Gazlowe Gazlowe is a level 60 quest giver located in Ratchet in the Horde - aligned territory of the Barrens . Although he is shown as a group of goblin s in " " , he is only one person . He is the leader of Ratchet in " World of Warcraft " . He is voiced by Travis Willingham . Biography . In his younger days , Gazlowe was a thief , like many goblins . Through adventuring , he gradually managed to make enough money to begin legitimate business , and proved to excel at it . Warcraft Adventures . In " Warcraft Adventures " , after the Second War , Gazlowe would have been an ally of Thrall , and helped him travel around the Eastern Kingdoms after his escape from the internment camp by fixing a zeppelin . It would have involved a Samophlange . The Founding of Durotar . After the Third War , he was hired by Thrall as the chief engineer to help secure a reliable source of water for the newly constructed Orgrimmar city . Gazlowe sent an expedition to dig out some tunnels beneath the city , they looked for underground wells for use in the newly founded city , but they accidentally tunneled into a den of kobold s who immediately flooded into the caves and drove the goblin mining teams into retreat . Later , when Rexxar was looking to earn his keep in Orgrimmar , Gazlowe sent him into the dug tunnels , the Orgrimmar Tunnels , to help collapse the off - shoot tunnels which the kobolds were using . When Rexxar did so , Gazlowe rewarded him with some magical items . Gazlowe and his engineers also dug out other tunnels where they found an unexplored city , they call that place Gazlowe ' s Excavation Site . In World of Warcraft . Now , at the age of 40 , he runs one of the largest and most successful port towns in Kalimdor — if not the entire globe . While Gazlowe ’ s city operates under the watchful eyes of the trade princes , he has considerable free reign , and proves effective because of it . A well - respected member of the goblin community , he also has a good heart , and is willing to help someone for little in return on occasion — but he wouldn ’ t mind payback later , of course . This goblin ' s smile looks almost friendly , but for his sharp teeth . Gazlowe now resides in Ratchet as the manager of the port trading operation . He ships and receives to and from Booty Bay and Undermine . He sent Rezlak , one of his boys , to Durotar to help the orc s . Baron Revilgaz sent a 99 - Year - Old Port to Gazlowe as a gift , however it was stolen by Mad Magglish . Quests . He starts the following quests : See also : List of the Barrens NPCs . In Burning Crusade . Gazlowe is mentioned by an Irradiated Manager , his name is used as an expression of surprise . He is also mentioned in . His breath is apparently foul . In Cataclysm . In Cataclysm , it is apparent that Gazlowe wants to remain neutral , but won ' t stand for being cheated . He will be giving new quests to Horde players : In Warlords of Draenor . Gazlowe helped Thrall in building the Frostwall garrison . In the early developments , Gazlowe gave the commander tasks to prepare the land for building . In Heroes of the Storm . Gazlowe takes the role of a melee specialist , placing immobile temporary turrets and throwing timed bombs . He can become temporarily immobile to slowly charge a powerful long range laser . He has the choice of a Robo - goblin transformation that massively increases his effectiveness versus non - heroes or a Gravity Bomb which will pull all enemies to the center after a short pause .