This article contains lore taken from Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, the manuals, and/or official bonus maps.
| Talnivarr the Sleeper | |
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| Gender | Male |
| Race | Nathrezim |
| Affiliation(s) | Formerly Burning Legion |
| Status | Alive |
| Relative(s) | Sinstralis of the Pain, Destroyer Zardikar (sparring partners) |
Talnivarr the Sleeper was a Nathrezim gladiator, along two other demons, Sinstralis of the Pain and Destroyer Zardikar. He was accompanied by a group of undead archers. The trio resided in the Outland Arena waiting for challengers. After the Third War the beastmaster Rexxar, Cairne Bloodhoof, Rokhan and Chen Stormstout came across a portal to the arena while traveling through Dustwallow Marsh. They fought Talnivarr in order to gain access to his library of intelligence tomes.
Statistics in Warcraft III of Talnivarr the Sleeper at Level 15
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| Talnivarr the Sleeper' abilities in Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. | ||||||||||
Talnivarr the Sleeper is an extremely powerful Dreadlord
- 3900 HP (+239% more than a regular dreadlord)
- 1110 MP (+83% more than a regular dreadlord)
- 278-288 hero melee damage (+ 1055% more than a regular dreadlord)
- 12 hero armor (+100% more than a regular dreadlord)
- Attributes
- 76 Strength primary attribute (+81% more than a regular dreadlord)
- 58 Agility (+132% more than a regular dreadlord)
- 74 Intelligence (+85% more than a regular dreadlord)
- Abilities
- Carrion Swarm (multiple target damage in a line)
- Sleep (puts target to sleep)
- Trueshot Aura (aura that gives ranged units +X damage)
- Rain of Chaos (Summons several infernals from the sky which are different than regular ones)
Note:Talnivarr the Sleeper is at level 15 whereas all other dreadlords' maximum level is 10.
Statistics of Talnivarr the Sleeper's Infernal
- 2000 HP (+33% more than a regular infernal)
- 45-55 chaos melee damage (-9% less than a regular infernal)
- 6 heavy armor (same as a regular infernal)
Talnivarr outside Warcraft 3
Talnivarr is also the name of a World of Warcraft Realm. It is believed to have its name from this dreadlord.