Occupation: King of the Pit Lords, General of the Legion
Status: Vanquished by Grom Hellscream
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Mannoroth was among the demons entered into Kalimdor during the War of the Ancients. Though he battled with brutal ferocity and slaughtered many, he was defeated by Cenarius and his followers and sent back into the Twisting Nether when the Well of Eternity was destroyed.
Mannoroth made his mark upon the orcs, however, far back in Draenor. Many years before the Dark Portal was first formed, Mannoroth, under orders from Kil'jaeden, took part in the plan to put the orcs under the thumb of the Burning Legion. Though he would later say that the orcs were his "by right", it was likely just plain arrogance of his blood pact with the orcs. His own master, Kil'jaeden, could claim rule over the orcs since it was he who discovered them. They would serve as harbingers of chaos, wiping out any potential resistance when the Legion arrived on a world. With the help of Gul'dan, the Blood of Mannoroth was drunk by the chieftains of the clans. They were engulfed by a demonic bloodlust that wiped out the Draenei and damned the orcs forever.
However, after the Dark Portal was opened and the orcs engaged the humans over the course of two wars, they were unexpectedly defeated and routed by the humans. The orcs, and in turn, Mannoroth, had failed. Mannoroth, painfully aware of this fact, made plans to have his vengeance.
Kil'jaeden, however, ignored Mannoroth's desires for vengeance, and crafted a new pawn: the Lich King and his Undead Scourge. This Scourge would succeed where the orcs had failed.
Finally, Archimonde was summoned by the lich, Kel'Thuzad, to the world of Azeroth. Mannoroth, eager to finally have his revenge on the night elves and the orcs, followed his master.
The Nathrezim Dreadlord, Tichondrius, gloated openly that the Scourge (whom he regarded as his in the same way Mannoroth felt about the orcs) had succeeded where the orcs had failed. This only enraged Mannoroth further, and he was infuriated to discover that the orcs had left. Mannoroth and Tichondrius, in pursuit, followed Thrall and the Horde across the sea to Kalimdor. Archimonde reminded Mannoroth, though, that the orcs could still be a useful tool to them.
Upon arriving in Kalimdor, Mannoroth sensed the presence of Cenarius, and he worried that the demigod could prove to be a chink in their plans. Tichondrius suggested that perhaps the orcs could be used to destroy Cenarius, for the orc who Mannoroth once corrupted years ago on Draenor, Hellscream, was here, and had incurred the wrath of the demigod.
Mannoroth spilled his blood into a fountain of life, defiling it. Hellscream's witch doctors, sensing the power, initially led him to the fountain, but quickly realized it was cursed, and implored Hellscream not to meddle with it. Grom ignored them and corrupted his clan by drinking its waters. Infused with the powers of the Legion, Cenarius was no match for the bloodlust filled Warsong Clan.
With the demigod dead, Mannoroth appeared and took full control of Hellscream as the true invasion, the Legion's invasion, of Kalimdor began. Realizing that the remaining Orcs were still a formidable force under the leadership of Thrall, Mannoroth formed a new plan to take him out.
Thrall found his former friend Grom had fallen under the sway of the legion and vowed to save him. With the help of Jaina Proudmoore and her expedition, the Orc-Human alliance successfully defeated Hellscream's corrupted clan, captured Hellscream, and purged him of his madness. The taint however, was still within him.
After Thrall reclaimed Hellscream, Mannoroth lured them into the craters formed by the falling infernals, where he hoped to battle them to the death. Thrall confronted the demon lord in battle pouring all his strength and hatred for the demon into one powerful blast with the Doomhammer. Mannoroth applauded the effort and revealed that it had caused no damage. The powerful Mannoroth tossed the young war chief across the crater leaving only Hellscream. Mannoroth reminded Grom that he owned his body and soul and gloated that the blood curse could never be broken.
Hellscream then faced the choice between giving into the demon corruption once more or resisting and saving Thrall. Refusing to accept that the Orcs were cursed forever, he chose his kin. In a heroic last stand Grom slipped past Mannoroth’s defenses and sliced open his chest. The demonic fires erupted outward, slaying the astonished Mannoroth and mortally wounding Hellscream.
With the death of Mannoroth the blood curse on the Orcs was finally lifted. After his defeat, Mannoroth's remains and armor were spirited to Orgrimmar and were attached to a large, irregularly shaped tree. However the large double blade used by the mighty pit lord remains in Ashenvale locked in time to show where the bloodpact was ended. The remains have become a memorial to warn against consorting with demons and celebrating the feat of Grommash Hellscream in finally lifting the blood curse.
Powers & Abilities
Mannoroth is a giant, even among the Annihilan(Pitt Lords) and as such he has horrific strength. Despite his size and weight he is also surpiringly agile, in both movement and reflex's
It also seems Mannoroth is very magical as his blood gave orcs a huge power bonus.
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