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Orc: A Character Guide

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Evolution (Year -800): The earliest records of orcs are seen in Gorgrond and spread out across Draenor to form various clans. Their lineage can be traced back to Grond, a stone giant, created by titan Aggramar to combat the problem of the Sporemounds and Evergrowth. The children of Grond are known as colossals who continued to fight the threat after his death, eventually being defeated by Botaan. From their defeat rose a new race known as magnaron. These beasts went on to devolve into the gronn and because of the effect of spores, some went on to become ogron, in turn becoming the race of ogres, yet again forming another race of the first orcs that were the slaves of the ogres. They eventually revolted against their ogre masters and left Gorgrond in many clans. Around this time, the Shadowmoon clan began practising shamanism. The tradition of the Kosh'harg festival begins. Orcs are originally Mag'har, or uncorrupted. After their alliance with the Legion, corrupted orcs began to form, and in turn fel orcs came. As well as this, pale orcs are products of orcs delving into the void energies around Draenor. Lastly, through blood rituals of the Bleeding Hollow clan, dire orcs were born.

Elementals Gone Unstable (Year -403): Imperator Molok of the Gorian Empire starts messing with the Throne of the Elements, leading an ogre army to claim the site and force the elements to hand over their power. The power of Grond’s remains creates an explosion, leaving the site only a few standing stones.

Help Needed (Year -402): Nelgarm, a Shadowmoon shaman, urges the orcs to help fight the ogres at the festival.

It’s All Ogre Now (Year -400): The orcs siege the ogre capital Goria. Molok and his sorcerers create and spread the red pox to fight the orcs, but the shamans manage to convince the elements to destroy the city.

Crash Landing (Year -200): The draenei crash-land on Draenor.

Dark Star (Year -180): The Shadowmoon orcs discover K'ara, a naaru so injured from the attack that she is dying and succumbs to her void state. K'ure also begins attracting dead orcs to the site of the crashed ship, leading to orcs to revere the site as sacred and naming Oshu’gun. A group of exiled orcs begin tapping into the void energies bleeding from Ku’re, allowing them to use shadow magic but also making them white, thus becoming known as the Pale.

For Victory! ... Or Not (Year -99): The orcs wonder how to interact with their new neighbours after they have gradually established settlements and a few cities. The Bladewind clan begin raiding draenei caravans, but this ceases when they send Vindicators to guard them.

Tourists (Year -13): Orgrim Doomhammer and Durotan, are saved from an ogre by a group of draenei. They are invited to meet with the draenei leader Velen in the settlement of Telmor.

Exile (Year -10): Gul'dan is exiled from his clan and he seeks the Throne of Elements, but the elements reject him. Kil’jaeden reaches out and offers his the power of fel. He becomes the first orc warlock.

An Orc With No Clan (Year -8): Gul’dan goes back to his village and kills his entire clan. He ventures to the Shadowmoon clan and begs to be allowed membership, and the lead shaman Ner’zhul permits his entry, taking him on as an apprentice. Ner’zhul is shown a false visions of his deceased mate Rulkan, who tells him the draenei are a threat that must be stopped. He calls for a meeting at Oshu’gun where the clans agree to form the first Horde.

Sneak Attack (Year -7): The orcs begin occasional attacks on draenei hunting parties. Kil’jaeden appears to Ner’zhul and claims to speak for the ancestors. Unsure about this news, Ner’zhul travels to Oshu’gun to receive counsel from the ancestors who reveal the deceit, but is followed by Gul’dan who reports his betrayal to Kil’jaeden. Gul’dan takes Ner’zhul’s role as leader. He recruits Teron'gor and others to become warlocks.

Warchief (Year -5): At a meeting, orcs unanimously Blackhand as Warchief, who made Doomhammer and Varok Saurfang his lieutenants. Hellfire Citadel is built.

It Gets Worse (Year -4): The attacks on draenei settlements become more common. The take the Temple of Karabor, turning it into the Black Temple.

Corruption (Year -3): The orcs gather at the Citadel and drink the blood of Mannoroth, a Pit lord, causing them to become larger and stronger, but also more blood thirsty and their skin is turned green. Durotan forbids his clan to drink. They march upon the last draenei city of Shattrath, turning it into the Throne of Kil'jaeden, The draenei flee to Zangarmarsh, an area yet to be discovered by the orcs.

Others In Our World (Year -2): Thinking the draenei have been defeated, the orcs turn their attention to other races. Kilrogg Deadeye and the Bleeding Hollow clan launch a campaign against Farahlon, Grommash Hellscream and Cho'gall seige Highmaul. The Frostwolf, Whiteclaw and Thunderlord clans are charged with hunting down the ogres, ogron, gronn and magnaron, though only the Thunderlords obey. Kargath Bladefist leads a force to conquer the arakkoa capital, Skyreach. Kil’jaeden ceases contact with Gul’dan, and the effect of the fel magic begins more severely feed off the world around it.

Another Chance (Year -1): The human mage Medivh, who is corrupted by the taint Sargeras, contacted Gul’dan and showed him Azeroth, instructing him to build the Dark Portal.

Entering Azeroth Year 0): The orcs enter Azeroth and begin small skirmishes. The Frostwolves are exiled for their disobedience.

Freezing Out The Frostwolves (Year 1): Durotan and his mate Draka are shocked to notice their newborn son Go’el is born with green skin and seek to speak with Orgrim about freeing the orcs from Gul’dan’s control. They are killed by assassins on the way back, their son left to die in the wild. He is found by servants of Aedelas Blackmoore and named Thrall.

Treachery (Year 3): The death of Medivh severe his connection to Gul’dan, placing him in a coma. Orgrim challenges Blackhand to mak’gora and defeats him, taking over as Warchief. Under the Horde warlocks’ control, half-orc Horde ambassador Garona Halforcen assassinates Stormwind’s king Llane. Stormwind falls and the refugees flee to Lordaeron.

Second War (Year 5): Gul’dan wakes up and creates the first death knights. The Dragonmaw bind Alexstrasza to their will and force her to pledge her children to her as well as lay eggs.

You Have Got To Be Trolling (Year 6): Zul'jin is freed from human captivity by orcs and allies his Amani forest trolls to the Horde. Orgrim kills Alliance champion Anduin Lothar, but is captured by his second Turalyon. Gul’dan raises the Broken Shore to claim the power from inside, but is killed by demons within.

Picking Up The Pieces (Year 7): Dal'rend and Maim Blackhand take in the remainder of Horde forces. The Alliance creates Orcish Internment for those captured.

Back Home (Year 8): Ner’zhul rallies the Horde that was left on Draenor and begins instructing orcs to travel to Azeroth to retrieve artifacts to open other portals to new worlds. Turalyon, Khadgar and others follow the orcs back into the portal and manage to prevent them from opening portals, but are forced to close the Azeroth side, leaving them trapped on a Draenor that is being ripped apart. Ner’zhul manages to escape before they can stop him, but finds himself before Kil’jaeden who tortures him for his betrayal. He eventually turns Ner’zhul into the first Lich King.

Lethargy (Year 10): Without satisfying their blood lust and being captive in camps, the orcs become drained and seem lifeless.

Freedom of the Orcs and a new Horde (Year 15-18): A grown Thrall escapes from Durnholde and seeks orcs that managed to elude capture. He meets Hellscream who informs him of his lineage, as well as Orgrim and shaman Drek'Thar who taught him about their noble heritage and old ways. Together, they freed many of their people from the camps, however Orgrim falls.

A Solid Warning (Year 18): Medivh’s mother summons his spirit, free of the corruption. He decides to warn the orcs and humans about the coming Scourge.

The Oracle (Year 20): He tells Thrall to take his people across the sea to Kalimdor to seek an oracle, and Thrall complies. He meets Cairne Bloodhoof and his tauren, and they join him after he lends his aid. When they reach the oracle, they find that human Jaina Proudmoore has also received the message. They decide to ally against the coming threat.The Warsong clan are ordered to make a settlement in Ashenvale. However, they begin taking from the forest without permission, which angers the native night elves. Mannoroth took advantage of the situation and offered his blood again. They accepted and began attacking the elves and the creatures of the forest, even killing demigod Cenarius. The orcs returned and managed to capture Hellscream and turn him back to normal, when Mannoroth attacked. Hellscream managed to kill the Pit lord, but it cost him his life.

Battle for Mount Hyjal (Year 21): With the knowledge that Archimonde was focused on attacking the world tree Nordrassil, night elves forgave the orc attacks and led by their Archdruid and High Priestess, Malfurion and Tyrande, they joined the humans and orcs in fighting off the undead. With the threat conquered, Thrall managed to discover an unoccupied land which he named Durotar and began the building of Orgrimmar. Jaina’s father Grand Admiral Daelin Proudmoore believed his daughter was in danger and persistently attacked the orcs. In the end, the orcs had to kill him. During the assault, the Darkspear trolls lost their home. Mok'Nathal half-orc Rexxar offered his aid and in return, the witch doctor Vol'jin pledged loyalty to the Horde.

No Place Like Outland (Year 26): When Thrall discovered the Dark Portal had been reopened, he was eager to see his ancestral homeland. He was shocked to discover a new Fel Horde made of orcs left on the dead world to be ruled by Illidan Stormrage and led by Kargath Bladefist. The Horde also met the The Mag'har - a group of brown-skinned orcs who completely escaped the demonic corruption. Among these were Jorin Deadeye, son of Kilrogg Deadeye; Dranosh Saurfang, son of Varok and the son of Grom Hellscream, Garrosh Hellscream. He convinced Garrosh to return to Azeroth with him.

Lich King Returns (Year 27): Saurfang’s son Dranosh is killed during the Wrath Gate and later revived by the Lich King, only to be defeated by heroes in Icecrown Citadel. During the siege of the Lich King’s capital, Saurfang himself commands Orgrim's Hammer.

The Dance of Leadership (Year 28): Thrall decided to further his shamanistic path and replaced Garrosh as Warchief to study in Outland, where he meets his mate Aggra. Once Deathwing has been defeated,

Age of Mortals (Year 29): Thrall and the Dragon Aspects use the Dragon Soul to finally defeat Deathwing. Garrosh orders an attack on Theramore Isle, using a mana bomb, causing all out war.

Mists Unfold (Year 30): The Alliance/Horde conflict moves to the new continent of Pandaria. Garrosh manages to capture Alliance leader Varian Wrynn’s son Anduin but he manages to escape. Due to conflicting opinions in conduct, Garrosh tries to have Vol’jin assassinated, however the troll survives and hides away to recover. An artifact known as the Divine Bell is recovered and moved to Darnassus for study, but Garrosh’s agents are ordered to take it, but is later shattered. Vol’jin later returns to Durotar and begins the Darkspear Rebellion. The Heart of Y'Shaarj is discovered and Garrosh uses the Pools of Power to revive it, destroying half of Vale of Eternal Blossoms. Both Horde and Alliance siege Orgrimmar and take Garrosh to Pandaria for trial. Vol’jin is named his successor.

Iron Built (Year 31): Wrathion, Kairoz, and Zaela aid Garrosh in escaping his captivity and Kairoz takes him to a past version of Draenor, before the orcs’ corruption (Year -4). Garrosh kills Kairoz and manages to convince his alternate father, Grom, to not drink the blood of Mannoroth. He uses his knowledge of advanced machinary to create a new Iron Horde. The Horde and Alliance follow together to find that he has taken the alternate Gul’dan, Cho’gall and Teron'gor and is using their souls to fuel the portal into Azeroth to allow his Iron Horde to invade Azeroth. Heroes free them and Horde expeditions settle in Frostfire Ridge and create a garrison named Frostwall, allying with the alternate Frostwolf clan. They slay Warlord Fenris of the alternate Thunderlord clan and halt the Horde’s progression through the area at Battle of Thunder Pass. They also successfully repel the Iron Horde invading Karabor and kill alternate Ner'zhul. Shattrath City is liberated from Iron Horde control and alternate Blackhand is forced to flea, but defeats both alternate Maraad and alternate Orgrim. Warlord Dharl of the alternate Burning Blade Clan is slain at Hallvalor, only to be followed by Grommash himself who is killed by Thrall. Warlord Azuka, Dharl's successor, is slain. Inside Blackrock Foundry, adventurers defeat Blackhand. Following Grommash’s failure, Gul’dan took advantage to usurp the Horde and take control, joined by Warlord Kilrogg of the alternate Bleeding Hollow. He recruits the Shadow-Sage Iskar and the Sethekk arakkoa. Within Hellfire Citadel, he opens a portal of the Legion to enter Draenor. He summons Archimonde who falls before heroes, but Gul’dan manages to escape through a portal to Azeroth.

Warchief Shuffle...Again (32): Gul’dan opens another portal to begin the third invasion of Azeroth by the Legion. He gains access to the Nightwell by allying with the nightborne, led by Elisande and enters the Vault of the Wardens thanks to Cordana Felsong to steal the body of Illidan Stormrage. A wide scale attack on the Broken Shore is conducted, leading to Vol’jin recieving a fatal blow. In his dying moments, he appoints Sylvanas Windrunner Warchief. Horde and Alliance heroes later assault the Nighthold, killing Gul’dan, and Suramar City is retaken. After travelling to Argus, heroes assault Antorus, the Burning Throne and are able to subdue and imprison Sargeras.

Azeroth’s Owners (Year 33): Sylvanas burns down the night elf capital of Teldrassil, much to the mismay of Saurfang. In retaliation, the Alliance lay siege to the Undercity in which Saurfang is taken prisoner. The Horde later calls upon the Mag’har who ally themselves to their cause.

Physical traits

Life expectancy: Orcs are one of the few races that highly revere rites of passage in life, indicating different stages in an orc’s life. Orcs are allowed to begin fighting around 12-13, therefore are considered to be adults at this stage. They’re considered old around 60, and vulnerable around 80-90.

Height: Male orcs range from around 7 foot tall, with their female counterparts reaching 6-6.5. Some orcs reach a towering 8 foot.

Eye colour: Mag’har orcs naturally have shades of eyes from browns, oranges, yellows and reds, as well as green and purple. It’s very rare for orcs to have blue eyes. Those who drank the blood of Mannoroth have glowing red eyes.

Cosmetics: Orcs have green or brown skin, depending of their level of corruption either directly or passively. Others may also have reddish or grey skin. They also have tusks, some of which have drilled holes into to have steel rings put through them. As well as this, tattoos and markings are common and scars are a source of pride. All cosmetics can differ from clan to clan, either from genetics or from environment for example their habitats or clan traditions.

Personality traits

Honour Above All: Orcs highly value a concept of honourable battle and conduct that can apply in many different scenarios. Cheating in a battle or choosing to fight a target without a weapon or one who is unable to fight (injured or or a child) is highly looked down upon. This could also be applied to many other situations, for example if an orc couple has undergone a ritual to establish them as life mates, infidelity would be high criticised.

Blood Crazed: Even before corruption, orcs enjoyed the hunt and kill very much. Those who still suffer with the corruption may be overly enthusiastic in battle or become aggressive or irritated easily.

Pull Your Weight: Survival of the clan is of the upmost importance to orcs. Those who cannot fight or contribute in the art of shamanism are looked down upon. They value strength over artistic talent, emotional intelligence or other non-combative skills.

Other races: Orcs have managed to culminate strong ties with the likes of the tauren and Darkspear trolls due to their traditional roots and help them both sides in the past. However, friction may be caused between opposing ideals: Ana Bloodteeth left the Darkspear clan due to the Horde’s insistence on the trolls giving up their cannibalism. However, far more polarising ideals can be found with the Forsaken as orcs have strong beliefs regarding treatment of the dead, and the draenei who may be outright hostile to an orc for the crimes against their people. Humans similarly may resent the orcs for their initial invasion of Azeroth.

Other creatures: Some orc clans have formed strong bonds with particular creature. As a race, they favour the Wyvern for riding, as well as wolves, especially within clans such as the Frostwolves.

Culture

Languages: They speak their native tongue of Orcish, but also learn the languages of their allies for example Goblin, Taur-ahe, Zandali, Gutterspeak, Pandaren, and Thalassian. Before the genocide of the draenei, some learned Draenei in order to trade with them.

Government: Before the beginning of the Horde, orcs were separated into several clans, all led by singular chieftains. These main clans are: Black Tooth Grin clan (a splinter group of the Blackrock clan created by Rend, and Maim), Blackrock clan, Bleeding Hollow clan, Bonechewer clan, Burning Blade clan (a wild clan, some of its warriors were recruited into the Horde, forming the Blademasters), Dragonmaw clan, Frostwolf clan, Laughing Skull clan - An ogre led clan known for its underhandedness. Mok'Nathal clan (a clan made up of mostly half-ogres but also includes orcs, Shadowmoon clan, Shattered Hand clan, Stormreaver clan, Thunderlord clan, Lightning's Blade clan, Twilight's Hammer clan (an ogre led clan that believes in the apocalypse), Warsong clan. Other clans: Bladewind clan, Dark Scar clan, Kash'drakor. Flowerpicker clan, Necrolyte clan, Rageroar clan, Redwalker clan, Searing Blade clan, Warlock clan and Whiteclaw clan. Now, most Azerothian orcs are under the laws of the Horde. The first ever Warchief was of course Blackhand, followed by Orgrim, then Thrall, then Garrosh, followed by Vol’jin and currently Sylvanas Windrunner. However, they do have their own racial representative within the Horde. From the beginning to the Catacysm, Greatmother Geyah perfromed this role. She was overtaken by Saurfang.

Military: All current orc military belongs to the Horde.

Religion: Orcs traditionally value a strong relationship with the elements and view the shamanistic path as one of the most revered. They also highly respect their deceased ancestors and honour the dead, believing their spirits can grant them clarity.

Traditions

The Mak'gora means "duel of honor", a custom where someone may challenge a superior for leadership, a fight to the death. Each opponent is allowed one blessed weapon and armour is forbidden.

Slavery has been a common practice in orc history, but has since been dissolved in current years, aside from the occasional incidence.

When a newborn arrives before the clan in Draenor, the parent would stand by a body of water with the clan watching nearby. The mother would hand the baby to father who in turn would claim the child as his and present it before the chieftan for a blessing. The chieftan then promises that the child is under the clan’s protection, hoping they bring honour to the clan. Finally, the Elder Shaman would ask the blessings of the elements and wild spirits.

Male and females are both expected to hunt and fight, with children recognised as belonging to the parents but are raised by all of the clan.

Historically, weak or sickly newborns may have been drowned in some clans, mostly by the father. Blackrock and Bonechewer orcs are known for these practices.

Orc children begin training with weapons at 6. Before an orc is considered an adult, they must complete a kill by themselves, known as om'riggor. This happens around 12.

Children have a custom of sneaking up on a mud jumper and whispering a wish. If the mud jumper doesn’t jump, it will come true.

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