The Naaru are a race of energy beings from the Warcraft Universe of which little is known. From what we have been told, they are the race that saved a portion of the Eredar (now called the Draenei) from destruction at the hands of the Burning Legion. They are known in the lore of the Humans, Dwarves, and Draenei. The Naaru are a force for good in the universe and do not wish to see it eradicated by Sargeras’s Burning Crusade. One of the Naaru was kidnapped by the Blood Elves and forced to provide power for the Blood Elves’ Blood Knight paladins. Since the Naaru are the source of the light which paladins often refer to, they are the teachers and inspiration for the paladin class. The Naaru contacted Velen, the leader of a small group of Eredar, (who had renamed themselves “Draenei” – Exiles in the Eredar language) through the Ata’mal crystal. They formed a vessel for a group of the newly christened Draenei to seek safety in the world of Azeroth. In the book Rise of the Horde by Christie Golden it is said that the first Naaru’s name was K’ure. K’ure helped the Prophet Velen to escape their former world.