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* DropTheHammer: Orgrim Doomhammer, naturally.
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* WeaponOfChoice: Hammers for the Blackrock Clan. Axes for the Frostwolves. Orgrim has the Doomhammer.
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* PowerTrio: The Eredar Triumvirate was one, with Velen as TheKirk, Kil'jaeden as TheSpock and Archimonde as TheMcCoy.
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* PowerTrio: The Eredar Triumvirate was one, with Velen as TheKirk, TheKirk (reason), Kil'jaeden as TheSpock (logic), and Archimonde as TheMcCoy.TheMcCoy (selfishness).
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** Alternately, Kil'jaeden was TheKirk (logical, but trusting Velen's input) , Archimonde was TheSpock (also logical but always siding with his ambitions), and Velen was TheMcCoy (religious and compassionate).
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* EvilMakeover: The orcs' skin turns greenish when they start using demonic magic, whether that specific orc actually used it or not. Orcs who drank Mannoroth's blood turn really green, their [[RedEyesTakeWarning eyes turn red]], and they become much more muscular.
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* EvilMakeover: EvilMakesYouMonstrous: The orcs' skin turns greenish when they start using demonic magic, whether that specific orc actually used it or not. Orcs who drank Mannoroth's blood turn really green, their [[RedEyesTakeWarning eyes turn red]], and they become much more muscular.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Ner'zhul is horrified by the realisation that he has beeen tricked into committing genocide, and vows to undo his mistakes. He is stopped from doing this.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Ner'zhul is horrified by the realisation that he has beeen been tricked into committing genocide, and vows to undo his mistakes. He is stopped from doing this.
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* PowerTrio: The Eredar Triumvirate was one, with Velen as TheKirk, Kil'jaeden as TheSpock and Archimonde as TheMcCoy.
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* EtTuBrute: Part of the reason Kil'jaeden hates Velen so much is that they were as close as brothers before the split, which makes their parting that much more bitter.
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** Part of the reason Kil'jaeden hates Velen so much is that they were as close as brothers before the split, which makes their parting that much more bitter.
** Part of the reason Kil'jaeden hates Velen so much is that they were as close as brothers before the split, which makes their parting that much more bitter.
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** Ner'zhul has a similarl feeling when he discovers Gul'dan betrayed him.
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** Ner'zhul has a similarl similar feeling when he discovers Gul'dan betrayed him.
* ItsPersonal: Kil'jaeden harbours a mean grudge against Velen and fantasises about destroying him utterly. Averted by Archimonde, who not only doesn't care what Velen's up to now, but suggests they leave him to it and focus on pursuing the Legions agenda rather than Kil'jaeden's petty grudge.
* TheLostLenore: Rulkan, Ner'zhul's deceasesd mate. Her spirit does what she can to keep up their marriage by visiting him and offering him comfort. His ongoing attachment to and trust in her leads to Kil'jaeden imitating her to gain Ner'zhul's trust.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Ner'zhul is placed in a powerless position where he becomes privvy to all the Shadow Council plans he will be unable to stop so Gul'dan can rub his failure in his former mentor's face. This allows him to become
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Ner'zhul is placed in a powerless position where he becomes privvy to all the Shadow Council plans he will be unable to stop so Gul'dan can rub his failure in his former mentor's face. This allows him to become discover the plot to forge a blood pact with Mannoroth and warn the clans not to drink the demon's blood. Of course, most of them do anyway, but Durotan and others like him refuse to.
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* OutOfCharacterAlert: Ner'zhul notes that Kil'jaeden's vitriolic hatred of the draenei is inconsistent with the behaviour of the other Draenor spirits, not the least because the ancestors do not harbour such resentments towards the living.
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* OutOfCharacterAlert: Ner'zhul notes that Kil'jaeden's vitriolic hatred of the draenei is inconsistent with the behaviour of the other Draenor spirits, not the least because the ancestors do not harbour such resentments towards the living. He also notices that [[NonStandardCharacterDesign Kil'jaeden looks more like the draenei than one of the spirits he claims to be]].
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* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: Gul'dan betrays his master Ner'zhul to Kil'jaeden, but the work suggests that Gul'dan was never exactly of wholesome character ''before'' that incident.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Blackhand convinces Krol, an ogre chieftain, and others of his clan to form an alliance by promising freedom and protection from their AbusivePrecursors, the gronn, and and a new enemy to fight in the draenei.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Blackhand convinces Krol, an ogre chieftain, and others of his clan to form an alliance by promising freedom and protection from their AbusivePrecursors, the gronn, and and a new enemy to fight in the draenei.
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* DeceptiveDisciple: Gul'dan. [[spoiler:When he spies on Ner'zhul as the latter finds out Kil'jaeden deceived them all, he rats out his (horrified) master to the demon lord for power.]]
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* DeceptiveDisciple: Gul'dan. [[spoiler:When When he spies on Ner'zhul as the latter finds out Kil'jaeden deceived them all, he rats out his (horrified) horrified master to the demon lord for power.]]
* EtTuBrute: Part of the reason Kil'jaeden hates Velen so much is that they were as close as brothers before the split, which makes their parting that much more bitter.
** Ner'zhul has a similarl feeling when he discovers Gul'dan betrayed him.
* EvilFormerFriend: Archimonde and Kil'jaeden to Velen.
** Ner'zhul has a similarl feeling when he discovers Gul'dan betrayed him.
* EvilFormerFriend: Archimonde and Kil'jaeden to Velen.
* FreudianTrio: According to Velen, he was this with Kil'jaeden and Archimonde. He was the Ego to Archimonde's Id and Kil'jaeden's Superego.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Any and all attempts to prevent the orcs from becoming TheHorde are vetoed.
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* KickedUpstairs: Ner'zhul is placed in a meaningless, decorative position to prevent him from interfering with the Shadow Council's plans and those of Kil'jaeden.
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* KickedUpstairs: Ner'zhul is placed in a meaningless, decorative position to prevent him from interfering with the Shadow Council's plans (which he ends up becoming privvy to) and those of Kil'jaeden.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Ner'zhul is placed in a powerless position where he becomes privvy to all the Shadow Council plans he will be unable to stop so Gul'dan can rub his failure in his former mentor's face. This allows him to become
* ObliviouslyEvil: Ner'zhul thinks he is doing what his ancestor's want and protecting his people, as do many of the orcs fighting the draenei. The discovery that he isn't is a harsh landing.
* OddFriendship: While not technically forbidden, Durotan and Orgrim Doomhammer's inter-clan friendship is considered against tradition.
* OddFriendship: While not technically forbidden, Durotan and Orgrim Doomhammer's inter-clan friendship is considered against tradition.
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** Ner'zhul is seen as this at the start, being revered by the orc clans for his connection to the spirits and the ancestors, and is probably as close as the orcs have to a unified leader; the only blotch on his copybook is that he wants a different kind of power -- political -- that he doesn't have yet. This makes him an easy target for Kil'jaeden's machinations.
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** Ner'zhul is seen as this at the start, being revered by the orc clans for his connection to the spirits and the ancestors, and is probably as close as the orcs have to a unified leader; the only blotch on his copybook is that he wants a different kind of power -- political -- that he doesn't have yet.yet -- that of true authority over the clans. This makes him an easy target for Kil'jaeden's machinations.
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* EvilIsPetty: Kil'jaeden's grudge against Velen seems to be part of the reason he turned the orcs against the draenei.
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* KickedUpstairs: Ner'zhul is placed in a meaningless, decorative position to prevent him from interfering with the Shadow Council's plans and those of Kil'jaeden.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Ner'zhul is horrified by the realisation that he has beeen tricked into committing genocide, and vows to undo his mistakes. He is stopped from doing this.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Ner'zhul is horrified by the realisation that he has beeen tricked into committing genocide, and vows to undo his mistakes. He is stopped from doing this.
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* OutOfCharacterAlert: Ner'zhul notes that Kil'jaeden's vitriolic hatred of the draenei is inconsistent with the behaviour of the other Draenor spirits, not the least because the ancestors do not harbour such resentments towards the living.
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* NobleTopEnforcer: Doomhammer becomes this to Blackhand.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure:
** Velen is polite and cordial to Durotan and Orgrim when he meets them, arranged for his people to peacefully interact with the orcs whose planet they landed on and saves his people from total destruction.
** Ner'zhul is seen as this at the start, being revered by the orc clans for his connection to the spirits and the ancestors, and is probably as close as the orcs have to a unified leader; the only blotch on his copybook is that he wants a different kind of power -- political -- that he doesn't have yet. This makes him an easy target for Kil'jaeden's machinations.
** Durotan joins in the orcish attacks on the draenei only on the basis of MyCountryRightOrWrong, is disgusted by many of the darker practises that take place and eventually refuses to drink the Blood of Mannoroth when Ner'zhul sends an anonymous letter warning them all not to do it.
** Velen is polite and cordial to Durotan and Orgrim when he meets them, arranged for his people to peacefully interact with the orcs whose planet they landed on and saves his people from total destruction.
** Ner'zhul is seen as this at the start, being revered by the orc clans for his connection to the spirits and the ancestors, and is probably as close as the orcs have to a unified leader; the only blotch on his copybook is that he wants a different kind of power -- political -- that he doesn't have yet. This makes him an easy target for Kil'jaeden's machinations.
** Durotan joins in the orcish attacks on the draenei only on the basis of MyCountryRightOrWrong, is disgusted by many of the darker practises that take place and eventually refuses to drink the Blood of Mannoroth when Ner'zhul sends an anonymous letter warning them all not to do it.
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* DramaticSitDown: Thrall does this after he's informed that the Draenai are an Azeroth, and have joined the Alliance.
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* DramaticSitDown: Thrall does this after he's informed that the Draenai Draenei are an in Azeroth, and have joined the Alliance.
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* EmpathicEnvironment: Averted, which is lampshaded in Durotan's thoughts. He thought the weather was ''way'' too cheery for what was happening.
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* EmpathicEnvironment: Averted, which is and lampshaded in Durotan's thoughts. He thought the weather was ''way'' too cheery for what was happening.
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* DoomedByCanon: Anyone who's played the Warcraft games and their MMO sequel will know the draenei are ''this'' close to being doomed to extinction, and that Ner'zhul's attempts to undo his mistakes are doomed to failure because otherwise orcish history past the events of the book wouldn't make sense.
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* DramaticSitDown: Thrall does this after he's informed that the Draenai are an Azeroth, and have joined the Alliance.
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* BerserkButton: [[spoiler: When an innocent Draenei child is killed to open the Dark Portal, Durotan loses his cool and starts fighting the orcs loyal to the Shadow Council. His clan follows him into battle, and the only thing that saves them is the portal's activation
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* BerserkButton: [[spoiler: When an innocent Draenei child is killed to open the Dark Portal, Durotan loses his cool and starts fighting the orcs loyal to the Shadow Council. His clan follows him into battle, and the only thing that saves them is the portal's activation activation.]]
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* ContinuityCameo: Medivh shows up a couple times.
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* EmpathicEnvironment: Averted, which is lampshaded in Durotan's thoughts. He thought the weather was way ''way'' too cheery for what was happening.
* UnwittingPawn: Ner'zhul falls for Kil'jaeden's lies. All of the orc shaman fall for it, and the orcs trust their spiritual leaders. [[note]]There are also [[CardCarryingVillain willing]] [[DeceptiveDisciple collaborators]] like [[TheStarscream Gul'dan]].[[/note]]
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''Rise of the Horde'' is a novel by Christie Golden, set in the WarcraftExpandedUniverse. It tells of the events that happened on Draenor before ''{{Warcraft}}: Orcs and Humans'', focusing mainly on the orcs, though the draenei show up quite a bit. It details how the orcs went from {{Proud Warrior Race Guy}}s to TheHorde. The main characters are Orgrim Doomhammer and Durotan, but Thrall provides the FramingDevice.
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''Rise of the Horde'' is a novel by Christie Golden, set in the WarcraftExpandedUniverse. ''Franchise/WarcraftExpandedUniverse.'' It tells of the events that happened on Draenor before ''{{Warcraft}}: ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}: Orcs and Humans'', focusing mainly on the orcs, though the draenei show up quite a bit. It details how the orcs went from {{Proud Warrior Race Guy}}s to TheHorde. The main characters are Orgrim Doomhammer and Durotan, but Thrall provides the FramingDevice.
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* UnwittingPawn: Ner'zhul falls for Kil'jaeden's lies. All of the orc shaman fall for it, and the orcs trust their spiritual leaders. [[hottip:*:There [[note]]There are also [[CardCarryingVillain willing]] [[DeceptiveDisciple collaborators]] like [[TheStarscream Gul'dan]].]][[/note]]
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''Rise of the Horde'' is a novel by Christie Golden, set in the WarcraftExpandedUniverse. It tells of the events that happened on Draenor before ''{{Warcraft}}: Orcs and Humans'', focusing mainly on the orcs, though the draenei show up quite a bit. It details how the orcs went from {{Proud Warrior Race Guy}}s to TheHorde. The main characters are Orgrim Doomhammer and Durotan, but Thrall provides the FramingDevice.
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!!This book contains examples of:
* AlienBlood: Draenei have blue blood. Demons have greenish-yellow blood. Even orcs fit this trope to some degree, as they have blood of so dark a red that it's nearly black.
* AncestralWeapon: The Doomhammer.
* BlackMagic: The fel magic that the warlocks start using.
* ContinuityCameo: Medivh shows up a couple times.
* DeceptiveDisciple: Gul'dan. [[spoiler:When he spies on Ner'zhul as the latter finds out Kil'jaeden deceived them all, he rats out his (horrified) master to the demon lord for power.]]
* DropTheHammer: Orgrim Doomhammer, naturally.
* EmpathicEnvironment: Averted, which is lampshaded in Durotan's thoughts. He thought the weather was way too cheery for what was happening.
* EvilMakeover: The orcs' skin turns greenish when they start using demonic magic, whether that specific orc actually used it or not. Orcs who drank Mannoroth's blood turn really green, their [[RedEyesTakeWarning eyes turn red]], and they become much more muscular.
* FirstGirlWins: The first girl in Orgrim's and Durotan's age group we are introduced to, Draka, becomes Durotan's mate.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: What happens to the orcs who drink demon blood.
* IAmXSonOfY: This is the naming convention of the orcs.
* OhCrap: Thrall's reaction in the epilogue when he finds out that [[spoiler:the Draenei have crashed on Azeroth, and have allied with the Alliance. The second half of the book is basically about the orcs massacring the draenei. This new development crushes Thrall's hopes for peace fairly effectively]].
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: [[spoiler: The Shadow Council sacrifices a little draenei boy to open the Dark Portal.]]
* StartOfDarkness: For the orcs.
* ThePowerOfBlood: Mannoroth uses this to turn the orcs into AlwaysChaoticEvil berserkers.
* WeaponOfChoice: Hammers for the Blackrock Clan. Axes for the Frostwolves. Orgrim has the Doomhammer.
* UnwittingPawn: Ner'zhul falls for Kil'jaeden's lies. All of the orc shaman fall for it, and the orcs trust their spiritual leaders. [[hottip:*:There are also [[CardCarryingVillain willing]] [[DeceptiveDisciple collaborators]] like [[TheStarscream Gul'dan]].]]
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!!This book contains examples of:
* AlienBlood: Draenei have blue blood. Demons have greenish-yellow blood. Even orcs fit this trope to some degree, as they have blood of so dark a red that it's nearly black.
* AncestralWeapon: The Doomhammer.
* BlackMagic: The fel magic that the warlocks start using.
* ContinuityCameo: Medivh shows up a couple times.
* DeceptiveDisciple: Gul'dan. [[spoiler:When he spies on Ner'zhul as the latter finds out Kil'jaeden deceived them all, he rats out his (horrified) master to the demon lord for power.]]
* DropTheHammer: Orgrim Doomhammer, naturally.
* EmpathicEnvironment: Averted, which is lampshaded in Durotan's thoughts. He thought the weather was way too cheery for what was happening.
* EvilMakeover: The orcs' skin turns greenish when they start using demonic magic, whether that specific orc actually used it or not. Orcs who drank Mannoroth's blood turn really green, their [[RedEyesTakeWarning eyes turn red]], and they become much more muscular.
* FirstGirlWins: The first girl in Orgrim's and Durotan's age group we are introduced to, Draka, becomes Durotan's mate.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: What happens to the orcs who drink demon blood.
* IAmXSonOfY: This is the naming convention of the orcs.
* OhCrap: Thrall's reaction in the epilogue when he finds out that [[spoiler:the Draenei have crashed on Azeroth, and have allied with the Alliance. The second half of the book is basically about the orcs massacring the draenei. This new development crushes Thrall's hopes for peace fairly effectively]].
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: [[spoiler: The Shadow Council sacrifices a little draenei boy to open the Dark Portal.]]
* StartOfDarkness: For the orcs.
* ThePowerOfBlood: Mannoroth uses this to turn the orcs into AlwaysChaoticEvil berserkers.
* WeaponOfChoice: Hammers for the Blackrock Clan. Axes for the Frostwolves. Orgrim has the Doomhammer.
* UnwittingPawn: Ner'zhul falls for Kil'jaeden's lies. All of the orc shaman fall for it, and the orcs trust their spiritual leaders. [[hottip:*:There are also [[CardCarryingVillain willing]] [[DeceptiveDisciple collaborators]] like [[TheStarscream Gul'dan]].]]
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