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Thrall is a fictional character in the Warcraft universe, and is one of the main protagonists of the games and books.

The character was originally intended as the protagonist of Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans
, an adventure game in the world of Warcraft, but the game was cancelled prior to completion.

Consequently, Thrall's background is introduced in the novelisation of the aforementioned game: Warcraft: Lord of the Clans.

Thrall is also a playable character in Warcraft III, wherein he leads the Horde to Kalimdor. He is also present as an NPC in World of Warcraft.

Background and Infancy

Thrall was the son of Durotan, who was the chieftain of the Frostwolf clan and the only clan chieftain that refused to drink of the tainted blood of Mannoroth, a Pit Lord of the Burning Legion. Seeing the savage effect the blood had upon the orcs, and the growing hold the demons held over them, Durotan approached the Orcish warchief, Orgrim Doomhammer, with his fears. However his pleas went unheard, and so unnerved was the warchief that he ordered the immediate death of Durotan and his family. This was revealed to be false - Doomhammer was framed; as the real assassins were Rend and Maim, sons of Blackhand (from the original Warcraft) of the Black Rock Clan. So it was that Durotan was assassinated and his family left to perish. Yet, by some stroke of luck, or fate, Thrall survived this bloody massacre, and in his weak state was easily subdued and imprisoned by the humans.

Childhood and Adolescence

At first, all orc children are to be raised in internment camps overseen by human wards. However, a human, Lt. Aedelas Blackmoore, sought to raise this orphaned orc as his personal slave (hence the name Thrall), and to become a fearsome gladiator orc (which was to compete in gladiator matches, subsequently giving Blackmoore profits from gambling). He soon learned human combat techniques, basically every skill an orc needs to excel in combat and nothing else.

However, hope came when Taretha Foxton, the daughter of Blackmoore's servants, showered him with friendship and love. In secret, she taught him human customs and speech; she gained his trust and therefore he acquired a philosophy that not all humans are evil. This philosophy was to be carried till his adulthood (as in the case of allying with Jaina Proudmoore to fight a common enemy during Warcraft 3.)

He soon found out that he was an orc, after witnessing an act of great honor and sacrifice among orcs in the internment camp some day. Eventually his new-found knowledge led to his escape.

Young Adulthood

Making his way to the remnant of his father's clan he quickly learned of his past and that of his people, thanks to Grom Hellscream, leader of the Warsong clan. Before they accepted him, however, they gave him a series of tests to determine his worthiness. Thanks to his combat skills and respect of innocent civilians (which he demonstrated when he did not want to slaughter children), he was accepted by Grom and his clan.

He then sought out to find the legendary Frostwolf clan, where his people tested his abilities and taught him the ways of the Orc Shaman. His teacher was the Far-seer, Drek`Thar, who became one of Thrall's most trusted advisors later on. In a test, he encountered the legendary Orgrim Doomhammer who tried to challenge him (pretending to be a threat to the Frostwolf tradition). Once he succeeded the test, Doomhammer introduced himself and taught him the skills to liberate the Orcs in internment camps.

Later on, he set about freeing the now defeated Horde from their prisons and introducing them once more to their native shamanistic ways; as a result of this, he successfully influenced a few elder Orcs which assisted him in his liberation of the orcs.

The New Horde

Thrall liberated many Orcs from the human camps, and freed them of the demonic pact with Mannoroth. The Orcs were united under one banner, as the New Horde, under the wise experience of Orgrim Doomhammer.

During a battle, Doomhammer fell. Doomhammer selected Thrall to lead the New Horde, and after handing over his legendary Warhammer and Armor over to Thrall, he died. The anger over Doomhammer's death caused him to be the new Warchief of the Orcish Horde, and gave the New Horde much power and determination to free the remaining Orcs and crush the oppresive Humans who trapped their brethren.

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