by JR Cook - 11 years ago     show comments

Sure, you can play that winning card and step away from your match the glorious victor. But where is the fun unless you can also drop some lore knowledge on your opponent and add insult to injury? In this column, we don’t worry about card values or strategy – all we care about is that sweet, sweet lore.

Today, we will be talking about the doomguard, one of the minion cards from the warlock deck. Its flavor text is “Summoning a doomguard is risky. Someone is going to die”, and that holds very much true in doomguard lore as well.

Doomguards are massive, winged creatures with cloven feet that stand over 10 feet tall. They will attack and overpower their enemies through sheer brutality and strength, wielding a sword ablaze in fel fire.

Originally, doomguards were titan creations, policing and punishing the use of any form of arcane magic. They were freed by the fallen titan Sargeras, only to be immediately put in service of Sargeras’ Burning Legion where they would fly over the roaming hordes of demonic creatures to ensure viciously focused destruction. Unlike lesser creatures of the Burning Legion, doomguards are considered to be highly intelligent. They are fluent in Eredun, and other languages of mortals. Doomguards follow their leader with loyalty and without question, though some doomguards also rose in the ranks of the Burning Legion and became powerful and influencial doom lords in their own right.

Many doomguards once served under Archimonde (incidentally an anagram of “archdemon” with the ‘i’ added in), who himself was working in service of Sargeras. Following Archimonde’s demise during the Battle for Mounty Hyjal, doomguards formerly in his service began to roam the universe without direction, and now serve anyone who has the power to control them.

They are a summonable minion for warlock classes in World of Warcraft, and a perfect addition to any self-respecting warlock’s Hearthstone deck.