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Garrosh Hellscream
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- BaiyuGalan
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- Apr 22, 2026
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- Apr 29, 2026
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Background Story
Garrosh Hellscream hurled the dormant heart into the pools, causing a chaotic surge of sha energy which corrupted the surrounding area. Garrosh retreated to his underground fortress, leaving behind even his father's weapon in favor of a new, Old God-forged visage of it - Xal'atoh. After moving the heart to Orgrimmar, Garrosh became crazier and more xenophobic, though he was not controlled or corrupted by the Old Gods.
Garrosh moved the heart into his own personal sanctum within the Underhold, a large underground complex located deep within the Ragefire Chasm below Orgrimmar. With the entire city under martial law, Garrosh issues commands from within the compound and plans to conquer the entire world for his True Horde using his newfound powers. He has also allowed the Paragons of the Klaxxi within his compound, who act as guardians of the Heart. Garrosh also gifted some of its power to Malkorok. The Alliance and Horde (under the name 'The Darkspear Rebellion') formed a coalition to stop the crazed dictator, along with adventurers freshly arrived from containing the destruction Garrosh had laid upon the Vale of Eternal Blossoms. The group laid siege to the city and successfully made their way into the Underhold and fought past all Garrosh's traps and lieutenants to find Thrall confronting Garrosh and pleading him to cease his genocidal war.
Garrosh refused to co-operate, calling Thrall weak and sadistically stating he'll take pleasure in destroying everything the Horde and Alliance had created. He even briefly tortured his old mentor physically, as his Dark Shaman had tortured the elements for miles around, thus causing them to strike out at Thrall when he attempted to call upon them. Thrall overcame this and faced Garrosh in melee combat, only to be easily beaten. Garrosh then turned his attention to the adventurers and engaged them in battle with the support of the True Horde, the iron stars, and the power of Y'Shaarj itself.
The battle took place not just in the Underhold, but also in Y'Shaarj's twisted pocket dimension, shaped to resemble places where immense Sha outbreaks had occurred on Pandaria. The adventurers held out, however, and in a last-ditch effort Garrosh became an avatar of the Old God by absorbing all the Heart's remaining power. But it still wasn't enough, and the evil Warchief, at last, collapsed from his wounds, the power of Y'Shaarj dissipating from his exhausted body, after which the Alliance, Horde and Pandaren leaders arrive to take him into custody and decide his fate.
Years ago, when Garrosh had become Warchief, he'd sought only to make his father proud. The day the Horde and Alliance came for him, he believed he had.
“I answer... to NO ONE!”
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- Corrupted Modeling, texture: ONI
- Optimize: BaiyuGalan
- New Animations: BaiyuGalan, ONI
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Garrosh - BY Tauer
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- Anyone can edit my models, use their meshes and textures, and re-upload them as long as proper credit is given. If this model uses assets from others, please obtain their permission beforehand.
“No... NO... This world... Is my destiny... My destiny...”
Keywords:
- Warsong clan (Warsong Offensive and Warsong Outriders), Orgrimmar, Hellscream's Reach, Dominance Offensive, Horde, The Mag'har, True Horde, Horde, Warchief of the Horde, Founder of the Garad'kra, leader of the Warsong clan (Azeroth), the Horde Expedition, the Warsong Outriders, Hellscream's Reach and Dominance Offensive, Overlord of the Warsong Offensive, Master of Warsong Hold, personal advisor to Thrall, and chieftain of the Mag'har
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True warchief wouldn't cry and complain as much.
He wanted to be Grom or Orgrim so hard, but was always a lesser son of a great father.
He's still a better Warchief than WoW-era Thrall, but that's a low bar to clear.
Wearing someone else's (even if its your family) kill as a trophy is particularly sad, IMHO. He didn't earn those shoulderhorns.
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Well, if we really look into WoW Horde lore, Thrall is the best choice that Horde could have for developing from the sins of the past to the brave new future: he managed to return the Horde to their root of shamanism, while allowing some small sects of warlocks to exist. He befriended valuable allies like Taurens and Trolls, and even gained a foothold on Eastern Kingdoms by allying with the Forsaken.
Garrosh, you are right, was too focused to overgrow his father's legacy shadow: I can agree - it's hard to beat a legendary Grommash Hellscream, who was the first to drink (publicly) blood of Mannoroth on Draenor and then became his own slayer, paying for redemption with his life.
Garrosh, it seems, wanted the same.
And he lacked someone like Thrall to guide him. Thrall was a guide for his father, not for him.
Thus, when Garrosh drank his own "Blood of Demons" (in his case, the corruptive power of Old Gods), there was no one to stop him. Even taking that after death, Garrosh redeemed nothing; it seems that he eventually became a worse version of Grommash Hellscream.
Like a typical fel orc warlord in the Outland.
Yet Garrosh was a final attempt of "old course" to revitalize in the Horde aesthetics. With his death, Horde finally accepted Thrall's vision, gradually transforming (after Sylvanas khm-khm) into what it's right now in retail lore.
I don't think that this is bad after all - people get tired of constant aggression and war. But in retail lore, it was done so stupidly and dumb...
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Just when i was imagining how a MoP custom campaign would look like... Nicely done!
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this is so much sex 
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