"I answer....TO NO ONE!!"
With those powerful words the Warchief of the True Horde cast the dead heart of an Old God into the sacred waters of the Vale. There the heart completely destroyed the once beautiful shrine that was the center of Pandaria itself. The monster that is Garrosh Hellscream has made a move that has turned him into a villain.
Just like his father before him the son will now walk the footsteps of hatred.
The changes of Garrosh going from once possible warmonger to outright monster are quite drastict in the year following his assension to warchief. It was a large change for the charcater and for me seeing the true transformation of him is quite exciting to see.
Now I've discussed about the things that makes Garrosh a great villain. He's brash, foolish, and power hungry. He strives to make things his, and create a world for his people. The now dubbed True Horde. Those who would be loyal to him and obey his every whim. He does not expect trivial upstarts in his ranks he expects to be obeyed through fear and power alone.
Something that has been shown to not work in the past.
Like many villains before him, Garrosh's rise through fear is an on going pattern in the Warcraft Universe. From the great Arthas whose icy reign as the Lich King was fueled by hatred and violence. To the mogu themselves. A race that allowed thier own fears and works to drive them to do terrible deeds in the name of thier creators the Titans. But from each turn we see how those reigns have ended in terrible bloodshed and lose. The once mighty empires crumble before the feat of the oppressed. As Lorewalker Cho says in many questlines those who rule through fear only do so as long as those people lack courage. Well now with plenty of reason to stop Hellscream the Horde and Alliance now make thier ways to the shores of the Barrens to do battle with the upstart Warchief.
But with the on coming seige I can't help but pity the foolish creature. Sure he's murdered hundreds cause countless more tredgides that I'm sure I'm not aware of, but the monster that we will face in the raid is proving to be a sad creature to behold. I remember there were many comments about the character of Garrosh being a weak person on the inside. He has much shame and must do things to prove for himself that he is worthy of the mantle left behind by the father who helped the orcs rid themselves of the chains of Demon blood pacts.
The orc warrior though has proven that as a leader he is quite rash. Amongst his many endevours he has not taken the lessions of others into account. The wisdom of the other leaders of the Horde are a prime example as the monster has shown that he only seems to listen to the voices in his head. (aka his own) and does not wish for anyone to see him as weak.
And that I think is where the impending change in the character occured. He doesn't want to be weak he wants to be strong. That is the orc way. Strength and Honor is the battle cry for many orcs and obviously though Honor means something different for the Warchief. For him, honor is nothing to him. For him, honor is slaying his oppounent using any means to do so. That is the war he wishes to bring to Azeroth. Total war. No strings attached, no sense of mercy or means of allowing retaliation. That is why he as a warrior uses so many things at his diposal. Everything is a tool to Garrosh. The people he leads are examples. I'm sure that no matter how many die in Garrosh's name he does not care about them dying, nor does he mourn.
For him, it is mearly a sacrifice for the greatest good of all. Conquest. Glory. And destruction.
The crazy thing though that I find the most interesting is that Garrosh is in control of himself. He isn't being fed whispers from the Old Gods, or being manipulated by others with strings on his shoulders. (as far as I'm aware of anyways). Even Blizzard tweeted that Garrosh was in control of the heart of Y'Shaarj. I even remember telling some of my friends this prediction from the get go. Garrosh is a weak soul he will fall to corruption. But that isn't the case here. He is in charge of the power. Somehow the monster truely became a literal one and controls the powers of an Old God. A terrible thought when you think about it.
The Old Gods themselves were terrible creatures. We see them throughout the Warcraft lore in various places and in Pandaria we saw what the 'heads' of Y'Shaarj have wrought forth onto the contenant. They brought forth the negitive emotions and the Sha were created from the Old God's dead body to corupt the land itself. Imagine what would happen if someone who was fully in control of that power was capable of doing.
You see for me the upcoming raid still has many lingering questions about the Warchief, but the one that most intrigues me the most is the orcs fate. What will happen to him once we beat him in the raid. There are little in terms of spoilers out there that I have found and its still a mystery to me what will happen to the Horde once this is all over with. The Alliance too has a stake in this and thier choices once the usurper is taken down still remains to be seen. There are many things to look forward too once this patch rolls out in the coming weeks.
We shall see what perils the Blizzard team have in store for us.
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