Thrall. Thrall - Character Story Why Thrall stopped being the leader of the horde

This time we'll be looking at none other than Thrall, Go'el, Son of Durotan, Green Jesus, or whatever you want to call him. Regardless, he is one of the most important and iconic characters in the Warcraft universe.

Son of Durotan

(In the first section there will be many explanations of things that are not directly related to Thrall himself, but they are important for a correct understanding of the events that will happen later).

During the rise of the Horde, when the demonic Burning Legion and their servant, the warlock Gul'dan, manipulated the orc clans on the planet Draenor into a massive army, the Frostwolf clan and their chieftain Durotan were among those who joined this armada. When the Horde declared war on the peaceful draenei race, some of its members mastered the Legion's fel magic and became warlocks, and the thoughtless use of dark magic turned their brown skin painfully green, and Draenor itself began to slowly die. Durotan was one of the few leaders who spoke out against the growing corruption among the orcs and refused to drink the blood of the demon Mannoroth, which greatly strengthened them, but at the same time turned them into slaves of the Burning Legion. These actions angered Gul'dan, and shortly after the Horde invaded Azeroth through the Dark Portal, declaring war on the human kingdom of Stormwind, the Frostwolf clan was exiled. Durotan and his tribesmen, including his pregnant wife Draka, settled in the mountains of Alterac to the north, which reminded them of the land they came from in Draenor, Frostfire Ridge.

A year after the opening of the Dark Portal, Draka gave birth to a son, who was named Go'el. However, to their horror, the parents discovered that their son's skin was green. It was a sign that he was subject to the blood curse. Durotan, Draka, and Go'el headed south to warn the Warchief's old friend, Orgrim Doomhammer, lieutenant of the brutal Horde leader Blackhand, of the dark forces the Frostwolf clan members suspected were controlling their tribesmen. Orgrim agreed that such leadership (specifically Blackhand and Gul'dan) should be dealt with, and sent a few of his trusted warriors to escort his friends back to Alterac, while he himself returned to the Horde to time the moment when it would be possible to strike at Blackhand. However, to Orgrim's ignorance, his warriors were secretly loyal not to him, but to Gul'dan. A few days later, while traveling north, they attacked and killed Durotan and Draka, before leaving Go'el to die in the snow. But a day after the murder of his parents, the orphaned orc was discovered by a group of hunters led by nobleman Aedelas Blackmoore, who decided to take the baby to their fortress of Durnholde.

Many things happened in the following years. Orgrim Doomhammer killed Warchief Blackhand in a duel and took control of the Horde. The Orcs won the First War and destroyed Stormwind, but the other human nations, as well as several other races, formed an Alliance to resist the invaders in the Second War, which took place a few years later. Due to Gul'dan's treachery, the orcs suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of the Alliance and were placed in special camps scattered throughout the northern kingdom of Lordaeron. A couple of years later, due to events, the details of which I will not go into, their home world of Draenor was torn apart and turned into a shattered dimension of Outland. The dark portal was destroyed, and the fearless clan of the Warsong was trapped on Azeroth. They, like the Frostwolves in Alterac, were not captured by the Alliance, but most members of their race remained in the camps. Many of them fell into lethargy due to their lack of connection to the demonic blood curse that once gave them strength.

New Horde

One of the POW camps was located at Durnholde under the command of Aedelas Blackmoore. Secretly, he raised the young Go'el over the years, giving him the name Thrall, which means "slave". The young orc was raised by a human woman, Clania Foxton, and later befriended her daughter, Taretha. Blackmoore trained Thrall in reading and writing, instructed in leadership and military strategy, and trained in gladiatorial combat, intending to make him a general with whom he could create a personal army from captive orcs and take over the Alliance. This drunkard was cruel and often insulted Thrall, forcing him to fight in the arena for money. One day, Taretha helped a young orc escape from Durnholde, and he went in search of the Warsong clan and its leader, the legendary Grommash "Grom" Hellscream, who sheltered him under his wing. Upon learning that he was a member of the Frostwolf clan, Thrall soon left Warsong for Alterac. There, the shaman Drek'Thar told him that he was the son and heir of Durotan, after which he taught him the shamanic art that the orcs owned before the arrival of the Burning Legion. Thrall soon became a respected shaman, possessor of the power of elemental spirits, and took the place of leader of the Frostwolves. He also tamed the white wolf Snowsong, which became his mount and companion.

One day, Drek'Thar summoned Orgrim Doomhammer, who had escaped human captivity and led a hermitic lifestyle, to Alterac. Hiding his identity, the former chieftain provoked Thrall into a duel, after which he was defeated by a young orc, who then revealed his identity and joined the shaman, becoming his faithful assistant in an attempt to free the orcs from the prisoner camps. Orgrim, Thrall, and Grommash worked together to raid the camps and free their imprisoned tribesmen, but during one of the battles, Orgrim was killed by a human knight. As he died, he passed on his heirloom weapon, the legendary Doomhammer, and his black armor to Thrall, naming him the new Warchief of the Horde. After that, the young orc began the siege of Durnholde, where he demanded negotiations with Blackmoore in order to avoid further bloodshed. Aedelas responded by dropping the severed head of Taretha Foxton at the feet of the young orc. Enraged, Thrall ordered the Horde to attack, and during the battle, he personally killed Blackmoore in a duel. After the victory, he called on the spirit of the earth to destroy Durnholde, but in the process allowed the surviving people to leave and sent a message to the Alliance command that he wished to live in peace with the people if they freed the remaining orcs. In the months that followed, Thrall's Horde continued to rescue their tribesmen, avoiding attacks from the Alliance, one of which was led by the paladin Uther the Lightbringer. The young leader resorted to lightning attacks and convinced the orcs that they would no longer be slaves to anyone, whether they be demons, people or anyone else.

Flood of Kalimdor

One night, as the Horde settled in the Arathi Highlands, Thrall dreamed terrible dream in which the strange Prophet urged him to lead the orcs to their destiny. Awakening, Thrall met with the same Prophet, who told him that the Burning Legion was returning and that the young leader should gather his tribesmen, leave the Eastern Kingdoms and go to the western continent of Kalimdor. After gathering the clans and freeing Grommash from the nearest Alliance port, the orcs set out across the Great Sea in stolen human ships.

However, during the voyage, the orcs were forced to land on a small island due to a storm. There they met with the Darkspear jungle trolls and their leader, Sen'jin, who said that he had seen Thrall in his visions and told the orcs that his kin were under attack by the arriving human army. The greenskin troops attacked the base of the aggressors, but the murlocs (Murky's race) suddenly appeared from the sea, grabbed people, orcs and trolls, after which they imprisoned them in underground caves under the island in order to sacrifice the powerful "Sea Witch" Zar'jira, who was worshiped by the savages . Thrall was able to free himself, his orcs, and many of the trolls, as well as kill the leader of the sea dwellers, but was unable to prevent Sen'jin's assassination. The young leader offered the remaining trolls a place in the Horde, to which they agreed and climbed to the surface, where a volcano erupted nearby, causing the island to begin to sink under water. Thrall gathered the trolls scattered around the area and was able to defend against the attacks of the Sea Witch's servants long enough to repair the ships and sail from the islands, after which he continued his journey.

Weeks later, the Horde arrived on the shores of Kalimdor, but Grommash's forces were separated during the voyage. Thrall's warriors traveled inland and explored the dusty Barrens, where they encountered feral centaur horsemen who attacked the bull-like humanoid tauren led by Chieftain Cairn Bloodhoof. Thrall and his orcs helped the old warchief defend the village from a savage attack and escorted him to the grasslands of Mulgore. In gratitude, Cairne told Thrall about the Oracle, a being that could tell the fate of the Horde and who could be found in the caverns of Stonetalon Peaks far to the north. Orcs and tauren parted on friendly terms, and the Horde marched across the Barrens to Stonetalon. Weeks later, Thrall's forces were suddenly confronted by Grom and the Warsong clan, who were fighting a group of humans that had landed on Kalimdor under the command of the sorceress Jaina Proudmoore. Thrall planned to hire airships from a nearby goblin lab and fly over the pass, after which he ordered Grom to leave the people alone, but the warsong chieftain disobeyed the order and attacked the Alliance settlements. After obtaining the airships, Thrall chastised Grommash, telling him that the bloodlust he had undergone along with his clan was a weakness he could not tolerate. After that, he sent Grom and his warriors to set up camp in Ashenvale to the north, while his main force continued on to Stonetalon.

A couple of days later, Thrall's warriors reached the Peak and, with the help of Cairn and his tauren (who claimed to be blood-linked to the orcs), destroyed the human base guarding the mountain. The allies headed for the depths of the peak until they came face to face with the leader of the people, Jaina Proudmoore, but the brewing fight was interrupted by the Oracle, who turned out to be the Prophet. He told of the beginning of the Burning Legion's invasion, that Lordaeron had already fallen, and Kalimdor was the new target. Orcs and humans had to unite if they were to resist the invaders. The prophet also told Thrall that Grommash had already fallen to demonic influence by drinking the blood of Mannoroth, wanting to confront the night elves living in Ashenvale and kill their demigod Cenarius. Jaina was unwilling to ally with the Horde, but the Prophet insisted that they would be doomed if they did not unite. The humans and orcs returned to the Barrens, where they discovered Grom's camp, commanded by demons and Fel-stricken members of the Warsong clan. Thrall and Cairne fought their way through Grommash's forces as demons rained down from the skies, whereupon the warchief ran into an old friend of his, who revealed that the orcs were not unknowingly infected with the Fel on Draenor, they voluntarily drank Mannoroth's blood, and Grommash himself was the first of them. Furious at this revelation, Thrall confronted an old friend, trapping his soul in a stone given to him by Jaina. The Warsong Warchief was transported to the sorceress's camp, where he was cleansed of the influence of demons, thanks to the efforts of a Horde shaman and Alliance priests.Thrall and Grom decided to head to the nearest canyon to fight Mannoroth.. During the duel, Grommash sacrificed himself to kill the demon, finally freeing the orcs from the curse of blood that had tormented them for generations.

Thrall and Jaina continued their fight against the remaining Legion forces and the night elves of Kalimdor until the Prophet called them to meet with the elven leaders, Malfurion Stormrage and Tyrande Whisperwind. There he revealed that he was none other than Medivh, the Last Guardian of Tirisfal. He convinced the leaders to unite against the Legion, whose leader Archimonde planned to reach the sacred Mount Hyjal in order to acquire the powers of the World Tree Nordrassil. By arranging a defense on the sacred mountain, the orcs, humans, and night elves were able to hold off the demons long enough for Malfurion to summon countless spirits with the ancient Horn of Cenarius,destroyed Archimondeand marked the defeat of the Legion.

Founding of Durotar

In the months following the Battle of Mount Hyjal, as the night elves traveled to Ashenvale, Jaina led the Alliance forces to the east coast of Kalimdor, where she established the island nation of Theramore. Thrall, however, traveled with the Horde back inland to settle in the eastern part of the Barrens, which the orcs could call home. The chief named the new country Durotar in honor of his father, and the capital Orgrimmar in memory of Orgrim Doomhammer. The tauren of Cairn Bloodhoof settled in Mulgore, while the Darkspear trolls and their leader Vol'jin son of Sen'jin traveled to the Echo Isles off the coast of Durotar. Thrall remained friends with Jaina, and together they signed a non-aggression pact.

One day, the beastmaster, the half-ogre Rexxar, arrived in Orgrimmar, bearing a message for Thrall from Mogrin, an orc warrior who fell in battle. The leader hospitably received Rexxar and offered to help him settle in the city, but the beastmaster insisted that he would earn everything himself. Thrall sent a shadow hunter of the Darkspear named Rohan to accompany him, and also offered to help him with several residents of the city: his old teacher Drek'Thar, the captain of the guard Nazgrel, as well as the goblin engineer Gazlowe, who signed a contract with the leader to build the city. While carrying out these tasks, Rexxar suddenly learned of the appearance of human forces off the coast of Durotar. They destroyed the orc settlement and even tried to lure Thrall into a trap under the guise of negotiations. The warchief promptly sent Rexxar, Rohan, and the pandaren brewmaster Chen Stormstout to the Isle of Theramore to deliver a message to Jaina, in which the shaman demanded an explanation for this unprovoked aggression. However, it soon became known that these people served the sorceress's father, Grand Admiral Daelin Proudmoore, who planned to attack Durotar to destroy the orcs.

After escaping the Theramore Admiral's forces, Rexxar helped gather allies against Proudmoore in the form of the Stonemaul tauren and ogres. Thrall thanked the half-ogre for his help and allowed him to carry the new standard of Durotar into battle, under the name Hero of the Horde. Rexxar led the allied forces to Proudmoore's base on the coast, forcing the admiral to retreat to Theramore, but the warchief knew that Daelin would never stop attacking the Horde until he was killed. Moments later, Jaina appeared before them, declaring that she had nothing to do with her father's plans. She let Thrall do what he had to do, but asked for the lives of her people. The leader promised to do everything he could. After breaking the blockade around Theramore, the Horde descended on the island's stronghold, cutting their way through Daelin's forces until cornering him, at which point the admiral was killed, much to Jaina's grief. With the conflict with the humans over, Thrall withdrew his forces, leaving Theramore in peace. Back on the mainland, Thrall thanked Rexxar for his help and offered him a place in Durotar. However, the beastmaster refused, saying that he belonged to nature, but he would always be ready to help the Horde. After that, the half-ogre left for the Barrens.

Untouched

In the years that followed, Thrall continued to rule Orgrimmar, becoming known as a wise diplomat and ruler, and under him more outcast races were recruited into the Horde. The most memorable alliance was forged when the good-hearted tauren persuaded the warchief to accept the Forsaken, an undead faction led by Sylvanas Windrunner based in Lordaeron. They splintered from the undead army known as the Scourge and disowned their evil ruler, the Lich King. Later, the blood elves of Quel'Thalas joined the Horde. When the demon Lord Kazzak opened the Dark Portal, Thrall immediately gathered his advisors and began planning an expedition to Outland, hoping that the orcs could learn more about their history from the ruins of their homeworld.

Some time later, the Horde and Alliance overran the shattered dimension, and soon the former's warriors, led by Nazgrel, discovered a faction of orcs, unaffected by the magic of demons known as the Mag'hars (meaning "untouched" in their language). Due to falling prey to a disease known as red pox years earlier, these orcs were sent to live in isolation from the rest during the rise of the Horde, and therefore remained unaffected by fel magic, retaining their natural brown skin color instead of green, like the rest of the orcs. The Mag'har were amazed to learn that the orcs had been freed from the demonic influence on Azeroth under the command of Durotan's son, and gladly received the warriors of the Horde. When word of the Mag'har'ar existence reached Thrall, he promptly dispatched his most trusted diplomats as ambassadors and later traveled in person with Drek'Thar to the Mag'hari home village of Garadar (named after Thrall's grandfather, Garad), in the grasslands Nagranda.

There, Thrall met with the ancient leader of the Mag'har, Great Mother Geyah, who was none other than his grandmother, being Garad's widow and Durotan's mother. Their meeting was quite emotional. They talked about the parents of the young leader and other fallen heroes, in particular about Orgrim and Grommash, while Geyya revealed the true name of her grandson: Go'el. Thrall also met with the abandoned son of his old friend Grom, Garrosh Hellscream, who had long lived in the shame of his father's legacy due to the fact that he was the first of the orcs to drink demonic blood. The Warchief showed the young Hellscream a vision of Grom's death, making it clear that the Warsong leader was also the one who freed them all from the blood curse by killing Mannoroth. Garrosh's heart filled with pride at the news.

War in Northrend

Upon his return to Azeroth, Thrall brought Garrosh with him and later made the former gladiator Rehgar Earthfury his advisor. And if the second wanted the development of diplomatic relations with the Alliance, then Garrosh wanted its complete destruction, so that the Horde would become the undivided ruler of Azeroth. Some time later, Jaina convinced Thrall to take part in a peace meeting on Theramore with the recently returned king of Stormwind, Varian Wrynn, to improve relations between the factions. Taking Garrosh, Rehgar, and a few members of the elite Kor'kron Guard with him, Thrall went to the meeting, which was fairly peaceful until agents of the sinister Twilight's Hammer cultists, disguised as members of the Alliance and Horde, attacked the members. Peace talks broke down, and the leader was forced to travel to Orgrimmar.

Shortly thereafter, the awakened Lich King Arthas Menethil led his Scourge in an attack across Azeroth. Thrall met with Garrosh, Rehgar, Sylvanas, orc veteran Varok Saurfang, and Forsaken apothecary Putress to discuss the threat. However, while most of the council members urged the warchief to confront the Lich King in his territory on the snowy mainland of Northrend, Thrall preferred a more cautious approach. Garrosh was furious at this decision, but the Warchief told him not to make the same mistake as his father Grom. Enraged by his father's insult, the young warrior challenged Thrall to a maq'gor (orc duel challenged by a candidate for leadership) in the arena of Orgrimmar. However, the duel was interrupted by a Scourge attack on the capital, and after repelling the undead attack, Thrall granted Garrosh's wish by sending him to Northrend, telling Varok to begin preparations for war.

The Horde and Alliance traveled to the northern continent to fight the Scourge, with Garrosh in command of the Horde forces. However, duringBattles at the Wrathgate, in which both nations united against the Scourge, a traitorous group of Forsaken, led by High Apothecary Rotless, betrayed their allies by unleashing a deadly plague on the Alliance, Horde, and Scourge.

The Alliance incorrectly believed that the Horde was responsible for these actions. At the same time, Putless' ally, the demonic dreadlord Varimathras, seized control of the Forsaken capital, Undercity, forcing Sylvanas and her subjects to seek refuge in Orgrimmar. Thrall soon led an army to attack the city and killed Varimathras, who was trying to open portals to summon the Burning Legion's troops. At the same time, Varian led an army against Putress. After killing the apothecary, the king attempted to attack Thrall to end the Horde once and for all, but bloodshed was averted by Jaina, who used her magic to teleport the Alliance armies back to Stormwind City. Some time later, Varian, Thrall, and Garrosh were summoned to the floating city of Dalaran by Jaina and Rhonin (the leader of the mages of the Kirin Tor) todiscuss the threat posed by the Old God Yogg-Saron. However, Thrall and Jaina were unable to prevent the conflict between Varian and Garrosh, after which the king refused to unite with the Horde after the events at the Wrathgate.

Cataclysm

After Arthas' defeat, the celebrating Horde returned to Orgrimmar, where Thrall presented Garrosh, who would become known as a hero of Northrend, with his father's legendary axe, Bloodhowl. However, things did not go so well, as relations between the Alliance and the Horde soured, and Thrall himself learned that the elements of Azeroth had become extremely restless and uncontrollable. The leader decided to find out about the reasons for their strange behavior and went to Outland to talk with the elementals of this world. Before leaving, Thrall appointed Garrosh as warchief in his absence, and Cairn, Vol'jin, and the orc veteran Eitrigg as his advisors. The tauren leader was against this decision, but Thrall soon left for Nagrand.

In Garadar, Greatmother Geyah asked her assistant, a young girl named Aggralan (or simply "Aggra") to help Thrall on his path of shamanism. Initially, this couple did not have warm feelings for each other. Aggra referred to Thrall as "Go'el" and was annoyed at the mention of his name, which meant "Slave", as well as the fact that he still wore the Doomhammer Armor, telling him that he could not be a shaman at the same time. and leader, he will have to choose one path if he wants to help the world. However, despite the difficult beginning, Thrall and Aggra grew closer to each other, eventually becoming lovers. The Warchief visited the Throne of the Elements, home to Draenor's most powerful elemental, Fury, and learned from Gordaug Earthfury that the elementals of Azeroth were in disarray for fear of imminent disaster.

Thrall later learned that Cairne was killed in a duel with Garrosh due to the betrayal of the tauren Magatha Grimtotem, whose tribe took control of the tauren capital Thunder Bluff, after which they were defeated by Cairn's son Baine Bloodhoof. Thrall and Aggra immediately returned to Azeroth and attended the funeral of an old friend. The former chieftain also decided to throw off his armor, donning shamanic robes to appease Aggra. Shortly thereafter, a great Cataclysm erupted, caused by the Dragon-Aspect Deathwing the Destroyer, maddened by the Old Gods, formerly Neltharion, Guardian of the Earth. He emerged from the Maelstrom at the center of the Great Sea, destroying the magical barrier between Azeroth and the Elemental Realm, causing natural disasters around the world. Sensing that the Maelstrom was the source of the Cataclysm, Thrall and Aggra traveled there from the port city of Ratchet on a ship given to them by Gazlowe. The shaman named it "Draka's Fury" after his mother.

However, on the way to the Maelstrom, the ship was attacked by the Alliance and Thrall himself was captured by their spy organization known as SI:7. He was soon freed by orcs and goblins from the Bilgewater Cartel, who had crash-landed on the nearby Forgotten Isles and worked together to defeat SI:7 and the Cartel's leader, Trade Prince Jestor Gallywix, who was attempting to enslave his own underlings. Thrall allowed Gallywix to remain leader of the Cartel and sent the goblins to Orgrimmar to join the Horde. He and Aggra soon continued on their journey, culminating in the Maelstrom, where he attempted to stabilize the rift in the vortex with the help of a shamanistic association known as the Circle of Earth, specifically with a broken draenei, Farseer Nobundo, and the leader of the shamans, the tauren Muln Earthfury. (not related to Rehgar).

Some time later, the green dragon Ysera, the Aspect of Dreams, and the dragon Desharin, entrusted the shaman with a task. He, along with Desharin, traveled to the Caverns of Time, home of the bronze dragons led by Nozdormu, the Aspect of Time, but were attacked by a mysterious stranger who killed Desharin and forced Thrall to flee through a nearby time portal, which sent him to an alternate timeline where he beheld the death of his parents during the Second World War. After being attacked again by a stranger, the shaman ended up in another timeline, where he himself died as a baby, and Aedelas Blackmoore crowned himself, taking control of the Alliance and the Horde with the help of an army of mercenaries. After escaping from the "false" reality to the real one, Thrall met with the Aspect of Nozdormu, who explained that in the future he would become the mad dragon Murozond, who would create the Infinity Dragons, a faction of corrupted bronze dragons that are trying to break the timeline, and would send an assassin after Thrall. The shaman realized that the attacker was actually King Blackmoore from an alternate reality.

To fight Deathwing, Nozdormu asked Thrall to find and awaken the red dragon Alexstrasza, the Aspect of Life, who had fallen into a deep depression following the death and "betrayal" of her mate Korialstrasz, and to enlist the support of the blue dragonflight, who had lost their leader at the time of their Aspect's death. , Malygos, and had to choose a leader in the person of the wise Kalecgos or the son of Malygos, the terrifying dragon Arygos. The choice fell on the former, who was chosen as the new Aspect, to the fury of the latter, who secretly forged an alliance with Deathwing, the Twilight's Hammer cult, and the evil twilight dragons. As the Blues celebrated the rise of Kalecgos, the Twilight attacked during the ceremony. Arygos himself was betrayed and killed by the Twilight's Hammer leader, Twilight Father, and his blood was used to awaken Chromatus, a five-headed monster created from the combined power of dragonflights, in Deathwing's service. Thrall helped the Blues deal with the twilight dragons, after which he killed King Blackmoore with the Doomhammer. During the battle, he had a vision of the death of Koriastrasz, revealing that the red dragon actually sacrificed himself to prevent the Twilight's Hammer from defiling countless red dragon eggs.

After telling this to Alexstrasza and bringing her out of her depression, Thrall joined forces with the other Aspects, Kalecgos, Nozdormu, and Ysera, to fight Chromatus, the shaman himself temporarily taking the place of the absent Neltharion, the Aspect of Earth. Together, they were able to defeat the monster and imprison him in a magical dungeon, unable to completely destroy him. The Aspects then gathered at Wyrmrest Temple, where Nozdormu revealed that the Time of Twilight was approaching, the predicted moment when the Old Gods would end their lives on Azeroth, but the packs, thanks to Thrall's help, were ready to meet him. The former chieftain returned to Aggra at the Maelstrom and made the decision to drop his old name and assume his new identity, Go'ela.

twilight time

One day, while meditating at the Maelstrom, Thrall creepy vision from Ragnaros, the Fire Elemental Lord and servant of the Old Gods, who told him of the imminent Time of Twilight, but when the spell ended and Aggra came to help him, the shaman was convinced that no matter what happened, they would meet these threats together.

Some time later, Thrall and Aggra met with the Dragon Aspects and Archdruid Malfurion Stormrage at the Nordrassil world tree for a special ritual to restore the tree with which the Aspects hoped to heal Azeroth. However, the meeting was interrupted by the appearance of the Twilight's Hammer cultists, led by Fandral Staghelm, a traitorous night elf druid who had joined the forces of Ragnaros. Claiming that Thrall was the Twilight's Hammer's last stand, Fandral shattered the shaman's essence into four elemental essences, which were scattered across the four regions of the Elemental Realm. The traitor and his followers retreated, but when the Aspects began to think that Thrall was doomed, Aggra refused to give up and tried to find her beloved Go'el in the dimensions of the Elemental Lords along with the adventurers.

In the Heavenly High, a dimension of air, Thrall was tormented by doubts that he had failed the world and the Horde, and he himself was unworthy of Aggra. In the Abyssal Deep, the world of water, Thrall's spirit became filled with the desire for peace with the Alliance, life with Aggra, and the birth of his own children. In the Underdark, a dimension of the earth, he was imprisoned in a stone that personified his determination and calmness. Finally, in the realm of Ragnaros, the Firelands, the realm of fire, the shaman's spirit burned with rage over Gul'dan's murder of his parents, his enslavement by Blackmoore, Varian's war against the Horde, and Garrosh's murder of Cairn. Together, Aggra and the adventurers were able to unite the disparate parts of Thrall's spirit, freeing him from his bonds. Go'el and Aggra returned to Nordrassil, where they finally tied their lives in marriage.

Finally, it was time for the Aspects to destroy Deathwing. They decided that the only weapon capable of doing so was the Dragon Soul, an artifact created by the Destroyer during the War of the Ancients 10,000 years ago. He combined the powers of all four Aspects. The soul had been destroyed for a long time, but Nozdormu, along with the adventurers, traveled back in time and obtained weapons. Armed with the Soul, Thrall and the Aspects gathered at Wyrmrest Temple to imbue the artifact with their powers, subsequently using it to destroy Deathwing in the Maelstrom. Thereafter Alexstrasza stated that Aggra was pregnant.

Civil War in the Horde

After defeating Deathwing, Muln Earthfury stepped down as leader of the Earth Circle and handed it over to Thrall. Some time later, Jaina Proudmoore tried to convince Go'el to return to the Horde and do something about the militant Garrosh, but the former leader refused, choosing a new path in the Circle of the Earth, his goal was to heal the wounds of the world after the Cataclysm. Shortly thereafter, Garrosh ordered a mana bomb to be dropped on Theramore, which destroyed the city. Jaina miraculously survived, but her heart was filled with hatred for the Horde. After acquiring a powerful artifact called the Prismatic Focus, she traveled to Orgrimmar and began summoning a huge tsunami of water elementals to flood the city, but was resisted by Thrall, who received a call for help from the elements. The shaman could not dissuade the sorceress, but the arrival of Kalecgos was able to calm her down, stating that by destroying Orgrimmar, she would not be better than Garrosh or Arthas Menethil. Jaina called off the tsunami, but told Go'el that there would be no peace as long as Garrosh was in power.

Although Thrall wanted to live in peace with Aggra and his newborn son Duron, he again had to intervene in world events when Garrosh tried to kill Vol'jin, who had long opposed the leader's tyranny. The troll barely survived thanks to the help of Horde adventurers and Chen Stormstout, after which he ordered the search for Thrall in Durotar, who helped the adventurers purge the Echo Isles from the Kor'kron, once the chieftain's elite guard, now Garrosh's personal legion. When Vol'jin recovered from his wounds, he returned to Durotar with Chen, after which he gathered members of the Darkspear tribe and other leaders of the Horde, starting a rebellion against Garrosh (with the help of the Alliance). Thrall fought in the ranks of the rebels against the Kor'kron, but after that, he asked Vol'jin to watch over Aggra and Duron, leaving the besieged Orgrimmar in search of the orcs who opposed the leader's regime.

Reunited with his old friend, Varok Saurfang, Thrall fought his way through the vast Underground fortress Garrosh had built under the city. Meanwhile, the Alliance and rebels laid siege to Orgrimmar, and the adventurers themselves went to the chieftain's quarters, where he defeated Thrall in a duel. Garrosh himself was defeated by the adventurers, after whichGo'el tried to kill him with the Doomhammer. He was stopped by King Varian and the pandaren Taran Zhu, who declared that the leader should stand trial in Pandaria. After Hellscream was taken away in chains, Thrall and other leaders of the Horde proclaimed Vol'jin Warchief.

Draenor and Doomhammer

During his trial in Pandaria, Garrosh was able to escape with the help of the bronze dragon Kairozdormu, before slipping away to an alternate version of the planet Draenor, where he convinced his father, Grommash, not to accept Gul'dan's gift and instead gather the orc clans into the Iron Horde, free themselves from demonic influence, but still conquer Draenor and Azeroth from the main universe. When the Iron Horde invaded Azeroth through the Dark Portal, Thrall donned his old armor again and fought the invaders, subsequently leading a small, elite force into Draenor to destroy the Dark Portal from that side. After rescuing several Frostwolf orcs from the alternate Draenor (among them a young version of Drek'Thar) and destroying the portal, Thrall and the Horde traveled to the home of the Frostwolves, Frostfire Ridge, to seek help against the Iron Horde. There, he met with alternate versions of his parents, Durotan and Draka, after which he helped them in various battles against Grommash's forces. The Horde was able to break into Nagrand, where at that time Garrosh was located, who became the leader of the Warsong clan, since Grommash assumed the title of leader of the Iron Horde. When the Allied forces attacked Grommashar Hold, Thrall summoned Garrosh to Mak'gora.During the duelHellscream teased Go'el, saying that he was responsible for everything that happened, but the shaman stated that Garrosh himself chose his fate. Thrall used his elemental powers to encase his opponent in a fist of stone, then finished them off with a thunderbolt.

Many months after the defeat of the Iron Horde, the Burning Legion once again flooded Azeroth, and the Alliance with the Horde, including Thrall, met the demons on the Broken Shore. The battle ended in disaster. Varian was killed, and Vol'jin was mortally wounded, appointing Sylvanas the leader before his death. After the battle, Thrall and the surviving members of the Circle of Earth gathered at the Maelstrom, but were soon attacked by Legion forces led by the fel lord Get'zun. While the rest of the shamans fought the demons, Thrall grappled with their leader, but during their battle, the Hammer of Doom fell out of his hands, which fell into the Maelstrom, landing in the Dungeon, the dimension of the earth. Shortly thereafter, Get'zun was thrown off a cliff and ended up in a sinkhole as well. Thrall, a shaman adventurer, and a dwarf named Mylra the Stormcaller quickly descended into the Dungeon to retrieve the legendary weapon and found it had landed in a place called the Thundering Depths. Thrall explained that the elements no longer spoke to him after he used them to kill Garrosh, and that the Doomhammer had become unbearably heavy. The three shamans went to the Thundering Depths, but due to the fact that Go'el was still badly injured after the battle with Get'zhun, he soon fell behind his companions. Milra and the adventurer battled the demon, and with the Doomhammer, the hero was able to kill the fel lord. Seeing that the adventurer is a worthy bearer of the hammer, Thrall handed over his position as leader of the Earth Ring, telling him to return to the Maelstrom and listen to Aggra's advice, and then left to consider the future.

Blackmoore gave him the name Thrall, which also meant "slave" in the language of humans. Blackmoore returned to his stronghold, Durnholde Keep, with Thrall, and raised him to be a gladiator - with all the ferocity of an orc, but also with the mindset of a strategist. He was taught and trained extensively, fed by a human woman, and raised as the brother of her daughter, Taretha Foxton. Thrall proved himself to be an excellent student and a phenomenal fighter. He was smart, fast, and huge, even by Ork standards. But Blackmoore's beatings in and out of the arena had an effect. Tareta began to write letters to him and secretly delivered them with books, and he answered her. In the end, he told Tareta that he was preparing an escape. Taretha set fire to the fortress and Thrall was able to escape from his cell without being seen. They met outside Durnholde, in a cave where Taretha had given Thrall supplies and provisions. He then left Durnholde, hoping never to return there again. However, Thrall was soon captured and taken to one of the camps, where Lorin Remka commanded. There he met an old orc with glowing red eyes, Kelgar, who told him about Gul'dan's betrayal, and about the bright past of the Horde. He told him that the only one who continued to fight was the invincible Grom Hellscream, chieftain of the Warsong clan. When another orc told Thrall that Blackmoore had arrived at the camp looking for him, he was once again able to escape and went in search of Thunder Hellscream.

How Thrall Became a Shaman

After the chieftain was found and proved himself, Hellscream took Thrall under his protection, teaching him the orc language. He also explained to him, based on the tattered diapers Thrall provided, that he belonged to the Frostwolf clan. After spending some time with Hellscream, Thrall decided to leave him to search for his ancestors in the mountains of Alterac. Thrall, exhausted by the long march, was picked up by the Frostwolf orcs and taken to their camp. There he met Drek'Thar, who told Thrall that he was the son of the leader of the Frostwolf clan. After Thrall settled in among his fellow tribesmen, Drek'Thar taught him the old lore of the Horde that had been taught before Gul'dan's corruption of his people, and Thrall soon became a full member of his clan. The she-wolf named Snowsong chose him as her companion. Some time later, Drek'Thar led him to a quiet, peaceful place, the existence of which the young orc did not even suspect, where he successfully passed the initiation. Thrall was received by the spirits of Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Nature in one of the most exalted events of his life. He became the first shaman after Gul'dan corrupted the Horde. Thrall returned to the camp as a completely different orc, fully initiated into the mysteries of the shamans of his clan and accepting his role as the son of the leader. This was a symbolic and significant milestone, as Thrall was the first shaman to be adopted by the spirits since Drek'Thar. This meant not only that Thrall would become the greatest shaman of his people, but also that the spirits were still able to forgive the orcs for their treacherous betrayal when they made a pact with demonic forces and the confirmation of this was that Thrall became a shaman. After a while, a traveler entered the camp. Thrall began to speak to him politely, but soon became furious when he accused the Frostwolf clan of hiding in their mountains. His anger, and the orc's pride, continued to rise. Thrall notified the outsider that he was going to join Hellscream with Warsong and begin a siege of the camps. The Outsider called Hellscream a "demon-obedient dreamer" and said that humans were not worth fighting. Enraged, Thrall challenged the alien to battle. Pulling back his cloak, the alien showed off his worn black metal cuirass and heavy warhammer. After a short but brutal fight, Thrall disarmed him, but his clanmates prevented him from finishing off the enemy. As it turned out, the alien was Orgrim Doomhammer, leader of the Horde. Drek'Thar informed Doomhammer of the return of Durotan's son. Orgrim decided to provoke Thrall into a fight to find out if Drek'Thar's accolades were truly deserved, and he was able to verify this. Thrall was able to not only challenge him to a duel, but also to win, which had only happened once before. And defeated him ... Thrall's father.

Thrall is the new leader of the Horde

Doomhammer made Thrall his second-in-command and explained the strategy to liberate the camps. Following his plan, Thrall was to infiltrate the camps disguised as one of the broken, lethargic prisoners, and then inspire the orcs by showing them his shamanistic abilities. Together with the broken orcs, who will cheer up to see their heritage restored, they will be able to quickly liberate the camps. This tactic was more than successful for the first three camps. In the fourth camp, Thrall was quickly recognized, and they had to resort to the help of new members of the Horde, as well as the shamanic powers that Thrall possessed, in order to successfully liberate this camp. The fifth turned out to be much better prepared - the knights of Durnholde were now in each of the subsequent camps, and in connection with this, whichever of them the orcs attacked, they faced much more stubborn resistance. During the liberation of this camp - now Hammerfall - a Horde outpost located in the Arathi Highlands - Doomhammer was killed by a knight's spear. With his last breath, Orgrimm gives Thrall his black warhammer armor and names him Warchief of the Horde. As the new Warchief, Thrall's first act was to attack Durnholde in order to disable the entire internment camp system. He secretly met with Tareta and asked the girl to leave the fortress with her family, but she refused, hoping that it would not come to hostilities, and, fearing for the consequences if Blackmoore noticed her absence (he made Tareta his mistress, and such an arrangement of things she was never satisfied. When Thrall, leading the Horde, arrived at Durnholde, he saw a tipsy Blackmoore and offered to end everything in peace in order to avoid unnecessary bloodshed. Blackmoore experienced a whole gamut of emotions: surprise at Thrall's rise to power, anger at what the Warchief demanded, and regret at Thrall's betrayal of him. When Blackmoore was again offered to surrender or die, he responded ... by throwing the severed head of Taretha Foxton into the courtyard of the fortress, while shouting that it would be so with everyone who betrayed him. Thrall roared in rage and pain, even the elementals sensed his rampage, and gave the order to launch the attack. During the siege, Thrall cornered Blackmoore in his secret tunnel, and threw his sword at the traitor's leg. Blackmoore sobered up enough to confront the Warchief - the one who had Blackmoore's back to give him the opportunity - but when he tried to explain himself and asked Thrall to help him subdue the Alliance, the Warchief's fury at Taretha's fate shattered all barriers and he dealt the killing blow. As he died, the owner of the Darkhold felt proud of who Thrall had ended up being—what Blackmoore had made him… or thought he had made. Thrall left the castle to see the orcs triumph. Thrall gave a message to Blackmoore's second-in-command, Lord Carramine Langton, to take it "up": free all orc prisoners, and cede land they could use. If the Alliance agrees, then they will not cause him unnecessary trouble and will be happy to cooperate and trade. If he chooses the path of war, then they will become an enemy that the Alliance has never seen before - and the Horde controlled by the old warlock will seem nothing compared to them. After that, he left Durnholde, allowing the Sergeant and the other human survivors to leave unharmed. He then called on the Earth Spirit to destroy the fortress before moving on to free his people.

Thrall leads the surviving Orcs to Kalimdor

Thrall and Grom spent a lot of time assembling the Horde's scattered forces. But soon, when Thrall was with a small force in the Arathi Highlands, he had a dream. He saw armies fighting, fires falling from the sky, and a voice warning him of the coming danger. When he woke up, he realized that it was not a dream, but a vision sent to him by a mysterious Prophet. He told Thrall that he was not at all what he seemed, that he gave up his humanity a long time ago, and the only chance for the orcs to leave Lordaeron was to sail west to Kalimdor, only there they could find their destiny. Thrall, in obedience, ordered the Horde to assemble and began preparations for a journey across the Great Sea. However, Thunder fell into the hands of people, and the young Leader went to rescue him. Hellscream offered to hijack the ships with which they could leave the lands of people forever. Once the Horde was assembled, the orcs stole ships and sailed across the Great Sea to Kalimdor.

How the Tauren Joined the Horde

Off the coast of Kalimdor, the ships were caught in a storm and were scattered, due to which everyone on board made it to the mainland barely alive. The clans lost each other, and Thrall roamed the shore, gathering the orcs and trolls he met. These lands were inhabited by many new unusual creatures, the most cruel of which were the centaurs, as well as the tauren, which they attacked. As Thrall fought a band of centaurs, he unexpectedly met Cairne Bloodhoof, leader of the tauren tribe of the same name. Impressed by the cruelty and nobility of the orcs, Cairn said he would help Thrall find the fate of his people. The orc told Cairn that he saw the advance of the centaurs to the north, and he explained to him that the village of his tribe was in danger, after which the orcs, trolls and tauren were able to recapture the centaur village. After defeating the centaurs, the tauren had to leave their villages and go to the fertile meadows of Mulgore to avoid starvation. Cairne agreed to tell Thrall the whereabouts of the Oracle, who could help all orcs find their destiny if the Horde helped the tauren get to Mulgore. Thrall accepted these terms and helped the tauren by protecting them from wild beasts and centaur marauders. Cairn told Thrall that a mysterious Oracle, capable of helping the Horde find their destiny, was in the Stonetalon Mountains. The young orc, delighted to have found new allies in a foreign land, thanked Cairn and headed towards the mountains. Upon reaching the Stonetalon Mountains, Thrall learned that Grom Hellscream and the Warsong clan were fighting the humans under the command of Jaina Proudmoore. Her troops occupied all the passes to the main mountain, and Thrall hoped he could use the goblin airships to overcome the barrier. However, when the warchief was trying to sneak up on the goblins, an impatient Grom was suddenly attacked by humans, and Thrall had to divert their attention by attacking their strongholds. Finally, the young orc managed to get some goblin airships. Hellscream argued with Thrall, saying that a true warrior would fight humans to the last, rather than try to avoid a fight. Worried about Grom's bloodlust, Thrall told him and the Warsong clan to stay in Ashenvale while he made his way to the mountain. Thunder reluctantly agreed. Finally reaching the mountain, Thrall was surprised to meet Cairn. He offered to help the local wyverns by freeing them from the harpies, because they were able to overcome the last obstacle in the air - people at the main peak. Thrall and Cairne split up and roamed the caverns. After some time, they discovered the dwelling of the Oracle and met Jaina Proudmoore there, with whom they were going to fight, until the Oracle suddenly appeared, which turned out to be the same Prophet that both Thrall and Jaina had met in Lordaeron. He told Thrall about what had happened to Grom and that the orcs must unite with the humans if they were not to be destroyed together. Thrall reluctantly agreed, desperate to save Grom.

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The only son of Durotan, Thrall was destined to become the leader of the clan in due time. But just weeks after his birth, Thrall's parents were killed by traitors from the Blackrock clan. Left to die in the cold snow, the nameless infant survived only because Aedelas Blackmoore's caravan stumbled across the slain orcs. Blackmoore took the baby with him to Dernhold Keep, intending to use it for his own benefit.

Clannia Foxton, the wife of Blackmoore's servant, reluctantly took on the task of nursing the child, and Jaramin Skisson, little Taretha Foxton's teacher, taught him to read and write. However, when Thrall - as Blackmoore called his "home orc", wanting to emphasize his status - turned six, and he was old enough by orc standards, Blackmoore himself undertook to educate him - less often with praise, but more often with beatings. The lieutenant intended to make a gladiator slave out of him, and that year the orc came out of his cell for the first time.

A few months later, Thrall, along with other future gladiators and recruits, was transferred into the hands of another trainer, whom everyone simply called "Sergeant". On the first day, the Sergeant became Thrall's sparring partner, and the orc nearly overpowered his trainer. It was never said out loud, but Thrall has been his favorite ever since. It was the Sergeant who insisted that Thrall be given the right to read military literature. And Tareta, having overheard the Sergeant's conversation with Blackmoore, took care to diversify his reading with history, culture and art. For a long time they communicated with the help of notes in transmitted books, and a strong friendship arose between them.

Thrall spent most of his youth fighting in the arenas, brutal to the misses of gladiator slaves, for the amusement of the public and filling Blackmoore's pocket with gold. The sergeant not only taught him many hand-to-hand combat techniques and the wielding of almost any weapon, he also taught him important lessons about mercy and what should be considered a fair fight. At the age of eight he won his first fight, and he was allowed, albeit in chains, to train outside the fortress. And at twelve he saw his first orc - one of the prisoners transported in the wagon. Then Thrall realized what he looked like to humans - a hideous, terrifying monster.

Hardened by early combat experience, his spirit began to yearn for freedom. And after the first battle he lost, followed by especially severe beatings, he decided to escape. Tareta provided him with invaluable assistance, gathering supplies for the journey and organizing an arson that diverted the attention of the guards. Thus Thrall gained his freedom.

New Horde

Once free, Thrall decided to go to one of the POW camps to see other orcs. It turned out to be easy - he was soon captured by a patrol. Seeing the orcs, the former slave was deeply disappointed. These self-lost, apathetic beings bore little resemblance to the terrifying warriors the books told of. Kelgar, one of the prisoners, told Thrall of the rage in his blood-red eyes, the emptiness that every orc felt after being defeated, and the last ones to fight on - the Warsong clan and Grom Hellscream. With the help of Kelgar, Thrall escaped right from under the nose of Blackmoore, who was informed of the strange prisoner. However, all of his luggage fell into Blackmoore's hands, including Taretha's letters.

Thrall in Warcraft 3

For a long time, Thrall traveled west in search of the elusive Grom. He was eventually found by the Warsong orcs and reluctantly brought to the cave where the clan was hiding. Thrall was put to the test, and Grom recognized him as worthy to live and hunt with his clan. Grom examined the piece of blue cloth with the emblem of the white wolf on it, which Thrall was wrapped in as an infant and carried through his years of trials, and recognized the emblem of the Frostwolf clan.

Thrall learned a lot about the customs and culture of the orcs, he even managed to finally learn Orc, of which he knew only a few words before. However, after some time, it turned out that Blackmoore's people were combing the forests, and Thrall, not wanting to endanger the clan, left the cave and went to the Alterac Mountains, where, as Grom said, the exiled members of the Frostwolf clan lived.

The path was not easy, especially in winter. For several weeks he went to the mountains, until supplies ran out, and he fell exhausted into the snow. There he was found by the warriors of his clan.

Drek'Thar, the shaman of the Frostwolf, told Thrall about who his parents were and why they were killed. But the title of leader did not come easily to him. Thrall went through trials to prove himself worthy of being called an orc. A she-wolf named Snowsong chose him and became his ally. Trained and initiated under Drek'Thar, Thrall became the first orc to be adopted by spirits in the long years of the sorcerer's reign, and one of the most powerful shamans history has ever known.

One day, an orc wanderer stopped at the shelter of the Frostwolf clan. Although he was quite polite, he argued that humans should be avoided, as the Frostwolf orcs do, and that they had nothing more to fight for. Furious at his "cowardice," Thrall challenged the hermit to a duel. To Thrall's surprise, there was armor under the stranger's cloak, and a huge war hammer in the bag, but, nevertheless, the orc, having gone through the crucible of unequal gladiator fights, managed to defeat his armed opponent. Thrall was shocked when the hermit revealed his name. It turned out that Drek'Thar's wolf brought Orgrim Doomhammer himself to their camp to see for himself the qualities of the young warrior before making him his right hand. Drek'Thar, Orgrim, and Thrall devised a plan to have Thrall enter a POW camp and secretly display his shamanic powers to inspire others and shake off their inactivity and lethargy. At the same time, Grom Hellscream and Drek'Thar, under Orgrim's command, prepared to attack, and eventually the armed attack and the strength of the two shamans overcame what little resistance the guards offered. In the spring, their plan came into action: three times Thrall infiltrated the camps, and three times they managed to overthrow the guards. But the third time they recognized him, and the fourth camp was teeming with guards ready to repel the attack, which, however, only increased the losses of the parties, but did not change the result of the battle.

In the fifth camp, an ambush awaited the New Horde. Thrall did his best as a shaman. He appealed to the Spirit of Life - and the trained horses threw off their riders. He called to the Spirit of the Earth - and the roots bound those who fell to the ground. The orcs fought fiercely, but the enemy was strong. Thanks to the attack, the prisoners were now free - at the cost of impressive losses. Orgrim Doomhammer was mortally wounded, but insisted that Thrall, as the one who inspired the orcs and instilled new hope in them, should become the new war leader. Before he died, he bequeathed his legendary armor and his Doomhammer to Thrall. So Thrall, without knowing it, became the bearer of the second part of the prophecy of the Hammer of Doom - the hammer passed into the hands of someone who does not belong to the Black Rock clan, and the weapon again began to serve justice.

Captured on the battlefield, Langston, Blackmoore's minion in charge of the camp's defenses, quickly revealed his patron's real plans for Thrall under threat of death. According to the plan of Aedelas Blackmoore, who led all the prisoner-of-war camps, the young orc was to stand at the head of his freed brothers and lead them against the enemies of the lieutenant general. Thrall decided to bring down the entire camp system, and for this it was necessary to destroy its center.

About to attack Dernholde, Thrall gave Tareta a signal, and she came to the meeting. But she refused to leave Dernhold, not wanting to leave her family and provoke alarm. On a misty morning, a small group of orcs approached the fortress, and Thrall tried to negotiate with Blackmoore. Dead drunk, Aedelas only laughed when he heard the offer to release the prisoners of war in exchange for keeping the fortress intact. In response, he tossed the severed head of Taretha to Thrall.

Blackmoore miscalculated severely, thinking that such an action would break the will of his former slave. Enraged, Thrall called to the spirits and caused an earthquake that shook the fortress. The Sergeant had to manage the defense - the demoralized Langston was unable to command the soldiers, and Blackmoore, realizing what he had done, tried to hide. He decided to use the underground passage, but the collapse caused by the earthquake cut off his escape route. The lieutenant general had no choice but to return, only for Thrall to bring justice to his former master in a quick duel. When the fury of the orcs subsided, Thrall accepted the surrender of those who remained alive. At his call, the Earth Spirit shook the fortress for the last time, razing it to the ground. It's time for the orcs to be freed.

Without a fortress to serve as a base and a coordinating center for the camps, freeing the rest of the orcs was easy enough. A talented apprentice of Orgrim, Thrall mastered the strategy of guerrilla warfare, rapid attacks and retreats. The young leader even managed to raid Stratholme, where at that moment there were many famous paladins of the order, and get away unpunished. Detachments under his command suddenly appeared, freed their brethren and disappeared, leaving the Alliance commanders at a loss - what were they doing wrong if the Horde, gathering more and more warriors under its banner, remained elusive?

Departure for Kalimdor

But soon Thrall was visited by a strange vision of demons, which, as he found out, was sent by a mysterious prophet. Following his advice, Thrall gathered Horde troops, made a surprise raid, and captured several Alliance warships to travel to Kalimdor to meet his fate.

On their way across the Great Sea, Thrall's ships were caught in a violent storm and had to take shelter in the bay of a small island for repairs. As it turned out, the island was inhabited by a tribe of Darkspear trolls, and their head, Sen'jin, was friendly to his unexpected neighbors. However, he warned that an Alliance force had settled on the island. Thrall attacked their camp. Because of the unexpected attack, the people were unprepared and were quickly defeated. But soon the orcs and trolls were attacked by murlocs to capture more captives to be sacrificed to the Sea Witch. Thrall managed to get out of captivity, but Sen'jin fell, and his last wish was that the trolls of his tribe take their rightful place in the New Horde. Back at the camp, Thrall and his newfound allies began to fight against the unstoppable tide of murlocs. The troops were badly battered, and the Sea Witch herself was approaching Thrall's camp. However, the ships were repaired. Thrall, orcs and trolls fled, and the Sea Witch got an empty camp.

Thrall's ships, battered by the storm, washed ashore. Gathering his scattered troops scattered along the southern coast of Kalimdor, the warchief came across a band of tauren, led by Cairn Bloodhoof and aided them in their fight against the centaurs, then provided them with protection as Cairn's caravan crossed the Wastes. From Cairn, Thrall learned of the Oracle living in Stonetalon Peak and decided to seek him out.

He soon came across the Warsong clan, who had also survived the shipwreck. Against Thrall's orders, Grom and his clan attacked the human settlement, which turned out to be Jaina Proudmoore's evacuation expedition, and the warchief had to fight his way to the top of the peak by force - which he least desired. Together with Cairn, who came to the aid of the leader of the orcs, overcoming the dangers of the caves under the Stone Claw, Thrall and Jaina appeared before the Oracle, who turned out to be none other than the very mysterious prophet, Medivh. Medivh insisted that Jaina and Thrall join forces against the demons of the Burning Legion. The chieftain's first step was to save his friend Grom Hellscream, who had almost succumbed to the demonic call. Thrall and Grom, who was partially cleansed of his corruption, fought the Lord of the Abyss - Mannoroch, who was responsible for the bloodthirsty legacy of the orcs. Thrall was not particularly lucky in his attack, but Grom managed to end the Burning Legion demon at the cost of his life. Teaming up with the night elves and humans, the New Horde forces managed to defend the World Tree and crush the Legion in the final battle at Mount Hyjal.

Attack on Durotar

Deciding to establish a new home for his people, Thrall settled in the east of the Wastes, in the land that he named Durotar after his father, and Orgrimmar, under construction, named after his friend and teacher Orgrim, became the new capital of the orc state. But the unexpected human attacks greatly worried the leader - after all, by making a pact with Jaina Proudmoore, Thrall hoped that his people were safe from the people.

With the help of the half-ogre Rexxar, the leader managed to contact Jaina and get to the bottom of the truth: the orcs were attacked by the troops of Admiral Proudmoore (Eng. Daelin Proudmoore), who had recently arrived in Kalimdor in search of his daughter. With the support of Rexxar (both the tauren and the ogre tribe sided with the Horde), Thrall prepared to attack Theramore, the new city of Jaina's people in Kalimdor, where he knew the stubborn admiral had settled.

Having made a difficult choice between the Horde and her father, Jaina spoke about how the Horde troops could get to the island. In return, she asked for mercy on the inhabitants and garrison of the city, who had little to do with the warlike sailors of the Kul Tiras flotilla. Thrall gave her his word, and kept it - the city remained standing, although it suffered from the assault. Admiral Daelin Proudmoore, one of the last heroes of the Second War, was killed.

Thrall in World Of Warcraft

Rebellion of the Burning Blade

Three years later, a conspiracy by the former orc clan of the Burning Blade once again threatened the peace between Orgrimmar and Theramore. Even Burks, one of Thrall's closest advisers, was among the conspirators. Starting as a series of disparate incidents, the conflict quickly escalated, threatening to escalate into a full-scale war. But Thrall's close cooperation with Jaina, who discovered that the demon Zmodlor was actually behind the provocations, helped uncover the plot and break up the fight at North Theramorean Outpost, where a large Horde force led by Burx engaged in battle with the keep's defenders. Burks was personally executed by Thrall on the spot - the Hammer of Doom crushed the conspirator's head. The skirmish prompted the two leaders to start negotiations to sign a formal peace treaty that would prevent such skirmishes from happening again.

After the rebellion, Thrall resides in the Valley of Wisdom in Orgrimmar. The life of a warlord is not easy and full of problems - external and internal threats to Durotar force him to remain vigilant.

Thrall and Cataclysm

Once impregnable fortresses lie in ruins. Ancient forests blaze with fire in the rays of the setting sun. The arid deserts that frightened even the most hardy travelers are now covered with fertile oases, teeming with hitherto unknown species of flora.

The split changed a lot. The return of Deathwing had its most noticeable impact, of course, on the landscapes of Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms, however, the inner world of many of the heroes of Azeroth has undergone major changes. Thrall held many titles throughout his long life: slave, gladiator, shaman, leader of the Frostwolf clan, and finally leader of the Horde. Now the son of Durotan folds the mantle of the warlord and once again dons the modest robe of the shaman.

When the elementals rebelled before the Sundering, Thrall was faced with a difficult choice - whether to continue as the leader of the Horde or fulfill his spiritual destiny as a shaman. He ultimately relied on his intuition and handed over the reins of the Horde and everything he had built over the years to Garrosh Hellscream. Thrall also changed from his armor, which had become the symbol of the leader of the Horde, to simple robes and a shaman's rosary. As Garrosh continues to pursue dubious reforms within the Horde, Thrall has become fully focused on pacifying the forces that are literally tearing Azeroth apart. While some members of the Horde yearn to see Thrall as leader, the world needs his shamanic powers now more than ever.

Later, the Aspects figured out how to defeat Deathwing. They decided to retrieve the Dragon Soul from the past and use it against Deathwing, thereby disembodied him. However, there were two problems: The Aspects wanted to empower the Dragon Soul, but they didn't have the Earth Aspect. The second problem was the impossibility of using the Dragon Soul by a dragon - the artifact instantly killed any dragon. Both problems were solved by Thrall. With the help of the best warriors of the Horde and the Alliance, an artifact was delivered from the past, and then, in the battle at the Dragonblight Temple, Deathwing's minions - the Twilight's Hammer and the faceless ones - were killed. Thrall used the enhanced Dragon Soul against Deathwing, but he flew away injured. Then, on the Alliance ship Skyfire, the mortals, the Aspects, and Thrall rushed after him. Thrall used the artifact a second time and Deathwing fell into the Maelstrom. However, he, having turned into a formless mass of molten rage, entered his final battle. But Thrall used the Soul for the third time, destroying Deathwing completely, and Nozdormu used magic so that no one could prevent this event. At the end, the Aspects say that you lose your powers because you have done your duty to prevent the Time of Twilight. Now the Age of Mortals has arrived.

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I offer you a more complete story of the fate of the former leader of the Horde, who changed the fate of not only his people, but the whole world. This article uses quotes from the new novel The Shattering.

One of the most colorful figures in the history of Warcraft since his first appearance in Warcraft 3 in the Lord of the Clans saga Christie Golden. Thrall has always been able to win the hearts of people, both in the game world and in the real world. He was created as a "true hero" for the brutal orcs, a beacon of honor and judgment in a cruel primitive community. And, speaking of him, it is impossible not to mention what made him so different from other orcs. Why did an orphan who grew up in captivity for the joy of Blackmore achieve such success ...

Slave

The orc child was raised by humans, in particular Adelas Blackmore, who saw the young orc as a great opportunity to make money from gladiator fights. He named the child Thrall, a slave. But Blackmore himself did not raise him. He was lucky to grow up in the Foxton family, Blackmore's servants. During his upbringing, he did not feel offended. Clania Foxton was afraid of the little green child, and her husband Tammis, although he did not like it, sought to raise his status in the eyes of Blackmore

However, their daughter, Taretha, gave Thrall a huge boost of humanity. She looked at him without fear, he seemed to her her brother, only her brother's skin was green. Despite his strange appearance, Tareta cared for him with sisterly love and kindness. A year later, when Blackmore sent the orc to gladiator training, Tareta felt the pain of loss. And I was glad to be able to talk to him again.

Thrall learned to read and write thanks to his caring teacher. And at the age of six, he began his training. His trainer, simply referred to as the Sergeant, also treated the orc with care and kindness that he hesitated to show in Blackmore's presence. During his training, the Sergeant was able to get him several books, from which the orc learned the art of strategy and battle.

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Thrall hesitated and lowered his blue eyes. Blackmore's eyes glared at him, "Do you know what your name means?"
"No, sir" - his voice sounded muffled, even to his own ears, sharply different from the melodious voices of people
"It means 'slave'. It means you belong to me.” Blackmore stepped forward and jabbed a finger into the orc's chest. “It means I own you. Do you understand this? The orc was shocked and did not answer. Does the name mean "slave"? But it sounded so cute when people said it, he thought it was a good name.
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Taretha Foxton delivered the books. And in these books she forwarded letters. Communication between her and the green continued for several years. But Blackmore's beatings got worse and worse. The first gladiator fight was lost because Thrall was beaten too hard. And he decided to run.

Taretha helped him escape by diverting attention.

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“They called you a monster,” she said, “but in fact, they are monsters, not you. Farewell, Thrall!"
–

Through interactions with Blackmore, Taretha, and the Sergeant, he learned that some people are extremely evil, but other people can be completely trusted. He learned to write, read, speak the Common language. He has learned to fight. He learned what it is to be a slave, and what it is to be merciful. What is honor, courage and kindness. He was about 18, but he did not understand the language of the orcs, his people, and had little idea what they were. But his passion to find his people was relentless.

Hero

Thrall snuck into the isolation camps to see his people. He was horrified to discover that they had been stricken with a mysterious illness, apparently of a psychological nature. The wild people he had read about in books were no longer wild people. Instead, he found downtrodden, inactive, uninterested orcs with red eyes. Even if they were free, they would not be able to do anything.

Capturing the red-eyed orc, he listened to its sad story of its former glory and power, told in a hollow voice. The orc spoke of heroes, of men prostrated before a wave of ferocious green-skinned warriors. He spoke of spirits he had never heard of before.

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“Oh yes…” Kelgar said sadly, “Once we were a proud, battle-hungry Horde. We had many clans, some clans knew how to control the magic of wind and water, sky and earth, all wild spirits and they lived in harmony with this power. We called them shamans and before the advent of warlocks, their power was immutable.
–

Thrall still had little idea of ​​his people, but now he knew what they were. And their way of life seemed to him the best of what he had seen. He wanted to help them.

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Kelgar bowed his head, "The Power hasn't gone. I can kill the guards. Everyone can kill. But why? I don't want to climb the wall. I want to stay here. I don't know why, I'm ashamed, but it's true. You will need passion, the flame of life, for all of us."
–

With these words, Kelgar quietly ignited the fire of revolution. His stories inspired Thrall and encouraged him to restore the Horde to its former glory. Thrall found Grom Hellscream, who had escaped capture. Hellscream was angry at the results of the Second War and was curious. Orc raised by people, knowing about honor and mercy?

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"Wouldn't it be better to change your name? If it means a slave, it is a seal of shame,” Hellscream said, staring at him with his red eyes.

Thrall thought and chewed and swallowed, “No. Blackmore gave me that name so that I would never forget who it belonged to.” His eyes darkened, “And I won't. I will keep this name and when we meet with Blackmore again, he will remember what he did to me and regret it ... "
–

Hellscream told him about the history of the orcs since they left Draenor. He showed him the veil he had had since childhood, and Grom recognized it as the Frostwolf Clan, Thrall's bloodline. Hellscream listened to Thrall's story about the camps and found only one way to free the people from their apathy. But they needed help - and Thrall went in search of the Frostwolves, with their help he planned to find his family.

It was then that the green first felt like a shaman. DrekTar, shaman and protector of the Frostwolf clan, saw potential in the young orc. But first, he had to work hard to earn the trust of the Frostwolf clan. DrekThar spoke to him often, talking about Draenor, about the corruption that had fallen on the orcs, about his father and mother, about the apathy that had gripped the orc people:

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I believe that this apathy that you reported is the void that fills us after all the demonic energy is released. Without demon energy, they feel weak, helpless. They don't believe they are capable of anything. They look like empty cups that have been filled with poison. Now they are again asking to fill them. Shamanism, connection with the pure and simple forces of the elements, will fill them with power and return the thirst for life.
–

And he began to train the hero as a shaman. Perhaps it was because Thrall had not been hit by a wormhole of demonic power, perhaps DrekThar saw great potential in the young orc. He not only gave all his strength to study, but he showed a natural inclination towards shamanism. The time has come, and DrekThar performed the rite of initiation of the shamans.

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“Very well, my child,” said DrekThar, his voice filled with emotion, “I was hoping they would accept you. You must know, for many years the spirits did not accept new shamans. They were angered by the dark energy of our warlocks, their corrupted magic. There are only a few shamans left and I am the oldest of them. The spirits were waiting for someone worthy of their gifts. And you're the first one they've accepted in a long, long time. I was afraid that the spirits would refuse.. but I have never seen such a strong shaman! And this is just the beginning.”

"I thought I'd feel so... strong," Thrall said. "But instead, I'm depressed."

"And that's what makes you worthy," DrekThar patted his cheek, "Durotan and Draka would be proud of you."

Word of the potential later reached the orc, who took Thrall under his wing. And it was none other than the commander of the Horde forces - Orgrim Doomhamer, a legend among the orcs. Orgrim wanted to free his people from the camps just as badly.

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“You are the descendant of proud and noble orcs, despite the name you left behind. Let's glorify your family together"
–

By this time, most of Thrall's life had been spent with humans, learning about the ways of humans. He escaped from the clutches of a cruel master with the help of a kind woman who treated the orc like a sister. He had just begun his journey, but he had already learned a lot about the orcs and embarked on the path of a shaman. He was still not content, he wanted to see his people free. And, with Orgrim's help, Thrall hoped to succeed.

Leader

Doomhamer's time was short. The united clans of the Horde began to smash the orc camps, freeing them one by one. And the more reports Blackmore received, the more angry he became, knowing that his former slave was behind everything. He gave the order to his men and during the battle Doomhammer was ambushed. With his last breath, he ordered Thrall to assume the status of Warchief and lead the orc people to peace.

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“Orgrim Doomhammer named me chieftain,” he shouted, “I do not consider myself worthy of this title, but I have no choice. I surrender. Who will follow me to the freedom of our people?"
–

And they followed him. People fled from the camps, after him the orcs broke into Durnholde Keep, where he lived for many years as a slave. They explored every floor of the fortress and found that Blackmore killed Taretha for her betrayal. They hid from human eyes. And when a strange prophet appeared to Thrall, informing him of the need to cross over to Kalimdor, the orcs followed him without contradiction.

They followed him to Kalimdor, they followed him to Durotan, they helped him establish a new capital and name it after the fallen leader. They helped him in the Third War, watched as the Horde grew to include trolls and tauren. They watched Thrall and Grom fight Mannoroth. They were freed from the bonds of blood that had bound them for decades.

Now they were free. Thrall led them against the humans who once enslaved them and against the strange night elves who didn't like the orcs' lumberjacks. They fought against the Burning Legion and won. And when the war was over, they watched as their leader sought to make peace with the people who had held them as slaves for so long.

They thought, why make an alliance with those who kept the orcs imprisoned? Why seek an alliance with those who want nothing but carnage? And even the blood-free race of orcs was ready to give the humans much-needed slaughter... but Thrall, their leader, held them back. He said they needed peace.

And then began to doubt the intentions of the leader. Doubts began, but is he capable of ruling the orcs? And is it possible to trust someone who lived with people until the age of 18, not knowing anything about his true people. After all, his behavior is so strange, he talks about the union of people and orcs ...

He was a leader, but he didn't want a title or a position. He tried to instruct the orcs on the path of peaceful existence. But did the orcs themselves really want this? Did Grom and Orgrim really believe him, or was he just bending them to his will. Did they really know what he wanted for the orc race?

Thrall was the leader of the Horde. But he never conceded. He led his people because someone had to do it. Everyone agreed that he was best suited for the role. He went through an initiation rite to become a shaman. But he also handled wars, prophets, diplomacy, and other daily activities of a leader. All he did was manage. But did he know how to do it? He spent half his life with people..

In World of Warcraft, the Leader has changed little. He asks to kill Rend Blackhand and this is understandable (after all, among other things, Blackhand called himself the true leader of the Horde). But in general, Thrall still does not leave the idea of ​​\u200b\u200bthe union of the Alliance and the Horde. He often converses with Jaina Proudmoore, trying to forge an alliance with the people of Theramore, not noticing that neither the people nor the orcs want this. Why is the Leader trying to do this?

In Burning Crusade, when the player completes the Hero of the Maghars quest and observes a conversation between Geya, Granny, and himself, Geya calls him by his true name: Go'el. But Thrall refuses to take his name, leaving the former, "slave". And, despite how unacceptable this name is for orcs, despite the sidelong glances, Thrall remains Thrall. Perhaps he wants to remember who he once was?

The hero returned from Outland with the son of Hellscream - Harosh. And began to teach him the ways of the Horde. Garrosh was confused by Thrall's strange ideas of acceptance and understanding, diplomacy and concessions. A true leader should never give in, show weakness. And the orc did.

In the comics and in The Shattering saga, Thrall and Garrosh fight regularly, Garrosh challenges Thrall to a duel and defeats him... let's say Garrosh's victory process is interrupted by the Lich King's attack on Orgrimmar. Green sends young Hellscream to Northrend to lead the troops. And while Garrosh is busy, the shaman continues his diplomatic pursuits. But maybe Thrall sent Garrosh away, afraid he would overthrow him?

Think if a shaman led his people to war with the Alliance, would he be able to suppress his peacefulness? Wouldn't that lead to a massacre and massacre of orcs? What would happen if Garrosh defeated Thrall in a fair fight? These questions gnaw at the Warchief, he sees that his people are suffering, he sees that the Forsaken, "allies", are killing thousands of Alliance and Horde warriors. But instead of exile, he allows them to remain part of the Horde and even helps Sylvanas reclaim her city!

And after the war ended, Thrall found that the elemental spirits no longer answered his call. As Metzen said in the lore panel: Who is Thrall? He spent his whole life serving other people's interests: first he served Blackmore, then his people. Did the orc have the ability to understand who he was at all? An orc raised by humans... humans didn't want to accept him, and the orcs themselves were also distrustful of him.

The hero considered that the most correct decision was to lay down the title of leader and give it to Garrosh. He tried to understand what was happening with the elements of Azeroth, but even more he sought to understand himself: what was his place in the world, him, changed by both races, recognizing both societies and not becoming part of either of them. Perhaps the attempts to make friends between the Alliance and the Horde were an attempt to understand oneself, a stranger to everyone?

In Nagrand, Thrall met an orc shaman, a girl his grandmother had chosen as a teacher. Her name was Aggra, and she was supposed to show him his place in the world.

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"You are Thrall, son of Durotan," she said without preamble.
"Yes, it's me," he replied.
"Stupid name. Here you will be called Go'el"
"Go'el. This name was given to me by my parents. But I prefer to be called Thrall."
She tilted her head and spat. "A human word meaning 'slave.' It doesn't suit the orc that wants to lead us."
–

In Cataclysm, Thrall ceases to be a leader. He joins the servants of the earth and tries to understand himself, understand who he is, and how he can help the world. A former child who did not understand Orcs well, a former leader whom he never fully understood, he studied the world around him for a long time. And the only thing he did not understand: what is his place in the world. Cataclysm might give him that chance...

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Durotan, son of Garad, brother of Ga'nar and leader of the Frostwolf tribe, is considered one of the most worthy orcs ever born into the Horde. Unfortunately, many players who have not read the books know very little about him. Definitely, this character deserves attention!

Durotan was not afraid to openly express his opinion if he did not like something, and always acted in the interests of his people. Surprisingly, Durotan's son, Thrall, inherited his father's character, despite being raised by eternally drunken tyrants and never seeing him (except in an alternate history), and remembering only the words of his father, transmitted to him by Drek'Thar, Grom, Orgrim and other orcs.

The story of Durotan may be endless, but the most notable of the story is Durotan's friendship with Orgrim Doomhammer. This friendship began when both orcs were still children and lasted until Durotan died. By the way, the son of Durotan, Thrall, was also attached to Orgrim and always listened to him. The friendship between Durotan and Orgrim was unusual, as Orcs from different clans preferred not to see each other, let alone brotherly feelings. Fortunately, the Frostwolf clan did not openly feud with the Blackrock clan. If Durotan had tried to befriend the Shattered Hand or Warsong clans, the story would have been a lot more complicated, especially considering how big the differences of opinion were.

One day, young Orgrim and Durotan were almost killed by an ogre, but the draenei rescued them, provided them with shelter and food, and introduced them to their leader, Prophet Velen. The kindness and generosity of the draenei made a huge impression on the orcs, especially on Durotan.

By the time Garad died and Durotan took over as leader of the Frostwolf clan, the peace on Draenor was in turmoil. High Shaman Ner'zhul began to have visions sent by Kil'jaeden. The shaman was convinced that the draenei wanted harm to the orcs, and therefore deserved to die. Durotan was skeptical of these intentions, because he communicated with the draenei and did not notice the aggression on their part, like all the other orcs. Few believed Ner'zhul, and this worried Kil'jaeden, Ner'zhul himself, and his apprentice, Gul'dan. To prove their point, they had the orcs capture a draenei prisoner and interrogate him. The first draenei that came across to the orcs, who turned out to be Velen himself, willingly made contact and tried to explain to them the nature of the crystal of Oshu'gun and the Naaru. Drek'Thar and the Frostwolves, with the exception of Durotan and Draka, considered the draenei's story heresy and wanted to kill him on the spot, but Durotan and Draka opposed their kind and protected Velen from immediate reprisals. On the way to the Frostwolf camp, the orcs mocked and teased the captive Velen. Durotan was desperately ashamed of his kind, but did not intervene. He understood that torturing captives was part of Ork culture, a witty contest of sorts. The draenei still didn't seem like an enemy to Durotan, on the contrary, it was obvious to him that they wanted to keep the peace despite the attacks of the orcs. Durotan remembered the kindness and generosity of the draenei, so he went against his people and secretly released Velen to avoid Ner'zhul.

Since this story is about Durotan, we'll skip over some of the events surrounding the rise of the Horde and go back to when Gul'dan mediated between Kil'jaeden and the orcs instead of Ner'zhul. Around this time, the elements stopped responding to the call of the shamans, because Gul'dan showed his kindred a new source of power - Fel. Having gathered all the clans, he executed one of the captives in order to use the power born in his death throes. Seeing this, Durotan and Draka were horrified at the evil and suffering that dark magic brought with it. All the other orcs were impressed by Gul'dan's strength and believed that the Fel could help them survive. As the clans feasted and rejoiced, Durotan noted the unusual silence around them. Animals and birds, despite their primitive nature, felt the corrupting influence of Filth and hurried to get away. Despite this, Drek'Thar and the other shamans willingly renounced the elements and turned to a new source of power. Durotan, along with Draka and Orgrim, considered the fel to be pure evil, but still allowed his shamans to use fel magic.

Speaking of which, Drek'Thar was well disposed towards Durotan, but he was far from being as wise as the warchief and did not see the obvious. Drek'Thar did not share Durotan's beliefs and openly showed his displeasure. He even tried to attack Velen when he talked about Oshu'gun and the Naaru. Many years later, after Durotan's death, Drek'Thar repented and confessed to Thrall that he was blind and unable to recognize the threat posed by the Fel.

As time went on, Gul'dan's warlocks learned spells that allowed children to mature much faster than usual. When Gul'dan wanted to use these spells on the children of the Frostwolf clan, Durotan was furious. He tried to expel the warlock ambassador, but he said that by doing so, the leader of the Frostwolves opposes himself and his clan to the Horde. Durotan had only to agree, but after the warlock performed the ritual, the leader literally threw him out of the camp, threatening death if he returned.

Clashes between orcs and draenei were becoming more frequent. In unequal battles, the draenei died by the dozens. Orcs defiled their corpses, mocked the survivors, and left wounded brethren on the battlefield without looking back. In their bloodlust, they sacked draenei homes and shrines simply because they liked it. Durotan was the only one who understood the pointlessness of bloodshed. He saw that the orcs had lost the remnants of honor and dignity, but could not stop them. Instead, Durotan tried to stop attempts at open vandalism, ordering his brethren to quickly take what the Horde could need and leave the devastated lands. He also ordered that the wounded left on the battlefield be healed, and this distracted the orcs from defiling the corpses.

When Gul'dan invited the Horde to drink the blood of Mannoroth, Ner'zhul looked into the future and was horrified. He quickly wrote to the only leader who could heed the voice of reason, Durotan. Upon receiving Ner'zhul's letter, Durotan strengthened his beliefs. He knew that Gul'dan and the Fel had nothing to do with the bright future of his people. Durotan foresaw the imminent fall of the Horde, and when all the clans gathered at the Throne of Kil'jaeden, he openly opposed Gul'dan. The leader of the Frostwolves refused to drink Fel and forbade his orcs from doing so, without fear of exile or death. Of course, Gul'dan tried to crush the resistance, but Durotan did not react to the threat. Despite tense relations with other clans, he still believed that he could defend his right and protect his people from eternal slavery ...