Pointless Top 10: NPCs You Should Know About in World of Warcraft

[@Ssyphoned]

careful, this one was on the border of having a point. Some of these npcs actually do stuff.

[@josejuanandrade4439]

Arugal is the less pointless of NPCS. We owe a whole playable race to him.

[@BobGrillsProductions]

It’s not the subjects that are pointless, it is the list it’s self

[@petercarioscia9189]

​@@BobGrillsProductionsthe point is that it's pointless, so doesn't that mean there is a point?

[@justinterry8894]

The lists are either a list of pointless things or the list it's self is what's pointless so it doesn't matter if the things have a point if theirs no point in making a list of them to begin with.

[@matta.747]

XD

[@Zengalactic]

Arugal is that kind of dude that you accidentally cut off in traffic one time, and then forty years later shows up with an army of followers to enact his revenge.

[@Olochgu]

Arugal was also brought back by the scourge during wrath. He then started spreading the Worgen curse in Grizzly Hills, before we stopped him.

[@MomsterGirl]

The Great Akazamzarak has another bit of trivia! He's also voiced by John DiMaggio, who voices Bender in Futurama!

[@propsko2689]

Disappointed Jake the Dog noises

[@Qprah]

Miranda the Hag could also be a disguise that Chromie was using back before dragons were on such good speaking terms with the mortal races. Chromie was hanging out in Andorhal back in Vanilla and you wouldnt have encountered her until some time after you had crossed paths with Miranda. This would have been the very first encounter with a bronze dragon for the vast majority of the playerbase either way as the rest of them were sealed up in the Caverns of Time until the Aq patch rolled around. I also kinda feel like Tabetha was originally intended to be Aegwynn before all of Dustwallow got rewritten around that one Inn that got burned down and the Innkeeper's family got butchered. Did we ever truly solve who did that? I feel like in cata the mystery was brought back up but I dont recall if it was ever solved.

[@vtr0104]

That's a pretty lengthy questline, but if I remember correctly, you find out it was some of those evil-looking Tauren that torched the Inn. It's not a major point on the map, but there's a small village of them (Blackhoof Village) that you eventually have to burn down as payback for the Inn deal. While it is basically poetic justice, it's a very strange quest as you run around their camp and set tents on fire while killing everyone.....

[@CallMeNoa]

The burned inn quest line ends with the Grimtotem taurens being responsible.

[@DIEGhostfish]

She was almost certainly Aegwynn until Cata and thr Medan comic we all like tonfoget about.

[@Qprah]

@@vtr0104 yeah it’s extra strange because the entire narrative is mixed up with the Theramore deserters story that seems to be somewhat connected but not entirely so. Do we find out why the Grimtotem do it? I remember the Grimtotem from the Cata rework but can’t think if they were there on vanilla. It is definitely one of those zones where just on its face you can tell some behind the scenes fuckery took place while it was being designed.

[@dreamermagister8561]

@@Qprah Grimtotem were in Feralas dyring Vanilla for sure. I think they had thia belief of ownership for all of Kalimdor and any foreigner was an interloper or whatevs.

[@Wyglafff]

Maybe Tabetha is a dragon. That would explain the aging and why she is next to Onyxia's lair

[@Xiuhticuhtli1995]

Lich king: KNEEL BEFORE YOUR KING Some dude named Gunther: u wot m8?!

[@hospitalcakewalk]

Inside the booty bay statue in the treasure is a large black diamond ring toy. I've had that toy equipped on my DH for as long as I've had the ring. Yes you can see it on the character, it's literally huge.

[@Solhof0]

Same, it goes well with my purple tmog

[@TjPhysicist]

8:27 wait a second... @hirumaredx , is that you?

[@devastator6570]

Unlikely, Gunther would’ve been number one if this was @hirumaredx’s list lol

[@DIEGhostfish]

7:29 I just wish thr Dwarf who Punched Deathwing was a different dwarf from Theldurin, because ANY Dwarf can tell a drunken tall tale. But Vanilla Theldurin was a really cool haunted paranoid ex-twilight cultist in vanilla, and that was somwthing unique and cool that writer Dave Kossak chose to remove RIGHT AS WE GOT AN EXPACK ANOUT THE TWILIGHT CULT!

[@julianmurphy6276]

true there was a bit of a missed opportunity there. but at least he gave us one of the funniest quests ever !

[@krodmandoon3479]

I swear to god Blizzard's just been looking for all the worst choices and then going full speed ahead

[@DIEGhostfish]

@@krodmandoon3479 It was a totally hilarious quest, with a fun break in the normal gameplay loop, but it was a terrible lore choice.

[@kearugrenn2334]

@crendor Deadeye is a “dark shaman” but later the class name was changed to warlock, hence why Garrosh wouldn’t help them because he outlawed the dark arts.

[@astrealove1]

Take a drink each time Crendor says "crazy."

[@helenahsson1697]

I'd be so drunk 😂

[@dreamermagister8561]

I know almost every NPC here. I guess i am a real geek for Warcraft after all.

[@angussharington2374]

I am surprised you didn’t mention Arugal being brought back by the San’layn.

[@Thezombabee]

Idk what world of Warcraft really is or about but I’ve watched all of these with varying sleepiness and I still am entertained

[@NollieTheGnome]

This was your best one yet! I hope we get a part 2

[@DIEGhostfish]

4:47 I like how Zanzil and some of his zombies even in Cata use a odel from the WoW ALPHA intended for Forest trolls (that shares animation with the forest and ice and shadow trolls from wc3!!) It makes them very buff for Jungle trolls, and honestly has a cooler sharper face than thr Burning Crusade Zul Aman version of Forest trolls too.

[@killerbee.13]

it's always neat to see models that are just directly imported from WC3. I mean they look kinda awful in comparison to even models from Classic which is why they've almost all been replaced but it's still neat.

[@DIEGhostfish]

@@killerbee.13 The model isn't from WC, but the skeleton almost certainly is.

[@WolframYouTube]

I think my favourite NPC you should know about, is Trag Highmountain. He is this tauren from the comics, who travels around, somehow ends up in the Eastern Kingdoms, and works for this Forsaken baron who comes into posession of a powerful item called the Orb of Ner'zhul. They eventually run into Anveena, the baron turns out to be evil and tries to take Anveena's power for himself, and uses the Orb of Ner'zhul to raise a Frostwyrm. Trag fights the baron, crushes the Orb, causing the Frostwyrm to crush the tower they were in, killing them both. Now how does Trag end up being an NPC in the game? The Orb raises him as an undead Death Knight, with the orb constantly regenerating him if he should die. He hears the call of the Lich King from Northrend however, which makes him go berserk from time to time. During Trag's journey, he comes across Thrall, who he fights, but Trag eventually calms down enough to reason with Thrall. He befriends the Taunka in Northrend, reaches the Lich King, and gets dominated by the Lich King. But when Arthas sent him to go kill the Taunka he befriended, he broke free from Arthas' control and struck him in the chest. Arthas wasn't very pleased about that, and launched him away. The orb reconstructed him again, however, and he was now free from the Lich King. That's a pretty impressive story, but what does he do in the game? Walk around the Argent Tournament with his Taunka friend, having even become a part of the Taunka faction which I find to be a neat touch. When the assault on Icecrown happened, Blizzard made an "arrow to the knee" joke about him when asked what Trag was doing during the assault. Finally, during Legion, you can find him in the Ebon Hold. No idea when he joined the Knights of the Ebon Blade or why, but he's there, but Blizzard technically remembered he existed. Now there is also the weird thing of there now being "Highmountain Tauren", but Trag predating them while not being a "Highmountain tauren" despite him being their "predecessor" in the game/lore, but there also were Blackrock orcs before they knew about Blackrock Mountain on Azeroth so stranger coincidences have happened.

[@mtr7076]

Awesome

[@grahamlarsen2082]

Jesus just remembering the Onyxia questline drives me nuts lol excellent video tho!

[@That_kind_of_orc]

I'm so happy they brought Jorin Deadeye in orc heritage questline I think he's pretty major character in a way because he's son of Kilrogg which is kinda equal to garrosh as son of grom

[@brunosardine1]

An illusion! What are you hiding?!

[@MattwosRandomNonContent]

0:54 Her greatest illusion was making us believe she wasn't always around. The truth is she has been there, you just can't see her. ...I think...

[@darrennorniron]

Those Deathwing quests were fantastic

[@Nyarlathothep]

All of these neat NPCs with awesome backstories really make me miss the days before the writing became absolute trash. I haven't played in years, but I still follow along, on the wisp of a hope it'll get better.

[@AvelineMelena]

Saaame

[@OrbObserver]

Ehh is it really fair to say the writing is "absolute trash" with such conviction when you haven't experienced the writing and are only getting second hand accounts?

[@mtr7076]

@@OrbObserver yes new 2eexpansion are good...

[@Immortalizz02]

Jorin Deadeye was brought back into story with the Orc heritage armor questline

[@DahjerCanaan]

I've always felt like the big bosses of SFK and Deadmines should've held a more prominent position as end-game bosses. Edwin & Vanessa Vancleef, Arugal, both situations held promise for their stories to lead up to something more end-game expansion worthy. Sadly they're more or less just beginning fodder bosses that become irrelevant after you conquer the dungeons. I remember some expansions had intro bosses in minor dungeons that lead to raid boss encounters, so I don't know why these bosses couldn't have gotten the same treatment.

[@flash2672]

Dar'Khan Drathir competing with Archimonde for most deaths

[@LedosKell]

Dar'Khan showing up in Midnight would be too funny.

[@killerbee.13]

@@LedosKell Deathholme was merely a setback

[@sofiablomquist8394]

I really agree on the quest discussed in nr4. I love that ridiculous questline.

[@VonSnootingham]

Oh my god, I haven't seen Crendor in years and forgot about his top 10 lists, but as soon as I clicked the video and saw the Booty Bay intro it all came flooding back.

[@JohnDoe-km9vx]

Great video I'd do more parts to this, there's plenty more of these dudes that are great! Great research behind this.

[@JohnDoe-km9vx]

Insert Boar Thrills ressurection video :D its too early for me to think of a good line...but here's to hoping for more boar thrills

[@CaiRobinson]

Thaedurin has one of my fav intro from the new HS expansion

[@crendor]

I'll need to check it out

[@Vohaul86]

Funny coincidence: Just a couple of days ago I was checking stuff about Grim Batol (the function of the place in WC2, not WoW), and both Bleeding Hollow Clan and Jorin Deadeye came up. Watching this video gave a good blast of déjà vu I had to think a while what for.

[@davidcosta2244]

Tabetha is also a reference to the daughter on the TV show Bewitched.

[@ZiitToob-tc2dn]

5:09 so a typical CIA agent?

[@gj3717]

Something else to note about Tabitha, she seems to be extremely skilled at placing and removing demons from powerful orbs. She is involved in 2 different quests to one warlock class quest and one mage class quest that has her exorcise powerful demons from orbs. And mentions her history with the warlock meenara voidrender.

[@Local_Hobo]

Top 10 wallpapers pleaseee especially goblin buildings have good ones

[@deliciouscavemoss]

😮😊❤ Very excited to learn about new npcs this time

[@TooDamp]

Gunther from Adventure Time was named after 8:26 for sure

[@StrumstarHammer]

It's Ak-A-Zam-Za-Rak. I only know because he's a boss in a hearthstone mode and the announcer shouts his name at the start.

[@Elysian777]

That magician in Dal is the source of an awesome, pointless toy: Akazamzarak's Spare Hat from the Mage quest: Down the Rabbit Hole. But once you get the toy all your toons can do the trick. Tabetha is very important to Mages. And Zanzils mixture was the most mind numbing drop rate in the game. Also somehow I have Jorins eye patch in my mog set. Use it on my NE Hunter. I thought it was so cool I pack ratted it. Not sure if it's still available, can't recall how I got it other than it was a long quest chain.

[@Sdogofdoom]

I love the concept of an incredibly powerful wizard pretending to be a sleight of hand artist. Something about using UNLIMITED COSMIC POWERS to pull a rabbit out of a hat is hilarious to me.

[@cyprex]

I love this series.

[@valenam99]

Thank u for another comfort vid ❤️

[@Allycat101010]

Shoutout to martek the exile for having a man in his motorcycle babes too. what a real horde patriot

[@andreiionescu8645]

The Darkhan comics were peak

[@HolyZombie331]

Made me want to play WoW. Good job!

[@Retnoob]

It's funny - as a dyed in the wool "resident" of Southshore until it got nuked, the second I saw him onscreen in this video I instinctively growled, "F*** you, Helcular!"

[@MegaChickenfish]

Ah-kah-zam-zar-ack. You'd have it memorized too if you had to listen to it every single time you walked by him to use the alliance side bank for that whole expansion.

[@Pienimusta]

This was super interesting!

[@EdyGlockenspiel]

2:18 if you click on him in game he says he's name out loud so you can know how to say it.

[@Geraldo_Rivian]

The Hag was such a good illusionist she hid herself from Blizzard

[@TrylleBanjo]

Man, I remembered Arugal was a big deal, but goddamn!

[@abeard1]

This video is absolute banger

[@5chr4pn3ll]

I mean Tabetha could just have been training people for generations in Eastern Kingdoms I guess, before moving to Kalimdor.

[@Solo_Traveling]

Arugal is also the creator of all the worgen that later became deathnights.

[@thinkeightsix]

Dar'khan Drathir may have been turned into a Banshee like Sylvanas Windrunner. Arthas turned her into a Banshee so he could keep killing her.

[@yep1628]

wow number 11 is so true

[@mathiassvendsen9788]

Prediction: Gunther Arc-anus is gonna show up on this list.

[@ordelian7795]

Jorin Deadeye I guess would be a Necrolyte.

[@kohashiguchi1454]

This is the first time I've heard Arugal's name pronounced. I'd always thought his name was pronounced *almost* like the ritzy salad green.

[@krystelbeaulieu-thibault3621]

I'd love to see top 10 beds

[@stussels]

are arugals shoulders available to players?

[@kearugrenn2334]

Arugal doesn’t die in SFK as he is in WotLK trying to rebuild his army in a world quest.

[@peregrine5327]

Huh. For some reason I always assumed Tabatha was Aegwynn in disguise. Like, assumed it to the point that I didn't realize it wasn't common knowledge and just my assumption.

[@josejuanandrade4439]

Hirumaredx is disappointed you did not put Gun-Ther Arc-Anus in the number 1 :P

[@Geraldo_Rivian]

Lol i find it hilarious how no one in azeroth realises how dangerous akamzarak is.... One mistake from the goblin and azeroth will turn into outland... After all its canon in legion that illidan used portal magic to destroy Nathreza... And that was a single portal...this guy opens 8 at once

[@wardenm]

Elling Trias, Master of Cheese!

[@AvelineMelena]

You're always super excited to speak even about the most basic things and im like "Have you ever played this game before ?" Ah ah

[@Xplorer304]

Number 6 on Hardcore servers: ___ dies to Zanzil Zombie at lvl 38 ZANZILED!!!

[@sonoskay]

It's so funny to me that crendor started incorporating lore into these videos after a good chunk of the wow community gave up on the lore. The only wow lore vids I watch anymore are crendors 💀

[@KilljoyVideoGaming]

Thank you Crendor for all the years of entertainment. Much love. Free palestine

[@Viviaana_silvermoon]

another thing with martek the exiled, he talks about all his sexy lady fans because he doesn't realise the pretty blood elf with him is actually a man

[@lusovchak]

So sad Martek can’t say “babes” anymore 🙄

[@handlesaredumb9]

I hate that there is no necromancer class

[@Reaper78665]

i rember gunther and that stupid quest with the guys who fought deathwing wtf even lol

[@sharlockshacolmes9381]

I always wonder, do you do research for these top 10 or are you just cursed with pointless WoW knowledge and already have a rough idea of what you're going to put in there before going in? (yhea I know weird phrasing)

[@tyerin1]

what is miranda hiding....

[@FatGuyEngineer]

[@NGHCRKD]

The youtubers never pick the blood elf guy😔

[@Wizley15]

Look dude, I think you’re starting to lose steam. I signed up for non content and this was pretty interesting and informative. I hope the next video is something with less substance like Top 10 Fireplaces

[@howardhavardramberg333]

Gamon!

[@JoJoestar]

You ever think about having a giga pointless top 10 list, like compilations ye but like what about pointless top 10s of the pointless 10s

[@falldrake50]

4rdteeth

[@Chrallen06]

Dang

[@jasonwowhero8147]

All the lore that exists for necromancy. But no necromancer class. All because of china

[@Rayukamay-sama]

Zug zug

[@gilliam510]

this is almost content

[@GhostWarrior334]

Ugh i learned something, dislike...Oops pressed like.

[@nikola4107]

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[@CloudianMH]

first lady, Hag-chan she is forgotten about because the people who made her don't work at the company and the current people who work at the company, don't play wow. They play FF14

[@Geraldo_Rivian]

Hey dude r u a yankee?