Kalimdor, Orgrimmar.
Hamul Runetotem, Cairne Bloodhoof, Garrosh-Grommash Hellscream, Dranosh Saurfang, Varok Saurfang, Vol'jin, Rokhan... the Horde's core members from across the Western Continent had gathered in Orgrimmar.
They had come for one reason alone: to answer Cairne's call and discuss how to deal with the destabilizing elements within Thunder Bluff.
Cairne himself had no way to control Magatha and her Grimtotem. Although Magatha lived in Thunder Bluff and her clan enjoyed all the rights afforded to tauren, the Grimtotem had never formally joined the Horde, nor were they under Thunder Bluff's jurisdiction.
Magatha was a powerful shaman. After her husband's unfortunate death in an accident, she had taken over the Grimtotem. Yet rumors within the Grimtotem Clan claimed that her husband's death had not truly been an accident. Cowed by Magatha, however, the tauren only dared discuss it in private.
Perhaps Magatha herself had been behind her husband's death.
Every Grimtotem tauren was strong and sturdy, specially trained, and highly skilled in combat. Even as children, while others their age learned to live in harmony with nature and how to hunt, Grimtotem children learned how to fight.
They learned how to kill, swiftly and cleanly, using their hands, horns, and whatever weapons they had at hand. In any battle, the scales of victory often tipped toward the Grimtotem. They did not fight for honor; they fought only to win.
Their numbers were not limitless, however, and for now, Magatha could only live as a "parasite" in Thunder Bluff.
"Magatha has been making increasingly bold moves lately. She and her Grimtotem seem to be plotting something?" Elder Hamuul understood all his people, but the Grimtotem alone were utterly at odds with his temperament. Tauren were generally a peaceful race, yet the Grimtotem were steeped in violence and slaughter, contrary to Thunder