Ettin

Ettins
An ettin in Hearthstone.
Faction/Affiliation	Independent, Twilight's Hammer (Old Gods' forces), Horde
Racial leader(s)	Cho'gall (Twilight's Hammer)
Homeworld	Azeroth
Area(s)	Eastern Kingdoms, Broken Isles, Kul Tiras

Ettins are a race of two-headed giants found in several highland areas around the Eastern Kingdoms, mostly in the Twilight Highlands, the Redridge Mountains and the hills and forests of Gilneas and Silverpine. They are also found in Highmountain on the Broken Isles and in Kul Tiras.

The ettins of Silverpine came from Gilneas, and now wander the land searching for their next juicy meal, though the Forsaken have managed to subjugate and utilize some of them to haul their wagons throughout the forest. Many ettins have also been enslaved or recruited by the Twilight's Hammer cult.

The ettins of Highmountain seem to operate under some sort of hierarchy above their already existing tribal network, as Hill Prince Urgo, like his father before him, was destined to be the lord of all the hill ettin tribes in Highmountain. They build armor from stolen Gilneas houses and Suramar ruins, and some forge their own armor. The ettin of Highmountain eat tauren that have been cooked over bonfires.

The skin of an ettin is thicker than that of a dragon, and half as pliable.

Notable

Darunga, a typical ettin.

Name	Role	Affiliation	Status	Location
Blindeye the Guardian	Guardian of the Elementium Axe	Twilight's Hammer	Killable	Altar of Ascension, Twilight Highlands
Darunga	Led the attack on Dunwald	Twilight's Hammer	Killable	Dunwald Town Square, Twilight Highlands
Dormus the Camel-Hoarder	Camel hoarder	Independent	Killable	Steam Pools, Feralas
Drugon the Frostblood	Terror of Highmountain	Independent	Killable	Highmountain
Forgemaster Throngus	Twilight's Hammer smith	Twilight's Hammer	Killable	Khardros' Anvil, Grim Batol
Gadoon	Gilnean hill-lord captured by Garrosh Hellscream	Independent	Killable	Brawl'gar Arena
Halfus Wyrmbreaker	Captures dragons for use in Twilight's Hammer rituals	Twilight's Hammer	Killable	Wyrmbreaker's Rookery, Twilight Highlands
Korok the Colossus	Bane of hundreds of Forsaken soldiers	Independent	Killable	Northern Headlands, Ruins of Gilneas
Koroth the Hillbreaker	Leader of a group of ogres in Gilneas	Himself	Killable	Koroth's Den, Gilneas
Problim	Wreaking havoc on Tol Barad	Independent	Killable	Tol Barad
Thartuk the Exile	Unknown	Unknown	Killable	Mount Hyjal
Thudchop Trunksmasher	Unknown	Independent	Killable	Suramar
Durguth <King of the Hill>	Leader of the ettins at the Path of Huln	Himself	Killable	Path of Huln, Highmountain
Hill Prince Morg	Sub-leader of the ettins at the Path of Huln	Durguth	Killable	Path of Huln, Highmountain
Hill Prince Ruggu	Sub-leader of the ettins at the Path of Huln	Durguth	Killable	Path of Huln, Highmountain
Hill Prince Urgo	Sub-leader of the ettins at the Path of Huln	Durguth	Killable	Path of Huln, Highmountain
Elfbane	Possible leader of the ettins in Koralune	Independent	Killable	Ambervale, Suramar
Oubdob da Smasher	Unknown	Independent	Killable	Greystone, Highmountain
Gurbog da Basher	Unknown	Independent	Killable	Sunfrost Glade, Highmountain
Gornoth the Lost	Unknown	Independent	Killable	The Witchwood, Highmountain
Grokkfist	Leader of the ettins in Sprucewood	Himself	Killable	Sprucewood, Stormsong Valley

Types

Another ettin in Hearthstone.

•   Bloodgorged Ettin <Bloodeye Clan>
•   Canyon Ettin
  •   Subdued Canyon Ettin
•   Ettin Earthcrusher
•   Ettin Stoneflinger
•   Forest Ettin
  •   Subdued Forest Ettin
•   Hill Ettin
•   Horde Coffin Hauler
•   Horde Hauler
•   Koralune Ettin
•   Starving Ettin
•   Twilight Ettin <Bloodeye Clan>

Groups

• Koralune
• Bloodeye clan

In the RPG

This section contains information from the Warcraft RPG which is considered non-canon.

The ettin also appear in Manual of Monsters Appendix Three with the following description:

Ettins are two-headed giants who tower over normal humans. These creatures were the necromancers' first attempt at creating the feared abominations, but they proved too stupid and dangerous to be used even as shock troops for the Lich King's soldiers. Some of them escaped annihilation and have created a few villages. Their mud-and-dung hovels clump together against ravines and in other barren places, and ettins spend their time trying to figure out the nature of fire. Because it seems so difficult, they often prefer to eat their orc raw.

Ettins live in the mountains and valleys of Azeroth, preferring to keep far from civilization. In order to do so, they often inhabit the most desolate and barren territories -- literally, the land no one else wants. Still, ettins make their living not only from hunting but also from primitive agrarian efforts.

Notes and trivia

• According to Brann Bronzebeard, there is enough fossil evidence to theorize that the ettins evolved from ogres, but he suspects there might be a "missing link". Any fossil evidence was likely lost when Draenor was torn apart.
  • Drugon the Frostblood's dungeon journal entry goes against this, as it states that Drugon has been living in Highmountain for several ages before the Dark Portal even opened.^{[citation needed]}  It is unknown if this is a simple error or a retcon of the ettins' origins.
  • Chronicle Volume 2 does not mention ettins when going into detail about the lineage of the ogres. However, it also does not mention goren despite their proven association with the Breakers.
• The word "ettin" is an archaic English cognate to Old Norse Jötunn (giants of Norse mythology). In the Dungeons & Dragons and The Chronicles of Narnia universes there are ettins with similar physique to those seen in World of Warcraft.
• Ettins used a placeholder gronn model during the testing phases of Cataclysm.

Gallery

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Patch changes

• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Classification changed from humanoids to giants.
  
• Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Introduced.