March on Zul'Gurub

"How could this happen?"

Inside Zul'Gurub.

Jin'do, wearing a wooden mask, muttered to himself.

"How could Gan Zulaan have failed so easily? Wasn't New Hakkari supposed to be that terrifying? Wasn't their evil god someone even Lord Hakkar could do nothing against?"

"How could this happen?"

"How could this happen?!"

When news that the Zaun coalition had stormed the former Bloodscalp Highlands—now the New Hakkari Highlands—reached Zul'Gurub.

The entire Gurubashi city erupted in unrest! None of the dozen or so tribes stationed in the city could remain calm. Bearing the brunt of it were one branch of the Gurubashi, currently the strongest clan, and Jin'do.

Gurubashi Trolls was both the collective term for all Jungle Trolls and the name of a particular clan. Jungle Trolls were generally called Gurubashi, yet within the Gurubashi were over a hundred tribes of all sizes.

The strongest among those tribes was the Gurubashi Tribe—the strongest Jungle Troll tribe was entitled to that name. In other words, if the Darkspear Trolls Tribe ever became the strongest, they too could call themselves the Gurubashi Tribe.

In a sense, the name "Gurubashi" was the title of the rightful leader of the Jungle Trolls.

For countless millennia, this had been an unspoken rule acknowledged throughout Stranglethorn Vale.

The tribe Mandokir led bore the name Gurubashi Tribe, which meant that the Jungle Trolls under his command were the strongest Jungle Troll clan.

At that moment, the chief of the strongest Jungle Troll tribe wore a livid expression... No, Jungle Troll faces were naturally a bluish-green color.

In any case, Mandokir's expression was terrible, standing in stark contrast to Jin'do's bewildered disbelief.

"Neither Lord Hakkar nor you told me that Gan Zulaan and his madmen would be so fragile! In less than twenty sunrises and sunsets, they actually failed?" Mandokir