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Comment by sturmtiger

Hits for around 400-500 on cloth, has way more HP than shown (about 42,000) and doesn't have any special abilities. Immune to snares, roots, and CC in general I believe (was immune to Polymorph anyways) but can be disoriented from the Dragon's Breath effect and potentially other effects. Makes it hard for a clothie to do much against him (had to pop a potion and a healthstone to down him)

Didn't drop anything :(

Comment by watty

i read that this npc was named after a player who loved to play alterac valley. what happened? how did he get an npc named after him or her? did he become a developer?

Comment by Redemption86

This NPC was named after a player who died, Blizzard made a NPC in his honor as during life the player used to love AV more can be found here about it.

http://www.wowwiki.com/Captain_Armando_Ossex

Comment by 207575

Blizzard seems to have a history of putting memorials in for players, employees, or friends. So far I've found seven (feel free to point it out if you spot one I've missed).

Captain Armando O s s e x is a member of the Stormpike Guard in Alterac Mountains. He is apparently a memorial to a deceased player who loved playing AV, but information other than this is scarce. I was unable to find a date of death or whether the patrolling character was a clone of his or not.

Ahab Wheathoof and his dog Kyle are the creation of Ezra Chatterton, a young player with cancer who got to spend a day at Blizzard headquarters thanks to the Make A Wish Foundation. He got to create these two NPCs, voice Ahab, and create the quest Kyle's Gone Missing! to go with them, among other things. He passed away in October of 2008 when his tumor, which had been in remission, came back. His main character, Ephoenix, can sometimes (very very rarely) still be seen online on the Norgannon server when his father logs on.

Caylee Dak and her pet Dusky in Shattrath City (on Aldor Rise and belonging to the Darnassus faction) was the character of Dak Krause, who passed away from leukemia on August 22, 2007. She ends the quest Alicia's Poem.

In Hillsbrad there is Rousch, the character of Anthony Ray Stark (yes, real name) who passed away in 2005 in a scuba accident. He has no quest, but he stands in front of a grave marker and will /kneel and /salute it from time to time. He is friendly to both factions.

Koiter is a slightly more complicated memorial. While NPC Koiter uses the Spirit Healer model, behind him is a memorial in a small subzone called the Shrine of the Fallen Warrior in the northern Barrens. Atop the structure is an orc that is a copy of Michel Koiter's character from the WoW beta. He died in 2004 of unknown causes.

Crusader Bridenbrad the Argent Crusader dying of the plague in Icecrown appears to be based off of a real person, Bradford C. Bridenbecker, who died of cancer in 2007. He is involved in a medium-long questline starting with A Tale of Valor, given to you by Tirion Fordring after you've unlocked the Crusaders' Pinnacle. It is speculated that he may be related to a Blizzard programmer.

Again in Hillsbrad is a Decorated Headstone dedicated to Jesse Morales, a Blizzard employee who passed away while WoW was still under development. There was no other information.

/salute /mourn

Comment by 429348

i was trvling on my DK when i noticedthis npc, thought i might aswell look him up befor i killed him, i read he was a memorial and in the end i couldnt bring myself to do so :(

Comment by Discokoopa

This guy, and the other Alterac Valley guards and such in the cave got a major level boost and health increasement.

I wouldn't go in there right now if you are Horde, but it's a nice safe haven in enemy lands for Alliance.

Comment by 768291

Who would have thought, that there will be so many honor, in a simple game like that. And by honor, I do not mean the one you get from killing enemy players, I mean REAL honor, that touches your heart, and stays in your memory.

I started from the memorial of Koiter, and I ended up reading stories, that put pain in my chest. I have played this game from around 7 years, and had no idea that there is so deep meaning in simple things like that. Which leads me to an idea, that will ease my pain, and most likely the pain of others.

On each of their respective birthdays, and the days that all of them have died, aswell during the Day Of The Dead, I will go to all of their memorials, and give respect to their deaths. I will bring along friends, and tell them who those people are, and how they died. It will be good from all of you, to do the same. Because, when few words are spoken, or wrote on a small piece of paper, they with ease fade into the abyss of time, but, when many, many words are wrote, they become a book, and a book, can be passed down with centuries and milleniums. We, the people that respect those who have died, are the words. Let us find more people, and make a whole book with them, so the honor of those who have died, be remembered for as long as possible.

Let us now bow and kneel to the dead ones, because, no one shall escape from that, be it king, or be it simple harvester. I will post this around, and make more people see this. Let us do something, that we can be proud of, let us show to the families and close friends, that we, the ones that play this game, care a lot.

P.S. : Message created by DarkTroll, a Private Server player, that cannot effort to play in Retail. One Must Die To Be Reborn, those have died, and shall be reborn, by this memorial. When titles, races, sides, weapons and armors are removed, we are all just mortal people.

Comment by 940366

Armando Ossex was a great member of Cavalieri dell'Alba ( italian guild created in 2005 )
In his memory some of the knights ask to blizzard to save our Capitan for ever in Alterac Valley.
Cavalieri dell'Alba are the most important Italian guild in Dragonblight server, we play for fun and frienship and Ossex was and is in our hearts .

Stex

King of Cavalieri dell'Alba
......000.cavalieridellalba.it

Comment by datgrl

Avendesora of Thunderhorn (US) put together these videos of the various tributes within the game. They are a beautiful and moving memorial to some players who loved the game and brought something positive to it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK44XQIzLos&feature=player_embedded
Crusader Bridenbad - Icecrown
Rousch - Hillsbrad
Decorated headstone-Jesse Morales
Captain Armando Ossex - Alterac Valley
Caylee Dak - Shattrath & Alicia - Stormwind
Shrine of the Fallen - Barrens
Ahab Wheathoof - Bloodhoof Village

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRYRy-C8aFg&feature=player_embedded
Buin Phloppy Freehand
Elloric - Seat of Knowledge
Tabea and Apollo - Dalaran
Owen's Wishing Well - Jade Forest

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Captain Armando Ossex

This NPC can be found in Hillsbrad Foothills (5).

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