Choluna

Choluna
Title	<Druid of the Talon>
Gender	Female
Race	Tauren (Humanoid)
Class	Druid
Resource	Mana / Energy
Affiliation(s)	Druids of the Talon, Guardians of Hyjal
Occupation	Scholar
Location	Various
Status	Alive
Student(s)	Tiala Whitemane

Choluna a tauren member of the Druids of the Talon and Guardians of Hyjal located at the Shrine of Aviana in Mount Hyjal. She also traveled to the alternate Draenor.

She is said to be deeply in touch with the spirits of Azeroth by her student Tiala Whitemane and one of the wisest of the winged druids by the Vision of Ysera. Her colleague, Thisalee Crow, refers to Choluna as a scholar and is described to be experienced. Although Aviana was long dead, Choluna sometimes heard her voice in the whisper of swaying leaves.

History

Cataclysm

This section concerns content related to Cataclysm.

At the time of the Cataclysm, the Shrine of Aviana in Mount Hyjal was Choluna's home and she acted as an instructor there. Tiala Whitemane, one of her students, as well as the Vision of Ysera, sent an adventurer to learn from her and to aid the shrine, as the area became threatened by harpies.

Wanting to sharpen their focus in order to be able to better defend the mountain as part of the war against Deathwing, Choluna gave them a sacred nectar and set them to use it at Aviana's Burial Circle. At the circle, they heard whispers, but they couldn't decipher them. The adventurer returned to Choluna and told her about the whisper, and she immediately thought that it may have been Aviana herself, wanting to return to the world of the living. As such, to bring her back, they needed something from Aviana's past, so it fell to obtaining an ancient feather from Blaithe, Aviana's former consort. To summon Blaithe, Choluna gave the adventurer a bird call. With the saddened Blaithe killed and his feather in hand, Choluna performed a ritual and saw a Vision of Aviana's Egg, which was revealed to be a ploy from the Vision of Sethria.

The Druids of the Talon then worked on defeating Sethria and recovering the egg. When her fellow druid Thisalee Crow was successful in this endeavor, Thisalee sent the egg and the adventurer back to Choluna. She was impressed by the adventurer and believed that they were meant to bring Aviana back. Choluna gave them an incense to use on the egg, an action that resurrected Aviana. She then informed other druids of the winged demigoddess' return.

Choluna later participated in the counterattack on the Firelands during the Firelands Invasion and was found at the Furnace in the Molten Front. She was interested in specimens of plant life that her fellow druids and adventurers could come across in the Firelands, which she sent to Aviana for further analysis. Choluna also sent adventurers to defeat the Lieutenants of Flame that appeared at Ragnaros' Reach.

Choluna was also one of the dozens of past characters encountered by adventurers to assist in killing the fire elementals at Sethria's Roost.

Warlords of Draenor

This section concerns content related to Warlords of Draenor.

Choluna in her raven form.

Choluna in her cat form.

During the war in Draenor, Choluna appeared in the Horde garrison of Frostwall in Frostfire Ridge, and at Skysea Ridge in Gorgrond. She asked the adventurers to help against the Iron Horde who had been excavating salt pools in Gorgrond and searching for an artifact. After recovering Bladefury's orders, she moved to Cragplume Cauldron and transported the adventurer there. Choluna was also interested in goren, especially for what they eat.

After Azuka Bladefury stole the heart from the garrison, Choluna moved to Gorgorek's Fall to face off against the Warlord, only to witness Gorgorek's revival. She immediately sent stormcrows back to Frostwall and asked Rokhan to deploy Horde's army into the Gates of Tanaan. After Azuka was killed, she showed up at the Path of Glory and led the commander to Durotan and the Horde forces to confront Warchief Grommash. After the encounter, she joined the Horde garrison as a follower.

Legion

This section concerns content related to Legion.

During the third invasion of the Burning Legion, Choluna was among several other druids as she, the Archdruid, and Remulos attempted to communicate with Malorne in the newly-refilled Well of Eternity at Mount Hyjal.

Dragonflight

This section concerns content related to Dragonflight.

Following Fyrakk's death, Choluna attended the gathering in Amirdrassil when it bloomed on the Dragon Isles. She spoke with Aviana during the party.

Locations

Location	Level range	Reaction	Notes
Shrine of Aviana, Mount Hyjal[44.4, 46.2]	30-35	Alliance Horde	As part of the Mount Hyjal quests.
Sanctuary of Malorne, Mount Hyjal;[26.8, 61.6] Furnace, Molten Front[36.0, 56.6]	35 Elite	Alliance Horde	As part of the Firelands Invasion questline.
Sethria's Roost, Mount Hyjal	35	Alliance Horde	As a guardian during  [35 Daily] The Protectors of Hyjal.
Skysea Ridge, Cragplume Cauldron & Gorgorek's Fall, Gorgrond	40	Alliance Horde	As part of the Garrison Campaign.
Path of Glory, Talador	40	Horde	As part of the finale of the Horde Garrison Campaign.
Frostwall	40	Horde	As a Garrison follower.
Nordrassil, Mount Hyjal	45	Alliance Horde	During   [45] Communing With Malorne.
Amirdrassil	70	Alliance Horde

Abilities

Sethria's Roost

•  Starfire — Causes Arcane damage to the target.
•  Starsurge — You fuse the power of the moon and sun, launching a devastating blast of energy at the target. Causes 197 Spellstorm damage to the target.
•  Sunfire — Burns the enemy for Nature damage and inflicts additional damage over 12 sec.
•  Swift Flight Form — Shapeshift into flight form, increasing movement speed.

Frostwall

•  Berserk — Druid attack speed and damage increased by 33%.
•  Cat Form — Shapeshift into Cat Form, increasing auto-attack damage by 40%, movement speed by 30%, granting protection from Polymorph effects, and reducing falling damage. The act of shapeshifting frees you from movement impairing effects.
•  Dash — Increases movement speed by 33% for 12 sec and grants the caster an additional 50% haste.
•  Shred — Shred the target, causing Physical damage and reducing the target's movement speed by 50% for 4 sec.

As a follower

Choluna is a Feral Druid Garrison follower with the following abilities:

•  Barkskin (Ability) — The druid takes on a hardened skin, significantly reducing damage taken. Counters: Massive Strike
•  Dash (Ability) — Used by a druid to quickly dash out of harm's way, as if they didn't already move fast enough. Counters: Danger Zones
•  Growl (Ability) — Forces the target to attack the druid. Counters: Wild Aggression
•  Berserk (Ability) — Significantly increases the druid's burst damage. Counters: Timed Battle

Quests

In Frostwall.

Mount Hyjal

•  [30-35] Wings Over Mount Hyjal
•  [30-35] Aviana's Legacy
•  [30-35] An Offering for Aviana
•  [30-35] A Plea From Beyond
•  [30-35] A Prayer and a Wing
•  [30-35] Return to the Shrine
•  [30-35] An Ancient Reborn

Molten Front

•  [35 Daily] Fire Flowers
•  [35 Daily] Strike at the Heart

Draenor

•  [40] Garrison Campaign: Crows In The Field
•  [40] Garrison Campaign: Awakening
•  [40] Primal Fury
•  [40] A Goren's Feast

Objective of

Needs to be spoken with in:

•  [40] The Giant Cauldron
•  [40] Garrison Campaign: Awakening
•  [40] Primal Fury

Quotes

Cataclysm

Gossip

Mount Hyjal

Welcome, <class>!

 Tell me about Aviana.

Fair Aviana, the Mistress of Birds! All winged creatures of Azeroth once owed her allegiance, especially we Druids of the Talon. It's by her grace that we were granted the ability to shift forms and take to the skies.

Aviana was both beautiful and terrible, like the great birds of prey she counted among her children. She lived in the towering spirit realm of G'Hanir, the Mother Tree, but appeared on Azeroth in the form of a great winged goddess.

 You speak in the past tense. What happened to her?

<Choluna's face darkens.>

Ten thousand years ago demons flooded across Azeroth in the War of the Ancients. Aviana called her children to the skies and fought off the demon hordes from the front lines. Her wrath was inescapable.

Hundreds fell before the fury of her talons. But ultimately she was surrounded by Doomguards, their barbed lances piercing her sides...

It is said that her blood itself attacked the demons, searing their flesh, destroying them even as she herself fell from the sky.

 What became of her?

Aviana perished on the battlefield that day, but the mortal races and the remaining ancients ultimately triumphed. The first druids found her body among the carnage, and bore it up here, to the highest mountain.

She was laid to rest just outside this shrine, within a circle of sacred stones.

A seed of G'Hanir was used to plant the World Tree, and it is all that remains of that sacred realm, which otherwise perished with her.

Sanctuary of Malorne

Hello, <name>. Are you helping with the invasion? A skilled <class> such as yourself will be a valuable addition to our force.

Molten Front

We cannot rest yet, my child. Hyjal still stands, but if we falter on the Fire Lord's doorstep, all may still be lost. Let the strength of the ancients be with us.

Dialogue

Main article: A Prayer and a Wing#Notes

Sethria's Roost

Spawn

• Reporting for duty, commander.
• Hyjal shall not fall!

In combat

• Ancients be praised!
• Nature's fury overwhelms you!

Despawn

I will never stop fighting to protect Hyjal. Not after all we've done to heal her.

Warlords of Draenor

Gossip

Skysea Ridge

The Iron Horde cannot hide from our sharp eyes.

Frostwall

• May the moon guide you.
• Shhh, listen. The wind whispers...
• Be one with nature, commander.

 I need you to come on patrol with me.

Dialogue

Main article: The Giant Cauldron#Notes

Main article: Primal Fury (Horde)#Notes

On approach in Frostwall

• May the moon guide you.
• Be one with nature, commander.
• Shhh, listen. The wind whispers...

Wounded Follower

I see... the... light...

Notes and trivia

• During  [35 Daily] The Protectors of Hyjal, Choluna rides  [Reins of the Raven Lord].
• While she was accompanying the commander on a patrol in Frostwall, she could turn into her cat form, but did not use her tauren cat form as she did in Talador, but instead she used the night elf version of the cat form. This might have been due to the fact that she is the Garrison follower counterpart of Thisalee Crow, a night elf. However, it was corrected at some point and now uses tauren cat form.
• While the quest recruits her directly,  [Contract: Choluna] was also created during development.

Patch changes

• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Draenor appearances added.
  
• Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): Protectors of Hyjal appearance added.
  
• Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Added.
  

External links

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