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Prophet Velen, leader of the draenei, and prophet of the naaru

The draenei are an ancient race hailing from the planet of Argus. Pursued across worlds by the relentless demons of the Burning Legion, the draenei have at last found a home on Azeroth among the orderly races of the Alliance. Highly spiritual and with an unusually strong gift for magic, the draenei are a peaceful race, but find themselves fighting not only to defend their new home, but for the survival of their very species.

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The draenei are a faction of uncorrupted eredar who fled their home world of Argus and settled on the Azuremyst Isles, near the west coast of Kalimdor. They join the Alliance in the Burning Crusade expansion. Their capital city is the Exodar.

Long ago, on the planet of Argus, the eredar race arose. They were extremely intelligent and had a natural affinity for magic in all of its forms. Using their gifts, they developed a vast and wondrous society. They were aided in this development by an ancient artifact known as the Ata'mal crystal, a triangular crystal whose origin was a mystery to the eredar, though their legends suggested it had been a gift bestowed upon them in ancient times.

At the height of their society, the eredar's three most prominent leaders, Kil'jaeden, Archimonde, and Velen, were approached by Sargeras, the Fallen Titan. Sargeras claimed he was impressed by the work of the eredar and wanted to supply them with even more power and knowledge in exchange for their loyalty. But while Kil'jaeden and Archimonde readily accepted the deal, Velen had doubts. After touching the Ata'mal crystal in its temple, he had a vision of the future that filled him with dread. He hastened to warn Kil'jaeden and Archimonde, but they dismissed his concerns and proceeded to profess loyalty to Sargeras. Together, the latter transformed a majority of their people into an insidious race of warlocks and later allied themselves with the Burning Legion.

Velen knew he and those who shared his concerns would have to flee Argus, but the impossibility of such a feat brought him to despair. At that time, the Ata'mal crystal started to glow and arose from its pedestal. A voice came to Velen and explained that it was one of the naaru, a race of sapient energy beings bent on stopping the Burning Legion. The naaru offered to take Velen and any other like-minded eredar to safety, and instructed Velen to bring the Ata'mal crystal, revealing that it had been a gift from the naaru in ancient times and a beacon by which the naaru would find Velen and his followers. Deeply relieved, Velen gathered the other eredar loyal to him on the appointed day; they numbered only in the hundreds. With Kil'jaeden and Archimonde hot on their heels, they barely escaped from Argus in the naaru ship Oshu'gun.

Naming themselves the "draenei", or "exiled ones" in the Eredun language, they hid among many worlds and explored much of the cosmos in their quest to find safe harbor. Still, a hell-bent Kil'jaeden would not give up his pursuit. Meanwhile, the enigmatic naaru race blessed the draenei with Light-given knowledge and power. The naaru explained that there were other forces in the cosmos that would stand against the Burning Legion. One day the naaru would forge them into a single unstoppable Army of the Light. Deeply affected by the naaru's words, the draenei vowed to honor the Light and uphold the naaru's altruistic ideals.

More than 200 years before the First War, Velen and his draenei settled upon a remote and peaceful world that seemed an ideal refuge. They named it Draenor, and there they quietly cultivated their society once again. In time the draenei met and befriended the shamanic orc clans that already lived in the tranquil southern grasslands of Nagrand. Aside from engaging in some limited trade, the draenei and orcs regarded one another with respect but kept mostly to themselves.

However, no amount of preparation could keep the draenei hidden forever. After confirming the presence of the draenei, Kil'jaeden asked for information regarding the other inhabitants of that world, particularly the orcs. Through his orc protégé Gul'dan, he quickly succeeded in corrupting the shamanistic orcs. Smoothly manipulated from a state of wary acceptance into blind rage and blood lust, the orcs attacked the draenei. This bloody conflict lasted nearly eight years, but the orcs' triumph was unequivocal. The orcs killed over eighty percent of the draenei race and sent the rest fleeing for safety to the remote corners of the world. Draenei who had fought the Horde and survived found that they had been affected by the fel energies wielded so freely by the orc warlocks. These draenei have since mutated into lesser forms, resulting in a series of subspecies.

After coming to Draenor, the blood elves discovered the power of Tempest Keep and successfully seized it. To escape, the draenei came out of hiding and managed to wrestle control of a wing of the keep, The Exodar, and tried to use it to flee and find aid in retaking their home. Before they could, however, the blood elves managed to sabotage what is essentially the "engine" of the draenei's transdimensional travel.

When the draenei tried to planeshift, their sabotaged engine went haywire, and The Exodar ended up hurtling out of control through the Twisting Nether until it crash-landed on a chain of islands, the Azuremyst Isles, off the western coast of Kalimdor. Their arrival on Azeroth wasn't pretty - they ended up tearing up the landscape over on Azuremyst and Bloodmyst Isle. While they were of course concerned about their fellow survivors, they were just as concerned with what they'd done to the land and the creatures on it. As the surviving draenei salvaged what they could of their ship and tried to help what was left of their people, they began exploring this new world; contact with the night elves of Darkshore was imminent. Inspired by heroic tales of the Alliance and its victories against the Legion, the draenei sought out and pledged their loyalty to this courageous faction. Not long afterward, Velen and his noble refugees played a key role in urging the Alliance to invade Outland and disrupt the Legion’s nefarious activities. Armed with their unshakable faith in the Light, the draenei ventured to their embattled former home as steadfast members of the Alliance and defeated their ancient demonic rivals. The return to Outland offered many draenei a chance to reconnect with their brethren who had been left behind. While some of Velen’s race chose to rebuild their society in the shattered land, the majority of draenei remained on Azeroth, vowing to uphold their commitment to the Alliance.

Name / Desc	Rarity	Type	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Aldor Attendant	Common	Minion	General	Paladin	1	1	3	Battlecry: Reduce the Cost of your Librams by (1) this game.
Defender	None	Minion	General	Paladin	1	2	1
Free Agent	None	Minion	General	Any	1	0	3	Taunt
Lightwarden	Rare	Minion	General	Any	1	1	2	Whenever a character is healed, gain +2 Attack.
Lost Soul	None	Minion	General	Demon Hunter	1	2	1
Mystery Winner	Common	Minion	General	Hunter	1	1	1	Battlecry: Discover a Secret.
Selfless Hero	Rare	Minion	General	Paladin	1	2	1	Deathrattle: Give a random friendly minion Divine Shield.
Shieldbearer	Common	Minion	General	Any	1	0	4	Taunt
Soulbound Ashtongue	Common	Minion	General	Any	1	1	4	Whenever this minion takes damage, also deal that amount to your hero.
Argent Braggart	Epic	Minion	General	Paladin	2	1	1	Battlecry: Gain Attack and Health to match the highest in the battlefield.
Ashtongue Slayer	Rare	Minion	General	Rogue	2	3	2	Battlecry: Give a Stealthed minion +3 Attack and Immune this turn.
Auchenai Phantasm	Epic	Minion	General	Priest	2	3	2	Battlecry: This turn, your healing effects deal damage instead.
Broken Ambusher	None	Minion	General	Rogue	2	2	3	Poisonous
Cornered Sentry	Rare	Minion	General	Warrior	2	2	6	Taunt. Battlecry: Summon three 1/1 Raptors for your opponent.
Flame Juggler	Common	Minion	General	Any	2	2	3	Battlecry: Deal 1 damage to a random enemy.
Shadowjeweler Hanar	Legendary	Minion	General	Rogue	2	1	4	After you play a Secret, Discover a Secret from a different class.
Shieldbreaker	Rare	Minion	General	Any	2	2	1	Battlecry: Silence an enemy minion with Taunt.
Akama	Legendary	Minion	General	Rogue	3	3	4	Stealth Deathrattle: Shuffle 'Akama Prime' into your deck.
Aldor Peacekeeper	Rare	Minion	General	Paladin	3	3	3	Battlecry: Change an enemy minion's Attack to 1.
Frozen Shadoweaver	Common	Minion	General	Any	3	4	3	Battlecry: Freeze an enemy.
Greyheart Sage	Epic	Minion	General	Rogue	3	3	3	Battlecry: If you control a Stealthed minion, draw 2 cards.
Skydiving Instructor	Common	Minion	General	Any	3	2	2	Battlecry: Summon a 1-Cost minion from your deck.
Stargazer Luna	Legendary	Minion	General	Mage	3	2	4	After you play the right-most card in your hand, draw a card.
Ashtongue Battlelord	Common	Minion	General	Demon Hunter	4	3	5	Taunt Lifesteal
Auchenai Soulpriest	Rare	Minion	General	Priest	4	3	5	Your cards and powers that restore Health now deal damage instead.
Crystalweaver	Common	Minion	General	Warlock	4	5	4	Battlecry: Give your Demons +1/+1.
Defender of Argus	Rare	Minion	General	Any	4	2	3	Battlecry: Give adjacent minions +1/+1 and Taunt.
Draenei Totemcarver	Rare	Minion	General	Shaman	4	4	4	Battlecry: Gain +1/+1 for each friendly Totem.
Kirin Tor Tricaster	Rare	Minion	General	Mage	4	3	3	Spell Damage +3 Your spells cost (1) more.
Lightforged Zealot	Rare	Minion	General	Paladin	4	4	2	Battlecry: If your deck has no Neutral cards, equip a 4/2 Truesilver Champion.
Proud Defender	Common	Minion	General	Any	4	2	6	Taunt Has +2 Attack while you have no other minions.
Saronite Chain Gang	Rare	Minion	General	Any	4	2	3	Taunt Battlecry: Summon another Saronite Chain Gang.
Senhor da Batalha Grislíngua	Comum	Lacaio		Caçador de Demônios	4	3	5	Provocar Roubar Vida
Windspeaker	Free	Minion	General	Shaman	4	3	3	Battlecry: Give a friendly minion Windfury.
Wretched Tutor	Common	Minion	General	Any	4	2	5	Spellburst: Deal 2 damage to all other minions.
Aldor Truthseeker	Rare	Minion	General	Paladin	5	4	6	Taunt. Battlecry: Reduce the Cost of your Librams by (2) this game.
Guild Recruiter	Common	Minion	General	Any	5	2	4	Battlecry: Recruit a minion that costs (4) or less.
High Abbess Alura	Legendary	Minion	General		5	3	6	Spellburst: Cast a spell from your deck (targets this if possible).
Shield of Galakrond	Common	Minion	General	Any	5	4	5	Taunt Battlecry: Invoke Galakrond.
Soulshard Lapidary	Common	Minion	General	Demon Hunter	5	5	5	Battlecry: Destroy a Soul Fragment in your deck to give your hero +5 Attack this turn.
Akama Prime	None	Minion	General	Rogue	6	6	5	Permanently Stealthed.
Blackguard	Epic	Minion	General	Paladin	6	3	9	Whenever your hero is healed, deal that much damage to a random enemy minion.
Kabal Crystal Runner	Rare	Minion	General	Mage	6	5	5	Costs (2) less for each Secret you've played this game.
Dragoncaster	Rare	Minion	General	Mage	7	4	4	Battlecry: If you're holding a Dragon, your next spell this turn costs (0).
Lightforged Crusader	Epic	Minion	General	Paladin	7	7	7	Battlecry: If your deck has no Neutral cards, add 5 random Paladin cards to your hand.
Prophet Velen	Legendary	Minion	General	Priest	7	7	7	Double the damage and healing of your spells and Hero Power.
High Exarch Yrel	Legendary	Minion	General	Paladin	8	7	5	Battlecry: If your deck has no Neutral cards, gain Rush, Lifesteal, Taunt, and Divine Shield.
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Name / Desc	Rarity	Type	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Dispel	None	Spell		Druid				Silence a minion.
Searing Totem	None	Minion	General	Shaman	0	1	1
Totemic Might	Free	Spell		Shaman	0			Give your Totems +2 Health.
Blazing Invocation	Rare	Spell		Shaman	1			Discover a Battlecry minion.
Blood To Ichor	Rare	Spell		Warrior	1			Deal 1 damage to a minion. If it survives, summon a 2/2 Slime.
Breath of Sindragosa	Common	Spell		Mage	1			Deal 2 damage to a random enemy minion and Freeze it.
Crystology	Rare	Spell		Paladin	1			Draw two 1-Attack minions from your deck.
Demon Companion	Rare	Spell			1			Summon a random Demon Companion.
Desperate Measures	Rare	Spell		Paladin	1			Twinspell Cast a random Paladin Secret.
Desperate Measures	Rare	Spell		Paladin	1			Cast a random Paladin Secret.
Forked Lightning	Common	Spell		Shaman	1			Deal 2 damage to 2 random enemy minions. Overload: (2)
Frost Shock	Free	Spell		Shaman	1			Deal 1 damage to an enemy character and Freeze it.
Lakkari Sacrifice	Legendary	Spell		Warlock	1			Quest: Discard 6 cards. Reward: Nether Portal.
Noble Sacrifice	Common	Spell		Paladin	1			Secret: When an enemy attacks, summon a 2/1 Defender as the new target.
Renew	Common	Spell		Priest	1			Restore 3 Health. Discover a spell.
Repentance	Common	Spell		Paladin	1			Secret: After your opponent plays a minion, reduce its Health to 1.
Saronite Taskmaster	Common	Minion	General	Any	1	2	3	Deathrattle: Summon a 0/3 Free Agent with Taunt for your opponent.
Searing Totem	Free	Minion	Totem	Shaman	1	1	1
Shima	None	Minion	Demon		1	2	2	Taunt
Upgrade!	Rare	Spell		Warrior	1			If you have a weapon, give it +1/+1. Otherwise equip a 1/3 weapon.
Ur'zul Horror	Common	Minion	Demon	Demon Hunter	1	2	1	Deathrattle: Add a 2/1 Lost Soul to your hand.
Ambush	Rare	Spell		Rogue	2			Secret: After your opponent plays a minion, summon a 2/3 Ambusher with Poisonous.
Death Grip	None	Spell		Death Knight	2			Steal a minion from your opponent's deck and add it to your hand.
Embrace the Shadow	Epic	Spell		Priest	2			This turn, your healing effects deal damage instead.
King's Elekk	Common	Minion	Beast	Hunter	2	3	2	Battlecry: Reveal a minion in each deck. If yours costs more, draw it.
Libram of Wisdom	Rare	Spell		Paladin	2			Give a minion +1/+1 and "Deathrattle: Add a 'Libram of Wisdom' spell to your hand."
Lightforged Blessing	Common	Spell		Paladin	2			Twinspell Give a friendly minion Lifesteal.
Lightforged Blessing	Common	Spell		Paladin	2			Give a friendly minion Lifesteal.
Plagiarize	Common	Spell		Rogue	2			Secret: At the end of your opponent's turn, add copies of the cards they played to your hand.
Subdue	Common	Spell		Paladin	2			Set a minion's Attack and Health to 1.
Unstable Portal	Rare	Spell		Mage	2			Add a random minion to your hand. It costs (3) less.
Apotheosis	Common	Spell		Priest	3			Give a minion +2/+3 and Lifesteal.
Gift of Luminance	Rare	Spell			3			Give a minion Divine Shield, then summon a 1/1 copy of it.
Healing Wave	Rare	Spell		Shaman	3			Restore 7 Health. Reveal a minion in each deck. If yours costs more, Restore 14 instead.
Time Out!	Common	Spell		Paladin	3			Your hero is Immune until your next turn.
Vaporize	Rare	Spell		Mage	3			Secret: When a minion attacks your hero, destroy it.
Ancestor's Call	Epic	Spell		Shaman	4			Put a random minion from each player's hand into the battlefield.
Avalanche	Rare	Spell		Shaman	4			Freeze a minion and deal 3 damage to adjacent ones.
Equality	Rare	Spell		Paladin	4			Change the Health of ALL minions to 1.
Mindgames	Epic	Spell		Priest	4			Put a copy of a random minion from your opponent's deck into the battlefield.
Power Infusion	Free	Spell		Priest	4			Give a minion +2/+6.
Holy Wrath	Rare	Spell		Paladin	5			Draw a card and deal damage equal to its cost.
Libram of Justice	Common	Spell		Paladin	5			Equip a 1/4 weapon. Change the Health of all enemy minions to 1.
Ras Frostwhisper	Legendary	Minion	General		5	3	6	At the end of your turn, deal 1 damage to all enemies (improved by Spell Damage).
Solemn Vigil	Common	Spell		Paladin	5			Draw 2 cards. Costs (1) less for each minion that died this turn.
Hammer of the Naaru	Epic	Weapon		Paladin	6	3	3	Battlecry: Summon a 6/6 Holy Elemental with Taunt.
Soul Mirror	Legendary	Spell		Priest	7			Summon copies of enemy minions. They attack their copies.
Libram of Hope	Epic	Spell		Paladin	9			Restore 8 Health. Summon an 8/8 Guardian with Taunt and Divine Shield.
Mass Resurrection	Rare	Spell		Priest	9			Summon 3 friendly minions that died this game.
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Name / Desc	Rarity	Type	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Focused Will	Rare	Spell		Priest	1			Silence a minion, then give it +3 Health.
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