Nielas Aran is a human mage in Blizzard's Warcraft universe, known as the court conjurer of Stormwind and the father of Medivh. In World of Warcraft he is encountered in Karazhan as the Shade of Aran, a raid boss whose voice lines became familiar to players who ran the dungeon repeatedly. Short clips of his speech circulated among gaming communities and on soundboards, where the brevity and serious delivery made them easy to reuse outside the raid as a standalone dramatic line.