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High Speaker Eirich is a minor antagonist in World of Warcraft: The War Within. He once served as the leader of the Machine Speakers, the Earthen faction tasked with maintaining Titan-machines, including the Awakening Machine. As High Speaker, he sat on the Council of Dornogal and oversaw the upkeep and expansion of the many vaults, engines, and subterranean works across Khaz Algar.
When the Awakening Machine broke down, leaving many Earthen in stasis without hope for renewal, Eirich withdrew deeper into the Ringing Deeps to repair it. His devotion to the task grew into obsession, and in his absence, dissent began to stir among his people. Speaker Brinthe, formerly one of his trusted subordinates, began raising concerns about worker disappearances, the decay of Earthen culture, and the neglect of the day-to-day hardship faced by their kind. Eirich, protective of his authority and driven by his goal, sidelined Brinthe. He exiled her to serve on the Council in Dornogal under the guise of maintaining representation, thereby muting her influence in the Ringing Deeps.
After many failed attempts to restore the Awakening Machine by conventional means, Eirich was tempted by the shadowy entity Xal’atath. He entered into a secret pact: Xal’atath promised to “perfect” the machine and restore the Earthen in exchange for his cooperation. The bargain, however, carried hidden and devastating consequences. Instead of producing renewed and stable Earthen, the machine began transforming those in stasis into Skardyn, a horrific Void-corrupted form of dwarves.
Kol Brunkrag, foreman of the Taelloch facility, eventually uncovered Eirich’s betrayal and witnessed the transformation firsthand. Before she could expose him fully, she herself was overtaken and corrupted by the Void. The player characters, alongside Brinthe, Magni Bronzebeard, Moira Thaurissan, and Dagran, discovered the truth in Taelloch and carried the warning back to Gundargaz, exposing the High Speaker’s fall from grace.
Downfall and Aftermath[]
Once Brinthe and her allies possessed proof of Eirich’s dealings with Xal’atath and the corruption of the Awakening Machine, they rallied resistance from within the Earthenworks. Together, they reclaimed control of key locations, eventually gaining access to the Hall of Awakening. In a climactic confrontation there, Eirich attempted to complete the machine’s activation under his Void pact. Magni Bronzebeard intervened, sacrificing much of his Titan-infused power to cleanse the machine and restore its function so that the Earthen could be properly reawakened. During the chaos, Eirich fled through a portal into the shadows.
Following his escape, the Machine Speakers elected Brinthe as the new High Speaker. Eirich, now fully transformed into a Skardyn—his body and mind consumed by Void corruption—made his final stand in the Stonevault, an ancient Titan facility adjacent to the Hall of Awakening. There, adventurers confronted and defeated him, bringing his tragic arc to an end.
Powers and Abilities[]
As a boss encounter in the Stonevault dungeon, High Speaker Eirich—corrupted into “Void Speaker Eirich”—wields the destructive power of the Void. His abilities reflect his twisted mastery of Titan machinery fused with Void energy. He opens void rifts across the battlefield, channels waves of entropic energy through Entropic Reckoning and Unbridled Void, and summons void anomalies that warp the terrain. Players must manage movement carefully to avoid spreading corruption and survive his devastating area-of-effect attacks.
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