Agmar's Hammer

"Ha ha, welcome, Centurion Nazgrel. I am Agmar the leader here. I assume Warchief Garrosh sent you because preparations have been made to attack Azjol-Nerub." Agmar warmly welcomed Nazgrel's arrival. This elderly leader, nearing seventy, greatly admired the young Nazgrel before him.

Nazgrel's impression of Horde leaders was still based on Varok, after all. Varok had been the first Horde leader he had met, and also the most renowned.

But Varok had not left Nazgrel with a very good impression. First of all, Nazgrel had been born from the War Academy founded by Rend, so he could be considered part of Rend's faction. Naturally, he did not think highly of Varok.

After Nazgrel became Garrosh's confidant, Varok had loudly cursed Garrosh for favoritism, claiming that Nazgrel had risen from an ordinary soldier to centurion far too quickly.

Even Nazgrel's temper had been tested by that. He had started at the very bottom, fighting the Scourge with his own blood and the lives of his comrades. That was how he had earned his rapid promotion to centurion.

In Nazgrel's view, a Horde soldier ought to obey the leadership of the Horde's leader. Yet Varok, as chief adviser to the Warsong Offensive, had constantly thrown obstacles in Garrosh's path and had even directly threatened him.

Garrosh might have been somewhat reckless, but his achievements as Warchief of the Warsong Offensive were undeniable. The most obvious proof was the Warsong Offensive's string of victories in the Borean Tundra. They had pacified the Scourge there and brought the Taunka into the Horde—these were enormous accomplishments.

Moreover, Varok had an awful temper. At the slightest mistake, he would viciously berate the soldiers of the Warsong Offensive. (This was not the author being malicious. The official novel A Good War described Varok cursing furiously, even continuing