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***[[Warlock clan]]<ref>{{ref book |author= Entertainment, Blizzard |authorlink= Blizzard Entertainment |title = [[Warcraft: Orcs & Humans Manual]] |pages= Orc - 31 |chapter= Creatures of the Land |quote= }}</ref>
  
***[[Warlock clan]]<ref>{{ref book |author= Entertainment, Blizzard |authorlink= Blizzard Entertainment |title = [[Warcraft: Orcs & Humans Manual]] |pages= Orc - 31 |chapter= Creatures of the Land |quote= }}</ref>
 
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*{{RaceIcon|Human|Male}} {{Npc||Adamant Wrynn||King Adamant Wrynn III}}<ref>{{ref book |author= Entertainment, Blizzard |authorlink= Blizzard Entertainment |title = [[Warcraft: Orcs & Humans Manual]] |pages= Human - 19 |chapter= Chronicles of the War in Azeroth |quote= }}</ref>&dagger;<ref>{{ref book |author= Entertainment, Blizzard |authorlink= Blizzard Entertainment |title = [[Warcraft: Orcs & Humans Manual]] |pages= Human - 19 |chapter= Chronicles of the War in Azeroth |quote= }}</ref>
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*[[Adamant Wrynn|King Adamant Wrynn III]]<ref>{{ref book |author= Entertainment, Blizzard |authorlink= Blizzard Entertainment |title = [[Warcraft: Orcs & Humans Manual]] |pages= Human - 19 |chapter= Chronicles of the War in Azeroth |quote= }}</ref>&dagger;<ref>{{ref book |author= Entertainment, Blizzard |authorlink= Blizzard Entertainment |title = [[Warcraft: Orcs & Humans Manual]] |pages= Human - 19 |chapter= Chronicles of the War in Azeroth |quote= }}</ref>
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*{{RaceIcon|Llane}} {{Npc||Llane Wrynn||King Llane Wrynn I}}<ref>{{ref book |author= Entertainment, Blizzard |authorlink= Blizzard Entertainment |title = [[Warcraft: Orcs & Humans Manual]] |pages= Human - 19 |chapter= Chronicles of the War in Azeroth |quote= Llane is pronounced King of Azeroth. His task is clear - to rid the lands of these creatures.}}</ref>&dagger;<ref name="TLG288">{{ref book |author= Grubb, Jeff |authorlink= Jeff Grubb |title= [[The Last Guardian]] |isbn= 978-0-6710-4151-9 |pages= 288 |chapter= 15 - Beneath Karazhan |quote= }}</ref>
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*[[Llane Wrynn|King Llane Wrynn I]]<ref>{{ref book |author= Entertainment, Blizzard |authorlink= Blizzard Entertainment |title = [[Warcraft: Orcs & Humans Manual]] |pages= Human - 19 |chapter= Chronicles of the War in Azeroth |quote= Llane is pronounced King of Azeroth. His task is clear - to rid the lands of these creatures.}}</ref>&dagger;<ref name="TLG288">{{ref book |author= Grubb, Jeff |authorlink= Jeff Grubb |title= [[The Last Guardian]] |isbn= 978-0-6710-4151-9 |pages= 288 |chapter= 15 - Beneath Karazhan |quote= }}</ref>
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**{{RaceIcon|Lothar}} {{Npc||Anduin Lothar||Lord Anduin Lothar}}<ref>{{ref book |author= Entertainment, Blizzard |authorlink= Blizzard Entertainment |title = [[Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition Manual]] |pages= 28 |chapter= Legends of the Land (Azeroth) |quote= Sir Lothar led the armies of Azeroth into battle against the Orcish Horde.}}</ref>
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**[[Anduin Lothar|Lord Anduin Lothar]]<ref>{{ref book |author= Entertainment, Blizzard |authorlink= Blizzard Entertainment |title = [[Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition Manual]] |pages= 28 |chapter= Legends of the Land (Azeroth) |quote= Sir Lothar led the armies of Azeroth into battle against the Orcish Horde.}}</ref>
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***{{RaceIcon|Human|Male}} {{Npc||Commander Borton}}<ref>{{ref book |author= Grubb, Jeff |authorlink= Jeff Grubb |title= [[The Last Guardian]] |isbn= 978-0-6710-4151-9 |pages= 286 |chapter= 15 - Beneath Karazhan |quote= Commander Borton, I want your forces on the East wall.}}</ref>
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***[[Commander Borton]]<ref>{{ref book |author= Grubb, Jeff |authorlink= Jeff Grubb |title= [[The Last Guardian]] |isbn= 978-0-6710-4151-9 |pages= 286 |chapter= 15 - Beneath Karazhan |quote= Commander Borton, I want your forces on the East wall.}}</ref>
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***{{RaceIcon|Human|Male}} {{Npc||Defender of the Crown}}<ref>{{ref game |title= Warcraft: Orcs & Humans |campaign= Human |mission= [[Black Rock Spire (WC1 Human)|Black Rock Spire]] }}</ref>
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***[[Defender of the Crown]]<ref>{{ref game |title= Warcraft: Orcs & Humans |campaign= Human |mission= [[Black Rock Spire (WC1 Human)|Black Rock Spire]] }}</ref>
 
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*{{RaceIcon|Medivh}} {{Npc||Magus Medivh}}/{{RaceIcon|DarkTitan|Male}} {{Npc||Sargeras}}<ref name="TLG292" />&dagger;<ref name="TLG299-300" />
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*[[Magus Medivh]]/[[Sargeras]]<ref name="TLG292" />&dagger;<ref name="TLG299-300" />
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*{{RaceIcon|Gul'dan}} {{Npc||Gul'dan}}<ref>{{ref book |author= Grubb, Jeff |authorlink= Jeff Grubb |title= [[The Last Guardian]] |isbn= 978-0-6710-4151-9 |pages= 287 |chapter= 15 - Beneath Karazhan |quote= Gul’dan is bringing up his warlocks by nightfall.}}</ref><ref>{{ref book |author= Entertainment, Blizzard |authorlink= Blizzard Entertainment |title = [[Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition Manual]] |pages= 66 |chapter= Clans of the Horde |quote= Gul’dan, who secretly ruled the Horde through his unwitting puppet Blackhand}}</ref>
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*[[Gul'dan]]<ref>{{ref book |author= Grubb, Jeff |authorlink= Jeff Grubb |title= [[The Last Guardian]] |isbn= 978-0-6710-4151-9 |pages= 287 |chapter= 15 - Beneath Karazhan |quote= Gul’dan is bringing up his warlocks by nightfall.}}</ref><ref>{{ref book |author= Entertainment, Blizzard |authorlink= Blizzard Entertainment |title = [[Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition Manual]] |pages= 66 |chapter= Clans of the Horde |quote= Gul’dan, who secretly ruled the Horde through his unwitting puppet Blackhand}}</ref>
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**{{RaceIcon|Blackhand}} {{Npc||Blackhand||Warchief Blackhand}}<ref>{{ref book |author= Grubb, Jeff |authorlink= Jeff Grubb |title= [[The Last Guardian]] |isbn= 978-0-6710-4151-9 |pages= 287 |chapter= 15 - Beneath Karazhan |quote= The various clans are working together in this assault, unified under the Blackhand the Destroyer.}}</ref>
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**[[Blackhand|Warchief Blackhand]]<ref>{{ref book |author= Grubb, Jeff |authorlink= Jeff Grubb |title= [[The Last Guardian]] |isbn= 978-0-6710-4151-9 |pages= 287 |chapter= 15 - Beneath Karazhan |quote= The various clans are working together in this assault, unified under the Blackhand the Destroyer.}}</ref>
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***{{RaceIcon|Orgrim}} {{Npc||Orgrim Doomhammer||Warchief Orgrim Doomhammer}}<ref>{{ref book |author= Rosenberg, Aaron |authorlink= Aaron Rosenberg |title= [[Tides of Darkness]] |isbn= 978-1-4165-3990-2 |pages= 18 |chapter= Second Prologue |quote= I rule the Horde now}}</ref>
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***[[Orgrim Doomhammer|Warchief Orgrim Doomhammer]]<ref>{{ref book |author= Rosenberg, Aaron |authorlink= Aaron Rosenberg |title= [[Tides of Darkness]] |isbn= 978-1-4165-3990-2 |pages= 18 |chapter= Second Prologue |quote= I rule the Horde now}}</ref>
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****{{RaceIcon|Varok}} {{Npc||Varok Saurfang}}<ref>{{ref web |url= http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/1008430853 |title= Ask CDev #1 Answers - Round 1 |accessdate= 2010-08-11 |author= Entertainment, Blizzard |coauthors= [[Zarhym]] |format= HTML |work= Ask CDev |language= English |quote= Varok led forces in the sacking of Shattrath, Stormwind, and everything between}}</ref>
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****[[Varok Saurfang]]<ref>{{ref web |url= http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/1008430853 |title= Ask CDev #1 Answers - Round 1 |accessdate= 2010-08-11 |author= Entertainment, Blizzard |coauthors= [[Zarhym]] |format= HTML |work= Ask CDev |language= English |quote= Varok led forces in the sacking of Shattrath, Stormwind, and everything between}}</ref>
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***{{RaceIcon|Cho'gall}} {{Npc||Cho'gall}}<ref name="WIIBnEM62">{{ref book |author= Entertainment, Blizzard |authorlink= Blizzard Entertainment |title = [[Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition Manual]] |pages= 62 |chapter= The Mastery of Forces - Medivh and Blackhand |quote= Cho’gall, the Ogre-Mage of the Twilight’s Hammer clan, and Kilrogg Deadeye of the Bleeding Hollow clan. These powerful leaders were expected to direct the Horde to a swift and savage victory over the Humans.}}</ref>
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***[[Cho'gall]]<ref name="WIIBnEM62">{{ref book |author= Entertainment, Blizzard |authorlink= Blizzard Entertainment |title = [[Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition Manual]] |pages= 62 |chapter= The Mastery of Forces - Medivh and Blackhand |quote= Cho’gall, the Ogre-Mage of the Twilight’s Hammer clan, and Kilrogg Deadeye of the Bleeding Hollow clan. These powerful leaders were expected to direct the Horde to a swift and savage victory over the Humans.}}</ref>
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***{{RaceIcon|Orc|Male}} {{Npc||Kilrogg Deadeye}}<ref name="WIIBnEM62" />
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***[[Kilrogg Deadeye]]<ref name="WIIBnEM62" />
 
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*[[Peasant (Warcraft I)|Peasants]]<ref name="WC1:O&HHuman">{{ref game |title= Warcraft: Orcs & Humans |campaign= Human |mission= }}</ref>
  
*[[Peasant (Warcraft I)|Peasants]]<ref name="WC1:O&HHuman">{{ref game |title= Warcraft: Orcs & Humans |campaign= Human |mission= }}</ref>
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===The first siege of Stormwind Keep===
  
===The first siege of Stormwind Keep===
 
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[[File:HumanVSOrc.jpg|thumb|left|An orc in combat with a human.]]
  
 
Following the initial attacks carried out by orcish raiding parties on human farms,<ref>{{ref book |author= Entertainment, Blizzard |authorlink= Blizzard Entertainment |title = [[Warcraft: Orcs & Humans Manual]] |pages= Orc - 19 |chapter= The Destiny of The Orcish Hordes |quote= }}</ref> the [[Shadow Council]] ordered a massive attack against [[Stormwind Keep]], the capital of the [[Kingdom of Azeroth]]. The orcish forces, under the command of Chieftains [[Kilrogg Deadeye]] and [[Cho'gall]], expected a easy victory taking into consideration the weak resistance offered by the villages the Horde had already ravaged.<ref name="WIIBnEM62 Without Quote" /> The footmen were unprepared as the orcish forces poured through the gates and over the walls of their stronghold. Their guards did well to stop the orcs for as long as they did, but the sheer orcish numbers and strength soon tilted the battle in favour of the Horde. Victory would have been assured, but for the arrival of their great, mounted soldiers.
  
Following the initial attacks carried out by orcish raiding parties on human farms,<ref>{{ref book |author= Entertainment, Blizzard |authorlink= Blizzard Entertainment |title = [[Warcraft: Orcs & Humans Manual]] |pages= Orc - 19 |chapter= The Destiny of The Orcish Hordes |quote= }}</ref> the [[Shadow Council]] ordered a massive attack against [[Stormwind Keep]], the capital of the [[Kingdom of Azeroth]]. The orcish forces, under the command of Chieftains [[Kilrogg Deadeye]] and [[Cho'gall]], expected a easy victory taking into consideration the weak resistance offered by the villages the Horde had already ravaged.<ref name="WIIBnEM62 Without Quote" /> The footmen were unprepared as the orcish forces poured through the gates and over the walls of their stronghold. Their guards did well to stop the orcs for as long as they did, but the sheer orcish numbers and strength soon tilted the battle in favour of the Horde. Victory would have been assured, but for the arrival of their great, mounted soldiers.
   
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{{WC1-section}}
  
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After their initial assault on [[Stormwind Keep]], the Orcish Horde now knew what to expect from the human troops. [[Blackhand]] assigned [[Orgrim Doomhammer]] to oversee the construction of an outpost in the [[Swamps of Sorrow]]. The task was simple enough, the orcs had to build at least six farms, so that the orcs can keep their troops well fed and ready to do battle, and a barracks; to protect the farms and to create a strategic outpost, [[Kyross]].<ref>{{ref game |title= Warcraft: Orcs & Humans |campaign= Orc |mission= [[The Swamps of Sorrow (WC1 Orc)|The Swamps of Sorrow]] }}</ref> From the Swamps of Sorrow, Orgrim led his troops onward, while crushing any opposition that they encountered.<ref>{{ref game |title= Warcraft: Orcs & Humans |campaign= Orc |mission= [[The Borderlands (WC1 Orc)|The Borderlands]] }}</ref> His troops' first real opposition was [[Grand Hamlet]]. With orders from Blackhand, Orgrim built a simple outpost nearby and prepared his troops for battle. Orgrim's troops razed Grand Hamlet to the ground and left no survivors standing.<ref>{{ref game |title= Warcraft: Orcs & Humans |campaign= Orc |mission= [[Grand Hamlet (WC1 Orc)|Grand Hamlet]] }}</ref>
  
After their initial assault on [[Stormwind Keep]], the Orcish Horde now knew what to expect from the human troops. [[Blackhand]] assigned [[Orgrim Doomhammer]] to oversee the construction of an outpost in the [[Swamps of Sorrow]]. The task was simple enough, the orcs had to build at least six farms, so that the orcs can keep their troops well fed and ready to do battle, and a barracks; to protect the farms and to create a strategic outpost, [[Kyross]].<ref>{{ref game |title= Warcraft: Orcs & Humans |campaign= Orc |mission= [[The Swamps of Sorrow (WC1 Orc)|The Swamps of Sorrow]] }}</ref> From the Swamps of Sorrow, Orgrim led his troops onward, while crushing any opposition that they encountered.<ref>{{ref game |title= Warcraft: Orcs & Humans |campaign= Orc |mission= [[The Borderlands (WC1 Orc)|The Borderlands]] }}</ref> His troops' first real opposition was [[Grand Hamlet]]. With orders from Blackhand, Orgrim built a simple outpost nearby and prepared his troops for battle. Orgrim's troops razed Grand Hamlet to the ground and left no survivors standing.<ref>{{ref game |title= Warcraft: Orcs & Humans |campaign= Orc |mission= [[Grand Hamlet (WC1 Orc)|Grand Hamlet]] }}</ref>
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[[File:HumanVSOrc.jpg|thumb|left|An orc in combat with a human.]]
   
 
One night a runner sent by Warchief Blackhand reported that [[Griselda]], the Warchief's own daughter, had run off with the outlaw [[Turok]] and his band of ogres. Wolfriders were assigned to track them down; they were discovered to be hiding out in the dungeons below the [[Deadmines]]. By order of his Warchief, Orgrim led a small group of warriors into the dungeons and eliminated Turok, his forces and even Griselda.<ref name="TheDeadMinesOrc" /> On their return from the dungeon, Orgrim received word from advanced scouts that the recently established outpost near the [[Red Ridge Mountains]] was under siege. A group of raiders were dispatched to assist Orgrim's troops in taking back the outpost and crushing the human opposition. After saving the outpost from destruction, Orgrim's troops were ordered to search the area and seek out from whence the human troops came from. Once the location was found Orgrim ordered the remainder of his troops to dispose of it. The encampment was completely destroyed and the threat was put to an end for good.<ref>{{ref game |title= Warcraft: Orcs & Humans |campaign= Orc |mission= [[The Red Ridge Mountains (WC1 Orc)|The Red Ridge Mountains]] }}</ref>
  
One night a runner sent by Warchief Blackhand reported that [[Griselda]], the Warchief's own daughter, had run off with the outlaw [[Turok]] and his band of ogres. Wolfriders were assigned to track them down; they were discovered to be hiding out in the dungeons below the [[Deadmines]]. By order of his Warchief, Orgrim led a small group of warriors into the dungeons and eliminated Turok, his forces and even Griselda.<ref name="TheDeadMinesOrc" /> On their return from the dungeon, Orgrim received word from advanced scouts that the recently established outpost near the [[Red Ridge Mountains]] was under siege. A group of raiders were dispatched to assist Orgrim's troops in taking back the outpost and crushing the human opposition. After saving the outpost from destruction, Orgrim's troops were ordered to search the area and seek out from whence the human troops came from. Once the location was found Orgrim ordered the remainder of his troops to dispose of it. The encampment was completely destroyed and the threat was put to an end for good.<ref>{{ref game |title= Warcraft: Orcs & Humans |campaign= Orc |mission= [[The Red Ridge Mountains (WC1 Orc)|The Red Ridge Mountains]] }}</ref>
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[[Khadgar]] and [[Garona]] were the first to discover that [[Medivh]] aided in the bringing of the Orcish Horde into [[Azeroth]]. To attempt to try and find out how the orcs entered Azeroth and from where the [[Dark Portal]] came from, Garona requested that Khadgar summon a vision of the past concerning [[Gul'dan]] and the Dark Portal; in the vision the two observed Gul'dan being given instructions by someone who referred to himself as the Guardian, whom Khadgar and Garona knew to be the Old Man, Medivh.<ref>{{ref book |author= Grubb, Jeff |authorlink= Jeff Grubb |title= [[The Last Guardian]] |isbn= 978-0-6710-4151-9 |pages= 233-237 |chapter= 12 - Life in Wartime |quote= }}</ref>
 
[[Khadgar]] and [[Garona]] were the first to discover that [[Medivh]] aided in the bringing of the Orcish Horde into [[Azeroth]]. To attempt to try and find out how the orcs entered Azeroth and from where the [[Dark Portal]] came from, Garona requested that Khadgar summon a vision of the past concerning [[Gul'dan]] and the Dark Portal; in the vision the two observed Gul'dan being given instructions by someone who referred to himself as the Guardian, whom Khadgar and Garona knew to be the Old Man, Medivh.<ref>{{ref book |author= Grubb, Jeff |authorlink= Jeff Grubb |title= [[The Last Guardian]] |isbn= 978-0-6710-4151-9 |pages= 233-237 |chapter= 12 - Life in Wartime |quote= }}</ref>
   
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[[File:Medivh BlackMorass TCG.jpg|thumb|[[Medivh]] opening the [[Dark Portal]].]]
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[[File:Medivh BlackMorass TCG.jpg|thumb|right|[[Medivh]] opening the [[Dark Portal]].]]
   
 
After the horrifying discovery, Khadgar and Garona escaped from [[Karazhan]] to bring the disturbing news to the King of Azeroth, [[King Llane]], and to his Knight Champion, [[Anduin Lothar]].<ref>{{ref book |author= Grubb, Jeff |authorlink= Jeff Grubb |title= [[The Last Guardian]] |isbn= 978-0-6710-4151-9 |pages= 267 |chapter= 14 - Flight |quote= I have a prisoner and important information for King Llane. I need to see Lord Lothar, at once!}}</ref> While Lothar was quick to accept the news, the King had to take the matter into consideration. In the wee hours of the morning, without alerting the King, Lothar awoke Garona and Khadgar and led them to the top of one of [[Stormwind Keep]]'s towers. There, waiting for the trio were a pack of gryphons (sent by the dwarves) and a couple of other footmen under Lothar's commmand. As soon as the group readied themselves, they took off to the tower of Karazhan. After arriving in the tower, the group couldn't fine any trace of the Magus and declared that he had escaped. However, before leaving the tower, Garona managed to locate a hidden secret door leading into what seemed like an inverse version of Karazhan. As the company started their descent into the [[Lower Karazhan|inverse of Karazhan]], a magic trap, set by Medivh, was triggered and unleashed a group of demonic beasts onto the company. While Lothar and his men held the beasts off, Khadgar and Garona continued their descent to find Medivh.<ref>{{ref book |author= Grubb, Jeff |authorlink= Jeff Grubb |title= [[The Last Guardian]] |isbn= 978-0-6710-4151-9 |pages= 271-283 |chapter= 15 - Beneath Karazhan |quote= }}</ref> Finally reaching the inverse observatory, the duo found Medivh.<ref>{{ref book |author= Grubb, Jeff |authorlink= Jeff Grubb |title= [[The Last Guardian]] |isbn= 978-0-6710-4151-9 |pages= 290 |chapter= 15 - Beneath Karazhan |quote= }}</ref>
  
After the horrifying discovery, Khadgar and Garona escaped from [[Karazhan]] to bring the disturbing news to the King of Azeroth, [[King Llane]], and to his Knight Champion, [[Anduin Lothar]].<ref>{{ref book |author= Grubb, Jeff |authorlink= Jeff Grubb |title= [[The Last Guardian]] |isbn= 978-0-6710-4151-9 |pages= 267 |chapter= 14 - Flight |quote= I have a prisoner and important information for King Llane. I need to see Lord Lothar, at once!}}</ref> While Lothar was quick to accept the news, the King had to take the matter into consideration. In the wee hours of the morning, without alerting the King, Lothar awoke Garona and Khadgar and led them to the top of one of [[Stormwind Keep]]'s towers. There, waiting for the trio were a pack of gryphons (sent by the dwarves) and a couple of other footmen under Lothar's commmand. As soon as the group readied themselves, they took off to the tower of Karazhan. After arriving in the tower, the group couldn't fine any trace of the Magus and declared that he had escaped. However, before leaving the tower, Garona managed to locate a hidden secret door leading into what seemed like an inverse version of Karazhan. As the company started their descent into the [[Lower Karazhan|inverse of Karazhan]], a magic trap, set by Medivh, was triggered and unleashed a group of demonic beasts onto the company. While Lothar and his men held the beasts off, Khadgar and Garona continued their descent to find Medivh.<ref>{{ref book |author= Grubb, Jeff |authorlink= Jeff Grubb |title= [[The Last Guardian]] |isbn= 978-0-6710-4151-9 |pages= 271-283 |chapter= 15 - Beneath Karazhan |quote= }}</ref> Finally reaching the inverse observatory, the duo found Medivh.<ref>{{ref book |author= Grubb, Jeff |authorlink= Jeff Grubb |title= [[The Last Guardian]] |isbn= 978-0-6710-4151-9 |pages= 290 |chapter= 15 - Beneath Karazhan |quote= }}</ref>
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===The aftermath of the war for the Orcish Horde===
  
===The aftermath of the war for the Orcish Horde===
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[[File:WC1 Orc Victory.jpg|thumb|left|The orcs celebrating their victory.]]
 
Orgrim, wanting to turn the Horde into an honourable force, tortured Garona, into revealing whatever secrets lie beneath the Horde. Her non-orc blood made her too weak to withstand much pain, and she quickly revealed the [[Shadow Council]] and its location. Orgrim burst into their meeting and slaughtered them on the spot, leaving only a couple of the lesser warlocks, [[Cho'gall]] and [[Gul'dan]] alive.<ref>{{ref book |author= Rosenberg, Aaron |authorlink= Aaron Rosenberg |title= [[Tides of Darkness]] |isbn= 978-1-4165-3990-2 |pages= 35 |chapter= Two |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{ref book |author= Rosenberg, Aaron |authorlink= Aaron Rosenberg |title= [[Tides of Darkness]] |isbn= 978-1-4165-3990-2 |pages= 17 |chapter= Second Prologue |quote= Only you and I and a few of the lesser warlocks remain! }}</ref> Soon after, Orgrim formed an alliance with Gul'dan<ref>{{ref book |author= Rosenberg, Aaron |authorlink= Aaron Rosenberg |title= [[Tides of Darkness]] |isbn= 978-1-4165-3990-2 |pages= 21 |chapter= Second Prologue|quote= }}</ref> and preparations for the [[Second War]] began.
  
Orgrim, wanting to turn the Horde into an honourable force, tortured Garona, into revealing whatever secrets lie beneath the Horde. Her non-orc blood made her too weak to withstand much pain, and she quickly revealed the [[Shadow Council]] and its location. Orgrim burst into their meeting and slaughtered them on the spot, leaving only a couple of the lesser warlocks, [[Cho'gall]] and [[Gul'dan]] alive.<ref>{{ref book |author= Rosenberg, Aaron |authorlink= Aaron Rosenberg |title= [[Tides of Darkness]] |isbn= 978-1-4165-3990-2 |pages= 35 |chapter= Two |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{ref book |author= Rosenberg, Aaron |authorlink= Aaron Rosenberg |title= [[Tides of Darkness]] |isbn= 978-1-4165-3990-2 |pages= 17 |chapter= Second Prologue |quote= Only you and I and a few of the lesser warlocks remain! }}</ref> Soon after, Orgrim formed an alliance with Gul'dan<ref>{{ref book |author= Rosenberg, Aaron |authorlink= Aaron Rosenberg |title= [[Tides of Darkness]] |isbn= 978-1-4165-3990-2 |pages= 21 |chapter= Second Prologue|quote= }}</ref> and preparations for the [[Second War]] began.
   

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"All goes as planned. The orcs will slay the humans and I will control them through warlock-chiefs like Gul’dan. I will lead these misshapened creations to the lost tomb where Sargeras’s body is, protected against demon and human but not against orc, and my form will be free. And then I can shed this lumpish body and weakened spirit and burn this world as it so richly deserves." — Magus Medivh[1]

The First War was a conflict fought between the orcish clans of Draenor and the humans of the Kingdom of Azeroth.[2]

Prelude

The Kingdom of Azeroth was a prosperous one. The humans who dwelled there turned the land into a paradise. The Knights of Stormwind, and the Clerics of Northshire Abbey, roamed far and wide, serving the king's people with honour and justice. The well-trained armies of the king maintained a long-lasting peace for many generations. The people of Azeroth were unbeknownst to the fact that the powerful human mage Medivh was seeking a way to destroy this kingdom and wrought terror on the lands. With the help of an other-worldy being named Gul'dan, the two managed to open a portal between their two worlds, a portal which would later became known as the Dark Portal.[3][4]

Through the portal came the Orcish Horde. The humans did not know from whence these foul creatures came, and none were prepared for the terror that they spawned. Their warriors wielded axe and spear with deadly proficiency, while others rode darkwolves as black as the moonless night. Unimagined were the destructive powers of their evil magiks, derived from the fires of the underworld. Filled with the demonic blood of Mannoroth,[5] these creatures lusted for war and would destroy anything that prevented them from reaching their goal; to conquer Azeroth.[6]

With an ingenious arsenal of weaponry and powerful magic, these two forces collided in a contest of cunning, intellect, and brute strength, with the victor claiming dominance over the whole of Azeroth.[7]

The First War

The first siege of Stormwind Keep

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Following the initial attacks carried out by orcish raiding parties on human farms,[8] the Shadow Council ordered a massive attack against Stormwind Keep, the capital of the Kingdom of Azeroth. The orcish forces, under the command of Chieftains Kilrogg Deadeye and Cho'gall, expected a easy victory taking into consideration the weak resistance offered by the villages the Horde had already ravaged.[9] The footmen were unprepared as the orcish forces poured through the gates and over the walls of their stronghold. Their guards did well to stop the orcs for as long as they did, but the sheer orcish numbers and strength soon tilted the battle in favour of the Horde. Victory would have been assured, but for the arrival of their great, mounted soldiers.

The knights rode atop beasts of muscle and sinew that crashed through the orcish ranks and dealt as much damage to their troops as did their riders. The orcs, whom had never before faced knights and their warhorses, broke into a full rout. These knights rallied what few soldiers remained, and began driving the orcs out of the castle. The Horde's every turn was countered as they were forced to retreat towards the gateway back to their world. Some trick of magic had the Azerothians always at their back, sides, and in their path. They barely reached the edges of the swamplands that now surrounded the portal before they managed to elude their pursuers in its murky depths. The orcish clans were thrown into chaos after the egregious outcome, and the two clan chieftains were blaming each other for the loss.[10][9]

The Orcish Horde marches north

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After their initial assault on Stormwind Keep, the Orcish Horde now knew what to expect from the human troops. Blackhand assigned Orgrim Doomhammer to oversee the construction of an outpost in the Swamps of Sorrow. The task was simple enough, the orcs had to build at least six farms, so that the orcs can keep their troops well fed and ready to do battle, and a barracks; to protect the farms and to create a strategic outpost, Kyross.[11] From the Swamps of Sorrow, Orgrim led his troops onward, while crushing any opposition that they encountered.[12] His troops' first real opposition was Grand Hamlet. With orders from Blackhand, Orgrim built a simple outpost nearby and prepared his troops for battle. Orgrim's troops razed Grand Hamlet to the ground and left no survivors standing.[13]

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An orc in combat with a human.

One night a runner sent by Warchief Blackhand reported that Griselda, the Warchief's own daughter, had run off with the outlaw Turok and his band of ogres. Wolfriders were assigned to track them down; they were discovered to be hiding out in the dungeons below the Deadmines. By order of his Warchief, Orgrim led a small group of warriors into the dungeons and eliminated Turok, his forces and even Griselda.[14] On their return from the dungeon, Orgrim received word from advanced scouts that the recently established outpost near the Red Ridge Mountains was under siege. A group of raiders were dispatched to assist Orgrim's troops in taking back the outpost and crushing the human opposition. After saving the outpost from destruction, Orgrim's troops were ordered to search the area and seek out from whence the human troops came from. Once the location was found Orgrim ordered the remainder of his troops to dispose of it. The encampment was completely destroyed and the threat was put to an end for good.[15]

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Orcs scouting the area.

Wanting for his troops to learn how the humans' magiks are created, Blackhand ordered Orgrim to lead an army into the town known as Sunnyglade and ravage it, leaving intact the mage tower to study its knowledge. The humans of the town were fat and lazy with their prosperity and their weak human armies were easily smashed into pieces.[16]

The Kingdom of Azeroth retaliates

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As a test for his abilities, King Llane appointed the Defender of the Crown as Regent over a small parcel of land; the Defender of the Crown changed the town into a farming centre with six farms in order to feed Azeroth's troops. A barracks was also constructed in the farming centre, as spies reported that there are orc patrols in the area. The few orc patrols in the vicinity were wiped out.[17] Some time later, spies reported that the orcs around Grand Hamlet are amassing a large army to march against the town. The King sent the Defender of the Crown along with a small detatchment of troops to rally the townspeople of Grand Hamlet and defend the town from any attack. The Defender of the Crown was successful in rallying the townspeople and managed to save Grand Hamlet from being overrun.[18]

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A human cleric resurrecting his ally.

With Grand Hamlet saved and Blackhand's raiding parties routed, the time to secure a lasting peace in the area around Grand Hamlet arose. The Defender of the Crown sought out the outpost known as Kyross, from whence the army against Grand Hamlet amassed. After building a small encampment in the vicinity of the outpost to gather his troops, the Defender of the Crown led his troops into battle against the outpost, managing to destroy it.[19]

It had been some twenty months since Sir Anduin Lothar had led an expedition into the Deadmines to search for the lost Tome of Divinity. They were never heard from again. However, the King's Champion had recently appeared to the Abbot of Northshire in a vision - battered and pleading for assistance. The King, having heard of the news, sent the Defender of the Crown along with a detachment of warriors and healers into the mines in an attempt to find Sir Lothar and his expedition crew, heal them and bring them back alive. Even though the mines were littered with ogres, the Defender of the Crown along with his soldiers still managed to cut through the ogre's ranks and finally manage to find the gravely wounded Sir Anduin Lothar; none of the expedition crew members were found. The healers at the scene immedtiately healed Sir Lothar and soon after Anduin Lothar resumed his job as the King's Champion.[20]

After a period of time, the King assigned some of his knights to aid the Defender of the Crown so that the latter's task of ridding the Forest of Elwynn from Blackhand's dark minions may be more readily completed. They set up in an outpost near the south-east edge of the forest. It wasn't long before an orc encampment filled with orc warriors was found and destroyed, thus earning the Kingdom of Azeroth a strategic key to securing the Borderlands.[21] Later on, the King ordered the Defender of the Crown to go defend Northshire Abbey; the monks living in the town were under siege by a band of human warriors that had been convinced by enemy agents to fight against the crown. A platoon of knights was once again put under the Defender of the Crown's army, whom with them managed to successfully defend Northshire Abbey in time. With the Abbey secured, the Defender of the Crown marched his army to the source of the attackers and laid waste to them.[22]

With Sunnyglade completely overrun by the Orcish Horde, a group of scouts were sent into the remnants of the city to scout out the place; they reported back that the survivors had been taken to a hidden orcish compound to serve as slaves. Intelligence had also confirmed that all the slaves were grouped together in a offsite location and that an enclosure had to be destroyed in order to make a path for the prisoners from which they could escape from. The Defender of the Crown took a detachment of warriors to the town and managed to crush all opposition, destroying the orcish encampment in the process. With the peasants of Sunnyglade set free, the rebuilding of Sunnyglade was commenced.[23]

The final march towards Stormwind Keep

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After the destruction of Sunnyglade, the orcs mastered the new found magiks. With this power in their hands, the time was ripe to burn the human occupation from the nearby lands. The Kingdom of Azeroth held two outposts to the south of Orgrim's encampment. After a reconnaissance of the area, orc scouts reported that the key to a victory for them in this confrontation would be to hold back the human forces at their bridges while strengthening the orc's attack force to prepare for a massive all-out attack. After all the troops were prepared, the attack commenced; the outposts were laid to waste and all the human troops were slain.[24]

After tasting victory at the battle in northern Elwynn Forest, it was clear to Orgrim that one decivisive blow to the Kingdom of Azeroth would make the total and complete domination of the humans a simple matter. His spies had gathered intelligence that pointed to an encampment near the centre of the Kingdom, a place where their knights and soldiers were sent to be trained. Since the humans were not expecting an attack, it was a simple task. Orgrim's troops destroyed the entire place and left no survivors, in the process greatly weakening the Kingdom's forces and also etching Orgrim's position as Warchief in stone.[25]

The final march towards King Llane's home, Stormwind Keep, was at hand. Only two settlements stood in the Orcish Horde's way. The hour of doom had arrived for the humans; Orgrim had ordered the complete and utter destruction of the twin cities, Goldshire and Moonbrook, in order to sever the lifeline between the King and his people. The orc troops, under the command of Orgrim, marched onto the twin cities, and after a lengthy battle, razed them both to the ground. With this decisive battle, the only stronghold that the Kingdom of Azeroth had left was the capital itself, Stormwind Keep.[26]

The death of Medivh

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Khadgar and Garona were the first to discover that Medivh aided in the bringing of the Orcish Horde into Azeroth. To attempt to try and find out how the orcs entered Azeroth and from where the Dark Portal came from, Garona requested that Khadgar summon a vision of the past concerning Gul'dan and the Dark Portal; in the vision the two observed Gul'dan being given instructions by someone who referred to himself as the Guardian, whom Khadgar and Garona knew to be the Old Man, Medivh.[27]

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Medivh opening the Dark Portal.

After the horrifying discovery, Khadgar and Garona escaped from Karazhan to bring the disturbing news to the King of Azeroth, King Llane, and to his Knight Champion, Anduin Lothar.[28] While Lothar was quick to accept the news, the King had to take the matter into consideration. In the wee hours of the morning, without alerting the King, Lothar awoke Garona and Khadgar and led them to the top of one of Stormwind Keep's towers. There, waiting for the trio were a pack of gryphons (sent by the dwarves) and a couple of other footmen under Lothar's commmand. As soon as the group readied themselves, they took off to the tower of Karazhan. After arriving in the tower, the group couldn't fine any trace of the Magus and declared that he had escaped. However, before leaving the tower, Garona managed to locate a hidden secret door leading into what seemed like an inverse version of Karazhan. As the company started their descent into the inverse of Karazhan, a magic trap, set by Medivh, was triggered and unleashed a group of demonic beasts onto the company. While Lothar and his men held the beasts off, Khadgar and Garona continued their descent to find Medivh.[29] Finally reaching the inverse observatory, the duo found Medivh.[30]

While the brace were confronting the Magus, Medivh confirmed to them that he truly was Sargeras and that he had been planning this war for hundreds of years; to free his physical form from his tomb so that he can destroy Azeroth and all of its inhabitants. While Medivh was still talking, Garona attempted to stab him in the back but Medivh noticed her and cast a spell on her, causing her to stagger backwards. With this move, the brace started their attempts in disposing the Magus, but he proved to them that he was far too powerful for them to handle. Not long after their brawl, the duo were on their knees, dazed and wounded, and the Magus was preparing to kill Khadgar, but by a stroke of luck, the King's Champion, Lothar, appeared at the scene at this exact moment and forced his old friend to do battle with him in order to buy the others some time. While Lothar was keeping the Magus preoccupied, Khadgar managed to sneak around the room without being noticed. Lothar, in the end, too proved to be no match for the Master Mage and before long he too was wounded and dazed. With that being done the Magus returned to where Khadgar had been kneeling to finish him off, but to Medivh's surprise he was not there; Khadgar was standing behind Medivh with his sword pressed against Medivh's breast. At the first flinch from Medivh, Khadgar lunged forward and drove his rune sword into Medivh's heart, mortally wounding him in the process; with Medivh about to die, the Demon Lord Sargeras attempted to emerge from within the Magus to avoid being ‘destroyed’ along with Medivh, but before he could release himself, Sir Lothar decapitated Medivh's head, causing the titan to dissipate away and Medivh to die.[31]

With Medivh's death, Gul'dan was comatosed due to entering Medivh's mind to search for information at his time of death.[32] Orgrim saw this as an opportunity to take down Blackhand, and so he marched to him and challenged him for supremacy of the Horde, a challenge which he won.[33]

The second siege of Stormwind Keep and the fall of the Kingdom of Azeroth

The Orcish Horde was gathered like buzzards to carrion, as the moment of destiny was close at hand. A low growl filled the air as the wolfriders whipped their savage mounts into a frenzy. The earth shook as catapults were loaded and moved into position.[34] Under the mantle of Orgrim Doomhammer, the various orcish clans begun their siege on Stormwind Keep. The catapults let loose their fiery rocks as the bulk of the main Horde marched towards the main gate, with the Blackrock clan charging from the Eastern Wall. Within moments, Stormwind Keep was ablaze with shadows dancing on the walls. While the militia were busy trying to put out the fires, Garona, under the command of the Shadow Council, assassinated King Llane while delivering her report, which stated that as long as a strong heart was on the throne, the mens' moral would not falter. With the assassination of the king, the men lost their moral and Stormwind Keep fell under the might of the Orcish Horde.[35]

Aftermath

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The aftermath of the war for the Orcish Horde

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The orcs celebrating their victory.

Orgrim, wanting to turn the Horde into an honourable force, tortured Garona, into revealing whatever secrets lie beneath the Horde. Her non-orc blood made her too weak to withstand much pain, and she quickly revealed the Shadow Council and its location. Orgrim burst into their meeting and slaughtered them on the spot, leaving only a couple of the lesser warlocks, Cho'gall and Gul'dan alive.[36][37] Soon after, Orgrim formed an alliance with Gul'dan[38] and preparations for the Second War began.

The aftermath of the war for the Kingdom of Azeroth

The survivors of Stormwind led by Anduin Lothar made their way through the Great Sea to the northern kingdom of Lordaeron to beseech aid from King Terenas Menethil II.[39] Following Lothar's impassioned speech, Terenas called for an emergency council of war to discuss the Orcish threat.[40]

King Terenas, through skilled political maneuvering, petitioned the support of the human kingdoms of Stromgarde, Kul Tiras, Alterac, and Gilneas and also the city of Dalaran. While most of the human nations banded together and pledged their support for this new alliance, King Perenolde of Alterac and King Genn Greymane of Gilneas withheld their allegiance; Perenolde because he feared the humans would be defeated by the orcs, and Greymane because he felt that Gilneas was strong enough to stand on its own.[41] With this, preperations for the Second War began.

Notes

 

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References

 
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  3. ^ Entertainment, Blizzard. "A Brief History of the Fall of Azeroth", Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition Manual, 36. “the first of Medivh’s unnatural Portals was opened between the world of Azeroth and the red world of the Orcs.” 
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