Zarhym

Jonathan Brown (alias Zarhym, previous aliases Timbal and Batta) is a former Blizzard employee and a Community Manager for the US World of Warcraft forums. Brown is believed to have joined Blizzard in 2005, and was introduced to the community on the forums on June 13, 2008 by Eyonix. Zarhym is also found in-game on the Timeless Isle as a ghostly skull resembling Brown's forum avatar.

Zarhym abruptly left Blizzard on Friday, March 10, 2016, with no official "goodbye thread" as is typical of departing community managers. His next career move was previously unknown, but he has since surfaced as a Community Manager with long-time friend Bashiok at NCSOFT West.

Before posting as Zarhym, Jonathan posted as Timbal.

Timbal was a US moderator staff, usually taking care of the graveyard shift. This typically means he dealt with the more blatant and offensive trolls who believe that because there are fewer moderators on, their posts will remain up until morning. Frequent posters in the Off Topic forum had a rather cordial relationship with him, due to how frequently they interact.

The Timbal's Focusing Crystal was inspired by him.

• Eyonix's Introduction

• Zarhym's response

His birthday appears to be May 22. Bornakk posted with this message to Zarhym:

Zarhym and Bashiok are big fans of Puscifer - a band that shares the vocalist of. At one point, Zarhym had lyrics from a Puscifer song as his forum signature. Puscifer member Josh Eustis was invited to visit Blizzard HQ, and Zarhym posted a photo afterwards to Facebook and Instagram.

At Dragon*Con 2012, Zarhym was presented with the very first "Community Manager of the Year" award. Blizzard won "Best Community Management team" as well.