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how come illidan has less health than Thaddius(naxxramas) just asking. Is it the phases of battle?
and stop being racist "you people" phht jerk

Commento di Vlad

I would like to warn you not to listen to this if you are progressing in Black Temple (or if you will be in closest future)! Otherwise if you are like me, someone who knows that Black Temple is totally out of your league, feel free to spoil hardcore! ;) Just notice that the sounds are not sorted in appearance order! That one is left for your imagination... :P

The prelude (quest chain?):

/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Akama\\BTPRLUDE_Akama01.wav");
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Akama\\BTPRLUDE_Akama02.wav");
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Akama\\BTPRLUDE_Akama03.wav");
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Akama\\BTPRLUDE_Akama04.wav");
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Akama\\BTPRLUDE_Akama05.wav");
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Akama\\BTPRLUDE_Akama06.wav");
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Akama\\BTPRLUDE_Akama07.wav");
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Akama\\BTPRLUDE_Akama08.wav");
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Illidan\\BTPRLUDE_Illidan01.wav");
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Illidan\\BTPRLUDE_Illidan02.wav");
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Illidan\\BTPRLUDE_Illidan03.wav");

Illidan in Black Temple:

"Akama... your duplicity is hardly surprising. I should have slaughtered you and your malformed brethren long ago."
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Illidan\\BLACK_Illidan_01.wav");
"Boldly said. But I remain unconvinced."
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Illidan\\BLACK_Illidan_02.wav");
"Come my minnions, deal with this traitor as he deserves!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Illidan\\BLACK_Illidan_03.wav");
"You are not prepared!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Illidan\\BLACK_Illidan_04.wav");
"I can feel your hatred!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Illidan\\BLACK_Illidan_05.wav");
"Give in to your fear!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Illidan\\BLACK_Illidan_06.wav");
"You know nothing of power!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Illidan\\BLACK_Illidan_07.wav");
"Feel the hatred of ten thousand years!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Illidan\\BLACK_Illidan_08.wav");
"Such arrogance!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Illidan\\BLACK_Illidan_09.wav");
"This is too easy!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Illidan\\BLACK_Illidan_10.wav");
"Who shall be next to taste my blades?"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Illidan\\BLACK_Illidan_11.wav");
"You've wasted too much time mortals. Now you shall fall!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Illidan\\BLACK_Illidan_12.wav");
"Behold the power, of the demon within!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Illidan\\BLACK_Illidan_13.wav");
"Is this it mortals, is this all the fury you can muster?"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Illidan\\BLACK_Illidan_14.wav");
"Maiev, how is it even possible?"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Illidan\\BLACK_Illidan_15.wav");
"You have won, Maiev. But the huntress is nothing without the hunt. You are nothing... without me!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Illidan\\BLACK_Illidan_16.wav");
"I will not be touched by a rabbel such as you!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Illidan\\BLACK_Illidan_17.wav");
"Behold the flames of Azzinoth!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Illidan\\BLACK_Illidan_18.wav");
"Stare into the eyes of the betrayer!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Illidan\\BLACK_Illidan_19.wav");

It's 7500 characters so I couldn't include Akama. Though if the interest gets that big I will... :P

Commento di Kanthalas

Actually your wrong. Illidan -was- trained as a druid by Cenarius along side of Furion. He eventually gave it up seeing his brother growing faster in it than him and went back to practicing arcane magic (Later its known that golden eyes indicate strong innate druidic magic in a Night Elf, and Illidan had golden eyes)

Also during the first War with the Burning Legion he was captured and struck a deal with Sargaras, Sargaras gave him magical powers and sight (The tattoos on his body and ripped out his eyes and replaced them with magic orbs basically) in return helping Sargaras come to this world. So basically he helped Sargaras come partly in the world knowing his brother will destroy the Well of Eternity stopping him. So he did betray both races sorta.

Oh he also killed a demon called Azzinoth during that war which explains all the items.

Commento di 80268

When Illidan is 30% of HP, Warden steps in and helps you kill Illidan,
Illidan was started as a Demon Hunter in Warcraft 3,
Arthas defeated Illidan but he was still alive.

Commento di bleakraven

If you pay attention to his story, you will realize he is, after all, innocent. In no way will I ever raid the black temple and kill an innocent character...

...Illidan was even the only one with the balls to duel Arthas. Twice. He may have got pwned but atleast he tried while others concentrated on minor harms...

He's what you may call a misunderstood hero... or anti-hero...

Commento di bleakraven

Surely Malfurion wouldn't let his brother die just like that....

yeah its not like it was malfurion who ordered for illidan to be imprisioned far from sight and mind for all his life *whistles a tune* -.-

Commento di 89659

However, with the many guilds taking him down recently, he could probably work on his level of preperation also.

Commento di Vlad

Here are then the Akama sound files. Don't think there are any more missing from the Akama vs. Illidan event anymore. ;)

Akama in Black Temple:

"Slay all who see us. Word must not kick back to Illidan!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Akama\\BLCKTMPLE_Akama_01.wav");
"Now is the time Maiev, unleash your wrath!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Akama\\BLCKTMPLE_Akama_02.wav");
"Akama has no master, not anymore."
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Akama\\BLCKTMPLE_Akama_03.wav");
"Fight on friends, kill him and end the curse on my people!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Akama\\BLCKTMPLE_Akama_AkamaDies01.wav");
"I'll deal with these mongrels. Strike now friends, strike at the betrayer!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Akama\\BLCKTMPLE_Akama_Defend01.wav");
"We've come to end your reign Illidan, my people and all of outland shall be free!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Akama\\BLCKTMPLE_Akama_FightBgn01.wav");
"The light will bless these dismal halls once again. I swear it!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Akama\\BLCKTMPLE_Akama_FinalWin01.wav");
"The time has come, the moment is at hand."
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Akama\\BLCKTMPLE_Akama_Freed01.wav");
"Uninvited guests."
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Akama\\BLCKTMPLE_Akama_Incmng01.wav");
"There are more of them."
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Akama\\BLCKTMPLE_Akama_Incmng02.wav");
"I will not last much longer."
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Akama\\BLCKTMPLE_Akama_LowHlth01.wav");
"No, no yet!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Akama\\BLCKTMPLE_Akama_LowHlth02.wav");
"Be weary friends, the betrayer meditates in the courts just beyond." (a bit unsure about what he said in the start of the sentence)
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Akama\\BLCKTMPLE_Akama_PreFight01.wav");
"Illidan will pay!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Akama\\BLCKTMPLE_Akama_Slay01.wav");
"One step closer!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Akama\\BLCKTMPLE_Akama_Slay02.wav");
"Beware his gaze, do not look into his eyes!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Akama\\BLCKTMPLE_Akama_Warn01.wav");

Have fun! :)

Commento di Rarehunter

Yes, it is a panda. According to Wowwiki, the panda is Samwise Didier's trademark. Also, when Illidan consumes the Skull of Gul'dan in WC3, he grows horns and wings and the panda on his blades changes from a happy panda to an angry panda.

http://www.wowwiki.com/Illidan_Stormrage#Notes_and_trivia

Commento di Raziel

One thing I don't see listed in the "Quick Facts" about Illidan is whether he's considered a Humanoid or a Demon ?

Commento di 82549

Am I the only one who thinks "I knew him, Horatio" whenever I see the screenshot of him holding the skull of Gul'Dan?

Commento di Discover

In game, he is classified as a demon.

Commento di Apotheosis

We're playing a fantasy game, so there's always the possibility of any character coming back from the dead through means of magic, or some other deux ex machina, but I highly doubt that Illidan will be brought back.

Illidan's story arc was basically done when Arthas nearly killed him at the end of The Frozen Throne. Ever since then I think Illidan has devolved into a broken spirit, he failed his masters, and from what we know about patch 2.4, it seems that Kil'Jaeden had no real interest in trying to use Illidan again, as he seems to be focusing on the Blood Elves still loyal to Kael'thas to help him return to Azeroth.

Illidan played his part in the grand scheme of things during Warcraft III, and in truth I think that's where his real story ended. He gave up on every chance for redemption that was thrown his way, and will go down in the lore as selfish, insane, and arrogant, but powerful nontheless.

Commento di 115040

Well...a lot of things have been changed in the game.Illidan died at the Frozen Throne by Arthas and I think that place where Illidan is isn't Black Temple it is Black Citildel(sry about my spelling).Maive Shadowsong has died also in Warcraft III Frozen Throne...It is in the 2nd camapining with Blood Elves!

Commento di 40815

According to Blizzard, they made the last cinematic in TFT a realtime 3d animation rather than a prerendered cinematic because they were pressed for time. They would have made it clearer that Arthas did NOT kill Illidan had they not had this constraint.

Maiev Shadowsong's survival may well have been a retcon though, besides the fact that there was an altar of elders rezzing her every so often.

As for the Black Citadel being renamed the Black Temple and getting moved from HFP to SMV...there's no explanation for that one, really.

Commento di Skyfire

The Black Citadel and Temple article at Wowpedia goes into the change(s) in a little more detail.

Commento di 42243

Illidan Stormrage is the final boss in Black Temple. When you start the fight remember this:

4 Tanks must be used for his encounter: a Warrior in his normal gear, 2 offtanks in optimized fire protection gear and a warlock tank with shadow protection gear. 9 Healers are recommended, but the encounter can be completed with only 8. Frost specialized Mages are highly recommended both for their damage against fire-immune targets and the ultility of their defensive abilities. An over-abundance of melee DPS classes is not recommended, otherwise any DPS class setup is possible.

Illidan got 5 stages:

1 Stage
HP: 6070400 Damage: 19914-28157
Abilities:
Shear: Deals melee damage and reduces the target's maximum health by 60% for 7 sec.
Flame Chrash: Deals 925 to 1075 Fire damage in an area in front of Illidan, as well as creating an area of fire in the same location. This area deals 5000 Fire damage to anyone who steps into it.
Draw Soul: Deals 4500 to 5500 Shadow damage to everyone in front of Illidan, regardless of range. Illidan will gain 100,000 health for every target that is affected by this.
Parasitic Shadowfiend: Deals 3000 Shadow damage every 2 sec. for 10 sec. This also summons a Parasitic Shadowfiend at the end of the duration of the damage over time spell.

When his health reaches 90%, Illidan calls fir the help of his minions which will be dealt with by Akama. The first stage continues until Illidan reaches the 65% mark, at which point he will fly in the air, starting stage 2.

Stage 2
HP: 6070400 Damage: 19914-28157
Abilities:
Fireball: Deals 2550 to 3450 Fire damage in a 10 yard radius.
Dark Barrage: Targets a random person in the raid and deals 3000 shadow damage per second for 10 sec.
Eye Blast: Deals a stream of damage across Illidan's chamber, incinerating targets with 19750 to 20250 Shadow damage in 6 yard radius around the blast. On top of this instant damage dealt, the eye blast also leaves behind a trail of fire that will damage players if they touch it.

In Stage 2 Illidan will fly in the air and cannot be attacked but he will throw down his 2 Blades of Azzinoth on opposite sides of the circle that marks the center of The Black Temple's summit. Each blade will spawn a Flame of Azzinoth, a powerful fire elemental with over 1 million hit points. The second stage ends when both Flame of Azzinoth are dead. Move away from the inner circle and prepare for stage 3.

Stage 3:
HP: 6070400 Damage: 19914-28157
Abilities:
Agonizing Flames: This is an area effect fire spell that deals damage over time to anyone affected. Deals a total of 36000 Fire damage over 60 sec. It hits a random player outside of 15 yards, unless it cannot find anyone, then it just hits anyone it can find. The damage it deals increases over time, similar to Curse of Agony.
Flame Burst: Throws fireballs to everyone in the raid outside of 15 yards. Deals 3238 to 3762 Fire damage to the target and all targets in a 5 yard radius.
Summon Shadow Demons: Summons 4 Shadow Demons to aid the caster. These demons cast Paralyze on a random target and move towards them slowly, ignoring everyone else. If they get to their target, they instantly kill them and choose a new target.
Uncaged Wrath: Increases Illidan's damage by 500%and movement speed by 200%
Demonic Transformation: Turns Illidan into a massive demon with different abilities.
Shadow Blast: Deals area damage around the target and all friends of the target. This one will be fired off constantly during this phase, it has zero coldown.

Stage 4
75 sec. after the death of the second Shard of Azzinoth which ended the second stage Illidan turns into his Demon Form and begin Stage 4.
At Stage 4 Illidan will wipe his threat meter.

Stage 5
As Illidan reaches 30% health, Maiev Shadowsong enters the battle. She periodically blinks to a player in the raid and places down a trap that can be use against Illidan. In this stage, Illidan enters an enraged state which significantly increases his damage. The tank needs to drag Illidan towards the trap, click to activate it, and position Illidan on top of it. While trapped, Illidan takes additional damage from every player attacking him. Keep attacking him until hes hit points reaches zero. Congratulations You finally defeated Illidan, Stormrage and maybe with a little bit luck Illidans legendary Warglaive of Azzinoth will be yours :-)

Commento di 28806

There is no trash to Illidan from Illidari Council, so warlocks bring shards, if you are low, the Parasitic Shadowfiends that spawns in some of the phases can be Souldrained for a shard (:.

https://www.wowhead.com/cata/npc=23498#comments:id=218665 <--- Parasitic Shadowfiend.

Commento di 111899

Illidan started with lessons with Cenarius just like Malfurion. It is correct, however, that he never felt a connection to the teachings of druidism. Instead, he was much more attracted to the powers that the Moon Guard weilded.

Commento di 111622

His HP is 6,070,400

- Official World of Warcraft Bestiary

Commento di 135931

I've told Illidan is dead, after the W3 FT ending scene. Didn't Arthas left him bleed to death? At least it looks so.

Commento di 70510

Illidan was mortally wounded by Arthas' strike, however, before Arthas could finish him off Ner'Zhul called to Arthas, and he left Illidan for death

Kael and Vashj took Illidan with them and fixed him up

in the wc3 tft he looked dead, but never was

Commento di Marat

YA like some gnome runs out of the shadows and uses Goblin Jumper Cables! gigles runs back and yells <YOU CAN"T KILL ILLIDAIN CAUSE A GNOME WILL COME OUT ANDR EZ HIM AGAIM...HE HE HE...SUCKERs>

Commento di 89199

He was never capruted by the demons. He went willingly.

Commento di Yarthort

Also, Illidan, like Azshara, was born with golden eyes which were uncommon before the destruction of the first Well of Eternity which was also called The Great Sundering, Night Elfs thought that golden eyes were a sign of future greatness. However this was found to not be true because both had bad outcomes. Later on these eyes were found out to be a sign of druidic potential. Like you said, Illidan was not a druidic person, yet addicted to arcane magic. In correction he was not called the Betrayer because of his defection to Sargeras because he came back to help. He was called the Betrayer when he created the second Well of Eternity. Before the explosion of the first Well, he filled vials with its waters. Upon the destruction of the first well, the Night Elfs found another lake in Hyjal. When they found this lake, they found that Illidan had poured the vials he had take from the first Well into this new lake. He thought that his people would praise him as a hero, however, his brother Malfurion was outraged. He was the decider of his fate because of how he helped rid Azeroth of Sargeras and because he was Illidan's borther. He felt that it would be cruel to sentence him to death but sentenced him to jail for the rest of his immortal life. (lol how does that work). In order to mask the second Well's existance from the Legion, they created what used to be the first world tree which also restored there lost immortality when the first Well was destroyed. 10,000 years later, the Burning Legion. This time the Legion was comanded by the Eradar Warlock Archimonde. On the way to the Barrow Dens to awaken the druids to aid them in the fight against the Legion, Tyrande Whisperwind noticed a jail which Illidan was kept in. She believed that Illidan was able to help them in the fight agains tthe Legion. Malfurion begged Tyrande not to set Illidan free but she defied him. Later, Illidan was confrounted by Arthas who gave Illidan the task of killing the Dread Lord Ticondrious. He then consumed the Skull of Gul'dan and killed Ticondrious. Consuming the Skull of Gul'dan, he awas transformed into a demon which gave him wings and horns and many other features. Malfurion found out that he has damned himself and exiled Illidan who lwas then hunted by Maiev Shadowsong. Maiev was the warden incharge of Illidan when he was in prison, when he escaped she vowed to hunt him down and kill him. After being exiled, Kil'jaeden gave him a task in echange for greater power. Kil'jaeden gave him the task of destroying the Lich King. He then went to Sageras' "tomb" to recover an artifact known as "The Eye of Sargeras". Illidan used the Eye to attempt to break apart Ice Crown which is where the Lich King is held. Malfurian and Maiev stoped him before he could destroy it. He then atempted to go to Ice Crown himself with his army of naga (the Highborn elfs that wer traped underwater for 10,000 years and turned into semi-amphybian creaturs) and the help of Kael'thas who pleged his loyalty to Illidan in search of magic for him and his Blood Elfs. He fought Arthas at Ice Cown but was mortally wounded but lived. Inorder to atempt to hide from Kil'jaeden's wrath, he fled to outland where he defeated the current lord of outland at the time, Magtheridon and became the new Lord of Outland. He is now the final boss in the 25-man raid instance of Black Temple. Edit: I added alot of stuff to make it more interesting.

Commento di Anthara

A mage can successfully tank in lieu of a Warlock tank. Additional healing may be required. In our case, we added a Tree who kept HoTs on me as well as the raid.

Benefits of a fire mage vs. traditional lock tanks include:

Reduced risk of Agonizing Flames due to Ice Block
Safe management of Parasites at the tank spot
Fire Ward to mitigate some Flame Burst damage
Increased range (41 yds) for safe, continuous threat generation while tanking
Increased mobility from Blink for faster repositioning
Frostbolts (-40% movement) regardless of spec to help slow nearby Shadow Demons as needed

Of course, the added healing from Fel Armor and generally higher health likely trumps all of the above if you're lucky enough to have a Warlock capable of tanking him. Indirect benefits of having a fire mage tank instead of lock include:

Allowing every lock to spec Nether Protection which is beneficial in many fights (M'uru, Twins, Brutallus, Kalecgos, Illidan, Council, Shahraz, Gorefiend, Supremus, Archimonde, Azgalor, Kaz'rogal) until reaching Alythess, at which point a lock tank is highly preferred and will have to spec out of NP
Allowing the lock who would have had to tank to dps instead, pumping out far greater dps (especially during phase 2, the most critical phase) than the fire mage possibly could
More distant positioning of Illidan by the melee tank to increase the distance Shadow Demons will have to travel

Commento di bloodseek

I think Illlidan will come back in the next expansion during the fight with Arthas/Ner'Zhul (aka the lich king).

Either to finish his task and defeat him for kiljaeden or because he wants vengeance against him.

Commento di Zaphiroth

Quote Lord Illidan Stormrage: So you have defeated the Crimson Sigil. You now seek to challenge my rule? NOT EVEN ARTHAS COULD DEFEAT ME (wut?) , yet you dare to even harbor such thoughts? Then i say to you, come! Come <name> ! The black temple awaits.
Oh ya ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB82pF_64mw

Commento di 116707

Illidan went insane when Arthas beat him, and now he thinks he beat Arthas but spared his life to flee to outland, while in reality, Arthas spared his life and Kael and Vashj whisked him away to outland.

Commento di 140104

I suggest to every one who wants to learn the true stori of illidan stormrage to buy the wast 3 books that blizzard has on the market.The story is realy interesting.

Commento di Afrozombie

If he is one of the most iconic figures in Warcraft and WoW lore why does a tortured pit commander (Brutallus) almost have twice as much health as the last boss of Black Temple?

Commento di 148642

What is the skull he allways have in his hand?Is it the skull of Gul'Dan or just a normal skull?

Commento di Tootoo

It Might sell for good money if you can't use it But Beware this might only last for one day as Keal'thas's Servant's Weapon's are LEGENDARY Aswell

Commento di 48957

So does for example Illidan drop now two or three t6 tokens after recent (2.4..) changes?

Commento di Sandos

I'm blind, not deaf.

/nostalgia

Commento di Anthara

Always drops:

3 T6 chest tokens
2 epics
~10 gold/player

Additional drops:

1 pattern/plan
1 Warglaive Main-hand
1 Warglaive Off-hand

Additional drop are separate from loot that always drops. When a glaive drops, both epics and all 3 chest tokens will still drop. Both the MH/OH glaives can drop at the same time, with a ridiculous amount of luck ;)(##RESPBREAK##)6152##DELIM##CalaelenDT##DELIM##

Commento di 111622

He is mentioned in this book found in Stratholme and Scholo

Commento di 166486

Hmmm... Illidan is a Demon...
Will Enslave Demon work on him?
Hee hee...

Commento di whitedragon254

Heres some info on illidan.

Illidan gained his powers from sargeras, who burned his eyes out and replaced them with magical orbs. Illidan covered his eyes with a blindfold after that, he gained rune tatoos on his body and enhanced magical abilitys. He used the blades of azzinoth which he had looted off the demon Azzinoth.

Illidan was imprisoned for betraying the night elves by making anthor well of eternity, using water from the original well, after the original one, which caused most of the suffering that had happened, had been destroyed. He was freed by tyrande when the burning leigon returned.

Illidan consumed the powers of the Skull of Gul'dan transforming him, after becoming a demon to his brothers eyes and the eyes of his people he left into the forests of Felwood. Apparently after the fall of archimonde he met Kil'jaeden and made a pact with him, sealing his transformation as a demon.

After words he tried to use the eye of sargeras to destroy icecrown and the lich king to be stoped by his brother, he sensed the land in northrend getting destroyed, who did not know that he was using it for a noble cause (even if it was for his new demon master).

He left to outland shortly after saving tyrande, made the pact with the blood elves and took over outland. Him and his new leigon attacked northrend only to fail, defeated by arthas, and flee to outland in fear of kil'jaedens wrath. Btw this was also just before arthas became the lich king, after illidan was defeated arthas became the lich king

Commento di 169767

more lore..

Relationship between Illidan and Malfurion
The relationship between the Stormrage brothers is noticeably different in Warcraft III/The Frozen Throne and in the War of the Ancients Trilogy.

By way of comparison, in the novels written by Knaak, Malfurion is more tolerant and forgiving of his brother, who is portrayed as often selfish, reckless, out of control and not completely sane. Rather than becoming part of the "lynch mob" who want Illidan summarily executed, Malfurion speaks on his behalf, endorsing his knowledge of the Burning Legion as vital tactical information... giving an undeniable reason to bury Illidan rather than kill him.

When we first were introduced to Malfurion and Illidan in Warcraft III, Malfurion objected fiercely to the idea of freeing Illidan, in the belief that his crimes were unforgivable and that he should stay locked up. When they were reunited Illidan was bitter about how he had been punished and Malfurion was disgusted to be in the same room as Illidan, still nursing a grudge over Illidan's betrayal. Illidan, who seemed to be the more forgiving one at the time, was eager to prove to his brother that the demons had no hold over him. Later, after Illidan used the powers of the Skull of Gul'dan for himself and took on a demonic appearance, Malfurion demanded to know where his brother was, implying he still had some affection for him. After Illidan revealed that he was the demon, Malfurion, rather than killing him simply banished him. Obviously, Malfurion knew Maiev Shadowsong would want Illidan imprisoned but still chose not to act. Rather than object, Illidan simply walked away.

Illidan was next seen in Warcraft III: Frozen Throne. After the two worked together to save Tyrande, Illidan seemed to have forgiven Malfurion for disrupting his attempt to destroy the Frozen Throne, even though it would leave him at Kil'jaeden's mercy. Malfurion's last words to Illidan included an ominous threat about what would happen to him if he ever did anything against the Kaldorei again. This too, Illidan accepted without objection. Illidan admitted that he had known only "ages of hate" for his brother, but for his part he wished it to end. This is perhaps the closest thing to a peace that the brothers have achieved. Illidan then departed telling Malfurion he doubted they would ever see each other again.

In World of Warcraft, Malfurion's words indicate that he does not wish to fight his brother, and he says that if he is forced to, things will not be as they were at the Well at Zin-Azshari.

Commento di 164576

"You Are Not Prepared " Reminds me " Why You Have Come Unprepared?" , Dagoth Ur ( A sort of last boss of the main quest) from Morrowind was asking this to people that went to him without making the main quest of Morrowind. Maybe is only a coincidence but maybe is a funny easter egg.

Commento di 164576

No. I don' think you can say he was , maybe he is still alive.

Commento di geoffster

He is also seem on the Netherwing Ledge in Shadowmoon Valley once you reach Exalted with Netherwing.

Commento di BujuArena

Make VERY SURE that your demon phase tank, if he's a warlock, does not spec Nether Protection!!! If he does, and Nether Protection procs, your raid is VERY likely to wipe. Illidan will stop targeting the warlock tank and shadow blast the next on threat, which is a HUGE problem.

My guild just wiped on Illidan attempts for a month until we figured out that it wasn't people pulling aggro on the demon phase that was wiping us. If your guild is dying in phase 4 constantly, this may be the problem. The solution, of course, is to get your warlock to spec out of Nether Protection.

Commento di Alias

In the book it is infact "Amber" Eyes. Not that I'm all that picky..

Commento di Zefyrus

The twilight of The Burning Crusade finds Illidan being farmed by thousands of guilds around the globe. That brings joy and satisfaction to the players/customers, however it's kind of an abuse and at some point destroys the prestige this tragic figure of Warcraft had; I think we can all agree that Illidan is a fantastic character, both from appearance and beliefs. Among the peace, he is the screech; he was driven by desire, the lust for power, but he remained Illidan. He's not the kind of classic bad guy that gets insane or loses his mind. He does what he does conciously; he's the type of character seen in many movies, read in many books. Illidan, in literature terms, represents that so called "weakness", every human has well hidden beneath his flesh: desire. In that case, the desire to dominate his surroundings and ultimately, everyone and everything.
History, however has a strange way of marking these people (in real life) with the big red label "MADMAN". We all have desires. Of different kinds.

This might be a fantasy game but it is made by humans, so no matter how much we try and no matter how much we want to invent a striking story we fail to do that, because our thoughts are just doing circles. Thing is, how big that circle will be but eventually it all comes back to the same point. Our human brain cannot think any further than that.
If we lived in the warcraft world, Illidan's story would be a teaching of how desire and power can corrupt a pure soul.
We've got loads of examples in our world for that. Many "Illidans".

Commento di 179653

Is The playsoundfile legal in live servers?

Commento di 181750

Well..Demon Hunters in W3 are a mix of multiple wow classes

Mana Burn wich is a priest spell.

Rogues got evasion.

Lock got Immolation but it has a diffrent effect from the W3 version.

And Metamorphis wich will be the new Demonology spell for locks in wotlk. https://www.wowhead.com/cata/spell=47241.
So...there's nothing to do with normal Hunters.

Commento di 199439

For the purposes of hunter's humanoid slaying is Illidan considered a humanoid, a demon, both?

Commento di 202095

I kinda think he did not die , i mean we kill him like millions times stuff but i think he saved akama people. Without illdian you might even say legion still winning at outland and tyrande dead as in 1 of the campajins in warcraft 3 u use illdian to save tyrande. Anyways i think illdian pretty cool for a night elf like the tattoos and weapons and his storyline its a shame that he got defeat by arthas.

Commento di 176096

Allegiance with demons

After the Legion's defeat, Illidan was visited by Kil'jaeden, who, while noting Illidan's sketchy track record with the Legion, offered him one final chance to serve them. He told him to seek out the Frozen Throne, and destroy it. Ner'zhul had grown far too powerful for Kil'jaeden to control, and Illidan was to remove him from the equation; in exchange for more power and magic than he could dream of. He granted him the Orb of Kil'jaeden to aid him in this task.

By harnessing Gul'dan's enchanted skull, Illidan came to possess the warlock's memories, and a plan came to mind, but he would need allies to help him. He decided to enlist the aid of old friends.

Illidan called the naga to the surface. The naga, formerly the Quel'dorei servitors of Azshara, were eager to take vengeance upon the night elves and the other land walking races that had been spared from The Great Sundering. Azshara sent her handmaiden, Lady Vashj, to establish contact and she eventually came to lead those who would be known as "Illidan's naga." But Illidan still had the troublesome warden, Maiev Shadowsong, to deal with, as she had persistently chased him all over Kalimdor. Illidan ran to the port of Nendis with his naga and satyr minions cleaning up behind him. When they came to the port, Illidan hijacked a boat and set sail, while a cadre of naga stayed behind to scuttle the ships and ruin all hopes of following him.

With the naga swimming in his wake, Illidan came ashore on the Broken Isles — the ruined remains of Suramar (ironically, the same city where Illidan grew up) which Gul'dan and his warlocks had raised twenty years before, and the home of the Tomb of Sargeras.

Commento di mythology

My guild recently got him down for the first time, with entire raid wiped as he died - but we were still able to loot.

You are likely to make progress once you continually get him past phase 2 which is probably the hardest phase and requires good tanking.

Phase 3, 4 & 5 are all very similar, you just need to spread out and stay focused. The main focus needs to be on getting the shadow fiends down, you can nuke in non demon form fairly safely.

A good tanking guide for phase 2 is here: http://www.warcraftmovies.com/stream.php?id=49571&stream=&h=fad1ff2753e92813e0c054634e2cad97

Commento di 119096

Illidan, brother of Malfurion Stormrage archdruid and currently battling whatever force is corrupting the Emerald Dream was first corrupted in the first war against the Legion, not by demons but his own resentment and his lust for power. After traveling to Azshara's palace and speaking with Sargeras, he was given 'infinite access' to the Well of Eternity through the tattoo's on his body. His second gift was the fire he was given in place of his eyes which allowed him to see magical energy flowing around him and in others.

Turning several times during the war and saved only by his brother Malfurion, he acquired 12 Vials of Eternity. The vials were part of the Well of Eternity, which was a font of pure magic. At the end of the war at the summit of mount Hyjal he poured most of the vials into the pool at the top and Malfurion found him before Illidan had completed transforming the well. Illidan thought he would be proclaimed a hero, but instead was imprisoned by his brother. To hide the new Well's immense power they planted a seed of the world tree and the dragons blessed the Sin'dorei so that this would never happen again.

In warcraft III Tyrande loosed Illidan hoping he would aid them in the fight against the legion. Shortly after his release he was contacted by Arthas to slay the Dreadlord Tichondrius. Upon slaying the dreadlord Illidan went for the Skull of Guldan. Not much is known about this artifact, be it the warlock's skull or an artifact of his creation, either way it contained his memories and upon drawing on its powers it transformed Illidan into his current visage... Malfurion upon discovering the demons in fact did have a hold over him, though Illidan swore otherwise, banished him.

In WCIII: TFT Illidan was called on by his brother to save both of their love... Tyrande who was captured by the scourge. All the while being sought by Maeiv to return Illidan to imprisonment or to slay him... Illidan tasked with destroying the Lich King by Kil'Jadean sought the Eye of Sargeras, a powerful artifact rumored to be part of the Lord of the Burning Legion, and Titan, he was. A desperate struggle, in the end Arthas threw down Illidan in victory and claimed the armor of the Lich King thus fusing the two souls into one...

In outland Illidan seeking to find a way that Kil'Jadean would not slay him for his failures, trekked across outland and in the end came to the Black Citadel where Magtheridon ruled Outland with an iron fist. Upon defeating Magtheridon he gave him to the Fel Orcs to win their trust where he now resides in the Hellfire Citadel. Upon receiving news of Illidans actions Kil'Jadean confronted him and after warning him of another failure he would be slain, left him to rule Outland bringing us to the present...

Commento di IGotSoul

My guild, <Cartel> on Deathwing US killed this guy earlier today after about 30 total attempts. This bring our guild to 9/9 where we were 5/9 just 3 weeks ago so I couldnt be happier.

However I could be happier about the loot....
Zhardoom and Black Bow with no glaive....

IGotSoul, Troll Rogue

Commento di 175874

who's skull does he have ?

Commento di 207987

i hate this guy but i like his swords :)

Commento di 193395

Used to be the final boss in the game with the release of Burning Crusade. But with patch 2.4.3 they added the Sunwell. Making KIl'Jaeden the final boss in the game. Even though i think illidan is waaay harder the truth is the truth so u havent beaten the last boss till uve killed kil'jaeden!

Commento di 212909

He has got t6 chest very easy boss he is very very very easy

Commento di 104366

"To coincide with the upcoming new talents and mechanic changes for classes in the next patch, we are making some adjustments in existing raid content to provide a smooth transition when the upcoming patch is released. The creatures and bosses in raid dungeons that were introduced in The Burning Crusade will have their health reduced, and most will have their standard melee damage output reduced as well, but their spell and ability damage are not being changed. These changes are being made in all raid dungeons from Karazhan to Sunwell Plateau as well as the outdoor encounters of Doom Lord Kazzak and Doomwalker. On top of this Illidan is also doing his part and will stop casting Shear on players."

A blue post by Bornakk stating that almost all BC raid mobs will be docked 30% in health and their damage output reduced. However, Illidan is getting another nerf along with it, taking shear out of the game entirely. This is subject to go live with the content patch of the 3.0 talents and such.

Commento di 66161

Once WotLK prepatch hits, Illidan will NO LONGER cast Shear, and his HP will be reduced by 30%.

Commento di PopTarts111

Just to make this clear, Illidan was born as a Night Elf somebody said he was a Draenei..... he became a Demon when he consumed the Skull of Gul'dan now a World of Warcraft item https://www.wowhead.com/cata/item=32483 then Kael'jaeden sought after him, assigning him a task to destroy the Frozen Throne. Then he figured out to destroy the Frozen Throne he'd need more allies, he called the Naga to the surface formerly the Quel'dorei servitors of Azshara, they were eager to take vengeance upon the Night Elves ( I seriously have no idea what this has to do with the Frozen Throne, that part was taken from wowwiki ), while he had the assist of the Naga he was being chased by Maiev Shadowsong ( http://www.wowwiki.com/Maiev_Shadowsong ) afterwards, he ran to the port of Nendis with his minions cleaning up after him, Illidan hijacked a boat and set sail, but the Naga stayed behind and destroyed everything so nobody would have a trace of finding him. Then the Naga swam in his trail, shortly after he came to the shores of the Broken Isles, the ruins of Suramar. But Illidan's servants had not been successful in destroying the boats. Maiev and the Watchers arrived on the Broken Isles shortly after Illidan, and the two forces battled across the watery terrain. Illidan reached the tomb, and Maiev was quick to follow. With Gul'dan's knowledge, Illidan quickly traversed the Tomb and came to the chamber which contained the Eye of Sargeras. Maiev came upon him as he and Vashj were activating the powerful artifact, and, as vengeance for her imprisoning him for ten thousand years, Illidan used the Eye to bring the Tomb down around her, and then quickly escaped through the underwater passages used by the naga. Though he killed Naisha and all the other Watchers within the Tomb, Maiev escaped with her magical abilities. On the surface, Illidan and Maiev battled for supremacy as the Warden sent out a runner to gather reinforcements from Ashenvale. Malfurion and Tyrande arrived on the Broken Isles with reinforcements as Maiev's base was being overrun. When they struck back, Illidan's forces crumbled, but he and his retainers fled before they were seriously harmed. Tyrande pursued them out of the base, and Illidan ensnared her to protect himself, and then warned her not to interfere. He fled across the sea once again. During this battle, Tyrande finally revealed why she had spurned Illidan: too drunk with his rising magical and political power, he had forgotten his own inner strength. Malfurion, despite his increases in power, held on to that strength within him. Armed with this knowledge, Illidan finally came to grips with his feelings.

Illidan landed on the shore of Lordaeron, and quickly made his way through the Silverpine Forest to get to Dalaran, where Illidan began to use the Eye of Sargeras to break apart the polar ice cap and destroy Icecrown and the Frozen Throne. But he was interrupted by Maiev and Malfurion, and the spell failed. Malfurion had felt Illidan's spell tearing the land apart and concluded that he was a danger to the world and had to be stopped. Illidan, who was entangled by his brother, called Malfurion a fool as he was destroying the Lich King, their common enemy. Malfurion was furious at him for causing the loss of Tyrande, who had been, according to Maiev, killed. Illidan was heartbroken that the woman he loved was dead, but Prince Kael'thas, the night elves' newest ally, thought that perhaps it was premature to presume her dead. Kael'thas explained that Tyrande had not been "torn apart" by the undead, as Maiev had told Malfurion, but had instead fallen into a river and been swept away by the currents. Malfurion immediately arrested the Warden and promptly went in search of Tyrande. Illidan begged to be allowed to help his brother track down the beloved priestess. Illidan and his personal guard of naga found Tyrande under heavy attack from a massive undead force.

Illidan and his naga battled their way through the undead until they reached her. Sorry I cannot write more my spaces are filled up :(

Commento di 224239

After patch 3.0 he will no longer cast Shear and have a 30% health reduction

Commento di 211544

Even in Illidan's death, he suggests that you are NOT prepared. Nor will you ever be.

Commento di 225060

When Phase 1 Starts Let Akama Tank him , Akama got ~100,000 Health and Uses a BoK which Gives all Stats by 10% , Akama Can down illidan at 85% Then Illidan Will Call his minions to finish him Then you Make your Strike! ... Save your Shield Block / Enrage Abillity For Shear so you can Evade it ... When Phase 2 Comes Wait for Flames of Azzinoth to Summon .. When They Use Blaze .. Keep Them to Each other And They Will fight each other to death as a Glitch , Your Heals should Recover only The Fireball and Barrage , When he Turns into Demon Have a Priest / Warlock Tank him with Shadow Prot. / on Maiev's Phase Let Him Attack Her so She'd Tank him She's Not Healable but Uses ~800,000 Health and Shadowstrike Abillity Which Tanks him Nicely.(##RESPBREAK##)524##DELIM##thaia##DELIM##Please use the formatting options only to highlight parts of your posts.

Commento di madedog

You don't really need fire resistance anymore to tank the flames. The tanks just need to move fast and you need to have really high dps, since the flames themselves hit for some 2-5k on 70 FR (aura), but the only thing that hurts is Blaze.

Commento di mysticwarriormj

He now has 4,249,000 hp. Due to the lich king patch.

Commento di 216312

why does he always hold a egg in his hand?

Commento di Crimsonlord

Due to the 30% HP nerf AND that Illidan cannot shear anymore - making ANY tank be able to tank him, not just warriors.

Illidan now says: "I am not prepared!"

Commento di Octinomos

I don't know if it's meant or not but - ACTUALLY - he can be disarmed. And, as a rogue, I disarmed him once he turned onto me, popped Evasion, and had to tank him when our tank died on his last bunch of HP.

Definitely questionable level of preparation.

Commento di 243107

What is the point in killing Illidan, when Hogger has better drops?

Commento di zomg123

Illidan Stormrage is also an action figure of the World of Warcraft Action Figures: Deluxe.
Also part of the action figure gang are:
Vindicator Maraad/Action Figure Version
Valeera Sanguinar/Action Figure Version
Broll Bearmantle/Action Figure Version

Series 3 Coming Soon!

Commento di 226851

Very easy solo.......... for a GM

Commento di 193152

Just a question:

Has anyone tried to beat him with anything less than a raid since the release of Wrath? and if so, with how few people is this now possible?

Commento di gihan

is so cool because illidan drops... very very very powerful items and he is very hard to defeat

Commento di 258919

Illidan is one of the major 3 bosses in the Burning Crusade expansion, alongside Kael'thas and Kil'jaeden. Despite the fact that the trailer for the xpac revolves mostly around him, and the game mostly around his realm (Outland), Illidan is not the final boss of the Burning Crusade. Rather, Kil'jaeden is.

He is the Lord of the Outland after he defeated Magtheridon (who is now imprisoned in Hellfire Citadel). He resides in the Black Temple, a former Draenei worship site, with the title "Betrayer". Though he is not the hardest boss in the game by any means, defeating him is a worthy feat.

Unfortunately, with the release of Wrath of the Lich King, his rare drops have dropped greatly in value.

Commento di 81613

i killed Illidan today and he is at lvl 80 a totally joke.. Phase 2 burn the to fire ones he spown.

STAY ALIVE THAT PHASE BLOW ALL CD AND MAX DPS AFTER PHASE 2.

He will NOT go on Phase 3 if you burn him really fast!

Good luck and happy x-mas!

Epinikion, of Reunion.

P.S. The raid was a 100% pugged from /trade

Commento di Psyblade1st

Illidan got addicted to the arcane magic and when Azshara started to allie with Sargaras; Enemy of all life

Illidan was never addicted, he was simply obsessed about proving it superior to druidic magic.

, Malfurion and Tyrande wanted to destroy it with the help of every demigod they know.. Illidan, that was addiced could not left them destroy the Well of Eternity, so he warned Azshara, which nearly cost Tyrande her life.

He warned Azshara, only to get close enough to destroy the Well himself. But Sargaras figured him out, and burned out his eyes, thinking that this gift/small punishment will employ Illidan against his people.

For that he was called Betrayer and was locked away for 10.000 years to Tyrande released him and set him loose in the world again..

He was called the Betrayer for recreating the Well of Eternity in Hyjal summit, a 'gift' to the Night Elves, but Malfurion got furious, and with Cenarious's help, he imprisoned Illidan, and gave Meiev the Wardens power.

There he gets the Skull of Guldan.. Story dont tell if it was Guldans skull or an artifact made by him, but it contains a lot of his memories.. it also cost him his soul and he gets "neither demon nor nightelf, but something more."

He did not make it, but it is most likely Gul'Dan's skull itself, but how it got to the Legion's grasp, while it was surly at Sargaras's tomb is unknown.

Illidan never 'lost his soul', he simply changed physically, but he never enraged and destroyed everything, he was like he always was.

Commento di Yakeshi

Easily my favorite character from Warcraft lore. No contest here.

Commento di 308375

He has not met with high overlord saurfang, thats why he was *lucky* to survive this long, otherwhise.... well.. why dont you search for him and see why he is the most fearsome npc of all WoW, not even Kil`Jaeden would be able to do something.. or even Baby-weak Arthas

He was not prepared.. indeed

Commento di 297383

So ive never done black temple but i was wondering, does maive come and finish him or does he get away or something? i wanna know because im never gonna do black temple and i wanted to know if there was any more to illidans story

Commento di 146819

He really needs to start spending a little less time with his "servants" and a little more time getting back in shape.

Maybe he could meet with Dr. Boom every weekend to figure out where he needs improvement...
Seriously, they could both use the social interaction after everybody left Outlands...

Commento di parl2001

The following was originally posted by the player Gragnarth on the US WoW Raid & Dungeons Forum and is preserved here for lols.

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=4493774227&sid=1

Gragnarth
< Simple Math >
Andorhal

PART 4: ILLIDAN THE BETRAYER AND ASSOCIATED PROPERTIES OF BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Well congratulations baddies, you are just 1 step away from the end of the pve raiding line. This ones for all the marbles and after its all over, you will have walked away with the privlage of saying "I, have SLAIN Illidan" Your WoW forum trolling potental will be heightened considerably, your epeen will be legthened likewise, and may also experence some increased girth. Now that i have piqued your interest heres how you do it:

First Impressions: Illidan is Tiny

For the Boss of the whole goddam game, Illidan is really freaking small, this is GAURANTEED to be your official first impression. Your secoond impression will be that illidan dosent care that you /dance or /train at him. Once Illidan starts his speech, you will have your third impression.....actually let me stop myself here, you are probally expecting me to make some wisecrack regarding your level of preparedness for this encounter, I wont engage in such petty tomfoolery, instead let me state for the record that your duplicity....is hardly suprising.

Phase 1: Chillin with Illin

The Fight Will Start and You Will notice one thing quickly: He hits HARD. Use your phase 1 attempts to get the sheer joy of wiping to runaway parasitic infection out of your system. If you are melee DPS on this fight you will quickly observe that Illidan jumps really high, but fear not, as hitting the air where his body just was does the same amount of damage as hitting illidan himself. Once your Mages l2frost nova and your tank l2sheild block, its time for:

Phase 2: Dinner is Served.

Chef Illidan has prepared a special meal for your raid: The Flames of azzinoth, and he encourages you to have a taste, but I would personally advise against it unless you are wearing full FR gear. Fans of bright colors will ejoy this phase: featuring Neon Green Fire, neon Blue Lazers, and Neon Blue Fire behind the Neon Blue lazers! As per WoW Raiding rule 47.2(b) You still Shouldnt stand in the fire. This phase is also where your warlock tank reveals he fergot to equip his Shadow Res Gear.

Phase 3: Like Phase 1 But Different!

Phase 3 Is an exciting and dynamic phase that is exactly the same as phase 1 except for something called agonozing flames. In order to not get agonizing flames you have to spread out. As a result your raid leader will spend phase three yelling on vent "SPREAD OUT" and "HEY SPREAD THE !#!% OUT" Eventually Illidan will get tired of his incessant whining and decide to start Phase 4:

Phase 4: Our Warlock Tank is French Canadian

Phase 4 is where Illidan gets Huge, everyone runs away from him, then you hope that you dont get demoned. You also have to spread out (when do you NOT have to spread out?). When other people get demoned you mess with their heads and pretend you arent going to kill it until it gets really close then you execute it, or at least thats what I do. If YOU get demoned you say something to the effect hey I got demoned, and then hope that you are well liked.

Phase 5: ITS A TRAP!

When Illidan reaches 30% Everyone Gets a sweet shadow bubble thing and then some guy with a hula hoop comes and talks crap to illidan. Then Hula Hoop guy runs someplace hilariously inconvienent such as directly against the back wall and drops a trap. Now in theory these traps are for illidan, they weaken him and make him take extra damage. In reality though the traps are actually traps for your raid that mess with your positioning and cause you to wipe to parasites. Most times you just ignore the trap and kill the mans, in which case its time for:

Phase 6: The Afterglow

Congratulations on your double vanquisher, healing cloak with spellhaste, felhunter on a stick and leather Bracer pattern. You are also gauranteed to get a warglave of azzinoth, unless someone in the raid diserves one.

More Important then loot however is that now you have killed illidan you are now offically "Mr. Cool" (See Attached Picture: http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/8091/1202253611206fk0.jpg )

Try not to $%^& of too many "casuals" with your "2 button epics" and always remember that all your accomplishments mean nothing because they are MONTHS BEHIND.

Commento di 111622

Health reduced in Wrath of the Lich King.

Commento di zalbuta

tank n spank

Commento di 318556

The same guy you hear and see in the opening cinematic of burning crusade

Commento di 292134

All you guys who want to know Illidan's story, buy the book 'Warcraft: War of the Ancients'.

Commento di tamriilin

Health reduced -before- wotlk, back in patch 3.0.0, if I remember right.

Commento di 242632

Has nobody noticed that Illidan is somewhat a reference to Hamlet?

As Hamlet, Illidan went insane and stares into a skull...

Commento di ricekrispieslol

i feel sorry 4 this guy. he was the big cheese till arthas came along...........all he wanted was to rule all outland. which he did but now arthas is the main guy, WHAT DID ILLIDAN EVER DO TO DESERVE THIS?

Commento di 136306

because illidan is a level 70 raid boss, level 80s in some realms think they can down him soo easily and though they "boost" people in BT, well illidan cant be downd unless with his tactics and superior damage wont be so usefull because he flies up in the air alot and summons elementals

Commento di 146819

He pretended to be the big villain of The Burning Crusade and then disappointed us by not showing up apart from ONE quest in Shadowmoon Valley and as the last boss in Black Temple, and by letting Kil'Jaedan and Kael'Thas be the REAL villains.

That a good enough reason?

Commento di Dimish

(This comment was made by a friend for a joke, and i'm sorry for the people who actually had to read it.)

Commento di Tolki

Illidan is too cool for what he got. Lolcrazy -> loliminmyraidcomegetme -> loldead is not how he should have went down. As payback for his crappy sendoff:

Illidan is just going to stroll into Icecrown once we kill Arthas, walk up to Arthas' body, and take a dump on him.

Illidan Stormrage: Suck it, &^%$#.
*Illidan Stormrage gives Arthas the finger.*
Illidan Stormrage: Oh hey, you are those guys that "killed" me back in my Temple. PSYCHE! I just got bored, laid down, and let you pickpocket my junk. You heard right, my yard-sale quality crap. I'd actually try and kill you for real this time, but you honkies aren't worth my time.
Illidan Stormrage: Later, I am going to go chill in on my continent I have all to myself now that you losers killed everything else and cleared out. Peace out dumb&^%$#.
*Illidan Stormrage flies off in his jetpack.*(##RESPBREAK##)12##DELIM##Sas148##DELIM##

Commento di 348832

hes a verry hard boss and the raids are about 30 or 40 mnutes on original server , but on funserver or private servers it takes like 25 minutes but its worth to go to the Black Temple and crush the boss

Commento di 258919

Lord Illidan Stormrage

Illidan Stormrage was once a night elf under Queen Azshara. He developed an obsession to the magic of Azshara's close followers, but his brother Malfurion saw it as dangerous and convinced him to abandon it. But over time his hunger for magic became greater and greater.

Meanwhile, Queen Azshara had been corrupted by the dark titan Sargeras. She had agreed to summon him into the world through the Well of Eternity - the elves' source of magical power. Some time after Illidan forsook magic, demons began pouring out of the Well of Eternity into the world. Illidan and Malfurion, aided by Tyrande Whisperwind and the demigod Cenarius, fought against the demons, but it was not enough. Malfurion saw only one option - to destroy the Well of Eternity - which was not only the demons' link to the world, but also the source of the elves' immortality and magic.

However, Illidan's withdrawal from magic had taken it's toll on him. He left his companions and warned Azshara of Malfurion's plan. Malfurion and his allies soon attacked the Well, and in the midst of combat, Illidan procured an amount of the Well's water and disappeared. The Well was destroyed, and the earth was ripped apart.

Malfurion and his allies sought to reach the holy Mount Hyjal, but Illidan beat them there. Using the water from the Well, he created a new Well of Eternity. But Malfurion hunted Illidan down, defeated him, and locked him in a barrow under the watch of Maeiv Shadowsong.

Ten thousand years later, during the Legion's invasion of Ashenvale, Illidan was released from his prison and procured the Skull of Gul'dan. Kil'jaeden approached him and offered enormous power to him in exchange for the destruction of the Lich King, Ner'zhul, whom Kil'jaeden created but was losing control of. Illidan sought out the powerful Eye of Sargeras, and, with the help of the naga, obtained it. He entered Dalaran and attempted to use it's vast magical energies to launch an attack on Icecrown Citadel from afar using the Eye. He was stopped at the last minute by Malfurion and Tyrande, who had come to help Maeiv, who had been hunting down Illidan. Illidan fled to Outland in order to escape Kil'jaeden's wrath. Maeiv followed Illidan, then captured him.

After being cut off from the Sunwell, the blood elf race began to suffer. Their lord Kael'thas sought Illidan's aid in Outland. He defeated Maeiv and released Illidan. Illidan mustered his forces and decided to assault Icecrown once more. Seeing the assault, Ner'zhul called his loyal death knight Arthas to aid him. Arthas and Illidan's forces met at the stairs of Icecrown Citadel, and, in a climatic duel, Arthas defeated Illidan.

Ashamed, Illidan and his forces retreated to Outland, where they reside to this day. He reigns as a tyrant Lord over the remnants of Draenor and, with the help of Maeiv and Akama, Illidan's fake "servant", he must be killed.

Commento di 359064

first comment on this page,
i cried i laughed so hard
good job samarium

Commento di 227308

Exorcism would do more damage on him after 3.1 as it was buffed to ALWAYS critical hit on demons or undead, so paladins might have something special here.

Commento di mixter

The pandas on the weapons mean they were toothpicks for giant robot pandas that enslaved the worlds before the titans came....or....what you said :P

Commento di 329241

illidan has a brother named furion stormrage Furion left illidan when he turned him self into a demon form he was on a qst for Arthas he wanted a fire orb to get VERY powerful but when illidan founded the fire orb he said "If i use the orb on myself i will become powerful!"When he used it he used the power on a dread lord called tirhordius something like that he killed him and when he brother founded out he changed to a demon form he bansished him from the forest Furion was the most powerful Nightelf druid of the world this is info about him hope u like its all from Warcraft 3

Commento di 369901

aammggg...
everyone is forgetting the main thing....
illidan wasnt a drood or a wanabe mage belf...
he was a demonhunter :l
god have none of you played warcraft 3?

Commento di 393910

I liked this character. Think he'll be back? Or do you think he's gone forever? It's easy enough to bring characters back/fake deaths in fantasy games--think Illidan has more potential for growth?

You are not prepared.

Commento di mrbungle54

I was thinking the other day-why the hell did we have to kill Illidan?
I mean, I understand that the purpose alot of raid content is to lend some closure to the story lines from WCIII (And WC I and II in the cases of say, Blackrock Spire or Zul'Aman), and Illidan was definitely a major character who remained something of a loose end after WCIII.
(Unless Blizzard, dare I say it, leave a guy to die when he logically should. Yeah, yeah, I realize that the original plan was to have a higher quality cutscene and show that Illidan, while defeated, did survive-whatever. "The bottom of Icecrown was merely a setback!")

But, look at the other Raid Bosses and Villains we've faced so far-

Nefarian-Tried to create a new brood of dragons and loose them on the world and *!@# ^&*! up the way his father did.

C'Thun-Was trying to conquer the world with ugly bug things.

Kel'Thuzad (the first time)-Was just kind of a ^&*!@#bag. But really, leader of the Scourge outside of Northrend.

Kael'Thas-Went out of his $%^&ing gourd, got drunk on whatever moonjuice they were piping to him in the Netherstorm, then decided it would be a great idea to steal a Naaru, corrupt him, and then, say, I dunno, summon the leader of the most destructive organization in the universe in a kiddy pool at his summer home.

I know I left out alot of major antagonists, but still, the point is, they all got what they deserved.

But what did Illidan do that was so bad?
He actually did a lot more good than harm.

In WCIII, he defeated Tichondrius, and severely hampered the Legion's offensive effort on the world tree by cutting their reinforcements. Without that edge, Archimonde would have set up a treehouse in Nordrassil and started taking a *!@# on Azeroth.
Ok, fine. In Frozen Throne, though, he did much, much more. First off, he jarred loose the scourge's foothold outside Northrend and effectively freeing The Forsaken. If you remember, he started casting this giant spell to shatter Icecrown, and was about halfway through it when Malfurion (&*!@#$bag) stopped him. He didn't destroy Icecrown or the Lich King, but the storyline indicates that it's this spell that causes Ner'Zhul's influence to wane enough to make Arthas come down with epilepsy or whatever, and wake Sylvanas up enough to cooperate with the dreadlords enough to stage the coup that sent Arthas back to Northrend, leaving the Scourge's future in Lordaeron in Kel'Thuzad's (cough) very capable hands. Of course, she turns on the dreadlords, screwing over the Legion...again...and freeing the Forsaken enough to establish themselves as a legitimate force and self reliant people.
Now, while all that was happening, he was off in Outland, teaching the Blood Elves not to gnaw off their own hands in magic withdrawn frenzies, and went and kicked the ass of a Pit Lord who had enslaved the Broken in the Black Temple, screwing over the Legion...again. (Man, those guys just can't catch a good break.)

So why are we @#$%ed at him?

Because Kael'Thas attacked Shattrath?
I mean, maybe Kael was just feeling crazy and cracked out from all the siphoned energy from the manaforges and thought, "Hey, let's go knock over Shattrath." I mean, he's not known for great ideas. (See summoning Kil'Jaeden in kiddy pool reference.)
Not his fault.

Because the Broken are being abused?
Uh, I didn't see any Broken being beaten up or getting all Rodney King'd on when I strolled through BT. From what I'm to understand, the Ashtounge held a place of honor in the Illidari. And it's not like Illidan enslaved them and made them get all ugly. The Orcs, under the influence of the legion, !@#$ed up the Temple of Karabor originally, and Magtheridon was just housesitting for Kil'Jaeden until he got his credit in order so that he could refinance the Black Temple or something. They actually had it pretty good with Illidan compared to all the other !@#$ they went through. Guess the grass is always greener on the other side of...the Temple...

Because he's mean to Maiev?
Honestly, who gives a ^&*! In TFT, Malfurion has the crazy %^&*! arrested for lying about Tyrande's fate. Whisperwind would have been left for dead so that Maiev would get her shot at Illidan. Technically, she's an enemy of the Night Elf government, and just generally a psycho hose-beast.

Because he's a staunch enemy of the Burning Legion and the Scourge?
Yeah! Off with his head! How dare he fight those guys?
Oh, wait...

I mean, I know alot of people will disagree with me because of what happened with the Sundering and whatnot, and that Illidan was a loose cannon and had to be eliminated. But, I'm just putting it out there.

Commento di 400098

So yeh...Back when Blizzard made thier End Game bosses look cool...think about how freaking Yogg-Saron looks!...He's freaking stuck in the gooze and can't even get out..haha.

Commento di 203933

Wealth 300g hmm.. no wonder his angry

Commento di Tribunal

Black Temple was merely a setback?

Commento di 424849

If you dont know how illidan looked like as a night elf he is twin brothers with so look at him and you might get an idea of how illidan looked like as night elf

Commento di 430501

i think he has pretty many quotes

Commento di 435421

he is the easyest boss in whole BT!.. the only problem with him is his adds. they are hard specialy when ppl doesnt understand to stay inside the circle!

Commento di nyctric

First defeated by Nihilum of Magtheridon on the 5th of June, 2006.

Commento di PinkWolf

funny/sad fact:
In the dialogue between Malfurion and Remulos, it is believed(or proven) that Illidan did indeed became insane...

Malfurion Stormrage says: Cenarius fights at my side. Illidan sits atop his throne in Outland – brooding. I'm afraid that the loss to Arthas proved to be his breaking point. Madness has embraced him, Remulos. He replays the events in his mind a thousand times per day, but in his mind, he is the victor and Arthas is utterly defeated. He is too far gone, old friend. I fear that the time may soon come that our bond is tested and it will not be as it was at the Well in Zin-Azshari.

I personally feel sry for Illidan, he was(maybe still is) my fav Warcraft character.As for Arthas, i can't wait to see what blizz has in stored for us in Icecrown!

Reply to Tolki's comment! ^_^

Commento di 342097

In my opinion, it's very stupid that Blizzard made epic characters from the Warcraft Universe daily raids. Most of the Dragon Aspects, Kil'Jaeden, Illidan..

If they make the Lich King an easy daily raid I'm gonna start holding Blizzard employees hostage.

Commento di 444500

Curious whats the lowest amount of people that have raided BT and killed illidan?

Commento di 452999

You... YOU ARE NOT PREPARED!

Commento di matoh

correct me if i'm wrong,,

but so far in WOTLK there are no yest ANY encounter which give opportunity for non-tank class (like warlock) to main tank a Raid Boss in its phases... excluding vehicle fights

we need some,, variation

Commento di PokerBR

Flame of Azzeroth give a high AoE|Close dmg =P

Commento di 258919

For 80s, this fight is much easier yet still wipeable if you don't know what you're doing.

For a simple explanation, just tell em this-

Stage 1) Stack on the grate and meleers stay behind him. If he casts Flame Crash, meleers should run back. Kill Parasites.

Stage 2) Watch for the beams and fires.

Stage 3) Same as Stage 1, but ranged dps should distance themself. If someone is tagged as an AoE beacon, they should run.

Stage 4) All DPSers and heals should stay spread out. If demons spawn, kill them ASAP.

Stage 5) Same as stage 3, but kite Illidan to the traps if needed.

No need for a warlock tank or anything with a solid group of about 12 or so geared 80s.

Commento di 487291

Illidan Stormrage
A Misreading Troll

Commento di 448684

no mater what he done illidan have and will always have my symphatie.im not going to get this wish true but i wish he woill become sane in cataclysm or even further expansions so you can fight by his side

Commento di BlutigeAxt

You are ~~not~~ prepared!
:P

Commento di Mayss

The Best Boss in The Burning Crusade Expansion.

"Betrayer... In truth, it was I who was betrayed. Still, I am hunted. Still, I am hated. Now, my blind eyes can see what others cannot. That sometimes the hand of fate must be forced! Now go forth... unleash the tides of Doom... Upon all those... Who would oppose us."

Commento di 376000

Defeat to Arthas made him mad and paranoid..

Like Josef Stalin xD

Commento di Rankkor

I recomend listening to this song before attempting to kill him

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiCJRq0EzV4

after all, you really wanna "Be prepared" for him :P

Commento di aFluffyFartBall

t should be noted that the "altered history" referenced is the official history of the Warcraft setting.

Illidan (aka the Betrayer), twin brother of Malfurion, practiced Highborne magic. In his youth, he attempted to master the druidic forces, as his brother had, but the sorcery called to him in a way that the magic of the land did not. Unlike his brother, Illidan was born with amber eyes, at the time a sign of a great destiny — however, this actually indicated inherent druidic potential. When Malfurion and Tyrande had found their destiny, Illidan was still searching for his. Though not a Highborne himself, he became the personal caster of the military leader, Ravencrest.

When Archimonde's invasion of Azeroth had begun and Azshara's treachery became known, Malfurion convinced Illidan to leave his queen. Illidan followed his brother. But as Cenarius and the dragons entered the battle, Malfurion came to understand that their adversaries were too powerful to fall in combat. To end the invasion, he plotted the destruction of the Well of Eternity. The idea appalled Illidan. The Well was the source of his magic — and likely of the elves' immortality — and its loss was a price far too dear for him to pay. In addition, the night elf found that he increasingly admired the powers of the Burning Legion, seeing a magical purity that underlay their chaotic behavior. Where the night elves struggled to maintain their ground, the Burning Legion's numbers did not seem to permanently diminish. The satyr Xavius seized upon his doubts, exploiting his confusion to plant seeds of distrust into Illidan's mind which made Illidan turn to seek the power the Burning Crusade were using so he could become stronger, while in his mind this was to help defeat the Burning Crusade he actually helped them by giving Sargeras the Demon Soul to make the portal stronger.

Illidan had strong feelings for Tyrande Whisperwind, a novice priestess in the Sisters of Elune. Illidan so desired to impress Tyrande that he often acted without thinking, particularly in magic; he never realized that these displays weren't quite what the priestess was looking for in a mate. But while Illidan struggled to win her heart, none of them realized that the battle was over soon after it had begun; Tyrande had chosen Malfurion almost from the beginning. Xavius knew of this and used his power to darken Illidan's thoughts, convincing him that if Malfurion were to die, Illidan would no longer have a rival for Tyrande's love. Finally the sight of Tyrande in the arms of his brother Malfurion shattered his final ties to the defenders.

Illidan, with a new plan spurred into his mind, journeyed to Zin-Azshari. There he feigned allegiance to Azshara and Mannoroth. Illidan's plan was to obtain the Demon Soul, an artifact of great power created by Deathwing also known as Neltharion the Earth-Warder, which had the ability to close the portal which was allowing the demons to enter Kalimdor. However, to put this plan in action, Illidan had to gain more power. Illidan was eventually brought before Sargeras himself, who quickly discovered the night elf's plan to obtain the Demon Soul for the Legion. Sargeras was pleased with this plan, and gave Illidan a "gift" in return for his allegiance. Illidan's eyes were burned out by Sargeras himself, despite still being beyond the portal, and orbs of mystic fire set in their place that allowed Illidan to see all forms of magic, and arcane tattoos covered his body. Azshara was fascinated by the "new" Illidan (who was wary of her advances), but remained cautious, sending Captain Varo'then to accompany Illidan in his search for the Demon Soul.
Illidan from "The Sundering".

After the Great Sundering, Illidan, who had filled seven vials with water from the Well of Eternity, scaled the peaks of Mount Hyjal, where he found a small, tranquil lake. There he poured the contents of three of the vials into the waters. The chaotic energies quickly manifested, tainting the lake and twisting it into a new Well of Eternity. Illidan's joy was short-lived however, when his brother, Malfurion, Tyrande and the rest of the kaldorei leadership discovered him - and all were horrified at what he'd done. Unable to accept that his brother had committed such treachery, Malfurion tried again to explain to Illidan the folly of his ways. The magic, he insisted, was chaotic by nature, and it could only bring about destruction so long as it existed. Illidan refused to listen, so enraptured by the magic's power that his brother seemed to him an unknowing fool. Illidan claimed that magic would be needed should the Burning Legion ever return.

The lack of remorse shook Malfurion to his core and he raged at his brother, understanding now that Illidan was lost forever to the magic's sway. He ordered him imprisoned deep below Hyjal in a jail kept far from sight and mind.

Commento di aFluffyFartBall

Illidan languished for 10,000 years in a lightless prison. Califax, a Keeper of the Grove, and a contingent of night elves kept constant guard over the Betrayer. Release came at the unexpected hands of Tyrande, who slaughtered the night elf guards in the hopes of using Illidan against the Legion, which had returned to Azeroth at the hands of the Scourge. With his love for Tyrande undampened through the millennia of confinement, Illidan agreed to help. He swore to throw back the Legion and to depart from the night elves forever.
Illidan confronts Arthas.

Malfurion opposed Tyrande's decision, thinking the release of Illidan a catastrophic mistake. Frustrated that his brother remained unchanged and eager to prove to him that the demons had no hold over him, Illidan left Malfurion behind, leading a force of night elves into Felwood to hunt down the Legion. While in Felwood, he encountered Arthas, champion of the Lich King, and they engaged in combat. The fighters were equally matched, and the combatants reached an impasse. Illidan stopped the duel and demanded to know why Arthas had tracked him. Arthas responded openly, telling Illidan about the Skull of Gul'dan, the demonic artifact that had corrupted Felwood. He explained that if the artifact were destroyed, the corruption of the forests would halt. To ensure that Illidan would take the bait, Arthas spared no detail of the Skull's power, adding that his master knew of Illidan's thirst for power. Although Illidan did not trust Arthas, he nevertheless sought the Skull and its power out.

A great Demon Gate defended the Skull as Illidan and his forces had to fight mightily to gain access to the artifact. Driven by necessity and influenced by the belief that with the increased power, he could at last redeem himself in the eyes of Tyrande, he shattered the demonic seal and used the Skull's powers for his own. Strength he found, but peril greater than power came to him at once. The battle for control of the Skull came with a heavy price and the artifact's powers changed him. Transformed into a demon, Illidan wrapped himself in shadow and utterly destroyed Tichondrius and his forces. But with victory came devastation. Tyrande and Malfurion sensed the demonic power lurking within Illidan and turned away with disgust and despair. Malfurion chastised his brother, convinced that Illidan had traded his soul for more power. Enraged, Malfurion banished his brother from the forests.

Commento di Moltke

In Illidan's initial appearance in Warcraft III, he is freed from ten thousand years of imprisonment to help his people. You might think that had driven him mad, but he does succeed in saving his people (at the cost of becoming part demon). For this heroic act, he is exiled by his own brother, Furion. Then he is hired by the demon lord Kil'jaeden to destroy the Lich King before he regains his power and an expansion for World of Warcraft. Illidan is stopped by Furion, who was misled about the former's intentions. When Furion finds out that Maiev, Illidan's jailor, had betrayed him and lied about the death of his lover, Illidan and his brother work together to save said lover.

Afterward, Illidan tries one last time to stop the Lich King, but is defeated at the end of Warcraft III's expansion. Thus Illidan had been, at worst, a Well-Intentioned Extremist who rarely did anything not in his people's interest (even the original reason for his imprisonment was for keeping part of the Well of Eternity, which he felt was too useful to completely destroy, even if it is what brought the demons). Even in the War of the Ancients Trilogy Illidan, while portrayed as significantly more power-hungry, still wishes to save his people. Come World of Warcraft however, Illidan is brooding on Outland as a Designated Villain with Informed Insanity.

He is treated as if he was always a villain, carries the title "the Betrayer" (which he, in fact, mocked in the intro to the Frozen Throne, but it seems the writer's forgot that he was right), and most of the expansion revolves around fighting him and his minions, despite the fact that it is supposed to be about defeating the Burning Legion's Burning Crusade, whom he betrayed and is now using their weapons against them. To put salt in the wound, Maiev helps you defeat him, who was not only said to have died in multiple sources, but was the true traitor in Illidan's story, having left the night elven leader's lover for dead and allowing the Lich King to survive just for a chance to imprison somebody who was saving the world

Commento di Kliam

you guys know that you need to fight him 3 for off hand and 4 for main hand (use redempiton)

Commento di kekslul

hes name should be..

Illidan Nerdrage
<The Geek>

Commento di themguyman

only one thing to say now "YOU ARE NOT PREPARED"

Commento di 540490

Awesome character, Awesome Blades, Awesome instance ;)

Commento di 628374

Why didn't Illidan want his dinner?

It was not prepared!

Commento di 632746

Illidan is the one character that i have a soft spot for in all Wow .He wanted to do good but f**ked it up but he did make up to his people for it. I dont really care about what hes done hes just too awesome to die and i believe that blizzard said that we did not kill him but merly "got in his way"
Note that illidan was crazy from the start of the burning crusade so actually we havent seen him sane in WoW.
I hope that when Cata comes this sorta s**t will happen:

Deathwing:Foolish mortals!You cannot defeat me!
Us:Oh my god i didnt imagine he would be this strong
?: I F**KEN TOLD YOU THAT YOU WERE NOT PREPEARED! >:(
Deathwing:What is the meaning of this Who dares...
Illidan:Shut up!*eyebeam to the face*
Deathwing:I cant see!
illidan:*whoops Deathwing's a**"
Us:We thought you were evil?
Illidan:I forgot to take my pills sorry.

Edit:spelling error.

Commento di MalygosHelper

First; Illidan Stormrage was never a druid. His brother was trained in the druidism ways and yes Malfurion Stormrage is know as a druid.. Illidan was addicted to the arcane magic, just like the Blood Elf he eagered to become..

Druidism was about following the natures ways, the Arcane magic was to controll the magic to your will.
It was the High born and Azshara that controlled the Arcane Magic from their magic Well of Eternity; given from the Pantheon..

That's wrong aswell. Illidan, at the starting, tryed to learn druidism. He later abbandoned this inspiration for many causes, the most relevant was his excellent skills in the arcane magic, wich forces the energy and the elements to your will, as magic that forces magic is not a good explanation. Druidism is about connecting with nature, not following it, elsewhere we may be druids as we live as trees. The Highborne were not, also, the only ones able to manipulate the essence of the Arcane. And i'd like to point it out, while, is true that magic was taken from the Well of Eternity, the real source is the Twisting Nether, and that's why the arcane magic attracts the demons.

Commento di MalygosHelper

Now, if you think, Illidan's empire was in crisis before the Horde and Alliance arrived. Kael'thas was about to betray him. His hope was to create a new Well of Eternity in Zangarmash. Sadly his project failed. He had a good stronghold in Hellfire Citadel and in Zangarmash, yes... But what about Shadowmoon and the Black Temple? There was just lot of chaos: burning legion and catastrophic earthquakes aswell as elementals were everywhere.

**Now, as i see there are many problems about his origins and such, here's some informations from Wowwiki:

Illidan (aka the Betrayer), twin brother of Malfurion, practiced Highborne magic. In his youth he attempted to master the druidic forces, as his brother had, but the sorcery called to him in a way that the magic of the land did not. Unlike his brother, Illidan was born with amber eyes, at the time a sign of a great destiny — however, this actually indicated inherent druidic potential. When Malfurion and Tyrande had found their destiny, Illidan was still searching for his. Though not a Highborne himself, he became the personal caster of the military leader, Ravencrest.
When Archimonde's invasion of Azeroth had begun and Azshara's treachery became known, Malfurion convinced Illidan to leave his queen. Illidan followed his brother. But as Cenarius and the dragons entered the battle, Malfurion came to understand that their adversaries were too powerful to fall in combat. To end the invasion, he plotted the destruction of the Well of Eternity. The idea appalled Illidan. The Well was the source of his magic — and likely of the elves' immortality — and its loss was a price far too dear for him to pay. In addition, the night elf found that he increasingly admired the powers of the Burning Legion, seeing a magical purity that underlay their chaotic behavior. Where the night elves struggled to maintain their ground, the Burning Legion's numbers did not seem to permanently diminish. The satyr Xavius seized upon his doubts, exploiting his confusion to plant seeds of distrust into Illidan's mind which made Illidan turn to seek the power the Burning Crusade were using so he could become stronger, while in his mind this was to help defeat the Burning Crusade he actually helped them by giving Sargeras the Demon Soul to make the portal stronger.
Illidan had strong feelings for Tyrande Whisperwind, a novice priestess in the Sisters of Elune. Illidan so desired to impress Tyrande that he often acted without thinking, particularly in magic; he never realized that these displays weren't quite what the priestess was looking for in a mate. But while Illidan struggled to win her heart, none of them realized that the battle was over soon after it had begun; Tyrande had chosen Malfurion almost from the beginning. Xavius knew of this and used his power to darken Illidan's thoughts, convincing him that if Malfurion were to die, Illidan would no longer have a rival for Tyrande's love. Finally the sight of Tyrande in the arms of his brother Malfurion shattered his final ties to the defenders.
Illidan, with a new plan spurred into his mind, journeyed to Zin-Azshari. There he feigned allegiance to Azshara and Mannoroth. Illidan's plan was to obtain the Demon Soul, an artifact of great power created by Deathwing also known as Neltharion the Earth-Warder, which had the ability to close the portal which was allowing the demons to enter Kalimdor. However, to put this plan in action, Illidan had to gain more power. Illidan was eventually brought before Sargeras himself, who quickly discovered the night elf's plan to obtain the Demon Soul for the Legion. Sargeras was pleased with this plan, and gave Illidan a "gift" in return for his allegiance. Illidan's eyes were burned out by Sargeras himself, despite still being beyond the portal, and orbs of mystic fire set in their place that allowed Illidan to see all forms of magic, and arcane tattoos covered his body. Azshara was fascinated by the "new" Illidan (who was wary of her advances), but remained cautious, sending Captain Varo'then to accompany Illidan in his search for the Demon Soul.
fter the Great Sundering, Illidan, who had filled seven vials with water from the Well of Eternity, scaled the peaks of Mount Hyjal, where he found a small, tranquil lake. There he poured the contents of three of the vials into the waters. The chaotic energies quickly manifested, tainting the lake and twisting it into a new Well of Eternity. Illidan's joy was short-lived however, when his brother, Malfurion, Tyrande and the rest of the kaldorei leadership discovered him - and all were horrified at what he'd done. Unable to accept that his brother had committed such treachery, Malfurion tried again to explain to Illidan the folly of his ways. The magic, he insisted, was chaotic by nature, and it could only bring about destruction so long as it existed. Illidan refused to listen, so enraptured by the magic's power that his brother seemed to him an unknowing fool. Illidan claimed that magic would be needed should the Burning Legion ever return.
The lack of remorse shook Malfurion to his core and he raged at his brother, understanding now that Illidan was lost forever to the magic's sway. He ordered him imprisoned deep below Hyjal in a jail kept far from sight and mind.

We all know he later escaped thanks to Tyrande Whisperwind who opened the cell after 10'000years, killing different wardens. (Also Maiev and his hatred, from antagonist, becomes one of the main ally in the Black Temple.)

Malfurion opposed Tyrande's decision, thinking the release of Illidan a catastrophic mistake. Frustrated that his brother remained unchanged and eager to prove to him that the demons had no hold over him, Illidan left Malfurion behind, leading a force of night elves into Felwood to hunt down the Legion. While in Felwood, he encountered Arthas, champion of the Lich King, and they engaged in combat. The fighters were equally matched, and the combatants reached an impasse. Illidan stopped the duel and demanded to know why Arthas had tracked him. Arthas responded openly, telling Illidan about the Skull of Gul'dan, the demonic artifact that had corrupted Felwood. He explained that if the artifact were destroyed, the corruption of the forests would halt. To ensure that Illidan would take the bait, Arthas spared no detail of the Skull's power, adding that his master knew of Illidan's thirst for power. Although Illidan did not trust Arthas, he nevertheless sought the Skull and its power out.
A great Demon Gate defended the Skull as Illidan and his forces had to fight mightily to gain access to the artifact. Driven by necessity and influenced by the belief that with the increased power, he could at last redeem himself in the eyes of Tyrande, he shattered the demonic seal and used the Skull's powers for his own. Strength he found, but peril greater than power came to him at once. The battle for control of the Skull came with a heavy price and the artifact's powers changed him. Transformed into a demon, Illidan wrapped himself in shadow and utterly destroyed Tichondrius and his forces. But with victory came devastation. Tyrande and Malfurion sensed the demonic power lurking within Illidan and turned away with disgust and despair. Malfurion chastised his brother, convinced that Illidan had traded his soul for more power. Enraged, Malfurion banished his brother from the forests.

This is Warcraft III

Commento di MalygosHelper

Warcraft III - Frozen Throne:

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