Chronormu
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- This article is Chronormu's character biography. For in-game appearances see Chromie, Chromie (Wyrmrest), and Chromie (Stratholme Past).
 Chronormu (Chromie)
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| Occupation | Temporal investigator, Ambassador |
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| Status | Alive |
Chronormu is a bronze dragon. As a member of the bronze dragonflight, Chronormu seeks to maintain and restore various timelines of importance in Azeroth's recent history. Chronormu's perfered guise when dealing with mortals is Chromie, a charismatic female gnome.
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Andorhal
- Main article: Chromie
Andorhal was the site of some diabolical experiments by the Scourge. But when they started tampering with time, the bronze dragonflight sent Chronormu to investigate. Chronormu set up base of operations in the Andorhal inn, creating a time pocket in a single room. There, operating from another time, free of the Scourge's infestation, Chronormu could investigate without contaminating the timeline.
Uncommonly sociable for a bronze dragon, Chronormu took the form of a female gnome named Chromie. The bronze enlisted the aid of adventurers to assist, sending them to root out Temporal Parasites which were interfering with auguration. To maintain the pocket universe, Chromie needed trinkets of time from the ruins of Andorhal. In return for these, Chromie crafted dampeners attuned to Araj, the lich who ruled over the broken city. When activated in his presence, they severely reduced the effectiveness of his spells, and played an instrumental role in his downfall.
The more time spent with these mortals, the more sympathetic the bronze agent became with their desperate plight, and mourned the losses to the Scourge. When Carlin Redpath, hoping to undo the curse on the soul of his brother, heard about the strange little gnome, he sent his friends to speak with her, equipped with Joseph's wedding ring. Upon receiving the ring, Chromie immediately knew much of Joseph — that he was a great man who had suffered an unspeakable tragedy, and knew it was too late to save him in the present, but not in the past. Sending Carlin's agents into the ruins of Andorhal, they uncovered records detailing the fall of Darrowshire, and the corruption of Joseph Redpath.
To help him, relics from that battle were needed. With Carlin's help, relics belonging to the heroes and villains of Darrowshire were assembled. Also needed were remains of many Scourge who participated in the battle, found by the use of a resonating crystal that could discern which of the Scourge in the Plaguelands had been there. When all these were assembled, they were brought to Chromie, who cast a spell of time upon them, and bid Carlin's friends to return to Darrowshire and place the bag of relics in the centre of town. Chromie's spell would raise the spirits of The Battle of Darrowshire, and they would reenact a pantomime of that tragic battle. Chromie could only guide the mortals to their paths, not lead the way for them, and so Chromie bid Carlin's friends good luck, and returned to the investigations of Andorhal.
Wyrmrest
- Main article: Chromie (Wyrmrest)
Chromie also acts as the bronze dragonflight's ambassador at Wyrmrest Temple as a part of The Wyrmrest Accord. Chromie sends willing adventurers out into the Dragonblight to investigate the origins of the infinite dragonflight at the Bronze Dragonshrine.
At Wyrmrest, Chromie gives players the quest 
[75] Mystery of the Infinite and [80] Mystery of the Infinite, Redux to divine the true identity of the leader of the infinite dragonflight.
Stratholme Past
- Main article: Chromie (Stratholme Past)
Chromie has also been spotted a few years in the past, just prior to the third war, during the Culling of Stratholme. Chromie seeks adventurers to assist in guaranteeing the proper continuation of the events that occoured there when the young prince Arthas of Lordaeron made his fateful decision, against the interference of the Infinite Dragonflight.
Naming Trivia
- Chromie follows the pattern of giving dragons names that reference their sphere of influence — "chron" is derived from the Ancient Greek "χρόνος", meaning "time". Chronos (not to be confused with Cronus or Kronos) was the god of time in Hellenistic works. Chronormu's nickname is more similar to "χρώμα", which references color.
- Interestingly, "ormu" is typical of the male bronze dragon, while "ormi" is typical of the female. So, Chronormu is either a male bronze dragon disguised as a female gnome, or an exception to this "rule".
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