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What's the story of Rakanishu?
I remember Rakanishu as the annoying blue electrically enchanted Fallen that guards the stones to Tristram in Diablo II. I realized that when you equip a weapon and attack with it in The Dalaran Heist when playing as him, he even has the same exact voice line used in D2. Isn't HS supposed to be WoW flavored? Does Rakanishu have WoW history or are there more outside references like this in the game?
Dave Kosak
In World of Warcraft, kobolds would sometimes yell "Rakanishu!" when attacking players (likely a reference to Diablo, since they've got a similar squeaky voice to the Fallen.) When it came time to name the fire elemental in Togwaggle's lamp, we named him after that, as though he's been a part of kobold folklore all along...
Trivia: Rakanishu lives inside the lantern on King Togwaggle's crown. In the Kobolds & Catacombs comic, there's a frame that shows him being crowned, and if you look closely... you can tell it's Rafaam giving him the crown!