John J. Keeshan

Corporal John J. Keeshan, often called Johnny by old friends, is a quest giver located in various locations in the human-aligned zone of Redridge Mountains and at Flamestar Post in Burning Steppes.

Before World of Warcraft
John J. Keeshan is a war veteran of the First, Second and Third Wars. He served in Bravo Company, under orders from Colonel Troteman, along with Messner, Jorgensen, Krakauer and Danforth. Keeshan served 248 consecutive tours of duty across the First, Second, and Third wars. At some point in the wars, Keeshan's wife Jade was killed by Blackrock orcs. He started to wear her pendant after that.

In World of Warcraft
Corporal Keeshan first appeared as a level 25 quest giver located deep in Render's Rock in the human-aligned zone of Redridge Mountains. During the Battle of Stonewatch Keep, he was attacked by the Blackrock orcs and dragged away to Render's Rock. He started an escort quest to lead him out of Render's Rock.

Cataclysm
Keeshan was an orc prisoner for five years. After his rescue, Keeshan states that the townspeople of Lakeshire "spitted on him, protested him, called him a baby orc killer and all kinds of vile crap." Keeshan becomes disillusioned with Lakeshire after being treated with contempt for his military service and refuses to do anything to help out the town when it was being attacked. The player, under the guidance of Colonel Troteman, attempts to reignite his will to fight by recovering the belongings Keeshan lost and helping reassemble Bravo Company, who have all been discovered to be alive but captured by Blackrock orcs.

After having his belongings returned to him and his friends in Bravo Company reunited with him, Keeshan regains the will to fight. Keeshan leads Bravo Company in an assault on Render's Valley, freeing the prisoners of war located there and then decimating it in an explosion which turns it into a crater.

Bravo Company later assault Stonewatch Keep, the stronghold of the Blackrock orcs, which culminates in a battle with a black dragon named Darkblaze. During the battle all the members of Bravo Company are killed except for the player and Keeshan, who jumps onto the dying dragon's back. Darkblaze flies over Lake Everstill, and after some struggle, both of them fall into the lake's waters. Both Keeshan and Darkblaze were presumed to have died in the fight, and several of Keeshan's belongings are later recovered by Lakeshire's townspeople.

It is later revealed that Keeshan survived the encounter and later plays a role in the Burning Steppes storyline.

Quests

 * Redridge Mountains:


 * Burning Steppes


 * Removed
 * (escort)

Quotes

 * They asked me to fight in those wars. I didn't ask them! I did what I had to do to win. So I end up getting captured by those filthy, crap-swilling, maggot orcs and for five long years they used me as a toilet. Finally I break out and head back to my hometown and what do I get? People spitting on me, protesting me, calling me a baby orc killer and all kinds of vile crap!

Trivia

 * His name, and the nature of the quests he gives in Cataclysm, are a reference to.
 * On a similar note his story seems to have several references to the.
 * His name may also be a reference to children's television actor, who was once rumored to have fought in.