Zal'thrax

The Black Empire
Born from the primordial ooze that seeped from the Old God, Yogg-Saron, the N’raqi who would be so named “Zal’thrax” would come to power as a formidable fighter amongst the ranks of the Black Empires armies. When the Titans descended upon Azeroth and saw that it was infected by Old Gods, N’raqi knew what was to come next, the Titans would send their armies of righteousness to purge his Masters from Azeroth and to wipe the World clean of any of their creations, Zal’thrax being one of those creations. It wasn’t long after the Titans came to Azeroth that armies of Stone Constructs and Metal Warriors that bristled with lightning would swarm across the whole of Azeroth, engaging in brutal battles that would echo throughout the course of history. Over the course of the Ordering, Zal’thrax’s legend would grow as he was credited with leading a splinter force of Old God Minions, winning battle after bloody battle with sheer brutality.

and superior tactics, especially by intimidating his Troops into fearing what their Commander, Zal’thrax would do to them if they failed to achieve victory or if they ran in the midst of battle.

Whilst the Ordering continued and the Black Empire lost ground, Zal’thrax’s battles became less and less satisfying as with each battle that he achieved victory, the cost got higher and higher until any victory became shallow due to Zal’thrax’s inability to maintain the Black Empires holdings that he was charged with protecting, not with such dwindling numbers and the risk of his Troops failing to be motivated due to their fear of the Keepers and their Stormforged Armies. At the final battle of his Campaign, Zal’thrax came to feel the true sting of defeat when his small force was annihilated by the Titans Armies, Zal’thrax being the only one to escape and to which he fled into the deep places of the Earth where for the next countless millennia, the slumbering N’raqi would wait for the day he knew would come that his Masters would rise again.

War of the Spider
It was not until several thousand years later that Zal’thrax would awaken from his slumber and unleash his full might again. During the War of the Spider, the Nerubians, descendants of the Aqir, would engage in a bitter war with the newly conceived Scourge, the war lasting for a long time with suffering being inflicted on both sides, losses getting higher and higher with each passing day until the Scourge marched upon the Nerubians Kingdom of Azjol-Nerub, this signalling the final defeat that was drawing near, the end of the Nerubian Empire which had stood for countless centuries. The desperate Nerubians after the loss of their King, decided to dig deeper and deeper into the Earth in order to make up for territory they had lost to the Scourge, however the inept Nerubians did not anticipate that they would dig too deep and stumble upon the servants of the Old Gods, armies of innumerable numbers of N’raqi who marched from their feld prisons and endless slumber, attacking the Nerubians without mercy, without quarter, Zal’thrax among them as he would lead many to battle. With the N’raqi now attacking the Nerubians, the Nerubians faced a war on two fronts which quickly ended in the Nerubian Empires greatest defeat, marking the end of their Empire. Zal’thrax and many of his kind, they would remain in the Old City of the fallen Nerubian Empire, taking up residence in the Capital so deep beneath the Earth where they would feel closer to their Master than if they dwelled upon the surface.

Wrath of the Lich King
Several years later when the Lich King started his new campaign against the living which brought the living to the shores of Northrend, Yogg-Saron finally found a way to be free from his prison, once the Old Gods machinations came to fruition, he would call upon his Servants to muster and prepare for the dawn of a new age, an age of a reborn Black Empire. Though Zal’thrax found his Master's optimism somewhat misplaced due to starting a campaign in the midst of four massive and heavily prepared armies, Zal’thrax still obeyed without question, taking once more to the field and conquering village after village, town after town, all falling to the ruthless onslaught of the Remnants of the Black Empire. It was not until the Kirin Tor conscripted the Champions of Azeroth that the Remnants of the Black Empire would begin to lose ground, their holdings being taken and their troops feld rapidly unlike anything they had ever seen, their Troops were being massacred or imprisoned. While the War continued to draw out for a short period of time, Zal’thrax knew that Yogg-Sarons optimism was misplaced and his longing for a War very unwise, Zal’thrax resolved to leave the doomed Old God and his ilk in favor of a more suitable Master, one who’s cunning and endless machinations were far more suited to Zal’thrax, he found that Master in N’zoth.

Rise of Ny'alotha
With the World afire with news of Yogg-Sarons defeat, Zal’thrax transversed the high seas in search of N’zoth’s prison, Zal’thrax eventually happening upon it deep in the Ocean off the coast of the Eastern Kingdoms, Zal’thrax conversing with the Old God who Zal’thrax pledged his services to for all eternity. N’zoth accepted his offer and sent Zal’thrax to Ny’alotha to await further instructions as for the moment, Zal’thrax’s military prowess was not needed for the intricate manipulations that N’zoth had planned. It was not until the Blood War that N’zoth would call Zal’thrax back into service, dispatching the Ancient N’raqi to advise the Armies of Queen Azshara but remain in the shadows as to not give the Champions of Azeroth so far an insight as to what the Naga were really behind. When the Heroes of Azeroth came to the Eternal Palace, Zal’thrax knew that the hour of freedom was nigh, Zal’thrax fleeing from the Palace and heading to the Last Prison where he waited in the pitch black bottom of the Sea, awaiting his Masters return. With Azshara’s final breath, N’zoth was released and Zal’thrax felt the power of a God coursing through his mind, the whispers and visions of the Black Empires return filled Zal’thrax with renewed hope, Zal’thrax promptly opening a rift and traveling back to Ny’alotha while his Master worked on breaking the minds of his enemies.

Zal’thrax waited in Ny’alotha for many months, mulling over endless strategies to bring the whole of Azeroth to its knees, strategies he knew he’d likely never use but it was something to pass the time until he was called to the front again. Zal’thrax never knew why he heard a whisper telling him to return to Ny’alotha, why he wasn’t out there breaking his enemies, though it wasn’t long until Zal’thrax figured out why he was here, N’zoth all along had been trying to lure the Champions of Azeroth into Ny’alotha and that Zal’thrax would be needed here to insure the success of the machinations that N’zoth had spent countless millennia weaving. Now, Zal’thrax awaits the coming of the Champions with an eagerness to finally face them and put the upstart mortal creatures in their place.

Adventure with Ozugam
On a distant Planet in the Void, Ozugam the Bespoiled summoned Zal'thrax from Ny'alotha to which Ozugam requested Zal'thrax's help in quelling a powerful foe, a renegade Void Entity of Old God level proportions in power who had gone rogue. While on their Quest, Zal'thrax and Ozugam quelled many of the Renegade Void Entities most powerful Lieutenant's and Defenders, Zal'thrax absorbing their essence and forming them into Nine Orbs of Power which he crystalized and created what he calls "The Nine Omens of Doom", powerful Crystalline Gems, Six he kept and Three he gave to Ozugam as a reward, both of them becoming greatly empowered to levels hither to undreamt of, the reason for Zal'thrax not keeping them himself would be unclear but to Zal'thrax it is so that neither would be tempted to think themselves above their cause and have the power to back up that belief.

The Evolution of Zal'thrax
In the distant reaches of the Void, the indeterminably powerful entity named "Ur'Glamos" had heard the news that under the leadership of Zal'thrax, Ur'Glamos's rival was dealt a crippling blow by Zal'thrax and his allies, Ur'Glamos pleased with this, granted Zal'thrax his greatest desire, that desire was to evolve. With the insurmountable power that Ur'Glamos commanded, the Entity shattered Zal'thrax's form by forcing him to shed it, causing Zal'thrax unfathomable agony yet when his old form shed his new one was revealed. Zal'thrax's ultimate evolution was having been turned into a C'Thrax, his evolution complete and his power heightened greatly and filled with the will to dominate more brutally than he had as the Breaker of the Descendants of the Aqir.