High King Maulgar
he Bladespire clan was once among the weakest ogre clans, lacking the numbers of the Bloodmaul or the physical
strength of the Boulderfist. The birth of Maulgar changed their fate forever. Maulgar was stronger and hardier than any
other ogre of his age, and his prowess in battle swiftly drew the attention of the previous high king. The king demanded a
demonstration of Maulgar’s might, and Maulgar granted it, snapping the king’s neck where he stood. This action shifted the
balance of power from the Boulderfist to the Bladespire, and drew the attention of mighty Gruul himself.
Fanatically loyal to the gronn, Maulgar now serves as Gruul’s right hand and the guardian of the gronn lord’s lair. Maulgar
surrounds himself with only the most powerful of his clan and leads these elite few into battle, commanding them to augment
his tremendous fighting abilities with their potent magic. With such powerful allies at his side and the rest of the Bladespire
clan at his command, Maulgar has become the most dangerous ogre in all of Outland.
Gruul the Dragonkiller
n Azeroth, the black dragonflight has long been hated and hunted by both mortals and other dragons. Not so on Draenor.
Indeed, dragons are not a species native to Draenor. When the infamous Dragon Aspect, Deathwing, discovered the Dark Portal
and Draenor, he felt sure that few of Draenor's denizens would dare challenge the dragons. Thus it was that during the Second
War, he traveled to Draenor and hid clutches of his eggs all over the world. Returning to Azeroth, he left behind only
a small number of drakes to guard the eggs.
However, Deathwing had made a serious miscalculation by leaving some of his eggs in Blade's Edge Mountains. The gronn
living in the area were not pleased by this potential challenge to their sovereignty. Tension soon erupted into conflict.
Led by the mighty Gruul, the gronn and their ogre servants proved too much for the outnumbered black dragon guardians to
handle. Nearly every dragon was torn from the sky by the diabolic incantations of the Bladespire clan, and then impaled
by Gruul on the stone spires of the mountains. The bones still scattered about Dragons' End serve as a stark reminder of
the dragons' defeat.
Today Gruul the Dragonkiller is worshipped as a deity by the ogres of the Blade's Edge Mountains. His powerful
sons ravage both the Blade's Edge Mountains and the plains of Nagrand. Gruul's unparalleled strength and experience in
battle would pose a serious threat if he ever chose to attack Horde or Alliance forces in Outland.
