Maraad: "I know them! They are NOT invncible!" Also Maraad: "Kargath was pretty much invincible!"

"Believe me they are not invincible.." Umm.. that story made Kargath sound pretty invincible to me. Was that story supposed to make Varian feel better?

Seeing a hand ripped off isn't something that irks me much, but when a nail breaks off, I get squeamish. 0_o

I like how Maraad speaks with both sympathy and absolution, like "yeah they have their own hardships and this is what forged them, but they are our enemies and we must cut them down" kind of feel.

Drool!

One hundred wipes was the price for freedom in the Shattered halls. Pull. Wipe. Scream. Those who surived became the Shattered Keyboard Clan.

Blizzard should just bite the bullet and start making a Warcraft animated TV Series. We'd have the next Avatar on our hands.

Just as grim and cruel as WARCraft should be.

Goodness gracious! That was AWESOME!

"Believe me, they are not invincible." *story makes Kargath invincible*

i still come back to rewatch these in 2019!

1. This is badass and awsome 2. Ogres are badass and awsome 3. Orcs are badass and awsome 4. This kinda reminds me of Thrall's story from the books... which is badass and awsome.

Kind of sucks that they changed his lore a lot, but I think this story is a lot better and more epic. Really well done, super excited to see more of these!

This is why I always liked orcs, savage beyond words but with the most primal honest desires. Now if they could only stand up straight in game, that would be a feat.

*EVERYONE*... speaks... *so*.......... *dram-ATICALLY*

The hype was so real for WoD.

AWESOME ASF!

Spartacus? =)

So... the Shattered Hand Clan, at its founding, was composed entirely of Orcs who had killed 100 other orcs... with their last kill likely being done at a severe disadvantage. Why do I find myself trembling at the thought of heroic mode Shattered instances... again?

i thought that kargath for such a major orc warlord died WAY to easy as the first raid boss in the expansion

100 years, no rock. All of a sudden, a rock. ALL HAIL THE ROCK!

I'm glad these were uploaded almost instantly after the streaming, cuz the stream broke on me at the moment that they were showing this.

Oh, so that's the origin of the "shattered hand" thing.

YES!!! More Gore! More Blood! This is what WoW needs more than ever!!

so maraad knocks over varians warhammer toys

I had not known Orcs could be this metal.

Kinda sucks that the nail got ripped off on his good hand, now both hands are hurting :\

Out of everything the art team did in story board movies and in game cinematics for WOD (srsly i know the xpac sucks but give the art teams credit, they rock!) This is my fave. Just Barely

I would have liked it more if they had made the Ogre Empire, or any other big threat on Draenor, the enemy and let us fight alongside the orc and draenei warlords, in events like this. To see the birth of a new Horde and draenei empire. Maybe even recruiting them to our world.

Interesting how King Varian Wrynn's past has some similarities to Kargath's past. Not many can understand fighting in a pit unless they have been there themselves. Who better to oppose the Warlords of Draenor than our present king?

Spartacus is that you? I love this, everything makes sense when you understand the history of a life.

Wish my Orc could join the Iron Horde. Am i really supposed to dislike these guys? They are badasses in every sense of the word. They make me feel hyped for maining Horde toons and i am supposed to kill them for loot? It's Horde vs Horde as it is now. Aren't the Alliance good enough as enemies?! Guess not.

That was incredible. Compelling from the first couple of seconds, amazing artwork, and fantastic music/effects. Since this looks to be a series, i am already looking forward to the next warlord. Well done blizz :).

so when is Kargath: Blood and Sand coming out :D

The thing is, this isn't necessarily retconning, because this isn't necessarily the past. Yes, it is the past, but it's the past of an alternate timeline. That's why the changes made in the past haven't affected modern-day Outland and even Azeroth. That being said, Kargath Bladefist's original lore does still exist, and he is still dead after heroes stormed the Shattered Halls and killed him. This is an alternate timeline Kargath, and though he ultimately shares many similarities, they are not exactly going to be the same, especially now that Garrosh has interfered with the process of them drinking Mannoroth's blood.

i don't get it now? why are we going to kill this guy? he's clearly a hero and now were going to go and kill him?

It's all ogre now

Well done blizz. Faith in WoW restored. This is fucking excellent.

Wow, the tone in this is super powerful and an eye opener! Lots of lessons to pull away from.

Warlords of Draenor takes place in an ALTERNATE reality. Running parallel to our own but with minor differences; not a mirror image, but close enough to be of little consequence. Garrosh arrives mere months before the corruption of the orcs, before the Draenei genocide has been started. This means that all of the lore on the warlords will remain almost identical to older versions of the stories, but with more detail and additional information now that the characters are RELEVANT. Thus far, this is NOT a retcon, but a RETELLING.

Is it me or did Varian change his shoulders? Should be a lion and an eagle right? :P Awesome nonetheless :O Loreboner !!

Out of so many legendary orc badasses we could have fought in the end game, we got Archimonde, a boss we already fought, c'mon Blizz

"Carefully places pieces on map to make tacticam decisions and to know the location of his men" "WILD MARAAD APPEARS, SMASHING HAMMER ON TABLE AND RUINS IT ALL"

Really cool. I remember reading shorter versions of these stories in the Warcraft 2 manual when I was a kid. Looking forward to the rest.

Varian finally remembers what happened in the first war, wow. WOW.

I love this so much. its just a shame that the game doesn't hold my interest anymore. I wish that they would make more games in the warcraft universe.

By the titans breath... Illidan was right... We are not prepared.

I loved this, can't wait for the next warlords!

For some reason I found Kargath actually one of the best orcs in the Iron Horde. He's like the savage twisted left hand of Grom (no pun intended), with Blackhand being Grom's right hand.

Such an amazing animation. Well friggin' done!

THe passion in the voice acting….is sooo great. I LOVE Varian's new model here…..I approve.

Blood, gore, atmosphere and Kargath Bladefist. Blizzard hasn't done anything as atmospheric as this since 3.3 and Icecrown Citadel. That is the first improvement i see for more than 5 years. Heading on a good way blizz, keep it like that.

I can't wait to see more of this! Really cool!

Poor Kargath, if only someone lent him a hand

This is probably the best out of "Lords of War" videos.

Sometimes I wonder how people enjoy hearthstone when you have great quality lore like this.

That was great! Can hardly wait to see the rest.

To clarify on any confusion, this happened before Garrosh changed the timeline. I'm not sure on how Maraad knows this, but my guess is that Kargath's story was well known all over Draenor. I mean, it's kind of spectacular. Also, this probably even happened before the Orcs and Draenei became enemies (they were sort of neutral before), so it's not that illogical that the story would spread even to the draenei.

This was great. Loved the Shaohao videos but this one's even better.

This is still the best WoW video ever made to this date. Without a doubt.

these are so amazingly done.

Nice job TPayne(technical artist at this game project)!

Looking forward to the the next part, i always enjoyed the reading the lore behind many of the horde characters. I cant wait for the upcoming Full movie!

So thats why theyre called the Shattered Hand, wow cool. I love these!!

This is pretty fuckin metal. They weren't kidding when they said they were makin it more savage.

This is a pretty cool series.

The sound effects are so masterfully done in this. :)

I miss my old days 😭😭😭

0:58 Varian: Ah come on, dude - those cost like, 30g each!

"One last kill.... and it was Orge."

This definitely has me pumped for Warlords of Draenor

This video was so friggin awesome! I need to get back into WoW, been too long. I wanna get ready for the release of Warlords.

why dont they change the orc's bodies model to look like this? more athletic and with straight body .. :D

Man, they hyped this grind fest up. Legion better be good.

Man!!! THAT WAS F**** AWESOME!!! Keep Up The Good Work

Love these vids. Please make more. Watching it because of blizzcon 2015!!

can anyone tell me why they put so much work into making this expansions enemies look like the biggest badasses? the horde i am in looks like a joke compared to those guys :P. i am actually at a point where i want to join grommash and garrosh because they are closer to what i think the horde should be... conquerors!

Why didn't he just smash the chains? We will never know...

I just love that opening section, Varian has grounds to be concerned. His father and the kingdom destroyed, then along comes Maraad. The Draenei suffering more from the same Orcs than anyone else, genocide nearly.

Why do these cinematics look better than a lot of current story cinematics?

Very nice animatic. :)

Best rental game ever!

This is seriously the most heavy metal thing I ever seen in my life.

I love the animation in this. Great artwork.

This would have been a perfect expansion for Ogres to be playable. You dropped the ball Blizzard.

Someone owes Varian new action figures...BAD maraad! WE dont go to shattrath and throw hammers at the Naaru! :D

With the ways the Warlords are being hyped up, I hope now more than ever that our encounters with them live up to their reputations and their characters. (Also I'm so excited to see Ogre culture when it was a culture!!)

Still the best of these pre expansion cinematics.

1:00 rip little action figures

Blizzard shows slim STRAIGNT STANDING orcs in every trailer,every clip,every fking video they make.Even in Garrosh vs Thrall but gives us croocked orcs everytime!!

wooowwww that was awesome. I cannot wait for more of these! that was sincerely badass.

You know that this series makes me wan play WOD because I can understand the lore of WOW which I really didn't know that much. Keep up the good work blizz

Sooo. Where is the part where the Kung Fu Pandas come in with the Rainbow Brite Warriors and dance with each other?

Wasent Kargath orginally a slave in the mines?

This is some bad ass art style on display!

Finally the return of dark and gritty World of Warcraft, after the kids panda expansion we really needed this

And now some retrospect... So much promise. So much potential. So much squandered because of Actiblizz' new maximize profit scheme.

FOR THE HORDE.

You guys should seriously do your own animated movie or web series ( on a more permanent basis like weekly). Seriously your cinematic artists are amazing. At least then you know its going to be done absolutely right.

The most badass of ALL the warlords. Kargath is the best! Plus, he looks like Nathan Explosion