Kalaran



Kalaran is a mighty drake of the black dragonflight. Initially, he appears in the guise of a human known as Kalaran Windblade, a level 55 quest giver located southeast of Thorium Point in the contested territory of Searing Gorge.

He tells a tale (fabricated, of course) of his father having been slaughtered by Dark Iron dwarves, and urges adventurers who cross his path to help him avenge their deaths.

When the quests are completed, he turns into his true form of Kalaran the Deceiver and yells "The legion of Blackrock comes, dwarflings! We shall scorch the earth and set fire to the heavens. None shall survive..." indicating he is one of the drakes who are with Nefarian — because Nefarian constantly fights with the Dark Iron dwarves specifically for control of Blackrock Spire.

Fortunately for those who take his quests, he refrains from killing them after revealing his true form. He even commands his servant to throw them some "trinkets" such as, and , before flying off to scorch the earth and set fire to the heavens as mentioned above.

He starts the following quests:

See Badlands NPCs.

World of Warcraft: The Comic
Kalaran makes a brief appearance in the comic series. As Kalaran Windblade, he is posing as a spy in the service of Ironforge against the Dark Iron dwarves. When the missing King Varian Wrynn appears at the Gates of Ironforge, Kalaran attempts to assassinate him but is stopped by Valeera Sanguinar. In his anger, Kalaran disposes of his human guise and reveals his true form before being chased off by King Varian.

In Cataclysm
Kalaran returns in Cataclysm - this time with no manipulations, renaming himself the Annihilator. His death is an objective of.

Inspiration
Kalaran is named after the original EverQuest character of WoW quest designer, Alex Afrasiabi.