Lady Jaina Proudmoore is one of the main characters in the Warcraft franchise. She is a powerful human sorceress and the former leader of the Kirin Tor of Dalaran and the port-city of Theramore. She is the daughter of Daelin Proudmoore, the Lord Admiral and ruler of Kul Tiras. One of the most trustworthy members of the alliance and an accomplished sorceress, she leads their tropes against any threats that threaten the alliance and Azeroth itself. Recently, she has taken aggressive arms against the current Warchief of the Horde, Garrosh Hellscream for the destruction of Theramoore Isle.
She is voiced by Laura Bailey.
Personality[]
Jaina Proudmoore is the daughter of Daelin Proudmoore, ruler of Theramore, and one of the few humans that believe that peace can be attained between the two factions. During Warcraft III Jaina was introduced as a young and idealistic mage, and Arthas's former girlfriend. Unfortunately, she became unable to stomach his growing corruption, and at the advice of the mysterious Prophet she led a sizable human contingent to the lost continent of Kalimdor. After a series of battles Jaina formed an alliance with the Horde and Night Elves, and fought bravely in the final conflicts of the Third War. Afterwards, she and her people founded the island city of Theramore and sought peace with the Horde.
Despite quite possibly being the most reasonable human leader, things never seem to go Jaina's way. Some time after the battle of Mount Hyjal the navy of Kul Tiras, led by her father, took over Theramore and pushed for renewed war with the reformed Horde. Jaina, unable to convince her father that the Horde had changed, was forced to choose her peaceful ideals over her own family, and allowed the Horde's champion Rexxar into Theramore, where he killed her father. In spite of her experience and foresight she is very much the junior player in the modern Alliance, compared to Stormwind and its returned king Varian Wrynn. By the time of Wrath of the Lich King Jaina is more or less the sole Alliance leader (or at least the only one who gets any screentime) terribly interested in peace, actively defying Varian Wrynn when he seeks to wage war with the Horde.
Powers and abilities[]
The most powerful living archmage in Azeroth (with Khadgar being the only real competition), Jaina is usually a compassionate and kind lady who is not afraid to use her magic to both devastate her enemies and protect her people. Only lately has she been too destructive thanks to the mana-bombing of Theramore, but her elegance still remains even if it takes a turn to an eerily sinister elegance.
Quotes[]
| “ | Beware, beware the Daughter of the Sea. Beware, beware... of me. | „ |
| ~ Jaina before returning to the Alliance and Kul Tiras in the Fourth War. |
| “ | Never forget Theramore. | „ |
| ~ Jaina after the destruction of Theramore. |
| “ | My father once told me that peace was like a dream... Beautiful. Ephemeral. Unattainable. I didn't listen. No one listened. We've made kindling from our suffering. Stirred the embers of resentment. Just waiting for a single spark to set the whole world aflame. As the Alliance returns to forgotten kingdoms, the Horde seeks the might of an ancient empire. We cannot dream any longer. The time has come to call on allies willing to join the fight. To rally beneath the banners of a world at war. | „ |
| ~ Jaina Proudmore in the Battle for Azeroth features trailer. |
| “ | You spit on mercy? Then you will have none! You want carnage? Garrosh will get more blood then he ever bargained for! | „ |
| ~ Jaina, shortly after the Bombing of Theramore. |
Trivia[]
- Jaina was planned to die as part of a main story element in an early draft for Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, but that idea was scrapped as Arthas didn't need any more motivation to chase after Mal'Ganis than he already had. The love story between Jaina and Arthas was also planned to appear in the game, and Jaina may have also been planned to become a banshee, but it was scrapped as it was too similar to the story of Jim Raynor and Sarah Kerrigan from StarCraft. The banshee plot point was instead moved to Sylvanas Windrunner.
- Unlike the Kul Tirans in Battle for Azeroth including her own family, Jaina does not have a British accent. She explains this away in one of her on-click voice lines in Battle for Azeroth, saying that she had not even realized she had lost the accent. It was likely lost during her time in Dalaran.
- Jaina is the Hero (player character) for the Mage class in Hearthstone. Her flavor text reads: "The Kirin Tor's leader is a powerful sorceress. She used to be a lot nicer before the Theramore thing."
- Jaina's drastic personality change gave rise to the largely tongue-in-cheek theory that she is, or was at one point replaced with, one of the nathrezim. Jesse Cox popularized this theory at various BlizzCons and his YouTube series, sparking a lot of ironic (and some earnest) support for it within the community. Evidence ranging from her frequent changes in attitude to plot-convenient inconsistencies with her magical power - some cases as far back as Wrath of the Lich King - has been cited as "proof" that she is a subversive force in the Alliance. The "Jaina is a dreadlord" theory has even received nods from Blizzard; World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 2 redirects readers to "Jaina Proudmoore" if they look up "dreadlord" in the index. When outright asked if Jaina is a dreadlord, however, Alex Afrasiabi confirmed that she is not. In August 2017, Blizzard announced that Jaina in Heroes of the Storm would receive a Dreadlord skin as part of the then-upcoming "Call of Kel'Thuzad" event. This prompted Ion Hazzikostas to again confirm in an interview that Jaina is not a dreadlord, stating that Heroes of the Storm is not considered canonical and that the skin is simply paying homage to a community meme.
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