Naga tend to be long-lived, much like the night elves, blood elves, and high elves. Some naga have even gained immortality as part of their mutations. However, most immortal naga are women rather than men. Naga women are tall and slender, with fine scales and angular features, and often have at least four arms, though not all do. For some reason naga women have proven better than naga men at maintaining pre-Sundering memories and personalities. As a result, naga women are intellectually and magically superior to their male counterparts, and naga society is matriarchal. While males are more suited for melee combat, female naga are incredible sorcerers, commanding the power of water and ice at their fingertips.

Members

• Queen Azshara : once a female Highborne who faced death when her kingdom fell beneath the ocean but she made a pact with the Old God N'Zoth that transformed her along with her followers into the Naga where her body was transformed into a monstrous octopus-like form as she came to rule her now aquatic people.
• Lady Vashj :

Notes

• The Naga were created by Blizzard Entertainment and featured in the setting of the Warcraft universe.
• Their name was based on the Naga from Hindu beliefs.

In other media

RPGs

• In Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, the Naga appeared in the setting of the non-canon RPG published by White Wolf Publishing. The catastrophe known as the Great Sundering split the land apart to become the continents and islands as we now know them. Thousands perished, and the kaldorei lands were devastated. The Burning Legion was banished. The land around the destroyed Well of Eternity and most of Zin-Azshari blasted downward, to the bottom of the inrushing seas, to smash into the ocean floor. The Maelstrom formed above the ocean at this location, creating lasting testament to its history. The Maelstrom exists to this day. It is a large and violent magical storm that rages over the ocean. The Maelstrom whips the sea beneath it into an enormous whirlpool, the center of which is called the Eye. Once caught in the whirlpool's currents, most creatures have no chance of escaping. Furthermore, under the waves is an impassable whirling wall of water surrounding the Eye.

Appearances

• Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne:
• World of Warcraft:

External Link

• WoW Wiki Entry

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