Valeera Sanguinar


 * ''For other appearances of Valeera Sanguinar, see Valeera Sanguinar (disambiguation).

Valeera Sanguinar represents the  class in Hearthstone.

Official overview

 * ''Orphan. Thief. Gladiator. Assassin. Rogue.

''Orphaned at a young age, the  spent her youth stealing to survive. After being imprisoned for a failed theft, she was sold to, a trainer of fierce gladiators, who saw great fighting potential in Valeera. Rehgar grouped Valeera with the   and a mysterious but fierce human male, who had no memory of who he was or how he arrived in  territory.

''After arriving in, Valeera, Broll, and the human fought together out of necessity; otherwise they wouldn’t survive the gladiatorial contests in the ancient arena. They quickly warmed up to each other. With Valeera’s speed, Broll’s shape-shifting prowess, and the human’s skill, the trio would conquer any gladiators they faced. The human even earned a name for himself: “Ghost Wolf,” or Lo’Gosh in the tongue.

''Eventually, the three unlikely allies escaped from their life of slavery. With help from Jaina Proudmoore and her advisor, they were able to dispel some of the dark magics blocking Lo’Gosh’s memories. Lo’Gosh was able to remember that he was in fact Varian Wrynn - the lost King of ! Together, the group journeyed to Stormwind to reclaim Varian’s rightful place on the throne.

''When they journeyed to Stormwind, they discovered that a doppelganger was acting as king in Varian’s place. The doppelganger king was being controlled and manipulated by one of his own advisors: Lady Katrana Prestor—the black dragon Onyxia in human form. Seeing her dark magic blocking Varian’s true memories had been pierced, Onyxia revealed her true form and attempted to destroy the heroes. After a fierce battle, Valeera, Varian, Broll, and others vanquished Onyxia and freed Varian’s son Anduin from the dragon’s clutches.

''With Stormwind’s rightful king on the throne, Varian offered Valeera and Broll honored places in Stormwind as his trusted advisors and bodyguards. Valeera accepted, but later made her intentions clear: She would serve neither the nor the, and her loyalties would lie only with Varian and Anduin. In Stormwind, Valeera finally had a place she could call home, alongside the friends she had grown to love.

''Valeera’s skills as a Rogue are nigh unmatched; her grace and dexterity allow her to easily flow from one opponent to the next in the heat of battle. Her Hero Power allows her to summon her favored weapons: A pair of wicked daggers.

''If you leave her an opening, Valeera can Eviscerate her opponent—or any minion that may stand in her way. Valeera’s fighting style capitalizes on her speed, commonly striking an opponent with a flurry of successive blows to bring them down. When she creates a card Combo, her class-specific Rogue attacks often strike for additional damage, or produce some other useful effect. Don’t take your eyes off this Rogue for a moment!

Quotes

 * "I am neither Horde nor Alliance. What has either faction ever done for me?"

Flavor text
When viewed in the Collection, Valeera has the following flavor text:
 * ''Expert assassin. Deadly gladiator. Best knife skills in her cooking class, according to survivors.

Sounds


Each hero has their own selection of audio and written emotes that are produced in response to specific events. For more information, see Emote.

Trivia

 * Valeera Sanguinar is voiced by Tara Platt.
 * Valeera was chosen to represent the rogue class partially in order to balance faction, race and gender representation across the cast of heroes. As a blood elf female, Valeera added diversity to the cast of characters, as opposed to options such as or Edwin VanCleef (human male, already represented by both Anduin and Uther), or  (a female half-orc, making the fifth orc hero).

Patch changes

 * Wow emote added. Sorry emote no longer available.
 * "Happy Feast of Winterveil." changed to "Happy Feast of Winter Veil."
 * Winter Veil emote added.
 * Mirror start emote added.
 * Taunt error message changed from "I must attack the minion with Taunt." to "A minion with Taunt is in the way."
 * Received some new hero artwork.
 * Received some new hero artwork.