Balnazzar

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Balnazzar

Gender	Male
Race	Nathrezim
Character class	Dreadlord
Affiliation	The Burning Legion, The Scarlet Crusade
Occupation	The Burning Legion's Agent in Lordaeron

Balnazzar is a fictional character in the Warcraft universe — a fictional universe in which a series of computer games and books are set.

[edit] Biography

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Balnazzar was a mighty dreadlord in the fictional world of Azeroth, who was left in charge of Lordaeron when Archimonde and The Burning Legion traveled West to Kalimdor.

When he received word of the Legion's fall, he took control of The North-Eastern Kingdoms until he was defeated and captured by the army of the Banshee Queen Sylvanas Windrunner. Sylvanas then ordered Balnazzar's brother, Varimathras, to kill him; after which Sylvanas' forces, with Varimathras as second in command, then took control of the region known as Tirisfal Glades.

Balnazzar reappears in World of Warcraft as the true leader of the Scarlet Crusade's detachment in Stratholme. The members of the Crusade do not know that their leader is a dreadlord, as Balnazzar possessed the Paladin (Grand Crusader Dathrohan) that leads them. In-game, players fight Dethrohan, who unexpectedly turns into Balnazzar when nearly defeated.

The possible discontinuity of Balnazzar's survival is so far unexplained. In the game, he implies that he faked his own death. Varimathras' involvement is not elaborated on, so his true loyalty remains in question, however no current evidence supports any disloyalty to the Forsaken. Varimathras has stated in Warcraft III that Nathrezim are forbidden to destroy one another, but he could have meant that they are unable to.