Kor'gall

For the character from an alternate universe, see Kor'gall (alternate universe).

Kor'gall
Gender	Male
Race	Ogre
Class	Warrior
Affiliation(s)	Stonemaul clan
Occupation	Former Stonemaul warlord and chieftain
Former occupation(s)	Chieftain of the Stonemaul clan
Status	Deceased

This article contains lore taken from Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, the manuals, and/or official bonus maps.

Kor'gall was a ruthless and tyrannical ogre warlord and chieftain of the Stonemaul clan living in Dustwallow Marsh after the Battle for Mount Hyjal. At some point, he came into possession of the ancient orcish axe Serathil.

History

Kor'gall was a formidable warrior who was a member of the Stonemaul ogre clan. When the Old Horde was defeated at the end of the Second War, Kor'gall is starting to hate the orcs and thinks that they're too weak and soft to be their allies. For unknown reasons, the Stonemaul clan separated in two with one group remained in Lordaeron and the other group traveled to Kalimdor, where Kor'gall was among them. Kor'gall soon managed to conquered the clan and rule it for an unspecified amount of time. One ogre, whose brothers were killed by Kor'gall, knew that he was leading the clan to ruin and sought help from the Horde during the events of the invasion of Durotar.

Kor'gall was soon approached by Rexxar, a mok'nathal. Rexxar demanded to join the clan and Kor'gall agreed, but only if he were to pass the Trial of Strength through the Gauntlet, a valley full of many beasts. Rexxar and his friends survived the Gauntlet, and Kor'gall was impressed enough to allow Rexxar to join. Rexxar's first request was to aid the Horde against Admiral Proudmoore, but Kor'gall had no intention of ever honoring their former allies again. Frustrated, Rexxar exercised his right to challenge Kor'gall for leadership of the clan in the Trial of Blood. Kor'gall decided to entertain the request but warned that he was not as slow-witted as Rexxar first guessed.

Rexxar realized he underestimated Kor'gall's skills, however, he had the beasts of the wilderness to aid him as well as his skills as a hunter. Rexxar beat Kor'gall and slew him. As Kor'gall died, the last words on his ears were his men cheering for Rexxar.

Statistics from Warcraft III

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• 4620 HP
• 2000 MP
• 128-146 chaos melee damage
• 4 heavy armor
• Abilities
  • [Divine Shield] (Invulnerability)
  • [Faerie Fire]
  • Absorbs life when attack (possibly have a Mask of Death)
  • Summons Dire wolf
  • Roar
  • [Rejuvenation]
  • Healing Wards
  • Serpent Ward
  • Stasis Trap
  • Bash

In the RPG

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

Their leader, the tyrannical Kor'gall, had discovered the ancient orcish axe Serathil and used the artifact to control the clan. He forced Rexxar to undergo the Trial of Strength, running a monster-filled gauntlet, to join. Rexxar succeeded, but Kor'gall still refused to help the Horde. Rexxar sensed the corruption within Kor'gall and slew the ogre chieftain in the Trial of Blood, earning Serathil and assuming control of the clan to lead them against the Alliance.

Quotes

Main article: Old Hatreds (WC3 Orc)#Transcript

Notes and trivia

• Exploring Azeroth offers a slightly updated version of how Rexxar asked his demands:
  • In Warcraft III, Rexxar first told Kor'gall that he wanted to join the Stonemaul clan, after which Kor'gall sent him to the Gauntlet to prove himself. After proving and joining, Rexxar asked the warlord to join the Horde in the attack against Proudmoore.
  • Exploring Azeroth states that when Rexxar first came to Kor'gall, he demanded the ogres join the Horde, after which Kor'gall struck a bargain with him, saying that the clan would join if Rexxar passed a series of trials. It goes to say that Rexxar passed and joined the clan, and that Rexxar asked them again to aid the Horde, with Kor'gall refusing to honor their deal.
• The Rally the Ogres quest text within Old Hatreds reveals that Kor'gall recently came to power, which is at odd with his Draenor counterpart who is implied to have ruled the Stonemaul clan for some time.
  • It could be speculated that Kor'gall is actually the counterpart of Kor'gall, Greatson of Kor'gall.

References

Preceded by: Unknown

Position: Leader of the Stonemaul clan

Succeeded by: Rexxar