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| - Harbinger Skyriss is one of the qiraji entities that the naaru kept locked up within the Arcatraz. He is a servant of the Old Gods and seeks to usher in his masters' vision of conquering all of the worlds in the universe. His plans were surprisingly rewarded when he was picked up by the naaru. He must have corrupted Warden Mellichar into releasing all the prisoners in the Arcatraz. Skyriss uses the same model as The Prophet Skeram, and appears as the 4th and final mob of a multi wave encounter in The Arcatraz wing of Tempest Keep. The encounter is begun by engaging Warden Mellichar. The warden will in turn open the four orbs along the walls of the room, and finally wake up Skyriss. There are two different varieties of each mini-boss. If the mini-bosses are killed quick enough, there's time for regeneration out of combat between them. The encounter can be reset by running out, after a certain wait time Mellichar will respawn, just like after a wipe. Many of the mini-bosses, as well as Skyriss himself, are based on classic World of Warcraft raid bosses.
- Harbinger Skyriss is a minor antagonist in the online game World of Warcraft. Skyriss makes his first (and only) appearance in the Arcatraz dungeon, a prison used by the Sha'tar to keep the universe's most fearsome prisoners contained. When players fight their way through the rioting prisoners, they make their way to the end room where the corrupt warden is preparing to free Skyriss from his magically cealed cell. While the warden is unlocking the cell, he releases four other prisoners in the process, one of which was an innocent Gnome who accidentally found himself locked in one of the cells. The three other hostile prisoners were killed, while the Gnome named Milhouse Manastorm prepared for the final battle. Skyriss was released, and killed his warden on the spot. He gave a short speech about his superiors, and finally engaged the player and Manastorm. Skyriss split in three, creating two copies of himself. The copies were killed, however, and in the end Skyriss was defeated as well.
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