Tales of the Past / Tales of the Past II Characters Yimo . Yimo is a Gnome Mage of the guild and he is one of the main characters in the Tales of the Past series . In which he and his human rogue companion Blazer attempt to stop a full scale war between the Horde and the Alliance . Yimo dies at the hands of an undead army commanded by Arthas in Tales of the Past II and is later buried in Winterspring . The In - game character Yimo quit playing WoW during the recording of the Winterspring scenes in Tales of the Past II . Voice Actor for Yimo - Sven ( Dunemaul EU ) Blazer . Blazer is a Human Rogue of the guild Eden Aurorae and he is one of the main characters in the Tales of the Past series . In which he and his gnome mage companion Yimo attempt to stop a full scale war between the Horde and the Alliance . Voice Actor for Blazer - Chomsky ( Dunemaul EU ) ( Nick Shaw ) Gwaar . The wisest druid in Azeroth , he sits atop the Twin Colossals in Feralas in Tales of the Past II . He also appears in a flashback during Tales of the Past III and appears at the end of the movie . He helps Yimo and Blazer on their quest to end the corruption of Stormwind ' s nobles . At the end of TotP 2 , he reveals to Blazer that he must seek the Ashbringer to defeat the Lich King , Arthas . Memorable Quotes . Gwaar ( G ) : " Hm . . . I think you may be , exaggerating , Blazer . . . Let me ask you a question . . . " B : " What question is that , Gwaar ? " G : " Have you ever heard . . . of the Ashbringer . . . " B : " Tell me " . Arthas . Arthas , the powerful new Lich King , is the main villain in Tales of the Past II ( though we don ' t know it until close to the end ) . He has a master plan , to obtain the power of an ancient , demonic artifact . However , to gain the book ' s power , he must fuse it with the missing piece : purity . To this end , he puts the book in Yimo ' s possession , and the book slowly begins to drain Yimo ' s pure soul . Blazer must find the Ashbringer to defeat Arthas . Thainor . Thainor is a Human Warlock , living in the crypts underneath Stormwind in Eden Aurorae ' s Tales of the Past II . He is believed to helping Yimo . . . until Arthas reveals that Thainor was working for him the entire time . Ball . A Tauren Warrior who helps guide Yimo and Blazer to Gwaar in Feralas , along with Xconzoa . Xconzoa . A Tauren Warrior who helps guide Yimo and Blazer to Gwaar in Feralas , along with Ball . Serphentos . Serphentos is the Dwarven leader of the Alliance armies at the Battle of Khaz Modan in Tales of the Past II . Thirsting for vengeance against the orcs who slaughtered his entire family , he refuses to listen to reason when Monóri pleads with him to reconsider this battle . Only Blazer shattering the Orb of Vision , thus sharing Yimo ' s memories ( of Arthas ' evil plot and their role in it - to die ) with everybody within 30 miles , had the power to stop Serphentos from taking out his rage on every Horde warrior there . Monóri . Monóri is the Night Elven leader of the archers in the Battle of Khaz Modan in Tales of the Past II . She pleads with Serphentos to stop his reckless hatred of the orcs and call off the battle , but he refuses , so she has no choice but to fight .