World of Warcraft is finally giving a certain legendary character his due with a proper boss fight. This major World of Warcraft character is set to appear during an encounter in the next Dragonflight dungeon.
Blizzard recently gave players a first look at Patch 10.1.5, Fractures in Time–the next content update for World of Warcraft. There are plenty of exciting features coming in the patch, but the new Dawn of the Infinites mega-dungeon coming to Dragonflight is perhaps the most interesting of them all.
Though this new mega-dungeon is set to feature important figures from across Warcraft history, one character in particular stands out among the crowd: Grommash Hellscream. The legendary Orc war hero is set to appear as the boss of the Time-Lost Battlefield encounter for Alliance players. Unlike his uncorrupted appearance in Warlords of Draenor, this version of Grom features the fel-corrupted green skin fans will recognize from his Warcraft 3 appearance.
Grom is a major figure from Warcraft lore. He was the first Orc to drink the blood of Mannoroth and inflict the curse upon his people, while also being responsible for slaying Mannoroth and lifting the curse years later. The legendary figure was also the father of Garrosh Hellscream–one of the most infamous characters in World of Warcraft–and was originally supposed to be the final boss of the Warlords of Draenor expansion before the developer shifted gears in fear of oversaturating the game with Orc bosses.
Now, it seems Grom is finally getting a proper boss fight, and many fans couldn’t be more excited. Hellscream is a fan-favorite who led many Orc fans in World of Warcraft to play Arms Warriors just to emulate him. Many hope the encounter will drop the high-res version of Gorehowl–the legendary ax wielded by both Hellscreams–that was never made available after it appeared in Warlords of Draenor. Given how coveted the original iteration of this weapon was when it dropped from Karazhan, the item would be a must-have for many transmog collectors.
A few players did point out that the new green-skinned Grom Hellscream model was missing a few key details, however. Iconic depictions of the Orc feature him with glowing red eyes, a full black chin tattoo, rather than a single patch, and deep purple coloration on his pauldron and armor, rather than the generic red used by the Horde in WoW. These fans would love to see World of Warcraft tweak Grom’s design before the mega-dungeon is released, but they are excited to see the legendary character take the battlefield either way.
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