World of Warcraft (Longplay/Lore) - 00501: Gorgrond (Warlords of Draenor)

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Published on March 11, 2022 5:00:10 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71jjmhjgcbs

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Gorgrond is a region of northern Draenor. It was created when the massive giant Grond, a mountain given life via the elemental powers of the titan Aggramar, fell against the Sporemounds. His corpse became the region of Gorgrond, while his head in Nagrand became known as the Throne of the Elements.

Gorgrond is home to the Blackrock clan and the industrial heart of the Iron Horde and their ancestral home, the Blackrock Foundry, lies near the northern coast. However, the industrial efforts of the Blackrock are dwarfed by the perpetual war that rages across the region. Two groups of creatures, both descended from ancients, fight a furious, unending war to determine what form the region's landscape should take. Along the northern and western side of Gorgrond the mighty Breakers have created a barren desert with rocky mesas and hot-springs bubbling up from the ground. Along the southern and eastern side of the region the savage Primals have created a lush jungle with thick foliage and dangerous animate plant-life that waits to devour those foolish enough to stray into its depths. If either side triumphed over the other, then Gorgrond and all of Draenor would soon be transformed into the victor's favored environment. For the Blackrock, however, this war acts as perfect barricade preventing invasion from the south, allowing them to churn out weapons for the Iron Horde unopposed.

When Draenor became Outland, Gorgrond was pressed together with Frostfire Ridge and transformed into the Blade's Edge Mountains. While Frostfire was the source of the rock spires that would become synonymous with the region, Gorgrond's presence is still felt through the arid climate and patches of forests.

An orcish legend indicates that Gorgrond was once a great colossus, the largest of its kind that has ever walked Draenor. When it fell, its body became the land, its spine the mountains, its blood the ore, and its will the savagery that rules this dangerous land.

It is said that before Tarlna the Ageless arrived in Gorgrond, the entire region was a barren wasteland.

Kormrok once ruled Gorgrond, the creatures of the land slinking away from the giant magnaron's destructive fury, before he was captured by the Iron Horde and brought to Hellfire Citadel.

A small orc clan had a settlement at the edge of Gorgrond. Gul'dan was a part of it, but due to his deformity, he was exiled. When he returned he used his newfound power, the fel, to annihilate the settlement along with the entire clan.

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