Pompous Thespian

Regular
Golden

Artist: Matt Dixon

Collectible

Taunt

Cost:

2

Attack:

3

Health:

2

Keywords
`TAUNT`

Full tags
`RARITY=1` `CLASS=12` `COLLECTIBLE=1` `ELITE=0` `COST=2` `HEALTH=2` `ATK=3` `CARDTYPE=4` `ENCHANTMENT_BIRTH_VISUAL=0` `ENCHANTMENT_IDLE_VISUAL=0` `TAUNT=1`

Wiki mechanics
Taunt

Availability

Formats

Wild
Duels

Flavor

Alas poor Annoy-o-Tron! A fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy!

Card set:

One Night in Karazhan

Rarity:

Common

Race:

Night elf

Background race:

Mechanical

dbfId:

39476

Card id:

KAR_011

Pompous Thespian is a common neutral minion card, from the One Night in Karazhan set.

How to get

Type	Source	Quality	Count
Crafting	Craft a Regular copy for 40	Regular	1
Crafting	Craft a Golden copy for 400	Golden	1
Adventure	Defeat Julianne in One Night in Karazhan 2^nd wing - The Opera	Regular	2

Sounds[]

Play

▶️ VO_KAR_011_Male_NightElf_Play_01.wav An autograph? Eh. I suppose.

Attack

▶️ VO_KAR_011_Male_NightElf_Attack_01.wav <attack sound>

Death

▶️ VO_KAR_011_Male_NightElf_Death_01.wav <death sound>

Lore[]

This minion depicts one of the renowned thespians invited by Barnes to perform at Karazhan's opera house. This particular actor appears to have taken on the role of Hamlet (see Trivia).

Trivia[]

This card's art recreates a scene from Hamlet, where Prince Hamlet discovers the skull of an old court jester (in this case Annoy-o-Tron), prompting him to deliver a now famous monologue:

Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy; he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! My gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? Your gambols? Your songs? Your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar?

This is confirmed in the card's flavor text: "Alas poor Annoy-o-Tron! A fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy!"

His death line is a reference to Julius Caesar, who famously spoke the line "Et tu, Brute," after being betrayed and killed by the Roman Senate, and his close friend Brutus.

A Pompous Thespian^[1]^[2] appears as the central character of the web comics released prior to the launch of the Knights of the Frozen Throne. The comics feature the elf making up fanciful tales of those who have succumbed to the power of the Frozen Throne in order to dissuade the listeners in the Hearthstone tavern from doing the same.

Gallery[]

Pompous Thespian full — Pompous Thespian, full art

Patch changes

Patch 6.0.0.13921 (2016-08-09):
- Added.

References[]

↑ Hearthstone: Knights of the Frozen Throne: Forest for the Weary << Madefire. Retrieved on 2017-07-24.
↑ Hearthstone: Knights of the Frozen Throne: Freedom << Madefire. Retrieved on 2017-07-24.

[1] Hearthstone: Knights of the Frozen Throne: Forest for the Weary << Madefire. Retrieved on 2017-07-24.

[2] Hearthstone: Knights of the Frozen Throne: Freedom << Madefire. Retrieved on 2017-07-24.

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