User:Spenpiano/Rezan
 Rezan | |
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| Title |
<Loa of Kings, King of Kings,[1] God of the hunt[2]> |
| Gender | Male |
| Race | Loa (Beast) |
| Reaction |
Alliance Horde Alliance Horde |
| Status | Dormant (lore) |
History
Battle for Azeroth
Known as the Loa of kings, Rezan was the symbol of leadership and strength for the Zandalari peoples since the earliest days of the empire.[3]
While escaping from Stormwind, Rezan lent his strength to Talanji so that she and her allies could escape from the Alliance capital.[4] As Talanji, Zul, and the Horde headed towards Zandalar, Talanji called on Rezan for guidance as she felt that her father might not agree with partnering with the Horde. In response, Rezan declared she was bold and powerful and used his powers to send her to Zuldazar before the advancing Alliance ships could overtake her.[5]
Rezan is first encountered when his follower, King Rastakhan, was near death after being betrayed by Zul. Despite all of his healers' attempts, Rastakhan was unable to be revived because his soul was in the grip of Bwonsamdi, loa of death. To get Rastakhan back, the Zandalari appealed to Rezan to confront Bwonsamdi and claim back Rastakhan's soul. He was successful, with the caveat that Bwonsamdi would be seeing him again in time.[6]
At Rezan's temple, Zul's followers sought to drain Rezan of his power in the same way the Drakkari once did to their loa. Rastakhan and an adventurer slew Vilnak'dor, the troll performing the ritual, and once he was freed Rezan unleashed his fury upon the Atal'zul and their Kao-Tien allies. Afterward, Rezan convinced Rastakhan to realize he had grown soft and Rastakhan swore to take Zul's head.[7]
When the time came to hunt Zul, Rezan was among the army that Rastakhan gathered and led the charge into Atal'Dazar atop Mount Mugamba. However, during the confrontation with Zul, Rezan was slain. Without his power keeping Bwonsamdi at bay, Rastakhan began aging fast.[8] Rezan's essence was used by Zul to revive Dazar, the first king of the Zandalari,[3] and his undead corpse walked the lower levels of Atal'Dazar until it was destroyed by a group of adventurers.
Shadowlands
With the machine of death broken, Rezan's soul traveled into the Maw. At an unknown point in time after his arrival, Rezan would be captured and tormented by the Mawsworn Exhaurbius. By the time Vol'jin and the Maw Walker arrived and killed Exhaurbius, Rezan was nearly lost. The dying Rezan then rejected Vol'jin's offer to save him and instead used the last of his strength to infuse the last glimmer of his essence within the troll, while declaring that he was the one their people needed, not him. Vol'jin subsequently vowed to not waste his gift, and that Rezan would always be remembered.[9]
Great Beyond War
Thousands of years later and before the Great Beyond War began, Rezan had returned from the Shadowlands
Quests
[10-60] City of Gold 
- [10-60] The King's Gambit
- ^ [10-60] The Temple of Rezan
- ^ #Quotes
- ^ a b House of the Lost Loa
- ^ The Stormwind Extraction#Stage 8: No Diplomatic Solutions
- ^ [Spoiler Arrival to Zandalar - Horde]
- ^ [10-60] The Will of the Loa
- ^ [10-60] To Sacrifice a Loa
- ^ [10-60] The King's Gambit
- ^ Cite error: Invalid
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