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| + | The '''Endless Hunger''' is a dark and forbidden spell that creates tentacles that devour sources of magic. The [[red dragon]] [[Korialstrasz]] - in his guise as Krasus of the [[Kirin Tor]] - attempted to probe the chateau of Lord [[Daval Prestor]] to find out more about this unusual man, and triggered the Hunger. The Hunger's energies cost Krasus the two smaller fingers on his left hand, but he was able to determine the true identity of "Lord Prestor".<ref>{{ref book |author= Knaak, Richard A. |authorlink= Richard A. Knaak |title = ''[[Day of the Dragon]]'' |isbn= 978-0-6710-4152-6 |pages= 93}}</ref> |
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| − | | name = Hamuul Runetotem |
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| − | | gender = Male |
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| − | | race = Tauren |
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| − | | character = [[Archdruid]] |
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| − | | affiliation = Confederated Tribes of the Tauren, [[Cenarion Circle]], [[New Council of Tirisfal]] |
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| − | | faction = Horde |
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| − | | occupation = Archdruid of the Tauren, leader of the Horde druids, Druid Representative on the New Council of Tirisfal |
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| − | | status = Alive |
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| − | | relatives = [[Elder Runetotem]] (ancestor), Shakuun Runetotem (paternal grandfather),<ref>''[[World of Warcraft: Stormrage]]'', p.169</ref> [[Bashana Runetotem]] (daughter) |
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| − | | mentors = [[Malfurion Stormrage]] |
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| − | | students = [[Lucan Foxblood]] |
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| − | | location = [[Elder Rise]], [[Thunder Bluff]]{{co|78|27|Thunder Bluff}} |
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| − | '''Hamuul Runetotem''' is the [[Archdruid]] of [[Thunder Bluff]] and a venerated leader of the [[tauren]] people. He is the highest-ranked tauren in the [[Cenarion Circle]], though the inclusion of tauren had incurred the ire of his [[night elf]] counterpart, [[Fandral Staghelm]], who believes that only night elves can be druids.<ref>''[[Lands of Mystery]]'', 22</ref> |
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| − | As many of his people do, Hamuul believes very much in the balance between nature and the races of [[Azeroth (world)|Azeroth]]. This was the reason that he sought out and befriended the mighty night elf [[Malfurion Stormrage]] during the recent invasion of the [[Burning Legion]], to request training in the druidic arts.<ref>''[[World of Warcraft: Stormrage]]'', p.168</ref> His new ''[[shan'do]]'' taught Hamuul many secrets of the wild and blessed him with the touch of nature. In the few years since that time, Hamuul has become an honored member of the (predominantly night elf) Cenarion Circle, and is recognized as the first tauren druid in nearly twenty generations.<ref>''[[Stormrage]]'', p.18</ref> Hamuul is a fierce supporter of Cairne Bloodhoof and teaches the ways of druidism to his honored brethren.<ref name="WoWM 184">''World of Warcraft manual'', 184</ref> |
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| − | ==Biography== |
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| − | Hamuul is a childhood friend of [[Cairne Bloodhoof]], and is one of the Grand Chief's strongest supporters.<ref name="WoWM 184" /> |
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| − | Hamuul has a daughter, [[Bashana Runetotem|Bashana]], who is a Cenarion Circle member like her father. |
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| − | Hamuul Runetotem is an elderly tauren who knows [[Naralex]] from years back, Hamuul lives in Thunder Bluff and trains druids. Quite old, he rarely leaves the city, but those that have seen his skills know that he is not to be trifled with. Sometimes some wonder if he’s past his prime, or even afraid of Naralex’s fate. He likely has enough power to help heal the caverns, but he claims he is too old to travel that far. He’s hesitant to travel by [[magic]] to the area, fearing the magic of the caverns will trap him the way Naralex was trapped. He sends new druids to [[Nara Wildmane]] in [[the Barrens]] when he feels they’re ready for further training.<ref>''[[Lands of Mystery]]'', 186</ref> |
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| − | Hamuul Runetotem lives in Thunder Bluff, where he is an important leader of his community. Considered by many of his peers as one of the most honorable and just druids in the world, Hamuul Runetotem is fervently dedicated to the Cenarion Circle and the protection of nature. Hamuul recently dreamed that there was a group of druids who were noble, but had lost their way. They had become servants of the taint seeping through the Barrens.<ref>''[[Dark Factions]]'', 131</ref> |
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| − | Hamuul appears briefly in the ''[[World of Warcraft: The Comic|World of Warcraft comic]]'', when [[Varian Wrynn|Varian]] and [[Broll Bearmantle|Broll]] are taken to [[Thunder Bluff]]. Following their victory over a rampaging earth elemental in the [[Pools of Vision]], Hamuul invites them to his tent where he recounts the legend of [[Lo'Gosh]]. He then grants them the gift of a [[hippogryph]] feather. Although Varian is confused about the usefulness of the gift, Broll understands what the archdruid had really given them. They use it to summon a hippogryph to them and flee their slavery. |
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| − | Much later, Hamuul becomes a part of the new [[New Council of Tirisfal|Council of Tirisfal]] as a representative of the druids. He aids them in their fight against [[Cho'gall]], being one of the many to give [[Med'an]] some of his power. Although a difficult fight, they are eventually able to claim victory. |
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| − | ===Stormrage=== |
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| − | Hamuul is a major supporting character in the novel ''[[Stormrage]]''. In the time since his first meeting with Broll, the two have become close friends. In fact, Broll considers the tauren his closest friend barring Varian and [[Valeera Sanguinar|Valeera]]. Hamuul is frequently Broll's confidante, especially in matters where the latter is troubled by disturbing visions and dreams. When [[Fandral Staghelm]] summons the strongest druids to [[Teldrassil]], Hamuul is surprisingly among them. He meets Broll after he lands, the two go together to the decided meeting spot. There, Fandral instructs the gathered that they would be aiding in the healing of the [[World Tree]], along with continuing to find a way to wake [[Malfurion Stormrage|Malfurion]]. Broll, however, starts to continually lose focus and lapse into vivid hallucinations. Hamuul covers him, pretending to speak with him in such episodes. He later suggests to Broll that the visions may have some meaning, as reluctant as his friend is to accept it. |
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| − | Hamuul's role in the story is minimal until the moment Broll suddenly decides to leave the congregation, pursuing an alternative means to save their teacher. Understanding that what his friend may be planning could have a greater effect than Fandral's own plans, the archdruid covers for his disappearance. However, Fandral is quick to discover the other's actions, and even finds that he had stolen the [[Idol of Remulos]]. Fandral gives Hamuul a disapproving look, believing the tauren had aided Broll in this, but does not say more. Nonetheless, it is enough for the other druids to shun the archdruid, save [[Naralex]] and a handful of others. In order to not cause trouble for his friends, Hamuul avoids conversation with them anyway. |
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| − | Following a break between attempts to heal Teldrassil, Hamuul decides to lay a hand on the tree itself. Shockingly, he is able to hear whispers from the tree, and not like the usual way druids listen to nature speak. He then realizes the World Tree is going mad, and attempts to tell the rest of the [[Cenarion Circle|Circle]] of this. Fandral, however, dismisses his claims, stating that it is only the old tauren's weariness as they all had been expending so much energy to heal the tree. Fandral then apologizes to him for silently condemning him for Broll's actions, and instructs Hamuul to rest earlier than the others. The tauren, however, is unconvinced his tired mind was playing tricks on him. |
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| − | Eventually, he discovers Fandral's duplicity, having been driven mad by the [[Emerald Nightmare]] and Teldrassil itself. [[Shandris Feathermoon]], Naralex, and he are silenced before they can act against him, as he easily overpowers them. Fortunately, Malfurion arrives not soon after, freeing the three as he fights Fandral. The three are then able to warn the other druids, who although not entirely believing them, are of reasonable enough mind to discover the truth themselves. Hamuul is, obviously, one of the first to immediately side with Malfurion, and later plays an important part in their final conflict against the Emerald Nightmare. While many of the others take their fight into the Dream, Hamuul stays awake to defend their bodies against the apparitions that appear in the waking world. After these events, Hamuul takes up the human [[Lucan Foxblood]] as his student to further assist him in utilizing his unique abilities. |
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| − | Following their hard fought victory, Hamuul is among the many to bear witness to the marriage of Malfurion and Tyrande. |
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| − | ===The Shattering: Prelude to Cataclysm=== |
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| − | In the novel [[The Shattering: Prelude to Cataclysm]], Hamuul and a group of Tauren druids set up a peace summit with Archdruid [[Elerethe Renferal]] and a group of Night Elf druids, in the hopes of reducing the rising tensions between the Horde and the Alliance, following the murder and skinning of a group of [[Sentinels]] in [[Ashenvale]]. A group of [[Twilight's Hammer]] orcs interrupted the [[druid]] summit and killed all the Night Elves. When [[Gorkrak]] identified himself as leader of the orc band, Hamuul questioned if [[Garrosh Hellscream]] had sent him to interrupt the summit. Gorkrak feigned ignorance of who Garrosh was and when Hamuul turned his back to him, he used the oppurtunity to shoot an arrow into his back. Satisfied that suspicion of the murders were being pinned on Garrosh, he ordered Hamuul to be buried with the corpses of the other dead druids and was left for dead. He crawled out the grave as the sole survivor of the summit and called out for an owl to inform [[Cairne Bloodhoof]] of what had transpired. |
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| − | '''Arch Druid Hamuul Runetotem''' is a level 62 [[quest giver]] located on [[Elder Rise]] in the [[tauren]] city of [[Thunder Bluff]]. |
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| − | *{{questlong|Horde|10|The Barrens Oases}} |
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| − | *{{questlong|Horde|16|Nara Wildmane}} |
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| − | *{{questlong|Horde|50|Un'Goro Soil (Horde)|Un'Goro Soil}} |
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| − | *{{questlong|Horde|50|Morrowgrain Research}} |
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| − | *{{questlong|Horde|55|Rabine Saturna (Horde)}} |
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| − | See [[List of Thunder Bluff NPCs]]. |
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| − | ===Cataclysm=== |
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| − | [[File:HamuulAfterLeyara.jpg|thumb|Hamuul after being attacked by [[Leyara]].]] |
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| − | [[File:HamuulRevitalized.jpg|thumb|Revitalized Hamuul in the [[Ragnaros]] encounter on the [[Firelands]] raid. (From the Encounter Journal)]] |
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| − | In Cataclysm, Hamuul Runetotem, along with [[Malfurion Stormrage]], will assist [[Ysera]] in protecting the recovering world tree [[Nordrassil]] from the resurgent [[Ragnaros]].<ref>http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/cataclysm/features/hyjal.html</ref> |
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| − | Hamuul assists in the freeing of [[Tortolla]], and succeeds in bringing the powerful ancient onto the side of the [[Guardians of Hyjal]]. He and Malfurion join with [[Cenarius]] in [[Sulfuron Spire]], and together push back Ragnaros into the [[Firelands]]. With the immediate threat dealt with, though Ragnaros still at large, Hamuul suggests that they confer with the leaders of the [[Horde]] and the [[Alliance]] to best plan their next move. |
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| − | Hamuul is attacked by a powerful [[Druids of the Flame|Druid of the Flame]], [[Leyara]], after her induction into their corrupted order by [[Fandral Staghelm]]. Leyara is elated with having supposedly killed the powerful Archdruid of Thunder Bluff, and leaves. Hamuul's body is later found by the Cenarion Circle, who quickly transports the Arch-druid - clinging onto life - to the [[Sanctuary of Malorne]]. Over time, Hamuul begins to recover his strength. |
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| − | Later, Leyara reappears and begins to chide Malfurion for his own weakness, noting that she will destroy him just as she did Hamuul. However, Malfurion only mentions that Hamuul is not dead at all, and a revitalized Hamuul himself disposes of her - wishing her to finally find peace in death. The two friends then retreat. |
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| − | ===Quotes=== |
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| − | *(In Sancutary of Malorne of Mount Hyjal) |
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| − | :Look at this devastation, <class>! Blood and ash, as far as the eye can see. |
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| − | :But nature is not so easily put down. With some effort, we may yet coax life from this scorched soil. |
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| − | :{{gossip|''Tell me about Tortolla.''}} |
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| − | ::Ah, Tortolla! Often misunderstood and always, always underestimated. Creatures who move effortlessly between land and sea look to Tortolla as their patron ancient. |
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| − | ::Ten thousand years ago the Burning Legion invaded Azeroth, and Tortolla was among the ancients who took to the field of battle alongside Cenarius and the mortal races. |
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| − | ::As the demon hordes crashed against the front lines of the beleaguered defenders, they didn't know what to make of Tortolla. At first they tried to ignore him, but his terrible weight and crushing jaws laid waste to hundreds... |
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| − | :{{gossip|''Then what happened?''}} |
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| − | ::Tortolla never fell. Eventually the greatest Doomguards of the legion surrounded him, but couldn't pierce his stony skin and invulnerable shell. Oh, how they raged! Tortolla held his ground and covered a final retreat, before the mortal races regrouped and managed to seal the portal and end the invasion. |
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| − | ::It was said that after the battle, Tortolla was found underneath a mountain of demon corpses. He shook the bodies free and his head emerged from the gore. Then, quietly, slowly... he asked if we had won. |
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| − | ::<Hamuul rests a hand on his stomach and bellows a deep, unselfconscious laugh.> |
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| − | ==Notes== |
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| − | *After the trying events in the novel ''[[Stormrage]]'', his light green eyes<ref>''[[Stormrage]]'', p.18</ref> are described as having become ''"not only strongly gold, but with a unique hint of emerald green at the edges"''. |
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| − | *Hamuul now has his own unique voice as of ''Cataclysm''. |
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| − | ==Gallery== |
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| − | File:HamuulTCG.jpg|Hamuul Runetotem in the TCG. |
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| − | File:Arch Druid Hamuul Runetotem.jpg|Hamuul from ''World of Warcraft''. |
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| − | File:Hamuul Runetotem Cataclysm.jpg|Hamuul Runetotem seen in Cataclysm. |
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| − | File:Hamuul Runetotem Cataclysm.png |
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| − | </gallery> |
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| − | * {{Hotfix|date=2011-04-29|bluenote=Arch Druid Hamuul Runetotem is no longer incorrectly visible at the Shrine of Malorne after players complete the quest Firefight while on the quest Aessina's Miracle.|link=http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/2690293}} |
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The Endless Hunger is a dark and forbidden spell that creates tentacles that devour sources of magic. The red dragon Korialstrasz - in his guise as Krasus of the Kirin Tor - attempted to probe the chateau of Lord Daval Prestor to find out more about this unusual man, and triggered the Hunger. The Hunger's energies cost Krasus the two smaller fingers on his left hand, but he was able to determine the true identity of "Lord Prestor".[1]