History Characters / WarcraftTheHordeGarroshsHorde

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Having the warlocks beneath Orgrimmar executed, though before that he'd already had them held in lockdown.

--> '''Garrosh:''' I submit to no one! Not you, not the Jailer, and not that coward Thrall! FOR THE HORDE!

** Garrosh orchestrated the creation of the Iron Horde on alternate Draenor with the precise goal of getting revenge on the Alliance and Horde that deposed him. This backfires horribly as the Iron Horde's invasion attempt is thwarted, the Alliance and Horde invade Draenor and start beating back the Iron Horde and that Thrall and the adventurers track him down to Grommashar, resulting in his final defeat and death. Had Garrosh given up on his desire for vengeance the Iron Horde may have succeeded at conquering Draenor and the people of Azeroth may have not found him again.

* EvilWeapon: Gains one in the Siege of Orgrimmar, where he actually ''abandons his father's axe Gorehowl'' for a copy made by Y'Shaarj called "Xal'atoh, Desecrated Image of Gorehowl." It's shaped almost exactly like Gorehowl, only with Sha corruption all over it. [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20071027075514/wowwiki/images/5/59/GorehowlModel.jpg Here's the original,]] and [[http://media-azeroth.cursecdn.com/attachments/38/495/635096825623871004.jpg here's the copy.]]

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: By creating the Iron Horde and connecting alternate Draenor to Azeroth, Garrosh allowed alternate Archimonde to send alternate Gul'dan to main timeline Azeroth in order to kick off the biggest invasion of the Legion yet. If you're not feeling generous, said Legion invasion ended with Sargeras plunging his planet-size sword into Azeroth, causing a devastating conflict between the Horde and the Alliance for the control of the resource it spawned ''and'' awakening an Old God, N'Zoth. And said Legion invasion and conflict allowed Sylvanas Windrunner to gain power and resources for her own schemes, culminating with her breaking the barrier between the world of the living and the Shadowlands (to be fair though, Zovaal the Jailer and the loa Mueh'zala had as much responsibility if not more in the latter). Garrosh's actions indirectly caused a ''hell lot'' of shit even long after his death.

'''[[Characters/WarcraftTheAlliance The Alliance]]:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceStormwind Stormwind (Humans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceLordaeron Lordaeron (Humans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceGilneas Gilneas (Humans/Worgen)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceKulTiras Kul Tiras (Humans)]] [[Characters/WarcraftJainaProudmoore (Jaina Proudmoore)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceHumanKingdoms Other Human Kingdoms]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceIronforge Ironforge (Dwarven Clans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceGnomeregan Gnomeregan (Gnomes)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceQuelThalas Quel'Thalas/Telogrus Rift (High Elves and Void Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceDarnassus Darnassus (Night Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceExodar The Exodar (Draenei)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceTushui Tushui (Pandaren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceVindicaar Vindicaar (Lightforged Draenei)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceMechagon Mechagon (Mechagnomes)]]\\
'''[[Characters/WarcraftTheHorde The Horde]]:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOrgrimmar Orgrimmar (Orcs)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeDarkspearTribe The Darkspear Tribe (Trolls)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeThunderBluff Thunder Bluff (Tauren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeTheForsaken The Forsaken (Undead)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeQuelThalas Quel'Thalas (Blood Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeBilgewaterCartel Bilgewater Cartel (Goblins)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordePandaren Huojin (Pandaren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeHighmountain Thunder Totem (Highmountain Tauren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeSuramar Suramar (Nightborne)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeZandalariEmpire Zandalari Empire (Zandalar Trolls)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeVoldunai Voldunai (Vulpera)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOther Other (non-playable races)]]\\

** [[spoiler: According to at least one Bronze Dragon, during the Mag'har recruitment scenario, this is actually inverted in several different timelines where Garrosh instead becomes a great hero and is remembered as a Great Warchief.]]

* BadassBaritone: He has a very deep and powerful voice.

* BadassBaritone: Even more so than Garrosh.

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'''[[Characters/WarcraftTheAlliance The Alliance]]:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceStormwind Stormwind (Humans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceLordaeron Lordaeron (Humans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceGilneas Gilneas (Humans/Worgen)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceKulTiras Kul Tiras (Humans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceHumanKingdoms Other Human Kingdoms]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceIronforge Ironforge (Dwarven Clans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceGnomeregan Gnomeregan (Gnomes)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceQuelThalas Quel'Thalas/Telogrus Rift (High Elves and Void Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceDarnassus Darnassus (Night Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceExodar The Exodar (Draenei)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceTushui Tushui (Pandaren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceVindicaar Vindicaar (Lightforged Draenei)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceMechagon Mechagon (Mechagnomes)]]\\

'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] | [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasAndFollowers Sylvanas and her followers]] [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasWindrunner (Sylvanas Windrunner)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftKnightsOfTheEbonBlade Knights of the Ebon Blade]] | [[Characters/WarcraftIllidanAndFollowers Illidan and his followers]] | '''Garrosh's Horde''' | [[Characters/WarcraftPandaria Pandaria]] | [[Characters/WarcraftOthers Other mortals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheOldGods The Void (The Old Gods)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheLight The Light]] | [[Characters/WarcraftEternals Eternals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftShadowlands Shadowlands (Death)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTitans The Titans (Arcane)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheBurningLegion The Burning Legion (Fel)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheDragonflights The Dragonflights]] | [[Characters/WarcraftWildGods Wild Gods]]\\
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* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Many of the members of the True Horde were former members of the Dark Horde and of the Twilight Hammer who had renounced their former affiliations and swore allegiance to Garrosh and the Horde, while the Dragonmaw clan under Zaela joined with the explicit purpose of redeeming themselves after a particularly dark past. These members fell back to their old demons, or didn't even had changed their ways, with them sharing Garrosh's warmongering and xenophobic views, and supporting his plans and methods.

* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Many of the members of the True Horde were former members of the Dark Horde and of the Twilight Hammer who had renounced their former affiliations and swore alliegance to Garrosh and the Horde, while the Dragonmaw clan under Zaela joined with the explicit purpose of redeeming themselves after a particulary dark past. These members fell back to their old demons, or didn't even had changed their ways, with them sharing Garrosh's warmongering and xenophobic views, and supporting his plans and methods.

When the Lich King attacked Orgimmar directly, it was Garrosh who suggested a direct offensive on Northrend. As such, he became the leader of the Warsong Offensive, and led the Horde forces against the Scourge. While his tactics were considered reckless and often times costly, he made great advances in his battles, and became hailed as a hero by orcish soldiers and citizens alike. However, his aggressive actions directly provoked the Alliance, and he became a key player in re-igniting conflict between the two factions.\\

* AndIMustScream: His fate in ''Shadowlands''. [[spoiler: Since his death he's been chained up in the depths of Castle Nathria, being used as an "old reliable" to keep the realm just barely alive enough while Denathrius fed the plane's Anima to The Maw. Instead of being broken down with the goal of redemption to go to a better afterlife, he's being torturiously milked for his life essence for no greater cause than feeding the bad guys' decadence, and no sign of being released any time soon, even after Denathrius' fall.]]

** Varian, who is presented as Garrosh's opposite in the Alliance, leader of their respective factions in the war and most multifaceted {{Foil}}. The two have fought each other several times and Garrosh developed a particular hatred for Varian after having lost to him in Ashenvale, with him swearing to kill Varian himself before making a plan to annihilate Stromwind in ''Warlords of Draenor''.

* EvilIsPetty: In War Crimes just before the verdict of his trial must be rendered Garrosh asks to take the stand himself and acknowledges the arguments made by Tyrande Whisperwind and Baine Bloodhoof to either accuse or defend him and also the discussions he had with Anduin about how people can change. He then states that he regrets... nothing. He then proceeds to shout a particulary shocking and spiteful speech when he declares that he doesn't regret any of his actions such as destroying Theramore, devastating the Vale of Eternal Blossoms, causing the deaths he is responsible for and states that he would do it again a hundred times. While Garrosh knew that Kairozdormu would rescue him, he had nothing to gain from this speech outside of being spiteful. In ''Warlords of Draenor'', his formation of the Iron Horde and their invasion of Azeroth are also motivated mostly by his desire of vengeance against those who deposed and imprisoned him. He also convinces Grommash to attack the Draenei, despite knowing that they had no intentions of attacking the orcs, unlike the orcs in the original Draenor who formed the Old Horde because they were manipulated into believing that the Draenei had nefarious intentions against them.

** He can also be seen as one to Gul'dan, with both having their motives defined by a moment of weakness in their youth (Gul'dan being crippled and physically weak for an orc, Garrosh having contracted the Red Pox)that caused them to become obsessed with power, and both travelled to another world and timeline (in AU Gul'dan's case) to cause significant changes here. However while Gul'dan remained physically weak but became an extremely powerful warlock and preferred ruse and maipulation to get his ways, Garrosh became a very strong and aggressive warrior who preferred force and radical solutions to reach his goals. Unlike Gul'dan Garrosh cared for his people and wanted to do best for them, though it had to be in his way and considered those who disagreed as enemies. Also while Gul'dan was able of learning of his mistakes and of becoming an even greater threat, Garrosh was unable of learning of his which caused him to be defeated again with less power that he had as a warfief and die.

* GeneralFailure: In Twilight Highlands, he gets most of his airship fleet shot down on the way over. In Baine's short story he also takes a strike team of Kor'kron soldiers to attack a tribe of Quiboars in their lair while being greatly outnumbered by the boar-men and Baine warning him that Quilboars are fierce ennemies which results in his strike team being decimated and he only survives due to Baine's intervention. He is thought to be this in ''Tides of War'', hesitating outside Theramore and resulting in many casualties, but he's actually...

* GloryHound: Downplayed as Garrosh does war to get real results, but he clearly enjoys it when he is acclaimed by others as seen in "The Shattering: Prelude to Cataclysm" where Cairne Bloodhoof is annoyed by his lack of modesty after returning from the victorious campaign of Northrend, and in "Jaina Proudmoore: Tides of War" where is he shown to "drink in it" each time he is cheered and applaused by the people of Ogrimmar and orders an entire week of festivities dwarfing the celebration for the return of the troops from Northrend after destroying Theramore, in great part because this time the Alliance was the enemy fought.

* HumiliationConga: A minor one but in Baine's leader story Garrosh decides to involve himself in a crisis with the Quilboars raiding water convoys between Mulgore and Durotar despite Baine's assurances he'll deal with it peacefully. Disdainful of Baine's diplomatic approach Garrosh launchs a raid on the Quilboars lairs with only a Kor'kron's strike team despite being vastly outnumbered and Baine's warning that Quiboars are not to be underestimated. Evidently Garrosh's raid end up in a failure with his Kor'kron being decimated while he is nearly killed only to be saved by Baine who then resolves the conflict just by giving a new source of water to the Quilboars right under Garrosh's eyes. Having seriously underestimated his foes, been nearly killed and sacrificed elite soldiers for nothing and seeing Baine's way triumphes over his Garrosh is naturally too embarrased and furious to speak upon his departure.

* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Behind his arrogant, bellicose and stubborn attitude Garrosh is implied to be in truth insecure about his own capacities as a warrior and leader and is constantly trying to get validation from others and to find the right way serve his people and preserve their pride and history while also doing something that would have made his father proud. This is shown in his short story "Heart of War" where he can't let go of his mind the fact that he disappointed Thrall with his attitude at Dalaran and tries to not disappoint him again, after his duel with Cairne with him finding out that he did not win fairly due to Magatha Grimtotem having poisonned Gorehowl and him seeming to have gleamed a number of Saurfang's creeds on honor when he executed Overlord Krom'gar. However that also means that he is willing to take more and more desesperate and ruthless actions when doubted by the rest of the Horde and that his current methods aren't enough to get what he wants for his people, and makes him dangerousely mallable and susceptible to bad influences such as Malkorok's.

** Him ordering the invasion of Gilneas by the Forsaken led the Gilneans to go back to the Alliance, giving the Alliance a formidable strength boost in the savage and powerful Worgens. During the conflict in Ashenvale Garrosh manages to get the upper hand on the Night Elves by bringing Magnataurs only for Varian to arrive with Worgens reinforcments with the lupine creatures being able of tearing through the Horde ranks and of taking the Magnataurs down.

** His increasingly agressive and ruthless methods of ruling and warring against the Alliance and racism against non-orcs eventually alienate the non-orcish races of the Horde causing them to become discontent with him before finally rising in rebellion after he ordered Vol'jin's assassination and the occupation of the Echos Isles by his Kor'kron. This causes him to be deposed and imprisonned.

* PsychopathicManchild: Under his tough and strong facade, and despite his great intelligence (at least when he's calm) and warrior skills, Garrosh is very immature for his age, being prone to childish tantrums when things don't go his way or when he or his father suffer the slighest insult or contradiction as well as having an increasingly self-centered and unnuanced view of the world and being unable of admitting his faults and learning from them. It's telling that despite being older than Thrall it's Thrall who actually mentored him and even call him "boy" sometimes.

* {{Revenge}}: His main motivation in ''Warlords of Draenor'' is to get revenge on the Alliance and on the Horde rebels who defeated and imprisonned him at the end of ''Mists of Pandaria'', with him having created the Iron Horde and relied AU Draenor to Azeroth with a new portal in order to invade the world and get his vengeance.

* SmugSnake: While definitively a great warrior and a very smart tactician when he's in a good mood, Garrosh is also very arrogant and sure of his genius while often failing to measure the consequences of his actions and underestimating his foes, not counting that he has a volcanic temper and is prone to childish tantrums when things don't go his way. During the Alliance-Horde war he frequently underestimate the strenght and resolve of the Alliance such as in Ashenvale, or after the destruction of Theramore, which he thought would have demoralized the Alliance but which instead enraged it and strengthened its resolve, as well as other enemies such as the Darkspear rebellion, the Qilboars or the Burning Legion. This causes him to alienate the rest of the Horde and eventually be deposed, and later to form the Iron Horde in order to invade Azeroth and get revenge only for it to be beaten back and for him to be finally killed by Thrall, before Gul'dan takes control of the Iron Horde anyway.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: When held as a prisoner in Pandaria during the ''War Crimes'' novel, Garrosh came to love Pandaran curry, especially the star fruit you add to the dish. This is a plot point as [[spoiler:Sylvannas planned to poison Garrosh]].

** In "Tides of War" he greatly underestimates the Alliance's strength and resolve as he assumes that by destroying Northwatch and Theramore and setting a blocus to isolate the Night Elves will break the rest of the Alliance's resolve. It bites him in the ass as Varian and the other Alliance leaders only become more determinated to fight and depose him and quickly launch an expedition to break the blocus and attack the Horde directly. Though Garrosh manages to regain the upper hand by having his Dark Shamans summon krakens to attack the alliance fleet his plan is foiled by Jaina who survived the destruction of Theramore and uses the retrieved Focusing Iris, the same item Garrosh used to destroy Theramore, to have an army of water elementals kill the krakens and allow the Alliance to take Northwatch back leading to an epic VillainousBreakdown with him streaming his disbelief at the Alliance still fighting and winning fights against the Horde.

* {{Warhawk}}: His solution to any problem is to use force and he dismisses diplomatic and peaceful solutions as weak or cowardly causing him to ignore Cairne, Baine, and Eitrigg's reasonnable advices or the fact that Jaina Proudmoore's efforts at keeping peace with the Horde saved a lot of his people lives and that she has helped them many times including against her own father. Even before the war against the Lich King he was already an extremely vocal supporter of open war against the Alliance, something he put in practice as soon as he was made Warchief.

* WeHaveReserves: Due to the Forsaken's status as undeads and his strong disdain for them he has no issues using them as meat shields during the assault on Gilneas with him ordering the Forsaken to assault the areas of the wall the most exposed to enemy's fire so they can open the gate without wasting the lives of any of his living soldiers until Sylvas arrived and convinced him to let her take over the invasion without sacrifying her subjects like that. His disregard for the Blood Elves' lives and welfare is also what pushed Lor'themar Teron to consider rejoining the Alliance.

** NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist : Despite claiming that he did everything he did for the Horde it becomes clear that it's far from true. While he clearly cares for his people he never considered the other races of the Horde as equals to the Orcs and even had contempt for the Forsaken, the Blood Elves and the Trolls from the start. While his distrust of the Forsaken and Blood Elves is not without good reasons, the Taurens and the Darkspear Trolls have never been anything but loyal true allies to the Orcs who contributed heavely to the Horde. Also despite having wise and more cool-headed advisors he constantly ignores their advices and becomes increasingly aggressive, stubborn and ruthless in his ambitions and methods and starts to openly mistreat the other races of the Horde and imprison or kill all those who disagree with him which eventually causes most of the Horde to rebel against him. His formation of the Iron Horde is motivated by the idea of creating his own perfect Horde which is an orcish-centered instrument of conquest just like the Old Horde minus the Fel Magic and affiliation with demons, and by the desire of getting revenge on the members of the Horde who rebelled against him and the Alliance.

* WithUsOrAgainstUS: Has fully developped this mindset in ''Tides of War'' with him declaring that all people in the Horde shall either be following him and the Horde or against him and thus be considered an enemy, and allowing Malkorok and the Kor'kron to imprison and beat those in Orgrimmar who disagree with him. By the end of the novel he orders for all people of the Horde, even those who aren't able to fight, to take part in the war against the Alliance or to be arrested for treason by the Kor'kron. This is what prompts him to order Vol'jin's assassination after the troll chieftain expressed his horror at Garrosh wanting to use the Mogu's flesh-shapping dark magic.

* {{Jerkass}}: A textbook definition, at that. Shortly after he is made leader of the Korkron he start using his status to beat and imprison the citizens of Ogrimmar who do not agree with Garrosh's decisions and plans. He shirks on the payment for his Goblin workers because some died, and "the Warchief does not compensate the dead," effectively ruining Garrosh's relationship with the Goblin workers, who were getting paid dirt change anyway. Also challenged Baine Bloodhoof to ''mak[='=]gora'' for severely criticizing Garrosh's use of molten giants at Northwatch Hold, though Baine took it instead as a pretty blatant attempt at sanctioned murder.

* UndyingLoyalty: To Garrosh that he serves with tremendous zeal. After Garrosh got the power of the heart of Y'Shaarj Malkorok voluntereed himself to be infused by its power and to become a Dire Orc. His last words are of saying that it's a honor to die for his warchief.

'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] | [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasAndFollowers Sylvanas and her followers]] [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasWindrunner (Sylvanas Windrunner)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftKnightsOfTheEbonBlade Knights of the Ebon Blade]] | [[Characters/WarcraftIllidanAndFollowers Illidan and his followers]] | '''Garrosh's Horde''' | [[Characters/WarcraftPandaria Pandaria]] | [[Characters/WarcraftDracthyr Dracthyr]] | [[Characters/WarcraftOthers Other mortals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheOldGods The Void (The Old Gods)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheLight The Light]] | [[Characters/WarcraftEternals Eternals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftShadowlands Shadowlands (Death)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTitans The Titans (Arcane)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheBurningLegion The Burning Legion (Fel)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheDragonflights The Dragonflights]] | [[Characters/WarcraftWildGods Wild Gods]]\\

'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] | [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasAndFollowers Sylvanas and her followers]] [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasWindrunner (Sylvanas Windrunner)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftKnightsOfTheEbonBlade Knights of the Ebon Blade]] | [[Characters/WarcraftIllidanAndFollowers Illidan and his followers]] | '''Garrosh's Horde''' | [[Characters/WarcraftPandaria Pandaria]] | [[Characters/WarcraftOthers Other mortals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheOldGods The Void (The Old Gods)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheLight The Light]] | [[Characters/WarcraftEternals Eternals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftShadowlands Shadowlands (Death)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTitans The Titans (Arcane)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheBurningLegion The Burning Legion (Fel)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheDragonflights The Dragonflights]] | [[Characters/WarcraftWildGods Wild Gods]]\\

->''"My people should have taken this world long ago, during the First War! But they fell to corruption in their weakness. They asked the pitiful races of Azeroth to join the Horde. I will succeed where they have failed, and no power in this world can stop me!"''

Son of Grommash Hellscream, Garrosh spent the earlier part of his life in the traditional orc village of Garadar on Draenor. As the years passed, Garrosh became the heir to the chieftain position of Garadar. However, he was greatly ashamed of his father’s legacy, realising that Grom’s actions condemned the orcs and drove Draenor to destruction. This all changed during the events of ''The Burning Crusade'', when he met Warchief Thrall. Thrall showed him a vision of his father’s sacrifice against Mannoroth, and how Grom freed his people of the demonic curse. With renewed vigor, Garrosh was stirred from his stupor, and took pride in his heritage at last.

Choosing to go to Azeroth with Thrall, Garrosh became a warrior of the Horde. However, his renewed vigour brought out his father’s fighting spirit in him, and unfortunately his hot-headedness. He believed the Horde should be taking a harder line against their enemies and gathering resources, and crush anyone who stood in their way; namely, the Alliance. He came to resent Thrall’s passiveness towards the humans and their allies, and butt heads with the Warchief on the issue many a time.

When the Lich King attacked Orgimmar directly, it was Garrosh who suggested a direct offensive on Northrend. As such, he became the leader of the Warsong Offensive, and led the Horde forces against the Scourge. While his tactics were considered reckless and often times costly, he made great advances in his battles, and became hailed as a hero by orcish soldiers and citizens alike. However, his aggressive actions directly provoked the Alliance, and he became a key player in re-igniting conflict between the two factions.

After the war in Northrend, Thrall was forced to step down as Warchief to deal with the growing elemental chaos. With no-one else suitable to take his place, he chose Garrosh as his successor. Since becoming Warchief, Garrosh has been a very polarizing figure. He has made great gains for the Horde, gaining them more supplies and land than they’ve ever had since the orcs settled in Durotar. However, he has also stepped on the toes of the orcs’ allied races, including the trolls, the tauren and the Forsaken. Time would tell whether his legacy was be one of prosperity for the Horde, or if he would doom them to failure. [[spoiler:He EPICALLY failed.]]

In ''Mists Of Pandaria'', Garrosh's tyranny has reached new heights as he begins to (attempt to) kill anyone who doesn't agree with his plans, the deaths he (seemingly) caused with the addition of using an artifact that can summon Sha outside of Pandaria has crossed the MoralEventHorizon, causing the Horde to turn on him and ally with the Alliance to dethrone him and his remaining loyalists. He's the final boss of the expansion, in the Siege of Orgrimmar raid.

However, Garrosh is not killed. After escaping his trial, he flees ''back in time'' with the help of the bronze dragon Kairozdormu to the old pre-First War Draenor. Banishing Gul'dan and uniting familiar Orc chieftans into the Iron Horde, Garrosh has his eyes set on conquering the Azeroth of the present with his army from the past.

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->''"THIS! This is what has diluted the sanctity of our precious Horde! To die in the service of the Horde should be a great honor, but YOU see it as another opportunity to line your filthy pockets!"''

->''"I don't know how Garrosh Hellscream does it. He must possess great strength to hold together a force as diverse as the Horde... I should like to know him more."''

Leader of the Dragonmaw Clan, she began as the leader of a rebellion against the Clan's former leader, Mor'ghor, who was a corrupted Fel Orc. After the Horde helps her Clan defeat Mor'ghor, she devotes herself and her Clan to the Horde's cause. She appears multiple times more throughout the Twilight Highlands.

In ''Mists of Pandaria'', she can be seen outside of Orgrimmar, using the Demon Chain to subdue a Proto-Drake. Her own mount Galakras is a boss in the Siege of Orgrimmar.

* AnAxeToGrind: Previously wielded two axes, but as Warchief he wields his father's axe, Gorehowl.

* AnAxeToGrind: Two of them.

%%* AnAxeToGrind

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: By helping the Iron Horde connect alternate Draenor to Azeroth, it allowed alternate Archimonde to send alternate Gul'dan to main timeline Azeroth in order to kick off the biggest invasion of the Legion yet. If you're not feeling generous, said Legion invasion ended with Sargeras plunging his gigantic sword into Azeroth, causing a devastating conflict between the Horde and the Alliance for the control of the resource it spawned ''and'' awakening an Old God, N'Zoth. And said Legion invasion and conflict allowed Sylvanas Windrunner to gain power and resources for her own schemes, culminating with her breaking the barrier between the world of the living and the Shadowlands (to be fair though, Zovaal the Jailer and the loa Mueh'zala had as much responsibility if not more in the latter). Garrosh's actions indirectly caused a ''hell lot'' of shit even long after his death.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: By helping the Iron Horde connect alternate Draenor to Azeroth, it allowed alternate Archimonde to send alternate Gul'dan to main timeline Azeroth in order to kick off the biggest invasion of the Legion yet. If you're not feeling generous, said Legion invasion ended with Sargeras plunging his gigantic sword into Azeroth, causing a devastating conflict between the Horde and the Alliance for the control of the resource it spawned ''and'' awakening an Old God, N'Zoth. And said Legion invasion and conflict allowed Sylvanas Windrunner to gain power and resources for her own schemes, culminating with her breaking the barrier between the world of the living and the Shadowlands. Garrosh's actions indirectly caused a ''hell lot'' of shit even long after his death.

* FateWorseThanDeath: Even after his end, life hasn't let up on the orc. [[spoiler:His soul has made it to Revendreth, where he should have a chance at redemption. But with the anima drought caused by the Jailer, the elite of Revendreth forego trying to rehabilitate Garrosh and use him as a "workhorse", constantly draining him of his significant anima supply to fuel their realm.]]

'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] | [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasAndFollowers Sylvanas and her followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftKnightsOfTheEbonBlade Knights of the Ebon Blade]] | [[Characters/WarcraftIllidanAndFollowers Illidan and his followers]] | '''Garrosh's Horde''' | [[Characters/WarcraftPandaria Pandaria]] | [[Characters/WarcraftOthers Other mortals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheOldGods The Void (The Old Gods)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheLight The Light]] | [[Characters/WarcraftEternals Eternals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftShadowlands Shadowlands (Death)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTitans The Titans (Arcane)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheBurningLegion The Burning Legion (Fel)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheDragonflights The Dragonflights]] | [[Characters/WarcraftWildGods Wild Gods]]\\

* SpiritualSuccessor: To the orc faction led by Rend Blackhand after the Second War. Both considered themselves the "true Horde," both were prejudiced against all non-orcs and both were allies with the Dragonmaw clan.

* TheStrategist: Overshadowed by his extreme methods and hatred for the Alliance, but he is shown to be pretty good at strategy when he wants to.

* HateSink: Becomes this by ''Mists Of Pandaria''. After failing to make him likable in ''Cataclysm'', the writers went to considerable lengths in ''Mists of Pandaria'' to focus the fans' hatred (Horde ''or'' Alliance) on him. However, Blizzard downright admitted that they pushed him too extreme in one direction. In ''Warlords of Draenor'', while he still is one of the bad guys, they want to portray him in a more positive light and give the players more insight to his character. That said, he still has his fair share of fans among the playerbase.

* BaldOfAwesome: Shaved his head after he became Warchief of the Horde. An odd choice as his father was known for his long hair.

* AntiHero: NominalHero -> VillainAntagonist.