Who is garroshs mother

Also included are the Warcraft comics and novels. Garrosh Hellscream is the son of Grom Hellscream — former chieftain of the Warsong clan and a major player in Warcraft lore. An orc woman by the name of Geyah, wife of the deceased chieftain of the Frostwolf clan, Garad, established a quarantined settlement for the sick in Nagrand. This settlement included orcs from many clans and children of several chieftains, including a young orc known as Garrosh Hellscream.

The settlement was given a wide berth by the orc clans, as none of the clans wished to spread the effects of the pox any further. So the settlement was not included in the Horde that was formed, and none of the inhabitants participated in the blood pact with Mannoroth. Geyah watched, disgusted, as the brown skin of the original orcs was tainted a sickly green due to the corruption, and the once-green lands died.

He also spent the large portion of his childhood sick with the pox, just like every other orc living in the settlement. The pox itself must have been one hell of a disease. Accounts describe victims as being ridden with angry red pustules, coughing up blood and bile.

It was also an incredibly tenacious disease. Years later, when the humans returned to Draenor to continue battling the orc clans, the orcs of Garadar were still riddled with the stuff. So one day, Kargath Bladefist, Chieftain of the Shattered Hand, came to Garadar in the hopes of recruiting warriors for the war efforts — his forces had been decimated at Hellfire Citadel by the humans, and they needed all the able-bodied soldiers they could get. Greatmother Geyah was quick to point out that nobody in Garadar could be considered able-bodied by any stretch of the imagination.

Kargath wanted to argue with her, but a young Garrosh approached, wanting to know if the presence of the chieftain meant something terrible had happened to his father, all the while coughing up blood and generally being really, really sick.

Geyah told him to go back to his hut and turned to Kargath, asking him if these were the warriors he wanted fighting for him. Kargath, disgusted, declined this offer and vented his frustration at the village, shouting at them, calling them less than orcs, useless weaklings that were fit only to die, and bade them all to do the Horde a favor and do so as quickly as possible. Garrosh was left with Geyah, and when he asked her if Kargath had brought news of his father, all Geyah could do was shake her head and reassure the boy that the lack of information surely meant his father was alive.

They lived in relative peace in Nagrand for many, many years, peace that was occasionally interrupted by skirmishes with the Murkblood tribe, a group of broken draenei that also inhabited the area.

The only news Garrosh had ever heard of his father was what he had been told — that Grom Hellscream, mighty chieftain of the Warsong Clan, was the first to drink the blood of the demon that had tainted their entire race. That he did so willingly, damning himself to serve under the demon, and setting an example for the clans that followed to do the same. This information haunted Garrosh — was he of the same blood as his father?

Was he fated to repeat the mistakes his father had made, was he destined to lead his little ragtag clan of orcs to downfall as his father had? These worries plagued and consumed him. When players first reach Nagrand in The Burning Crusade expansion, they are introduced to Garrosh in Garadar — an orc that appears to be nothing more than a sullen, sulky child with serious daddy issues. When all these quests are complete, Garrosh tells the player that the Greatmother would like to speak with them.

Geyah sends the player on a series of errands — errands that involve eventually freeing the restless and angry spirits of the orc ancestors that inhabit Nagrand. Despite a dour remark, Windrunner complied, as this was the perfect opportunity for her to deposit the poison she had been given into the former Warchief's food.

Without hesitation, Vereesa did the deed and prepared to depart from the kitchens when the cook casually remarked that she should someday return to Pandaria, and bring her sons, Giramar and Galadin, with her. This made Windrunner pause-- she had not thought of her boys, truly thought about them, since the death of her husband at Theramore.

Rescinding her conviction, Vereesa chose to instead betray the plot to Anduin Wrynn himself, who was on his way to his final visit with Garrosh, and hurry home to Dalaran, where her boys awaited. Anduin, hesitating for only a moment in surprise at Vereesa's actions, hurried to the cell of Garrosh, whom he found to be an intensely "disagreeable" mood.

One of the guards remarked that the former Warchief was not facing "the sort of death he had envisioned for himself," and though he attempted to dissuade the young prince from seeing Garrosh, Anduin was insistent.

His reception from Garrosh, though, was made up mostly of stinging rebukes, including an offhanded remark by the enraged orc about Wrynn's mother, the deceased Queen Tiffin of Stormwind. Garrosh was insistent that the Light and its servant-- "an adolescent human boy "-- were intentionally mocking him and attempting to transform him from a warrior to something less, something that Hellscream refused to be.

The deposed Warchief mocked Anduin fiercely, insulting not only him, but his whole race and the Alliance. Claiming that he would rather spend the remainder of time in the Twisting Nether than be twisted to the will of the Light, Hellscream went on to claim that, the moment Anduin ascended to the throne of Stormwind, the Horde would come for him and his people in their capital and "impale [the prince's] peace-craving body on a spike," and that the spirits of Varian and Tiffin would wish that the latter had miscarried.

These savage, barbarous words did not sway the young prince, who pushed the dish of food from Garrosh's hands as the orc lifted it to his lips. Believing that he had inspired a victorious anger in Wrynn, Hellscream disbelieved the claim that the dish was poisoned until a nearby rat conveniently ate from the spilled food and perished at Garrosh's feet, blood and foam streaming from its orifices. The Warchief and the Prince looked at each other for another moment before the latter departed the room.

Anduin spoke again to the pair of guards outside the cell and asked of them a favor: that the chains binding Garrosh's legs be removed for the ceremony that would see the verdict delivered. The Pandaren looked at one another, simply replying that they would take the request before Taran Zhu. In Dalaran, Vereesa, reunited with her young sons, received a message from Anduin informing her that Garrosh had not consumed the poison. When prompted for a reply by the messenger, she only stated: "Rhonin thanks him.

Garrosh escapes his trial by receiving help from a friend called Kairozdormu , a member of the Bronze Dragonflight who has secret aspirations of his own. They both travel back in time to the Rise of the Horde and stop the Orcs from drinking the Blood of Mannoroth. Garrosh helps influence his father, Grommash Hellscream to unite the clans under the banner of the Iron Horde in order to get his vengeance.

Uninterested in his goals and no longer needing his help, Garrosh kills Kairozdormu shortly after arriving on Draenor. He meets with all the leaders of the orc clans of Draenor, including his own father Grom Hellscream. Using his knowledge of the future and his expertise with weapon and forging technology, Garrosh gives the clans the ability to create new, advanced armor and weapons, and reveals to them Gul'dan and the Shadow Council's plot to enslave the orcs.

On the night of Gul'dan's attempt to have the orcs drink the blood of Mannoroth, Grom publicly rejects the blood, prompting Mannoroth to arrive in person and prepare to destroy him for his insolence. Using the new weapons that Garrosh gifted them, the orcs subdue the demon lord long enough for Grom to drive Gorehowl into his skull. With Mannoroth dead, Garrosh unites all the clans under the banner of the Iron Horde , using his lust for vengeance to assist the new and "stronger" Horde in constructing the Dark Portal, permitting him to lead an assault on the present day Horde and Alliance back in Azeroth.

Taking up residence in Nagrand, Garrosh commands his clan from the stronghold of Grommashar, until a party led by Yrel or Durotan including the player assaults the fortress and attacks Garrosh.

After a brief fight, Garrosh gains the upper hand and prepares to finish off the party before Thrall arrives, challenging him to a Mak'Gora. Garrosh accepts the challenge, and the two reconvene at the Stones of Prophecy for their final battle. As Garrosh takes the upper hand in the fight he taunts Thrall. Garrosh claims that all he did, he did for the good of the Horde and to follow and clean up Thrall's actions, but Thrall rejects the notion, claiming that he chose his own destiny.

Thrall once again and calls on the power of the elements to defeat Garrosh. Thrall traps Garrosh in a hand of stone and uses a strike of lightning to end the former Warchief, leaving Garrosh's crushed body and Gorehowl behind at the site of the battle.

Garrosh left a strong legacy of death, horror and fear. Among members of the Horde, he is remembered in the Horde as a madman who, by his hubris and hatred, nearly destroyed their nation. The Alliance will never forgive Garrosh for his destruction of Theramore and the hundreds that were murdered with the dropping of the mana bomb.

In Pandaria, a nation only just re-emerging onto the world stage, Garrosh will be known forevermore as the one who released the Sha of Pride and corrupted a large portion of the Vale of Eternal Blossoms as a result.

Garrosh left an imprint on the world that remains impossible to erase, and has since become a subject of controversial debate over his complex dualistic personality and achievements. Like despite his warmongering, his insistence on warrior honor to the point of executing Overlord Krom'gar for cruelly harming an innocent night elf town. Or his later embrace of older darker powers counteracting his previous disdain for "unnatural" necromancy and his hatred of demons.

And from his successful command in Northrend to defeat the Lich King to his unjust attacks against Theramore, and Pandaria as well as creating the Iron Horde in an alternate timeline. The lasting effects of his final actions will reverberate through time with lasting animosity between the Alliance and Horde.

Garrosh had a strong bond with his father. When Garrosh was infected with a serious disease, Grom was forced reluctantly to quarantine his son, though he stayed in regular contact with him via letters. The last he heard of his father, was that he had drank the blood of Mannoroth and had joined the Horde.

When he learned about Grom's actions from Geyah, he went into a deep depression and denounced his father. Upon learning of his father's heroic actions, Garrosh gained pride in his heritage and became determined to honor his legacy which has actually hurt him more than helped him , as shown when Thrall called him a hothead, and when Taran Zhu mocked him over the fact that Grom had died dabbling in powers similar to the Sha.

Garrosh eventually developed a friendship with his father when he traveled back in time to Draenor, though he purposely hid their kinship and his redemption.

It is heavily implied that Grom was saddened and angered at his death. When Garrosh met Thrall, Thrall mentored him and increasingly trusted him, hoping to try to persuade him to abandon his hardliner warmongering attitude, appointing him as advisor, and later head of the Horde offensive against the Scourge.

He later appointed Garrosh as Warchief of the Horde, as he himself needed to step down, and was confident Garrosh could make the correct decisions. Their relationship took a serious downturn in Tides of War , when Garrosh obliterated Theramore, sending Jaina temporarily insane, and wrecking his friendship with Thrall.

Thrall denounced the act as cowardly, and soon learned of his actions in Pandaria. Thrall became disgusted with how low Garrosh had brought the Horde, and increasingly rallied the Horde against him. In Orgrimmar, Thrall tried to reason with Garrosh one last time, but Garrosh just mocked his willingness to use diplomacy.

Thrall then said making Garrosh warchief had been a mistake he needed to correct, but was simply knocked out. After the adventurers defeated Garrosh, Thrall attempted to kill him, but Varian halted it. Knowing that the Alliance would kill him on the spot, Thrall angrily replied that he wouldn't let the Alliance execute him, and it very likely could have enabled Garrosh to escape had it escalated. After escaping, Garrosh ruled again on Draenor, and Thrall decided to settle it personally in a Mak'Gora.

During the battle, Garrosh mocked Thrall with his weak physical strength, but Thrall countered that with the elements. As the winds wailed, Garrosh shouted out that Thrall had made him what he had become, but Thrall told him that he had chosen his own fate and killed him with a lightning bolt. Thrall afterwards refused to speak, presumably out of respect, or perhaps out of guilt that Garrosh had been correct in the fact that had they not met, Garrosh's crimes never would have occurred.

Garrosh and Vol'jin initially had a good relationship upon his arrival, but the two very quickly inspired each other's ire as Vol'jin believed that Garrosh was reckless, a warmongerer and someone who would lead the Horde to ruin. Garrosh on the other hand, saw Vol'jin's peaceful intents as mockeries to the Horde, and banned him from Orgrimmar. Vol'jin came to blows with him when he annihilated Theramore, and increasingly hated the Warchief's recklessness, and began to use his influence to keep Garrosh in check as Thrall had appointed him to, as implied in one of their conversations.

By the Pandaria campaign, Garrosh and Vol'jin were at each others throats and Vol'jin saw the battle in Pandaria as a senseless waste of lives and time. This was the last straw for Garrosh, and ordered Vol'jin assassinated. Vol'jin, who survived thanks to the adventurers, faked his death in order to rally more support. When it became known that Vol'jin survived and Thrall was in league, Garrosh ordered their execution and Vol'jin declared open rebellion.

When Garrosh was defeated and Vol'jin was appointed Warchief, Garrosh showed disgust. It is unknown what the reaction Vol'jin had when he learned of Garrosh's death. High Overlord Saurfang says: We are surrounded Our enemies press in from all sides, young Hellscream. The Scourge descends like locusts from the north. The Alliance holds the only secure shipping lane in this region and even that is at risk of being lost to those dreaded mists.

Our only viable port for resupply is held by the Forsaken on the other side of this blasted continent! Anything our zeppelins cannot haul must be brought in by ship and travel the length of Northrend to reach us.

Garrosh Hellscream grunts. Garrosh Hellscream says: Shipping lanes You bore me to death! We need nothing more than the warrior spirit of the Horde, Saurfang! Now that we are firmly entrenched in this frozen wasteland , nothing shall stop us!

High Overlord Saurfang says: Siege engines, ammunition, heavy armor How do you propose to shatter the walls of Icecrown without those? Garrosh Hellscream says: Propose? I will show you what I propose! Garrosh crushes the figures and flag indicating Valiance Keep on the map. Garrosh Hellscream says: There Now we now have a shipping lane.

And just for good measure Garrosh crushes the figures and flag indicating Valgarde and Westguard Keep. High Overlord Saurfang says: So the prodigal son has spoken! Your father 's blood runs strong in you, Hellscream. Impatient as always Impatient and reckless. You rush headlong into all-out war without a thought of the consequences.

Garrosh Hellscream says: Do not speak to me of consequences, old one. High Overlord Saurfang says: I drank of the same blood your father did, Garrosh. Mannoroth 's cursed venom pumped through my veins as well. I drove my weapons into the bodies and minds of my enemies. And while Grom died a glorious death - freeing us all from the blood curse - he could not wipe away the terrible memory of our past.

His act could not erase the horrors we committed. High Overlord Saurfang says: The winter after the curse was lifted, hundreds of veteran orcs like me were lost to despair. Our minds were finally free, yes Free to relive all of the unthinkable acts that we had performed under the Legion 's influence. High Overlord Saurfang nods. High Overlord Saurfang says: I think it was the sounds of the draenei children that unnerved most of them You never forget Have you ever been to Jaggedswine Farm?

When the swine are of age for the slaughter It's that sound. The sound of the swine being killed It resonates the loudest. Those are hard times for us older veterans. Garrosh Hellscream says: But surely you cannot think that those children were born into innocence? They would have grown up and taken arms against us! High Overlord Saurfang shakes his head. High Overlord Saurfang says: I am not speaking solely of the children of our enemies High Overlord Saurfang says: I won't let you take us down that dark path again, young Hellscream.

I'll kill you myself before that day comes Garrosh Hellscream says: How have you managed to survive for so long, Saurfang? Not fallen victim to your own memories? High Overlord Saurfang says: I don't eat pork High Overlord Saurfang spits.

Clear the way to the entrance! Thrall, Garrosh and their escort appear from inside the Sunreaver Pavilion and walk along the path following the Ring of Champions. Here, they stop between the Ironforge and Gnomeregan banners and observe. Thrall says: Garrosh, I expect you to control yourself here. I do not want a repeat of the Violet Citadel. Garrosh Hellscream says: Pah!

That was a show of strength, worthy of a leader. I only regret I did not kill that human before the mage interfered. Thrall says: We are guests here, Garrosh, and you will conduct yourself honorably. Garrosh Hellscream says: What honor is there in thrashing about with blunted sticks? This is a waste of time. The group proceeds to the western entrance of the Crusaders' Coliseum , where Highlord Tirion Fordring awaits. Overlord Hellscream.

Thrall says: Thank you for the invitation, Lord Fordring. We look forward to observing these games. Garrosh Hellscream says: Speak for yourself, Thrall. Highlord Tirion Fordring says: I hope you'll see the merits of these events in time, Garrosh. We cannot win against the Scourge if we continue to war against one another. Thrall says: Wise words. Garrosh Hellscream says: Words of a fool, you mean.

The Horde will destroy the undead without your aid, human, or that of the pompous king. Thrall immediately turns to face Garrosh and rebukes him directly. Thrall says: Garrosh, enough! Highlord Tirion Fordring says: Under my roof, gentlemen, I trust you will behave. Thrall turns back to Tirion. Thrall says: Of course, Tirion. I apologize for his outburst.

It will not be repeated. Garrosh Hellscream says: Bah. Highlord Tirion Fordring says: If you will follow me, then. The group then walks in to the coliseum proper and disappears inside. Introduction to Faction Champions , if playing as Alliance:. Highlord Tirion Fordring yells: The next battle will be against the Argent Crusade's most powerful knights! Only by defeating them will you be deemed worthy! Garrosh Hellscream yells: The Horde demands justice! We challenge the Alliance! Allow us to battle in place of your knights, paladin.

We will show these dogs what it means to insult the Horde. Highlord Tirion Fordring yells: Very well, I will allow it. Fight with honor! Garrosh Hellscream yells: Show them no mercy, Horde champions!

Garrosh Hellscream yells: That was just a taste of what the future brings! For the Horde! Highlord Tirion Fordring yells: A shallow and tragic victory. We are weaker as a whole from the losses suffered today.

Who but the Lich King could benefit from such foolishness? Great warriors have lost their lives, and for what? The true threat looms ahead. The Lich King awaits us all in death. Thrall says: Let us begin. Garrosh Hellscream says: Are we not going to have more witnesses? Thrall says: I do not wish to make an event of this. Such frivolities are expensive and merely serve our vanity.

But if you wish to have a celebration… Garrosh Hellscream says: No, Warchief, this is enough. Thrall says: You know that these are troubling times for the Horde. Our supplies dwindle. As much as I dislike Garrosh, Thrall did kinda set him up to fail. Dude had almost zero leadership experience and was given a sinking ship. Granted, I'd have liked Garrosh more if Blizz had been more consistent. Garrosh in one zone: "Go invade these neutral people. Okay but Draka's analogy is flawed.

An untrained wolf is obviously going to react badly when thrust into a situation it has no context for. Garrosh was given no real preparation for his tenure as Warchief--he was promoted above his own honest protests, even!

At no point in the War in Northrend did he demonstrate the acumen necessary for a Warchief under the reformed Horde. A high overlord to succeed Saurfang? Absolutely; The Shattering showed he had learned significantly from his early blunders in Northrend. But he utterly failed at even the most basic diplomacy unless he was dealing with sycophants or gravel-scraping cowards.

Thrall dumped the worst situation imaginable into Garrosh's lap and bounced, after writing off a better candidate out of hand as "too old" and "the Horde would never follow a tauren," despite Cairne being pretty much universally loved in- and out-of-universe for his battle prowess, intelligence, and empathy, so much so that he was one of the playable characters in Rexxar's story in The Frozen Throne.

He gave Garrosh no support network, he spared no time to ease Garrosh into the situation, he ignored Garrosh who knew he wasn't remotely ready for the mantle and responsibilities of Warchief Thrall absolutely bears a level of culpability for Garrosh. He threw Garrosh into a job wildly above his competence, and when Garrosh's reign turned out predictably disastrous on the global stage, did nothing but advise Jaina to get married and have kids because it worked out well for him.

I hope he doesn't take this chat with Draka, who was completely removed from the situation and only knows Thrall's feeling sorry for himself, as an opportunity to absolve himself completely of his culpability in what Garrosh became. Well, we know there were disagreements, but we don't know how volatile they actually were.

One very interesting theory I've seen put forward is that Sylvanas becoming a villain was Afrasiabi getting petty revenge for other writers making Garrosh into a villain. It's just speculation but Stonetalon was put into the game as a miscommunication despite the fact that should have been his character arc after Cataclysm.

Pretty much all of this right here. I imagine that as other Drakas die, they join the Shadowlands Draka seamlessly in a subtle way that eludes mortal perception. It will turn out that the final raid boss is actually an amalgamation of all WoW writers ever. In all honesty, Warlords of Draenor That is, the story behind it should have never been a thing.

This whole alternate timeline thing just turned the lore into a complete mess. Even when it was current content, it came across like a bad fan fiction.

Even the way they presented it at BlizzCon felt like they were just nerding out with no regard for the consequences to the lore.