Zalazane " " Da Echo Isles be Zalazane ' s ta rule , shadow hunter ! Now , and FOREVER ! " " Hexmaster Zalazane was the greatest traitor to the Darkspear tribe and self - declared eternal ruler of the Echo Isles . After years of rule over the Darkspear lands , Zalazane ' s rule was at last ended by an army of Horde champions under the leadership of the shadow hunter Vol ' jin , chieftain of the Darkspear . Background . Before the Darkspears left their island home with Thrall , Zalazane was the best friend of Vol ' jin from their childhood , and had done everything together . However , when the Darkspear trolls returned to the Echo Isles , they were betrayed by Zalazane , the apprentice of Gadrin who had been driven mad by his own power . He used dark voodoo to rob most of the Darkspear trolls of their free will , forcing them to obey him . As his influence spread , his army grew while the number of free Darkspears dwindled . Fearing that all of his people would fall to Zalazane ' s insidious sorcery , Vol ' jin ordered the tribe to abandon the Echo Isles . Thus , the free Darkspear trolls left the islands and created the fishing village of Sen ' jin on the Durotar coast , just northwest of the Echo Isles . The Darkspears and their allies frequently struck at Zalazane ' s holdings on the Echo Isles , determined to win back the trolls ' first home on Kalimdor . But Zalazane had not given up in his efforts to enslave his entire tribe , and so he continued to send his trolls to the mainland in order to drag further Darkspears under his sway . Though many trolls and other members of the Horde had journeyed to the Echo Isles to slay him , and a number had even returned with his head , a few days later the magic always wore off and his " head " was revealed to be nothing more than painted rocks , bunches of coconuts , or the head of an enslaved Darkspear troll . Lands of Mystery . Zalzane ' s backstory from " Lands of Mystery " conflicts with the information given in " World of Warcraft " . The following is information given from " Lands of Mystery " : This large troll is draped in black robes and wears a black - and - white , wooden mask reminiscent of both necromancy and voodoo . Wrinkled hands grip a dark quarterstaff with a humanoid skull on the top . Zalazane , in his mid - 50s , decided that his people did not need the help of the Orcs in order to succeed . He was further offended when he heard about Thrall ’ s distrust of arcane magic . With the help of a number of similar - minded trolls — and summoned zombie s — Zalazane drove most of his fellow jungle troll s from the Echo Isles . He continues to attack the other trolls of the Darkspear tribe , and his reasoning is unknown . The source of his knowledge of necromantic magic is equally mysterious . In combat , Zalazane begins the fight by summon ing undead . He then uses death coil and other offensive spells until he exhausts his repertoire , then wades into melee or retreats . Zalazane ’ s experiments on the Echo Isles had progressed far further than the Horde ever anticipated , and the troll s created greater undead , such as abominations . The warchief called for a full assault on the Echo Isles before the situation escalated . Downfall . After years of biding his time and gathering allies , Vol ' jin gathered a great army of the Horde and - aided by the elements and the beasts of Durotar - marched on the Echo Isles . The massed army fought through the legions of hexed trolls until they came face - to - face with Zalazane himself . Fleeing across the Isles and gathering his foul magics , Zalazane erected a shield around himself , while he used his magic to turn the Darkspear warriors against their chieftain . Cornered , Zalazane boasted that he was invincible and that no living thing could penetrate his shield . . . at which point he was greeted by the mocking laughter of the great Loa Bwonsamdi , guardian of the dead . Damning the sorcerer for usurping his domain , Bwonsamdi brought down the Hexmaster ' s shield and then exploded him from within , bringing an end once and for all to Zalazane ' s evil reign of the Echo Isles . In World of Warcraft . Zalazane was a level 10 troll located in the Echo Isles in Durotar . During the Zalazane ' s Fall event , he was boosted to level 80 as part of the final quest . With the conclusion of the event following the release of Patch 4 . 0 . 1 , Zalazane and his minions have been removed entirely , in preparation for the Echo Isles becoming the troll start zone in " " . In Cataclysm . In " Cataclysm " , there is a region of the Echo Isles known as Zalazane ' s Fall . After being killed here by Bwonsamdi , the land became tainted .