Rheastrasza

Rheastrasza, also known by her goblin guise Rhea, is a quest giver initially found at Rhea's Camp in the Badlands.

The main storyline quest of the Badlands in Cataclysm is centered around her research of the black dragonflight and of a way of purifying them. She hired a group of mercenaries and has captured the black dragon, Nyxondra, and forces her to lay eggs for the experiments. She feels pity for the black dragon but believes it to be for the greater good. After succeeding in creating a purified black dragon egg, she constantly moves around to avoid being found by agents of the black dragonflight, who want to destroy the egg.

In the quest Rheastrasza's Gift, she is killed by Deathwing, who was after the egg. The egg he destroyed, however, was not the purified one, but Rheastrasza's own egg. The surviving purified egg would later hatch as the Black Prince Wrathion.

• A Strange Request (Badlands)
• First Sample: Wild Eggs
• Into the Dragon's Mouth
• Lifting the Veil
• New Kargath (quest)
• Rhea Revealed
• Rheastrasza's Gift
• Second Sample: Whelps
• The Bad Dogs
• The Hidden Clutch (quest)
• The Sorrow and the Fury
• The Swift, the Fierce, and the Stout
• The Wrath of a Dragonflight
• Their Hunt Continues
• Third Sample: Implanted Eggs
• The Venerable Doctor Blam

Greetings.

• Gossip

• In Greek mythology, was the wife of the and the mother of most of the . When Cronus decided to devour his children, Rhea saved their youngest son,, by hiding him away on the island of until he was old enough to kill his father and free his siblings from Cronus' stomach.
• Rheastrasza's name may alternatively be a reference to, the mother of in Roman mythology.
• Regardless of specific cultural reference, its clear that she's meant to be a motherly figure that goes to great lengths to provide the potential of a future to those who otherwise would have no chance.