Heigan, the Unclean

"Close your eyes. Sleep..."

Heigan the Unclean (Hye-gen): As his title says, this dreadful necromancer is utterly debauched. Perhaps a more fitting title would be “The Unholy” as this uninhibited fiend sets apart nothing in his ruthlessness. Like Noth, Gothik, and Faerlina, Heigan is one of the four Grand Necromancers in Kel’thuzad’s inner circle. Similar to Noth, Heigan is an undead human and of similar form. He is a bit more fleshly than Noth, and dons bright yellow-green robes with patterns of red and violet markings. It is difficult to discern the blood and bile stains from the colors on the robes, however. A former musician in the first life, Heigan has retained his love for the art of music as an agent of the Scourge. His chamber boasts a tall, elevated platform similar to a conductor’s stand in an orchestra. Upon it he rests, out of reach of nearly all physical harm. This bodes well for Heigan, as his flesh is terribly rotted and very weak; the effects of taking up residence in the Plague Quarter. From his conductor’s stand Heigan employs his sole means of combat. The ground floor of his chamber is fixed up to a system of pipes. Heigan’s enchanted baton creates horrid music that flows to the rhythms of his movement. As Heigan’s music progresses, the cadences and the crescendos are met with eruptions of scalding hot Scourge Serum from the pipe system. The pipes can only bear so much of the enhanced Scourge Serum so the system alternates which pipes issue forth the jets of liquid, thus forcing Heigan’s combatants to literally dance about the room to avoid being melted and scourged by the exploding pipes. Heigan gets an immense amount of glee watching his befuddled foes scurry about in ignorance to their imminent deaths. Being in control of the flow of the pipes, Heigan will vary the meter of his awful music from time to time in order to ensure that his prey does not detect the musical patterns. A genius of musicianship, Heigan will be able to trap certain prey and force his comrades to watch as torrents of acid pour all over the hapless body. Heigan has a sadistic affinity to targeting females with his musical traps; he believes their high pitched screams accent the wicked music he so cherishes.

Ultimate Power: Opus #1 Eruption—Heigan’s most devastatingly vicious attack is a particular piece of music that he issues forth. As the battle progresses and his foes launch incessant barrages of ranged magic at him, he will begin to play the horrifying music. At the final cadence, the pipe system beneath the ground floor will completely burst, an ocean of virulent Scourge Serum erupting over the entire arena. Though Kel’thuzad desires survivors of the Argent Crusade, Heigan’s ultimate power spares no one.