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Lore

 * ''The are a race of insectoid creatures based in southern . Different types of qiraji are referred to as castes and it seems to be that every caste has a leader who are under the command of the : Vek'nilash and Vek'lor. The three most notable castes are the, led by , s, led by , and , led by.


 * ''Not long after the troll empires divided the insectoid kingdom of the, the aqir split in half, one group going north and the other south; The aqir who traveled north reached the icy land that would become known as evolved a spider-like shape, founding the kingdom of , and eventually came to be known as nerubians; the aqir that traveled south ransacked and overthrew a titan research station near  and enslaved the tol'vir based there. Converting the research station into an extensive hive, they renamed themselves the qiraji and calling their new home.


 * ''The research station also held a darker secret; it had the secondary purpose of serving as the prison of C'Thun, one of the Old Gods who had reigned over primordial Azeroth before being cast down and imprisoned by the Titans. The arrival of the qiraji turned the station from a prison into a seat of power - as the aqir had worshiped and served the Old Gods, so the qiraji chose to become the servants of C'Thun. The qiraji spent the next thousands of years building an army capable of exacting revenge upon the whole of Kalimdor.


 * ''A third group of aqir traveled further south to the land that would become known as . They became known as the mantid, and fought with the mogu servants of the s stationed there. Comments by suggest that the various descendants of the aqir were aware of each other and ruled much of  together prior to the.


 * ''At some point, the qiraji and the s of the were at brutal war. They failed to destroy  because of  who sacrificed himself and took dozens of the insectoid warriors with him cursing them as mindless scarabs.