History Characters / WarcraftTheHordeOrgrimmar

!!!'''Voiced by''': Ike Amadi (English), Vladimir Ferapontov (Russian/''Warcraft III''), Ilya Isaev (Russian/''World of Warcraft'')

* YouDontLookLikeYou: Artwork mostly portrays him as a green Blackrock orc, while in game, he's portrayed as ash-skinned like the Blackrocks that currently inhabit Blackrock Mountain. The above picture looks almost exactly like his model, down to the hair and armor, except for the skin color. [[https://warcraft.wiki.gg/wiki/File:Eitrigg.jpg Here's]] his model for comparison.

* HeelRealization: When serving as Garona's handler the half-orc assassin told him everything she knew about Guld'dan, the Shadow Council, demons and the Horde's real purpose. Eitrigg at first didn't believe her but when his sons died in the Second War and the Horde's defeat he came to realize that what Garona said was true, causing him to leave the Old Horde.

** On the one hand, Garrosh wasn't actually the first candidate[[note]]Saurfang had been considered, but he essentially never recovered from his son's death at the Wrathgate, raising as a death knight, and then second/final death in Icecrown Citadel[[/note]], but the omission of other orc candidates[[note]]orcish support being an unofficial criteria in Thrall's decision[[/note]] doesn't look favorable.

* SecretTestOfCharacter: The Frostwolves gave him a two for one when he first found them. They treated him like dirt and gave him the most menial of tasks around the camp, which Thrall accurately assumed was to see if he would be humble or instead demand to be treated as their chieftain like his father had been. The second part, that Thrall didn't pick up on until he passed it, was to see if he had enough of a spine to object to being put down if the mistreatment went on for too long. Humble, but not a pushover.

* DropTheHammer: The Doomhammer, a massive and heavy stone hammer.

* DropTheHammer: Wields a totem-like mace.

* BloodBrothers: He formed a very close bond with Tirion Fordring while the Orcs were interned. During the war against the Lich King, Tirion send a missive to Thrall, personally signed, requesting Eitrigg's presence and council within the Argent Crusade. This is unorthodox, because the Argent Crusade is primarily made up of Light-following Priests and Paladins, and an Orc BarbarianHero is somewhat out of place. Eitrigg wanted to go, however, and Thrall allowed it. Eitrigg then assisted Tirion in an advising role, primarily against the Drakkari Trolls and Scourge forces in Zul'drak.

* GutturalGrowler: Speaks in a very loud growl. He sorta sounds like he's shouting, even when speaking normally, which can make his precise wordplay sound almost like an insult or call to battle, even when he's handling delicate diplomatic matters. He's never misunderstood, though.

* GutturalGrowler: Quite literally. He's just as much of an animal as the animals that follow him.

* YouDontLookLikeYou: Artwork mostly portrays him as a green Blackrock orc, while in game, he's portrayed as ash-skinned like the Blackrocks that currently inhabit Blackrock Mountain. The above picture looks almost exactly like his model, down to the hair and armor, except for the skin color. [[http://hydra-images.cursecdn.com/wowpedia.org/3/38/Eitrigg.jpg Here's]] his model for comparison.

'''[[Characters/WarcraftTheAlliance The Alliance]]:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceStormwind Stormwind (Humans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceLordaeron Lordaeron (Humans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceGilneas Gilneas (Humans/Worgen)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceKulTiras Kul Tiras (Humans)]] [[Characters/WarcraftJainaProudmoore (Jaina Proudmoore)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceHumanKingdoms Other Human Kingdoms]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceIronforge Ironforge (Dwarven Clans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceGnomeregan Gnomeregan (Gnomes)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceQuelThalas Quel'Thalas/Telogrus Rift (High Elves and Void Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceDarnassus Darnassus (Night Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceExodar The Exodar (Draenei)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceTushui Tushui (Pandaren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceVindicaar Vindicaar (Lightforged Draenei)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceMechagon Mechagon (Mechagnomes)]]\\
'''[[Characters/WarcraftTheHorde The Horde]]:''' '''Orgrimmar (Orcs)''' - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeDarkspearTribe The Darkspear Tribe (Trolls)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeThunderBluff Thunder Bluff (Tauren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeTheForsaken The Forsaken (Undead)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeQuelThalas Quel'Thalas (Blood Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeBilgewaterCartel Bilgewater Cartel (Goblins)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordePandaren Huojin (Pandaren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeHighmountain Thunder Totem (Highmountain Tauren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeSuramar Suramar (Nightborne)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeZandalariEmpire Zandalari Empire (Zandalar Trolls)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeVoldunai Voldunai (Vulpera)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOther Other (non-playable races)]]\\

* ShipSinking: Ends up falling in love with a Mag'har Shaman from Nagrand named Aggra. He eventually married her (or the orc equivalent). This soundly puts an end to the teasing of Thrall and Jaina.

'''[[Characters/WarcraftTheAlliance The Alliance]]:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceStormwind Stormwind (Humans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceLordaeron Lordaeron (Humans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceGilneas Gilneas (Humans/Worgen)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceKulTiras Kul Tiras (Humans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceHumanKingdoms Other Human Kingdoms]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceIronforge Ironforge (Dwarven Clans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceGnomeregan Gnomeregan (Gnomes)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceQuelThalas Quel'Thalas/Telogrus Rift (High Elves and Void Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceDarnassus Darnassus (Night Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceExodar The Exodar (Draenei)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceTushui Tushui (Pandaren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceVindicaar Vindicaar (Lightforged Draenei)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceMechagon Mechagon (Mechagnomes)]]\\

'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] | [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasAndFollowers Sylvanas and her followers]] [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasWindrunner (Sylvanas Windrunner)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftKnightsOfTheEbonBlade Knights of the Ebon Blade]] | [[Characters/WarcraftIllidanAndFollowers Illidan and his followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeGarroshsHorde Garrosh's Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftPandaria Pandaria]] | [[Characters/WarcraftOthers Other mortals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheOldGods The Void (The Old Gods)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheLight The Light]] | [[Characters/WarcraftEternals Eternals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftShadowlands Shadowlands (Death)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTitans The Titans (Arcane)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheBurningLegion The Burning Legion (Fel)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheDragonflights The Dragonflights]] | [[Characters/WarcraftWildGods Wild Gods]]\\
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* BenevolentMonsters: Most of the orcs are not the monsterous creatures others make them out to be and are only looked down upon because of their many bad leaders minus Thrall who is probably the most peaceful Warchief so far.

* NoTrueScotsman: One of the greatest problems that Orcs have after breaking free of the demons' control is the various differences of view over what orcish identity and values really are and the ideological conflicts that ensue of them. While most orcs agreed to follow Thrall and to adopt the values of the more pacific New Horde, a portion of them still cling to the bellicose and warmongering ideals of the Old Horde and still use demons and fel magic such as the members of the Dark Horde, while some such as Garrosh Hellscream and his followers have rejected the use of fel magic and demons too but still view the Horde as an orc-centric machine of conquest and still want to use force systematically to resolve their problems instead of trying more diplomatic options while glossing over the atrocities commited by the Old Horde. This has led to Garrosh's reign becoming outright tyrannical and to several conflicts inside the Horde.

* WoodenShipsAndIronMen: Orcs are very skilled at sailling. This makes sense when you consider they draw inspiration from [[HornyVikings stories about Vikings]]. In ''Warcraft II'' intro, Orcs even pull of a FlauntingYourFleets manuever. This was however not always the case as Orcs had very little experience with sea and ships on Draenor unlike Ogres, and upon arriving on Azeroth most Orcs were initially superstitious and fearful of the sea though they lost this trait after having been taught by Ogres and Goblins.

* TragicHero: Thrall probably has endured the most suffering out of anyone in the franchise: Such as his parents being killed right in front of him as an infant, he was a slave to the humans and was treated horribly, ostracized by many other orcs upon returning to his people, witnessed his adoptive human sister being executed by his former slave master, lost many of his closest friends during battles where they had died or lost all of their connections towards him, created a monster in the form of Garrosh Hellscream, lost many chances at offering peace between the Horde and Alliance due to both sides not keeping their temperments in check, and witnessed the Horde he'd worked so hard to create go downhill and losing from many tyrannical leaders, etc. Thrall himself probably has the best excuses to become a villain, but he instead chooses to endure his suffering all by himself because he simply has too good of a heart.

* TheAtoner: Feels tremendous guilt for the atrocities he and the other members of the Old Horde commited both on Draenor and on Azeroth and unlike Garrosh he fully acknowledges the orcs' fault and responsability in their actions. In Battle for Azeroth his motivation in rebelling against Sylvanas is to repent for the crimes he helped commit back at the time and for his part in the invasion and burning of Teldrassil.

** As a result of his son being raised as a Death Knight and forced to serve the Lich King. This is essentially why he was absent thoughout all of ''Cataclysm'' and most of ''Mists of Pandaria'', because he was so wracked with sorrow for his son that he almost lost his own will to live.

* SpotlightStealingCharacter: Unfortunately, his aformentionned status as BreakoutCharacter and ''Battle for Azeroth'' being explicitly his story means that the Night Elves, who were the victims of the War of Thorns, got little to no screentime, the narrative instead focusing on Saurfang's turmoil over it.

* BadassNormal: Eitrigg has fought in every war fought by the Horde, was once one of Orgrim Doomhammer's lieutnants alongside Varok Saurfang and is still a very capable warrior despite his old age.

* TheDragon: He once served as one of Blackhand and then Orgrim Doomhammer's lieutnants during the First and Second War. He was the one that Doomhammer charged to handle and watch Garona.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He was one of the few honorable orc leaders remaining during the First and Second War, and while handling and watching Garona he sympathatized with the half-orc and her tragic past. He was also the only adviser that Thrall appointed to Garrosh that remained an adviser through the whole Cataclysm expansion. He's an honorable Orc that favors diplomacy, however, and found his council was almost always ignored.

One of the few Mok'nathal (Half-orc, Half-Ogre) on Azeroth, Rexxar was a soldier of the Horde during the Second War. He abandonned them due to their brutish ways, and swore to live the life of a nomad, the animals of the wild as his only companions. After years of solitude, he travelled to Kalimdor where he met the orc Warchief Thrall. Learning that the Horde had reformed, he chose to aid Thrall in setting up the orcs' new nation of Durotar, and played an integral role in defending the orcs from a renewed human threat. He has since become hailed as the Champion of the Horde, and though he prefers to live in solitude, he still shows up to aid the Horde in times of great need. One such time was during the conflict in Outland, where he personally stood in defense of Thunderlord Stronghold against encroaching Alliance, and during the Cataclysm, where he returned to Orgrimmar to fight off the Elemental Unrest.

* TheAtoner: Feels terrible guilt for the crimes he commited as part of the Old Horde and will never fully forgive himself, believing that he was fully responsible for them. While recounting the formation of the Old Horde and it's actions to Thrall in "Rise of the Horde" he has tears in his eyes.

* DefectorFromDecadence: After the Frostwolfs were banished by Gul'dan he realized the wrongsness of having abandonned shamanism in favor of becoming a warlock and became the first shaman to try and succeed at reconnecting with the elements.

* {{BFS}}: Wielded one in ''Warcraft III'' as he wasa scaled-up Raider unit. He gets a unique appearance in ''Reforged'' that gives him the above axe instead.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: While he was rather hot-blooded he was far more reasonnable and less aggressive than Garrosh, and understood well the virtues of being on peaceful terms with the Alliance,keeping peace with Bolvar Fordragon and his forces and even working together with them against the Lich King during the assault on the Wrathgate. While thinking about who should replace him as Warchief Thrall lamented Dranosh's death as he thought that he would have been the ideal Warchief, having been strong and wise at the same time.

* GenerationXerox: Played with. Jorin shares his father's top-knot hairstyle and missing eye, complete with EyepatchOfPower, and seems to have a similar temperment to that of Kilrogg. The difference is, Jorin isn't a warrior -- whatever class he's supposed to be, he wears cloth armour and carries a simple staff.

* CoolOldGuy: Serves as an advisor to Thrall, but finds that his advice is not always heeded by Garrosh.

* OldSoldier: Eitrigg has fought in all the wars throughout the Horde's history and is quite elderly.
* GutturalGrowler: Speaks in a very loud growl. He sorta sounds like he's shouting, even when speaking normally, which can make his precise wordplay sound almost like an insult or call to battle, even when he's handling delicate diplomatic matters. He's never misunderstood, though.

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Eitrigg lost two of his sons in battle. Ariok, his youngest son, is the only one left alive, though he gets [[CursedWithAwesome turned]] into a [[TopHeavyGuy Hulked Orc]] in ''Warlords of Draenor.''