Founding of Thunder Bluff

[Bronan`DarkScar]

(( I am writing this story on the founding of thunder bluff, it is told through my characters eyes as a young warrior. If you see loopholes in the lore please feel free to point them out to me, also I am rather new to RP and to writing so feel free to give me tips and suggestions ty. I have a few other storiest old through Bronanns point of view if you want to gather information on his age, timeline etc ))


As the sun arose from its slumber shining its light upon the grassy plains of mulgore, Cairne Bloodhoof stood staring into the distance marveling at the beauty. Smoking his pipe Cairne let out a long sigh, tired from travel and the constant attack of centaurs, praying to the Earth Mother to bless her people with food and water.

"Cairne, may I have a word" Said Bronann as he approached the chieftain and fell to one knee

"Yes warrior Bronann, please gather to your feet" Carine said holding out the pipe to Bronann

"I fear for Drako Cairne, he was injured in the battle against the centaurs and is in need of food and water. We are runn.."

"Bronann, I understand your concern for your friend. He is a great warrior and you two have been a pain in my neck since your birth, but you have also brought glory to our people. We are heading to mulgore, we will find a new land where we can build and prosper as a people. The Earth Mother is in control of your friends life Bronann, not I and not you. " Said Cairne as she cut off Bronann mid sentence.

"I understand chieftain, thank you for a smoke from your pipe. I am going to ready my weapon and check on Drako" Said Bronann diverting his eyes from Cairnes quickly for fear of him seeing Bronanns true intentions

Drako and Bronann were battling a small group of centaurs who had been tracking their tribe for days the evening before. The centaurs had attacked as the sun retired and the moon rose into the night sky. Bronann was trapped between two large male centaurs when Drako leaped from the darkness to defend his friend, unable to hold the large centaur Drako was thrown to the ground and the large hoof of the centaur smashed his ribs. After hours of battle the centaurs were slain or fled from the Tauren but Drako remained upon the bloody ground. Bronann was caring for Drako, building a moveable bed for Drako as he dragged him over the miles and miles of plain as they traveled to there new world, Mulgore. But the food supply was running low and Drako was running out of time....

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"Drako, are you awake my friend." Whispered Bronann almost afraid that Drako would not respond

"Ah...Bro..nann" Said Drako barely able to speak

"I am going to find you food and water Drako, Cairne has given me her blessing to travel out into the grassy plains in search before we set off today" Lied Bronann

"Don..dont go getting in...to any more trouble friiieend withhout...mee" Smiled Drako

"I will return shortly with food and water, you have my word Drako" Said Bronann as he grabbed a bow and his mace

Bronann set off into the plains as the others slept and Cairne along with his son Baine sat on the hill discussing the plans for travel. He noticed a small forest in the distance hoping it had a source of food and water. His arms and thighs were sore from the previous days battle, they ached as if they were on fire. As he approached the forest a sharp pain ripped into his calf, "Ahhh!" yelled Bronann as he grabbed his calf pulling an arrow from the muscle.

"Centaurs!" Yelled Bronann as he raised his mace giving a mighty roar

The centaurs charged firing more arrows poorly aimed missing Bronann. It was a hunting party most likely, consisting of an archer and 3 large males. Bronann quickly surveyed his surrounding area trying to come up with a battle plan as the centaurs charged, but he didnt have time for such actions they were already upon him. Bronann fell to one knee swinging his mace at the centaurs large front legs, the knee of the centaur nearly shattered from the blast and fell the ground with a loud roar. The 2nd large male swung a large club at Bronann but Bronann quickly raised his mace into the air parrying the centaurs attack. With his left hand Bronann thrust the handle of his mace into the centaurs jaw causing him to stumble backwards for a moment. The 3rd male centaur had already swung his mace towards Bronanns back as Bronann struck his companion, knocking Bronann to his knees once again. The archer threw a large net around Bronann and with a few strings pulled the net tight around the taurens muscular frame forcing him to lay to the ground. The centaurs stomped on Bronanns had forcing him to release hiw weapon and roar in anger.

"Bin mog g'thazag cha!" Yelled a large beast

Bronann quickly glaced over not knowing what or even what language was used in this war cry. The centaurs as well quickly grasped there weapons and turned to the unfamilar sound.

"Gol'Kosh!" yelled the large green skin carrying a powerful mace and wearing large black armor

The power of this green skins swing crushed the centaurs skull, bits of brain and flesh flrew through the air as more green skins charged the remaining centaurs. As these green skins yelled and screamed in a language Bronann was not familar with he pulled the net from his body grabbing his mace and leaping to his feet.

"Ahh!" Bronann yelled as he stepped back from the green skins pushing his chest out in an attempt to force the green skins to back away

"Cam tauren young, I am friend not enemy. I Thrall warchief of the Orcs you?" Said the green skin in the Tauren language, his words were slightly unclear but Bronann knew what his meant.

"Orcs? What are these Orcs you speak of Thrall, I am Bronann son of Arok!" Said Bronann in a proud voice.

At this very moment a small group of Taurens gathered on a nearby hill, Cairne, Arok and Baine had followed Bronann in an attempt to gather him before he ran into trouble. They charged down the mountain at the site of a party of green skins circling Bronann.

"Bronann! Back away my son! We are coming" Yelled Arok to his son

"Thrall?" Said Cairne as he lowered his weapon as they neared the group

"Lower you weapon Arok and Baine, this is Thrall..Warchief of the Orcs"

"You know this green skin threatning my sons life?" Said Arok confused

"I no threatin life tauren, centaurs attack and we help Tauren" Said Thrall posting his mace upon his shoulders

"How have you come to speak our langauge" Questioned Cairne

"We met a party of Taurens days back, we traveled with them and learned your language" Said Thrall as he explained his story...



To be continued...

[Bronan`DarkScar]

(( continued...))

Cairne Bloodhoof had seen the orcs in her peoples travels through the lands but only for a bried and distant time. He had heard stories and tales from the humans that attacked his tribe. A human once spoke of an Orc who wielded a large mace and spoke like a human but Cairne thought he just went mad from battle. Cairne had never met a green skin or "orc" as they introduced themselves this day, he was surprised actually. They were large beings, shorter than her tauren by a head length but ofcourse he assumed there were smaller orcs than normal like our Bronann. They were broad and strong, muscular bodies with large head placed upon broad shoulders. They wielded weapons as large as a human, much like the Taurens weapons. But there was something different about Thrall...something Cairne could not place his finger upon. He spoke while at times fragmented in the Tauren language he still spoke with wisdom and his words were chosen carefully. Thrall explained to Cairne he was seeking his peoples destiny, they had escaped the humans and now searched for there place in this world. Cairne knew the greed and power of the humans, he had killed many humans in his travels through this world seeking Mulgore. The humans were a greedy race, they seeked power in magic and there allies the dwarves destroyed the earth in search of riches. Carine gripped his weapon as Thrall told stories of the slave camps and the things humans would do to his people.

"Thrall" Said Cairne "What you seek is the oracle, you must travel to the north. But I warn you, the Centaur are fast on our heels and while we lost them 2 moons back they may still be on our trail"

"What are these Centaur you speak of Cairne, what type of beast is this?" Said Thrall

"Centaurs are a vicious and hateful race, they resemble a man placed on a horses body. They are strong and many in number but are not the smartest of races. They have plauged my people since I can remember and their attacks grow with each passing day." Said Cairne

"I thank you for your direction and warning of the Centaur great Cairne, we have traveled far to find our destiny. We are tired from our travels but with the help of your directions we now have hope in this...Oracle" Thrall said as he rubbed his shoulder under his large dark armor

"Ah tired from travel, I know the feeling all to well my green friend." Cairne said as she thought to herself and glanced at her son
"Thrall, we would be very honored if you and your fellow orc here today would come and celebrate with my people on this night. Our village to the north is headed to us for tomorrows journey to our new lan in mulgore. With the death of these Centuar it may be wise for you to stay the evenin with us and wait for more Tauren to arrive before you set off to the north, incase of a Centaur attack." Said Cairne

"We would be honored to feast with you Tauren, a night of stories and meat will give us much needed rest for our journey ahead" Said Thrall signaling a fellow orc "This is Gorum he is one of my fastest and young Orcs,  he is a great hunter. He would be honored to hunt and provide for tonights feast. We also were attacked by a small group of raptors a days journey to the west and could also provide that for tonoights meal"

"Excellent! It is settled then Thrall, we will sit by the fire this night and feast while telling stories of battle and our travels. Bronann, you will travel with Gorum" Said Cairne alittle hestitant as he feared he would disrespect the orcs by miss-pronouncing the name of the hunter. You will travel with Gorum and gather meat for tonights feast, I trust you will listen this time young Bronann. You could have lost your life today Bronann and if not for the strength of Thrall and his people you would have"

"Yes Chieftain." Bronann said as he bowed before Cairne, praying to the earth mother to give Drako the strength to hold on until he could return.

Bronann feared for his friends life, he defied the orders of Cairne to serach for food, water and herbs to give his friend the strength to survive his wounds. The druids could not heal Drako, with the traveling and lack of nourishment the druids could not peform the healing spells on Drakos wounds. He was also weary on hunting with Gorum, could he trust this green skin? He kept his hand tight on his mace, almost praying this orc would taunt him.

The two did not have to travel far before Bronann found tracks of nearby plainstrideres, the closer they got to mulgore the more animals and water they found. He signaled to the orc, pointing to the tracks in the mud. "Fresh tracks, along with feces" Said Bronann pointing to the mud below. The orc shook his head in agreement and gripped his axe.

"Lets go, they are headed towards the river it seems" Said Bronann

So they made there way towards the river, seeking food for the feast and to save Bronanns companion Drako.

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The Tauren had not rejoiced or had a large meal in weeks, they had been on the run and had not stopped for more than one evening at a time. Cairnes people traveled it seemd for most of their lives, ever since he could remember they have been traveling. Whether searching for lands with more food and water or running from the grips of the centaur they were always moving. As Cairne smoked his pipe and prayed to the Earth Mother for meat and drink to celebrate he heard cheers from outside.

"Hail the Earth Mother!" Yelled the Tauren

Bronann and Gorum had returned, with them they had 4 large plainstriders and a large turtle.

"A Turtle? Bronann I did not know you liked the tough meat of a Turtle" Said Cairne as he smiled upon the Earth MOthers blessing

"The green sk...orc the orc killed it Cairne. He said he had never seen such a created and wanted it" Laughed Bronann at the thought of never seeing a turtle before.

"Well let us start the fires, cook the meat and celebrate this night! To our friends the orc! To the Earth Mother!" Cheered cairne

The Orcs and Tauren feasted that evening, they told stories of battle both Tauren and Orc sat and coversed. Some more than others though, the Tauren did not  understand the orcish language but with the help of Thrall the Orcs were able to understand the stories of the Tauren. Bronann was not sure of these new beins, these green skins. He grabbed his pipe and headed back to the tent to sit with Drako, the food provided by Bronann allowed Drako to regain strength and the healers cleansed his wounds and Drako was recovering.

"Bronann, what are you doing here with me? Why are you not smoking that pipe with the elders and fellow warriors, why are you here to suffer with me?" Said Drako wavin Bronann away

"Drako, my friend I do not like these green skins. They.."

"They are just as big as you!" Laughed Drako coughing and clutching his chest in pain

"I see you have regained your humor, hopefully you can regain your strength cause you will need it to keep up with me" Said Bronann smilin at Drako

The two friends sat and smoked, enjoying the night of peace...free from the centaur attack and hungar in there bellys

"Thrall, mighty leader of the Orc. You said your people are in search of your destiny, I will direct you to the Oracle. The Oracle is the one you seek, the one who will guide you as a people. He can be found to the north, if you travel a day directly north of our location you will find a Tauren group. Tell them of our feast tonight and the story of you saving young Bronann and they will guide you to the Oracle." Said Cairne

"Thank you Cairne, we thank you for this food and story telling. We will seek this Oracle out" Said Thrall as he laid his head on a large pile of lion hide and closed his eyes while the others sang and ate enjoying the night free from death and hungar

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As the sun arose and Bronann opened his eyes poking Drako to be sure he was still recovering well...Drako smacked Bronann with his hand "Stop poking me before I get up and break your finger" Said Drako rolling to his side

Bronann smiled and stood to his feet, the ground was soft and damp the Earth Mother had drizzled it with water, givin the earth its wak up call. As he stretched and glanced around the green skins had left, headed for the Oracle he guessed. Cairne who was arrivin back from his morning stroll spotted Bronann poking at the dead fire with a small stick.

"Young Bronann, you wait for your punishment do you?" Smiled Cairne as he bumped Bronann in the back sitting next to him

"I am sorr..."

"Bah, you remind me of my son Bronann. No matter what I say you refuse to let your people suffer" Cairne sasid as he cut off Bronann mid sentence
"You will be a great warrior Bronann, like your father. But you must listen to me Bronann, even when you disagree with my words I promise you I will not lead you wrong. Times are changing, new people wander our lands and the humans, dwarves and even the night elf attack our people more and more. I have a feeling about these green skins, there is something about them that attracts my interest" Cairne said staring into the sky

"I will follow your orders Cairne, I want to be a great warrior and defend our people." Said Bronann as he tossed the stick to the ground

"In time young Bronann...in time" Said Cairne as he stood and kissed Bronanns head

Bronann gathered his weapon and leather armor along with Drakos things, they were preparin for travel once again and headed for Mulgore when an orc runner approached

"Centaur! Centaur headed to the north!" Yelled the orc

"Slow your breathing Orc, where are the Centaur" Said Cairne

"North, we travel to camp in north. Centaur headed along the bank, war party" Said the Orc barely grasping his breath

Cairne grunted loudly yelling for her officers and elder warriors.

"Centaur are moving twards the Tauren tribe to the North! We must move and defend our people before it is to late" Said Cairne

"Thrall help, thrall await you" Said the Orc

Cairne smiled at the Orcs response, he knew the Orc had crossed the path of his people for a reason. Thrall learned his language for a reason, now as the time to rid his people of the Centaur threat. He smashed his weapoon into the ground yelling out a battlecry and shaking the ground with his mighty weapon. The Taurens traveled north headed to meet Thrall and his Orcs to confront the Centaur once and for all.

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Thrall watched the Centaur as they moved slowly towards the north, headed for the Tauren camp. He had yet to reach the Tauren camp so he wasnt sure how far was left to be traveled but he hoped it was enough for his Orc to inform Cairne to gather his warriors. He was excited for battle and to see the Tauren in battle as well. They were a large race, strong and wise and they respected nature and all living things. Something Thrall had heard of his people before the dark magic of warlocks filled his peoples land with death and decay.

Cairne and her warriors arrived as the moon set for the evening, they had run all day followin the Orc as he directed them to Thrall.

"Mighty Thrall! we have arrived, it is time to ride the centaur from these lands, I thank you for your company in battle with the Centaur." Said Cairne

"You have provided us with food and a way to our destiny Cairne, we live for battle and it is a pleasure to fight with you this day!" Yelled Thrall as the roared and held his mighty mace into the air

When the sun arises, Tauren and Orc for the first time in history would charge into battle together...as one.

To be continued...

[Abric]

{{ Good stuff, Bronan.  Keep it coming. }}

[Bronan`DarkScar]

(( Any suggestions? I am trying to improve my RP so that I can become apart of the grim and futher my fun on this server with RPing  ))