So let us take bets now... who will be the new War chief?Follow

I dont think Thrall will comeback as War chief since hes basically the leader of the shammys. im thinking it will be ether Vol'jin or Baine Bloodhoof since they seem to be the only 2 horde leaders with at least some sense.

The re-animated corpse of Durotan will show up, pimp slap Sylvannas and assume control of the Forsaken. It will then be decided that he will be the obvious choice for Warchief.


I figure if my guess is going to be wrong, it might as well at least be spectacularly so.

Maybe Nazgrim..he's led the charge into the last 2 expansions. Maybe he'll be tired of fighting and want to make some sort of peace.

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Edited, Oct 22nd 2012 11:19am by ChiefsClassik

I remember him and his bear trudging disconsolately through the pass to Desolace. Then he seemed to go on holiday.

That'd be Blades Edge Mountains.

My highest Horde character is 23

I knew he'd make something of himself!

Back in Desolace he just seemed to be one of those world characters that were meant to slap the unwary and confuse you. Like the poor tauren girl who wandered up and down STV all day. I hope they found her a better posting.

I had to post quickly, I keep forgetting that I'm going to the other subway station and it is a bit further away.



MMO-Champion has posted the dialogue from Wrathion's 5.1 quests:

Alliance includes this bit -



The Horde gets this -



It looks as if the Horde are going to be portrayed as individualists; if I recall correctly, we see something similar in the starting Monk quests. Although there are strong figures in the Horde, it might be hard for any of them to step up as a leader. Certainly, there would be endless flame wars among the players, no matter who steps up.

On the other hand, who is going to tell Wrathion no? The Aspects burned out their powers to defeat Deathwing, but how much power does his heir wield? For that matter, why is he in the expansion at all? We remember him as just an egg, but look at him tossing about legendaries now.

Don't believe me? Picture this:

WOW 6.x "Hi, I'm Wrathion and I'll be taking over here. Hey! Look at that! Balls of green fire falling from the sky! Get 'em!"

My bet is on Thrall. I'm not sure how it'll work, but Blizzard has mentioned that the Horde will be "getting their Warchief back." I believe there's also a Horde-only quest series in 5.1 that'll bring Thrall back into the spotlight.

Baine, Vol'jin, and Rexxar will all have parts to play, but I don't see any of them becoming the new Warchief. If I had to take guesses on their roles, I'd say Baine becomes an Anduin analog for the Horde, Vol'jin turns on Garrosh first (and potentially dies or is exiled), and Rexxar comes back to the Horde and works with Thrall to rally the players against Garrosh. I'm really not sure what roles Sylvanas and Lor'Themar Theron will play, but man, does it seem like the Blood Elves have some fun coming up!

Wrathion, as mentioned, changes his dialogue depending on the side of the character. For both he seems like your best friend. If I didn't know that he's sane, I'd say he's totally playing both sides and is planning on swooping in in the same manner of his father to ***** everyone. He's definitely the shadiest character out there right now, but I can't help but like him. Might be because of the legendaries, though.

Edit: Also, the goblin's leader is still MIA. I'd imagine that after 5.1 he's the only pro-Garrosh racial leader for the Horde, however.

Edited, Oct 22nd 2012 8:16am by LockeColeMA

Sylvanas or Vol'jin, if not .... a council will be formed.

I still say that Nazgrim and Proudmoore are going to become BFF's by the end of the expansion.



I think the Horde-Alliance fighting is slowly going to start calming down. After all Wrathion stated that we need to stop fighting among ourselves or we won't be able to stand up against the oncoming danger. I suspect whoever get's put on the throne will be a person who wants peace.

Frustrated by Thrall's decision to scout Northrend instead of mobilizing the Horde right away, Garrosh challenged the warchief to a duel in the Ring of Valor, but an assault by the Lich King's minions cut their bout short. Garrosh and the warchief still have some unfinished business.

so i belive that they will bring thrall back to lead the charge against Garrosh whith the help of the leaders of the other factions of horde that hates Garrosh, and seeking help from the alliance, ofc so they can join to kill garrosh as the last boss off mop. more like lich king was one of the leaders of alliance and horde helpt to kill him.

after that i belive that eighter "High Overlord Varok Saurfang" or former nemmesis to the throne after thrall "Rehgar Earthfury" wil be the new leader.


Thrall made Garrosh Hellscream one of his advisers. This position was also granted to gladiator master Rehgar Earthfury. Rehgar and Garrosh have very different viewpoints: Garrosh wanted to destroy the Alliance, the Horde's enemy, and take Azeroth for the Horde; Reghar wanted to remain open to diplomacy and preserve their treaty of non-aggression with Theramore.


After the The Battle For The Undercity, Varok reminds Thrall, who is lamenting the broken peace between the Alliance and the Horde, of his duty to lead their people.


But thrall might still be taking over as the new leader for a while. he told us in cataclysm when we had to free him from the elements that he wil start to think more about the family. so if he takes the role of the leader it wil just be for a short time.



It was revealed in the March 2012 Mists of Pandaria Press Event that Garrosh will be the final boss for the Mists of Pandaria Mists of Pandaria expansion, as both factions recognize his growing instability and lust for power.[10] This means a new Warchief will be appointed and most assume Thrall will return, but Blizzard Entertainment Zarhym has hinted that the new Warchief may not be who everyone expects.

it says he is alive in wowwiki.

Wrathion is playing the long game, obviously the Burning Legion is going to return to Azeroth. His concern is that the Horde & Alliance will fight each other until they lack the strength whether on their own or together to defend the planet. He is a pragmatist and while the ideal would be having both come together to fight the external threat would be ideal it didn't turn out that well for Medivh. So he is making a choice, if he has to back one side to wipe out the other to make sure that there is a force strong enough to save the planet he will.

We know Thrall is going to show up at the final battle, I still think he is a red herring but I don't know enough about current horde lore to make a call on who would actually step up.

Edit, Vol'jinn is getting a book, so that has to help his chances.

Edited, Oct 22nd 2012 7:13pm by bodhisattva

I really wish Surafang jr was still alive, he would of made a fine Warchief. Heck even the Alliance respects him.