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Have you had the dream again? A black goat with seven eyes that watches from the outside.-Puzzle Box of Yogg-Saron
Y'Shaarj (pronounced Yah-Sha-Raj) was an Old God, one of several malefic beings that were defeated and imprisoned by the Titans during Azeroth's primordial ages. Located in what is now Pandaria, the mantid race worshipped his seven heads. Y'Shaarj was said to have "consumed hope and begat despair ... inhaled courage and breathed fear". Long ago, the Titans slew Y'Shaarj in their war against the Old Gods. With his dying breath he cursed Pandaria by infesting it with shadows of his power, the Sha. That day, the Titans learned that slaying an Old God would have disastrous consequences, and instead imprisoned the remaining Old Gods deep beneath the earth to be watched over by the Titan's mightiest servants. Y'shaarj's heart was in turn imprisoned in a vault beneath the Vale of Eternal Blossoms, where it lay dormant for thousands of years.
At the command of Garrosh Hellscream, warchief of the self-proclaimed "True Horde", goblin engineers began excavations in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms in search of a mysterious and powerful artifact. With the mining crew terrorized by an ancient power in the depths, adventurers were called in to retrieve whatever remained of the excavation. After clearing the mine full of angered elementals and the living blood of Y'Shaarj, adventurers blasted their way into an underground vault. Inside the vault was a chest, suspended from chains, which contained the very heart of none other than Y'shaarj itself.
Garrosh Hellscream later fully restored the heart of Y'shaarj using the pools of Pandaria, causing great devastation to the sacred Vale of Eternal Blossoms as the dark one's heart began to beat once more. Fortunately, the whole god was not resurrected. The heart was taken to Orgrimmar, and placed in the Underhold, Garrosh's new seat of power. After Garrosh's defeat, the heart of Y'shaarj suffered a failure and only a fading breath remained on the floor of the Underhold, dissipating out of existence shortly after. With its demise, all living sha withered and died without their creator, cleansing Pandaria of their curse forever.
This image of Y'Shaarj is mostly just my own speculation, since Y'Shaarj has never been seen alive in-game, having been killed tens of thousands of years ago. I based the creatures appearance off the Sha that are fought in Mists of Pandaria (who are small slivers of Y'shaarj's power given life with his dying curse), while giving his seven heads distinct appearances based on the vices embodied by the seven prime sha. Organised from left to right, and by eye colour, the heads are:
Top Row: Anger (Red), Pride (Blue), Fear (Purple). Bottom Row: Hatred (White), Despair (Yellow), Doubt (Green), Violence (Grey).
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And strangely, pretty much every fan-art and the illustration at the Heart of Fear were actually accurate! ^v^
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I love his Dick Dastardly moustache.
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O_o BWAHAHAHAHAHA! You just made my day with that reply! X) Thank you!
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Which Old One is your favourite, and why?
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Easily N'Zoth. He's got Ny'Alotha, there's been so much build-up to him, he's the one behind Deathwing, Azshara, the Naga and even the Emerald Nightmare. He's so powerful he could wage war upon two other Old Gods (C'thun and Yogg-Saron) at the same time, and he's just all-round an awesomely fearsome villain and I can't wait to finally see him!
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Now lemme add something new that's equally scary:
N'Zoth is weaker than the other gods.
But his intelligence is so crazy he wins even in defeat~
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" It is ironic that the weakest of us may actually be the ultimate victor... C'Thun, Yogg Saron, Y'Shaarj and... Hum. Only one of us would remain to consume the world. It was always meant to be. "
" Six seats at the high table... Six mouths that hunger... One will consume all others. "
Six maws...
C'Thun.
Yogg Saron.
Y'Shaarj.
G'huun.
N'Zoth.
And... her ? O_o
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Ah yes, Xal'atath, the revered knaifuΒ of the entire WoW Fanbase.
So many theories regarding her. Is she a sentient weapon forged by the Old Gods? Is she the claw of an Old God? Is she Y'Shaarj's claw? Is she a former minion turned weapon? Or even the farthest fetched theory... the idea that she could be an Old God herself, cannibalized by her brethren in the ages of the Black Empire.
Who knows~
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o_o;Β I really wonder how Ny'alotha will play out. If N'zoth will truly be defeated, or if we've only delayed a far worse threat.
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Well, to me, I gotta say I love Y'shaarj so much!
First, he's SO tenacious. I never thought he could be no more than simply a beating heart and actually taking an active part in the Siege of Orgrimmar (his realm, Garrosh, and that other orc)! Β
Second, his story is highly inspired by chinese mythos, and I'm fond of mythology! Β
Third, he was actually very close to ravage Azeroth! (the True Horde, and all this stuff!)
[Don't believe me? Check out Garrosh's quotes!!
"Yes... I can see it now! I can see the future of this world! A world ruled by the Horde! MY Horde!!"
"I have seen it! IT has shown me!"
I get it that Garrosh was using the power of Y'shaarj, but in my opinion, the Old God lend him a little help (along with slowly corrupting him):
"You do not have the strength to defeat him. You are too weak to carry on..."]
And forth, he could've returned!Β This is from WOWwiki (although everything is not 100% true):
[Fortunately, the whole God was not resurrected.] (Stains me pants while imagining the opposite. Β )
And also, Old Gods feed on chaos, right? "Pure agony... rejuvenates me!" I doubt Garrosh would've stopped with Stormwind and be like: "Okay, I'm gonna stop this Schwarzenegger bulsh** and buy flower at the market! Β "!
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Yeah, it was pretty intense to fight Garrosh infused with the power of Y'Shaarj. It's amazing what an Old God can do even when they're reduced to a single shriveled shred!
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Warning, fan-theory!! ;D
I have the feeling that the Titans dismembered the Old Gods before throwing them in jail. That would mean we only fought... I don't know; the head of C'Thun and Yogg Saron!
Tara: "You're aware that what you said is insanely disturbing?" Β
In short, they did the same thing than with Y'shaarj, but they played surgeons, instead of bashing seven heads to dust and cutting/ripping out the rest! xD
Tara: O_o "I think we're going to build a Ulduar-like prison, just in case..." Β
"But, who's gonna be the prisonners?" Β
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I think the current canon is that the forms we fought are their physical manifestations, or the closest thing to a physical form that our minds can comprehend. W can't kill them, but by destroying their physical manifestations, we can prevent them from breaking free.
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Our despair and agony is his lifeblood. D:
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Here's another very good version of him:
www.deviantart.com/art/Y-Shaarβ¦
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That version is really cool, and a lot more "hydra-like" than mine. I do like my variance between the heads though.
Oh, if only I was that talented! XD
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I don't think Y'shaarj is "dead". Here's why:
-First, how can we be sure that Old Gods can truly die (like C'Thun [mostly] and Yoggy for example)?
-Also, all traces of his influence are far from gone (remember that little 'weapon' you get after defeating Garrosh? "You will rest in N'yalotha..."Β 
What I do think is that Old gods can only be banished for a time Β ; Β that's why they weren't destroyed entirely. The Titans could have "slew" Y'shaarj by reducing him to a motionless heart to limit his influence... Β
Β Β If that's true, however, I doΒ fear for Azeroth's future. Now that we broke the heart, he not contained anymore! Β Β Imagine Y'shaarj returning in his full body like C'Thun...Β Β
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I'm afraid Y'shaarj is truly dead by now. They even left behind an object called "Fading Breath" which was all that remained of the Old God when we defeated Garrosh. Remember, Y'shaarj is the only one the Titans actually killed, and they said that the sha were dying off too, so he's most likely truly gone for good.
Besides, no need to re-tread Y'shaarj when N'Zoth is still out there and strong as ever!
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Had this "Fading Breath" faded? (xD 
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It vanishes a few minutes after you beat Garrosh.
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Well, there is ONE thing Y'shaarj left behind, and is still threatening Azeroth:
THE MANTHIDS!!! (who doesn't like them, seriously? 
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Those guys just won't quit, will they?! Even with their Paragons dead, they still have an egg/larvae for a new Mantid Queen that they mentioned at some point, that we never really dealt with. Depending on how long it'd take for a new queen to mature, I wonder if they could return someday...
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Well, the Qiraji did hadΒ to build a body for C'Thun so he could return.
Speaking of which, is he truly "dead" too!? I found it very unlikely that mere mortals could slain something only the titans could defeat! :/
I'm just (a bit) disappointed we didn't get to see Y'shaarj return physically. Okay, he made Hellscream the vessel of his power, but he could've never returned at full strengh as long as he was nothing more than a heart!
Personally, I would see him more with an Hydra-like looking (Because of the Shas, and of this quote: "Have you had the dream again? A black goat with seven eyes that watches from the outside...") But your version is quite creative!
And yeah, even if I hate to admit it (Even with all that Blizzard made happen with him, I think they could have done more!) Y'shaarj is perhaps forever gone without a physical body, but as I recall, Old Gods are eternal beings (As Yogg Saron said:Β Only death [I think he refers to himself]Β is eternal!), so my guess is that what we call death is not the exactly the same with them. Also that still doesn't explain why we can hearΒ Y'shaarjΒ from Garrosh's axe, (which is why I think his influence hasn't worn outΒ yet)... But, oh well, as Yoggy says:
-There is no sharp distinction between the real and the unreal...
And lastly, well, for our dear aquatic Old God to appear, we just have to wait for N'yalotha to be revealed. N'Zoth, here we come!
In the land of Ny'alotha there is only sleep...
In the sleeping city of Ny'alotha walk only mad things...
Ny'alotha is a city of old, terrible, unnumbered crimes...
Sorry for the long comment!
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From my understanding, C'thun and Yogg-Saron are not truly dead, but have had their physical forms defeated enough to prevent them escaping their prisons. Also if I recall, C'thun basically played dead when he got beaten and the Qiraji freed him from a Titan facility the Titans took his "dead" body to. They didn't create a new body for him, though I think they rebuilt the Titan facility into Ahn'Qiraj. And while we couldn't truly kill C'thun and Yogg-Saron, remember that Y'Shaarj was in far, far worse shape than them, being reduced to a single dessicated organ.
Y'Shaarj sadly didn't even have a physical body left to manifest, only a shriveled heart that Garrosh managed to kick-start, but even the might of an Old God can't do much when it's that far gone. I figure he's gotta be truly dead, they made a big deal about how Y'Shaarj was the only Old God to be killed instead of imprisoned and why the Titans chose not to kill the rest after him (because he propagated the Sha with his dying breath and they feared the other Old Gods had similar dying curses up their sleeves).
And thanks! I did go with the seven heads idea, but they ended up being quite a pain to position correctly! Plus I figured he should resemble the Sha that he created. The spider-like body just sort of happened. The fun part was designing the seven heads to reflect the seven prime Sha. As for Xal'atoh, we never see it in the cutscene after Garrosh is beaten, so I'm not sure if our version is even canon. I figured such a creation would die off like the Sha with Y'Shaarj's demise.
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Call me insane if you want, but I think I've found out the Old Gods' true nature: These abberations are like giant ballons, which can manifest plastic! Β
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Okay, that metaphore wasn't clear...
To me, the Old gods are like ballons full of toxic gaz. They're primally composed of essence, and as such, they can create themselves a body whenever they want (kinda like the gods in Dungeon & Dragons! Yay!). So, in short, we can only "kill" the form they manifest in, but they're so severely weakened that they don't have enough power to just come back physically without assistance. So we're just "deflating" them.
But if so, you may ask, why didn't the titans just "killed" the physical forms of all the Old Gods, like Y'shaarj? Well, I did said they were full of "toxic gaz" (namely: their essence), so if you just burst the ballon, the essence cannot be contained anymore, and it will spread out. They may never return physically (we have no proof that Old Gods can be destroyed body and mind), but their corruption will spread out anyway...
But killing their physical forms can also be dangerous: Yogg Saron warned us at the end that his body alone would poison Azeroth.
Uulwi ifis halahs gag erh'ongg w'ssh.
But I remain convinced that what we're fighting of them is just their head or a part of their body!
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I think a part of that is true. When the Titans killed Y'Shaarj, it left the Sha behind. Which is why they imprisoned the rest instead of trying to kill them.
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There's also another Old One, waiting...
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Yep, they said five and we only have four accounted for. The implications are...unsettling. o_o;
My pet theory is it's the "giant rook" that "watches from the dead trees" (Whispering Forest maybe? or maybe even Karazhan?) the Puzzle Box of Yogg-Saron mentions, it'll be based on Hastur, and it's the one behind the Infinite Dragonflight and Nozdormu's corruption into Murozond. I may have to draw that in the future..
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Recent information makes me believe C'thun created/will create the Infinite dragonflight. He's pretty close to the Caverns of Time.
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Yeah, it seems like he'd be the one behind Nozdormu's eventual corruption/insanity. Recent info does kinda open the door for C'thun to potentially return, after all.
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So he's basically C'Thun's half brother! xD
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Maybe? C'thun doesn't have much to do with the Bronze Dragonflight, aside from the Brood of Nozdormu faction working with the Cenarion Circle in Silithus. But that's mainly because the Silithid nests in Tanaris are growing and the dragons would rather not have the Silithid and Qiraji reach the Caverns of Time.
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Well, To me, he's directly related to the creation of the Twilight's Hammer. Don't forget he manipulated Cho'Gall since Wrath of the Lich King.
And also, Me'dan was still hearing the whispers of C'Thun, no? Is a massive disaster coming to us? (Like father, like son? :,( )
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That is true, actually! The Twilight's Hammer Cult were once an orcish clan that Cho'Gall was given leadership of (the original chieftain was executed for disobeying the Shadow Council, and their name along with the clan's original name were erased from all records). I daresay he's been manipulating Cho'Gall possibly longer than Wrath...
And I ignore any mention of Med'an, considering he's the worst Warcraft character ever created. So that won't be a problem.
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Okay. But there is still something I don't get:
Sargeras has manipulated Medhiv into conquering Azeroth, right? So why king Lien's death is speculated to have been influenced by Hogg Saron, an Old God!?
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Yes, it was Sargeras that possessed Medivh, since as the most powerful mortal sorcerer, he was the most suitable host for the Dark Titan's spirit.
I have no idea why Yogg-Saron showed us a vision of King Llane's death, to be honest. He also shows us Bolvar being tortured by the Lich King (which he had no influence over) and the creation of the Dragon Soul (he might have had partial influence, since the Old Gods were controlling Deathwing, but that was mainly N'Zoth's work). It's possible that the Old Gods have had some influence in those events, but I doubt it'd all be Yogg-Saron's doing.
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Speaking of the Dark Side, I think Kadgar could potentially become a really terrible threat to Azeroth!
He's beginning to employ horrible means to achieve his goals, just like Gul'dan! D:
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Look at the Legendary questline: he's nearly torturing Garrona to obtain Gul'dan'a whereabouts!
Speaking of the Warlock, he just owned Grommash and took control once more! D:
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Though Garona is under the control of Gul'dan, and Khadgar's next goal was to free Garona.
And yep, Gul'dan's taken control of the Iron Horde, turned them into fel warriors. Like Khadgar says, "time is a flat circle". Even with the changes Garrosh made and the difference between the timelines, some events in the Warcraft timeline seem fated to happen, one way or another.
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Ah, the magic of Internet!
Oh wait, they are in Warlords of Draenor!!!
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Hm? Old Gods in Draenor? Unlikely. Through the Spires of Arak storyline, we've saved the Arakkoa Outcasts, saved Anzu from being broken by the Sethekk, and in doing so we prevented them from seeking an Old God in desperation like they did in our timeline. It's really heartwarming when you realise just how much of a difference we made in the fate of these Arakkoa.
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Also, I'be heard that alternate Medivh was mentioned. Is that true; please tell me it is!!! <8-D
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