 Sky'ree | |
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| Gender | Female |
| Race | Gryphon (Beast) |
| Affiliation(s) | Wildhammer dwarves, Alliance |
| Occupation | Gryphon of Kurdran Wildhammer |
| Location | Wildhammer Stronghold, Shadowmoon Valley |
| Status | Deceased (lore), Alive (WoW) |
| Relative(s) | Kurdran Wildhammer (rider), Eli Thunderstrike (keeper), at least one surviving unhatched offspring |
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Sky'ree (also called Sky-Ree) was the legendary gryphon mount of Kurdran Wildhammer, the equally-legendary hero of the Second War and afterward. Sky'ree was eternally loyal to Kurdran and would willingly sacrifice her life for him.
Biography
Second War
With her master, Sky'ree gained a spectacular reputation among the Wildhammer clan, bearing him into battle against the red dragons enslaved by the Horde during the Second War. Kurdran had nine dragons on his death toll during the war.
Beyond the Dark Portal
Kurdran and Sky'ree went beyond the Dark Portal as part of the Alliance Expedition, where Kurdran acted as a scout during the excursion into Draenor.
The Burning Crusade
Kurdran and Sky'ree survived the destruction of Draenor and resided at Wildhammer Stronghold in Shadowmoon Valley. While Kurdran tended to the business of running Wildhammer Stronghold, Sky'ree was tended to by her keeper, Eli Thunderstrike.
Fire and Iron
After Deathwing caused the Cataclysm, Sky'ree accompanied Kurdran to Ironforge when he joined the Council of Three Hammers, and she laid a clutch of three eggs shortly after arriving, in a nest at the city's gryphon roost. Sky'ree had grown quite old, and while she had easily flown Kurdran to Ironforge, laying the clutch had severely weakened her. She became so frail that even a daily walk with Kurdran was an uncertainty.
With the roost overcrowded with Wildhammer gryphon nests, a group of ten Dark Irons tried to pass by with kegs of what presumably were Dark Iron Ale, but one slipped on some straw, causing a smashed keg to spill all over the roost. The Dark Irons instigated a brawl, eventually knocking over a brazier and setting the gryphon roost ablaze. Though two other gryphons tried to work together to airlift the weakened Sky'ree by her wings, she refused their assistance, wanting to protect her clutch from the fire. Unfortunately, her efforts were for naught, and both Sky'ree and her unhatched eggs perished in the fire.
However, Sky'ree's keeper, Eli Thunderstrike who had been tending to the Wildhammer gryphons at the roost, discovered a miracle. He found that the gryphon that had been huddled beside Sky'ree was holding an egg. Since none of the other gryphons had been tending to a clutch, Eli realized that it could only have been one of Sky'ree's eggs, which the gryphon had clutched to his chest as he escaped the flames.[1]
Cataclysm
In Cataclysm, Kurdran Wildhammer is involved in the Wildhammer's wedding event in Twilight Highlands and gives the happy couple Sky'ree's last egg.
Notes
Kurdran considered Sky'ree to be a good judge of character.[1]
References
- ^ a b Fire and Iron