Sha'tar
- For the organization from an alternate universe, see Sha'tari Defense.
 The Sha'tar | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Main leader |
 A'dal |
| Secondary leaders |
Xi'ri Marcus Auralion Ishanah Voren'thal the Seer |
| Formerly |
Tiras'alan † |
| Race(s) |
Naaru  Draenei  Blood elf |
| Capital | Terrace of Light, Shattrath City |
| Theater of operations | Outland, Isle of Quel'Danas |
| Language(s) | Common, Draenei, Thalassian |
| Sub-group(s) | |
| Affiliation | Army of the Light, Independent |
| Status | Active |
| Reputation | |
| Notable reward(s) |
[Warpforged Key] [The Tempest Key] |
| Tabard |
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The Sha'tar, meaning "Born from Light" in Draenei,[1][2] are a faction of powerful naaru led by A'dal, and a part of the Army of the Light.[3]. They rule over a rebuilt Shattrath City,[4] and with the help of the Aldor and the Scryers, they led the battle against Illidan and the Burning Legion[4] during the course of the invasion of Outland.
The Sha'tari Skyguard are an air wing of the Sha'tar defending the capital from attackers in the hills, as well as battling against the arakkoa of Terokk in the peaks of Skettis.
History
Origins
Right before the invasion of Outland began, Khadgar and Velen reached out to the naaru independently, both seeking aid against the dark forces amassing on Outland. The Army of the Light heard their pleas, but their battles with the Burning Legion were costly and ceaseless, so they could not spare soldiers to protect Outland. Instead A'dal, M'uru, and O'ros volunteered to help the people of Outland and arrived with Tempest Keep.[5][6]
According to the Broken Alexius and Khadgar's Servant, as they explored Terokkar Forest, the naaru were drawn to the ruins of Shattrath City when they sensed the Aldor priests performing rites inside the rubble of one of their temples.[1][7] The ruined city, meaning "dwelling of light", was once the draenei capital on Draenor, but when the Legion turned the orcs against the draenei, the fiercest battle was fought there. The draenei fought tooth and nail, but in the end, the city fell and was left in ruins and darkness until the Sha'tar arrived.[2] The Aldor regained strength as word spread that the naaru had returned and they pledged themselves to the Sha'tar, rebuilding the city with their help.[2]
Soon, other people started arriving in Shattrath, drawn by A'dal's power. Among them were Velen and his followers, Khadgar and members of the Sons of Lothar, as well as Maiev Shadowsong.[8][9] As one of the few safe places of Outland, refugees also arrived here in great number, mostly dwelling within the Lower City.[10] The naaru also started recruiting an army to fight against the Burning Legion.[9]
In time, Illidan Stormrage saw a danger in the rebuilding of Shattrath and sent a force of blood elves, led by the magister Voren'thal, to take the city. However, A'dal granted the magister a vision, in which it was revealed to him that the blood elves' survival lay with the leader of Shattrath City rather than the elves' increasingly twisted prince, Kael'thas Sunstrider. It was enough to convince Voren'thal and the blood elf army to put down their weapons, and pledge their loyalty to the Sha'tar instead. They became the Scryers and settled in their own quarter within Shattrath.[11]
The Burning Crusade
By the time of the invasion of Outland, the Sha'tar were the main faction in Shattrath City, assisted by the Aldor and the Scryers from their respective tiers. Led by A'dal, the Sha'tar oversaw the running and defense of their city, including the care of displaced refugees and orphans from all over Outland, as they stood in defiance of both the Burning Legion and Illidan Stormrage.
They maintained the Sha'tari Base Camp to defend the area around Shattrath City and kept the peace within the city itself. In Shadowmoon Valley, Xi'ri and High General Marcus Auralion led the Sha'tar's war effort directly to the Betrayer's doorstep, with their forces drawn from the divided Aldor and Scryers.[12][13] They took part in the fight against the Lord of Outland, including the storming of the Black Temple.[14]
After Kael'thas Sunstrider's defeat, the Sha'tar formed a coalition of Aldor and Scryers named the Shattered Sun Offensive, which took the battle against the Legion to the Isle of Quel'Danas. The Blood Knight matriarch Lady Liadrin traveled to Shattrath to reveal the prince's abduction of M'uru. A'dal pardoned Liadrin for her order's maltreatment of the naaru, informing her that M'uru had long known of his fate and played his part accordingly. Liadrin pledged to aid the Sha'tar in the defeat of Kael'thas and Kil'jaeden, and the Blood Knights fought beside the offensive in relieving the isle.[15]
Tides of War
Some time after the defeat of Deathwing, A'dal sent General Tiras'alan and other draenei to Theramore,[16] commanding them to protect and defend the port city against the Horde.[17]
Legion
Following the break-in by the Council of the Black Harvest of the Black Temple, Akama had his Sha'tari priests erect a holy barrier[18] to protect it from fel magic.[19]
Dragonflight
A few years later, several members of the Sha'tar attended the Tishamaat in the Exodar.[20]
Members
- Named
- Units
- G'eras Vindicators
Great Elite Elekks- Freed Sha'tar Warriors
- Injured Sha'tar Vindicators
- Rescued Sha'tar Vindicators
- Sha'tar Vindicators
- Shattrath City Peacekeepers
- Slain Sha'tar Vindicators
Unliving Guardians- Wounded Sha'tar Vindicators
Reputation
Both Alliance and Horde players begin as Neutral toward the Sha'tar. Players can increase their Sha'tar reputation through various quests, by raising their reputation with the Aldor or Scryers, or by adventuring into Tempest Keep. Such players may wish to keep an eye out for the activation of 
[A'dal's Song of Battle], a +10% reputation buff granted to anyone in the Tempest Keep instances for two hours. (This occurs after any player on the server completes the quest for defeating Kael'thas Sunstrider.)
| Neutral | Friendly | Honored | Revered | Exalted | Rep | Notes | |
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| Scryer/Aldor Rep Turnins |
12.5 (x1) 125 (x10) |
 [Firewing Signet] [Mark of Kil'jaeden] | |||||
| 12.5 (x1) 125 (x10) |
 [Sunfury Signet] [Mark of Sargeras] | ||||||
| 125 |  [Dreadfang Venom Sac] [Dampscale Basilisk Eye] | ||||||
| 175 |  [Arcane Tome] [Fel Armament]
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| Quests | ~10k-11k rep | 25-29 Quests | |||||
| Instances | Trash: 12 Mini-Boss: 90 Bosses: 120 |
Full Clear: 1,620 rep Full Clear (heroic): ~2,100 rep | |||||
| Trash: 12 Bosses: 120 |
Full Clear 2,200 rep Full Clear (heroic): 3,245 rep | ||||||
| Trash: 12-24 Bosses: 120 |
Full Clear ~1,800 rep Full Clear (heroic): ~2,600 rep | ||||||
Strategy
Completing quests for the Sha'tar is the most obvious way of earning reputation with that faction. Similarly, killing mobs in the three wings of Tempest Keep — namely, the Botanica, Mechanar and Arcatraz — rewards reputation with the Sha'tar. There are only a limited number of quests that award reputation with the Sha'tar, however. Once these are exhausted, the only way to reach exalted status is to repeatedly run the Tempest Keep instances.
Until Honored
Characters may initially earn reputation with the Sha'tar by completing quests for the Aldor or the Scryers, including each faction's repeatable reputation quests. Each such quest completed nets a reputation gain with the Sha'tar equal to one-half that awarded by the character's respective faction, e.g., completing 
[15-30] Allegiance to the Scryers awards 3500 reputation with the Scryers, and 1750 reputation with the Sha'tar. These incidental gains stop upon reaching 5999/6000 friendly with the Sha'tar, however. Once this cap is reached, a character may only attain honored status by completing a Sha'tar-specific quest or by killing a mob in Tempest Keep.
Through Exalted
After exhausting the reputation rewards from Aldor/Scryer turn-ins and Mechanar runs, players may wish to complete the few Sha'tar quests available. In addition to the quests, instance runs in Tempest Keep: Botanica, Arcatraz and Mechanar will continue to grant reputation. At this point, it is probably more worthwhile to run these instances in Heroic mode.
Rewards
Reputation rewards can be purchased from Almaador located Northwest of A'dal in the center of Shattrath City. He's standing below the smaller naaru, G'eras, that sells equipment for Justice points.
Arcanist Xorith and Haldor the Compulsive will sell specialized Flasks only usable in raid zones to players who are exalted with Cenarion Expedition, the Sha'tar and the respective faction (Scryer or Aldor). The flasks are only purchasable with 
[Mark of the Illidari] obtained from creatures in Tempest Keep: The Eye, Serpentshrine Cavern, CoT Mount Hyjal, or the Black Temple.
Quests
- Terokkar Forest (1610 reputation)
- [15-30] A'dal (10 reputation) Haggard War Veteran (Shattrath City)
- [15-30] The Dread Relic (250 reputation) Oakun (Terokkar Forest [31, 76])
- [15-30] Evil Draws Near (350 reputation)
- [15-30] For the Fallen (250 reputation) Vindicator Haylen (Terokkar Forest [49, 76])
- [15-30] Terokkarantula (250 reputation)
- [15-30] Return to Sha'tari Base Camp (250 reputation)
- [15-30] Taken in the Night (250 reputation) Scout Navrin (Terokkar Forest [31, 76])
- Auchindoun (1610 reputation)
- [15-30] I See Dead Draenei
- [15-30] Ezekiel
- [15-30G3] What Book? I Don't See Any Book.
- [15-30] The Master's Grand Design?
- [15-30] Vision of the Dead
- [15-30] Levixus the Soul Caller
- Nagrand (1200 reputation)
[15-30] When Spirits Speak (250 reputation) (Prereq: [15-30] A Visit with the Greatmother and [15-30] Material Components)
- [15-30] A Secret Revealed (250 reputation)
- [15-30D] Auchindoun... (350 reputation)
- [15-30] What the Soul Sees (350 reputation)
- (The chain continues, but gives only Mag'har rep)
- Shadowmoon Valley (1650 reputation)
- [25-30] Akama's Promise (1000 reputation) (Akama's Promise is the final reward quest for the Akama chain of quests.)
- [25-30G4] The Journal of Val'zareq: Portends of War (150 reputation)
- [25-30] Battle of the Crimson Watch (500 reputation)
- Shattrath City (5010 reputation)
- [25-30] Special Delivery to Shattrath City (1000 reputation) (Prereq: [25-30] Warp-Raider Nesaad)
- [25-30D] How to Break Into the Arcatraz (1000 reputation)
- [70D] Harbinger of Doom (1000 reputation)
- [30] The Tempest Key (10 reputation) (Prereq: [25-30G5] The Cipher of Damnation)
- [30H] Trial of the Naaru: Mercy (500 reputation)
- [30H] Trial of the Naaru: Strength (500 reputation)
- [30H] Trial of the Naaru: Tenacity (500 reputation)
- [30R] Trial of the Naaru: Magtheridon (500 reputation) (Requires completion of the three previous Trial quests)
Total Reputation From Quests
- Alliance: 9880 (25 quests)
- Horde: 11080 (29 quests)
Patch changes
- Patch 2.0.3 (2007-01-09): Added.
References
- ^ a b World of Warcraft: Illidan, chapter 10
- ^ a b c The Burning Crusade Flash site#The Sha'tar
- ^ World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 3, pg. 140 - 141
- ^ a b The Sha'tar - The Burning Crusade Factions - Official Site Game Guide. Archived from the original on 2011-11-10.
- ^ World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 3, pg. 140
- ^ Khadgar#Shattrath City
- ^ Khadgar's Servant#Event
- ^ World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 3, pg. 141
- ^ a b World of Warcraft: Illidan, chapter 7
- ^ [15-30] City of Light
- ^ World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 3, pg. 141-144
- ^ [30] Entry Into the Black Temple
- ^ [30] A Distraction for Akama
- ^ World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 3, pg. 149
- ^ Lady Liadrin's meeting with A'dal
- ^ Jaina Proudmoore: Tides of War, pg. 171
- ^ Jaina Proudmoore: Tides of War, pg. 167
- ^
[10-45] The Arcane Way
- ^ [10-45] Move Like No Other
- ^ Iorioa and Jadaar during
[50-80] A Burden Shared
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