Exarch Hataaru

For the character from an alternate universe, see Exarch Hataaru (alternate universe).

Exarch Hataaru
Gender	Male
Race	Draenei (Humanoid)
Affiliation(s)	Artificers, Exodar
Occupation	Exarch
Location	Various
Status	Deceased
Relative(s)	Ataanya (daughter), deceased wife
Student(s)	Romuul

Exarch Hataaru was the first exarch of the Artificers.

History

Argus

Hataaru lived in Eredath on the eredar homeworld of Argus. An echo of him called Councilor Hataaru can still be found there, watching a jed'hin match at the Circle of Aspirants. The echo says he participated in a round or two of jed'hin in his life, but the competitors are far better than he could ever hope to be and he must admit he is envious.

During the time when the draenei were fleeing from the Burning Legion, Hataaru's wife died on one of the planets that the draenei briefly lived on. Hataaru and his daughter Ataanya helped each other move past her death.

Draenor

Following the ejection of the darkened K'ara from the Genedar Prophet Velen found himself able to see the Void's desired futures. Finding it difficult to distinguish visions of true calamity from glimpses into the Void's dreams of a corrupted universe convinced Velen that it would be disastrous if he were the only leader among his people. Thus the Council of Exarchs was created, and these sages would oversee different aspects of draenei culture. Hataaru was chosen to be exarch of the Artificers, tasked with building armor, weapons, and settlements. Among Hataaru's first creations were arkonite crystals, which served as conduits of arcane energy which brought light and power to draenei society and also allowed them to build constructs to protect their homes from danger. Hataaru was the designer of Shattrath City and the Temple of Karabor.

When the Burning Legion manipulated the orcs into attacking the draenei Hataaru initially thought the orcs were victims of the world's natural disasters and elemental upheaval and merely sought to defend their holdings. Upon discovering the Burning Legion had been manipulating the orcs Hataaru and his fellow leaders knew they could no longer defend their holdings and ordered their forces to withdraw to Shattrath and the Temple of Karabor.

The draenei helped prepare the defense of the Temple of Karabor and against all odds the outnumbered draenei were able to push the relentless orcs back. In response Gul'dan and the Shadow Council used the Dark Star to break the stalemate. Though Hataaru and many of the draenei survived, they were forced to abandon the temple to the Horde. Knowing that Shattrath was doomed to fall Hataaru, along with his fellow exarchs, argued against Velen's decision to be among the defenders of the city. Convinced that the best hope for their race's survival was under Velen's leadership, the exarchs persuaded Velen to leave Shattrath. Thus Velen would flee with the civilians while the bulk of their military might would remain within the city, in order to sacrifice themselves to ensure the survival of the draenei race and trick the orcs into thinking that they had slaughtered all of them.

Hataaru was killed by the Horde during the siege of Shattrath. His legacy is continued by his daughter Ataanya and apprentice Romuul. Hataaru was cremated and eventually, after Auchindoun was reclaimed by the draenei, his ashes were stored there.

Locations

Location	Level range	Reaction	Notes
Circle of Aspirants, Eredath[50.6, 42.6]	45	Alliance Horde	As an echo during  [45WQ] Jed'hin Tournament.
Auchindoun, Terokkar Forest[36.85, 62.57]	50-70	Alliance	During the draenei heritage questline.

Notes

Hataaru uses the same on-click lines as his Warlords of Draenor counterpart.

Patch changes

• Patch 7.3.0 (2017-08-29): Added.
  

External links

Eredath	Terokkar Forest
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