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{{infobox town
 
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|name=Blade's Edge Mountains
| faction = Horde
 
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|ruler={{npc||Gruul the Dragonkiller}}
| name = Thunderlord Stronghold
 
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|capital=[[Gruul's Lair]]
| ss = Thunderlord Stronghold from northeast.jpg
 
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|affiliation=[[Bladespire Clan|Bladespire clan]]
| caption =
 
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|races={{Race|Ogre}}<br>{{Race|Orc}}<br>{{Race|Night Elf}}<br>{{Race|half-ogre}}<br>{{Race|Gnome}}<br>{{RaceIconExt|Arakkoa|Small}} [[Arakkoa]]<br>{{Race|Ethereal }}<br>{{Race|Black Dragonflight}}
| type = Town
 
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|loc=Northwestern [[Outland]]
| race = {{Race|Orc}} <br /> {{Race|Half-ogre}} <br /> {{Race|Tauren}} <br /> {{Race|Troll}}
 
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|pop=Unknown
| leader = {{NPC||Tor'chunk Twoclaws}}
 
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|major=[[Thunderlord Stronghold]]<br>[[Sylvanaar]]<br>[[Bladespire Hold]]<br>[[Grishnath]]
| language = [[Orcish]], [[Taur-ahe]], [[Zandali]], [[Low Common]]
 
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|level=65-68
| faith = [[Shamanism]]
 
| affiliation = [[Horde]]
 
| loc = [[Blade's Edge Mountains]] {{coords|52|57|Blade's Edge Mountains}}
 
|facilities = Yes
 
| inn = Yes
 
| mailbox = Yes
 
| stables = Yes
 
| anvil = Yes
 
| travel = Yes
 
|flightpath = Yes
 
| status = Active
 
| source = ''[[World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade|Burning Crusade]]''
 
 
}}
 
}}
   
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'''Blade's Edge Mountains''' is a region full of knife-sharp mountain crags and axe-cut valleys. It is located north of [[Zangarmarsh]] and west of [[Netherstorm]]. While inhabited by several kinds of races, it holds in particular a large population of [[ogre]]s, dominated by the hulking [[gronn]]s. The zone has three distinct terrain types, it's rocky valley, forested slopes, and barren plateau summits. Using this definition, the zone has four "mountains" that are interconnected. Likely contains some of the so called "[[Green Havens]]". he green glow in the sky is part of the [[twisting nether]] - a floating energy that affects the remains of Outland and binds it together in a suspended phase.
'''Thunderlord Stronghold''' is a [[Horde]] [[town]] in the [[Blade's Edge Mountains]]. It was the stronghold of the [[Thunderlord clan]] until the [[ogre]] clans exterminated them. Now, new [[Horde]] forces hold it in honor of the original clan. After the opening of the Dark Portal, [[Rexxar]] traveled here in search of his own race.
 
   
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As described on Worldofwarcraft.com:
==Travel connections==
 
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:''The harsh winds that rip through the canyons of Blade's Edge have, over time, worn the bordering escarpments into menacing, dagger-like spikes that lend the region to its name. This foreboding realm is also the homeland of the brutish ogres, who wage constant, fierce battles against one another to gain the favor of their merciless gronn masters.''
[[Image:Thunderlord Stronghold from above.jpg|thumb|Thunderlord Stronghold from above.]]
 
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===Flight===
 
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== History ==
[[File:Thunderlord Stronghold.jpg|thumb|Thunderlord Stronghold seen from the southwest.]]
 
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[[File:OgreMageArt.jpg|thumb|[[Ogre]]s originate from Blade's Edge Mountains.]]
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[[File:Maggoc.jpg|thumb|[[Maggoc]], a [[gronn]].]]
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As told by the brief and official description, Blade's Edge Mountains is the original home of the [[ogre]]s. Apparently originating as a weaker sub-species of the [[gronn]]<ref>[http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/burningcrusade/townhall/bestiary.html Burning Crusade Bestiary - the original and official source has been removed, but the info can still be found here: http://www.online-multiplayer.com/wow/tbc/bestiary.php]</ref>, the ogres were one of [[Draenor]]'s [[Giant (Draenor)|last giants]]<ref name="HPG156">''[[Horde Player's Guide]]'', pg. 156</ref>. Still, the gronn show little love for their children, ruling over the ogre clans with an iron fist<ref>[http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/burningcrusade/townhall/bestiary.html Burning Crusade Bestiary - the original and official source has been removed, but the info can still be found here: http://www.online-multiplayer.com/wow/tbc/bestiary.php]</ref>. Some orc scholars believe the ogres were once intelligent and the dominant species of Draenor before the orcs rose to power<ref name="HPG156">''[[Horde Player's Guide]]'', pg. 156</ref>.
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=== Rise of the Orcish Horde ===
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Orcs and ogres share a history, though there is some discrepancy on what relation they had to each other. They were enemies for generations until the rise of the (old) [[History of the Horde|Horde]]<ref>[[Ogre]]</ref>, even prior to the orcs' vicious transformation into savages by the hand of the [[Burning Legion]]<ref>[[Orc]]</ref>. Orcs ruthlessly conquered ogre territory, enslaving and killing ogres as they went; the war lasted quite a while, fueled by corruption from demonic forces. Soon the ogres were broken, the race either forced into exile or enslaved and used in experiments. The Horde enslaved and experimented with several of the ogre clans<ref>[[Ogre]]</ref>. The warlock [[Gul'dan]] decided that the orcs required the ogre's strength in the orcs' war against the [[draenei]], and his experiments created the [[ogre mage]]s. Several ogre clans passed through the [[Dark Portal]] to the [[Eastern Kingdoms]] before the [[First War]] simply to escape the orcs, although they didn't like the humans much either<ref>[[Ogre]]</ref>. To this day, most ogres hate orcs with a passion, remembering the wars they fought against each other<ref name="HPG156">''[[Horde Player's Guide]]'', pg. 156</ref>.
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At the same time, some ogres and orcs were clearly allies; ogres told the orcs that they were being whipped by the gronn and allied with [[Blackhand]] and his Horde to rebel back<ref>[[Gronn]]</ref>. This also provided the ogres with food and weapons<ref>[[Ogre]]</ref>. In fact, when the orcs in their demonic craze razed across Draenor in order to kill any other leaving creatures, sometimes fighting among themselves, the only race they might have called allies was the ogres. The ogres served as massive, single-minded warriors who served as little more than walking siege engines for the orcs as they plundered and conquered<ref>[[History of the Horde]]</ref>. Prior to the demonic corruption of the orcs, even off-springs between ogres and orcs occurred. Having the intelligence and cunning of and orc combined with the strength of an ogre, they were honored by shamanistic orcs for being noble and savage creatures of the land<ref>[[Half-ogre]]</ref>. They were called [[Mok'Nathal]], the most famous of them - [[Rexxar]] - later willingly joining the old Horde. Other Mok'Nathal can still be found in a [[Mok'Nathal Village|small village]] in Blade's Edge Mountains.
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=== The Second War ===
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[[File:Deathwingcinematicwar2.JPG|thumb|[[Deathwing]] during the [[Second War]].]]
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The ogres were brought through the Dark Portal after the First War to act as enforcers to quell needless infighting between the orc clans<ref>[[Ogre]]</ref>. They also brought massive devastation to the human lands as soldiers. However, eventually these ogre clans broke free and went their own separate ways. Today, both the Eastern Kingdoms and [[Kalimdor]] are inhabited by large clans of ogres. Some of them have rejoined the "new" Horde.
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[[File:Dragons' End.jpg|thumb|Several black dragons impaled.]]
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Eventually, [[Deathwing]] came to know about the Dark Portal and world on the other side. As there were no dragons in Draenor, he felt sure that few of its denizens would dare challenge his black dragons. After the orcs' defeat in the [[Assault on Blackrock Spire]], he made a pact with [[Teron Gorefiend]] in which the black dragons would aid the Horde in return for safe passage of his flight and his eggs to Draenor. Deathwing, his lieutenant [[Sabellian]] and a group of black dragons allowed the orcs to ride upon them in order to retrieve four artifacts which [[Ner'zhul]] required for opening new portals to other worlds for the orcs to conquer. When Ner'zhul had them in his possession, he, the remaining Horde, Deathwing and an escort of his black dragons ventured to Draenor through the Dark Portal. Deathwing hid clutches of his eggs all over Draenor, but most of his black dragons settled in Blade's Edge Mountains.
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The dragons were however not welcome by [[Gruul]], the leader of the gronn and ogres. They began to destroy both dragons and eggs alike, much to the dislike of Deathwing. Fighting back, he was also encountered by the [[Alliance Expedition]], a military [[Alliance]]-force seeking to recover the [[Skull of Gul'dan]] which happened to be in Deathwing's property. Deathwing was defeated by [[Khadgar]] and escaped back to Azeroth, leaving only a small portion of black dragons to guard the eggs. Outnumbered and leaderless, the dragons were torn from the sky by the [[Bladespire clan]]'s spells and impaled by Gruul the jagged spires. For this, Gruul earned the title "the Dragonkiller". The remaining eggs were affected by the turbulent nether energies when Draenor was torn apart, hatching into the [[Netherwing dragonflight]].
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When the human armies invaded, [[Mogor]] of the [[Laughing Skull Clan]] of ogres also sided with them in exchange for the dominance of his clan in the Blade's Edge Mountains.
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=== After the Third War ===
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[[File:Ogri'la.jpg|thumb|The ogres at [[Ogri'la]] are trying to make a new life for themselves.]]
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The ogres in Blade's Edge Mountains are still controlled by the gronn, divided into the [[Bladespire clan]] and [[Bloodmaul clan]] who are fighting against eachother. The player is supporting the Bloodmaul, aiding [[Mog'dorg the Wizened]] through a series of quests which eventually leads the player to (the ability to gain reputation with) [[Ogri'la]]. This is a group of ogres who have become intelligent due to the influence of the [[apexis]] crystals. Possibly, they may be a "revival" of the once intelligent ogres on Draenor.
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Deathwing's lieutenant Sabellian is still present in the disguise of "Baron Sablemane", a human. He, like [[Rexxar]], who has returned to Blade's Edge Mountains to protect the remaining Mok'Nathal from the gronn and ogres, and Mog'dorg the Wizened, gives quests to kill Gruul's sons. Ultimately, this ends the gronn's control over the ogre clans of Blade's Edge Mountains. Other black dragons are trying to destroy Ogri'la.
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The Burning Legion is still heavily present, also being one of the forces threatening Ogri'la. [[Baelmon the Hound-Master]], an [[eredar]], is using a still-functional [[dimensional gateway]] called [[Death's Door]] to summon [[Wrath Hound]]-reinforcements. The player helps the [[Cenarion Expedition]], which have settled in [[Evergrove]], with stopping him.
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To the north at [[Bash'ir Landing]], a group of [[ethereal]]s are smuggling [[Overcharged Manacell|manacells]] for the blood elves ruled by [[Kael'Thas]]. The manacells are produced in the blood elf-controlled [[dimensional ship]] named [[Mechanar]], and are somehow delivered to the [[Magister's Terrace]]. Apparently, Kael'Thas is planning to use the power in them to summon his new master [[Kil'Jaeden]] in the [[Sunwell Plateau]].
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== Geography ==
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=== Map and subregions ===
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[[Image:WorldMap-BladesEdgeMountains.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Map of the Blade's Edge Mountains]]
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{| class="darktable"
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|-
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||[[Bash'ir Landing]]||[[Blackwing Coven]]||[[Blade Tooth Canyon]]||[[Bladed Gulch]]
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|-
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||[[Blades' Run]]||[[Bladespire Grounds]]||[[Bladespire Hold]]||[[Bladespire Outpost]]
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|-
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||[[Bloodmaul Camp]]||[[Bloodmaul Outpost]]||[[Bloodmaul Ravine]]||[[Boulder'mok]]
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|-
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||[[Broken Wilds]]||[[Churning Gulch]]||[[Circle of Blood]]||[[Circle of Blood Arena]]
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|-
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||[[Crystal Spine]]||[[Cursed Hollow]]||[[Daggermaw Canyon]]||[[Death's Door]]
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|-
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||[[Draenethyst Mine]]||[[Dragons' End]]||[[Dragonspine Ridge]]||[[Evergrove]]
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|-
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||[[Forge Camp: Anger]]||[[Forge Camp: Terror]]||[[Forge Camp: Wrath]]||[[Furywing's Perch]]
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|-
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||[[Grishnath]]||[[Gruul's Lair]]||[[Insidion's Perch]]||[[Jagged Ridge]]
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|-
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||[[The Living Grove]]||[[Mok'Nathal Village]]||[[Northmaul Tower]]||[[Obsidia's Perch]]
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|-
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||[[Ogri'la]]||[[Raven's Wood]]||[[Razaan's Landing]]||[[Razor Ridge]]
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|-
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||[[Rivendark's Perch]]||[[Ruuan Weald]]||[[Scalewing Shelf]]||[[Shartuul's Transporter]]
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|-
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||[[Singing Ridge]]||[[Skald]]||[[Skyguard Outpost]]||[[Soulgrinder's Barrow]]
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|-
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||[[Southmaul Tower]]||[[Sylvanaar]]||[[Thunderlord Stronghold]]||[[Toshley's Station]]
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|-
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||[[Trogma's Claim]]||[[Veil Lashh]]||[[Veil Ruuan]]||[[Veil Vekh]]
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|-
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||[[Vekhaar Stand]]||[[Vim'gol's Circle]]||[[Vortex Pinnacle (subzone)|Vortex Pinnacle]]||[[Wyrmskull Bridge]]
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|-
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||[[Wyrmskull Tunnel]]
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|}
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[[File:Blade's Edge Mountains Concept Art Peter Lee 1.jpg|500px|thumb|Concept art.]]
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[[File:Draenoractiv.jpg|thumb|left|Blade's Edge Mountains before the destruction of Draenor.]]
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[[File:Blade's Edge Mountains Concept Art Peter Lee 2.jpg|300px|thumb|Concept art.]]
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[[File:Blade's Edge Mountains Concept Art Peter Lee 3.jpg|300px|thumb|Concept art.]]
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=== Dungeons ===
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{| class="darktable"
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! Dungeon Name
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! Level Range
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! Group Size
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! Approximate Run Time
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|-
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| {{portal|Gruul's Lair|raid}} || 70+
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| 25-man
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| Unknown
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|}
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=== Elite areas ===
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* [[Gruul's Lair]] (large outdoor area)
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===Arenas===
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[[File:blazeedge.jpg|300px|thumb|Concept art.]]
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*[[The Circle of Blood]]
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=== Getting There ===
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From [[Zangarmarsh]] to the south, take the path through the cave in the northwest portion of the zone. {{coords|69|35|Zangarmarsh}}
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=== Travel hubs ===
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;{{Alliance Icon Small}} [[Sylvanaar]]
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;{{Alliance Icon Small}} [[Toshley's Station]]
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;{{Horde Icon Small}} [[Thunderlord Stronghold]]
   
 
;{{Horde Icon Small}} [[Mok'Nathal Village]]
 
;{{Horde Icon Small}} [[Mok'Nathal Village]]
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;{{Horde Icon Small}} [[Swamprat Post]]
 
;{{Horde Icon Small}} [[Zabra'jin]]
 
 
;{{Neutral Icon Small}} [[Evergrove]]
 
;{{Neutral Icon Small}} [[Evergrove]]
;{{Neutral Icon Small}} [[Area 52]]
 
;{{Neutral Icon Small}} [[The Stormspire]]
 
   
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=== Adjacent regions ===
==NPCs==
 
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{| class="darktable"
===Leaders===
 
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|-
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! Zone Name
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! Faction
|- valign="top"
 
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! Level Range
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! Direction
* {{RaceIcon|Orc|Male|Small}} {{NPC|Horde|Tor'chunk Twoclaws}}
 
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! Access
* {{RaceIconExt|Rexxar|Small}}{{NPC|Horde|Rexxar|Champion of the Horde}}
 
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|-
** {{RaceIconExt|Bear|Small}} {{NPC|Horde|Misha}}
 
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| [[Zangarmarsh]] || {{Alliance Icon Small}}{{Horde Icon Small}} || 60-64 || South || Normal
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|-
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| [[Netherstorm]] || {{Alliance Icon Small}}{{Horde Icon Small}} ||| 67-70 || East || Normal (Gyro-Plank Bridge)
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|}
   
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== Notable characters ==
===Merchants===
 
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[[File:Blade's Edge.jpg|thumb|The [[Singing Ridge]].]]
* {{RaceIcon|Orc|Female|Small}} {{NPC|Horde|Gholah|Innkeeper}}
 
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{{main|Blade's Edge Mountains NPCs}}
* {{RaceIcon|Orc|Male|Small}} {{NPC|Horde|Old Orok|Fruit & Fungus}}
 
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*{{npc||Rexxar}} within [[Thunderlord Stronghold]].
* {{RaceIcon|Orc|Male|Small}} {{NPC|Horde|Lor|Stable Master}}
 
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*{{npc||Leoroxx}}, Rexxar's father, at [[Mok'Nathal Village]].
* {{RaceIcon|Tauren|Male|Small}} {{NPC|Horde|Pol Snowhoof|Trade Goods}}
 
* {{RaceIcon|Orc|Male|Small}} {{NPC|Horde|Threlc|Fishmonger}}
 
* {{RaceIcon|Orc|Male|Small}} {{NPC|Horde|Karnaze|General Goods}}
 
* {{RaceIcon|Troll|Male|Small}} {{NPC|Horde|Daga Ramba|Potions}}
 
* {{RaceIcon|Orc|Female|Small}} {{NPC|Horde|Orgatha|Axesmith}}
 
* {{RaceIcon|Troll|Male|Small}} {{NPC|Horde|Raiza|Throwing Weapons & Ammunition}}
 
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===Other characters===
 
* {{RaceIcon|Tauren|Male|Small}} {{NPC|Horde|Unoke Tenderhoof|Wind Rider Master}}
 
* {{RaceIcon|Orc|Male|Small}} {{NPC|Horde|Agadai|Wind Rider Apprentice}}
 
* {{RaceIcon|Tauren|Female|Small}} {{NPC|Horde|Fera Palerunner|First Aid Trainer}}
 
* {{RaceIcon|Orc|Male|Small}} {{NPC|Horde|Nekthar}}
 
* {{RaceIcon|Orc|Male|Small}} {{NPC|Horde|Gor'drek}}
 
* {{RaceIcon|Orc|Female|Small}} {{NPC|Horde|Rokgah Bloodgrip}}
 
** {{RaceIcon|Mok'Nathal|Male|Small}} {{NPC|Horde|Garm Wolfbrother|Chieftain of the Thunderlord Clan}}
 
*** {{MountIcon|Wolf|Small}}{{NPC|Horde|Lobo}}
 
** {{RaceIcon|Mok'Nathal|Male|Small}} {{NPC|Horde|Thunderlord Clan Sub-Chief}}
 
   
===Guards===
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== Quests ==
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{{Stub/Quest}}
* {{RaceIcon|Orc|Male|Small}}{{RaceIcon|Orc|Female|Small}} {{NPC|Horde|Thunderlord Grunt}}
 
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{{main|Blade's Edge Mountains quests}}
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*{{Neutral Icon Small}} [[Blade's Edge Mountains/neutralquests|Neutral]]
==Quests==
 
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*{{Horde Icon Small}} [[Blade's Edge Mountains/hordequests|Horde]]
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*{{Alliance Icon Small}} [[Blade's Edge Mountains/alliancequests|Alliance]]
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== Resources ==
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[[Image:BladeEdgeArt2.jpg|300px|thumb|Concept art.]]
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* [[Herb]]s
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** [[Felweed]]
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** [[Dreaming Glory]]
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* [[Leather]]
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** [[Fel Hide]]
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** [[Knothide Leather]]
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** [[Knothide Leather Scraps]]
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** [[Nether Dragonscales]]
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* [[Ore]]
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** [[Fel Iron Ore]]
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** [[Eternium Ore]]
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** [[Khorium Ore]]
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** [[Adamantite Ore]]
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== Wild creatures ==
 
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{| width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="table-layout:fixed;"
 
|- valign="top"
 
|- valign="top"
 
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* [[Quest:Felling an Ancient Tree]]
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*{{Race|Ancient}}
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*{{Race|Arakkoa}}
* [[Quest:The Bladespire Threat]]
 
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*{{RaceIconExt|OutlandBasilisk}}[[Basilisk]]s
* [[Quest:The Bloodmaul Ogres]]
 
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*{{RaceIconExt|SandWorm}}[[Burrower]]s
* [[Quest:The Encroaching Wilderness]]
 
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*{{RaceIconExt|DragonBlack}}[[Black dragon]]s
* [[Quest:Dust from the Drakes]]
 
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*{{RaceIconExt|WhelpBlack}}[[Dragon whelp]]s
* [[Quest:Protecting Our Own]]
 
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*{{RaceIconExt|SpawnBlack}}[[Dragonspawn]]
* [[Quest:Vision Guide]]
 
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*{{RaceIconExt|DrakeBlack}}[[Drake]]s
* [[Quest:The Thunderspike]]
 
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*{{RaceIconExt|DrakonidBlack}}[[Drakonid]]s
* [[Quest:The Spirits Have Voices]]
 
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*{{Race|Demon}}s
* [[Quest:Whispers on the Wind]]
 
* [[Quest:Reunion]]
 
* [[Quest:On Spirit's Wings]]
 
 
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*{{RaceIconExt|OutlandChimaera}}[[Chimaera]]s
* [[Quest:Baron Sablemane]]
 
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*{{Race|Colossus|[[Colossi]]}}
* [[Quest:Into the Churning Gulch]]
 
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*{{Race|Ethereal}}s
* [[Quest:Baron Sablemane's Poison]]
 
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*{{RaceIconExt|Clefthoof}}[[Clefthoof]]
* [[Quest:The Smallest Creatures]]
 
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*{{Race|Doomguard}}
* [[Quest:A Boaring Time for Grulloc]]
 
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*{{Race|Dreadlord}}s
* [[Quest:It's a Trap!]]
 
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*{{Race|Beholder}}s
* [[Quest:Gorgrom the Dragon-Eater]]
 
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*{{RaceIconExt|FaerieDragon}}[[Faerie Dragon]]s
* [[Quest:Crush the Bloodmaul Camp]]
 
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*{{RaceIconExt|FelReaver}}[[Fel Reaver]]s
* [[Quest:Slaughter at Boulder'mok]]
 
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*{{Race|Felguard}}s
* [[Quest:Prisoner of the Bladespire]]
 
* [[Quest:Showdown]]
 
* [[Quest:The Apprentice's Request]]
 
 
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*{{Race|Fire elemental}}s
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*{{RaceIconExt|Fleshbeast}}[[Fleshbeast]]s
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*{{Race|Gan'arg}}
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*{{Race|Gronn}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|Helboar}}[[Helboars]]
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*{{Race|Imp}}s
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*{{RaceIconExt|Infernal}}[[Infernal]]s
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*{{RaceIconExt|Lynx}}[[Lynx]]es
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*{{RaceIconExt|Larva}}[[Maggot]]s
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*{{RaceIconExt|ManaWyrm}}[[Mana Wyrm]]s
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*{{Race|Mo'arg}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|Moth}}[[Moth]]s
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*{{RaceIconExt|DrakeNether}}[[Nether Drake]]s
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*{{Race|Ogre}}s
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*{{RaceIconExt|Owl}}[[Owl]]s
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*{{RaceIconExt|OutlandRaptor}}[[Raptor]]s
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*{{RaceIconExt|Ravager}}[[Ravager]]s
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*{{RaceIconExt|Raven}}[[Raven]]s
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*{{RaceIconExt|RockFlayer}}[[Rock Flayer]]s
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*{{RaceIconExt|Scorpid}}[[Scorpid]]s
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*{{Race|Shivarra}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|Spider}}[[Spider]]s
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*{{RaceIconExt|SporeWalker}}[[Spore Walker]]s
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*{{Race|Treant}}s
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*{{RaceIconExt|VoidTerror}}[[Void terror]]s
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*{{RaceIconExt|WarpStalker}}[[Warp stalker]]s
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*{{RaceIconExt|OutlandWindSerpent}}[[Wind serpent]]s
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*{{RaceIconExt|Wolf}}[[Wolves]]
 
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|}
   
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== Patch changes ==
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* {{Patched|date=2009-11-4|bluenote=All characters that die on the Northwest plateau of Blade's Edge Mountains will now be sent to the [[Evergrove]] graveyard.|link=http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=94201937&sid=1}}
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* {{Patch 2.1.0|note=Added [[Ogri'la]] and removed [[Felstorm Point]] from the northern plateau.}}
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== References ==
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{{reflist}}
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== External links ==
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{{elinks-zone|3522}}
   
 
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Revision as of 03:06, 24 May 2011

NeutralBlade's Edge Mountains
Level: 65-68
BladesEdgeMountains
Capital(s) Gruul's Lair
Population Unknown
Races OgreOgre Ogre
OrcOrc Orc
Night elfNight elf Night elf
Half-ogreHalf-ogre Half-ogre
GnomeGnome Gnome
File:IconSmall Arakkoa Small.gif Arakkoa
Ethereal Ethereal
Black dragon Black dragon
Ruler(s) Gruul the Dragonkiller
Major settlements Thunderlord Stronghold
Sylvanaar
Bladespire Hold
Grishnath
Affiliation Bladespire clan
Location Northwestern Outland

Blade's Edge Mountains is a region full of knife-sharp mountain crags and axe-cut valleys. It is located north of Zangarmarsh and west of Netherstorm. While inhabited by several kinds of races, it holds in particular a large population of ogres, dominated by the hulking gronns. The zone has three distinct terrain types, it's rocky valley, forested slopes, and barren plateau summits. Using this definition, the zone has four "mountains" that are interconnected. Likely contains some of the so called "Green Havens". he green glow in the sky is part of the twisting nether - a floating energy that affects the remains of Outland and binds it together in a suspended phase.

As described on Worldofwarcraft.com:

The harsh winds that rip through the canyons of Blade's Edge have, over time, worn the bordering escarpments into menacing, dagger-like spikes that lend the region to its name. This foreboding realm is also the homeland of the brutish ogres, who wage constant, fierce battles against one another to gain the favor of their merciless gronn masters.

History

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Ogres originate from Blade's Edge Mountains.

Maggoc

Maggoc, a gronn.

As told by the brief and official description, Blade's Edge Mountains is the original home of the ogres. Apparently originating as a weaker sub-species of the gronn[1], the ogres were one of Draenor's last giants[2]. Still, the gronn show little love for their children, ruling over the ogre clans with an iron fist[3]. Some orc scholars believe the ogres were once intelligent and the dominant species of Draenor before the orcs rose to power[2].

Rise of the Orcish Horde

Orcs and ogres share a history, though there is some discrepancy on what relation they had to each other. They were enemies for generations until the rise of the (old) Horde[4], even prior to the orcs' vicious transformation into savages by the hand of the Burning Legion[5]. Orcs ruthlessly conquered ogre territory, enslaving and killing ogres as they went; the war lasted quite a while, fueled by corruption from demonic forces. Soon the ogres were broken, the race either forced into exile or enslaved and used in experiments. The Horde enslaved and experimented with several of the ogre clans[6]. The warlock Gul'dan decided that the orcs required the ogre's strength in the orcs' war against the draenei, and his experiments created the ogre mages. Several ogre clans passed through the Dark Portal to the Eastern Kingdoms before the First War simply to escape the orcs, although they didn't like the humans much either[7]. To this day, most ogres hate orcs with a passion, remembering the wars they fought against each other[2].

At the same time, some ogres and orcs were clearly allies; ogres told the orcs that they were being whipped by the gronn and allied with Blackhand and his Horde to rebel back[8]. This also provided the ogres with food and weapons[9]. In fact, when the orcs in their demonic craze razed across Draenor in order to kill any other leaving creatures, sometimes fighting among themselves, the only race they might have called allies was the ogres. The ogres served as massive, single-minded warriors who served as little more than walking siege engines for the orcs as they plundered and conquered[10]. Prior to the demonic corruption of the orcs, even off-springs between ogres and orcs occurred. Having the intelligence and cunning of and orc combined with the strength of an ogre, they were honored by shamanistic orcs for being noble and savage creatures of the land[11]. They were called Mok'Nathal, the most famous of them - Rexxar - later willingly joining the old Horde. Other Mok'Nathal can still be found in a small village in Blade's Edge Mountains.

The Second War

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Deathwing during the Second War.

The ogres were brought through the Dark Portal after the First War to act as enforcers to quell needless infighting between the orc clans[12]. They also brought massive devastation to the human lands as soldiers. However, eventually these ogre clans broke free and went their own separate ways. Today, both the Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor are inhabited by large clans of ogres. Some of them have rejoined the "new" Horde.

Dragons' End

Several black dragons impaled.

Eventually, Deathwing came to know about the Dark Portal and world on the other side. As there were no dragons in Draenor, he felt sure that few of its denizens would dare challenge his black dragons. After the orcs' defeat in the Assault on Blackrock Spire, he made a pact with Teron Gorefiend in which the black dragons would aid the Horde in return for safe passage of his flight and his eggs to Draenor. Deathwing, his lieutenant Sabellian and a group of black dragons allowed the orcs to ride upon them in order to retrieve four artifacts which Ner'zhul required for opening new portals to other worlds for the orcs to conquer. When Ner'zhul had them in his possession, he, the remaining Horde, Deathwing and an escort of his black dragons ventured to Draenor through the Dark Portal. Deathwing hid clutches of his eggs all over Draenor, but most of his black dragons settled in Blade's Edge Mountains.

The dragons were however not welcome by Gruul, the leader of the gronn and ogres. They began to destroy both dragons and eggs alike, much to the dislike of Deathwing. Fighting back, he was also encountered by the Alliance Expedition, a military Alliance-force seeking to recover the Skull of Gul'dan which happened to be in Deathwing's property. Deathwing was defeated by Khadgar and escaped back to Azeroth, leaving only a small portion of black dragons to guard the eggs. Outnumbered and leaderless, the dragons were torn from the sky by the Bladespire clan's spells and impaled by Gruul the jagged spires. For this, Gruul earned the title "the Dragonkiller". The remaining eggs were affected by the turbulent nether energies when Draenor was torn apart, hatching into the Netherwing dragonflight.

When the human armies invaded, Mogor of the Laughing Skull Clan of ogres also sided with them in exchange for the dominance of his clan in the Blade's Edge Mountains.

After the Third War

Ogri'la

The ogres at Ogri'la are trying to make a new life for themselves.

The ogres in Blade's Edge Mountains are still controlled by the gronn, divided into the Bladespire clan and Bloodmaul clan who are fighting against eachother. The player is supporting the Bloodmaul, aiding Mog'dorg the Wizened through a series of quests which eventually leads the player to (the ability to gain reputation with) Ogri'la. This is a group of ogres who have become intelligent due to the influence of the apexis crystals. Possibly, they may be a "revival" of the once intelligent ogres on Draenor.

Deathwing's lieutenant Sabellian is still present in the disguise of "Baron Sablemane", a human. He, like Rexxar, who has returned to Blade's Edge Mountains to protect the remaining Mok'Nathal from the gronn and ogres, and Mog'dorg the Wizened, gives quests to kill Gruul's sons. Ultimately, this ends the gronn's control over the ogre clans of Blade's Edge Mountains. Other black dragons are trying to destroy Ogri'la.

The Burning Legion is still heavily present, also being one of the forces threatening Ogri'la. Baelmon the Hound-Master, an eredar, is using a still-functional dimensional gateway called Death's Door to summon Wrath Hound-reinforcements. The player helps the Cenarion Expedition, which have settled in Evergrove, with stopping him.

To the north at Bash'ir Landing, a group of ethereals are smuggling manacells for the blood elves ruled by Kael'Thas. The manacells are produced in the blood elf-controlled dimensional ship named Mechanar, and are somehow delivered to the Magister's Terrace. Apparently, Kael'Thas is planning to use the power in them to summon his new master Kil'Jaeden in the Sunwell Plateau.

Geography

Map and subregions

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Map of the Blade's Edge Mountains

Bash'ir Landing Blackwing Coven Blade Tooth Canyon Bladed Gulch
Blades' Run Bladespire Grounds Bladespire Hold Bladespire Outpost
Bloodmaul Camp Bloodmaul Outpost Bloodmaul Ravine Boulder'mok
Broken Wilds Churning Gulch Circle of Blood Circle of Blood Arena
Crystal Spine Cursed Hollow Daggermaw Canyon Death's Door
Draenethyst Mine Dragons' End Dragonspine Ridge Evergrove
Forge Camp: Anger Forge Camp: Terror Forge Camp: Wrath Furywing's Perch
Grishnath Gruul's Lair Insidion's Perch Jagged Ridge
The Living Grove Mok'Nathal Village Northmaul Tower Obsidia's Perch
Ogri'la Raven's Wood Razaan's Landing Razor Ridge
Rivendark's Perch Ruuan Weald Scalewing Shelf Shartuul's Transporter
Singing Ridge Skald Skyguard Outpost Soulgrinder's Barrow
Southmaul Tower Sylvanaar Thunderlord Stronghold Toshley's Station
Trogma's Claim Veil Lashh Veil Ruuan Veil Vekh
Vekhaar Stand Vim'gol's Circle Vortex Pinnacle Wyrmskull Bridge
Wyrmskull Tunnel
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Concept art.

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Blade's Edge Mountains before the destruction of Draenor.

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Concept art.

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Concept art.

Dungeons

Dungeon Name Level Range Group Size Approximate Run Time
Instance portal Gruul's Lair 70+ 25-man Unknown

Elite areas

Arenas

Blazeedge

Concept art.

Getting There

From Zangarmarsh to the south, take the path through the cave in the northwest portion of the zone. [69, 35]VZ-ZangarmarshBlip

Travel hubs

Alliance Sylvanaar
Alliance Toshley's Station
Horde Thunderlord Stronghold
Horde Mok'Nathal Village
Neutral Evergrove

Adjacent regions

Zone Name Faction Level Range Direction Access
Zangarmarsh AllianceHorde 60-64 South Normal
Netherstorm AllianceHorde 67-70 East Normal (Gyro-Plank Bridge)

Notable characters

Blade's Edge

The Singing Ridge.

Main article: Blade's Edge Mountains NPCs

Quests

Main article: Blade's Edge Mountains quests
  • Neutral Neutral
  • Horde Horde
  • Alliance Alliance

Resources

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Concept art.

Wild creatures

Patch changes

References

External links