Old Gods
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The Old Gods are ancient, malevolent eldritch beings in the Warcraft universe whose corrupting influence once nearly consumed Azeroth.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11541839 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Gods Context triple: [Azeroth, threatenedBy, Old Gods]
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A.
Whispers of the Old Gods
Whispers of the Old Gods is a dark, Lovecraftian-themed Hearthstone expansion that introduced corrupted versions of classic cards and powerful Old God legendaries, dramatically reshaping the game's meta.
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B.
Old Gods of the Forest
The Old Gods of the Forest are an ancient, nameless pantheon venerated in the North and beyond the Wall in Westeros, centered on nature worship and the sacred weirwood trees.
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C.
The Old Ones
"The Old Ones" is a short story by Ray Bradbury, included in his science fiction collection *The Martian Chronicles*, that explores themes of colonization and the remnants of ancient Martian civilization.
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D.
Age of the Gods
Age of the Gods is the primordial mythological era in Japanese Shinto tradition during which deities emerged and the foundations of the world and imperial lineage were established.
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E.
Sons of Odin
"Sons of Odin" is an orchestral track from Patrick Doyle’s score for the 2011 Marvel film *Thor*, evoking the grandeur and mythic heroism of Asgard.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Gods Target entity description: The Old Gods are ancient, malevolent eldritch beings in the Warcraft universe whose corrupting influence once nearly consumed Azeroth.
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A.
Whispers of the Old Gods
Whispers of the Old Gods is a dark, Lovecraftian-themed Hearthstone expansion that introduced corrupted versions of classic cards and powerful Old God legendaries, dramatically reshaping the game's meta.
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B.
Old Gods of the Forest
The Old Gods of the Forest are an ancient, nameless pantheon venerated in the North and beyond the Wall in Westeros, centered on nature worship and the sacred weirwood trees.
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C.
The Old Ones
"The Old Ones" is a short story by Ray Bradbury, included in his science fiction collection *The Martian Chronicles*, that explores themes of colonization and the remnants of ancient Martian civilization.
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D.
Age of the Gods
Age of the Gods is the primordial mythological era in Japanese Shinto tradition during which deities emerged and the foundations of the world and imperial lineage were established.
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E.
Sons of Odin
"Sons of Odin" is an orchestral track from Patrick Doyle’s score for the 2011 Marvel film *Thor*, evoking the grandeur and mythic heroism of Asgard.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antagonistic faction
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cosmic entities ⓘ eldritch beings ⓘ fictional species ⓘ |
| alignment |
Void
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malevolent ⓘ |
| associatedWith | the Black Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Blizzard Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Dragon Aspects
NERFINISHED
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Pantheon NERFINISHED ⓘ Titans NERFINISHED ⓘ mortal races of Azeroth ⓘ |
| eraOfDominance | Black Empire era ⓘ |
| faction | Void Lords NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Warcraft universe
NERFINISHED
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World of Warcraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos backstory ⓘ |
| goal |
corrupt Azeroth
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free themselves from imprisonment ⓘ usher the Hour of Twilight ⓘ |
| homeworld | Azeroth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influence | Azeroth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| loreSource |
World of Warcraft in-game quests and raids
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World of Warcraft: Chronicle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Hour of Twilight attempt
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War of the Shifting Sands NERFINISHED ⓘ corruption of Deathwing ⓘ corruption of the Emerald Dream ⓘ |
| notableMember |
C’Thun
NERFINISHED
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G’huun NERFINISHED ⓘ N’Zoth NERFINISHED ⓘ Yogg-Saron NERFINISHED ⓘ Y’Shaarj NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Aspects of the Dragonflights
NERFINISHED
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Keepers of Ulduar NERFINISHED ⓘ Titan-forged ⓘ |
| power |
corruption
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madness inducement ⓘ mental domination ⓘ reality warping ⓘ |
| status | imprisoned beneath Azeroth’s surface ⓘ |
| theme | Lovecraftian horror ⓘ |
| worshipedBy |
Twilight’s Hammer cult
NERFINISHED
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faceless ones ⓘ naga ⓘ nerubians NERFINISHED ⓘ qiraji NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Old Gods Description of subject: The Old Gods are ancient, malevolent eldritch beings in the Warcraft universe whose corrupting influence once nearly consumed Azeroth.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Low Key Lyesmith
this entity surface form:
Old God