Boneguard

This article is about the Maldraxxi creatures. For the Scourge faction found in Icecrown, see Boneguard (Scourge).

Boneguards^[1] are a type of powerful, skeletal Maldraxxi construct. Summoning one of these beings requires a large amount of anima.^[1][2] Successfully summoning one and defeating it is the test of the House of Rituals for the ritualist's mantle.^[3] As evidenced by Mortanis, powerful necromancers can undergo a ritual to transform themselves into a boneguard.

Boneguards appear to be the precursors to the similar-looking bone wraiths of Azeroth.

Known

Notable

•   Aloskixxa <Specter of Doom>
•   Mortanis
•   Thanikos Spinerender
•   Visectus <Specter of War>
•   Carcaeus

Types

•   Morbid Boneguard
•   Summoned Reaper

Notes

• While three of the boneguard's skulls resemble those of a bone wraith, the fourth and largest one has small horns and a prominent lower jaw reminiscent of a lich.
• Most boneguards wield an axe with the same model as  [Bryntroll, the Bone Arbiter], the weapon of the famous bone wraith Lord Marrowgar.
• The original Wrath of the Lich King concept art for Marrowgar referred to him as "bone guard boss".^[4]

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