Yet, as Anub'arak and Arthas journeyed ever deeper into these ruins, they found that the lower regions of the kingdom had become infested by "ancient, horrid things", as the dwarf leader Baelgun had described them, released from the dark below by the earthquakes that were being caused by Illidan's sorcery. At first, the invading undead army preyed only on the pockets of still living Nerubian resistance fighters and dwarves that were left over from Arthas' last journey to Northrend. The nerubians' misfortune costed them the war against the undead, and ultimately, their home.ĭuring the desperate flight of Arthas Menethil and the crypt lord Anub'arak to defend the Lich King from Illidan Stormrage and his armies, the Scourge were forced to make their way through the ancient, underground nerubian kingdom of Azjol-Nerub.
Rousing its awareness, the Old God sent his n'raqi under the leadership of Herald Volazj against them, and the nerubians were caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place. Yet some of them dug too deep, exposing the tendrils of Yogg-Saron. Reawakening in NorthrendĪmid the Scourge's invasion of Azjol-Nerub, many of the kingdom's denizens tunneled underground to escape the Lich King's minions. When the Old Gods were sealed below the earth by the titan-forged, many of the n'raqi were imprisoned alongside them. Countless eons ago, the n'raqi waged endless wars against each other as part of the forces of N'Zoth, C'Thun and Yogg-Saron. As the holdings of Y'Shaarj and the other Old Gods spread across the world, it became known as the Black Empire. This burgeoning civilization was located near the center of Azeroth's largest continent.
The greatest of these bastions were built around the Old God Y'Shaarj. The n'raqi acted as ruthless taskmasters, employing the aqir as laborers to erect towering citadels and temple cities around their masters' colossal bulks. As the physical manifestations of the Old Gods' will, both served their masters with fanatical loyalty. Two distinct races arose from the organic matter seeping from the Old Gods' blighted forms: the n'raqi and the aqir. When the Old Gods first embedded themselves into Azeroth, they spread their corruptive influence across the landscape.
The faceless ones commanding the aqir under the rule of the Black Empire. They made their first appearance in World of Warcraft with the second expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, and have since become one of the most common sightings in areas influenced by the Old Gods. The faceless ones were first seen serving a forgotten one in the depths of Azjol-Nerub during the events of Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. During times of war, the n'raqi serve as the commanders and taskmasters of the Old Gods' forces, turning the insane worshipers and chaotic forces into a capable military force. Cunning and intelligent, they serve their eldritch masters with fanatical loyalty and are known to be virtually unstoppable juggernauts. The n'raqi, commonly known as the faceless ones or the faceless, are a monstrous race that arose from the organic matter that seeped from the Old Gods' blighted forms during the primordial era of Azeroth. For the The Frozen Throne faction, see Faceless Ones (Warcraft III).
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