N ' Zoth N ' Zoth ( pronounced " " Ne - Zoth " " or " " Ni - Zoth " ) " is one of the confirmed Old Gods . Speculated to be deep under the sea in Azeroth , N ' Zoth has rarely been spoken of throughout the world . However the creature has been noted in writings and has even communicated with Queen Azshara . During the fall of the Black Empire , following the death of Y ' Shaarj , N ' Zoth was the first of the old gods to be encased in an underground monolithic enchanted prison by the titans . Due to the destruction of the Well of Eternity ( also known as the Sundering ) Queen Azshara was blasted far into the deeps of the seas . There , she made a deal with the Old Gods , specifically speculated to be N ' Zoth . She was then cursed and transformed into a Naga . N ' Zoth ' s official title is " The Corruptor " due to its involvement with the corruption of Queen Azshara , Deathwing , and the Emerald Nightmare . Background . Blizzard employee comments . In BlizzCon 2010 ' s Quests and Lore panel , Chris Metzen revealed that the third named Old God , which was said to be revealed in Cataclysm , will be called " Nezoth / Ni ' zoth " , though its name was actually N ' Zoth and several people heard variations like N ' Zath because the name was spoken and not written down officialy for awhile . N ' Zoth appears to be an Old God which is still active . He seems to be related to the Faceless Ones . In a preview blog for Patch 4 . 3 , N ' Zoth was explicitly mentioned by name as aiding Deathwing via his minion who will appear as part of the Dragon Soul raid . In " World of Warcraft " . In the Dragon Soul raid , Warlord Zon ' ozz says : Puzzle Box . In Cataclysm , a new item was introduced , the . The following quotes are some of the possible things the box says when you attempt to open it : Ny ' alotha and the Emerald Nightmare . Ny ' alotha may be the Emerald Nightmare , the core of pure evil , in the Emerald Dream . The box also says : " In the sleeping city of Ny ' alotha walk only mad things . " The mad things may be the unwaking people , victims of the Emerald Nightmare which are captured in the Emerald Dream , forced to stay there forever . That was however proven false , due to the death quote of Il ' gynoth , Hearth of Corruption . " N ' zoth . . . I journey . . . To Ny ' alotha . . . " Therefore , the Emerald Nightmare cannot be Ny ' alotha . N ' Zoth is the one who is truly responsible for the Emerald Nightmare , and not Xavius , who was merely a pawn of a greater evil , as stated in Stormrage . The " drowned god " could be N ' Zoth . Vashj ' ir . The underwater zone Vashj ' ir contains a few possible references to an Old God underneath . A cave called the Undershell below L ' ghorek sprouts tentacles characteristic of an old god . Three ogre magi can be found there , maintaining a ritual to connect L ’ ghorek with the thing below . In the quest , Ick ' thys the Unfathomable is summoned and states : " " I laugh at you , feeble < nowiki > < name > < / nowiki > , but I will oblige . Now , let us return to my master , below ! " " In a quest which follows , , Erunak Stonespeaker states : " " L ' ghorek is the ancient that rests upon the shelf across from us . It is being controlled and its life energies slowly consumed by something immense beneath us . " " Stormrage . The first time the living were made aware of ( what was presumably ) N ' Zoth ' s existence was when Malfurion Stormrage sensed something deep down within the Rift of Aln , which he called ' an ancient evil ' . Malfurion tells players of this tale in World of Warcraft , during the quest : N ' Zoth was probably also the Old God that drove Neltharion to the brink of insanity . Location of N ' Zoth ' s prison . Based on maps which depict Azeroth at various points throughout its history ( both pre and post - sundering ) contained in " " , it appears as though the location of N ' Zoth ' s prison may be somewhere under the sea , south of Suramar City .