User:Mig64/Kortoh Stripribs

Kortoh Stripribs is a level 82 rare mob at the Western Plaguelands. He is stealthed and will often strike Scourge mobs near him, and will also attack any Horde or Alliance member that challenges him.

Second War
Kortoh Stripribs was once a dragonrider of the Dragonmaw Clan, during the Second War he subjugated the red drake Dragaostrasz, but his mount and fight assistant was killed shortly after the battle went Beyond the Dark Portal, from that day on, Kortoh vowed that he would never ride another dragon again in honor to his fallen partner, whom he held great respect for -even though he forced the drake into servitude-. No longer a dragonrider, Kortoh trained and developed his own melee fighting style, which is somewhat a mix between a Warrior and a Rogue.

The Burning Crusade
In later years, during the beginning of the Invasion of Outland, Kortoh received orders from Zuluhed the Whacked to stalk on the forces of the Burning Legion at the Stair of Destiny, they were extremely concentrated there and this called Illidan's attention, Stripribs was given a small group of Illidari spies to aid him. Kortoh spent days observing the flux of demons entering and leaving the Dark Portal. Shortly after the heroes of Azeroth pushed the demons back to the Stair of Destiny, Kortoh received more orders from Zuluhed: Stripribs was to capture as many wounded soldiers from both sides as he could, and return with them to Dragonmaw Fortress, the Whacked had plans for them. But it was pretty hard to inflitrate in the middle of such a huge scale conflict, until he found the perfect opportunity... A small group of demons got separated from the main army and were walking away from Hellfire Peninsula, they brought a prisoner of war with them, Kortoh and his group attacked, they ambushed the demons, killing all of them and stealing the prize: the troll hunter Guénon and his pet raptor, Gorossauro. Stripribs ordered the naga of the group to warn Illidan of the opening of the Dark Portal and the war between the demons and the defenders of Azeroth, while the rest -including himself- would bring Guénon and his pet to prison.

After giving Guénon to the overseer of the prison building, Kortoh was called to work at Netherwing Ledge, there was an ongoing riot organized in the Netherwing Mines by the Murkblood Broken draenei, and they wanted Stripribs to lead the efforts to subjugate the rebels. Kortoh did it with ease, all he needed was a group of stalkers to backstab the leadership of the Murkblood rebels.

Weeks later, Kortoh received news that the Dragonmaw Fortress Prison was no more due to a prisoner rebellion, from that moment on, Kortoh started to lose his faith in the Dragonmaw. Ever since the death of Dragaostrasz and the defeats that he suffered when serving the Old Horde and the Horde of Draenor, Stirpribs started to have doubts about his loyalties, it seemed to him that the Dragonmaw just joined the cause of those whose fate is to be defeated, and now their allegiance to the Illidari was being no different.

Two months later, the Netherwing dragonflight, reinforced by adventurers from the Horde, attacked the Dragonmaw Base Camp, while the Murkblood started another riot in the Netherwing Mines. Kortoh fought fiercely against the invaders and even managed to kill an orcish hunter -whose gun would belong to Guénon after the conflict-, Kortoh was surprised once he noticed he was fighting members of the Horde, he couldn't see the same bloodlust and desire for obliteration in it's members, the fel orc felt that it wasn't the same of before. After the Netherwing invaders and their allies retreated, Kortoh completely loss his faith in the cause of the Dragonmaw Clan.

From that day on, he abandoned his own people, he cut his ties with his own clan and the Illidari, and became a mercenary.

Wrath of the Lich King
Kortoh Stripribs's last client ordered the fel orc to assassinate a particular member of the Alliance that resided at Nethergarde Keep, thus, Stripribs went to Azeroth, but on his way he stumbled upon no one other than Guénon, although they already met before, neither Kortoh nor Guénon could remember each other.

Guénon prepared to attack him because he was a fel orc, but Kortoh quickly stated that he was a mercenary, Guénon -who was recruiting members for the Goroscream Forces- thought that he could be a great addition to his militia and thus the troll hunter hired Stripribs, his function was to train the warriors and rogues of the Goroscream.

Azjol-Nerub
Kortoh's training duties met a temporary end, for Kredo saw great potential in the fel orc for the battlefield, when the Goroscream split in half in order to attack both Naxxramas and Azjol-Nerub, Kredo called Kortoh Stripribs to fight alongside the rest of the Goroscream army and would even be his military advisor for the duration of the conflict.

Kortoh executed his new function with great results and Kredo asked him if he didn't wish to stay with the Goroscream, saying that a fighter of his caliber is nothing without any true objective in life, Kortoh was reluctant, but he accepted, stating that the battle at Azjol-Nerub was the most exciting of his life and that he finally found a good cause to fight for.

When the Goroscream reunified, the Ghost Furbolg talked about promoting Stripribs with Guénon, the troll hunter said that he wanted to witness Kortoh's so-called "great job" before promoting him, although the fel orc was not promoted at the time, his participation in the Azjol-Nerub conflict granted him a spot among the rest of the Goroscream Forces fighting in the battlefield, but he also resumed his training to the rogue and warrior initiates.

Rise as a general
Kortoh revealed his great strategic knowledge during the final assault against Icecrown Citadel, thanks to Yoza, who chose him as her second-in-command to lead the Goroscream aerial force during the final battle.

With requests for promotion coming from both Kredo and Yoza, and also based on what the troll hunter saw during the assault, Guénon decided to give a huge promotion for Kortoh Stripribs: the rank of General. From that day on, Kortoh would participate in all of the Goroscream's leadership meetings as a military advisor to Guénon.

Goroscream Wars
During the Goroscream Wars, Kortoh Stripribs succeeded both Guénon & Kredo as the leader of the Goroscream army after the conquer of Aerie Peak. Under Kortoh's leadership, the Goroscream heavily expanded their influence over the Hinterlands, they gave aid to the Forsaken in conquering Hiri'watha, signed a pact of non-aggression with the Vilebranch trolls and helped in driving off the Witherbark tribe from Shadra'Alor, conquered Quel'Danil Lodge, and secretly gained favor from the Witherbark trolls by helping them to escape from Zun'watha.

He asked Guénon to bring him a whole new army for his next advance because he wished to leave the former one in the region to secure Goroscream supremacy. Guénon answered Kortoh's request and named Captain Bonehook the Overlord of the Goroscream Forces at the Hinterlands.

Kortoh then advanced with the Goroscream army to the Arathi Highlands, making quick work of Refuge Pointe, led the Witherbark escapees to Stromgarde Keep to live with the rest of their tribe, still at the Keep, Stripribs gave armaments and extra supplies to the Boulderfist ogres, the Witherbark trolls, and even the Syndicate in exchange for them fighting the Alliance presence at Stromgarde Keep.

With the situation at Arathi under control, Kortoh advanced to the Wetlands, he wanted dominate Menethil Harbor so that the Goroscream would be able to build a naval force.

The guards of the Harbor resisted and even the citizens joined the battle, starting a skirmish that lasted long enough for the Alliance Counteroffensive to arrive, Kortoh -and the Goroscream Forces as a whole- met their first defeat. Kortoh rallied what remained of his men and quickly escaped back to Arathi.

Kortoh knew he would meet defeat and ordered that half of his army returned to Goroscream Hold by the portals, after the evacuation was complete, Stripribs destroyed all warlock portals. Even with imminent destruction coming for the Arathi Goroscream, Kortoh had to hold the Alliance as much as he and his troops could, so that the remaining Goroscream-controlled areas could be reinforced. The Alliance finally arrived, estimulated by the rage of the orcs' bloodthirsty roars, and these roars called the attention of the Goroscream at Arathi, it was when Stripribs finally saw the Horde forces working alongside the Alliance.

Kortoh was broken inside himself, the faction that he worked so hard to help, the faction he worked so hard to redeem with, was coming to destroy him and all those who shared the same cause. Stripribs became immovable, the Goroscream Forces at Arathi became pratically leaderless and were quickly obliterated and Kortoh Stripribs was taken prisoner, being unable to warn Guénon of Hellscream's agents.

Present day
Kortoh abandoned his leather set in favor of plate armor with leather boots. This new plate armor was crafted by Stripribs himself, by using the pieces of the Lava elementals he killed during his stay at the Stockades, also, Kortoh found an artifcat of mysterious power inside one of the elementals, the artifact was cursed and possessed his dagger, reinforcing it in elementium and making it merge with one of his hands. His leather boots are the same as before, but he painted red using the blood of the prisoners he killed during his stay in the stockades. Kortoh also had his beard and small hair removed by the soldiers of Stormwind before being thrown into the prison.

Kortoh Stripribs managed to escape the Stormwind Stockades and ran back to the Western Plaguelands hoping to find a last trace of the Goroscream, all that he found were the ruins of Goroscream Hold, a pile of bones that composed Yoza's skeleton, and a huge pile of Goroscream and Alliance soldiers, Kortoh vowed vengeance for his fallen comrades, and now lives in the shadows of the plaguelands, stalking every member of the Alliance and the Horde, members of the Scourge aren't safe from his fury as well.

Abilities

 * [[Image:Ability_warrior_cleave.png|35px]] Cleave: A sweeping attack that does 5000 damage to the target plus 2500 to it's two nearest allies. Decreases the target's and his allies' armor by 8% for 1 minute.


 * [[Image:Spell shadow ritualofsacrifice.png|35px]] Sinister Strike: An instant strike that causes 3000 damage.


 * Ability_rogue_eviscerate.png Eviscerate: Deals 6000 melee damage, damage increased by 500 per stacks of Rend.


 * Ability_gouge.png Rend: Wounds the target, causing it to bleed for 900 damage over 20 sec. Stacks up to five times.


 * Spell shadow requiem.png Cursed Hand: The caster's cursed hand fills him with dark power. All attacks will do extra 80% damage as Shadow damage to all enemies in melee range of the caster. Holy damage taken is increased by 50%. Lasts for 10 sec.
 * Spell_holy_summonchampion.png Frenzy of the Triumph: Upon entering in combat, melee physical damage taken will increase the caster's attack power by 5%. Stacks up to 25 times. Ranged physical damage taken increases the caster's armor by 5%. Stacks up to 10 times. Magic damage will increase the caster's resistance to the spell's school by 0,1% of the damage taken. Stacks up to 3 times. Frenzy of the Triumph and it's effects last as long as the caster is in combat.


 * Spell_nature_wispsplodegreen.png Lifeblood: An instant cast spell which heals 3000 damage per 5 sec during 15 sec.


 * Inv_misc_organ_01.png Heart of the Fel Orc: Energy generation increased by 100%. Attack speed increased by 150%. Damage taken increased by 50%. Lasts 30 sec.


 * Ability_stealth.png Fel Orc Prowl: Stealthed. First attack done after breaking stealth deals 50% more damage.

Trivia

 * Kortoh Stripribs is to both factions while wandering around the Plaguelands because of gameplay mechanics so that he won't attack leveling players, but he can be attacked by anyone.


 * Up to World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, Kortoh's model was actually unique, for he had signs of beard and hair, unlike the rest of the other fel orcs.
 * But as of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, he uses the standard fel orc model, due to lore reasons.