"I am neither Horde nor Alliance. What has either faction ever done for me?"
- For other appearances of Valeera Sanguinar, see Valeera Sanguinar (disambiguation).
Valeera Sanguinar represents the 
Rogue class in Hearthstone.
Lore
- Orphan. Thief. Gladiator. Assassin. Rogue.
Orphaned at a young age, the blood elf Valeera Sanguinar spent her youth stealing to survive. After being imprisoned for a failed theft, she was sold to Rehgar Earthfury, a trainer of fierce gladiators, who saw great fighting potential in Valeera. Rehgar grouped Valeera with the night elf druid Broll Bearmantle and a mysterious but fierce human male, who had no memory of who he was or how he arrived in orc territory.
After arriving in Orgrimmar, Valeera, Broll, and the human fought together out of necessity; otherwise they wouldn’t survive the gladiatorial contests in the ancient Dire Maul 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 Tauren tongue.
Eventually, the three unlikely allies escaped from their life of slavery. With help from 
Jaina Proudmoore and her advisor Aegwynn, 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 Stormwind! 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 Horde nor the Alliance, 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![1]
Hero Power
Functionality
- Main article: Alternate heroes
Once unlocked and selected for use, Valeera Sanguinar replaces Valeera Sanguinar whenever the player uses a Rogue deck, as well as:
- Comes with own portrait
- Has custom emotes
Flavor text
When viewed in the Collection, Valeera Sanguinar has the following flavor text:
Expert assassin. Deadly gladiator. Best knife skills in her cooking class, according to survivors.
Valeera Sanguinar, full art by Glenn Rane
Sounds
| Type | Transcript | |
|---|---|---|
| Attack | ▶️ | Here we go. |
| Death | ▶️ | <death sound> |
| Concede | ▶️ | I give up. |
| Error: Too many minions | ▶️ | I have too many minions. |
| Error: Generic | ▶️ | I can't do that. |
| Error: Hand already full | ▶️ | My hand is too full! |
| Error: Hero already attacked | ▶️ | I already attacked. |
| Error: Minion not ready | ▶️ | Give that minion a turn to get ready. |
| Error: Minion exhausted | ▶️ | That minion already attacked. |
| Error: Not enough mana | ▶️ | I don't have enough Mana. |
| Error: Need a weapon | ▶️ | I need a weapon. |
| Error: Can't target Stealthed minion | ▶️ | I can't play that. |
| Error: Can't play that card | ▶️ | I can't target Stealthed minions. |
| Error: Not a valid target | ▶️ | That's not a valid target. |
| Error: Must attack Taunt minion | ▶️ | A minion with Taunt is in the way. |
| Emote: Greetings [Lunar New Year] | ▶️ | Happy New Year. |
| Emote: Greetings [Fire Festival] | ▶️ | Happy Midsummer. |
| Emote: Greetings | ▶️ | The pleasure is mine. |
| Emote: GreetingsEmote: Greetings [Mirror] | ▶️ | It's all mine! Huh. |
| Emote: Greetings [Happy Halloween] | ▶️ | Happy Hallow's End. |
| Almost out of cards | ▶️ | I'm almost out of cards! |
| Start [Mirror] | ▶️ | I always do. |
| Unused: Greetings [Happy Noblegarden] | ▶️ | Happy Noblegarden. |
| Out of cards | ▶️ | I'm out of cards! |
| Emote: Oops | ▶️ | Mistakes were made. |
| Unused: Greetings [Pirate Day] | ▶️ | Yarrr! |
| Unused: Sorry | ▶️ | Sorry about that. |
| Start | ▶️ | Watch your back. |
| Emote: Thanks | ▶️ | Thank you. |
| ▶️ | Hmmm... | |
| ▶️ | I wonder... | |
| ▶️ | So many options... | |
| Emote: Threaten | ▶️ | I will be your death! |
| Running out of time | ▶️ | I must choose soon! |
| Emote: Well Played | <VO sound> | |
| Emote: Greetings [Holidays] | ▶️ | Happy Feast of Winter Veil. |
| Emote: Wow | ▶️ | Incredible. |
| Emote: Greetings [Happy New Year]Selection in Choose Your Hero | <VO sound> |
History
Removed emotes
| Type | Emote |
|---|---|
| Good game | Good Game. |
Trivia
- Valeera Sanguinar is voiced by Tara Platt and has artwork done by Glenn Rane.[2]
- 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 Mathias Shaw or
Edwin VanCleef (human male, already represented by both Anduin and Uther), or Garona Halforcen (a female half-orc, making the fifth orc hero).[3][4][5]
Gallery
Valeera Sanguinar alpha
Valeera and Broll Bearmantle
Valeera battling a draenei paladin
Valeera in World of Warcraft
Valeera in Heroes of the Storm
Patch changes
- 23.6.0.142295 (2022-06-27):
artist:toGlenn Rane.
- 5.0.0.12574 (2016-04-24):
- Wow emote added. Sorry emote no longer available.
- 4.2.0.12051 (2016-03-14):
- "Happy Feast of Winterveil." changed to "Happy Feast of Winter Veil."
- 4.1.0.10956 (2015-12-04):
- Winter Veil emote added.
- 4.0.0.10833 (2015-11-10):
- 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."
- 1.1.0.6024 (2014-07-22):
mechanics:AttackVisualType,DevStatetoAttackVisualType,DevState,HERO_POWER.
- 1.0.0.3645 (2013-08-12):
- Received new hero artwork.
- 1.0.0.3140 (2013-05-23):
- Added.
References[]
- ↑ Hearthstone Official Site: Valeera Sanguinar, the Rogue
- ↑ DeviantArt.
- ↑ Ben Brode on Twitter. (2014-10-25).
- ↑ Ben Brode on Twitter. (2014-01-02).
- ↑ Ben Brode on Twitter. (2014-01-02).
