Hakkar the Soulflayer

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Hakkar the Soulflayer offered the desperate Gurubashi trolls terrible power in return for blood and sacrifice. His demands divided the jungle empire and helped drive the Atal'ai priesthood into exile. Deep within the Sunken Temple, his followers continued their efforts to bring their god into Azeroth. The struggle against Hakkar explains both the ruin of ancient troll power and the enduring danger of the blood god's worshippers.

Hakkar the Soulflayer grants the Gurubashi power for sacrifice and demands ever greater numbers of souls in exchange. The Gurubashi face Hakkar-worshipping fanatics; the Atal’ai eventually retreat to the Sunken Temple. Atal'Hakkar, Zul'Farrak and the ancient ruins of Zul'Gurub attest to troll history at the 1.1 starting state. The Zul'Gurub raid campaign is not yet part of this chronology. The Atal'ai faction accepts Hakkar's demand to bring him into Azeroth, horrifying other Hakkari priests and jungle trolls. Jungle trolls, Hakkari dissenters, and the Zandalari battle the Atal'ai, resisting Hakkar's attempt to enter the world.

The united trolls destroy Hakkar's avatar, devastate Zul'Gurub in the conflict, and drive the Atal'ai out of Stranglethorn. Surviving devotees secretly build the Temple of Atal'Hakkar far from their enemies. Despite having resisted Hakkar, many former Hakkari priests are executed or banished; survivors seek refuge with the Atal'ai and resume preparing a summoning. Ysera the Dreamer discovers plans to bring Hakkar fully into Azeroth and smashes the temple beneath the marshes; green dragons stand watch. Hakkar exploits Gurubashi desperation; the Hakkari and Atal'ai split; Zandalari join a revolt, and the exiled cults reunite. Hakkar's avatar is destroyed, but Atal'ai devotees survive; Ysera intervenes to bury their temple. Ysera intervenes to prevent the Atal'ai and Hakkari priests from restoring the bloodthirsty Hakkar to the world. The temple is buried beneath the Swamp of Sorrows and watched by green dragons.