Huoye

Biodata

Power Progression

Background

Huoye had lived for more than three hundred years by the time he encountered the Flamewakers in the crystal mine 167. He and other Blood Elves had previously been imprisoned in Dalaran’s Arcatraz alongside Prince Kael'thas after discrimination by Alliance marshal Garithos. The Naga rescued them; Huoye and his fellow Blood Elves resented Dalaran’s mages for failing to speak in their defense 358.

Personality

Huoye is knowledgeable and curious about magic, but cautious about theories he cannot verify. He admitted that his proposed method for destroying a damaged Molten Giant had only a roughly fifty percent chance of working 173 245.

He cares deeply about other Elves: the possibility that the Crimson Diamond could save suffering Blood Elves brought him to tears, and he embraced the freed High Elf Eve despite never having met her before 168 234. Although he considered himself a member of the Argent Dawn, he retained strong feelings for his homeland, Quel'Thalas 434.

Huoye is also determined under pressure. He refused to speak while Bael'Gar tortured him and later persisted in fighting the Flamewakers despite heavy losses to the Mage Corps 252 434.

Abilities & Skills

Fire Magic

Huoye specializes in fire magic and can attack with fireballs, Flamestrike and Pyroblast 120 218.

• Used Pyroblast to bring down a damaged bell tower occupied by undead 120.
• Prepared a flame ray charged with three days’ worth of energy; at the time, it was his most destructive spell 302.
• Temporarily merged his body with fire to reduce damage from Bael'Gar’s bodily fluids. He could normally sustain this top-level application only briefly and risked backlash by prolonging it 258.
• His fire failed to defeat the spotted trees in the Evil Woodland, and he judged most of his fire spells unsuitable against the damaged Molten Giant 245 290.

Fire Elementals

Huoye can summon and direct Fire Elementals, including merging them into stronger creatures 164.

• Combined twelve elementals into four stronger ones; they later held off a Flamewaker while others retrieved activated crystals 164 165.
• Sent an elemental through a magma passage to scout and carry a bomb. His connection to it was temporarily interrupted during passage through the spatial rift 174 176.

Ancient Subjugation Sorcery

Huoye used a forbidden ancient spell to overpower Bael'Gar’s soul and make him his servant 253 258.

• The spell requires something connected to its target as a medium. Huoye used Bael'Gar’s bodily fluids and a black stone associated with him 253 256.
• Huoye enlisted the souls of absorbed Fire Dwarves and drew Unas and Darian into the mental battle. Bael'Gar’s resistance caused severe injuries before the spell succeeded 258.
• Through their connection, Huoye can sense Bael'Gar’s location, communicate with him and transfer energy to him 261 275.

Other Magic

• Ice and Arcane spells: Led Blood Elf mages using Ice Lance and Arcane Missiles alongside Pyroblast against an Overlord Spider 281.
• Barriers: Raised a fireproof barrier during the assault on Merlin’s tower 303.
• Mage Hand: Lowered six hostages to safety as the giant fir collapsed 296.
• Magical examination: Identified a Lich’s Phylactery and discovered the Finger of Death spell stored in Merlin’s ruby ring. He later helped bind the ring to Unas 298 340 341.
• Mage’s Eye: Used its farsight to observe Unas fighting the Firelord 434.

Story Role

Crystal Mine and Flamewakers

Huoye arrived to help recover activated Fire Crystals from an unstable mine. His merged Fire Elementals held a Flamewaker at bay while others retrieved five crystals 164 165.

When the group considered crossing a spatial rift to attack the Flamewakers, Huoye warned that attackers could be overwhelmed if they crossed one at a time. He proposed sending Fire Elementals through with bombs first. The opening blast wounded Flamewaker priests and injured Lucifron 174 176.

Backdoor Fortress and Bael'Gar

At Backdoor Fortress, Huoye led Angela and Lincoln in a combined spell powered by the Crimson Diamond. Their beam pierced the enemy barrier and gate, then exploded inside the fortress. Huoye was unable to fire another beam immediately afterward 219.

Huoye later proposed flooding a damaged Molten Giant with energy from the diamond. The infusion broke the giant’s body but also awakened Bael'Gar, whose consciousness had been sealed within it 245 246. Bael'Gar abducted Huoye and placed bodily fluids inside him, threatening to turn him into a living bomb. Angela and Erigor rescued Huoye, though the droplets remained dangerous 249 252.

Huoye turned the fluids into a means of fighting back, using ancient sorcery to subdue Bael'Gar with help from Unas and Darian. After Bael'Gar evolved into a Molten Giant, Huoye ordered him to activate the Iron Golems through a controller embedded in his chest 253 258. They publicly presented themselves as savior and ally rather than master and servant to preserve Bael'Gar’s standing among the Molten Giants 274.

Merlin’s Legacy

During the campaign against Merlin and Gunsel, Huoye helped identify Gunsel’s Phylactery and assaulted Merlin’s mage tower 298 303 315. After Merlin’s death, he helped Unas claim Merlin’s ruby ring and received spellbooks and more than a hundred mana gems from the inheritance 340 341.

Huoye persuaded Unas to spare Pafeman, a magically gifted man Merlin had created as a backup body. He agreed to disguise and educate him 341 342.

Return to the Molten Core

Huoye led the surviving mages against the Flamewakers after the Mage Corps suffered heavy losses. Following the defeat of the Firelord, Unas ordered him to guard the entrance to the Firelands, monitor Sothos and report when Huan recovered 434.

Relationships

• Unas — Commander and trusted ally. Unas relied on Huoye’s magical knowledge, shared Merlin’s inheritance with him and entrusted him with guarding the Firelands entrance 298 341 434.
• Angela — Fellow mage and frequent collaborator. She helped rescue Huoye from Bael'Gar and supported him during the subjugation spell 252 258.
• Bael'Gar — Former captor whom Huoye magically subdued. Bael'Gar became a powerful combat servant and activated the Iron Golems on Huoye’s orders 252 258.
• Pafeman — Apprentice whom Huoye persuaded Unas to spare; Huoye took responsibility for his disguise and education 341 342.
• Du'an — Fellow mage who sought Huoye’s assistance with Magic Circle research. Unas deferred that assistance because Huoye was needed in the fighting 264 274.
• Eve — A freed High Elf who embraced Huoye when they met at Fran’s home 234.