The content of this article is not part of official Warcraft lore, but has nevertheless become part of the World of Warcraft culture or community.
- "My staff is a good one." [1]
Kralnor's Portrait
Kralnor is the name of an orc warlock player character in the popular MMORPG World of Warcraft. His fame began when he posted a thread called "Warlock staff users" in the Warlock Forums of the Blizzard website May 16, 2005. The post asked readers to post information about the two-handed staff they preferred to use in the game. This idea was nothing new, however the manner in which Kralnor asked the readers to post was original. Since his last post, he has become a level 48 warlock, but has not logged in for some time. Similar posts include Alamo for druids, Mellin for paladins, and Halbrium for shamans.
The original post[]
The original post was fraught with grammar and spelling errors. It was also extremely vague and alluded to Kralnor getting in trouble somehow by being reported. It lacked any information about his own staff, yet did contain a comment about proofreading. The original post is as follows:
I dont like to stress the fact that the warlock rocks, but he jus does,So, for all you staff users out there, feel free to come in and post, my staff is a good one, but here is how it goes
1. post message in the room
2. LOOK IT OVER
3. dont report anything, i might get in trouble :)
and 4. Have fun!!!
This simple post spawned a long thread of replies. At first, readers didn’t know how to respond to this post. Several posted their staff and simply moved on. Many flamed Kralnor for his spelling and the post’s lack of meaning or sense.
Kralnor later responded to all the questions with:
ok, guys, how simple can you be? ITS A !&$%ING TOPIC ABOUT STAFF USERS, if your not a staff user, GET YOUR ASS OUT!!!!!!!! Jesus!!!!
The thread generated over 100 pages of posts. Once the thread hit 46 pages, many readers were unable to view any following pages due to a bug in the forum. This did not prevent users from posting or simply "bumping" the thread to the main page of the forum. Warlocks composed songs and poems, speculated about the poster, made websites and even T-shirts. Kralnor never posted to the thread again after his initial "GET... OUT" reply. When the thread was finally deleted from the forum, it had been responded to well over 1,200 times. Warlocks have adopted the cause of petitioning Blizzard to add an extremely powerful staff that references Kralnor in the title.
Official references[]
Kralnor displaying his many mighty staves in the TCG.
Kralnor, immortalized by Blizzard in a preview screenshot of the arena.
Kralnor has been referenced several times by Blizzard.
- Kralnor appears as an orc warlock ally card in the Through the Dark Portal set for the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game, with suitably staff-themed rules and flavor texts referencing the original forum post.
- A preview article for the arena feature in The Burning Crusade includes a screenshot of an orc warlock player named Kralnor, wearing full Voidheart Raiment with a staff of indistinct design.
- The blood elf race page on an early version of the official site includes a banner image depicting two blood elves fighting a ghoul; hovering one's cursor over the three figures reveals the texts "Your staff is a good one", "Don't report anything, I might get in trouble :)", and "Ok, guys, how simple can you be?"
- Introducing the Tinfoil Hat, a joke article posted as part of 2007 April Fools, includes a short poem from the "Book of Kralnor" (a fan-written tribute to the meme) as an easter egg. The poem can be seen when highlighted on the left side of the page, under where the webpage's navigation is halfway down the page.
CTRL+A(Windows) or⌘+A(macOS) makes the text more visible. The text reads:
In addition, the class ID of the <div> code where the above appears is "ronlark", which is Kralnor spelled backward.To staff of warlock none compare
Leaves its enemies seeing double
To defy its power none would dare
Don't report anything, I might get in trouble - A 2007 article listing updates to the Armory features Kralnor in an example screenshot alongside an explanation of how to use the newly-introduced profile pin feature. The two items featured below are both staves.
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External links[]
- The Book of Kralnor - Original by havoq, resurrected by StaticXCC. [dead link - archived copy]
- Warlock Staff Users Preservation Project - Thanks to Lacylia. [dead link]
- Original Post - How it all started, in its original format. [dead link - archived copy]
- Still active "Kralnor has Returned" thread - with interesting speculations about Kralnor's current staff. [dead link - archived copy]
- A Morrowind Tribute to Kralnor - A Morrowind mod that adds Kralnor and his legendary staff to the game. [dead link - archived copy]
- Kralnor's Armory profile
- Warlock threads page.
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