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An '''immortal''' is a being who possesses immortality. Immortality is a state of changelessness of varying degrees which ranges from resistance to normal causes of death to complete immunity.

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== Official Warcraft Encyclopedia ==

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This item is a quest reward from [[Quest:Matis the Cruel]].

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Verbatim from the [[Warcraft Encyclopedia]] <ref>{{ref web|url=http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/encyclopedia/442.xml|title=Immortals|work=[[Warcraft Encyclopedia]]|publisher=[[Blizzard Entertainment]]}}</ref>:

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:Many '''immortal and near-immortal creatures''' exist in [[Warcraft]]. A number of these creatures are fundamentally incorporeal beings, but others lead a primarily physical existence.

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:;The Nature of Immortality

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:Immortals in Warcraft are generally resistant to sickness and injury, but immortality does not confer invulnerability. Immortal beings can still be wounded and even killed. Indeed, many immortals have perished over the course of recorded history, particularly during the [[War of the Ancients]]. The death of an immortal is just as real as any mortal death and, barring a few extraordinary cases, just as permanent.

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:What, then, does the term immortality mean in Warcraft? Immortal creatures essentially stop aging when they reach adulthood, and thus, they cannot die merely from old age. In addition, they tend to be more powerful than most mortal creatures, although this tendency does not always hold true. Even godhood itself is no guarantee of superior might. Consider the titans' defeat of the [[Old Gods]]. The [[titans]] are not gods, but their vast power allowed them to imprison the Old Gods far below the surface of [[Azeroth]].

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[[Image:nightelves-160x.jpg|thumb| The [[Night Elves]] were once immortal]]

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:Furthermore, immortality need not be a lasting state of affairs. The [[night elves]], for example, were immortal for thousands of years, but sacrificed their immortality during the [[Third War]]. Today they are a mortal race, and they are accordingly classified as such, rather than listed herein.

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:There are also quite a few races and individuals who have attained immortality after leading a mortal existence. Most [[demons]] in the [[Burning Legion]] were once mortal creatures.

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:Last but not least, there are creatures that can be considered nearly immortal. Technically these beings are mortal, but for one reason or other, they have a lifespan that greatly exceeds several millennia. Indeed, these mortal creatures might even be considered effectively immortal due to some external factor, as with [[Ysera]]'s consorts, who almost never emerge from the [[Emerald Dream]].

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== Night Elf Immortality ==

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[[Night elf]] lore suggests they were once immortal, but sacrificed this gift during their conflict with the demons of the Burning Legion. However, little lore exists to explain how they first gained immortality. Some tales hint that the night elves achieved some form of link between their spirits and the eternal world, but the details are not clear.<ref>{{ref web|url=http://www.blizzplanet.com/content/506/|title=World of Warcraft - Night Elves Lore|publisher=[[BlizzPlanet]]/[[Blizzard Entertainment]]|date=2006-03-25}}</ref> The early history of the night elves suggests their immortality was indirectly granted to them by the [[Titan]]s via the [[Well of Eternity]]. The early night elves gathered around the Well and its energies infused them as they built their civilization.<ref>{{ref web|url=http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/story/chapter1.html|title=Chapter I: Mythos, The Old Gods and the Ordering of Azeroth and The Waking World and the Well of Eternity|work=History of Warcraft|publisher=[[Blizzard Entertainment]]}}</ref> With the destruction of the Well, their resistance to death was lost also.

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Other stories credit [[Nozdormu]], the Timeless [[Dragon Aspect]] of the [[Bronze dragonflight]] who blessed the first [[World Tree]], [[Nordrassil]], with the gift. The connection between Nordrassil and immortality relies on the hint from the early myths that the Well of Eternity by itself only offered partial immortality while near it, while Nozdormu's blessing permeated any elves who where born among the first world tree's branches. The reasoning goes that the later world tree, [[Teldrassil]] lacked this blessing and that is why it would not allow the elves to regain their immortality from it. However, Nordrassil was also grown from the waters of the Well of Eternity and Teldrassil was not. Also, the promise of immortality associated with Teldrassil comes primarily from [[Fandral Staghelm]] and not from any divine beings.<ref>{{ref web|url=http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/encyclopedia/401.xml|title=Fandral Staghelm|work=[[Warcraft Encyclopedia]]|publisher=[[Blizzard Entertainment]]}}</ref> Nozdormu, perhaps tellingly, withheld his blessing due to Fandral's actions during the war against the [[Qiraji]] and so Teldrassil lacked another property of Nordrassil.<ref>{{ref web|url=http://www.wowinsider.com/2007/07/05/know-your-lore-fandral-staghelm/|title=Know Your Lore: Fandral Staghelm|author=Elizabeth Wachowski|publisher=[[WoWInsider]]|date=2007-07-05 11:00 AM}}</ref> Thus, Fandral's promise has yet to come true.

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== References ==

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-An '''immortal''' is a being who possesses immortality. Immortality is a state of changelessness of varying degrees which ranges from resistance to normal causes of death to complete immunity.
+|name=Vindicator's Iron Legguards
+|quality=uncommon
+|icon=inv_pants_03
+|bind=BoP
+|slot=Legs
+|type=Mail
+|armor=110
+|strength=4
+|stamina=3
+|durability=65
+|ilvl=17
+|sellprice=589
+|itemid=26033}}
+==Source==
-== Official Warcraft Encyclopedia ==
+This item is a quest reward from [[Quest:Matis the Cruel]].
-Verbatim from the [[Warcraft Encyclopedia]] <ref>{{ref web|url=http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/encyclopedia/442.xml|title=Immortals|work=[[Warcraft Encyclopedia]]|publisher=[[Blizzard Entertainment]]}}</ref>:
+==External links==
-:Many '''immortal and near-immortal creatures''' exist in [[Warcraft]]. A number of these creatures are fundamentally incorporeal beings, but others lead a primarily physical existence.
+<!-- Read http://www.wowpedia.org/Wowpedia:External_links before posting your links here.
+Links that do not conform to the rules will be DELETED.
+Repeat violations may result in a BAN.
+Have a nice day. :) -->
+{{elinks-item|26033}}
-:;The Nature of Immortality
+[[Category:World of Warcraft mail legs items]]
-:Immortals in Warcraft are generally resistant to sickness and injury, but immortality does not confer invulnerability. Immortal beings can still be wounded and even killed. Indeed, many immortals have perished over the course of recorded history, particularly during the [[War of the Ancients]]. The death of an immortal is just as real as any mortal death and, barring a few extraordinary cases, just as permanent.
+[[Category:World of Warcraft uncommon quest rewards]]
-:What, then, does the term immortality mean in Warcraft? Immortal creatures essentially stop aging when they reach adulthood, and thus, they cannot die merely from old age. In addition, they tend to be more powerful than most mortal creatures, although this tendency does not always hold true. Even godhood itself is no guarantee of superior might. Consider the titans' defeat of the [[Old Gods]]. The [[titans]] are not gods, but their vast power allowed them to imprison the Old Gods far below the surface of [[Azeroth]].
-[[Image:nightelves-160x.jpg|thumb| The [[Night Elves]] were once immortal]]
-:Furthermore, immortality need not be a lasting state of affairs. The [[night elves]], for example, were immortal for thousands of years, but sacrificed their immortality during the [[Third War]]. Today they are a mortal race, and they are accordingly classified as such, rather than listed herein.
-:There are also quite a few races and individuals who have attained immortality after leading a mortal existence. Most [[demons]] in the [[Burning Legion]] were once mortal creatures.
-:Last but not least, there are creatures that can be considered nearly immortal. Technically these beings are mortal, but for one reason or other, they have a lifespan that greatly exceeds several millennia. Indeed, these mortal creatures might even be considered effectively immortal due to some external factor, as with [[Ysera]]'s consorts, who almost never emerge from the [[Emerald Dream]].
-== Night Elf Immortality ==
-[[Night elf]] lore suggests they were once immortal, but sacrificed this gift during their conflict with the demons of the Burning Legion. However, little lore exists to explain how they first gained immortality. Some tales hint that the night elves achieved some form of link between their spirits and the eternal world, but the details are not clear.<ref>{{ref web|url=http://www.blizzplanet.com/content/506/|title=World of Warcraft - Night Elves Lore|publisher=[[BlizzPlanet]]/[[Blizzard Entertainment]]|date=2006-03-25}}</ref> The early history of the night elves suggests their immortality was indirectly granted to them by the [[Titan]]s via the [[Well of Eternity]]. The early night elves gathered around the Well and its energies infused them as they built their civilization.<ref>{{ref web|url=http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/story/chapter1.html|title=Chapter I: Mythos, The Old Gods and the Ordering of Azeroth and The Waking World and the Well of Eternity|work=History of Warcraft|publisher=[[Blizzard Entertainment]]}}</ref> With the destruction of the Well, their resistance to death was lost also.
-Other stories credit [[Nozdormu]], the Timeless [[Dragon Aspect]] of the [[Bronze dragonflight]] who blessed the first [[World Tree]], [[Nordrassil]], with the gift. The connection between Nordrassil and immortality relies on the hint from the early myths that the Well of Eternity by itself only offered partial immortality while near it, while Nozdormu's blessing permeated any elves who where born among the first world tree's branches. The reasoning goes that the later world tree, [[Teldrassil]] lacked this blessing and that is why it would not allow the elves to regain their immortality from it. However, Nordrassil was also grown from the waters of the Well of Eternity and Teldrassil was not. Also, the promise of immortality associated with Teldrassil comes primarily from [[Fandral Staghelm]] and not from any divine beings.<ref>{{ref web|url=http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/encyclopedia/401.xml|title=Fandral Staghelm|work=[[Warcraft Encyclopedia]]|publisher=[[Blizzard Entertainment]]}}</ref> Nozdormu, perhaps tellingly, withheld his blessing due to Fandral's actions during the war against the [[Qiraji]] and so Teldrassil lacked another property of Nordrassil.<ref>{{ref web|url=http://www.wowinsider.com/2007/07/05/know-your-lore-fandral-staghelm/|title=Know Your Lore: Fandral Staghelm|author=Elizabeth Wachowski|publisher=[[WoWInsider]]|date=2007-07-05 11:00 AM}}</ref> Thus, Fandral's promise has yet to come true.
-== References ==
-<references />
-[[Category:Lore]]