Chaos orc

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This article or section contains lore taken from Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, the manuals, and official bonus maps.

Chaos orcs are orcs that drank from Mannoroth's Chaos Well in Ashenvale Forest, and became fel orcs called chaos orcs.^{MG 20} They were orcs of the Warsong clan that followed Grom Hellscream's decision to drink from the well in order to gain power in order to defeat Cenarius and his forces. By drinking from the well they were further corrupted with more of Mannoroth's blood, turning red, and growing larger.

Grom's chaos orcs did not show the level of mutation of the fel orcs of Outland. They had not yet grown spines or bony structures from their backs and arms like those fel orcs. They also lacked the six long and skinny fangs of further mutated fel orcs. Other than being red, chaos orcs looked like regular orcs, and could change back to regular orcs, for example with Grom it was the help of a special ritual. It can be assumed that with continued exposure to the corruption from Mannoroth's blood they may have mutated into the more physically demonic fel orcs (and the process would likely be irreversible).

Chaos orcs were capable of causing special damage known as chaos damage. Perhaps related to chaos energy. Chaos orcs were units seen in Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Orc Campaign.

Chaos orcs also fought under the banner of the Burning Blade during the first war. Some of the orcs who passed through the Dark Portal were driven mad becoming chaos orcs and joined the Burning Blade.^{TLG 232}