Year -30 Kargath frees himself from Ogre arena. Start of Gorian Empire collapse.

Year -28 or -27

Grom Hellscream is born.
Year -26
Durotan and Orgrim are born.
Year -20
Durotan begins training, all orcs begin training at age of 6
Year -19 Rend, Maim and Griselda were probably born after this year.
Year -17
Winter:
Fever strikes Nagrand. Shamans are busy, as soon as one youngling is cured
another gets it, many die.
Year -16
Spring:
Durotan and Orgrim Doomhammer become friends at Kosh'harg Festival in
Nagrand.
Present at Kosharg are primarily Nagrand chieftains.
Garad of Frostwolves complaining about fever, petting his wolf.
Warsong chief, father of Grommash, hard time finding clefthoofs, ready for
spring, joyfull.
Klaga, of the Laughing Skull clan nursing an infant daughter,perhaps Kaz (they
are matriarchal). Makes delicious bone soup.
Presumably also somewhere around camp were Blackrock chieftain and his
second Telkar.
Bonechewers were present as well. Bonechewers from Talador and Warsong are
alike as intensely proud and distrustfull of others. Frostwolves and Blackrocks are
much even-tempered.

Year -15
Summer:
Durotan and Ogrim are saved from an Ogre by a Draenei Patrol led by Restalaan
in Terokkar. They are brought to Telmor were they meet Velen.

Year -14
Durotan participates in hunts from this time, as a twelve year old for a first time
as equal hunter.

Year -13
Late-Summer/Fall:
Durotan suceeds in his Initiation rite. He visits the Oshu'gun with Mother Kashur.

Year -12
Fall:
At traditional Kosharg Durotan for the first time attends as an adult. The leaders
present at the fire are:
Mother Kashur, shaman of the Frostwolves, high standing among shamans,
huddled in skin, frail.
Drekthar, Kashurs aprenttice, younger than her, older than Durotans parents.
Grom Hellscream, young slightly manic chieftan of Warsong clan. Only few years
older than Durotan. He was new to his position,his father died under suscpicious
circumstances. He wore bones of his first kill and tatooed his jaw in black.
Blackhand of the Blackrock clan, imposing,loud and enormous, slightly younger
than Garad, famous raider of the Sythegore arm.
Kargath Bladefist, chieftain of the Shattered hand clan. Munching in silence,
instead of hand he has a scythe, unsettling sight.
Kilrogg Deadeye, chieftain of Bleeding Hollow clan. Old for a chieftain as much as
grom was young for one. His name was not familial. His eye is dead.
Nerzhul of the Shadowmoon clan. Famous and long term leader of shaman.
Durotan witnessed his control over the elements in the hunt at some of previous
Kosharg. Greatly admired and calm.
Guldan, Nerzhuls apprentice. Durotan didnt like him. Orgrimm thought he could
be used as bait. Shorter than many, softer than most, bushy beard, not a
representation of warrior class. Still, he must have had some value.
Garad, chieftain of the Frostwolf clan. Stern, his son and heir Durotan, was also
present.

Telkar Doomhammer of the Blackrock clan, one of the most famed warriors, of the
highest non-chieftain lineage. His son Ogrim Doomhammer was also present
standing next to Durotan.
Drakka and Zuura, daughter and wife of Rhakish were serving the guests

Durotan meets Draka at the Kosh'harg Festival.He proposes to her. First she turns
him down, but a few days later after their hunt shes grees to marry him.
Talgath discovers Draenor and scouts it out for Kil'jaeden. Kil'jaeden prepares his
plans to destroy the Draenei.

Mother Kashur trampled by a clefthoof during a Hunt. Drek'thar the new Elder
Shaman

Year -11

Garad killed in battle with ogress and a gronn. Durotan becomes the next
Frostwolf Chieftain.
Late Fall:
Ner'zhul is visited by a fake vision of his late wife Rulkan, who tells him that the
Draenei want to destroy the Orcs. The Other Clan Shaman have similar visions.
During travel, Blackrocks are ambushed, Telkar Doomhammer succumbs to his
wounds and Orgrim inherits the Doomhammer.

Ner'zhul calls for a meeting of the Clans and tells them about their new threat.
The Orcs prepare for the war against the Draenei.

The Clans begin to train for the war.

Year -10:
Spring:
Weapons are created and the communication between the clans is amplified.

The Blackrock Clan begins their first raids against Draenei Hunting Parties.

Ner'zhul meets Kil'jaeden for the first time.

Year -9
Summer:

The Orcs Raids against the Draenei incraese. Velen decides to visit the Oshu'gun
to have piece talk with Ner'zhul. He sends emissaries, who get killed. Ner'zhul
commands Durotan to capture Velen. Durotan fulfills his wishes and capures
Velen and his men, but then later decides to let Velen go. Two of the Ata'mal
crystals get into the Orcs hands.

Three Years before the First War:

-9/-8
Late-Winter/Spring:

During the last months Orc Raids against the Draenei have increased once more.
Ner'zhul becomes more and more doubts about the war and decides to commune
with the ancestors at the Oshu'gun. He is confronted by Rulkan's spirit and learns
of Kil'jaedens treachary. He is however betrayed by Gul'dan, who tells Kil'jaeden
of Ner'zhuls discovery. Powerless, Ner'zhul has to see Gul'dans takeover.
Kil'jeaden begins to train Gul'dan in Warlock Magic. The Elements begin to refuse
to help the Orc Shamans.
Year -8

Spring:

Gul'dan approches Blackhand and proposes his plans of the creation of the
Shadow Council. Blackhand agrees. The first Blackrock Warlocks are trained.

More and more Orc Raiding parties get defeated or killed because of the
Shamans failing powers. The Clans meet at the Oshu'gun to confront Ner'zhul.
Gul'dan reveals the first Orc Warlocks to them and shows them their powers. The
Clans agree to let their Shaman become Warlocks.

The Horde is founded. Blackhand is elected as the first Warchief.

Year -7

The Orc clans use Warlock magic frequently for their hunts and raids.

Blackhand orders the Clans to let his Blackrock Warlock "age" their children to get
more Soldiers.

Durotan gets the Order to lead a raid against Telmor. Telmor gets destroyed and
taken over by the Blackrock Clan.

The First Shadow Council Meetings take place.

The Construction of the Later Hellfire Citadel begins.

Year -6
Fall:
Gul'dan suggest an alliance with the Ogre to Blackhand. Blackhand and his men
attack Ogre camps in Blade's Edge Mountain and defeats them. The Ogre agree
to join the Horde.
The Fell Corrruption begins to effect Draenors ecology. Less and less rain do fall.

Probable year of Garrosh Hellscreams birth. Following his mothers death, and
Groms capture and escape the Warsong and the Shattered Hand would go on to
destroy the last remnants of Gorian Empire.

Year -5
The Contruction of the Citadel is finished. Blackhand orders the Clans to relocate
to his base.

Guldan decides to ban Shamanism and uses the Cipher of Damnation to strip the
bindings with the elements once and for all and raises the Vulcan now known as
the Hand of Guldan. The Oshu'gun gets sealed and guarded by demons.

Spring:
The Fell Corruption of the lands increases. The Orcs skin slowly begins to turn
green.
The Temple of Karabor is conquered by the orcs.

Year -4
Late-Spring:
Gul'dan sends messages to the Clans for a new meeting at the Mountains.
Durotan gets a secret warning of Gul'dans plans. Mannoroth is sommoned to
Dreanor and spils his Blood into the pools of Karabor.
The Orcs assemble at the mountain, later known as Kil'jaeden's thrown. The Clans
drink Mannoroth's blood and become fully corrupted. Only the Frostwolfs under
Durotan refuse to drink the blood.
In the same night, Shattrath City is attacked and destroyed by the Orcs. After the
destruction of their last Big City the Draenei go into hiding.
Kil'jaeden thinks that his plans have succeeded and leaves the Orcs to their fate.

Year -3
Summer/Fall/Winter:
Orc raiding parties destroy some of the Draenei refugee camps. Draenei sighting
become more and more seldom.

Spring:
Gul'dan orders the Shadow Council to attack Auchindoun to find Magical Draenei
artifacts to consume their power. They accidently free Murmur and blow up the
Crypt Fortress. The surrounding forests are destroyed and the Bone Wastes are
created.

Year -2
Summer/Fall:

Hellfire Peninsula is fully desolated by fell magic and orcish overpopulation. More
and more orcs are dieing because of starvation and illnesses. The Clans begin to
fight each other.
Gul'dan is approached by Medivh and shows him visions of Azeroth.

Year -1
Fall:
The Shadow Council is called together by Guldan to prepare the invasion of
Azeroth.
The Construction of the Dark Portal begins. Guldans let the clans match each
other in Arena fights to occupy them.

Year 1
The Contruction off the Dark Portal is finished. The Rift between Draenor and
Azeroth is created by Guldan, his Warlocks and Medivh.
The Orcs begin to invade Azeroth and begin to settle in the Black Morass.
The First War begins.

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Alright my lovelies. As you may or may not have heard, Garrosh Hellscream does
die in the coming expansion for WoW, and its Thrall who kills him. A lot of people
are happy, some people (Myself included) are pissed off about it. Before getting
into Thrall, we need to look at Garrosh.

The WoW community has been jumping on the Hate Garrosh bandwagon since
Cataclysm, and if you never read into it, its not hard to see why: Hes a loud,
racist and immature son of a !@#$% who killed Cairne Bloodhoof and insulted
the precious Sylvanas Windrunner. He rules with a totalitarian fist, segregates his
city, and has a dangerous lust for power. Thats all that there is to him, right?
Right?

Wrong.

Garrosh, like many of our esteemed Warcraft heroes, has a whole lot of daddy
issues. For the longest time, he was depressed because of Grom: He grew up with
little interaction with his father, and knew that it was that man who had damned
his people to slavery.

Then, one day in The Burning Crusade, the player character comes around and
tries to cheer young Garrosh Hellscream up. Eventually this leads to Thrall
meeting Garrosh, and telling him about his fathers heroism. He convinces
Garrosh to join the Horde, and he becomes a general, leading his Warsong Clan
into battle against the Alliance.

By this point, Garrosh has a lot on his plate. Hes a high-ranking member of the
Horde, and he has a legacy to live up to. Hes the child of an orcish hero, and as
such, he needs to be a man worthy of the title. He, by all means, proves himself,
too! In Northrend, he becomes a hero and is constantly seen in Thralls company.
He attends important meetings, he was there when Arthas fell, hes made quite
the name for himself!

Not only that, but he had become close to Thrall in this time. Thrall, in Garroshs
eyes, was not only a friend, but he was a mentor and father-figure. Remember
how Garrosh was never close with his daddy? Thrall, being Groms best friend and
the man who had taken Garrosh under his wing, had filled that void.

During the events in the book The Shattering, we can see just how Garrosh
became Warchief, and how his position started off. What a lot of people like to
forget is that Garrosh never wanted to be Warchief. He begged Thrall not to give
him the position, telling him that he was a man of war, not diplomacy. Thats
right: When Thrall gave Garrosh the mantle of Warchief, Garrosh told him flat out
that he did not want it, that he would not do a good job, and that it just wasnt a
good idea.

But really, what choice did Garrosh have? Thrall was leaving within a few days, if
not sooner, and the Horde needed someone to lead it. Because guess what hot
mess Thrall left for Garrosh? Orgrimmar was recently burned to the ground.
People were starving in the streets, without food, shelter or water. They had only
just enough money to repair Orgrimmar, and even then, they had no natural
resources to work with. Durotar, unless you have forgotten, is a desert. You wont
find much wood there, or fertile soil.

In the past, Orgrimmar has gotten its wood via trade with the Night Elves.
However, due to the events at Wrathgate, the Kaldorei completely closed off
trade to the orcs. Do you know what that means? The orcs were dying in the
streets and the only people who could logically help them were refusing to do so,
despite diplomacy, and while this was all being figured out, we had Horde citizens
dying in the streets of their home.

And so, Garrosh invaded Ashenvale for their natural resources. It was an action of
necessity. Early into this campaign, a group of sentinels had been attacked. They
were skinned, and their pelts hung on the trees. Something wasnt right in there,
but things, as always, were blamed on Garrosh.

So we fast-forward a bit, theres a meeting of druids (Both Tauren and Night Elf
both) in Ashenvale. It was a peaceful summit, nothing more, to discuss reopening trade with Orgrimmar. The Archdruid Hummel Runetotem was present. In
the middle of the meeting, the group was ambushed, and the only face that
Hummel saw was that of an orc. And so, when he reported back to Cairne, he told
him that Garrosh had sent assassins after the druids.

This is what made Cairne march to Orgrimmar, and challenge Garrosh, who
honestly had no idea what was going on, as the orcs who had killed the druids
were not his, but orcs of the Twilight Hammer cult. He believed that Cairne was
fighting him because he didnt approve of how Garrosh was leading the Horde.
We all know what happens next, in that Magatha Grimtotem, an enemy of the
Bloodhoof tribe, poisoned Garroshs weapon without him knowing, which is what
lead to the death of Cairne. Garrosh had played fairly, and when he learned that
it was poison which had killed Cairne, he was absolutely furious and guilty. He
knew that Cairne deserved a better death, as he did respect the old Tauren.

Now we have the events up in the Northern Eastern Kingdom, where the Forsaken
is repopulating itself and invading Gilneas. After Wrathgate, the Plague was
deemed too inhumane to use in war, or at all, and its production was ordered to
halt. What makes people get furious is that during the events up there, Garrosh
insults Sylvanas.

What people need to understand is that Sylvanas is doing exactly what Arthas
was doing. She was intentionally killing people to raise them as Forsaken, and to
add insult to injury, she was doing it through the same methods that the Scourge
did. Now, imagine that youre a soldier, and youve just returned from a land that
can only be described as a living hell. You go pop in with your buddy, and shes
mirroring exactly what you saw thousands of people die to stop. I think thats
warranting calling said buddy a ^-*!@, that being the kindest of terms. And then
later, she uses this inhumane, horrible weapon that even Garrosh said was awful,
and after, she has the gall to send for Orcish reinforcements.

And somewhere in the mix, you have Voljin, who Thrall had promised Garrosh
would be there to serve as an advisor when things got rough, wanting absolutely
nothing to do with him, and threatening assassination after insulting Garroshs
family.

What does all of this teach Garrosh, who never wanted the position, has no idea
what to do, and has seen nothing so far but betrayal and broken promises?
Garrosh learns that people who are not orcs are not friends. He still leads them,
of course, but he doesnt expect much of anything in return, lest they turn their
back on him, like everyone in his life already has.

Garrosh by this point has been abandoned, betrayed, threatened, tricked, and
has had his name dragged through the mud under false claims. All because Thrall
left him to the wolves and gave him something everyone knew he was not ready
for. So now Garrosh is expected to lead a group of people who dont respect him,
never gave him a chance to do any good, and now he needs to prove himself not
only to them, but to the rest of the world as a capable leader, and someone who
will make his people strong. He needs to live up to Groms legacy, after all.

Garroshs only father figure was not there to catch him when he inevitably
stumbled, and it caused Garrosh to fall.

Garrosh fell to paranoia, hatred and fear. He was thrust into this position and no
matter what he did, everyone saw him as the bad guy, and everyone was out for
his blood.

And then we have Pandaria. Garrosh dabbled in forces he did not fully
understand, and it was to make the Horde stronger, and to validate his own
strength and meaning in the world. To prove himself, as hes always trying to do.
But he does go mad. The common theory and the one I personally accept is that
Wrathion tricked Garrosh into drinking the blood of the Old God Yshaarj, which is
what tipped him over the edge.

If you listen to the whispers that come from the Heart and the corrupted
Gorehowl, we can easily see why Garrosh acted the way he did:

"Nobody is coming to save you"

"Your allies will leave you behind"
"Your allies think you are weak"
"Pay the cost of greatness"
"All should bow before you. Make them!"

Now, just imagine what he was saying to Garrosh? Whose mind was fogged with
madness?

Now we go into the events of the novel War Crimes. By this point, Garrosh has
been captured, and he is in trial, as to see if he should live or die. During the
events of all of this, nearly everyone in the book looks back onto the moment
that they regret the most. As the reader slowly figures out in the book, it was
never Garrosh who was on trial, but everyone else. They all made Garrosh what
he had become. Garrosh was not to blame for his actions, but everyone around
him. He was just as much a victim as everyone else.

The Celestials ruled that Garrosh was to live. Shortly after, the former Warchief
escapes into the time ways.

Now, if what Blizzard said is true, then the timeway in which Garrosh went into
had absolutely no effect on the one we play in. So they could have very easily let
Garrosh go, and that would be that. No more problems. But alas, pride gets in the
way.

With Garroshs story out of the way, we come back to Thrall, the man who made
all of this happen. Thrall had been told more than once by many different people
(Cairne, Voljin, Jaina, Garrosh, the list goes on) that promoting Garrosh
Hellscream to Warchief was a bad idea.

Thrall didnt listen and he left. Despite people constantly contacting him about
how BAD of a choice this was. While one could argue that he was busy saving the
world, he got married on Mount Hyjal. He had a huge ceremony for this. He could
have always just, yknow, stopped near Orgrimmar, said Hey Garrosh this is my
mate and by the way WHAT THE #$%^ ARE YOU DOING LET ME HELP YOU PLS.

By the time he DOES visit Garrosh, its beyond too late.

And so here we are, and Thrall is laying blame completely on Garrosh for
everything that had happened. And he still does this after the celestials quite
literally say that it was not completely Garroshs fault. But I mean -*!@ listening
to those guys, right? What could they possibly know?

Now in Warlords of Draenor, since absolutely nothing is Thralls fault and its
completely Garroshs, Thrall goes out to kill the man he had damned. He
challenges Garrosh to a Makgora, a duel which Thrall ruled was not to the death.
Yet he did it in the traditional sense.

But you know, this honestly cant even be considered a Makgora. A Makgora is a
challenge of honor, and Thrall has none. Hed be a terrible PvPer. So the rules of a
Makgora are the following:

Each Participant is allowed to use one weapon

Body armor is forbidden
Each participant needs at least one witness
And so here is what Thrall does. He challenges Garrosh, and where Garrosh
shows up in nothing but his pants, boots and belt, Thrall is there in full body
armor. Theyre completely alone in the field, though Im going to assume that the
player is to be Thralls witness. And so they fight, Garrosh screams to Thrall over
how he was abandoned, and how Thrall made him what he was. Thrall responds
by saying, in a nutshell, You did this to yourself lol look at this and killed
Garrosh with his elemental magic.

So I dont know about you, but that doesnt seem very Makgora-like. Thrall used
a total of three weapons (Doomhammer, molten rock, and lightning), he showed
up in armor, and Garrosh had no witness to speak of, so nobody was there to call
Thrall out on his murderous bull#$%^.

So we have Thrall, who took a man who looked up to him as a father, and he
ruined him utterly and completely, then blamed Garrosh for being ruined, and
when someone told Thrall Hey youre wrong he throws a tantrum, he risks the
lives of Horde soldiers to needlessly go after someone, then he challenges
Garrosh to honorable combat, cheats, and is hailed as a hero for it. Fook thrall