Filed under: Lore, Know your Lore, Cataclysm
It"s been three years since we looked at what"s happening with the Grimtotem tribe. Since that time, a lot has changed for the malcontents of the shu"halo, and it"s worth our time to go back and take a look at the events that have turned them from the opposition to Cairne Bloodhoof from within the Horde to a dispossessed enemy tribe cast out from Thunder Bluff and the Horde. Who are the Grimtotem? What are their goals, and how do they mean to achieve them?
Even before the death of Cairne Bloodhoof the Grimtotem were less than pleased with his influence on the tauren people and his acceptance of their Horde allies. Under the leadership of Magatha Grimtotem, the elder crone of their tribe, they were involved in plots against both their supposed Horde allies as well as Alliance forces in Dustwallow Marsh. Strangely, though, it was Magatha and the Grimtotems who counseled that the Forsaken be allowed to join the Horde, and the Grimtotems seemed most likely to ally with the Forsaken of any of the Horde. The presence of Forsaken even today in the Pools of Vision inside the Spirit Rise is due to the Grimtotems.
Cairne allowed Magatha to stay in Thunder Bluff to watch her, and check her influence. In the end, it was not enough. To understand the current state of the Grimtotem, one must first understand the Elder Crone.
Continue reading Know Your Lore: Magatha Grimtotem
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