Shan'do is a courtesy title of great respect meaning "honored teacher" in Darnassian, the language of the night elves.[1][2][3][4][5][6] It can also be translated as "honored instructor".[7] The complementary honorific is thero'shan ("honored student").
The nightborne also use the title of "honored teacher",[8] though the Shalassian word for it is unknown.
People referred to as shan'do[]
Cenarius is addressed as shan'do by his students Malfurion Stormrage[2][5][9][10] and Xarantaur.[11]- Malfurion Stormrage, the first mortal druid, is often simply called "Shan'do Stormrage" by other druids[4][12][13][14] and by night elves in general,[15][16][17][18][19][6][20] as well as by other races[21][22] and magical beings.[23][24][25][26]
- Naralex[3]
- Archdruid of the Dreamgrove[27][28][29]
- Rhonin, while trapped in the past of the War of the Ancients, was at one point addressed as shan'do by Illidan Stormrage, who often studied Rhonin's spellcasting.[30]
- Chief Telemancer Oculeth is called "honored teacher" by his ex-apprentice Warpcaster Thwen.[8]
In Hearthstone[]
- In the final boss encounter of Hearthstone's Trial by Felfire, the demon hunter Aranna Starseeker addresses Illidan Stormrage as shan'do.
- Shan'do Wildclaw is a druid/hunter legendary minion.
- One of the choice cards from Cenarius' effect is titled Shan'do's Lesson.
- Malfurion has an alternate hero skin named Shan'do Malfurion.
Speculation[]
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- As the element shan is present in both shan'do and thero'shan, it likely means "honored". The placement of shan first in shan'do may indicate an emphasis on "honored", reflecting the teacher's superiority to the student.
- The suffix 'do also appears in the words minn'do ("mother")[31] and Nahlen'do ("master of the fang"),[32] and may therefore have connotations of "superior" or "elder" in general.
- The name of the high elven Runestone Shan'dor may be derived from shan'do.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ The Warcraft Encyclopedia: Darnassian
- ^ a b The Well of Eternity, pg. 48
- ^ a b Lord Serpentis
- ^ a b Curse of the Worgen Issue 1
- ^ a b Wolfheart, chapter 2
- ^ a b Elegy, pg. 16 - 17
- ^ The Demon Soul, pg. 17: "And so, for months, Cenarius had been [Malfurion's] shan'do, his honored instructor."
- ^ a b
[45] Network Security: Warpcaster Thwen says: My, my. You look rather gaunt, honored teacher. Are you eating enough? Ahahaha!
- ^ Curse of the Worgen Issue 4
- ^ Cenarius (tactics)#Quotes
- ^ Xarantaur
- ^ Brothers in Blood
- ^
[16] For Love Eternal
- ^ Stormrage, chapter 1
- ^ Wrath of the Betrayer
- ^ Unfinished Business
- ^ [[Balancing the Scales (WC3 NightElf)|]]
- ^ [1-10] Teldrassil: Crown of Azeroth
- ^ [1-30] Teldrassil: The Coming Dawn
- ^ [110] The Guidance of Our Shan'do
- ^ [10-45] Huln's War - Malorne's Favored
- ^ Elegy, pg. 34
- ^ The Awakening of Stormrage
- ^ [60] Tyrande and Remulos
- ^ [11] Grove of the Ancients
- ^ [60R] The Nightmare Manifests
- ^ [10-45] Necessary Preparations
- ^ [10-45] Reconvene
- ^ [10-45] Cleansing the Mother Tree
- ^ The Well of Eternity, pg. 320
- ^ [60] Daughter of the Night Warrior
- ^ Feral Worgen says: The rage... it no longer claims me! Praise Elune that you found me master of the fang, or as we in the pack say, Nahlen'do.
