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Allied Race
A special category of playable races in World of Warcraft that require specific unlock conditions. The Haranir are planned as an Allied Race for the Midnight expansion.
Azj-Kahet
The broader region where Harandar is located, within Khaz Algar. This area contains multiple zones and environments, with the Haranir homeland being situated in its western regions.
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Bat Caverns
Specialized areas within Harandar designed for Haranir in their bat forms, featuring complex three-dimensional navigation routes and communal roosting spaces.
Bat Form Transformation
The signature racial ability of the Haranir, allowing them to transform into large, quilled bats. This provides enhanced mobility, brief flight capabilities, and improved stealth detection.
Boundary Guards
Specialized Haranir who focus on maintaining the magical barriers around Harandar and monitoring for external threats to their hidden realm.
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Canopy Cities
Elevated settlements built directly into the massive branches of the World Tree roots in Harandar, serving as the primary living spaces for most Haranir communities.
Canopy Wardens
A Haranir faction focused on aerial surveillance and guardian duties, particularly those who primarily operate in bat form for reconnaissance and defense.
Collective Consciousness
Theoretical form of shared awareness among the Haranir, possibly created by their oath system, allowing for instant communication and coordination across vast distances.
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Dark Troll
One of the ancestral races theorized to be part of Haranir evolutionary heritage, contributing physical characteristics such as tusks and jungle adaptation abilities.
Dual Nature Philosophy
Central Haranir belief that they are equally valid in both humanoid and bat forms, with the transformation representing different expressions of the same identity rather than becoming something else.
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Elun'Ahir
A legendary World Tree with potential connections to Haranir origins, possibly the original tree they were meant to guard before the current root convergence system.
Environmental Attunement
Passive Haranir racial trait that enhances their interaction with natural environments, providing benefits such as faster movement through difficult terrain and reduced fall damage in forests.
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Forest Camouflage
Advanced Haranir technique allowing them to create areas of magical concealment that can hide not just themselves but entire groups from detection.
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Great Oath
The sacred magical commitment that binds all Haranir to secrecy and guardianship, established approximately 12,000 years ago in response to an ancient threat. Breaking this oath has severe cultural and magical consequences.
Greenspeaker
Spiritual leaders within Haranir society who combine religious authority with practical magical expertise, particularly in communication with plant life and natural forces.
Greenspeaker Covenant
A Haranir faction focused on nature magic and ancient knowledge, offering reputation rewards and unique items to players who gain their trust.
Growing Gardens
Carefully tended areas within Harandar where Haranir cultivate plants for food, medicine, tools, and clothing, demonstrating advanced botanical manipulation and magical horticulture.
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Hannan
A notable Haranir character representing the practical, day-to-day aspects of guardian duties, ensuring theoretical principles translate into effective protection and maintenance.
Harandar
The primordial jungle homeland of the Haranir, located in western Azj-Kahet within Khaz Algar. This magical realm serves as the convergence point where the roots of multiple World Trees meet.
Haranir
A secretive Allied Race serving as guardians of the World Tree root convergence. Shapeshifting beings capable of transforming into large, quilled bats, with deep connections to nature magic and bound by ancient oaths of secrecy.
Hidden Guardianship
The Haranir philosophy that true protection sometimes requires remaining unseen and unknown, emphasizing preventive action and sacrificial anonymity for the greater good.
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Integration Model
Magical theory explaining Haranir shapeshifting as both forms existing simultaneously within their biological structure, with transformation being selection of which configuration to express rather than external magical alteration.
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Khaz Algar
The larger geographical region containing Azj-Kahet and ultimately Harandar, representing a significant area in the Midnight expansion's content.
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Living Armor
Haranir defensive technique where they encourage plants to grow rapidly over their bodies, creating natural armor that doesn't impede their connection to nature magic and can regenerate during combat.
Lorekeepers
Haranir specialists responsible for preserving ancient knowledge and history, often through their unique ability to read information stored within World Tree roots.
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Memory Echoes
Permanent impressions left by significant events in Harandar, perceivable by those sensitive to magical emanations, creating a landscape rich with historical information.
Memory Walkers
Theoretical Haranir subspecialty focused on extracting and interpreting historical information from the World Tree root network and environmental memory echoes.
Midnight Expansion
The upcoming World of Warcraft expansion where the Haranir will be introduced as a playable Allied Race, marking their emergence from millennia of secrecy.
Morphic Fields
Theoretical magical construct that Haranir may possess, defining both their humanoid and bat configurations, with shapeshifting being a matter of switching between field patterns.
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Na'layro
Greenspeaker Na'layro, a spiritual leader within Haranir society who combines religious authority with advanced nature magic and plant communication abilities.
Nature's Camouflage
Passive Haranir racial ability providing enhanced stealth in natural environments and reduced chance to be dazed when attacked from behind.
Ney'leia
A notable Haranir individual representing aspects of community life and social diversity within their secretive society.
Night Elf
One of the ancestral races theorized to contribute to Haranir evolution, providing characteristics such as ear structure, druidic magical affinity, and spiritual connection to nature.
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On'hiea
A community representative within Haranir society, likely fulfilling specialized functions in training, education, or cultural preservation.
Orweyna
The most prominently featured Haranir character in current lore, representing those forced to interact more directly with the outside world and serving as a cultural bridge between Haranir society and other races.
Outer Veil
The border region where Harandar meets normal reality, heavily camouflaged and protected by Haranir magic, appearing to outsiders as impassable undergrowth or empty space.
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Primordial Jungle
The type of ancient, magically-enhanced forest environment that Harandar represents, containing features not found in ordinary forests such as impossible tree configurations and reality-responsive vegetation.
Primordial Resilience
Passive Haranir racial trait providing resistance to corruption, void damage, and reality-warping effects, reflecting their connection to ancient protective magic.
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Quilled Bats
The specific bat form that Haranir transform into, characterized by defensive quills that remain even in their transformed state, serving protective, sensory, and identification purposes.
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Root Binding
Haranir legal consequence for serious oath violations, involving temporary severing of the violator's connection to the community and shapeshifting abilities until renewed commitment is demonstrated.
Root Chambers
Underground or partially underground spaces in Harandar where the most ancient and powerful World Tree roots are accessible, serving as libraries, temples, and meeting halls for important ceremonies.
Root Keepers
Theoretical Haranir subspecialty focused on direct maintenance and protection of the World Tree root systems, working closely with the convergence point's most sensitive areas.
Root Memory
Active Haranir racial ability allowing them to extract historical information from ancient plant life, particularly the World Tree root network, revealing hidden information about their surroundings.
Root Reading
The unique Haranir ability to "read the history of an ancient by reading the rings of wood in their roots," a form of temporal magic providing access to historical information stored in the World Tree system.
Root Wardens
Specialized Haranir responsible for protecting specific areas and maintaining the World Tree root systems, combining practical guardian duties with magical expertise.
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Scouts
Haranir specialists who monitor the boundaries of their territory, gather intelligence about external threats, and serve as the early warning system for their hidden realm.
Shapeshifting
The innate Haranir ability to transform between their humanoid and bat forms, representing a fundamental aspect of their biology rather than learned magic.
Sky Wardens
Theoretical Haranir subspecialty of those who primarily operate in bat form for aerial surveillance and defense, specializing in flight-based guardian duties.
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Temporal Fluidity
A property of Harandar where time doesn't flow uniformly, with some areas experiencing accelerated time while others exist in temporal stasis, preserving ancient scenes exactly as they occurred.
Thorn Volleys
Haranir combat technique involving manipulation of thorn growth and projection from nearby plants, creating ranged attacks that appear to come from the environment itself.
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World Tree Root Convergence
The most significant feature of Harandar - the location where the root systems of multiple World Trees meet, creating a nexus of incredible magical importance and the primary focus of Haranir guardianship.
World Trees
Massive, magically significant trees whose root systems form a network crucial to Azeroth's magical and spiritual infrastructure, with their convergence point being the sacred charge of the Haranir.
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