Warcraft: Lord of the Clans
First edition cover
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| Author | Christie Golden |
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| Cover artist | Samwise Didier |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Warcraft Universe |
| Genre | Fantasy novel |
| Publisher | Pocket Books |
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Publication date
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October 1, 2001 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 278 pp |
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| OCLC | 48078733 |
| LC Class | CPB Box no. 1836 vol. 10 |
Warcraft: Lord of the Clans is a novel by Star Trek novelist Christie Golden based in Blizzard Entertainments Warcraft Universe. It was published by Pocket Books.
The story of the novel was originally going to be used in the adventure game Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans until it was cancelled.
It is the third book and the second paper book released in the Warcraft Universe after Warcraft: Day of the Dragon, although there is no plot continuity between them, and are written by different authors.
The book's plot revolves around Thrall's journey from birth, to slavery as a gladiator and finally his path on the journey to becoming Warchief of the orcish Horde. The main villain of the book is Aedelas Blackmoore, who commands the encampments where the orcs were imprisoned, and also Thrall's former owner. Blackmoore's plans were to raise Thrall to command an orcish army to overrun the Alliance, allowing him to forcibly take the position of King.
Thrall was trained to handle every weapon and learned battle tactics, but also studied basic writing and history. Also, to enrich Blackmoore further, Thrall was forced to compete in many gladiator tournaments, which made him want to escape even more. Thrall eventually escapes Blackmoore's tyranny with the help of a young human girl named Taretha. During his captivity, she would sneak notes to Thrall and was one of his only friends while in the grasp of Blackmoore. After earning his freedom thanks to Taretha, Thrall set out to find a group of orcs that had evaded Blackmoore. He found these orcs to be those of the Warsong Clan, led by Grom Hellscream. After learning some of his history from Grom, Thrall then headed for the mountains of Alterac to find his original clan, the Frostwolf Clan. There he met with their Shaman, Drek'Thar, who taught Thrall the ancient ways of Shamanism. There he also met with the Warchief Orgrim Doomhammer and learned more of his past and the reasons for his parents' death. With his new power, and knowledge provided by both Drek'Thar and Doomhammer, Thrall raised an army by freeing his people from the prison encampments, rallying them under the goal of freedom and a return to the orcish life before the war. Unfortunately, Doomhammer fell in a battle liberating one of the encampments, so in his final moments, he granted Thrall the title of Warchief.
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