Editing World of Warcraft (section)

===Horde===

====Orcs====
* '''Thrall/Go'el:''' The current leader of the Orcs and original creator of the current iteration of the Horde. A part-Moses, part-Spartacus orc shaman raised by humans who leads the Horde to freedom. Was awesome for awhile until the main dev got a hard-on for him and made him give up Warchief to become saviour of the world in Cataclysm. This died down and now he's leader of the Orcs, but ceded becoming the Warchief again, and gave it to Vol'jin. Wallowed in despair at drinking his own cool-aid after the elements abandoned him in ''Legion'', until Saurfang found him and his family in Outland and brought him back to boot out Sylvanas. Is the current leader of the Orcs.
* '''Varok Saurfang:''' An awesome Orc warrior. Lost his son who was killed by the Lich King, encounters his son as an undead servant of the Lich King and is forced to watch him die again. The fanbase holds him as the most badass motherfucker in the franchise, seeing him as the Chuck Norris of Warcraft (or Chuck Norris as the Saurfang of real life). Was the "main character" of sorts of ''BFA'', and the first to rebel against Sylvanas. [[RAGE|Killed by her in Mak'Gora in front of the entire Horde]] with mysterious Death magic, but [[Awesome|not before calling her out as a selfish edgelord and getting her to admit this, destroying her credibility as Warchief and making her flee]].
* '''Garrosh Hellscream:''' Son of Grom Hellscream and rivals Sylvanas for "most divisive character in the game's history". A weak and sickly orc who joined the army, got exiled, was rediscovered, then became Warchief. After being shown that Grom was partly the cause and wholly the solution to the Orcs' corruption, he became obsessed with his father's legacy. He was initially meant to be Thrall's sidekick and the character who encompassed Orc id and overaggression as a counterpoint to everyone's favorite shaman. When the writers eventually realized they'd botched his character and killed any interest in him having a sympathetic character arc into becoming a better person with a power drill, they took his character to the logical extreme instead. He eventually decided "Orcs is da best!" and obsessed over Orc racial purity, considering non-Orcs Untermenschen; he created an Orc-only faction of enforcers, killed and/or imprisoned dissenters, gathered an organized army and turned nearly the whole world against him when he nuked the Alliance-allied fortress port of Theramore. He had a few allies and sought to achieve victory by any means necessary, including occult research. [[Nazi|Sound familiar]]? Was overthrown, and stupidly given a fair trial (stupidly because less evil villains are often summarily executed in this setting), then disappeared on a time-travel jaunt to try and re-write history. Thrall kills him with a gigantic lightning bolt in a Mak'gora on alternate Draenor, though not before Garrosh spits some hard-hitting truths at him.  His soul ended up in the Afterlife Revendreth where the Venthyr try to redeem him, milk him like a cow for anima ("Old Reliable" indeed) and later throw him into the Maw when he didn't break.  There the Jailer's servant Soulrender Dormazain tried to break him and milk his anima.  Garrosh instead freed himself when the adventurers beat Dromazain and, unrepentant to the last, used all his anima in an attack that destroyed both his soul and Dromazain, meaning Garrosh is gone for good.

====Trolls====
* '''Vol'jin:''' Leader of the Darkspear trolls after his father's death. Led the rebellion against Garrosh and his Orc-Nazis and was nominated as the next Warchief by Thrall and all other candidates went along with it. Highlights of being Warchief include and limited to: invading the alternate timeline of a parallel universe's orc homeworld and dying like a bitch. Was fatally wounded during the latest attempt of the Burning Legion to invade, and nominated Sylvanas Windrunner as Warchief as he passed away. Being dead didn't stop him, as he worked hard trying to figure out who the ''fuck'' would tell him to put a genocidal, sociopathic undead in the seat of Warchief.  Now the new troll Loa of Kings with the destruction of his predecessor Rezan.
* '''Queen Talanji:''' Young Queen of the Zandalari Trolls after her papi die - Wow there's a lot of father-figures that die in this franchise, huh?  Inherited a declining kingdom and a bond to the Loa of Death Bwonsamdi, so, like Anduin up above, she's really fucking stressed about the whole thing; especially since Sylvanas tried to have her assassinated. Hates the Alliance since they attacked her capital city and killed her fadda in ''BFA'', especially Jaina.
* '''Zekhan:''' The [[Meme|ever-famous "Zappy Boi"]] that inexplicably became one of the key characters for ''BFA''. Held Saurfang as a father-figure until he was killed, and is now kind of a roaming agent for the Trolls and the Horde at large.  Bit of a horndog for Horde ladies of all races, especially Blood Elf women and Queen Talanji (he sure aims high).
* '''Rokhan:''' Old-ass character that has been in the series since Warcraft III, he is currently the leader of the trolls in the Horde.

====Undead====
* '''Sylvanas Windrunner:''' Undead former high elf who leads the Forsaken - Undead that broke free of the Lich Kings's control and became independent - and possibly the most divisive character in Warcraft's history. Very recently also nominated leader of the Horde as a whole by her dying predecessor Vol'Jin. She's Sarah Kerrigan from Starcraft, but as an elf with every instance of "alien" replaced with "undead". Unlike Thrall, rather than being too trusting for her own good, she has far too much of an "ends justify the means" mindset coupled with motive decay/shitty writing. The writers like using her to [[Grimdark|create easy conflict]].  Abandons the position of Warchief after Saurfang exposes her selfish agenda to everyone in-universe, but not before killing him with death magic from her not-Grim-Reaper sugar daddy Zovaal the Jailer.  Retconned into going full-retard nihilist, thinking that free will doesn't exist so she'll help the Jailer tear down the unjust cosmos... [[What|only to turn on him years later after he says the word "serve", despite seeing many similarities between him and the Lich King beforehand.]] Currently is being force to free the souls she helped damned in the Maw. Like Illidan, Sylvanas is being removed from the chess board until Blizzard feels they can bring her back. She also simps for some dude from Lorderon named Nathanos.   
* '''Nathanos Marris/Blightcaller''': A human who was trained by Sylvanas to be a ranger and [[PROMOTIONS|served her]] as an undead.  Had the surname Marris in life, but took Bligtcaller in undeath.  Decent ranger but a colossal, obnoxious jerk to everyone not named Sylvanas Windrunner.  Was originally ridcude as an absolute simp towards Sylvanas, but this was retconned to the other way around (She abused her position in the High Elf Military and later Horde/Forsaken to keep him around) though Nathanos is still a a lapdog towards his elven meal ticket (Never underestimate the power of Elven Pussy).  Ganked by Tyrande in the latest expansion but likely ended up somewhere in the Shadowlands.  Sylvanas somehow didn't know about his death until Tyrande told her. Currently missing though Sylvanas promised to find him and confirming she still loves him. At least she is loyal to some guy's cock. 

Notes from the Sylvanas Novel and recent developments: The one time Blizzard makes a good "Recton" his character was a major player in several recent books. One thing that is noted is a conversation between Garona and Nathanos where he admits to feeling betrayed by the Alliance for the cruel treatment of the Forsaken people. It does offer insight to how a man like Nathanos would stand aganist a Alliance he once fought for. It is also made clear that despite his tendencies to go along with Sylvanas Windrunner's worse plans, he does not seem to enjoy it. In Shadows Rising he despises actions like killing children and it is made clear that his loyalty does have limits. For the most part he comes across not as a simp, but a really fucked up person with a form of pusedo-stockhome syndrome. Nathanos also seem to have a unhealthy martyr complex, willing to throw his life away to protect family and Sylvanas Windrunner. In The Sylvanas "We need to fix Sylvanas character so she can rejoin the Horde and become a hero again" novel, Nathanos is ''actually'' not as big of dick. For one he was not fully on board with Sylvanas actions but did it outo of a fuck up obligation to her (Implied as a coping method for his death) and a duty to her since she is all he has left. He apparently was a "ugly" man by Elven standards, but made up for it by having some wit. Interestly it is implied Lorthemar was a rival of Nathanos because he was thirsting after those Windrunner Dommie Mommy Milkers. Lorthemar is basically confirmed to be the Jorah Mormont of the High Elven Military. In that way Nathanos character was Improved to be funny as fuck.

* '''Lillian Voss:''' An anti-undead assassin from the Scarlet Crusade in life, but was turned into one of the Forsaken and began to take on her new charge and life doing what she does best - Stabbing people (starting with every Scarlet Crusader she can find). Currently the de facto leader of the Forsaken despite only being forced to join the faction in ''Battle for Azeroth'', since they lack leadership in the form of Sylvanas.
* '''Calia Menethil:''' Last heir to the Lorderean throne and older sister of Arthas Menethil, who ended up killed by Sylvanas in a failed peace-meeting between the Forsaken and some of their living relatives from Stormwind. The very first undead reanimated with the Light instead of Undeath, which is very fucking strange since lorewise, using the Light hurts the Forsaken as if their bodies were filled with acid (healing their souls until they flip to regular dead) and the Light is able to properly resurrect people. Is positioned to take over leadership of the Forsaken, but many (both in-and-out of universe) still dislike the idea given to the fact that she's Arthas' sister. Definitely a Public Relations problem, though Blizzard seem set on making her the new Leader of the Forsaken (she is leaning on her father's good name), though the Forsaken made a council and she's just one of its members (albeit sympathetic to the Alliance). Really unpopular in the Horde community as many see her as a Alliance Bitch, a Light-aligned spy, and not [[Neckbeard|even as hot as Sylvanas, let alone a Blood Elf Twink.]]

====Tauren====
* '''Cairne Bloodhoof:''' Former chief of the Tauren. United the Tauren with the help of the Orcs, and then became besties with Thrall. Grandfatherly and all around cool guy. Ends up getting killed in a cage match with Garrosh after Cairne's token evil subordinate poisoned Garrosh's axe by pretending she was blessing it. And he was winning before the poison got him.
* '''Baine Bloodhoof:''' Current chief of the Tauren, the controversial son of fan-favourite Cairne Bloodhoof from Warcraft 3. Was a two-bit NPC until he was made racial leader following Cairne's death. Had a bit of development in ''BFA'' where he attempts to resist Sylvanas' edginess through sort-of-passive resistance but ends up being rescued by the actual resistance later. Often disliked by players who find him to be too "human" and unwilling to stand up for the Horde to the point that he once [[FAIL|banished tauren for fighting the Alliance, said Alliance who were invading their lands in a war between Horde and the Alliance]]. Incidentally is a close friend of Anduin and this is his most developed relationship rather than anyone on the Horde.
* '''Mayla Highmountain:''' Leader of the Highmountain Tauren who the Horde picked up in ''Legion''. A barbarian warchief who takes no guff... When she's allowed to do something. Apparently has a thing for Baine booty.

====Blood Elves====
* '''Lor'themar Theron:''' Current leader of the blood elves after Kael'thas was hit with the Villain Ball. Hates politics, loves battle, but is a good leader. [[Awesome|An elf who has facial hair besides eyebrows and is not a pansy or a Mary Sue]]. Has begun to claw his way out of obscurity through his new model and more and more plotlines involving him.  Has a mid life crisis in Mists of Pandaria, which ends when he hooks up with Thalyssra. He also was a Sylvanas simp and was implied to be jealous that Sylvanas was fucking Nathanos. 
* '''Lady Liadrin:''' Badass female priest-turned-paladin. A rare case of well written female character, starting of as the leader of the Blood Knights, the Blood Elven paladins in the Burning Crusade. At first she was kinda of a bitch, teaching the blood knights how to use the Light by taking the power of a Naaru (basically torturing what is an angelic-like being in-game). Originally she took power from the Na'aru they had BDSMed up in SIlvermoon's basement, is a proper Light Paladin now. She shows up more consistently than even Lor'themar, being part of the Draenor campaign, then becoming one of the Paladin Champions in Legion, and even beating the crap out of the Death Knight strike team that snuck into the Paladin Order Hall to steal the body of Tirion Fordring and resurrect him as one of their own (Light-infused sacred halls of the hall were a big help, though).

====Nightborne====
* '''Thalryssa:''' Leader of the Nightborne in the Horde and a former resistance fighter who, with the help of the players, manage to overthrow the oppressive regime that controlled Suramar, their only city and capital. Decided to side with the Blood Elves instead of their closer cousins the Night Elves, since 1) Lady Liadrin was an understanding person who knew all about making unpalatable choices to survive, and 2) Tyrande was such a posturing bitch about union with the Alliance that she almost wanted to invite the Burning Legion back into her city just to make her shut up.  Despite Sylvanas' being as evil as the Suramar tyrant Thalyssra rebelled against, she stays in the Horde.  Really thirsty for Lor'themar, which he reciprocates after Sylvanas is overthrown, culminating in a big offscreen wedding (in a tie-in short story).

====Goblins====
* '''Gallywix:''' Former leader of the Goblins. A corporate asshole who left his people to die when a volcano destroyed their home then tried to enslave them when they escaped. Forgiven by Thrall and allowed to lead them for reasons instead of doing the sensible thing (offing him and making the Goblin who fixed everything for everyone (aka the player) the new leader). JUST managed to get a new model before he was found to be in cahoots with Sylvanas and fled Orgrimmar while burning every shred of evidence he could find of his connections to her. Current whereabouts are unknown.
* '''Gazlowe:''' Mayor of Ratchet and is now also the Goblin leader in the Horde. Helped build Orgrimmar but wasn't a big fan of the politics so he kept to himself in the southern trade port of Ratchet.  New leader of the Goblins with Gallywix gone.