So the orc leaders and other soldiers and captured orc-folk were being held in internment camps in Hillsbrad, and in at least one timeline you are there to help a young warrior named Thrall escape. What you didn’t know was that the warden of the camps was Aedelas Blackmoore, and he was interested in Thrall and raised him as a special slave. He taught him about combat and philosophy and gave him somewhat special treatment, hoping to use him as a weapon. Thrall decided this was shit, and escaped.
He hid out and secretly visited other internment camps and found the remaining orc prisoners lethargic, their pride broken. Thrall decided to find the only unconquered clan left, the Warsong. It was constantly hunted and on the run, and led by the undefeated orc chieftain, Grom Hellscream. Thrall was inspired by Grom’s idealism and got misty eyes thinking about the glory of warrior tradition.
Inspired to find the truth of his own origins, Thrall traveled north to find the legendary Frostwolf Clan that he was descended from. Thrall discovered that Gul’dan had exiled the clan long ago because they weren’t keen on associating with demons, and had his father, the clan leader Durotan, assassinated. While there Thrall met the shaman Drek’Thar and he studied the clan’s ancient shamanistic practices, which had been shunned and forgotten during Gul’dan’s rule. Over time Thrall became a powerful shaman and took his rightful place as chieftain of the Frostwolf Clan.
Empowered and with purpose, Thrall set off to free what orc captives he could and to cure the demonic corruption that Gul’dan had wrought on the Horde. During his travels Thrall discovered an older Doomhammer living like Dennis Hopper in the woods. Doomhammer had been a friend of Durotan, and decided to give up his hermitage to follow the young Thrall and aid him.
Supported by many of the veteran chieftains and champions they freed, Thrall began to revitalize the Horde. To symbolize his people’s rebirth, Thrall returned to attack Blackmoore and Durnholde Keep. They won, but victory came at a price, and Doomhammer was killed in battle. Thrall looted him and put on his black armor and warhammer. Together with his best friend Grom Hellscream, Thrall emptied the prison camps and promised that his people would never be slaves again.
Every new land is someone else’s old land, it seems. Thrall brought his people to Kalimdor, and renamed the area they settled Durotar, after his father. The Quillboar were already there and they probably called it East Quillboria or something, but we’ll never know because nobody speaks quillboar and we don’t really care because they’re not a playable race and Green Jesus needed a place to build his spankin’ pad. So it becomes Durotar, and the city the Horde found is named Orgrimmar, after Orgrim Doomhammer, the first Warchief of the Horde.
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