Fyrakk

Fyrakk
Proto-dragon Visage
Title	<The Blazing>
Gender	Male
Race	Proto-dragon (Dragonkin)
Level	?? Boss
Resource	Mana
Reaction	Alliance Horde
Affiliation(s)	Primal Incarnates, Primalists
Location	Vault of the Incarnates
Status	Deceased (lore) Killable

Fyrakk the Blazing is one of the Primal Incarnates who lead the Primalists. Along with his brethren, he rejected the gift of the titans and turned to the elements instead, becoming an incarnation of fire. While every ounce as powerful as Iridikron, he lacks the discipline to focus that strength into singular goals and would be just as happy burning his own followers down as he would his enemies.^[1] While Iridikron always had his schemes, Fyrakk has only sought out power.^[1]

After being freed from the Vault of the Incarnates, Iridikron would direct Fyrakk to wage war against the Aspects with his sister Vyranoth. However, Fyrakk would eventually lose sight of the Incarnates' original goals after consuming the Shadowflame of Aberrus, wishing to instead to use Amirdrassil to burn all of Azeroth to cinders and reforge it in his own image. His sister was disgusted by his cruelty and mania, driving her away to join the Aspects. Fyrakk, having recruited Smolderon and the Druids of the Flame to the Primalist cause and wielding a shadowflame-forged axe known as Fyr'alath the Dreamrender, assaulted the Emerald Dream with his new army, intent on taking Amirdrassil before it could bloom. With the Aspects' forces reinforced by the united armies of the mortals of Azeroth, the Guardians of the Dream eventually repelled Fyrakk's assault and destroyed him atop the new World Tree.

Fyrakk appears as one of two antagonists in the Embers of Neltharion campaign, alongside Scalecommander Sarkareth. He later serves as the main antagonist of the Guardians of the Dream campaign during Patch 10.2.0 and the final boss of the Amirdrassil, the Dream's Hope raid.

History

Ancient past

While the proto-dragons who would become known as the Dragon Aspects accepted the gift of the titans, the proto-dragons who would become the Primal Incarnates rejected it. Tensions rose between the Primalists who wished to cleanse the world of the titans' "stain" and the dragonflights,^[2] breaking out into open rebellion about 20,000 years ago^[3] when Raszageth struck first by leading an assault on Neltharion and his dracthyr army on the Forbidden Reach.^[4] In the battle, she destroyed Oathbinder, the titan relic which Neltharion was using to control the dracthyr. This caused Neltharion to give in to the Old Gods for the first time and use their power to seal her away within the Froststone Vault.^[5]

A cataclysmic conflict ensued between Primalists and dragonflights known as the War of the Scaleborn. Vyranoth and Fyrakk were ever loyal to the Incarnate's ideals, but Iridikron truly embraced the war. At the end, he struck terrible bargains to keep their cause alive. Alexstrasza believes the other incarnates never knew the true depths of his depravity.^[6] Despite the Primalists' alliance with the djaradin to end the dragons' reign,^[7] the remaining Primal Incarnates were ultimately defeated, but Alexstrasza, having failed to restore peace between the two groups,^[8] still couldn't bear to kill them given they had once been as close as clutch-mates, and decided to imprison them instead, within the titanic Vault of the Incarnates.^[2]

Dragonflight

20,000 years later, Raszageth the Storm-Eater schemed to release her kin from the Vault. Though Raszageth died, she succeeded in her endeavor, and Iridikron, Fyrakk and Vyranoth were released. Seeing how Raszageth's haste led to her downfall, Alexstrasza speculated that the Incarnates would take their time to gather their strengths first, and that Iridikron's mastery of the earth would harbor them in the meantime.^[9]

Fyrakk was eager to take revenge for their sister, but Iridikron did not want to rush in and believed they needed to even the scales with the Aspects first. The Incarnates adventured to the Forbidden Reach as the last echoes of Raszageth's storm faded, where they breached an ancient vault belonging to Neltharion and found a device that would give them the location of Zaralek Cavern, the Earth-Warder's secret underground. They had no interest in the laboratory of Aberrus itself, but in the molten fire that could be found below. Scalecommander Sarkareth and the Sundered Flame followed behind them secretly to claim Neltharion's legacy.^[10]

They found one of the hidden entry points to Zaralek right below Valdrakken, where they broke through the ground and sent Fyrakk down, blazing through the earth, to claim the elemental power below and wake the djaradin's Elders at the Zaqali Caldera.^[1] There, Fyrakk bathed in a giant pool of both elemental lava and shadowflame. Despite Ebyssian and Sabellian's efforts to stop Fyrakk, the Incarnate fully infused himself with its power and used it to free the djaradin Elders. He then unleashed destruction all across the Dragon Isles and ravaged the niffen town of Loamm.

After the events of the Dawn of the Infinite, Iridikron departed and left the war against the Aspects to Fyrakk and Vyranoth. At some point, Fyrakk struck a bargain with the Druids of the Flame, where they agreed to open the way to the Emerald Dream on the condition that Fyrakk ensured that they would become immortal.^[11] During this time, Fyrakk became increasingly more and more unhinged; setting his sights on the nascent world tree, Amirdrassil and even clashed with Vyranoth when he tried to burn the captured Gerithus, as she was more focused on removing the titans' iron grip on this world over causing harm to their enemies.^[12] Some time later, the two reunited at Lunedane, where he revealed his bargain with the druids to her, earning her displeasure. He was unmoved by her fears that the Primalists were losing sight of their goals and declared that there was something that he wanted her to see. Under his sister's shocked eyes, he used the shadowflame in combination with the fire magics of the Druids of the Flame to corrupt Keeper Larodar. He further revealed his intention to do the same to Amirdrassil itself, a notion that disgusted Vyranoth as she wanted to deny the Aspects their prize and not twist it into some vile abomination. Fyrakk was unmoved and declared that they couldn't win the war bound by her ideals. In response, Vyranoth declared that the course was set and the pair departed from Lunedane.^[13]

Unbeknownst to Fyrakk, Vyranoth seeing that his own heart had become cruel, blazing with insatiable malice, and wreathed in shadow made the decision to warn Alexstrasza of his intentions and even agreed to stand against him.^[14] In time, Fyrakk learns that his sister had turned against him but remained unconcerned, instead becoming more focused on initiating his campaign to claim Amirdrassil and rebirth the world in flames. With the Druids of the Flame and the djaradin's aid, Fyrakk was given a powerful new weapon to aid him in his conquest, the axe Fyr'alath, the Dream Render which allows him and his forces to invade the Emerald Dream itself. Gathering his forces, including the Fire Lord Smolderon, Fyrakk besieged the World Tree but would face delays due to the Temple leading to the tree's core bared his path. Fyrakk managed to launch a surprise attack against Alexstrasza after she brought down the wards that prevented those in Azeroth to enter the Dream, mocking her for her failure. The Life-Binder retorted to Fyrakk that he once fought for an ideal but now only desired power and to kill, to which The Blazing happily admitted to but before he could kill Alexstrasza, he would be confronted by the leaders of the world, having come to defend the World Tree. Infuriated yet forced to retreat as his forces were routed, Fyrakk grew more desperate as he breached into the Temple himself, casting aside what was left of his druids, yet would be forced to face the World Tree's defenders right at the heart of Amirdrassil. Despite his mastery over fire and Shadowflame, Fyrakk was felled before he could corrupt Amirdrassil's core, allowing it to complete it's blooming and in doing so, Azeroth herself re-empowered the Aspects and even Vyranoth, marking a new beginning for dragonkind.

Trivia

• Fyrakk is voiced by Matthew Mercer.
• Fyrakk is the only Incarnate to change the color scheme of his skin.

Gallery

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  Concept art
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  Concept art

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  Imprisoned
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  At the Zaqali Caldera
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  In Lunedane
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  Fyrakk infused with Shadowflame

Videos

• Vault of the Incarnates Raid Finale - Raszageth's Demise
• Secrets of the Reach
• Opening the Way
• Fury Incarnate In-Game Cinematic
• Fyrakk Argues Vyrannoth In Game Cutscene
• A Crown of Flame - Guardians of the Dream

Patch changes

• Patch 10.0.2 (2022-11-15): Added.
  

References

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB