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The hapless humanoids from the Orcs' dying world who end up being sacrificed by Gul'dan for the Dark Portal's first opening.

->'''Played by:''' Elena Wurlitzer (the mother=

The Orcs of Draenor. Their clans have been united by Gul'dan the warlock. They seek to invade Azeroth for their own survival since their homeworld is dying, but Gul'dan has other motivations.

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Character page for ''Film/WarCraft2016'' (the film).

For the original characters of the video game franchise, [[Characters/{{Warcraft}} see here]].

* PetTheDog: Most of his more reasonable actions are clearly simply pragmatism, but forgiving Durotan for bringing his pregnant wife and saving the life of his prematurely born son offered him no immediate benefit.

* VillainBall: Gul'dan could have just easily ignored Durotan's issue of ''mak'gora'' and just have him executed as Blackhand suggested since he is not bounded by any orcish honor or tradition. But he is arrogant enough to accept Durotan's challenge in order to make an example out of him personally, not realizing that the fight may prevent him from opening the Dark Portal [[spoiler:or [[DontCreateAMartyr create a martyr out of Durotan]]]].

* LukeIAmYourFather: He heavily hints to [[spoiler:Garona that he visited Draenor and fell in love with her mother, an orc.]]

* SecretlyDying: Implied; when Khadgar sees her inside her cube, she looks injured or ill, and she notes that she's spent the rest of her strength trying to bring him to her. On the outside, she looks the same way she always did.

* SexSlave: Implied during her conversation with Lothar and Khadgar about the dangers of mating with orcs, and how frail human bodies would suffer injury. Lothar comments that she seems very much human physically.

* LastOfHisKind: [[spoiler:With the Frostwolf members of the Horde culled on Gul'dan's orders and the chieftain dead, Orgrim is seemingly the last Frostwolf and last untainted orc on Azeroth.]]

* WomanInWhite: Underplayed, but all of her clothes are in pastel, off-white colours.

* DeliveryBoy: Gul'dan is this to Draka.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Gul'dan reeks of this throughout the movie. When he first confronts Durotan, he unleashes his Fel to cause all those affected by it pain, Durotan and Orgrim are unaffected showing Gul'dan for the bully he is. Next he orders the slaughter of the Frostwolves to show how merciless he is but that causes the rest of the Horde to grow suspicious of him. When Durotan challenges him to Mak'gora, he believes he can win, but resorts to cheating in the Orcs' most sacred tradition IN FRONT OF ALL OF THEM. He then lashes out against them for disowning him showing he truly doesn't care for them. Lastly, when Lothar bests their leader in Mak'gora, he freaks out and demands Lothar die. All these actions cause him to, within a 24 hour period, lose the support of the Horde as a whole and earn their hatred. It all shows that Gul'dan is very impulsive and doesn't think of the consequences of any of his actions. Oh, and let's not forget, he saves Baby Thrall's life, the one who will grow to bring an end to all of Gul'dan's evil and bring the Horde to a brighter future.

* AdaptationalHeroism: To a ''very'' limited extent, as he still is one of the least sympathetic orcs, but compared to his game counterpart, he is shown to have some redeeming qualities. Despite the HonorBeforeReason entry below, he is shown to be honorable in a good way on some occasions, such as when [[spoiler:he refuses to interfere in the duel between Gul'dan and Durotan]].

* TheDogBitesBack: Openly denies Gul'Dan his requested aid during the latter's duel to the death with Durotan. While mostly for the sake of honor and tradition, the way he mimics Gul'Dan's use of the phrase "Respect our tradition," coupled with how he unceremoniously hurls the warlock's staff to the ground in defiance, hints at his actions also being out of spite for his "master."

* EvilAlbino: In contrast to all the other orcs, Kargath is deathly pale.

* YoungFutureFamousPeople: Going by the lore, he will become the king of Stormwind and a great hero of the Alliance.

* AgeLift: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]]. Anduin Lothar is normally depicted as a BadassGrandpa, but here he is played by 37-year-old Travis Fimmel. This is because the First War (the time of the film) takes place earlier in the story, before he becomes the BadassGrandpa players know.

* BadassGrandpa: Despite his age and seeming frailty, Gul'dan can throw it down with the best of them in a physical fight.

* EvilOldFolks: Elderly and pure evil.

* BadassGrandpa: Despite his age and seeming fraility, Gul'dan can throw it down with the best of them in a physical fight.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Gul'dan reeks of this throughout the movie. When he first confronts Durotan, he unleashes his Fel to cause all those affected by it pain, Durotan and Orgrim are unaffected showing Gul'dan for the bully he is. Next he orders the slaughter of the Frostwolves to show how merciless he is but that causes the rest of the Horde to grow suspicious of him. When Durotan challenges him to Mak'gora, he believes he can win, but resorts to cheating in the Orcs' most sacred tradition IN FRONT OF ALL OF THEM. He then lashes out against them for disowning him showing he truly doesn't care for them. Lastly, when Lothar bests their leader in Mak'gora, he freaks out and demands Lothar die. All these actions cause him within a 24 hour period, to lose the support of the Horde as a whole and earn their hatred. It all shows that Gul'dan is very impulsive and doesn't think of the consequences of any of his actions. Oh, and let's not forget, he saves Baby Thrall's life, the one who will grow to bring an end to all of Gul'dan's evil and bring the Horde to a brighter future.

* YoungFutureFamousPeople: Going by the lore, he will become Thrall, a great Warchief and hero who will free the Orcs who remained on Azeroth from both the fel's corruption and captivity in human camps, and found and lead a new and much more honorable Horde in Kalimdor.

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: Lothar killing a Fel-empowered Blackhand in a ''mak'Gora'']] seems to cause a FreakOut in Gul'Dan. While he starts out subdued, simply growling out that [[spoiler: Lothar]] be killed, the Horde's refusal to obey him causes him to lose his cool more and more until he's left impotently screaming at them. He then moves in to do the job himself [[spoiler: before Garona points out that he's on the verge of having the ''entire'' Horde outright turn on him right when he needs them most.]]

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: Lothar killing a Fel-empowered Blackhand in a Mak'Gora]] seems to cause a FreakOut in Gul'Dan. While he starts out subdued, simply growling out that [[spoiler: Lothar]] be killed, the Horde's refusal to obey him causes him to lose his cool more and more until he's left impotently screaming at them. He then moves in to do the job himself [[spoiler: before Garona points out that he's on the verge of having the ''entire'' Horde outright turn on him right when he needs them most.]]

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: Lothar killing a Fel-empowered Blackhand in a Mak'Gora]] seems to cause a FreakOut in Gul'Dan. While he starts out subdued, simply growling out that [[spoiler: Lothar]] be killed, the Horde's refusal to obey him causes him to lose his cool more and more until he's left impotently screaming at them. He then moves in to do the job himself [[spoiler: before Garona points out that he's on the verge of having the ''entire'' Horde outright turn on him when he needs them most.]]

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: Lothar killing a Fel-empowered Blackhand in a Mak'Gora]] seems to cause a FreakOut in Gul'Dan. While he starts out subdued, simply growling out that [[spoiler: Lothar]] be killed, the Horde's refusal to obey him causes him to lose his cool more and more until he's left impotently screaming at them to obey his orders. He then moves in to do the job himself [[spoiler: before Garona points out that he's on the verge of having the ''entire'' Horde outright turn on him when he needs them most.]]

->'''Played by:''' Terry Notary