The Shado-Pan alone were undoubtedly unable to withstand the allied forces of the Mogu and Trolls, so Horde Warchief Rend dispatched the Horde's army to the Townlong Steppes.
Garrosh Hellscream led the Kor'kron Legion as the vanguard reinforcements and was the first to arrive at Shado-Pan Garrison in the Townlong Steppes.
There, he happened upon the Mogu general Iron Qon leading the Shan'ze Clan Mogu across the great bridge to launch an attack on Shado-Pan Garrison.
Iron Qon displayed astonishing combat prowess. Even the elite Shado-Pan defenders could not withstand him alone. His body was like steel, allowing him to ignore most attacks, while his overwhelming strength utterly crushed them.
At the sight of such a powerful opponent, the warrior's heart within Garrosh Hellscream, ever thirsty for battle, awakened once more. Riding a massive wolf, he charged straight out from the Kor'kron vanguard reinforcements.
"Weak slaves! You cannot stop the return of the great Thunder King!" With a single sweeping strike, Iron Qon sent all the Shado-Pan elites before him flying. Empowered by his immense strength, those swept away would be severely wounded even if they survived.
As a cold-blooded Mogu, Iron Qon greatly enjoyed the pleasures brought by slaughter and battle. After being sealed away for more than ten thousand years, his Bloodlust had become incomparably intense.
Thus, Iron Qon decided that once he captured Shado-Pan Garrison, he would slaughter every Pandaren slave within it as the price for their audacity in overthrowing the Mogu Empire. When the great emperor unified Pandaria once again, he would become Lei Shen's butcher's blade and massacre every resisting Pandaren.
But just as he was savoring the slaughter, his instincts suddenly warned him of danger. Iron Qon instinctively raised his weapon before his chest.
Sure enough, a crimson great axe came crashing down