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| relatives = [[Rhakish]] (paternal grandfather)<br/> [[Kelkar]] and [[Zuura]]<ref>''[[Warcraft: Legends Volume 4]]'', pg. 147</ref> (parents)<br/> '''Lokra''' (sister, fate unknown)<br/> [[Garad]] and [[Geyah]] (parents-in-law)<br/> [[Durotan]] (mate)<br/> [[Ga'nar]], [[Fenris Wolfbrother]], '''Karg Bloodfury''' (brothers-in-law)<br/> [[Thrall]] (son)<br/> [[Aggra]] (daughter-in-law)<br/> [[Durak]] & [[Rehze]] (grandchildren)
  
| relatives = [[Rhakish]] (paternal grandfather)<br/> [[Kelkar]] and [[Zuura]]<ref>''[[Warcraft: Legends Volume 4]]'', pg. 147</ref> (parents)<br/> '''Lokra''' (sister, fate unknown)<br/> [[Garad]] and [[Geyah]] (parents-in-law)<br/> [[Durotan]] (mate)<br/> [[Ga'nar]], [[Fenris Wolfbrother]], '''Karg Bloodfury''' (brothers-in-law)<br/> [[Thrall]] (son)<br/> [[Aggra]] (daughter-in-law)<br/> [[Durak]] & [[Rehze]] (grandchildren)
 
| mentors = [[Akarek|Margrave Akarek]]
  
| mentors = [[Akarek|Margrave Akarek]]
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| companions = [[Deathfang]] (companion),<br>[[Draka's Flayedwing|unnamed flayedwings]] (mounts)
 
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{{QuoteWiki|I am Draka, once of the Frostwolf clan, now Baroness of the House of the Chosen. And most of all, a protector of Maldraxxus.|Draka<ref name="Afterlives">''[[Afterlives|Afterlives: Maldraxxus]]''</ref>}}
  
{{QuoteWiki|I am Draka, once of the Frostwolf clan, now Baroness of the House of the Chosen. And most of all, a protector of Maldraxxus.|Draka<ref name="Afterlives">''[[Afterlives|Afterlives: Maldraxxus]]''</ref>}}
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===Afterlife===
  
===Afterlife===
 
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Following her death, Draka's [[soul]] traveled to the realm of [[Maldraxxus]] in the [[Shadowlands]], where she became a member of the [[House of Eyes]]. As a warrior, Draka initially found the house's ways of subterfuge and stealth to be a strange fit for her. However, under the training of [[Akarek|Margrave Akarek]], she eventually grew comfortable with her new role and gained the skills of a master spy in addition to those of a warrior.<ref name="Afterlives"/> Her training included spying on the [[Burning Legion]] on another world outside the Shadowlands.<ref>{{Ref web|url=https://twitter.com/ovalteens/status/1301634681889124352|title=Brian Horn on Twitter|date=2020-09-03|accessdate=2020-09-04}}</ref><ref>{{Ref web|url=https://twitter.com/ovalteens/status/1301941553234169860|title=Brian Horn on Twitter|date=2020-09-04|accessdate=2020-09-04}}</ref> Draka eventually became one of the house's two baronesses. The other baroness was [[Vashj]], but she and Draka did not get along.<ref name="A Common Peril">[[A Common Peril]]</ref>
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[[File:Baroness Draka.jpg|thumb|upright|Baroness Draka in Maldraxxus.]]
  
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Following her death, Draka's [[soul]] traveled to the realm of [[Maldraxxus]] in the [[Shadowlands]], where she became a member of the [[House of Eyes]]. As a warrior, Draka initially found the house's ways of subterfuge and stealth to be a strange fit for her. However, under the training of [[Akarek|Margrave Akarek]], she eventually grew comfortable with her new role and gained the skills of a master spy in addition to those of a warrior.<ref name="Afterlives"/> Her training included spying on the [[Burning Legion]] on another world outside the Shadowlands.<ref>{{Ref web|url=https://twitter.com/ovalteens/status/1301634681889124352|title=Brian Horn on Twitter|date=2020-09-03|accessdate=2020-09-04}}</ref><ref>{{Ref web|url=https://twitter.com/ovalteens/status/1301941553234169860|title=Brian Horn on Twitter|date=2020-09-04|accessdate=2020-09-04}}</ref>
  
   
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Following the mysterious destruction of the [[House of Plagues]], Akarek suspected that Maldraxxus' purpose was in peril and sent Draka to deliver a vital message to [[Margrave Krexus]] of the [[House of the Chosen]]. However, shortly after Draka set out on her [[darkhound]], the House of Eyes exploded behind her, taking Akarek with it. Draka found herself surrounded by traitorous Necrolords but managed to fight her way through them and reach the House of the Chosen, where she delivered her lord's final message to Margrave Krexus. The message stated "I offer the key to saving Maldraxxus". Draka was at first confused by this, telling Krexus that Akarek hadn't given her a key, but Krexus realized that Draka herself—being an unyielding warrior and master spy—was "a key to many things". That day, Draka joined the House of the Chosen as its Baroness to continue protecting Maldraxxus.<ref name="Afterlives"/>
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Following the mysterious destruction of the [[House of Plagues]], Akarek suspected that Maldraxxus' purpose was in peril and sent Draka to deliver a vital message to [[Margrave Krexus]] of the [[House of the Chosen]]. However, shortly after Draka set out on her [[darkhound]], the House of Eyes exploded behind her, taking Akarek with it. Draka found herself surrounded by traitorous Necrolords but managed to fight her way through them and reach the House of the Chosen, where she delivered her lord's final message to Margrave Krexus. The message stated "I offer the key to saving Maldraxxus". Draka was at first confused by this, telling Krexus that Akarek hadn't given her a key, but Krexus realized that Draka herself—being an unyielding warrior and master spy—was "a key to many things". That day, Draka joined the House of the Chosen as its Baroness to continue protecting Maldraxxus.<ref name="Afterlives"/> She took the place of [[Alexandros Mograine]], who had been lost to the [[Maw]].<ref>[[The Maw (quest)]]</ref>
   
 
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[[File:Land of Opportunity - pursuit.jpg|thumb|On a mount Draka and a Maw Walker being chased by a Rotwing Construct.]]
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[[File:Baroness Draka.jpg|thumb|upright|Baroness Draka in Maldraxxus.]]
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When the [[Maw Walker]] arrived in Maldraxxus' [[Theater of Pain]], they found themselves in the middle of a confrontation between Krexus and the margraves [[Margrave Gharmal|Gharmal]] and [[Margrave Sin'dane|Sin'dane]]—the leaders of the [[House of Constructs]] and [[House of Rituals]], who had betrayed the purpose of Maldraxxus by sending their forces to invade [[Bastion]]. Draka rescued the Maw Walker from the battle and began transporting them to safety on her [[Draka's Flayedwing|flayedwing mount]], but the group was shot of the sky and crashed in the [[Iron Trench]].<ref>[[Land of Opportunity]]</ref> After taking the opportunity to recruit nearby scavengers to the Chosen<ref>[[Arms for the Poor]]</ref> and dispatch local threats in the form of [[deathwalker]]s,<ref>[[Walk Among Death]]</ref><ref>[[Trench Warfare]]</ref> Draka and the Maw Walker arrived to the House of the Chosen and met up with Margrave Krexus. While Draka and the margrave discussed strategy in [[Vortrexxis]],<ref>[[The House of the Chosen]]</ref> the Maw Walker was sent to report to Draka's fellow baron [[Vyraz]].<ref>[[The First Act of War]]</ref> Krexus sensed great potential in the Maw Walker and soon commanded them to take on the trial of reaching the standing stone at the center of the Chosen's citadel, which resulted in the hero uncovering an [[:Unfinished Blade|unfinished blade]] and a message from Maldraxxus' missing ruler, the [[Primus]].<ref>[[Through the Fire and Flames]]</ref> Realizing that this had a deeper meaning, Draka sent the Maw Walker to [[Bonesmith Heirmir]],<ref>[[Forging a Champion]]</ref> who helped them forge the object into a [[Blade of the Primus|finished runeblade]].<ref>[[The Blade of the Primus]]</ref> Krexus subsequently concluded that the runes covering the blade were the same as the runes on the [[Seat of the Primus]] and sent Draka, Vyraz, and the Maw Walker to investigate. The blade proved to be a key to the Seat, but Vyraz insisted that unlocking the fortress would do the Chosen no good if they lost the war against the other two houses.<ref>[[The Seat of the Primus]]</ref>
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Baroness Draka of the House of the Chosen pulled a [[Maw Walker]] from the chaos of the [[Theater of Pain]] arena. The two of them are shot out of the sky en route to the House of the Chosen. Draka leads the Maw Walker to the House of the Chosen to meet Margrave Krexus. The Maw Walker finds and finishes forging a blade of the [[Primus]] that when empowered would allow entry to the [[Seat of the Primus]]. Draka tasked the Maw Walker with securing support from the remnants of the House of Eyes, to which she once belonged, now under Draka's former colleague and rival Baroness [[Vashj]]. Krexus was slain unknowingly by the other baron of the House of the Chosen [[Vyraz]] a traitor whose treachery is reviled when the former baron of the house [[Alexandros Mograine]] is rescued from the [[Maw]]. Then Draka and her forces open and take hold of the Seat of the Primus with the now empowered blade of the Primus.<ref>[[Lore Book (Shadowlands)#Blade of the Primus]]</ref>
  
   
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Draka admitted that her fellow baron was right and sent the Maw Walker to recruit the aid of her old rival Vashj,<ref name="A Common Peril"/> search for survivors at the destroyed House of Plagues,<ref>[[The House of Plagues]]</ref> and help Vyraz defend the Chosen forces at the [[Spearhead (Maldraxxus)|Spearhead]] from the House of Constructs.<ref>[[Baron of the Chosen]]</ref> These efforts resulted in three more runes being awakened on the Primus' sword, meaning there was only one left before the Chosen could enter the Seat. Draka and the Maw Walker returned to the House of the Chosen to inform Krexus of their progress, but when they arrived, they found that the citadel had been attacked by constructs and that Krexus had been killed. Draka insisted that the Chosen now had to open the Seat of the Primus if they were to have any hope of victory, but Vyraz claimed that the Seat was a fool's errand and that the Chosen instead had to gather their mightiest forces, including the missing baron [[Alexandros Mograine]].<ref>[[Among the Chosen]]</ref> The Maw Walker traveled into the Maw and managed to rescue Alexandros, but upon meeting with Draka in [[Oribos]], Mograine revealed that Vyraz was a traitor and that it must have been he who slew Margrave Krexus.<ref>[[Maw Walker (quest)]]</ref> Draka sent Alexandros and the Maw Walker to confront Vyraz at the House of the Chosen while she returned to the Seat of the Primus to warn their allies,<ref>[[A Soul Saved]]</ref> but the Seat soon came under siege from Vyraz's forces and Draka turned back to bring Alexandros and the Maw Walker with her to defend the fortress.<ref>[[The Blade of the Primus]]</ref> The Maw Walker subsequently used the Blade of the Primus to open the way into the Seat, unleashing the Primus' power and forcing Vyraz's forces to retreat. Inside, the hero and their allies discovered a dire warning from the Primus.<ref>[[The Door to the Unknown]]</ref> Draka asked the Maw Walker to return to [[Oribos]] and deliver the Primus' warning to the other [[Eternal Ones]]. Before parting ways, she told the hero that it would be an honor to fight with them again.<ref>[[Words of the Primus]]</ref>
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Draka and her forces outnumbered at the Seat of the Primus as their tenuous control hangs in the balance as the combined forces of the House of Rituals, House of Constructs, and the House of the Chosen move against them. With the help of the Maw Walker, Draka undertakes a bold plan to bolster their forces. To build alliances, steal a necropolis, and construct an army of abominations.<ref>https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23463735/necrolord-covenant-a-closer-look-inside-the-might-of-maldraxxus</ref>
  
   
 
==Legacy==
  
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==Quests==
  
==Quests==
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*[[Land of Opportunity]] {{questfinish}}
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**[[Arms for the Poor]] {{queststartfinish}}
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**[[Memory of Honor]] {{questfinish}}
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**[[Walk Among Death]] {{queststartfinish}}
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***[[Trench Warfare]] {{queststartfinish}}
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****[[The House of the Chosen]] {{queststartfinish}}
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*****[[The First Act of War]] {{queststart}}
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*[[Never Enough]] {{questfinish}}
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**[[Through the Fire and Flames]] {{queststartfinish}}
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***[[Forging a Champion]] {{queststart}}
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****[[The Path to Glory]] {{questfinish}}
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*****[[Meet the Margrave]] {{queststart}}
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******[[The Seat of the Primus]] {{questfinish}}
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*[[A Common Peril]] {{queststart}}
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**[[Her Rightful Place]] {{questfinish}}
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*[[Baron of the Chosen]] {{queststart}}
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**[[Front and Center]] {{questfinish}}
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*[[The House of Plagues]] {{queststart}}
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**[[Fathomless Power]] {{questfinish}}
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*[[Among the Chosen]] {{Queststart}}
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*[[A Soul Saved]] {{Queststart}}
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*[[In Death We Are Truly Tested]] {{Questfinish}}
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**[[The Door to the Unknown]] {{Queststart}}
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***[[Words of the Primus]] {{Queststart}}
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*[[Covering our Tracks]] {{queststart}}
  
*[[Covering our Tracks]] {{queststart}}
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*[[The House of the Chosen]] {{queststart}}
  
   
 
==Quotes==
  
==Quotes==
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===Dialogue===
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{{Main|Land of Opportunity#Notes}}
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{{Main|Arms for the Poor#Notes}}
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{{Main|The House of the Chosen#Notes}}
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{{Main|The First Act of War#Notes}}
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{{Main|Through the Fire and Flames#Notes}}
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{{Main|Forging a Champion#Notes}}
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{{Main|The Path to Glory#Notes}}
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{{Main|Meet the Margrave#Notes}}
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{{Main|The Seat of the Primus#Notes}}
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{{Main|A Common Peril#Notes}}
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{{Main|Among the Chosen#Notes}}
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{{Main|Maw Walker (quest)#Notes}}
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{{Main|A Soul Saved#Notes}}
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{{Main|In Death We Are Truly Tested#Notes}}
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{{Main|The Door to the Unknown#Notes}}
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{{Main|Words of the Primus#Notes}}
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===On-click===
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;Greetings
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*Always ready for battle.
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*Blood and thunder!
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*For the honor of the bladesworn.
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*How goes the fight?
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*Lok-tar!
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*Throm-ka!
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;Irritated
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*Lok-tar ogar. It means "victory or death". In Maldraxxus, it's victory AND death.
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*In the House of Eyes, I learned the secrets OF SUBTLETY!
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*I am the blade in the dark. I am also the blade in your face!
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*Strength comes from loyalty, honor, and-- WILL YOU STOP POKING ME?!
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;Farewell
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*Even here, I protect the weak.
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*Every defeat is a lesson.
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*For [[Margrave Krexus|Krexus]]! For [[Akarek]]!
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*In the name of the [[Primus]].
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*Only the strong survive.
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*Strength and honor.
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*Strength comes from the heart.
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===Gossip===
  
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We must act swiftly. The other houses are sure to strike against the Chosen soon.
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:We must act swiftly. The other houses are sure to strike against the Chosen soon.
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;Vortrexxis
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:Maldraxxus will stand united again.
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;Bleak Redoubt
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:Victory will be ours.
   
 
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*During the development of ''[[World of Warcraft: Shadowlands|Shadowlands]]'', the developers realized they had no shortage of famous deceased characters they could feature, but they wanted to avoid making the expansion feel like a simple checklist of deceased characters players would interact with. As such, they wanted to focus on characters that they felt best fit the themes of the expansion's zones, with a mix of some more obvious choices (like [[Uther the Lightbringer|Uther]] in [[Bastion]]) and some more unexpected ones where players would have to think about how they fit their respective zones. Draka, an example of the latter category, was picked for Maldraxxus because the developers felt that her story of building herself up to be a warrior in ''[[A Warrior Made]]'' and dying while trying to protect her son from treachery was the perfect fit for the mentality of the Necrolords. In addition, Draka is a character that, while integral to the storyline of the orcs, had not received a lot of attention in previous material, making her in some ways a blank slate the developers could fill in through the ''Shadowlands'' storyline.<ref name="Wowhead Danuser">{{Ref web|url=https://www.wowhead.com/news=316807/|title=Shadowlands Lore Interview with Lead Narrative Designer Steve Danuser - Elune, Sylvanas, Calia|author=perculia|publisher=Wowhead|date=2020-07-09|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709151148/https://www.wowhead.com/news=316807/shadowlands-lore-interview-with-lead-narrative-designer-steve-danuser-elune-sylv|archivedate=2020-07-09}}</ref><ref>{{Ref web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hnewman/2020/07/17/how-warcraft-shadowlands-story-unfolds-and-why-its-not-all-guest-stars/|title=How Warcraft: Shadowlands’ Story Unfolds, And Why It’s Not All Guest Stars|author=Heather Newman|publisher=Forbes|date=2020-07-17|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718165043if_/https://www.forbes.com/sites/hnewman/2020/07/17/how-warcraft-shadowlands-story-unfolds-and-why-its-not-all-guest-stars/#6275f66355d4|archivedate=2020-07-18}}</ref><ref name="Lorekeeper">{{Ref web|url=http://lorekeeper.net/en/maldraxxus-shadowlands-and-beyond-interview-with-steve-danuser/|title=Maldraxxus, Shadowlands and Beyond - Interview with Steve Danuser|author=Ezgi Pajecki|publisher=Lorekeeper|date=2020-09-26|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927142456/http://lorekeeper.net/en/maldraxxus-shadowlands-and-beyond-interview-with-steve-danuser/|archivedate=2020-09-27}}</ref>
  
*During the development of ''[[World of Warcraft: Shadowlands|Shadowlands]]'', the developers realized they had no shortage of famous deceased characters they could feature, but they wanted to avoid making the expansion feel like a simple checklist of deceased characters players would interact with. As such, they wanted to focus on characters that they felt best fit the themes of the expansion's zones, with a mix of some more obvious choices (like [[Uther the Lightbringer|Uther]] in [[Bastion]]) and some more unexpected ones where players would have to think about how they fit their respective zones. Draka, an example of the latter category, was picked for Maldraxxus because the developers felt that her story of building herself up to be a warrior in ''[[A Warrior Made]]'' and dying while trying to protect her son from treachery was the perfect fit for the mentality of the Necrolords. In addition, Draka is a character that, while integral to the storyline of the orcs, had not received a lot of attention in previous material, making her in some ways a blank slate the developers could fill in through the ''Shadowlands'' storyline.<ref name="Wowhead Danuser">{{Ref web|url=https://www.wowhead.com/news=316807/|title=Shadowlands Lore Interview with Lead Narrative Designer Steve Danuser - Elune, Sylvanas, Calia|author=perculia|publisher=Wowhead|date=2020-07-09|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709151148/https://www.wowhead.com/news=316807/shadowlands-lore-interview-with-lead-narrative-designer-steve-danuser-elune-sylv|archivedate=2020-07-09}}</ref><ref>{{Ref web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hnewman/2020/07/17/how-warcraft-shadowlands-story-unfolds-and-why-its-not-all-guest-stars/|title=How Warcraft: Shadowlands’ Story Unfolds, And Why It’s Not All Guest Stars|author=Heather Newman|publisher=Forbes|date=2020-07-17|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718165043if_/https://www.forbes.com/sites/hnewman/2020/07/17/how-warcraft-shadowlands-story-unfolds-and-why-its-not-all-guest-stars/#6275f66355d4|archivedate=2020-07-18}}</ref><ref name="Lorekeeper">{{Ref web|url=http://lorekeeper.net/en/maldraxxus-shadowlands-and-beyond-interview-with-steve-danuser/|title=Maldraxxus, Shadowlands and Beyond - Interview with Steve Danuser|author=Ezgi Pajecki|publisher=Lorekeeper|date=2020-09-26|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927142456/http://lorekeeper.net/en/maldraxxus-shadowlands-and-beyond-interview-with-steve-danuser/|archivedate=2020-09-27}}</ref>
 
*Lead narrative designer [[Steve Danuser]] has suggested that while Draka is currently separated from Durotan in the Shadowlands, the two could potentially find an afterlife they could share together after Draka has completed her obligations in Maldraxxus.<ref name="Wowhead Danuser"/><ref name="Lorekeeper"/>
  
*Lead narrative designer [[Steve Danuser]] has suggested that while Draka is currently separated from Durotan in the Shadowlands, the two could potentially find an afterlife they could share together after Draka has completed her obligations in Maldraxxus.<ref name="Wowhead Danuser"/><ref name="Lorekeeper"/>
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*Draka's [[generic name]] at the [[Iron Trench]] is an [[ossein]] named '''Chosen Scrapper'''.
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*While accompanying players in the [[Iron Trench]], Draka's [[generic name]] is an [[ossein]] named '''Chosen Scrapper'''.
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*Draka is voiced by [[Lenore Andriel]] in ''Shadowlands'', who voiced her alternate version in ''Warlords of Draenor''.
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*Draka is voiced by [[Lenore Andriel]] in ''Shadowlands'', who also voiced her {{Au|Draka|alternate self}} in ''Warlords of Draenor''.
   
 
==Speculation==
  
==Speculation==

Revision as of 17:23, 3 December 2020

For other uses, see Draka (disambiguation).
NeutralDraka
Image of Draka
Title Warlord,[1]
Baroness
Formerly:
Warrior of the Frostwolf Clan[2]
Gender Female
Race Orc (Humanoid / Undead)
Level 53-60 Normal / Elite
Class Warrior (in life),
Rogue (in death)
Reaction Alliance Horde
Affiliation(s) House of the Chosen
Former affiliation(s) House of Eyes, Frostwolf clan, Old Horde
Occupation Baroness of the House of the Chosen, Spy
Former occupation(s) Warrior of the Frostwolf clan
Location Spirit resides in Maldraxxus
Status Deceased[3]
Relative(s) Rhakish (paternal grandfather)
Kelkar and Zuura[4] (parents)
Lokra (sister, fate unknown)
Garad and Geyah (parents-in-law)
Durotan (mate)
Ga'nar, Fenris Wolfbrother, Karg Bloodfury (brothers-in-law)
Thrall (son)
Aggra (daughter-in-law)
Durak & Rehze (grandchildren)
Mentor(s) Margrave Akarek
Companion(s) Deathfang (companion),
unnamed flayedwings (mounts)

“I am Draka, once of the Frostwolf clan, now Baroness of the House of the Chosen. And most of all, a protector of Maldraxxus.”

— Draka[5]

Draka was a courageous warrior of the Frostwolf clan, the mate of Durotan, and the mother of Go'el. After her death, she was sent to Maldraxxus where she became a member of the House of Eyes. After the house's destruction, she joined and rose to the rank of Baroness of the House of the Chosen.

Biography

A Warrior Made

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When Draka was born, she was a weak and sickly orc. Not only her clan-mates discriminated against her, also other clans said she was a dishonor to the orcish race. Blackhand said that if she was born in his clan, she would have been drowned at a young age. Draka and her family were forced to move to the outskirts of the Frostwolf village by Garad.

As a teenager, Draka asked Mother Kashur if there was any way to strengthen her sickly body. Visited by a vision of the ancestors, Mother Kashur told Draka that there was a way, but it could mean death. Kashur sent Draka on a hunt to obtain a wing feather of windroc, horn of talbuk, and fur of clefthoof. From the three ingredients, Kashur claimed that she could make a potion to cure Draka's illness.

Young Draka started her adventure alone. She had never been allowed to join any orcish hunts, and now she had to learn from the world itself. As time passed, Draka's skill increased and, although still weak, she defeated and claimed her first kill of windroc.[6]

Draka was successful in defeating a talbuk and a clefthoof and obtained all the ingredients she needed. She returned back to Kashur, who revealed the true meaning of Draka's hunt, that the ingredients and potion were not truly needed. The hunt itself had been intended to make Draka a strong and determined Frostwolf orc. In the end, now proud and beautiful, Draka joined a celebration, where she was noticed by Durotan and Orgrim.[7]

Rise of the Horde

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Durotan met Draka at the celebration. He was surprised to see her and was not sure whether she was of the Frostwolves. But then he remembered that she and her parents were exiled from the Frostwolf village because she was very sick. But now it seemed that she had overcome her illness.

The next day, Durotan asked her to join him on a hunt, something which often meant that a male orc intended to choose a female mate. Draka responded that she was too young to be anyone's mate. Durotan then insisted that it would be simply a hunt and nothing more.

They set out on their first hunt, where Durotan was injured by a wolf. However, together the two orcs were able to kill the beast. Draka said that she reached her adulthood today. They kissed, marking the beginning of their relationship.

After this, Draka stood by Durotan and his decisions through the years, although she did not like the situation of the orcs. She stood by Durotan when orcs accepted the demonic curse and when the Dark Portal was created. Draka, Durotan, and their clan were exiled and found their homes in Alterac Valley.[8]

Before leaving Draenor, Draka and Durotan visited Durotan's mother Geyah. Draka told her she was pregnant and Durotan added that the child would be named Go'el.[9]

Death

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Afterlives - Draka's last stand

Draka fighting against the assassins.

In the year 1, Draka gave birth to Go'el, child of Durotan, shortly before joining her chieftain on his secret meeting in Loch Modan with their old comrade Orgrim Doomhammer.[10] There Durotan explained what he knew - about Gul'dan, the Shadow Council, the demonic bargain and Orgrim decided it was time to stop the evil warlock.[11] He urged Durotan and Draka to take shelter in the north until he sent word to them. Orgrim commanded his guards to accompany the Frostwolves on their journey home and keep them safe. That would be a mistake that Orgrim would regret to his dying day. His guards were not loyal to him, but to the Shadow Council.

The guards had heard every word between Orgrim and his visitors. They decided they didn't need Gul'dan's permission to eliminate the Frostwolves - clearly, he would want Durotan, Draka, and their child dead. After traveling north for several days, the guards fell upon Durotan and Draka. The Frostwolves fought bitterly against their attackers, killing one of them. But the remaining guards struck down Durotan and Draka, and Go'el was left to die in the frigid cold.[12][13]

Afterlife

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Following her death, Draka's soul traveled to the realm of Maldraxxus in the Shadowlands, where she became a member of the House of Eyes. As a warrior, Draka initially found the house's ways of subterfuge and stealth to be a strange fit for her. However, under the training of Margrave Akarek, she eventually grew comfortable with her new role and gained the skills of a master spy in addition to those of a warrior.[5] Her training included spying on the Burning Legion on another world outside the Shadowlands.[14][15] Draka eventually became one of the house's two baronesses. The other baroness was Vashj, but she and Draka did not get along.[16]

Following the mysterious destruction of the House of Plagues, Akarek suspected that Maldraxxus' purpose was in peril and sent Draka to deliver a vital message to Margrave Krexus of the House of the Chosen. However, shortly after Draka set out on her darkhound, the House of Eyes exploded behind her, taking Akarek with it. Draka found herself surrounded by traitorous Necrolords but managed to fight her way through them and reach the House of the Chosen, where she delivered her lord's final message to Margrave Krexus. The message stated "I offer the key to saving Maldraxxus". Draka was at first confused by this, telling Krexus that Akarek hadn't given her a key, but Krexus realized that Draka herself—being an unyielding warrior and master spy—was "a key to many things". That day, Draka joined the House of the Chosen as its Baroness to continue protecting Maldraxxus.[5] She took the place of Alexandros Mograine, who had been lost to the Maw.[17]

  • Draka as a member of the House of Eyes.

    Draka as a member of the House of Eyes.

  • Draka training in the afterlife.

    Draka training in the afterlife.

  • Akarek briefing Draka.

    Akarek briefing Draka.

  • Draka on her darkhound.

    Draka on her darkhound.

  • Draka witnesses the destruction of the House of Eyes.

    Draka witnesses the destruction of the House of Eyes.

  • Draka facing the traitorous Necrolords.

    Draka facing the traitorous Necrolords.

  • Draka with Margrave Krexus.

    Draka with Margrave Krexus.

  • Draka as a member of the House of the Chosen.

    Draka as a member of the House of the Chosen.

Baroness Draka

Baroness Draka in Maldraxxus.

When the Maw Walker arrived in Maldraxxus' Theater of Pain, they found themselves in the middle of a confrontation between Krexus and the margraves Gharmal and Sin'dane—the leaders of the House of Constructs and House of Rituals, who had betrayed the purpose of Maldraxxus by sending their forces to invade Bastion. Draka rescued the Maw Walker from the battle and began transporting them to safety on her flayedwing mount, but the group was shot of the sky and crashed in the Iron Trench.[18] After taking the opportunity to recruit nearby scavengers to the Chosen[19] and dispatch local threats in the form of deathwalkers,[20][21] Draka and the Maw Walker arrived to the House of the Chosen and met up with Margrave Krexus. While Draka and the margrave discussed strategy in Vortrexxis,[22] the Maw Walker was sent to report to Draka's fellow baron Vyraz.[23] Krexus sensed great potential in the Maw Walker and soon commanded them to take on the trial of reaching the standing stone at the center of the Chosen's citadel, which resulted in the hero uncovering an unfinished blade and a message from Maldraxxus' missing ruler, the Primus.[24] Realizing that this had a deeper meaning, Draka sent the Maw Walker to Bonesmith Heirmir,[25] who helped them forge the object into a finished runeblade.[26] Krexus subsequently concluded that the runes covering the blade were the same as the runes on the Seat of the Primus and sent Draka, Vyraz, and the Maw Walker to investigate. The blade proved to be a key to the Seat, but Vyraz insisted that unlocking the fortress would do the Chosen no good if they lost the war against the other two houses.[27]

Draka admitted that her fellow baron was right and sent the Maw Walker to recruit the aid of her old rival Vashj,[16] search for survivors at the destroyed House of Plagues,[28] and help Vyraz defend the Chosen forces at the Spearhead from the House of Constructs.[29] These efforts resulted in three more runes being awakened on the Primus' sword, meaning there was only one left before the Chosen could enter the Seat. Draka and the Maw Walker returned to the House of the Chosen to inform Krexus of their progress, but when they arrived, they found that the citadel had been attacked by constructs and that Krexus had been killed. Draka insisted that the Chosen now had to open the Seat of the Primus if they were to have any hope of victory, but Vyraz claimed that the Seat was a fool's errand and that the Chosen instead had to gather their mightiest forces, including the missing baron Alexandros Mograine.[30] The Maw Walker traveled into the Maw and managed to rescue Alexandros, but upon meeting with Draka in Oribos, Mograine revealed that Vyraz was a traitor and that it must have been he who slew Margrave Krexus.[31] Draka sent Alexandros and the Maw Walker to confront Vyraz at the House of the Chosen while she returned to the Seat of the Primus to warn their allies,[32] but the Seat soon came under siege from Vyraz's forces and Draka turned back to bring Alexandros and the Maw Walker with her to defend the fortress.[33] The Maw Walker subsequently used the Blade of the Primus to open the way into the Seat, unleashing the Primus' power and forcing Vyraz's forces to retreat. Inside, the hero and their allies discovered a dire warning from the Primus.[34] Draka asked the Maw Walker to return to Oribos and deliver the Primus' warning to the other Eternal Ones. Before parting ways, she told the hero that it would be an honor to fight with them again.[35]

Legacy

Durak family tree

Family tree.

The Horde warship Draka's Fury was named in her honor by Thrall, as a tribute to the strong orcish women in his life.[36]

Quests

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Quotes

Dialogue

Main article: Land of Opportunity#Notes
Main article: Arms for the Poor#Notes
Main article: The House of the Chosen#Notes
Main article: The First Act of War#Notes
Main article: Through the Fire and Flames#Notes
Main article: Forging a Champion#Notes
Main article: The Path to Glory#Notes
Main article: Meet the Margrave#Notes
Main article: The Seat of the Primus#Notes
Main article: A Common Peril#Notes
Main article: Among the Chosen#Notes
Main article: Maw Walker (quest)#Notes
Main article: A Soul Saved#Notes
Main article: In Death We Are Truly Tested#Notes
Main article: The Door to the Unknown#Notes
Main article: Words of the Primus#Notes

On-click

Greetings
  • Always ready for battle.
  • Blood and thunder!
  • For the honor of the bladesworn.
  • How goes the fight?
  • Lok-tar!
  • Throm-ka!
Irritated
  • Lok-tar ogar. It means "victory or death". In Maldraxxus, it's victory AND death.
  • In the House of Eyes, I learned the secrets OF SUBTLETY!
  • I am the blade in the dark. I am also the blade in your face!
  • Strength comes from loyalty, honor, and-- WILL YOU STOP POKING ME?!
Farewell
  • Even here, I protect the weak.
  • Every defeat is a lesson.
  • For Krexus! For Akarek!
  • In the name of the Primus.
  • Only the strong survive.
  • Strength and honor.
  • Strength comes from the heart.

Gossip

Iron Trench
We must act swiftly. The other houses are sure to strike against the Chosen soon.
Vortrexxis
Maldraxxus will stand united again.
Bleak Redoubt
Victory will be ours.

Alternate timelines

When Thrall fled into a passage in the Caverns of Time to escape an armored assassin, he found himself in the time and place of his parents' murder of an alternate history.[37] Thrall pretended to be one of the bodyguards assigned to protect Durotan and Draka by Doomhammer as they returned home. Draka noticed that he had blue eyes and that he seemed very interested in the infant Thrall she was carrying. When the other bodyguard, Grukar summoned the assassins that attacked Draka and Durotan, Thrall could only watch, as saving them would alter the timeline.[38]

Another Draka appears in the alternate Draenor in the past during the war in Draenor.

Draka from a separate timeline[39] appears in the Warcraft film universe.

Notes and trivia

  • In life, Draka had brown eyes.[40]
  • The birth of Go'el and Draka and Durotan's meeting with Orgrim was originally stated to have happened in year 0,[41] but the date was retconned in Chronicle Volume 2.
  • An unused NPC ID for Draka exists in the game files for The Burning Crusade.
  • Go'el's mother first appeared in the intro cutscene of the canceled game Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans. However, she was not given a name until the novelization Lord of the Clans. The author Christie Golden doesn't recall giving her name any intended meaning other than wanting it to sound "Orcish & badass".[42]
    • Perhaps coincidentally, "Драка" (Draka) means 'fight' in Russian.
  • During the development of Shadowlands, the developers realized they had no shortage of famous deceased characters they could feature, but they wanted to avoid making the expansion feel like a simple checklist of deceased characters players would interact with. As such, they wanted to focus on characters that they felt best fit the themes of the expansion's zones, with a mix of some more obvious choices (like Uther in Bastion) and some more unexpected ones where players would have to think about how they fit their respective zones. Draka, an example of the latter category, was picked for Maldraxxus because the developers felt that her story of building herself up to be a warrior in A Warrior Made and dying while trying to protect her son from treachery was the perfect fit for the mentality of the Necrolords. In addition, Draka is a character that, while integral to the storyline of the orcs, had not received a lot of attention in previous material, making her in some ways a blank slate the developers could fill in through the Shadowlands storyline.[43][44][45]
  • Lead narrative designer Steve Danuser has suggested that while Draka is currently separated from Durotan in the Shadowlands, the two could potentially find an afterlife they could share together after Draka has completed her obligations in Maldraxxus.[43][45]
  • While accompanying players in the Iron Trench, Draka's generic name is an ossein named Chosen Scrapper.
  • Draka is voiced by Lenore Andriel in Shadowlands, who also voiced her alternate self in Warlords of Draenor.

Speculation

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As Durotan is buried at the Rock of Durotan, Draka may also be buried there or at least near it.

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External links

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See also

References

 
  1. ^ World of Warcraft: What's Next Panel Recap
  2. ^ Ultimate Visual Guide, pg. 120
  3. ^ Ultimate Visual Guide, pg. 117
  4. ^ Warcraft: Legends Volume 4, pg. 147
  5. ^ a b c Afterlives: Maldraxxus
  6. ^ A Warrior Made--Part 1
  7. ^ A Warrior Made--Part 2
  8. ^ Rise of the Horde
  9. ^ H [68] Hero of the Mag'har
  10. ^ World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 2
  11. ^ Lord of the Clans
  12. ^ World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 2, pg. 129
  13. ^ Golden, Christie. Lord of the Clans. ISBN 978-0-7434-2690-9. 
  14. ^ Brian Horn on Twitter (2020-09-03). Retrieved on 2020-09-04.
  15. ^ Brian Horn on Twitter (2020-09-04). Retrieved on 2020-09-04.
  16. ^ a b N [53-60] A Common Peril
  17. ^ N [53-60] The Maw
  18. ^ N [53-60] Land of Opportunity
  19. ^ N [53-60] Arms for the Poor
  20. ^ N [53-60] Walk Among Death
  21. ^ N [53-60] Trench Warfare
  22. ^ N [53-60] The House of the Chosen
  23. ^ N [53-60] The First Act of War
  24. ^ N [53-60] Through the Fire and Flames
  25. ^ N [53-60] Forging a Champion
  26. ^ N [53-60] The Blade of the Primus
  27. ^ N [53-60] The Seat of the Primus
  28. ^ N [53-60] The House of Plagues
  29. ^ N [53-60] Baron of the Chosen
  30. ^ N [53-60] Among the Chosen
  31. ^ N [53-60] Maw Walker
  32. ^ N [53-60] A Soul Saved
  33. ^ N [53-60] The Blade of the Primus
  34. ^ N [53-60] The Door to the Unknown
  35. ^ N [53-60] Words of the Primus
  36. ^ Golden, Christie. The Shattering: Prelude to Cataclysm. ISBN 978-1-4165-5074-7. 
  37. ^ War Crimes
  38. ^ Thrall: Twilight of the Aspects
  39. ^ Micky Neilson on Twitter
  40. ^ Rise of the Horde, chapter 5
  41. ^ Loreology on Twitter (dead link)
  42. ^ Christie Golden on Twitter (2016-08-07). Retrieved on 2020-08-28.​ “I don't -recall- giving her name a meaning. It just sounded Orcish & badass when I was toying around with names.”
  43. ^ a b perculia 2020-07-09. Shadowlands Lore Interview with Lead Narrative Designer Steve Danuser - Elune, Sylvanas, Calia. Wowhead. Archived from the original on 2020-07-09.
  44. ^ Heather Newman 2020-07-17. How Warcraft: Shadowlands’ Story Unfolds, And Why It’s Not All Guest Stars. Forbes. Archived from the original on 2020-07-18.
  45. ^ a b Ezgi Pajecki 2020-09-26. Maldraxxus, Shadowlands and Beyond - Interview with Steve Danuser. Lorekeeper. Archived from the original on 2020-09-27.
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