N’Zoth, the Corruptor

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Old God fictional character video game character

N’Zoth, the Corruptor is an ancient Old God from the Warcraft universe known for his insidious mind control, reality-warping influence, and role as a major antagonist in World of Warcraft.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
N'Zoth	5
N'Zoth the Corruptor	4
N'Zoth, the Corruptor	2
N’Zoth	2
N’Zoth, the Corruptor canonical	2
N’Zoth, God of the Deep	1
Old God N’Zoth	1
Yogg-Saron (Warcraft Old God)	1
whispers and influence of N'Zoth	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11544822 — 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: N’Zoth, the Corruptor
Context triple: [Whispers of the Old Gods, featuresLegendary, N’Zoth, the Corruptor]

A. Vaelastrasz the Corrupt
Vaelastrasz the Corrupt is a powerful red dragon boss in World of Warcraft, infamous for his tragic corruption and brutally challenging encounter in the Blackwing Lair raid.
B. Nebaioth
Nebaioth is a biblical figure known as the firstborn son of Ishmael and ancestor of an Ishmaelite tribe mentioned in the Old Testament.
C. Maldraxxus
Maldraxxus is a war-torn necromantic realm in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, home to the Necrolords and the military forces that defend the Shadowlands.
D. Malthael
Malthael is a major antagonist in the Diablo video game series, known as the former Archangel of Wisdom who becomes the Angel of Death and central villain of the Reaper of Souls expansion.
E. Aleshtar
Aleshtar is a small city in western Iran known for its Kurdish and Luri population, agricultural economy, and location within the mountainous Lorestan region.
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: N’Zoth, the Corruptor
Target entity description: N’Zoth, the Corruptor is an ancient Old God from the Warcraft universe known for his insidious mind control, reality-warping influence, and role as a major antagonist in World of Warcraft.

A. Vaelastrasz the Corrupt
Vaelastrasz the Corrupt is a powerful red dragon boss in World of Warcraft, infamous for his tragic corruption and brutally challenging encounter in the Blackwing Lair raid.
B. Nebaioth
Nebaioth is a biblical figure known as the firstborn son of Ishmael and ancestor of an Ishmaelite tribe mentioned in the Old Testament.
C. Maldraxxus
Maldraxxus is a war-torn necromantic realm in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, home to the Necrolords and the military forces that defend the Shadowlands.
D. Malthael
Malthael is a major antagonist in the Diablo video game series, known as the former Archangel of Wisdom who becomes the Angel of Death and central villain of the Reaper of Souls expansion.
E. Aleshtar
Aleshtar is a small city in western Iran known for its Kurdish and Luri population, agricultural economy, and location within the mountainous Lorestan region.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Old God ⓘ fictional character ⓘ video game character ⓘ
affiliation	Old Gods of Azeroth ⓘ linked to: World of Warcraft Old Gods
alignment	evil ⓘ
allyOf	Queen Azshara (historically as patron) ⓘ linked to: Zin-Azshari the Naga ⓘ the Twilight's Hammer cult ⓘ linked to: Twilight's Hammer cult
appearsIn	World of Warcraft ⓘ
appearsInExpansion	World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth ⓘ
associatedWith	Ny’alotha ⓘ the Black Empire ⓘ the Emerald Nightmare ⓘ the Naga ⓘ the Void ⓘ
enemyOf	Azeroth ⓘ Queen Azshara ⓘ the Black Dragonflight ⓘ linked to: black dragonflight the Dragon Aspects ⓘ linked to: Dragon Aspects the Titans ⓘ the mortal races of Azeroth ⓘ
finalRaidBossOf	Ny’alotha, the Waking City ⓘ linked to: Ny'alotha, the Waking City
firstRevealedIn	World of Warcraft: Cataclysm (lore and hints) ⓘ linked to: World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
franchise	Warcraft ⓘ linked to: Warcraft universe
fullyConfrontedIn	World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth ⓘ
goal	corrupt Azeroth ⓘ free the Old Gods from imprisonment ⓘ reshape reality into the Black Empire ⓘ
imprisonedBy	the Titans ⓘ
imprisonedIn	Ny’alotha, the Waking City ⓘ linked to: Ny'alotha, the Waking City
influenced	Deathwing ⓘ Queen Azshara ⓘ the Black Empire ⓘ the Emerald Nightmare ⓘ the Naga ⓘ
languageStyle	whispers and cryptic visions ⓘ
location	beneath the seas of Azeroth ⓘ
medium	video games ⓘ
notableAbility	corrupting player characters with the Gift of N’Zoth ⓘ creating Horrific Visions ⓘ
power	corruption ⓘ madness inducement ⓘ mind control ⓘ reality-warping influence ⓘ telepathy ⓘ visions and nightmares ⓘ
role	major antagonist ⓘ
species	Old God ⓘ
title	the Corruptor ⓘ
universe	Warcraft universe ⓘ

How these facts were elicited