Dread Admiral Eliza

Dread Admiral Eliza Goreblade was an undead pirate located in the Temple of a Thousand Lights in Azsuna. Captain of the feared Horizon's Edge, she was the former wielder of the Dreadblades.

Shortly after the Cataclysm, Eliza of the Bloodsail Buccaneers discovered a pair of ornately crafted cutlasses inside a recently unearthed wreck not far from Booty Bay. Upon taking up the blades, Eliza received a vision of herself leading a massive pirate fleet, conquering all the seas of Azeroth and destroying any who opposed her. What she did not realize was that the vision was sent by the eredar Talgath, who quickly corrupted her and her crew. They spent several years pillaging countless ships across the Great Sea. When the rest of the Bloodsails realized the depths of her insanity and attacked her, she fought off their attack and took control of their flagship, the Crimson Veil.

The corrupting nature of the blades withered away the flesh of Eliza and her crew, reducing them to skeletons, but whatever compassion rested in their captain's heart had long been driven away by the Dreadblades' endless lust for blood. In the days before the Burning Legion's third invasion of Azeroth, Talgath manifested before Eliza and offered her greater power still in exchange for fealty; she acquiesced without hesitation, destroying several convoys of Alliance and Horde supply ships en route to the Broken Isles.

Working with the Uncrowned, Fleet Admiral Tethys of the Bloodsail Buccaneers enlisted the aid of a rogue adventurer in retaking their ships from Eliza's crew. The rogue pursued Eliza into the Temple of a Thousand Lights in Azsuna, where she was slain.

• It is unknown how many reinforcements Eliza denied from reaching the Battle for the Broken Shore, or how greatly her actions contributed to the losses of the Horde, Alliance, and Argent forces.
• Dread Admiral Eliza appears as a HS Dread Admiral Eliza (battlegrounds-exclusive card) in Hearthstone. She is a tier-six minion that increases her fellow minions' stats when a pirate attacks.