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Iridikron

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Title <The Stonescaled>
Gender Male
Race Proto-dragon (Dragonkin)
Level Elite
Affiliation(s) Primal Incarnates, Primalists
Location Unknown (lore); Vault of the Incarnates (WoW)
Status Alive

“As you burn in the flames of my brother's wrath, they will not come. All that they wanted was our world! With this, the Harbingers will pry it from their grasp. And when titans come to reclaim their prize... I will be waiting...”

— Iridikron, upon stealing Galakrond's power.

Iridikron the Stonescaled is one of the four Primal Incarnates. Along with his brethren, he rejected the gift of the titans and turned to the elements instead, becoming an incarnation of earth itself. The eldest of the four Incarnates, his mastery of the earth allows him and his siblings to move about the world undetected. While his younger brother Fyrakk is just as strong as he is,[1] Iridikron's greatest strength is his intelligence. His all-consuming hatred led him to embrace war against the Aspects the most among his siblings, being the last- and most difficult to contain of the Incarnates.[2] Having made deals with both the Void and the Infinite dragonflight, Iridikron ultimately plans to unmake the titans' work and steal Azeroth from them.[3] He currently appears to be amassing massive amounts of magical power in the form of Shadowflame and Galakrond's hunger, leaving the war to his siblings.

Iridikron is fought as a boss during Dawn of the Infinite, but can only be reduced to 85% health before the fight is interrupted by Murozond. He is one of the main antagonists of World of Warcraft: Dragonflight.

Background

Ancient history

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,[4] breaking out into open rebellion about 20,000 years ago[5] when Raszageth struck first by leading an assault on Neltharion and his dracthyr army on the Forbidden Reach.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8] Despite the Primalists' alliance with the djaradin to end the dragons' reign,[9] the remaining Primal Incarnates were ultimately defeated. Iridikron was the last captured, defeated by Deathwing in battle when he once again drew on power of the Void. But Alexstrasza, having failed to restore peace between the two groups,[10] 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.[4]

Dragonflight

Dragonflight This section concerns content related to Dragonflight.

20,000 years later, Raszageth the Storm-Eater was freed by Kurog Grimtotem, and schemed to release her kin from the Vault. The Aspects were fearful of "Iridikron's hunger" being unleashed.[4] 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.[8]

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 domain. 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.[11]

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.[12]

Iridikron soon struck a dark bargain with the infinite dragonflight, traveling back to the past to acquire the essence of Galakrond. During the encounter, adventurers and Chromie ventured to the upper impact area of Galakrond's corpse, where they engaged in battle against the Incarnate. While the adventurers provided an opening for Chromie to destroy the artifact Iridikron was using, Chrono-Lord Deios managed to trigger the birth of Murozond. Consequently, Chromie was forced to undo their victory over Iridikron - traveling back in time to stop Deios. By saving Nozdormu, Iridikron was able to complete his mission and departed from the past through a void portal.

Following the defense of Amirdrassil and Fyrakk's death, Vyranoth would inform Azeroth's champions that she had received a message from Iridikron himself, requesting a parlay with her alone. She agreed and meeting with the Stonescaled in the snowy mountains of Valdrakken, Iridikron condemned Vyranoth for abandoning the Primalists' war but Vyranoth countered that Iridikron abandoned the war and Fyrakk to his death for some "trinket" that Neltharion left behind. Iridikron clarified that the "Dark Heart" is no trinket and it was now in the hands of the Harbinger. Vyranoth voiced her disgust towards Iridikron for his willingness to use the Void, stating that its power cannot be trusted. Iridikron, unmoved, stated that he trusted the Void's hunger to aid him in removing the Titan's "stain" from their world before giving Vyranoth one last chance to join his cause. The former Frozenheart answered by proclaiming that she would have no part in his war leaving the Stonescaled disappointed and angered, stating that the bond of the Incarnates are truly at an end. Iridikron took his leave but not before giving Vyranoth a final warning to stay out of his way.

Notes

  • Iridikron is actually missing his arms in his dragon form; his chest instead a somewhat cracked open core that sparks with energy. In his visage, he possesses arms.

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References

 
  1. ^ N [70] A Crack in the World
  2. ^ N [70R] Together We Are Unstoppable
  3. ^ Chrono-Lord Deios (Dawn of the Infinite)
  4. ^ a b c B [60-62] Whispers on the Winds
  5. ^ Scalecommander Azurathel#Quotes:
    Dervishian says: Did... did you ask Nozdormu how long we slept?
    Scalecommander Emberthal says: Nearly twenty thousand years.
  6. ^ Taliesin & Evitel Interview with Steve Danuser & Morgan Day - "[Neltharion was experimenting on dracthyr] until they were ready, until the time was right. Unfortunately, the time never ended up being right because of Raszageth's sneak attack on the Reach and all the events that followed and the war that broke out as a result of that."
  7. ^ Legacies Chapter Three
  8. ^ a b N [70R] Together We Are Unstoppable
  9. ^ Tarjin the Blind#Quotes - The Magma Pact
  10. ^ The Storm-Eater's Fury
  11. ^ Secrets of the Reach
  12. ^ Opening the Way

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