Obsidian destroyer An obsidian destroyer is a creature made out of obsidian . It has the lower body resembling a powerfully built panther with a pair of great black wings protruding from its back . Almost twenty feet wide , these latter appendages appear carved from old , porous stone . The creature ' s upper body is humanoid . A pair of dazzling emerald eyes set within deep , cavernous sockets stand out in the midst of the creature ' s shriveled , skeletal face . Born from the mystical transformation of an obsidian statue , this strange magical beast is drawn to mana . Because of its appearance , an unmoving obsidian destroyer can easily pass itself off as a statue as long as it keeps its eyes closed . It can thus fool people into believing it is nothing more than a harmless piece of decoration . Most obsidian destroyers enjoy wearing crowns and other ostentatious headdresses that make them appear regal . An obsidian destroyer almost always has see invisibility active . Since it can always see the auras of spells and magic items as its enemies approach , the creature makes good use of its greater dispel magic ability , frequently using it on a target as its first offensive action . Though not a graceful flyer , an obsidian destroyer attacks from the air , targeting the weakest - looking opponents first . Once engaged in melee , it takes full advantage of its thunder strike ability . If its enemies flee before it gets a kill , an obsidian destroyer pursues the slowest target relentlessly until it renders him helpless . Appearance . Some obsidian destroyers have the body of a six - legged winged horse . These obsidian destroyers have the lower body like a powerfully - built horse , with a pair of great black wings . Its upper body is humanoid with a shriveled , lich - like face containing lion characteristics . It wields a pair of unusual ebon morningstars in its foremost limbs . They are specially made out of obsidian . The flesh of an obsidian destroyer has the appearance of obsidian , hence its name . When an obsidian destroyer stands still , it fools people into believing it is nothing more than a large statue . An obsidian destroyer enjoys wearing crowns and other ostentatious headdresses . Though not a precise flyer , an obsidian destroyer attacks from the air when possible . Warcraft III . From Destroyer at Battle . net This description is the same as the description on page 14 of the Warcraft III : The Frozen Throne manual . History . The combined forces of the night elves had proven themselves a formidable enemy to the qiraji , but during the War of the Shifting Sands it was the bronze dragonflight that first taught the insect race the meaning of fear . As the dragons slaughtered wave after wave of silithid , losing few of their own in the process , the Twin Emperors realized their forces were ill - equipped to deal with such powerful creatures of magic . To combat this shortcoming , Emperor Vek ' lor focused his efforts on designing a mechanism capable of fighting the ancient wyrms . These preliminary efforts , however , were wrought with failure . Aided by whisperings from his ancient master , Vek ' lor pressed on and developed a new kind of construct . Though pleased with his progress , even the qiraji emperor could not guess what dark purpose lay in store for the machines . Little is known about how the first obsidian destroyers were created , but legends speak of Vek ' lor himself hammering out the first statue in a molten forge beneath the Ruins of Ahn ' Qiraj . To Vek ' lor ' s surprise , his inert creations were quickly imbued with limited sapience by his shadowy overseer , as well as a mysterious power — the ability to drain the magical energies of living creatures . In addition these energies could be stored and then released in a tremendous burst of incendiary mana , making Vek ' lor ' s latest creations among the deadliest in the Qiraji arsenal . The first destroyers proved extremely effective ; the dragons were not accustomed to fighting enemies that were capable of retaliating from a distance , and they never found an effective way to counter the mana - draining powers of these obsidian statues . And so Anachronos , child of Nozdormu , sought the aid of the remaining dragonflights and history tells us that the qiraji were sealed behind the Scarab Wall shortly thereafter . Those dragons who survived the war still dread the return of these magic - stealing monstrosities . Relationship with the Tol ' vir . Obsidian destroyers are actually tol ' vir that were enslaved by the insectoid Aqir . When the Aqir split into the Nerubian and Qiraji empires and retreated to Northrend and Silithus , the two factions found the tol ' vir around Ulduar and Uldum and overthrew them . When the Scourge conquered Azjol - Nerub they took control of the destroyers and sent them all to the front lines , where they were presumably destroyed . It is possible , however , that some obsidian destroyers still exist deep within Azjol - Nerub , or within the research facilities of Uldum .