Platinum: "The Laughing Skull were in the middle of a war between the Breakers and the Primals and had to become mad with bloodlust to survive". Me: damn, can't get much more intense than that. Also Platinum: the Tanaan Jungle is the most hostile region in Draenor.
I sure do love Susan coming up wtih the *INGENIUS* idea of moving the comments up near the video so you always get the video spoiled for you before you even start watching it!
New allied race: Wu-tang orc Racials: Clan in da front-gain 1% movement speed for every Wu orc in party Bring da ruckus-Charge the enemy, they take 3,6% more damage from you for 9 seconds ( 2 minute cooldown) Protect ya neck-Execute damage is weaker against you Killa bees-Resistant to nature damage Triumph-You bomb atomically
@@vesguinhomutcholoco No, they lived in Frostfire Ridge. Chronicle and Harbingers say Gul'dan came from an unnamed clan in Gorgrond. Blizzard didn't give them a name, probably because they were meant to die anyway. Most we get is the ring that Gul'dan took off the corpse of the shaman from the clan, Ring of the Scoured Clan.
The Blacrock Clan is named after the ore they harvested. Blackrock Clan members who drank the demon blood turned green, some more than others. Blackrock Mountain's name was only a coincedence, but the Blackrock Clan saw it as a fortuitous sign that this place shared the same name as them. Blackrock Mountain's firey depths restored some of the Blackrock Orc's grey skin. Hope that clarifies a few things. edit: fixed a huge error
Actually, Azerothian Blackrock Mountain (there was a Draenor one on some maps) was named by the Dark Irons for obvious reasons (it is a mountain, it is made of rock, and it is black) after Ragnaros made it. The Blackrock Clan noticed this neat coincidence, thought it a good omen, and took the upper part over. They never got the lower half.
5:32 Serathil actually predated WoW's BoE item. It was in Warcraft 3 as an item you get on a hero. The fact that it only jumped in as a blue BoE that looks like trash is interesting.
I like the *Laughing Skull* clan a lot. They're just really wild, unpredictable and like to shake things up. Some of the more specific reasons they're my favorite are because: 1. They're filled with more assassins than other clans because of their treacherous and thieving nature. 2. They have these awesome bone masks. _I love masks_ . 3. They're apparently unequaled in their skill and audacity---and are considered dangerous and brutal even by the other clans' standards. 4. They had Mogor the ogre mage as their chieftan for a long time instead of another orc. Props for being different. 5. Before the retcons, they had Medivh's spellbook and held a truce with the Alliance during their expedition in Beyond The Dark Portal.
This was honestly so cool and amazing. I'd love to see something similar about other races / factions in the game. Maybe one about troll-elf evolution, and all the troll clans and elf races that branched off
Eredar landing on Draenor: We come in peace. We’ll name ourselves Draenei and establish peaceful relations. Orcs: Cool. Do your thing. Demons landing on Draenor: Drink our blood and kill the Draenei. Orcs: Let’s grab our axes, boys!
@@Vengir orcs in main timeline: The Legion was right! We were justified Main timeline Draenei: k.... (alright, get a portal up to that timeline and get the lightforged over here, we got some orc hunting to do).
@@Vengir Yrel acting uncharacteristically inquisitive? Legion's fault. Khadgar is also partially to blame for never calling her over during Legion, but you're never supposed to pay attention to him, so........
iirc weren't the eredar running from the legion long before draenor and got every pervious host planet destroyed or corrupted in the process once they were inevitably found. imo they're guilty to a not insignificant extent
Just admit that you probably sat, minding your own business until you had the last clan idea, chuckled to yourself and had to make the rest of the video just for that bit. I'm onto you.
I remember that in Warcraft 3 , there was an artifact item that dropped during the campaign which had history text attached to it in which it says that the item was wielded in a war that annihilated the Dark Scar Clan, but I don't remember the name of the item. Great video anyways!
If you mean during the Founding of Durotar bonus campaign in TFT, that was Serathil. It being brought back as a BOE in Vanilla was like a throwback reference to that.
I think the artifacts from the war along with some other demon stuff was being transported but the shamans were ambushed and it was stolen by warlocks. Its an annoying quest. I spent a good time healing that shaman but he dies after quest anyways.
"I like orks. Every time i see a pair of oversized shoulders at the other side of the battlefield, i aim between them. One ork less in the world." - Grimolf, dwarven marksman.
But there are orcs that drank the demon blood that have gray skin. Does that mean there skin started out gray, turned green from drinking demon juice, than turned gray again from living in a mountain?
Actually, blackrok orcs that turned fel obtained a gray skin. This, of course, is bullshit done by blizzard to cover up the fact that the blackrock mountain orcs were darker to color code them differently from playable orcs. It was a gameplay thing, that tried to twist into a lore one. In the end, it might as well be some orcs had a fairer skin and turned fully green, and some gray. I mean, it's magic after all.
You missed one (I think?). The Howling Blade. It's an offshoot clan from Warsong, known for their weapons. Their blades have holes in them which causes them to produce an eerie howl across the battlefield when swung, meant to frighten and discourage their enemies.
Who upvoted this? That's not a clan. It's a feature of Warsong clan and Hellscream's axe Gorehowl in particular. There's an in-game buff "Howling Blade" that refers to it, used by Warsong orcs in Nagrand.
My take on the Blackrock's various skin color is basically due to their rolls, orcs like Eitrigg have grey skins because they live and work in their fortress, deep under the volcano to mine ores and craft weapons, while Saurfang and others like him still have green skin maybe because they spend more time fighting on the surface, and thus were less affected by the volcanic fume
The Readwalker Clan was elaborated on more in the Durotan book set in the movie's continuity. They were an orc clan that rejected Gul'dan's invitation to join the Horde as Draenor was dying. They got their new name as Red Walkers by painting themselves in the blood of their kills, leaving it to harden and cake on their bodies as an intimidation tactic. Eventually, the Red Walkers turned towards eating the Draenei and later fellow orcs to survive. It happened by accident, according to the chieftain of the Red Walkers. They happened to kill a traveling group of Draenei and started painting themselves in the draenei blood as they were used to. One orc got some blood in his mouth, and found it tasted good. When the world is coming to an end, meat is meat.
Fantastic video as always, Dragonmaw and the Thunderlords are probably my favorite clans. Im curious, ever thought about making a video on some what forgotten races like the Broken Draenei or Ethereals ? It would be interesting.
I mean old Warcraft/Horde lore (most of these clans are from Warcraft 2) was basically just a bunch of metal-heads like Metzen, Samwise Didier and so on just making up the most metal shit they could think of. Hence stuff like an entire clan of warriors (the whole gladiators for imperialistic ogres wasn't invented until much later) literally *cutting off their hands* to replace them with blades. Totally useless, making the warrior less effective in every way assuming they didn't just die from sepsis, but METAL AS FUCK IT GOES IN THE GAME, BOYS!
j-just a note here real quick like: Based on how theres separate pages for them, draenor's AU Laughing skull and the mainline Laughing skull are very different clans, with the main line Version being less Crazy savages more stealthy assassins. Also in the main line they were lead by an Ogre so... Yeah.
The reason for Saurfang having green skin is because he took part in drinking Mannoroth's blood. Others still have their grey skin because they didn't take part. Garrosh being one of them.
Dude, i was got; at the end I was like “damn who is this mysterious clan he’s talking about, they sound sick” then he started to name the members lol..
Fun fact: The Laughing Skull orcs that joine Thrall's Horde became the Horde equivalent of the SI:7, I believe. Scouts and assassins. I think there's some lore about Garona training them or something.
Well not really since the Forsaken already have the job. They are certainly more on the stealthy and ambushy side, but i would say that the Forsaken are the counterpart to SI:7
Tir, for whom Tirisfal is named is just a copy paste of the Germanic god Tyr (aka Tiw/Ziu/Teiwaz). Except in Warcraft he lost his hand to a dragon instead of the wolf Fenrir. Also, the world tree of Telldrassil is a copy paste of the norse world tree Yggdrassil.
It is fun to see how they deleted Flower Picker clan from beta but then added them years later at orcish celebration questline (even if its just an easter egg - they do still exist, change my mind).
The lack of development that the laughingskull/primals/breakers got in wod is probably my biggest disappointment with wow lore. So much potential. RIP farahlon
I always assumed the “Samurai” orcish clan were taught ancient Pandaren knowledge, and that’s how they could make copies of themselves, and why they’re kind of like monks mixed with warriors? I’m really surprised Blizzard never made this connection.
panderan were invented in frozen throne because Samwise didier liked pandas, blademasters and the burning blade were just invented because samurai orcs sounded cool in reign of chaos
Have ever noticed how those big nosed money loving goblins only show loyalty to themselves and their kind while profiting from both sides of the conflict? really makes you think...
@@albinotangerine5556 Right.. Because getting slaughtered, imprisoned, tortured, and hated by the people that are supposed to be good guys is totally making a profit. And finally claiming land that was promised to you, and then having all your neighbors bomb your cities because they want the land and hate your religion is really profitable too. Get out of here you pathetic anti-semitist.
1:15 Varok used to be have gray skin like the other Blackrock orcs. But, he is the one of the orcs who drink the blood of Mannoroth. Later, Varok regret his decision in BFA cutscene.
I'm not gonna, lie, I love these lore vids. PWOW you have alot of potential with lore on zones/areas, dungeons n raids and overall story and you do it in an amusing abridged animated way which I love. I am a fan of Nobbel87's lore stuff but yours is very eye-catching
They are not really considered as Orcs by the other Clans. Orcs as well as Ogres regard them with suspicion because they live a rather sheltered and remote life with only little contact to outsiders. I think Rexxar is actually one of the only ones who made contact with others outside of his clan before The Burning Crusade.
I love the Shattered Hand Clan. I mean, you busted your own hand and adorned it with a weapon to escape your captures and then formed a clan joined from what they had happen to them. Also, Fist Weapons are so cool and I may or may not main Death Knight and want them to be transmogable for DKs.
It's a shame people only remember the stories that exist in the WoD timeline, and people have forgotten the stories of the real clans in the main timeline. For example in our main timeline, on Azeroth, the Shattered Hand clan had nothing to do with Kargath or dismemberment.
Shattered hand was always founded and led by kargath. It says in the Warcraft 2 manual that he is their leader. And all the shattered hand orcs in outland in the burning crusade have their hands replaced with blades. So it was at least that early that they made the lore to be that all shattered hand clan members cut their hands off.
Imagine Blackhand, Gul'dan, or Ner'zhul trying to bolster the ranks of the Horde when an advisor suggests to recruit the Flowerpicker Clan. 'What are you insane!? We can't risk trying to talk with those savages!'
hey, So uhhhh the Flowerpicker clan actually does appear in the new Orc heritage quest if you look closely enough. Theres a "Mysterious Orc" that appears at the festival and when approached they'll just say "You saw nothing" before vanishing and slipping a "Mysterious flower" into your bags. they're still out there guys.
I knew almost nothing about Orcs before this video. Blackrock and Frostwolf Clans are probably my favorite. If the Dwarven and Orcish smiths of Ironforge and Blackrock joined forces in the name of creating, they could make some really cool shit. Frostwolf clan just seems super cool lore wise omg. Its like being a Spartan but also in tune with their environment and stuff. If I ever role a Orc which probably won't happen because Forsaken for life but definitely going to be part of the Frostwolf Clan headcanon wise.
