Unicorn

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A unicorn (or monohorn) is a type of courser native to Azeroth and the Shadowlands, resembling a horse with a horn growing from its forehead.

The Quel'dorei steed are descended from a fine line of horses that once grazed near the shores of the Well of Eternity. Many unicorns live on the Broken Isles. The majority of the nightborne refer to zhevras as "monohorns" instead of "unicorns", claiming that it is a much more fitting name, though there is debate among their community. They consider them a rare breed, their distinctive hides being used for all manner of fashion, including hats, coat linings, and other fine apparel. At least some unicorns are tied to the Emerald Dream. Dreamrunners, for instance, are capable of traveling between Azeroth and the Emerald Dream at will. Ephemeral Runners are ghostly unicorns living on the world of Bonich.

Cloudrunners are unicorns native to Bastion.

Types

 * Equine Sunrunner
 * Ephemeral Runner
 * Stabled Quel'dorei Steed
 * Tormented Shadowrunner
 * Veil Shadowrunner
 * Wild Dreamrunner
 * Wild Manarunner

As a mount

 * Quel'dorei Steed can be purchased from at a cost of  upon reaching  with the Silver Covenant.
 * Prestigious Azure Courser, Prestigious Bronze Courser, Prestigious Forest Courser, Prestigious Ivory Courser, Prestigious Midnight Courser, Prestigious Royal Courser and Prestigious Bloodforged Courser are Honor level PvP rewards.
 * Wild Dreamrunner (item) has a chance to drop from Dreamweaver Cache.
 * Lucid Nightmare is obtained from Puzzler's Desire in the Forgotten Crypt in Deadwind Pass, after solving Riddle of the Lucid Nightmare.
 * Pureheart Courser is the reward from 100 Exalted Reputations.

As a hunter pet
Broken Isles unicorns are tamable by hunters as part of the courser family. They were originally made tamable as stags in patch 8.1.0 but were reclassified with the release of patch 9.0.1.

Other appearances and mentions

 * A white unicorn's image could be found on the sails of the now-defunct Second War-era Elven Destroyers. During that era, a unicorn's image was also depicted on ballistae, which were the product of human design and elven craftsmanship. It is unknown if the unicorn was the symbol for Quel'Thalas in general before the Third War; the Thalassian banner has depicted a phoenix ever since.
 * Archmagi brandish magical blades and ancient staves while mounted atop their trusty unicorn steeds.
 * A pink unicorn can be seen being devoured by some rampaging gorilla-like monster on a banner on Darkmoon Island.
 * The item Band of the Unicorn is a reference to this creature.
 * There is an unused Warcraft III icon seemingly intended for an item called "Staff of Purification" that was never implemented. This icon depicts a unicorn.
 * The World of Warcraft: Looking for Group documentary ends with several tongue-in-cheek requests for a unicorn mount in the game, ideally with "nyan cat" effects. This is ironic, considering the unicorn was already available as a mount.

Trivia

 * The Legion unicorn model is named "horse2" in the files.
 * Blizzard has a running gag with refusing to acknowledge unicorns as such, instead referring to them as "not unicorns", "horses with horns", or simply "horse2s" in reference to their model name.
 * The unicorn is possibly one of the oldest and most recognized mythical creatures in the world. The traditional European unicorn looks similar to a horse, save for cloven hooves, a goat beard, and a lion-like tail. Unicorns are known for their healing powers and their solitary nature.