Led by Durotan, the Frostwolf Clan was one of a very few clans that did not drink the blood of Mannoroth when it was offered in the original timeline. Most of the Bleeding Hollow Clan's notable conquests of record involve what they did after traveling through the Dark Portal - what they did on Draenor is something we'll discover in Warlords. From this, we can presume that the clan received its name due to the ritual Kilrogg underwent, not Kilrogg himself. From there, the leader can see the best path to follow when leading his clan. This causes a vision in which the leader sees the moment of his death. We have new information from BlizzCon that clarifies this - when an orc becomes leader of the Bleeding Hollow, they undergo a ritual in which they gouge out one of their eyes. Led by Kilrogg Deadeye, the Bleeding Hollow Clan was said to have been named as such because of Kilrogg's lost eye.
Thrall's new Horde was an entirely different Horde that had nothing to do with the Blackrock Clan of old. Technically, he was correct - as the son of Blackhand, Rend could consider himself leader of the Old Horde. While Maim died to the Dark Iron Dwarves, Rend went on to lead the Blackrock on Azeroth from Blackrock Spire - and made it a point to call himself the true Warchief of the Horde. Other notable members of the Blackrock Clan include Blackhand's sons, Rend and Maim. Orgrim Doomhammer was also a member of this clan, serving as Blackhand's second-in-command. The Blackrock were led by Blackhand, who was easily duped into following the orders of Gul'dan, and consequentially made the Warchief of the original Horde. The Blackrock Clan was pretty much the powerhouse of Draenor, and it was also the first clan to perform any kind of attack against the draenei in the original timeline. There's a reason Garrosh is trying to recruit these guys into the Iron Horde - it's because they represent the majority of orcish power on the planet. These clans represent some of the most powerful and well-known on Draenor. There's a pretty definitive list of clans we'll definitely be seeing in the next expansion, just because we've already been informed that their leaders will be making an appearance. Just who are all these orcish clans, which ones are we likely to see in Warlords, and which ones likely won't make an appearance?
Players familiar with Warcraft lore likely recognize the names of these clans, even if they aren't exactly certain who's who.īut for players new to Warcraft lore, or players that haven't played any game other than WoW, the giant list of various clans and the little notes we heard of clan history from BlizzCon may be pretty confusing, to say the least.
There are well over twenty different clans, each with different histories, and there may be just as many smaller, minor clans that we don't know about, or more. It occurred to me while writing last week's Know Your Lore about Zaela and the Dragonmaw Clan that there are a lot of orcish clans out there, many of which we'll be encountering in Warlords of Draenor. You're playing the game, you're fighting the bosses, you know the how - but do you know the why? Each week, Matthew Rossi and Anne Stickney make sure you Know Your Lore by covering the history of the story behind World of Warcraft. The World of Warcraft is an expansive universe.
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