Igira
 Igira | |
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| Title | Zaqali Elder, The Cruel |
| Gender | Female |
| Race | Djaradin (Humanoid) |
| Level | 70 |
| Resource | Mana |
| Reaction | Alliance Horde |
| Location | Zaqali Caldera, Zaralek Cavern [29.2, 55.1] |
| Status |
Deceased (lore) Killable  |
Igira is one of the djaradin elders and leader of the Zaqali.
History
Ancient times
According to djaradin folklore, their people were once the first earth giants that roamed the world, shaping the world with their fists; including the Dragon Isles. The four ancient elders Igira, Rashok, Gholna, and Vakan enacted an unknown ritual that granted them the powers of fire and magma. They then shared their powers with the rest of their kind, creating the djaradin as they are known today.[1]
While the validity of these claims is unknown, it is known that Igira was revered as one of the djaradin elders and was known as "Igira the Cruel."
During the War of the Scaleborn, she led her forces against the red and black dragonflights in an attempt to claim the Scalecracker Peaks. After fifteen moons, she suffered a crushing defeat, and the djaradin were chased from their ancestral lands. While within a great, yawning cavern deep within the world's crust she was approached by Iridikron the Stonescaled. Knowing that they had a common enemy in the Dragon Aspects and their dragonflights, the Stonescaled proposed an alliance. However, Igira was dismissive as she saw how they had beaten the Primalists throughout the war and declared that she sooner kill him than call him an ally. The outraged Incarnate invited her to try and the two engaged in battle, where under the promise of a proper fight Iridikron swayed her into an alliance. Thus she rallied the djaradin to Harrowsdeep, however she warned that Iridikron best bring the Aspects quickly or they would turn on him.[2]
When the Dragonflights invaded the Harrowsdeep to end the war and defeat Iridikron, Igira personally fought against Alexstrasza before the Dragon Queen forced her to retreat.[3]
At an unknown point in history, Igira and the other elders led the djaradin in an attack against a dragon army led Neltharion. The djaradin elders mastery of earth and fire was catastrophic and they laid waste to the draconic forces, even as they gave time for Neltharion to enact his plan. As their flanks crumbled and the djaradin closed in on their medical wing, Hraxian flew in and issued a challenge of single combat against the djaradin, a challenge they readily accepted. Hraxian slew djaradin after djaradin and by the time he died, Neltharion had banished Igira and her fellow elders under the earth. In the aftermath, the djaradin fled the battlefield.[4] The banishment of their elders became known as the "Tale of the Slumbering" to the djaradin and was regarded as a victory achieved through honorless guile and trickery. It was also said that being banished did not kill them and that Igira and the others were slumbering in order to regain their strength.[1]
Dragonflight
The djaradin allied with the Primalists with the goal of finding and awakening Igira and the other elders.
After the way to the Zaralek Cavern was opened, the Zaqali discovered the djaradin elders within the Zaqali Caldera, with the exception of Rashok who were imprisoned within Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible. Despite the djaradin's best efforts, Sabellian, Ebyssian, and adventurers were able to prevent her awakening.[5] However, when the attempt to assassinate Fyrakk failed, he used Shadowflame to personally awaken Igira. After being awakened, Igira quickly pierced and wound the fleeing Ebyssian's hide with a spear.[6]
Igira and the Zaqali worked with the Primalists as Fyrakk unleashed destruction all across the Dragon Isles. She had her Zaqali gather suffused materials and when adventurers stole them, she ordered her forgemasters, Kraglin and Algrin to recover them, promising to see them avenged after they were taken out.
She personally forged 
[Fyr'alath the Dreamrender], a powerful axe which was blessed by the Druids of the Flame and used by Fyrakk to open the way into the Emerald Dream.[7] She subsequently joined her allies in assaulting Amirdrassil, where driven by cruelty she sought to expand her arsenal of devasting weapons. After corrupting Gnarlroot with shadowflame, she watched in delight as Azeroth's champions were forced to slay him. In the aftermath, she engaged them in battle and was slain.
Patch changes
- Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02): Added.
See also
[Ward of Igira]- Igira's Spear
References
- ^ a b Tarjin the Blind
- ^ World of Warcraft: War of the Scaleborn, chapter 25
- ^ World of Warcraft: War of the Scaleborn, chapter 27
- ^
[70] The Tale of Hraxian
- ^ [70] Sight Beyond Sight
- ^ [70] From Hell's Heart
- ^ A Crown of Flame | Guardians of the Dream In-Game Cinematic