Baltharak

Baltharak is the fourth and final boss encounter in Chapter 1: A World in Ruin of Trial by Felfire Story.

The player controls Aranna Starseeker.

Decks
The below classes are listed purely for reference, and have no effect on the boss' use of the cards during the battle.

Strategy
This is a battle of endurance. With a good variety of Demons and even a Hero Power that grants a HUGE source of healing and card draw when a Demon dies, Baltharak is no slouch as the final boss of Chapter 1. Due to the immense healing granted by his Hero Power, rushing Baltharak would be almost impossible. However, this powerful ability can be proven to become his own undoing. Your only focus here should be on survival, maintaining good board control, and picking up the most efficient trades possible with your minions. Dancing Swords in particular is great for its good stats and additional card draw for the boss. When his hand is full, use Coldlight Oracle at any given opportunity to mill out more minions from his deck. Slowly but surely, it'll reach to the point where you've killed every minion Baltharak could play, leaving him to take huge fatigue damage resulting from the increased card draw.

Dialogue
Before match
 * Illidan Stormrage
 * ''Our heroes brace and find their nerve: Before another's made to serve.

Introduction
 * Aranna Starseeker
 * ''Another one of those Rusted fiends... get back!
 * Baltharak
 * ''This orc is ours! But we'll take you too...

Emote Response
 * Baltharak
 * ''Was that a joke? I think it was a joke.

Idle
 * Baltharak
 * ''All is rust.
 * ''Good things come to those who wait, don't they? Heheh.
 * ''The Mag'har orcs are destined to serve the Rusted Legion.

Turn 1
 * Karnuk, Outcast
 * ''My people in this land reside... We're drowning in a rusted tide!

Boss cards
 * Baltharak
 * Entombed in Rust
 * ''Ahhh... What a refreshing soul.
 * Unstable Felbolt
 * ''Whoops. That one slipped.
 * Imprisoned Scrap Imp
 * ''Get out here already, imp!
 * Enhanced Dreadlord
 * ''Go on then. Destroy them.

Player's cards
 * Baltharak
 * Infectious Sporeling
 * ''Ugh. Yuck. Sporelings are so... slimy.
 * Sklibb, Outcast
 * ''Another one of those mushroom things... a tasty snack.

Karnuk, Outcast is summoned on the player's board
 * Aranna Starseeker
 * ''Awaken priest, rise up: We're here! We'll fight these rusted puppeteers.
 * Karnuk, Outcast
 * ''I will join you; we will hold fast! Together forever, we outcasts.

Death
 * Karnuk, Outcast
 * ''Thank you. This one has hunted me for weeks.
 * Aranna Starseeker
 * ''You don't seem like the other orcs here... who are you?
 * Karnuk, Outcast
 * ''I am Karnuk. I refused to join these Rusted fools and for that, they hunt me.

Lore
Baltharak is original to Hearthstone. He is a.


 * ''Nathrezim are intelligent and cunning demons who usually act as intelligence agents, interrogators and emissaries for the fiery lords of the, notably , as well as tacticians and lieutenants upon the field of battle in times of war. While they are powerful foes on the battlefield, they prefer to turn nations against each other through manipulation and guile. The nathrezim are merciless villains who feed upon the energies of mortal creatures. They utilize terror and subterfuge - often turning brother against brother as whole worlds fall before their dark influence. They are known to be extremely manipulative and masters of trickery; they sometimes refer to themselves as thal'kituun in their language, meaning "the unseen guests".


 * ''Their homeworld, Nathreza, found a similar fate to, as Illidan Stormrage obliterated a great part of it. The demon hunter believed that he caused a cataclysmic explosion by overloading the portal he had opened to Nathreza.


 * ''During the, some dreadlords served as the Lich King's jailors, at the behest of Kil'jaeden, and commanded the Plague of Undeath and the that swept through.

Trivia

 * Baltharak's idle quote, "All is rust", is a reference to Warhammer 40,000. The Traitor Space Marine Legion, the Thousand Sons, are noted for their battlecry of "All is Dust".

Patch changes

 * Added.