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by Matthew Rossi 
May 14th 2010 at 5:00PM
If you're a big ol' lore nerd like me, recent details released on the forums about the upcoming Twin Peaks battleground in the Twilight Highlands probably at least got a "Say what?" out of you.
Zarhym - Re: Captured Gronns in Grim Batol!Grim Batol was founded by the Wildhammers. The Wildhammers abandoned their new home after the war with the Dark Irons left the place tainted. The Dragonmaw clan later moved in and attempted to harvest the eggs of Alextrasza for sinister purposes, though they failed to fully satisfy Deathwing. With the four Dragon Aspects confronting both Deathwing and the Dragonmaws, Grim Batol was abandoned. Members of the Red Dragonflight stayed behind to guard its corridors in the Twilight Highlands. ...
That I can't say, but there will be a Twilight Highlands Battleground called Twin Peaks. The Alliance will be working with the Wildhammers in a struggle for land against the Dragonmaws backed by the Horde.
That I can't say, but there will be a Twilight Highlands Battleground called Twin Peaks. The Alliance will be working with the Wildhammers in a struggle for land against the Dragonmaws backed by the Horde.
The reason this goes into "Did you just say what I think you just said?" territory is apparent to anyone who did the Netherwing dailies in BC or read the novel Day of the Dragon (or our KYL feature on the Red Dragonflight). The Dragonmaw Clan are bad news. As Golluck Rockfist, the Horde Ambassador to the Wyrmrest Accord, so clearly put it, "In years past, the warlock Nekros Skullcrusher abused a powerful artifact to enslave Alexstrasza and much of the red dragonflight. Zuluhed and Nekros are dead, but the debt we owe to the reds is far from repaid."
Zuluhed and Nekros? Dragonmaw. The orcs hanging around in the Wetlands attacking people randomly? Dragonmaw. The toothy fellow above? An adventurer disguised as one of the Dragonmaw in the service of Illidan Stormrage himself. The same Dragonmaw clan that made a deal with Deathwing's consort thinking it was Deathwing himself they were working for, mind you. The news that the Dragonmaw are now pledging their allegiance to Garrosh's Horde is very, very interesting, to say the least.
Filed under: News items, PvP, Cataclysm
Reader Comments (Page 7 of 7)
PocketFox May 15th 2010 4:29PM
While I can easily see HOW and WHY the Dragonmaw would join the Horde, my issue comes with wondering how the Red Dragonflight will fit into it all. We had a downright friendly relationship with them in Northrend, and now the Horde just turns around and allies with some of their most hated enemies?
Honestly, my fear is that this is just one more thing Blizzard will ignore, and will expect us to ignore; that the red dragons in game will neither notice nor care that all of a sudden the Horde is in bed with the Dragonmaw.
I guess TECHNICALLY Alexstrasza could pseudo-condone the alliance under the argument that we need all the help we can get against Deathwing... but that still feels kind of like a cop-out to me...
Blackone May 15th 2010 7:50PM
Can I get a BUM BUM BUHHHHHHHHH?
Nawaf May 16th 2010 2:45PM
This just supports my theory even more: the horde without Thrall is evil. Orcs without Thrall = Garrosh followers = bad. Forsaken = the horde is nothing but a tool to reach their goals. Blood elves = magic obsessed guys, they are also with the Forsaken. The trolls will follow the orcs behind Garrosh. The tauren are the only good ones.
timma May 18th 2010 8:29AM
The Horde are very evil now... I dont blame the Horde as a whole, but i believe Garrosh is trying to bring them back to their WW2 ideals. With news of Cairns 'death' and the splitting of the Horde races, the massive attacks upon the Night Elves and with this news... I suspect a revolution some time soon... Cant wait!
Rajinnu May 18th 2010 9:16AM
Why is Garrosh or the Horde 'evil' if they join up with the Azeroth Dragonmaws, they were the exact same orcs that did the exact same thing as the current 'horde orcs' did during the rise of the horde, wc1 and 2, they just didn't get caught and therefore never ended up in camps and never got sissied up like Thrall's orcs.
Now they have had 30years? to get over the BL, who says that some new generation leader has stepped forward and gone "guy come on, this whole evil thing isn't working out well, sure we don't wanna be a human loving sissy like Thrall, but hes gone... lets meet Garrosh half way and kill dwarves and not dragons for a change? maybe we can get back in that way"
It only makes sense for someone seizing or taking power to bring as many allies in as he can, there is plenty of legit reasons that would lead to the Azeroth Dragonmaw clan returning to the Horde.
I am also expecting the Grimtotems to be a bigger part of the horde in cataclysm. The only orcs I doubt will ever make it back home will be the Blackrock's and Fel Orcs.
lolatwowlore May 22nd 2010 2:32AM
This proves it, Blizzard doesn't give two sh##s about their lore.
AwesomeGuy! May 30th 2010 2:59PM
It's looking more and more like Blizzard want to turn the Horde into the "bad guys" in WoW. Which is strange considering they worked so hard in Warcraft 3 to make sure they weren't.