Gronn

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Slaag, a gronn.

Native to Outland, the gronn are described as the immortal demigods of the ogre race.

According to some the gronn gave rise to the lesser ogres, yet they show little love for their children — they rule the ogre clans with a brutal iron fist. Only seven gronn are said to be in existence, but there are many minor ones patrolling the western cliffs in Nagrand. Gronn wield fearsome power; however, they are not famed for their intelligence.

The gronn are mentioned in Rise of the Horde; the ogres claim that they were beaten and whipped by the gronn (many ogres bore whip scars on their backs). The ogres rebelled against the gronn with the assistance of Blackhand and the Orcish Horde.

Known Gronn

• File:IconSmall Gronn Small.gif Gruul the Dragonkiller, the raid boss in Gruul's Lair is the father of the gronn.
  • The 7 sons of Gruul:
    • File:IconSmall Gronn Small.gif Goc in the Blade's Edge Mountains, Altar of Goc
    • File:IconSmall Gronn Small.gif Gorgrom the Dragon-Eater in the Blade's Edge Mountains, Boulder'mok
    • File:IconSmall Gronn Small.gif Grulloc in the Blade's Edge Mountains, Cursed Hollow
    • File:IconSmall Gronn Small.gif Maggoc in the Blade's Edge Mountains
    • File:IconSmall Gronn Small.gif Durn the Hungerer in Nagrand, circular patterns around the Spirit Fields that surround Oshu'gun
    • File:IconSmall Gronn Small.gif Slaag in the Barrier Hills just above Shattrath City
    • File:IconSmall Gronn Small.gif Skulloc Soulgrinder in the Blade's Edge Mountains
• Perhaps Nath, the ogre war god, is a gronn or an even greater demigod.
• A few elite monsters exist in Nagrand, named Mountain Gronn, who are walking around near Warmaul Hill, and will fight with ogres. These are probably lesser gronn or a step between ogre lords and gronn.
• A gronn is being held captive in a stasis chamber at Bash'ir Landing named Thuk the Defiant.
• At the Circle of Blood in Blade's Edge Mountains, there is a NPC, Baron Sablemane, who is a black drake in disguise who has this to say: "My loathing of interruptions is overshadowed only by my hatred of Gruul the Dragonkiller and his seven sons!".

Speculation

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Given that most of the named Gronn are described as Gruul's sons, Gruul may be the first gronn, or else the being who created them. Given the use of the term "demigod," it's logical to assume that gronn are comparable in nature to the Azerothian variety, such as Malorne, Cenarius, or Aviana.

As for how powerful the gronn are, this is more difficult to determine, as the power of demigods has a wide range. There are the mightiest demigods, such as Malorne, Cenarius, Aviana, Agamaggan, Ursol and Ursoc, but then there are the lesser ones, such as Omen and several others that are simple guardians of sacred sites here and there. Gronn could be theoretically anywhere on this scale.

It is most probably so, that the seven gronn are demigods, but that there are differences in power amongst them just as with their Azerothian counterparts. Gruul the Dragonkiller is the mightiest one; as mighty as Cenarius, Malorne, or Aviana, albeit in a different way. The other gronn, Durn, Maggoc, and the patrolling ones, are lesser demigods akin to the lesser Azerothian demigods.

Trivia

Gronn seem to be rather fond of dragon hunting — there are several fully grown adult black dragons found impaled on spikes within the Blade's Edge Mountains, whilst some gronn take related titles such as "Gruul the Dragonkiller" and "Gorgrom the Dragon-Eater".

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