682:, Garrosh and his allies escape to an alternate version of Draenor 35 years before the present day, where they prevent the orcs from being corrupted by the Burning Legion and help form the Iron Horde. When the Iron Horde invades Azeroth through the Dark Portal, Thrall dons his black armor along with his shaman robes and fights off the invasion and joins archmage Khadgar through the Dark Portal. On the alternate version of Draenor, Thrall leads the player character and Horde forces to Frostfire Ridge where he assists in the construction of the Horde Garrison and meets younger incarnations of his parents and family. Thrall helps fight against the Thunderlord clan and the Iron Horde and retakes Frostfire Ridge, but at the cost of his uncles, Ga'nar and Fenris, the latter having joined the Iron Horde. Thrall then aids Khadgar in retaking Shattrath City from the Iron Horde. When Horde and Alliance forces assault the Warsong clan in Nagrand, they battle against Garrosh, who by that time had become the Warsong's Warlord. Thrall intervenes as Garrosh is about to win the battle and challenges him to Mak'gora. Thrall and Garrosh duel at the Stones of Prophecy, the place where the two had originally met in Outland. As Garrosh gains an upper hand in the fight, Thrall uses his shamanistic powers to overpower Garrosh, violating the sacred rules of Mak'gora. Garrosh blames Thrall for who he has become, while Thrall says he had chosen his own destiny before killing Garrosh with a bolt of lightning.
700:, High Overlord Varok Saurfang travels to Thrall's home in Outland to persuade him to return to the Horde, and helps Thrall thwart some assassins who have been deployed by the new Warchief Sylvanas to assassinate Thrall. Thrall dons Frostwolf clan furs and his new axe Dra'gora and joins Saurfang in his effort to oust Sylvanas from the Horde. After rescuing Baine Bloodhoof from imprisonment, Thrall witnesses Saurfang publicly challenge Sylvanas to Mak'gora in front of the Horde and Alliance forces at Orgrimmar, lending him Dra'gora while Anduin lends his sword Shalamayne. Saurfang nearly gains the upper hand but Sylvanas resorts to using unknown dark magic to kill him; Saurfang's final words provokes her into denouncing the Horde, including her Forsaken, before abandoning the Horde altogether. Thrall and Anduin carry Saurfang's body past Orgrimmar's gates and speak at his memorial service. After the death of the Old God N'Zoth, Thrall and the Horde leaders enter a truce with the Alliance. The vacant spot for Warchief is replaced with the Horde Council, with Thrall resuming his former role as leader of the orcs and representative for the Council.
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538:(who had also heeded Medivh's warnings) and the native night elves would need to work together to defeat the Legion. Medivh informs Thrall that during a concurrent battle with the night elves, Grom had willingly drank the blood of the demonic pit lord Mannoroth, binding the Warsong clan to the Legion's will. The combined forces of Thrall and Jaina manage to subdue Grom and purge Mannaroth's influence from his body. Thrall and Grom confront Mannaroth; Thrall is defeated but Grom manages to slay Mannaroth at the cost of his own life. Mannaroth's death frees the orcs from the Legion's control. Thrall's and Jaina's forces fight against Archimonde and the Legion at the base of Mount Hyjal, to buy their night elf allies enough time to prepare a trap against Archimonde with their Wisps. Though the Horde and Alliance succeed in defeating the Legion, tensions still remain between the two factions. The Horde would go on to build the city of Orgrimmar, naming the surrounding region Durotar, with the former named for Orgrim Doomhammer and the latter named for Durotan.
649:, Thrall is made leader of the Earthen Ring by his predecessor Muln Earthfury while Aggra gives birth to their son, Durak. Thrall secretly meets with Jaina, who urges him to return as the Horde's Warchief as Garrosh has become increasingly hostile and battle hungry; Thrall reluctantly refuses due to his duties with the Earthen Ring. Later at the Maelstrom, Thrall and the Earthen Ring are informed by a messenger sent by Eitrigg that Garrosh had launched a mana bomb upon Theramore, completely destroying the city and killing its inhabitants. Believing Jaina to be slain, an enraged Thrall is tempted to kill Garrosh and retake the Warchief position in retaliation, but decides that healing the damage done by Deathwing is a bigger priority. After receiving a vision of Orgrimmar being destroyed, Thrall is urged by Aggra and the other shaman to step down and return to Kalimdor. Thrall discovers that Jaina survived the destruction, but driven mad by the effects of the bomb and seeking vengeance against the Horde, attempts to summon a
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Durnholde and sets out to find a group of orcs that had evaded Blackmoore. He finds these orcs to be those of the Warsong clan, led by Grom Hellscream. After learning some of his cultural history from Grom, Thrall heads for the mountains of Alterac to find his clan, the Frostwolves. There he met with their leader, the shaman Drek'Thar, who teaches Thrall the old ways of shamanism in orc culture. Thrall is visited by the former Warchief Orgrim Doomhammer, and learns more about his past and the reasons for his parents' death. With his new power and knowledge provided by both Drek'Thar and Orgrim, Thrall raises an army by freeing his people from the prison encampments, rallying them under the goal of freedom and a return to the orcish life before the war. Orgrim falls in a battle liberating one of the encampments, and in his final moments, names Thrall as the new Warchief of the Horde and bequeaths him his black armor and namesake
628:, Thrall begins to feel burdened and stressed by the pressure of his newfound duties. Thrall is summoned to help the four remaining dragon Dragonflights with several daunting tasks, including: assisting the Green Dragonflight Aspect Ysera in talking down a fire elemental in Feralas, improving his relationship with the night elves in the area; helping the Bronze Dragonflight leader Nozdormu prevent an alternate timeline from merging with the main one; bringing the Red Dragonflight Life-Binder Alexstrasza out of her depression; and putting a stop to the infighting between the leaderless Blue Dragonflight by appointing Kalecgos as its new Aspect. With the four Dragonflights united, Thrall is able to thwart an attack on Wymrest Temple by the Twilight's Hammer cult and defeats a version of Blackmoore summoned from the alternate timeline by the cult. Thrall overcomes his personal burdens and begins embracing his orc name Go'el.
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Alliance forces and Horde rebels and confronts Garrosh directly in his throne room. Thrall expresses his disappointment in Garrosh's actions while Garrosh lambasts him for his pacifism and immobilizes Thrall with his dark shaman, preventing Thrall from summoning the elements for help. Despite being empowered by the heart of the Old God Y'Shaarj, Garrosh is ultimately defeated by adventurers. Thrall attempts to finish off Garrosh with the Doomhammer, but is prevented by Varian, who argues that Garrosh's fate isn't up for Thrall to decide as Garrosh is taken by Shado-Pan Lord Taran Zhu to Pandaria to stand trial for his war crimes. When Vol'jin urges Thrall to return as Warchief, Thrall instead recommends Vol'jin, due to his leadership during the Siege. With the approval of the other Horde leaders, Vol'jin succeeds Garrosh as Warchief.
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Blackmoore financially following each victory. He also had the opportunity to study basic writing and history. Thrall eventually escapes from Blackmoore with the help of a young human girl named Taretha Foxton. During his captivity, she would sneak notes to Thrall and was considered to be one of his only friends. From Taretha and Thrall's combat instructor, a human warrior simply known as the Sergeant, Thrall learned mercy, kindness and honor, characteristics that changed him and becomes pivotal to his destiny. Instead of a bloodthirsty tribal leader as Blackmoore had planned, he eventually becomes a leader of compassion and honor. His journey during
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Alliance faction, he would still have a lot of respect for the character. His colleague Alex Ziebart summarized Thrall as "the best possible leader for the Horde" and that "no one that even comes close to his ability to lead the Horde", though noting that the character's naivety is his most notable flaw; he attempts to foster the old ways of the Horde while pushing them forward at the same time, and he is very trusting of his own people, to the point of putting the wrong people in power because they are a friend of his. Anne Stickney said "Thrall has always been a fascinating character" to her. She observed that Thrall has evolved from his original design in
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Wrathgate and the Undercity, Varian refuses to work with the Horde and departs, while Thrall expresses his disappointment in an indignant Garrosh. Thrall later attends the tournament held by Tirion Fording, now Supreme Commander of the Argent Crusade, to choose the best champions of the Alliance and Horde to lead a final assault against the Lich King in Icecrown Citadel.
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Ragnaros and the Twilight's Hammer from burning down Nodrassil. Twilight agent Fandral Staghelm captures Thrall and splits his soul into four and scatters them throughout the four elemental planes. Aggra and several adventurers are able to reclaim Thrall's scattered soul and restore him to health. Thrall reaffirms his love for Aggra and the two are subsequently wed.
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Aspects and champions against Deathwing, the Twilight's Hammer, and the Old Gods' forces. With the Dragon Soul's power, Thrall is able to ultimately defeat Deathwing and prevent the Cataclysm. As Azeroth's elements heal, the Aspects lose their power and Alexstraza reveals that Aggra is pregnant with Thrall's child.
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Thrall launches an attack on the fortress of Durnholde to free all the remaining entrapped orcs at once by cutting off any more reinforcements. He succeeds in taking Durnholde fortress and kills Blackmoore. However, he is too late to save Taretha. At the end of the book, Thrall crushes Durnholde with
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and noble tauren, opting to assist the latter. Grateful, tauren chieftain Cairne Bloodhoof pledges his clan to join the Horde, and shows Thrall the location of the Oracle that would help the orcs find their destiny. Thrall travels to the location, Stonetalon Peak, where the prophet appears and
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water elementals to drown Orgrimmar in retaliation for Theremore. Thrall reluctantly battles Jaina, who is eventually talked down by Kalecgos. Although Thrall is able to save Orgrimmar, his friendship with Jaina is severely damaged.
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1719:Wesley Yin-Poole (March 15, 2019).
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1000:"Know Your Lore: Thrall (part one)"
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1549:from the original on June 19, 2021
1424:Wesley Yin-Poole (June 24, 2020).
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449:as well as Enhancement Shamans in
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