Muln Earthfury Muln Earthfury is the main character of World of Warcraft " Shaman " . While awaiting Drek ' thar ' s arrival , leaders of the Earthen Ring have been discussing concerns relating to the reliability of the elements . When Drek ' thar arrives , Muln was about to initiate the meeting of the Earthen Ring only to be interrupted by a fire that has attacked Bloodhoof Village . The Earthen Ring raced to Bloodhoof Village and with their elemental powers , were able to evacuate the civilians . Yet the threat of the fire was compounded by the threat of a centaur attack . Though the Earthen Ring tried to fend them off , the elementals refused to give them aid , and so they were forced to retreat . When the group of shaman reached safety , they talked about how the elements have been failing them lately . A runner interrupts their discussion and tells them that a newcomer drove off the centaur and put out the fire in Bloodhoof Village . Muln and the others go to meet the stranger only to discover that it ' s Shotoa . Muln recognizes him from the stories his ancestors told him but was told that Shotoa fell to his death trying to save his apprentice two hundred and fifty years ago . Shotoa informs him that he survived by being transformed and preserved by the elements and that he ' s come to help by teaching them a new form of shamanism that doesn ' t require them asking from the elements but rather to command them . Muln and a few others were wary of this new method of commanding the elements and believed that it was safer to follow their traditions . Shotoa demonstrates the superiority of his method by guiding them to a giant twister rampaging through Mulgore . Shota asks them to stop or contain the cyclone . The Earthen Ring shaman can ' t even get their elementals to try aside from Muln and his apprentice Kettara Bloodthirst , though the elementals they summon fail at their task . Shotoa then demonstrates his power by dispersing the cyclone with his own elemental powers , though such a display of power appeared to have caused him some pain as he later collapses and mutters about the " fire " biting at him . The Earthen Ring seems to split between Muln and Shotoa supporters . Kettara talks to Muln about Shotoa ' s methods and tries to convince him to have an open mind about change . Muln however , continues to believe in the old ways and rejects Shotoa ' s methods , no matter how much more appealing his methods look . Muln uses the orcs abandoning their shamanistic ways for warlock magic as an example of change leading her people to ruin . Yet Ketarra counters that the orcs arrival to Kalimdor was an example of positive change as the orcs were able to save the tauren from the centaur . They both recalled when Muln first met her ; a day when they fought some Grimtotem tauren harassing orc settlers . Kettara tells Muln that there are times to resist change and there are times to accept it but change eventually comes naturally . Kattara decides to follow Shotoa and Muln decides not to stop her , though he talks to the remaining elders and has them send runners to other shaman so they can discuss what direction to lead the Earthen Ring . He then travels to Orgrimmar to seek Warchief Thrall ' s council on the matter . Thrall is unsure on the matter . He tells Muln that change is a natural part of life but it ' s only good if it ' s right for their people . He advises Muln to follow the guidance of the spirits . Muln later relays his fears with Drek ' thar about Thrall ' s indecisive stance . Drek ' thar tells him that it ' s his fault as his advice to Thrall has been useless lately . Drek ' thar tells Muln that lately he ' s been seeing two futures and his visions have been less reliable for Thrall . Drek ' thar tells Muln that a time will come where the Earthen Ring will become Azeroth ' s salvation or lead it to ruin . Drek ' thar suddenly becomes frantic and warns Muln about the “ fire that consumes all ” . Muln goes back to Mulgore where he finds out Shotoa has led alot of the shaman away to teach them his militant path of shamanism . Muln asks the Spirit of the Wilds for guidance and he receives a vision of the cavern Shotoa fell into , where he learns that Shotoa wasn ' t preserved by the life force of Azeroth but by the energies of Ragnaros ' release . Shotoa is in reality , a fire elemental wearing his shape . Muln gathers the rest of the shaman and follows Shotoa and his group to Feralas . It is later revealed that Shotoa led his followers to a Grimtotem ambush in the hope of weakening the Earthen Ring . Muln and his forces arrive but with the elements in disarray , they ' re at a disadvantage against the Grimtotem warriors and shaman whom were using Shotoa ' s more reliable shamanistic methods . Shotoa comments that a shaman as powerful as Muln could usurp authority from the weaker Grimtotem shaman controlling the elementals and save Kettara , ( who was held captive at the hands of a giant earth elemental ) if he imposed his will on them . Muln tries asking but is unable to break the earth elementals ' control , so he helps in the main fight , destroying a number of fire elementals to try and get to the shaman commanding the earth elemental . He ' s too slow and the Grimtotem orders the elemental to crush Kettara . Muln promptly causes Shotoa to burst into flames before using a cyclone to fly at Shotoa in a rage . Muln tells Shotoa he knows his secret , prompting him to burst into flames as he battles Muln . Shotoa tells Muln that his master has forces all over the world working to bring its end . Muln opens a chasm under Shotoa trying to trap him but he ' s unable to get it to reclose , so he asks air , water , and earth elementals to aid him . At first they refuse to work together but Muln motivates them to work together by telling them that they ' d all be threatened with slavery under Shotoa and his fire elementals , which prompts them to work together . The three elementals each counter part of Shotoa ' s powers allowing Muln to crush his head with his totem . The other shamans defeat the remaining Grimtotems with lightning but they find it ' s tragically too late to save Kettara ' s life with their healing . Kettara is given a shamanistic burial ceremony where Kettara is cremated along with other fallen shaman . Muln tells the other members of the Earthen Ring that they ' re going to use the old ways to continue guiding the elements even in dark times . In Cataclysm . Muln Earthfury makes his in - game debut at the Maelstrom , helping Thrall , Aggra and Nobundo maintain the rift . He appears and dies in a nightmare caused by Iso ' rath , but this is just imagined by the player . The shamans of the Earthen Ring later travel to Mount Hyjal , to lend aid to their Cenarion Circle comrades . Muln is present to see Thrall and Aggra become life - mates .