Orgrim Doomhammer

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Title	{{#if:\|<{{{title}}}>\|Warchief of the Horde,; Chieftain of the Blackrock clan,; The Backstabber}} {{#if:\|<ref>{{{title ref}}}</ref>}}
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Former affiliation(s)	Orcish Horde, Thunderlord clan<ref name="Warcraft II Manual">Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal manual, Clans of Draenor, Thunderlord Clan</ref>
Status	Deceased
Student(s)	Thrall (heir and protegé)
Companion(s)	Durotan (best friend)
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Orgrim Doomhammer was the Warchief of the Old Horde and Chieftain of the Blackrock clan during the end of the First War and the entirety of the Second War. The orcish capital of Orgrimmar and the Horde-controlled town of Hammerfall in the Arathi Highlands are named in his honor. He was also known as the Backstabber by loyalists of Gul'dan and Blackhand.

Background

Before becoming Warchief of the Horde in Azeroth, Orgrim rose to power through the Thunderlord clan.<ref name="Warcraft II Manual" />

First and Second Wars

Before Orgrim killed Blackhand, Durotan arrived to see Orgrim. The Frostwolf clan had been exiled for Durotan's refusal to follow Gul'dan's schemes. Durotan had known about Gul'dan's treachery and his pact with Kil'jaeden, but had been silent about it. He eventually decided to tell Orgrim about Gul'dan and the Shadow Council, and Orgrim decided it was time to stop the evil warlock.<ref name="Lord of the Clans">Lord of the Clans</ref> On his way back home, Durotan was ambushed by Gul'dan spies, and he and his mate were killed. Their unnamed baby was thought dead, but was instead found and raised by humans.

During the First War, Doomhammer was one of Warchief Blackhand's most trusted lieutenants, commanding a number of battles against the forces of the Kingdom of Azeroth. Establishing an outpost in the Swamp of Sorrows, battling in the Borderlands, leading the attack and the destruction of Grand Hamlet.<ref>The Swamps of Sorrow (WC1 Orc)</ref><ref>The Borderlands (WC1 Orc)</ref><ref>Grand Hamlet (WC1 Orc)</ref> He was also tasked with leading the orcs into the Deadmines and to kill the renegade band of ogres led by Turok and Griselda Blackhand.<ref>The Dead Mines (WC1 Orc)</ref> In Redridge Mountains he defended an outpost and dealt with the human attackers.<ref>The Red Ridge Mountains (WC1 Orc)</ref> He also led an attack on Sunnyglade.<ref>Sunnyglade (WC1 Orc)</ref> Ultimately, the towns Northshire Abbey, Goldshire and Moonbrook were also destroyed.<ref>Northshire Abbey (WC1 Orc)</ref><ref>Goldshire and Moonbrook (WC1 Orc)</ref>

But, incensed by Durotan's death, Orgrim set out to free the Horde from demonic corruption. When Gul'dan fell into a coma, trying to pry the secrets from the head of the dying Medivh, Orgrim took this chance to seize power by killing Blackhand<ref>The Dark Portal and the Fall of Stormwind</ref> and as many necrolytes and warlocks as he could manage. Doomhammer also captured Garona and tortured her into revealing the location of the Shadow Council.<ref>Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness manual, The History of Orcish Ascension, The First War of Orcish Ascension</ref>

Unlike Blackhand, Doomhammer would not be a puppet to Gul'dan and his Shadow Council. When Gul'dan awoke, he found that the new Warchief had destroyed the Shadow Council - and intended to slay him as well. Begging at Doomhammer's feet, Gul'dan reminded him that with the Shadow Council gone he was the last true sorcerer within the Horde. The warlock promised that he would create an army of all-powerful necromancers, loyal to the Warchief: the death knights. Doomhammer readily agreed, despite suspecting Gul'dan of treachery. He was correct in this; when the Horde was ready to launch a massive attack on Lordaeron, Gul'dan's Stormreaver clan and Cho'gall's Twilight's Hammer, and all others loyal to the warlock, abandoned the Horde and set sail to the south. Chasing him to the Tomb of Sargeras, Orgrim and his Blackrock clan engaged both the Stormreaver and Twilight's Hammer forces. Gul'dan and his warlocks entered the Tomb of Sargeras but were slain by the demons within.<ref>The Tomb of Sargeras (WC2 Orc)</ref>

Weakened by losses caused by Gul'dan's treachery, Doomhammer was forced to fall back from the human capital of Lordaeron to his fortress at Blackrock Spire. There he fought the final battle of the Second War against the Alliance of Lordaeron,<ref>Assault on Blackrock Spire (WC2 Human)</ref> leading a charge from Blackrock Spire to clash with Anduin Lothar and his paladin guard. Human and orc battled one another in a titanic battle that left both warriors drained, but the Warchief was able to vanquish the Regent Lord of Azeroth. However, Lothar's death did not have the effect that Doomhammer intended. Rather than being demoralized, the Alliance - led by Lothar's lieutenant, Turalyon - rallied and all but destroyed Doomhammer's forces.<ref>Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos game manual, Aftermath of the Second War</ref>

Meeting with Thrall

After the defeat at Blackrock Spire, Doomhammer was captured and held as an oddity (his own words) in the palace of King Terenas of Lordaeron. On his side, Terenas fervently hoped that a treaty could be arranged with the former warchief.<ref>Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal manual, The Aftermath of the Second War</ref> However, Doomhammer was able to escape easily from Lordaeron City and made his way to an internment camp, where he saw what had become of his people. Rather than the bloodthirsty warriors he had led in battle, Doomhammer found only lethargic, wasted souls. Despairing, Doomhammer very nearly fell victim to the lethargy himself, but managed to retain enough of himself to escape from the internment camp. He lived as a hermit in the less-travelled areas of Lordaeron, until one day, he was contacted by Drek'thar of the Frostwolf clan.<ref name="Lord of the Clans" />

The elder shaman informed Doomhammer that there was a young orc staying with the Frostwolves high in the mountains of Alterac. This orc had been discovered to be the long-lost son of Durotan, who had escaped after being raised a slave by humans and had begun searching for his people. Durotan's son, Thrall, was determined to find a way to free the captive orcs and restore them to their former glory. Orgrim had heard of this Thrall before from Grommash Hellscream, whom Thrall had met before he began searching for his clan. Hellscream has had nothing but good things to say about the youth.<ref name="Lord of the Clans" />

Intrigued, Doomhammer paid a visit to the Frostwolves to see Thrall for himself, but made it clear beforehand that he didn't want Thrall to know who he was. When Doomhammer arrived nobody referred to him by name or told Thrall about him. So when Thrall saw Doomhammer that night he did not realize he was dealing with the former leader of the Horde of whom he had heard so many great things; he only saw a strange orc warming himself by the fire. As the night wore on Thrall became increasingly annoyed by the secretiveness of the stranger, and his talk of how there was no point in trying to fight the humans. When Thrall insisted that the freedom of the orcs was worth fighting for, the stranger asked him what he was doing hiding in the mountains with the other Frostwolves if he really believed that. Becoming more angry, Thrall argued that he would travel south in the spring to join Grom Hellscream and the Warsong clan, that together they would storm the camps and liberate all of the orcish prisoners. The stranger scoffed at the notion and contemptuously dismissed Hellscream as a "demon-ridden dreamer." Thrall had heard enough and challenged this stranger who had repaid the hospitality of the Frostwolves with insults to single battle. This was precisely what Doomhammer had hoped would happen. He had implied the Frostwolves were cowards and that the orcs as a race could not defeat the humans in order to see whether Thrall would stand up for his clan and people, and Thrall had not disappointed him. Now Doomhammer would see whether Thrall's fighting skill was equally impressive.<ref name="Lord of the Clans" />

Liberation of the orcs

Losing to the young shaman, and being shown mercy, he revealed himself as the Warchief. At first Thrall was aghast at how he had treated such an important person as Orgrim Doomhammer and began to apologize profusely, but Orgrim stopped him and told him it was not necessary, explaining his reasons for staying anonymous. He went on to explain that he had a plan to break free the imprisoned orcs, and Thrall and Drek'thar agreed to help. Along with Hellscream and the Warsong clan, they were able to easily storm four internment camps freeing the orcs held inside. At the fifth, however, the Alliance was prepared and held a force of mounted knights. They ambushed the orcs and in the midst of their bloodlust the orcs fell victim to the knights' charge. In the midst of the chaos created by Thrall to cover their retreat, Orgrim was mortally wounded by a strike to the back — impaled by a charging knight's lance with enough force to pierce the back plate of his armor and his body, denting the breastplate from the inside. With his last breath, Orgrim gave the title of Warchief, along with his great warhammer and black armor, to Thrall.<ref name="Lord of the Clans" /> The former internment camp is now the Horde base of Hammerfall, in the Arathi Highlands.

Going with him in many battles, the hammer and armor has served Thrall well, and now sits with him atop his throne in Orgrimmar, capital of the Horde, named after the great Warchief Orgrim Doomhammer. His hammer and armor, upon the new leader of the Horde, await the next time they are called to battle in defense of the Horde.

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Preceded by:
Blackhand

Position:
Warchief of the Horde

Succeeded by:
Ner'zhul

Preceded by:
Ner'zhul

Position:
Warchief of the Horde

Succeeded by:
Thrall

Preceded by:
Blackhand

Position:
Chieftain of the Blackrock clan

Succeeded by:
Rend Blackhand