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Durotan's best friend and second-in-command.

* AnAxeToGrind: Wields a large one-handed axe with a jagged edge.

* BladeOnAStick: In the ''Durotan'' prequel, his weapon of choice was the spear "Thunderstrike".

* OnlySaneMan: He is the only orc leader to realize something is fishy with [[ObviouslyEvil Gul'dan]] from the start (and to point out their world started to die out right when Gul'dan began to abuse his Fel Magic) and decides to actually do something about it. In a bit of LampshadeHanging, Gul'dan himself acknowledges that Frostwolves are renowned for having the most common sense among orc clans.

** The [[spoiler:''mak'gora'' with Lothar]] is less this, and more [[spoiler:regaining the honor ''lost'' from Garona stealing the kill, and more about revenge, and the ''obvious'' easy win over a captured human who has more testicular fortitude than sense]]

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Lothar has no family relations with the royal family in the game lore, while here his sister Taria is the queen, making him uncle to the future king Varian.

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: While she barely existed in the game, here she's also Lothar's sister.

Gul'dan, son of no orc, of no clan. An ambitious warlock that controls the Horde and channels a dark kind of magic called "Fel". He is the one responsible for opening the Portal and bringing the Horde to Azeroth, promising them a new land here.

Chieftain of the Frostwolf clan and the focus character for the orc side.

Durotan's wife and Go'el's mother.

* BaldOfAwesome: Unlike his game counterpart who is depicted with braided hair, this version of Doomhammer has a shaven head. The prequel ''Durotan'' reveals this is an {{Invoked}} trope. Ogrim shaves his head all of the time to expose his birthmark, which his mother called a "bruise" given to him by the Spirits for his fighting spirit.

* FakeDefector: [[{{Deconstruction}} Deconstructed]]. [[spoiler:She reluctantly becomes one on Llane request by killing him in front of the Horde, rejoining the Horde as a heroine so she can help arrange peace later on. Unfortunately, they have no way to tell anyone on the human side about this plan, meaning she is now seen as a real traitor by them, including her lover Lothar.]]

* HalfHumanHybrid: Half-orc, half... something. [[spoiler:Medivh heavily hints that he is her father, implying that he went to Draenor and fell in love with her mother, making her half-human.]]

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: In the game lore [[spoiler:Garona and Medivh were not related to each other, but ''lovers''. Here they are instead father and daughter.]]

* TragicKeepsake: She bears one of her mother's tusks as a necklace, a gift from Gul'dan. [[spoiler: She later gives it to Lothar, before going to the battle at the Dark Portal]]

An ambitious warlock that controls the Horde and channels a dark kind of magic called "Fel". He is the one responsible for opening the Portal and bringing the Horde to Azeroth, promising them a new land here.

* 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]]]].

* RedRightHand: Quite literally, as his right hand is black with cracked skin. His left hand gets even worse as Gul'dan forcefully empowers him with the fel, fusing his replacement claw-hand with his arm stump.

* StuffedInTheFridge: [[spoiler:Killed right in front of Lothar to fuel the man's FreakOut.]]

* BaldOfAwesome: Unlike his game counterpart who is depicted with braided hair, this version of Doomhammer has a shaven head.

* DueToTheDead: [[spoiler:The orcs toss around his corpse and play with it until Lothar manages to save it. He's given a proper funeral in front of the Cathedral in Stormwind.]]

* FantasticRacism: The trailers have him expressing that the orcs are beasts that should all be destroyed, but the line is not in final film. Instead he remarks that Garona looks more like a human than an orc.

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* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: The natural color of the orcs' skin is brown, but Gul'dan's fel turned most of them green.

* TheHorde: Very close to a straight example of its namesake when it follows EvilSorcerer Gul'dan to brutally conquer Azeroth, but Durotan sows seeds of change, first by not joining in the pillages then by questionning and finally openly defying Gul'dan's rule. See OurOrcsAreDifferent and WhiteAndGreyMorality below.
* OurOrcsAreDifferent: There's a reason the second kind of orcs in this trope is nicknamed "Blizzard-style". Orcs are shown having human-like qualities (like being GoodParents) and a strong sense of honor. Some of them also prefer listening to reason than obeying evil leaders.

* DemotedToExtra: He was a pretty major character in the games, where he was one of the first to receive the corruption willingly. None of this is mentioned in the movie, and he gets little more than cameos. Granted, he might get a bigger role in a potential sequel.

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* LifeDrain: Drains life from living creatures to fuel his magics.

* IronicEcho: When Blackhand denies Durotan's ''mak'gora'' challenge to Gul'dan and asks the warlock himself to [[PragmaticVillainy personally dispose of the Frostwolf chieftain]], Gul'dan sarcastically comments that Blackhand had a thing for traditions and accept Durotan's challenge. [[spoiler: When Gul'dan asks for Blackhand's help to finish off Durotan in their duel, Blackhand refuses, stating his respect for the traditions and coldly tells him to keep fighting regardless of the more important stakes.]]

* LastMinuteBabyNaming: Durotan names him "Go'el" before Orgrim takes him away to lock him in a cage. [[spoiler:He will never see his son again.]]

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* LifeDrain: [[spoiler:The first thing he does as the demon possessing him takes over is draining the life of his loyal steward Moroes.]]

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!!Callan

Lothar's son and a sergeant in the Stormwind military.

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* AdaptationalHeroism: Downplayed a bit, but the original version never has a PetTheDog moment like the film version, but the film version still did some nasty actions.