Warcraft: Lord of the Clans

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Lord of the Clans
First edition cover
Author Christie Golden
Cover Artist Samwise Didier
Country United States
Language English
Series Warcraft Universe
Genre(s) Fantasy
Publisher Pocket Books
Released October 1, 2001
Media Type Print (Paperback)
Pages 278 pp
ISBN ISBN 0-7434-2690-8

Warcraft: Lord of the Clans is a novel by Star Trek novelist Christie Golden based in Blizzard Entertainments Warcraft Universe. It was published by Pocket Books.

The story of the novel was originally going to be used in the adventure game Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans until it was cancelled.

It is the second book released in the Warcraft Universe after Warcraft: Day of the Dragon.

[edit] Plot Summary

The book is about Thrall's journey from a slave, to becoming a gladiator and finally chieftain of the orcish Horde. The main villain of the book is Aedelas Blackmoore, who commands the encampments where the orcs were imprisoned, and also Thrall's (thrall means slave to humans)former owner. Thrall escaped Blackmoore's tyrany with the help of a young human girl named Teratha. He then set out to find a group of orcs that had evaded blackmoore. He found these orcs to be the Warsong clan, led by Grom Hellscream (Named for his hellish warcry of course). He then went to the mountains to find his original home, The Frostwolf clan. He met with them a shaman, who taught thrall the ways of his people. He then rallied an army and attacked the fortress of Durnholde, home of Aedelas Blackmoore.

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