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Fel Orc - Salamander

,,The colossal kodo beasts of the Kalimdor plains are valued allies of the orcish horde..."
No problem. Only:
We are not on Kalimdor.
We're not even on Azeroth yet!

We are here in Outland, the former home of the Orcish horde!
The Fel Horde also has powerful beasts in their repository:
Either corrupted by the wild energies that permeate this broken world or disfigured by the warlocks of the Fel Orcs with their devil magic, the salamanders of Draenor were forced into service and the mighty beasts were charged with carrying the Fel Orcs' pounding war drums into battle.
The huge Salamanders, now serving as symbols of Orcish might and superiority, also use their enormous size and strength to aid the Fel Orcs in battle. Not that they would have a choice ...
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Mr Ogre man
A perfect way of adding kodo riders in Outlands.
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Finally we get something that makes sense for the Fel Orc's of Outland! Superb work! 5/5
Feel bad for the Salamander though. I'm sure it went through hell getting its spikes ripped out so they can make room for the rider and the drums. lol
 
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I know why you made that model but there was no salamander in Outland

Edit: Ah in one mission Draenei had something called 'Draenei Salamander'

Yep. I'd say this is chiefly using Wc3 canon.

"Chiefly" is a good word for it.
Had a "reptilian something" only appeared in Warcraft 3, I would have thought of something else.
Salamanders no longer appear in later depictions of Draenor / Outland, but other reptiles appear such as the raptor, the basilisk or the diementradon.
That made it easy for me to treat him as a salamander, since there are references to other (living) large reptiles in Outland.
Maybe they were up to the time of "WoW: TBC " exterminated like the Clefthoof?
This would be my explanation to build them back into the Canon without changing the existing Canon too much.^^
 
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Pretty handy since I didn't know why Blizzard should have added a new beast for the Fel Orcs in Outland...

The Fel Kodo Beasts would be perfect for Azeroth and such, but yeah you get my drift...
 
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The Fel Ravager might fit as an Outlandish mount better. Or a big fat Fel Boar, though that would work better for a Raider.
 
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