#mok'nathal

[ramavataramaart]

Very fun concept I got to work in, who also reminded me how much I like to draw orcs/mok'nathal. So much beef!

[findmeinshattrath]

Not sure how likely or how practical it would be, but if they continue making neutral playable races in the future, I think it would be cool if they implemented Half-Orcs and Half-Elves some day.

If anyone is curious about why I think Half-Elves should be neutral too, I firmly believe that there would be at least some with the Blood Elves in Quel'thalas proper. Ones who were raised there, or ones from outside that maybe identified more with their elven heritage or made their way there after the Scourge's attack; something along those lines.

Plus there is Dalaran to consider, as well as the possibility of undead ones in the Forsaken. There was at least one officially in the old RPG books: Oni'jus, second in command of the Royal Apothecary Society and a master of mundane poisons whose idea it was to add "Royal" to the Society's name. She is sadly no longer canon (for now). There might even be some in the Trade Cartels, same for Half-Orcs too.

I don't know if any from the Night Elves and Nightborne would be likely, there would have to be a big time-skip to justify it. Though, Night Elves have had contact with the factions for about two decades or so as of Dragonflight, so it isn't impossible. Nightborne aren't happening without a time-skip though.

Mok'nathal would also be an amazing option for a Half-Orc origin, naturally, but they would probably only be Horde.

I don't know, this thought just occurred to me the other day and I'm just kind of spitting out my train of thought.

[trickerycleric]

there's a few ppl on mok'nathal/connected servers who i always see in trade chat and they're famous to me slash negative. torag-skywall if youre reading this im putting you in a nutri-bullet

[clarenecessities]

idk who wow toons is but you blinked so nicely asking for asks so: 🧠 what do you like most about this thang

anon i want you to know i laughed out loud at this like a goober <3 thank you vm

i have absolutely no idea why, but 'toons' are what you call different characters on world of warcraft.

in the interest of not Drowning mobile users i'm putting most of them under a readmore but these are my three favs! sétanta, his mom seidrin, and seidrin's brother ulfhedrinn.

the thing i like most about wow toons is you can literally do whatever the fuck you want :) seidrin and ulfedrinn are children of the canonical Wild God (who came back recently! yippee!) Goldrinn, who's an enormous wolf spirit that loves being badass. so those two are technically also wolf spirits who have troll & orc visages respectively

sétanta was my first toon, he's my little baby boy. his dad is a priest of elune (who Goldrinn thinks is a pushover liberal and has no respect for) so he doesn't have a wolf spirit form/visage situation, he's just kind of recreated the worgen curse wholesale. it's awesome. and i can do what i want :) he's not like the other werewolves. he's specifically cursed.

ulfhedrinn is newer but i kind of love him. his visage is technically a Mok'Nathal orc (they're part ogre) (like Rexxar, who's literally Darkwolf from Fire and Ice) but for some reason the game won't let you do "hybrids" with "unplayable races" so whatever u know. whatever. he reproduced asexually by mixing his dna with some demon blood, which is highly inadvisable, but he was like "um no son of mine is going to be so fucking weak that Sargeras could corrupt his mind" and he was right. his son Galdrulf is basically a demon hunter (the class, not like, professionally) and sooooo fucking stupid. but he's good at fighting and loves being a badass, so he's a credit to the pack <3

[the-dragon-mom]

Gifts from the Frostfire Settlement

Keara Silentfang, the Frostwolf Huntress leads her pack of wolves quite efficiently. Riding on a decently large wolf with dusty white fur and a slight hue of spiritual magic. Hanging from the wolf neck was a medallion with the very similar insignia of the Frostwolves. A quiver of arrow hung on the saddle strap as well as one at her lower back for quick loading of her arrows. While traveling the roads and trails leading from Winterspring south,  Keara kept her bow in her lap. 

Behind the two was a young adult Icehoof, it's wooly fibers already picked and sheared down for the trip to the Blacktusk Clan's Village. Said Icehoof was pulling a rather enormous wagon lined with crates under piles of dense hard evergreen wood. Some of the wood was kept in shape to be used as poles, others cut in boards by a fellow member of the Frostfire Settlement. The easiest of things to see at a glance with this small convoy. 

Ahead of the Frostwolf was a larger black furred wolf with a similar medallion, her form much larger than the wolf Keara rode. Her ears listened while they traveled the paths south. Occasionally letting out a small snarl to inform one of the two flanking wolves to check something out that may be deemed concerning. These two dusty brown wolves flanked the wagon and would wander off to check a noise or follow a scent but often returned quickly without much issue. Following behind was another of the pack, more grey in fur color keeping an eye on the wagon from behind. Much further back was the last wolf of the small roaming pack. His fur is in shades of dark grey and black with a little white around the muzzle. He took up the rear some distance away.  

It was quite the sight to see coming into view from the village. It of course took a few days' travel, but the small convoy looked quite rested. Keara let out a sharp whistle, one to allert the village on her arrival and the other meaning for all the wolves, minus the one she rode on, to scout around. To find common ground and not impede where they may seem as a threat. 

Meeting some at the edge of the Village, Keara's attention perked seeing the familiar orc that introduced her to this particular clan. Telling her a good flat spot to unload the wagon the Icehoof had been hauling. 

“This is a lot.” Keara chuckled and shook her head to the aid that came to help unload. “This is just a bored day for the Mok'Nathal in the settlement.” She informed the aid. Sliding off the saddle of her companion, strapping the bow and spare quiver to him. She patted his hind quarter to  walk off and sit to watch Keara. Eyes trained on her the entire time she unloaded the decent size piles of wood. 

“We halted much of our building in the settlement, so some of this is seasoned already, some fresh. Ruko … got a little carried away this season.” Keara explained to whoever was helping unload. After the wood was removed there were three rolls of hide about the same width of the wagon. 

“This is stitched together, treated hide, easily unstitched for whatever you need it for. It is Icehoof Hide.” She explained casually. 

 Then they got to the crates. Two rows on top of one another. 

“Icehoof wool, unprocessed. Harden Leather, soft leather - some scraps from the Icehoves, others from bear, deer, rabbits, and boar. Some boar hide t-r-e-a-ts for the wolf den here. “ Keara carefully spelled it out because if she spoke the word, the wolf watching her might slip his guard dog duty. Moving to another couple of crates she opened it up. 

“Pelts - Deer, bear, rabbit.” There were a lot of rabbit pelts. “Ruko raises meat rabbits, gives her something to do…” Going to the last couple, after telling who was helping to leave three in the wagon. Those were specifically for Wolv as an appreciation gift. 

The last couple that were pulled off had an small pebble of a frost Elemental hanging out in one of them. It looked up with the tiniest of waves while Keara nodded to it. “Thank you for the aid, you may go home to Mags now.” The little element… squeeked?... before darting off towards the north. 

“Weird little things, this is some meat from the last icehoof bull we slaughtered, these ones are froze , this crate is salt preserved, and the last dried into Jerky rations.” Sweating some, she definitely was dressed lighter than normal but it was still very hot for the Frostwolf. 

“Do you have a temporary paddock I can lead this Icehoof to? Then I can properly introduce myself.” 

[wanderingcotabussurgetank]

Garrosh Mok'nathal by Tolkarg

[khanlusa]

The Burning Crusade - Part 6 (Warcraft Reimagined)

Hi, this is your friendly reminder that I’ve been working on a youtube channel where I reconfigure whatever is going on in WoW’s story into something that feels a little more coherent.

[shirodai]

Trolltober day 23: Hybrid Garkinu, son of Dai, half troll, half mok'nathal he earned Bethekk's favor to protect the beasts like his grandfathers did long time ago.

[horde-fan]

Other Races in the Horde

So everyone knows the main races in the Horde, but I think whats not given enough credit, heck not even shown enough, is all the other races that exist. I mean sure there is plenty of content for say the Nightborne and other allied races, but theres so many possibilities that just get overlooked! I mean one of the good things in BFA, one of my absolute fav things? The Unshackled! I mean first off we have the Horde helping out a group of former slaves, helping them break free of there masters and if that isn’t just perfect for the Horde. Second the sheer variety of races found within! I mean the Unshackled have Gilgoblins, Makura and Sea Giants! And what I think should be talked about, is how these races fit into the horde! Like imagine a Makura walking around Echo islands, hearing about how the trolls defended their home from Naga! Gilgoblins trying to fence underwater pearls and such in Silvermoon! All these possibilities with other races that we will probably never see in game. (But like if I were to run a warcraft rpg campaign anyone interested) OR the fact that the Grookin Hozen Tribe have been a part of the Horde since mists! Imagine Grookin who swing around the jungle of Zandalar, or hanging out on the roofs in Orgrimmar! The Stonemaul tribe of Ogres has literally been a part of the Horde since Warcraft 3! Ogres should be seen in both Thunder Bluff and Ogrimmar! Interacting with the new races in the Horde! It would be a ton of fun! And those are just the start! Theres the Taunka, who we saw take the Horde oath! The Mok’Nathal that have been aligned since Burning Crusade! In BFA the Fogsail Freebooters, humans, aligned with the Horde! Humans! Technically even the San'layn were a part of the Horde before the alliance just killed them all! Maybe there are survivors who could still be a part of it because again that makes perfect sense! The Horde like always gives people a chance to redeem themselves! There are so many races other races that are part of the Horde that we sadly don’t get to see after the one expansion they debut in. Still I like to think differently. Heck for fun, if you feel up to it tell me what kind of character you would make if you weren’t constrained by game mechanics. I personally would absolutely have loved to make a San’layn Warlock, or perhaps a Grookin Hunter! Maybe I will and make a post about them later....

[primordialcore]

Summer boi Joktan and his ice cream vending skills

[casuallyprofounddinosaur]

Haven't been feeling too confident in art lately. Been real uninspired and bored with everything. Super busy all the time too, but, with the small burst I've had, here are a couple doodles. I found a pose reference for gracewalker, and the orc is going to be a Mok'nathal. My big buff boi.

[ramavataramaart]

Commish for @antoniodjones.bsky.social of the double headed (thus double the fun!) mok'nathal Kor'nal! Need to draw more ogres (Mmmm spicy Rexxar perhaps, hehehe)

[warcraft-lore-archives]

Lore Fact of the Week #30

Half-breeds in the Warcraft universe are quite rare, but not unheard of [Twitter: Dave Kosak]. The most common types of half-breeds are half-elves and half-orcs, although any half-breed is possible with magic [Ask CDev, Round Four].

Garona Halforcen and Lantresor of the Blade are half-orc and half-draenei, however it may be worth noting that they both use the orc model in-game [World of Warcraft, Chronicle Volume II, pg. 78, NPC: Lantresor of the Blade Dialogue]. Additionally, Med’an, who may not necessarily be canon anymore since his involvement in specific events was retconned, is half-human, quarter-draenei, and quarter-orc [Page: Med’an]. Despite his half-human lineage, Med’an takes after his mother, Garona, in appearance. Med’an’s green skin, combined with the fact that Garona and Lantresor have orc models, may imply either that orc genetics are strong or that the fel taint that changed their skin color is so pervasive it effects even their offspring [Page: Orc]. 

Garona was the unique product of an encounter between an orc warrior and a draenei prisoner, although she was not the first half-breed to be born into the Bladewind clan [World of Warcraft Chronicle Volume II, pg. 78]. Most other half-orc, half-draenei were either killed long ago or did not survive past childhood [NPC: Lantresor of the Blade Dialogue, World of Warcraft Chronicle Volume II, pg. 78].

Although her heritage was recently retconned to half-draenei rather than half-human, it was once canon (and still canon in the film universe) that Garona was half-orc and half-human. Medivh attributed her supposed human heritage to a near-human or human-passing race that lived on Draenor [The Last Guardian, Chapter Ten, Chapter Eleven, Page: Garona (Film Universe)]. In the film AU, Medivh is actually Garona’s father, making her half-human [Page: Garona (Film Universe)].

Despite the fact that there are no other half-orc, half-human hybrids in the game, the non-canon RPG actually states that half-humans are more common than half-draenei or half-ogres of orcish descent [RPG: Horde Player’s Guide, pg. 139]. One such example is Drann, who was the result of a union between a male orc and a female human [RPG: Shadows & Light]. 

The Mok’Nathal clan mostly consists of half-ogre, half-orc hybrids, the most notable of which is Rexxar [Page: Mok’Nathal]. The RPG information on the creation of the mok’nathal was retconned by the second Chronicle volume, which states that the ogres sought to increase their population numbers by conducting experiments to create new creatures for their labor force. The most promising results, the mok’nathal offspring, came from selective forced breeding between ogres and enslaved orcs. These half-breeds were kept in chains and continuously bred together to produce even more servants for the ogre empire [World of Warcraft Chronicle Volume II, pg. 66].

According to the RPG, there are also half-human, half-ogres, most of which are the products of ogre aggression on human villages [RPG: Horde Player’s Guide, pg. 7]. Half-human, half-ogre hybrids typically take on the characteristics of their human parent, although they are not without ogre attributes [RPG: Horde Player’s Guide, pg. 7].

Half-night elves are virtually unheard of because the humans and night elves met for the first time during the Third War a little over ten years ago, however there is record of one half-night elf, half-human in the non-canon RPG [RPG: Shadows & Light].

Half-elves, the offspring of quel’dorei and human pairings, are by far the most common type of half-breed in the Warcraft universe. Ever since the high elves started interacting with the humans a little under 3,000 years ago, there have been half-elf children [World of Warcraft Chronicle Volume I, pg. 126-131]. Unfortunately, even though they are most certainly longer-lived than their human parent, the exact lifespan of half-elves in unknown [Twitter: Dave Kosak].

Some notable half-elves include Arator, the son of Turalyon and Alleria Windrunner, and Vereesa Windrunner’s children, Galadin and Giramar [Page: Half-elf]. Although in-game lore may suggest otherwise, the RPG posits that half-elven children are treated poorly [RPG: Alliance Player’s Guide, pg. 132].

While it is never directly stated, it’s possible that a portion of the Kul Tiran population is part Drust, since the Drust Thornspeakers joined and mingled with Kul Tiran society [NPC: Ulfar Dialogue].

No half-human half-dwarves currently exist in lore [Ask CDev, Round Four].

[kayorrii]

Getting ready for the allied races, A.K.A thank god I play on a small, conjoined realm :^} 

[wyrmguardsecrets]

I really want Mok'nathal to be playable in thr future. I wanna make a giant muscular half ogre lady. Alliance can get Vyr'kul for their giant race.

The only thing I would worry about are the people who growth pot already large races...

[fitzefitcher]

Honestly I love seeing the flood of gentle horde content. Sometimes being a fan of this can be a bit stressful so seeing nice stuff is just so good. Also reading through the expanded races for both the horde and the alliance is kind of awesome and slightly miffing since theres so many races we just don't see after their obligatory expansion/patch. Like the horde has Ogres, Mok'nathal, Hozen, Unshackled with Makura, gilboblins and sea giants!!!, human freebooters! So many races in the horde!

so much of the fandom is really fucking negative, all the time, and it’s been that for ages. it really fucking damages the way you think about and process shit in the longterm, and it’s really bad for your lifetime ability to actually be happy. I’m just really tired of it and embarrassed that I ever took part in it bc it definitely damaged my ability to enjoy a game that I grew up with and really like and also just damaged my ability to enjoy things in general

I don’t want to contribute to that mindset anymore and if I don’t have anything useful to say, I refuse to be anything but relentlessly positive about a game I like to play with my friends

anyway! I would fucking love to see some more of the extended canon races of the horde milling about orgrimmar. the nightborne tourists are a great fucking start, we can deffo build from there