#Blackrock orc

[orcdorc]

Darmuz, always so charming

AMAZING PIECE BY @monqii

[allsaufang]

One of my favs

[xaphane]

Did a redraw of an old piece, really proud of my growth! 

[dameracrystmon]

Blackrock Orc Clan Banner, Red cross stitch version For Ivrione 🖤❤️

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[ooc-miqojak]

How about a single thing done that involves both pride and wrath? |D

She landed on the ship to the accompaniment of splintering wood - and little else, despite the fact that her own sloop's boarding party were preparing for what was now the inevitable.

Rare, the opportunity to embrace her more demonic self - hooves, and all - a towering 'Nathrezim' - to the untrained eye - whose very presence inspired awe, desire, fascination... none of the enemy crew moved, despite being armed to the teeth.

"Idiots!"

The sea-weathered Orc snarled at his men - she even let the enemy Captain stomp over to one, and run him through, as if to make an example of them to the others... though the rest remained too spellbound to even notice.

What hurry was she in? The minds of the weak were putty, and it amused to watch the strong-willed rail against the fact that they could not rely on sheer numbers to do the job.

"You always relied on your underlings to do your dirty work. Easily manipulated grunts, too feeble of mind to ever ask a question; too weak-willed to stand their ground... it's no wonder you fled to the sea, when your plans to conquer Man, Elven, and Dragon-kind eventually - and inevitably - failed."

The only sounds to break the silence - besides the dark-skinned Orc's snarling - was that of hooves on wood, as she finally approached the equally-hulking figure, "You probably have questions about why a 'demon' would defend the honor of any of those races - but I'm not in a sharing mood, and... really, the mere fact that you were bold enough to not only come out of hiding... but to approach the Isles? Well. That's a bit upsetting."

She could smell the smoke as if it were yesterday; could hear the beating of wings, and the cries of the tortured drakes. The crew around her came to life - almost as one, turning their eyes to the Orcish Captain, blades of all kinds raised.

"I was going to consume your soul, but... having witnessed the afterlife first-hand, I daresay there's a few 'people' waiting to help you atone for such grievous sins... rest assured, however, that whatever is left of your crew will follow shortly after they're through with you."

He swung too late - or had he? She'd been there... was still there, but - his own crew were upon the towering Orc like fleas on a dog. He shook them off, he cut them down... and yet they dragged him down with them, in the end.

Her dirty work done for her, the crew of the Daybreak could now loot whatever they liked, frankly - this raid had been a matter of pride, more than a matter of money-making, for once; this close to the Isles, the act even threatened to lift the veil of previous misdeeds at sea.

But it was worth it. Elves had long memories, after all - and she was not as forgiving as the dragons were - she loved Eryth, he was a stalwart friend, but the red flight's compulsion to forgive and forget would be their downfall.

[iruthomlogs]

Zeshos Burninglash bio

Zeshos Burninglash of the Blackrock clan is a female orc death knight and from a part of the clan that break off from the Horde after the Second War, raiding parts of Lordaeron as they carry on serving the Burning Legion. During the Third War, most of Zeshos clan, including her father, would end up killed by the undead Scourge by orders of the Burning Legion, whose saw them no longer useful due to their defeat by the Alliance. Zeshos and a small number of Blackrock warriors whose survive joined the Dark Horde. Years later, Zeshos was killed in battle and raised by the Lich King as one of his death knight. While Zeshos lost some of her hate for the Alliance, she remind some of her orc pride that made her fall in with members of the Dark Horde that joined Garrosh Hellscream's Horde. However, Zeshos realized that her former Dark Horde friends were using Garrosh as a figurehead for them as they carry out the will of Blackhand to take all of Azeroth for the orcs, ignoring Blackhand was manipulated by both Gul'dan and the Burning Legion, and even plan to unlease a old god on the world, which made Zeshos changed sides during the Horde civil war.

[skymagpie]

Shazidra of clan Stonefang - Short Backstory [Warlords of Draenor]

1. Early Life

In the rocky, harsh, mountains of the north, Clan Stonefang considered prematurely born children a bad omen, a sign of incoming hardships for the clan. The chieftain and mother, Makdura, was advised to leave the child to die, but the clan's Farseer, Akh’tra, claimed that the birth of the baby was heralded by a raging storm and the sighting of a black wolf, which were signs of a great shaman.

Under Farseer Akh'tra's guidance, Shazidra would grow up showing great promise as a shaman, succeeding in all the dangerous trials and rites of passage she had to undertake over the years to secure her place in the clan. While her mother Makdura loved her, Shazidra was closer to Akh'tra than to her own parents. The young girl and the old woman would meditate with the elements for days and even weeks at a time, away from the rest of the clan.

2. War with the Blackrock Clan

Bordering the territories of the expansionist Blackrock clan to the west and the Thunderlords to the east, the small clan Stonefang was forced to compromise with it's neighbors over territory over the years. While their relationships remained friendly, Chief Makdura was forced to maintain the peace by sending some of her warriors as tribute to the other clans to serve in their cause. While this move was seen as foolish, given that they were arming the enemy while disarming themselves, Makdura knew that even with all their warriors, they would never be able to win an all-out fight against Blackrock and hoped that by showing good will to those clans they will be left

However with this shaky alliance being barely held together over two decades, this peace could no longer be maintained as Blackrock would attack Stonefang territories for precious metals for their weapons and armor. The Stonefangs preferred to live in with the land, taking only half of what their home had to offer, and leaving the other half to nature. With this mindset and values they shared with the Frostwolves and the Whiteclaws, they refused to follow merge with clan Blackrock.

Knowing that a war is inevitable and that her prematurely born daughter, who was smaller and weaker than the other orcs, would certainly not survive the conflict, Makdura made the choice to give Shazidra over to clan Thunderlord as tribute. She hoped that they would accept her, not knowing of how deep their corruption ran.

(The rest of the story and art are below the cut!)

Shazidra refused to simply be given to a clan that already took so much from hers over the years and she thought about running away in the mountains to seeking help from the Frostwolf Clan. She was confident she would survive the journey to their distant neighbors as she trusted the elements to be on her side.

However, she would not get the chance as clan Blackrock would attack without warning, killing the majority of her clan that fought back, including her mother, chief Makdura, as well as Farseer Akh'tra.

3. Imprisonment by the Blackrock Clan

While the Blackrock had no reason to spare her, a male orc she knew by the name Kortag would vouch for her, convincing the others that her shaman powers would be useful to the Blackrock forges and that she would soon bend her knee and serve the clan. Kortag was raised together with Shazidra and given as tribute to the Blackrock clan in his youth. He and Shazidra spent their early teen years training and learning together, speaking of how they would be each other mates once they came of age.

Feeling loyalty to his former friend, Kortag took her as his own prisoner, hoping that in few days or even weeks, she would see reason and see that their weak clan had to fall and yet she can live on and achieve glory under Blackhand's command.

Shazidra refused. Having witnessed the death of her family, her friends, the genocide of her clan, she would rather die than serve Blackhand and this new Horde. Stubborn and prideful, Kortag did not relent and he decided he will do whatever it takes to break her will. Instead of the comfort he first offered her in his own quarters, he now chained her in a cold iron prison cell, away from the elements that gave her power.

Days turned to weeks, weeks to months. And months to years. It was no longer about turning her to their side, it was now about showing her the weakness their former clan carried, about winning this standstill between them. But Shazidra was like a stone, she refused to budge and be broken even by the merciless industrial machinery that the Blackrock Clan had recently adopted.

4. Escape and meeting Khadgar

As luck would have it, one day something stirred the Blackrock orcs, something foreign set foot on their home planet of Draenor. While she was cut off from the elements and from her power, the droplets of water, the earth under the steel of her cell, the wind and draft that crept between the metal plating of the walls, whispered to her that her time to escape was now.

In one last ditch effort, Kortag came to her, telling her that the Horde will claim a new world beyond the seas and the sky, and that she can leave this cell as a conqueror or as fodder for their Dark Portal. Not knowing what this meant, Shazidra finally relented. Almost a decade after her capture, chained up as a young woman and now released with wrinkles under her eyes, she convinced Kortag that she finally sees his side.

As he took her out, Shazidra sought to find a way to escape. The moment his guard was down, she took her chance and ran as far as she could. However, emaciated and weak from the constant imprisonment, she couldn't get far. Kortag caught her and this time, would grant her no mercy. She pleaded with him, saying that in that new world it wouldn't matter what clan they are from and that she will disappear in the mountains and no one will ever find her.

However, Kortag refused to lose. He had changed too much in his service of Blackhand, so it would dishonor him to let her go. As he grabbed her, Shazidra pounced and bit him on the neck, almost ripping his flesh before he let her go.

Enraged, he reached out to struck her down, but the storm that gave her life, now took his. Lightning struck his raised axe, burning through him and parting the rock they stood on.

Shazidra now knew that the elements had not forsaken her. In fact, even in her weak state, she felt more powerful and alive than ever. If only she could save her friend, make him see reason. Save the one thing left from her family. Being the only Stonefang left, she had no direction, no home to return to, no clan.

In the distance however, she saw strange beings, tall creatures with long ears, smaller figures with no tusks and some bearing strange pink skin. Seeing that they made quick work of the Blackrock, Shazi approached them. On the face of what she assumed is the one leading them, she saw no fear when her malnourished and bloodied form came close. Only what she believed is to be worry. Perhaps even sympathy.

She felt so weak, so ashamed to cling to this creature for help, but they defeated the Blackrock. They laid waste to this new Iron Horde in their wake. Perhaps not all was lost. Suddenly a new emotion stirred in Shazidra - the thirst for vengeance. She would go with these strangers and do whatever it takes to get back at those who destroyed her home.

In time, she would learn the name of their leaders - an orc shaman named Thrall who bore strange green skin and a human - Archmage Khadgar. The man who saved her and pulled her out of the ruins.

Even though she felt no obligation, she still followed him, using his knowledge of this Horde and providing him her own knowledge of the land.

As she gained her strength, the friendship between her and this Archmage grew, and the two became close through all the hardships that fighting the Iron Horde and chasing after Gul'dan brought.

At the end of it all, Shazidra proved that she was a shaman to be feared and through their joined effort and the help of her slain ancestors and the elements, they were victorious in saving her home.

When the handsome stranger, the Archmage Khadgar, decided he must return to his home, to another timeline, Shazidra refused to say goodbye. She insisted that her work is not done as long as Gul'dan draws breath and that with no clan and no home to return to, she had nothing to lose. For her honor and for her clan's honor, she had to see this done.

Khadgar could not refuse her and the two of them returned to the his timeline and to the strange world of Azeroth. The threat of the Legion that Gul'dan brought over from Draenor was greater than anything she could imagine, however she had no fear. With her new "clan", made of all the people she met on this journey and with her new friend Khadgar by her side, she knew they will get through this - together.

[scourge-lover]

Arthas Timeline, from Paladin to Lich King

 A friend asked me to summarize Arthas’s induction as a paladin all the way to his defeat as Lich King in a more convienent way than the wiki, so I decided to oblige them. It’s kind of fun summarizing it in my own words mostly! 

This first part is when Arthas becomes a Paladin, to when he becomes a deathknight. More Parts to Follow. 

Part One

At 19 years old, Arthas went to Stormwind to become a Knight of the Silverhand. This is when he met baby Anduin. Sometime after is when he saw Thrall in Durnholde Keep still as a gladiator. After, Invincible suffered the fatal accident and Arthas had to put him down. Arthas visited Dalaran and spent time with Jaina. This went on for some time, and Arthas invited Jaina to Lordaeron to celebrate both NobleGarden and Hallow's End. Their relationship basically became public at that point. They slept together during Hallow's End. For the Winter Veil Party, Arthas realized things were moving too fast and ended the relationship. Arthas was one of the jurors during Tirion's trial that ended in the old paladin's excommunication and exile. Orcs started to break free from the internment camps and Arthas went to Strahnbrad with Uther to defend the town from raiding orcs. This is when Arthas killed the black dragon Searinox. They defeated the blackrock clan leader who was leading the raids. A plague started to effect Lordaeron and there is official confirmation that Arthas is 24 years old at this time. Jaina comes to join him because the Archmage thinks the plague is magical in nature. They discover undead and an infested granary which lead them to Brill and Kel'thuzad, whom they pursue to Andorhal. Andorhal's grain is discovered to have been already shipped out to outer villages. This is where Arthas kills Kelthuzad but not before he is warned about the dreadlord leading the Scourge, Mal'ganis. They stop at Hearthglen to rest, but there is news of undead coming. Jaina leaves to warn Uther and bring back help. Arthas discovers the villagers of Hearthglen have eaten infected grain and are directly turning into undead. Arthas and his forces barely hang on until Uther comes to save them. Arthas travels to Stratholme and meets Medivh, who fails to convince Arthas to leave Lordaeron to the undead and go to Kalimdor. Jaina had been following him and tries to tell him that Medivh might be right, but Arthas ignores her advice, determined to defend his home and people. Stratholme's grain has already been distributed and baked for the townspeople to consume. Uther catches up in time for Arthas to order a purge of the entire city. Uther refuses and Arthas strips him of command. Uther and Jaina leave Arthas. After killing some of the people of Stratholme, Mal'ganis shows himself and vows to meet in Northrend, spurring Arthas to chase after him. Arthas burns Stratholme and takes the royal fleet, but not before meeting with Jaina one more time and ignoring her warnings. Arthas and his men leave to Northrend, landing in Daggercap Bay. They look for a place to set up base and are attacked by Muradin Bronzebeard's explorer expedition. He tells Arthas they were looking for a rare artifact called Frostmourne when they were attacked by undead. They join forces and start searrching for any signs of Mal'ganis An emmissary comes via Zeppelin and tell Arthas's men they have been ordered to return home. The men are happy to abandon their posts and head through the forests to the ships to go home. Arthas is furious when he gets back, and they are gone. He goes and finds some mercenaries to hire and manage to reach the ships first. Then he sents fire to them but when the men finally reach the ships, they are upset. So, Arthas accuses the mercenaries of burning the ships and lets the men kill the mercenaries, much to Muradin's disgust. The only way they were leaving, Arthas said, was when they were victorious. They continue to search for Mal'ganis, who taunts Arthas about his impending death and has the undead attack the base. Muradin and Arthas leave in desperation to find Frostmourne. They manage to track it down and the Guardian attacks them not to protect the blade from them, but to protect them from the blade. They reach Frostmourne and after reading the inscription at the pedestal, realizes its cursed but Arthas declares he'll suffer any curse to protect Lordaeron and asks for the sword to be released. The ice breaks and a piece hits Muradin in the head, knocking him unconscious but Arthas assumes he is dead. He leaves with Frostmourne in hand. He easily defeats Mal'gani's army and the dreadlord himself who is shocked when Arthas tells him the Lich King is instructing Arthas to kill him. Afterwards, Arthas leaves his men and runs off into the wilderness, but later the men search for him one by one. Falric and Marwyn are killed first, and then Thassarian, and then the rest of them.

[wowlorecraft]

Gnomish, Dwarvish, and Human leaders come together to discuss this for two purposes. The first is in the interest of Allied security. Troop and goods movement is integral in wartime, and it is pertinent to rebuild strong and fast after the last war

The second is national integration into the Alliance and straight up basic diplomacy. Dark Irons see opportunity in the Gnomish desire to fully and finally reinhabit Gnomeregan and request an extension to Shadowforge City. Fearful of the Horde's potential access to such a weak point, in this time of peace, the Alliance (through a network of spies and connections) find that the Blackrock Orcs, recently sated by the recent Kosh'arg and lead by Eitregg, a fellow Blackrock, would stay away from such a project so long as there are joint-rebuilding efforts. These would see Dark Irons, Blackrocks, and Black Drakes working together (not at all in a lovey-dovey hippy way) to rebuild and, indeed, beautify the mountain

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Edit: With the terminus of the Aerie Peak line at Kirthaven coming into such close quarters with the Dragonmaw Orcs, Eitregg pacifies the unrest across the clans by reaching out to Gazlowe and the Bilgewater Cartel in order to contract a similar rail line, connecting Goblin, Troll, Tauren, and Orc centres on Kalimdor.

The unrest cannot be fully quelled, and this leads to conflicts Azeroth's champions can participate in. However, the expansion of the Grimrail is done in a sort of dick-measuring arms race: Between Horde and Alliance, between Gnome and Goblin, between Orc and Troll and Dwarf and Human, et cetera

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With such a success, the Alliance start working on the second phase, bridging the span by connecting Stromgarde through Dun Algaz. The Stormpikes lead the charge, ever suspicious of the Dark Iron fraternization with the Orcs. However, while the Raventusk Trolls are (/wish to be) content in their village, the Vilebranches come to attack the construction happening across the Span. This speeds up the construction process but provides a constant PvP zone in Arathi Highlands (recalling back the olden days)

Reaching Stromgarde, the Wildhammers, Danillian Elves, and the Half Elves conspire with the Gilneans to extend the Tram both west- and north-ward. For the Alliance, this connects the two major continental ports and provides aerial manoeuvrability via the Wildhammers and increasingly sky-bound High Vale Elves

However, Durnholde has never been a stable stronghold, and its station frequently comes under attack by the Alteraci Syndicate (PvP n.2); likewise, Southshore both evolves and devolves into again a stand-off (with great peace potential) with the Forsaken.

This next bit is straight-up headcanon fiction: The extension through Southshore into Gilneas goes through Dun Modr, which gets cleaned up but requires the assistance of Calia Menethil. There, the spirits of Dwarves and Humans are restless (yadda yadda) request to be Lightborne undead. However, the Forsaken feel they have the right to that land (yadda yadda) PvP n.3 in Hillsbrad

[thepalewolfhowls]

💩 💕 😵 go wild!

RIDICULOUS HEADCANON - So, I can't remember exactly where this came from, but Taria regularly throws peons around for funsies. This 'little' human just walks over to some seven-foot-plus orc and just

LOVE HEADCANON - Taria and Grok'tor had a specially prepared marriage ceremony to celebrate both cultures. They hunted together, she proposed, the wedding, itself, was small with only a handful of family and close friends. The vows came from Blackrock tradition, and towards the end of the evening, the party was crashed by several stampeding kodo. Once more, the hunt was on.

SICKNESS HEADCANON - To make a long backstory short, Taria was aged using chronomancy and something artificially replicating what allows dragons to absorb knowledge in their eggs. (I fucked my timelines up and needed her to be an fully-functional adult sooner than I could write her for, so she got Wrathion ex Machina'ed). Anyway, due to this unnatural aging process, Taria cannot be around bronze dragons or chronomancy for very long before she starts becoming violently ill. Dragonflight was hard on her. lol

Thanks for the ask @wrynnindoubt!

[allysdelta]

Commission for @ghostsofkezan of their Dark Iron paladin Friannula demonstrating a sword technique. (If the character looks familiar, I've drawn her before, but this is the first time she's been seen in color)

This was a really fun challenge to do, and it allowed me to tap into my long-disused animation training to portray the sense of motion.

If you're itching to see your OCs on paper instead of just in your head, and you'd like some custom, 100% human-created art, feel free to contact me via DM or chat; my commission information can be found here.

If anyone's interested:

The technique shown here is a real one; I referenced a YouTube video and tried to get it as accurate as possible to the motion shown. The only thing that's different from the actual technique is that I pointed the sword downward a little in Pose 4 so that the blade wouldn't obscure the face of the previous pose.

GhostsofKezan, Friannula's creator, has actual experience with sword combat, so you'll have to ask them about technique, but they've assured me that what I've drawn is perfectly plausible to dwarven proportions (and the context of handling angry orcs in Blackrock Depths)

[homesickforazeroth]

Starter area series: Human / Northshire

As a new recruit from Stormwind City, you've been sent to speak with Marshal McBride, who tells you that you've arrived just in time. Blackrock Orcs recently managed to sneak into Northshire through a break that the Cataclysm caused in the surrounding mountains. You're asked to kill Blackrock Worgs and Blackrock Spies.

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[allsaufang]

[dameracrystmon]

Blackrock Orc Clan Banner, red version Commission WIP For ivrione

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[vaknosh]

So I realized I never posted this here on tumblr lmao, but behold, the latest commission of my OC Vaknosh Blackwolf by the forever amazing @karniz​.

This is actually based on the transmog I use on EpsilonWoW for an alternate universe WoW worldbuilding/story I’ve been off and on working on since around 2016, before I was even on Epsilon.

I just love the Kor’kron, what can I say? They’ve been my favorite orc-related subfaction since I seriously got into Horde RP in Wrath, they were the theme of my previous guild Kor’kron Legion, and despite being hit with the evil bat in Mists, you can’t deny how cool the aesthetic was.

Honestly, my favorite part of this piece though is the axe. The Blackrock Clan symbol looks absolutely sick on that skull.

[azerothtravel]

Do you have any items in your orc’s bank or inventory that’s been removed from the game?

Oh anon. In a word: yes. I'm a real packrat in WoW (way more than real life), so I got all kinds of weird stuff. Come with me on a tour of my rarities collection!

First and probably best, what collection would be complete without Alliance body parts from the original version of Alterac Valley? It bugs me I don't have a full set, but what can ya do?

I still have some Really Sticky Glue, a quest reward from early Durotar that came out of the game at Cataclysm.

I've got some weird quest items that stayed in your inventory after the quest was over, like the Bloodpetal Zapper from Un'goro Crater, or the Torch of Retribution from Searing Gorge.

That ring in the previous screenshot is the Seal of Ascension, the result of a long questline in Blackrock Mountain before Cataclysm that was pretty cool.

I've still got the Argent Dawn Commission, the trinket that let you collect Scourgestones in the Plaguelands.

How about the Darkspear Shroud from the pre-Cataclysm troll event, or every copy of the Horseman's Helm, Horseman's Horrific Helm, or Horseman's Horrific Hood I've ever looted, for some reason?

I mean, what am I doing? You gotta hang on to your Barov Peasant Caller (Also removed in Cat), you never know when you'll need some peasants.

From the Legion Invasion before Naxxramas dropped back in vanilla, I still have these recolored pieces of the paladin Judgement set. I even have Argent Dawn Banner, a trinket that has the same visual effect as Consecrate. For a little while, an Orc Paladin was on duty.

It's not just old stuff. I hung on to a couple of these Scourgestones from the pre-Shadowlands event, just 'cuz.

My void storage is full of junk I held onto for cosmetic purposes that I could get rid of since the transmog overhaul, but I've been too lazy. But there's some gems in there, like Thun'grim's Axe, the first piece of gear warriors could get crafted during class-specific quests in vanilla. I miss content like that, for real. Or Linken's Sword of Mastery from the many Legend of Zelda references in Un'Goro.

I forgot all about this small collection of Thrown weapons from before that type was taken out. That harpoon was the size of a polearm, and chucking it at people was always funny.

Probably a bunch of other stuff, too, but I think we can all agree this post is long enough. But before I go, I know it's still obtainable and all, but speaking of old stuff, I feel obligated to ask... did somebody say [Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker]?

You're not gonna believe this, but Thunderfury drew some admirers while I was posting that screenshot.

That was funny. But it was cool to revisit all this stuff. Thanks for the walk down memory lane, anon!