Gronn

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The gronn are a race of immense, brutal giants native to Draenor. They are Breakers, a lineage of rock-like species who sought to turn Draenor into vast, treeless wastelands. They gave rise to the ogron, who would in turn give rise to the ogres; yet they show little love for their offspring, ruling the ogre clans with a brutal iron fist. Gronn wield fearsome power; however, they are not famed for their intelligence.^[1]

Adolescent gronn are known as gronnlings.^[2] Gronn blood is black in color.^[3]

Background

The gronn are descended from the magnaron, who in turn descended from the earth giants. Whatever the giants were, the only signs of their passing are the temples of the damned built during the Second War and the colossal skeletons that rest in Frostfire Ridge.

Long ago, all of ogrekind was enslaved by the gronn, until an ogre later known as Gog Gronnslayer broke their bodies, opened their bones and ate their marrow to prove they were not gods, and raised up their skeletons so others could see his victory. He built his hall too large for any family to fill, and soon his home was an empire.

Prior to the orcish invasion of Azeroth, the ogres of the Breakers told the orcs that they were beaten and whipped by the gronn (many ogres bore whip scars on their backs). The ogres under Krol rebelled against the gronn with the assistance of Blackhand and the Orcish Horde. The gronn later came under attack by the black dragonflight when they attempted to settle Frostfire Ridge and Gorgrond. With some unexpected help from the heroes of the Alliance Expedition the gronn and their ogre slaves sent the black dragons flying. Since then gronn seem to have become rather fond of dragon hunting — there are several fully grown adult black dragons found impaled on stone spikes within Frostfire Ridge, whilst some gronn take related titles such as "Gruul the Dragonkiller" and "Gorgrom the Dragon-Eater". Baron Sablemane, a black dragon in disguise at the Circle of Blood in the Blade's Edge Mountains has this to say: "My loathing of interruptions is overshadowed only by my hatred of Gruul the Dragonkiller and his seven sons!".

Today Gruul the Dragonkiller is worshiped as a deity by the ogres of Blade's Edge Mountains. His powerful sons ravage both the spires of their home and the plains of Nagrand. Gruul's unparalleled strength and experience in battle would pose a serious threat if he ever chose to attack Horde or Alliance forces in Outland.^[4]

Warlords of Draenor

This section concerns content related to Warlords of Draenor.

On an alternate Draenor, the gronn have largely been enslaved by the Iron Horde. Garrosh knew that the surest path to breaking the gronn lay in subjugating their great father, Gruul, who has been put to haul pallets of fuel to the furnace in Blackrock Foundry and has lost one of his hands.^[5] Subjugated gronn appear to be used as living siege weapons with immense cannons strapped to their backs in Tanaan Jungle.

A number of "wild" gronn still remain in the wastes of Gorgrond, where they fight alongside the rest of the Breakers in their eternal war with the Primals.

In Gorgrond, the Burning Blade resurrected several ancient gronn alongside Gorgorek, the former magnaron alpha.^[6]

Many subjugated gronn in Iron Horde have been defeated or killed during the war,^[7] even the powerful Gruul.

Notable gronn

Main universe

Name	Role	Status	Location
Gruul the Dragonkiller	Great father of the gronn, ruler of the Outland ogres	Deceased-Killable	Gruul's Lair
Durn the Hungerer	Son of Gruul, ord of the Spirit Fields	Killable	Spirit Fields, Nagrand
Goc	Son of Gruul, master of the Bladespire ogres	Killable	Blade's Edge Mountains
Gorgrom the Dragon-Eater	Son of Gruul, master of the Bloodmaul ogres	Killable	Boulder'mok, Blade's Edge Mountains
Grulloc	Son of Gruul	Killable	Cursed Hollow, Blade's Edge Mountains
Maggoc	Son of Gruul, warden of the eastern mountain range	Killable	Razor Ridge, Blade's Edge Mountains
Oggax	Used by Garrosh Hellscream to test the might of Ji Firepaw and the Huojin Pandaren	Killable	Brawl'gar Arena
Skullcrusher the Mountain	Chosen of Cho'gall	Killable	Twilight Citadel, Twilight Highlands
Skulloc Soulgrinder	Son of Gruul	Killable	Soulgrinder's Barrow, Blade's Edge Mountains
Slaag	Self-exiled son of Gruul, master of the Gordunni ogres	Killable	Barrier Hills, Terokkar Forest
Thuk the Defiant	Held captive in an ethereal stasis chamber	Killable	Bash'ir Landing, Blade's Edge Mountains

Alternate universe

Name	Role	Status	Location
Gruul	Great father of the gronn, enslaved by the Iron Horde	Killable	Gruul's Lair, Blackrock Foundry
Durn the Hungerer	Son of Gruul, enslaved by the Warsong clan	Killable	Grommashar, Nagrand
Durp the Hated	Enslaved by the Iron Horde in the Pit	Killable	The Pit, Gorgrond
Duurg	Unleashed by Azuka Bladefury after awakening Gorgorek	Killable	Gorgorek's Rest, Gorgrond
Gagrog the Brutal	Savage gronn whose skull is wanted by Gazmolf Futzwangler	Killable	Earthshaker Gorge, Nagrand
Goc	Son of Gruul, enslaved by the Iron Horde	Killable	Iron Approach, Gorgrond
Gogluk	Guardian of the Iron Worldbreaker	Killable	Path of Glory, Tanaan Jungle
Grondo	Mad gronn wandering the Crackling Plains	Killable	Crackling Plains, Frostfire Ridge
Grulloc	Son of Gruul, enslaved by the Thunderlord clan	Killable	Grulloc's Lair, Frostfire Ridge
Maggoc	Son of Gruul, enslaved by the Thunderlord clan	Killable	Thunder Pass, Frostfire Ridge
Rolkor	Slave who has seemingly broken free from his captors	Killable	Gronn Canyon, Gorgrond
Skog	Mother and/or father of the gronnlings at Frostwall	Killable	Frostwall, Frostfire Ridge
Skulloc	Son of Gruul, enslaved by the Iron Horde	Killable	Blackhand's Might, Iron Docks

Trivia

On the Burning Crusade teaser site, gronn were once described as immortal demi-gods. It was also stated that only seven were thought to be in existence.^[8]
It's a little known fact, but old gronn grottos make for great farming soil.^[9]