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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).

World of Warcraft © Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.

Description
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).

World of Warcraft © Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.