The Characters of Warcraft/Garrosh Hellscream

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Garrosh Hellscream

 * The Stranger

Garrosh Hellscream, former Warchief of the Horde, is a living testament to the dangers of unchecked aggression.

Garrosh was born on the orcish homeworld of Draenor, and grew up untainted by the demonic blood that twisted the orcs who invaded Azeroth. Though he wasn't demonically influenced himself, Garrosh was haunted by his family's legacy: his father, Grommash Hellscream, was the first orc to embrace corruption by drinking the blood of the pit lord Mannoroth. Garrosh lived in the shadow of his father's acts until he met Warchief Thrall, founder of the renewed Horde, who explained to the younger Hellscream how Grommash ultimately gave his life to lift the demonic blood-curse, and freed his race from servitude to dark forces.

Uplifted, Garrosh joined Thrall in Azeroth and quickly became a hero of the Horde by leading a successful offensive against the Lich King. When Deathwing shattered the world, Thrall was forced to leave his throne to stop the destruction, and left Garrosh as his successor. Looking for ways to gather more resources and new territory for his people, Hellscream has initiated several brutal strikes against the Alliance, razing the city of Theramore and later clashing over the continent of Pandaria. As warchief, Garrosh's controversial actions -- among them claiming the heart of an Old God and ravaging Pandaria's Vale of Eternal Blossoms -- fueled rebellion, leading Horde dissidents and a vengeful Alliance to besiege Orgrimmar and depose him.

Victorious, Orgrimmar’s liberators dragged Hellscream to trial in Pandaria, where they recounted each of his crimes against Azeroth. The former warchief was unapologetic; worse, he escaped his captors, vanishing with the aid of the bronze dragon Kairozdormu. Garrosh hasn’t been spotted on Azeroth or Outland since, but his message of orcish dominion lives on in the battle-cries of the menacing Iron Horde legions who gather to conquer the world he once strove to control.

Related Characters

 * Thrall, World Shaman
 * Sylvanas Windrunnner, The Banshee Queen
 * Lor'themar Theron, Regent Lord of Quel'Thalas
 * Vol'jin, Warchief of the Horde
 * Baine Bloodhoof, High Chieftain of the Tauren
 * Grommash Hellscream, Warchief of the Iron Horde

Related Content

 * The Shattering: Prelude to Cataclysm
 * Heart of War
 * As Our Fathers Before Us
 * Wolfheart
 * Tides of War
 * War Crimes
 * Gul'dan and the Stranger
 * Hellscream (short story)

Source

 * Archived page