Hemet Nesingwary (boss)


 * ''For the minion card of the same name, see Hemet Nesingwary.

Hemet Nesingwary is an enemy boss encountered during the game's introductory tutorial.

Special cards
In addition to regular cards, this boss may also play or generate the following special cards.

Hemet's cards
Hemet Nesingwary always draws his cards in the following order:
 * Starting card 1 - Crazed Hunter
 * Starting card 2 - Crazed Hunter
 * Starting card 3 - Fen Creeper
 * - Raid Leader
 * - Frostwolf Grunt
 * - Arcane Shot
 * - Razorfen Hunter
 * - Arcane Shot
 * - Raid Leader
 * - Sen'jin Shieldmasta
 * - Crazed Hunter
 * - Goldshire Footman
 * - Frostwolf Grunt
 * - Razorfen Hunter
 * - Gnomish Inventor
 * - Sen'jin Shieldmasta
 * - Fen Creeper
 * - Goldshire Footman
 * - 27. - Crazed Hunter

Jaina's cards
The player always draws cards in the following order.
 * Starting card 1 - Stonetusk Boar
 * Starting card 2 - Polymorph
 * Starting card 3 - Sen'jin Shieldmasta
 * Starting card 4 - Nightblade
 * 1) - Wolfrider
 * 2) - Raid Leader
 * 3) - Goldshire Footman
 * 4) - Stonetusk Boar
 * 5) - Arcane Explosion
 * 6) - Polymorph
 * 7) - River Crocolisk
 * 8) - Sen'jin Shieldmasta
 * 9) - Bloodfen Raptor
 * 10) - Arcane Intellect
 * 11) - Fireball
 * 12) - River Crocolisk
 * 13) - Novice Engineer
 * 14) - Magma Rager
 * 15) - Voodoo Doctor
 * 16) - Boulderfist Ogre
 * 17) - Arcane Intellect
 * 18) - Voodoo Doctor
 * 19) - Novice Engineer
 * 20) - Boulderfist Ogre
 * 21) - Raid Leader
 * 22) - Arcane Explosion
 * 23) - Goldshire Footman
 * 24) - Murloc Raider
 * 25) - Bloodfen Raptor
 * 26) - Wolfrider

Dialogue
Introduction
 * Hemet: Aren't you a pretty lass?
 * Jaina: Watch your tongue.
 * Hemet: Eh? Nobody talks to ol' Hemet like that!

Starting hand
 * Hemet: Ha! I go first!
 * Jaina: But I get an extra card.
 * Hemet: Oh good! 'Cause you'll need it!

Turn 1
 * Hemet: This reminds me of the time I was stalking the great tiger Bangalash.

Jaina's Stonetusk Boar
 * Hemet: A beast! I'll make a trophy of it!

Shotgun Blast appears
 * Hemet: '''Yer probably used to fightin' against minions.
 * Hemet: '''HEMET FIGHTS HIS OWN BATTLES!
 * * Fireblast appears *
 * Jaina: I have some tricks of my own, dwarf.

Shotgun Blast/Hemet's Turn 3
 * Hemet: Haha! Shotgun!

Jaina's Turn 3/Crazed Hunter
 * Jaina: One health? A perfect target.

Hemet's Turn 4
 * Hemet: Have you read me book, The Green Hills of Stranglethorn?

Hemet's Turn 5
 * Hemet: Maybe I should go back to writing.

Hemet's Turn 6/Fen Creeper
 * Hemet: Bow down before mah HUGE bog creature!
 * Jaina: I need to find a way to neutralize that thing.

Polymorph on the Fen Creeper
 * Hemet: '''That's no fair!

Polymorph on subsequent targets
 * Hemet: '''Ah! Come on!

Playing a second Beast
 * Hemet: '''I'll skin that beast! I need a new scarf.

Playing a third Beast
 * Hemet: '''Aye, thanks fer bringin' me a wee snack!

Playing a fourth Beast
 * Hemet: '''Ahh, the hunt!

Mission screen
 * Jaina: '''That's the end of your safari, Nesingwary

Other quotes
 * Hemet: '''This would never have happened back in Stranglethorn!
 * Hemet: '''But you're just a wee scrap of a girl!
 * Jaina: '''Should I deal 1 damage to a minion, or Nesingwary?

Lore

 *  is a quest giver and game hunter seen in, and . Considered the greatest hunter on Azeroth, he leads safaris to hunt the wildlife of Azeroth and beyond, and is the author of ''. He is generally to be found in the wild, camped out with a group of fellow hunters, surrounded by a variety of grizzly trophies collected from the native game of the area. Nesingwary and his cohorts tutor adventurers on the hunting and trapping of wild creatures.


 * ''Hemet fought in many battles alongside 's father, and has been described by his servant as a war hero of the . Nesingwary is the father of, who has taken over some of his father's duties in  in order to allow him to focus on new and even more exotic game in newly discovered lands.

Trivia

 * Although Hemet says, "...you'll need [your extra card]," it is not difficult to win without ever playing either the fourth card in the opening hand (Nightblade) or the right-most card in the hand.
 * Until the Goblins vs Gnomes expansion, Hemet Nesingwary was the only tutorial boss who did not also appear as a Legendary card.
 * The name "Hemet Nesingwary" is an anagram of, a famous American author and journalist. Hemingway was known as an avid hunter, fisherman, and safari traveler, much like his Warcraft namesake.