Shatterspear tribe

Shatterspear tribe
Main leader	Ohseso[1]
Formerly	Jor'kil the Soulripper †
Race(s)	Jungle troll
Character classes	Shaman, Priest, Hunter
Capital	Shatterspear Vale
Other major settlements	Shatterspear War Camp
Theater of operations	Darkshore
Language(s)	Zandali
Affiliation	Horde
Formerly	Independent, Gurubashi Empire[2]
Status	Active

The Shatterspear tribe is a tribe of jungle trolls that is located in Darkshore. They lived in prosperity until the tribe's decimation by the Alliance as a result of their recent allegiance with the Horde, though later returned during the attack on Teldrassil.

History[]

The Shatterspear tribe split off from the Gurubashi Empire after the defeat of Hakkar the Soulflayer. The various tribes claimed territories in the vast jungles of Stranglethorn Vale but quickly began fighting one another.

The Shatterspear tribe eventually settled at the northeast edge of Darkshore. Highly reclusive and apparently uninterested in claiming further territory, the Shatterspear trolls established a small village in Shatterspear Vale, which is almost entirely surrounded by jagged hills. The trolls' purpose in living in the vale is unknown at this point in time. It is a strange location for any troll to choose to live: surrounded by mountains and, beyond that, night elves (the trolls' ancient enemies).^[3] The Shatterspear trolls settled here because they chose peace instead of war.^[1]

The night elves knew that the Shatterspear lived in their territory, but as long as the trolls were not hostile, they were apparently quite content to leave them and Shatterspear Vale in peace.^[4] They also struck a bargain - the trolls would live in peace, but they would not leave Shatterspear Vale. If they were under attack, the night elves wouldn't come to their aid. The Shatterspears agreed and counted themselves lucky.^[1]

Visiting the secluded village used to be a difficult endeavor, and a number of adventurers fell to their deaths in attempts to scale the steep hills around the Shatterspears' home. After the Cataclysm, the Shatterspear village became accessible through a tunnel, Shatterspear Pass, from the Ruins of Mathystra, built by the Horde.^[1]

Cataclysm[]

This section concerns content related to Cataclysm.

Garrosh Hellscream recruited the Shatterspear tribe into the Horde. The Horde planned for the Shatterspear tribe to attack the night elves from the north, while the armies of Orgrimmar would push from Ashenvale.^[5] The Shatterspear tribe established the Shatterspear War Camp near the Ruins of Mathystra, invaded the ruins with laborers, and destroyed the Tower of Althalaxx in order to gain a foothold in the attack against the night elves.

The tribe came into conflict with the night elven forces,^[6] with the fight eventually coming to Shatterspear Vale itself. The night elves were intent in destroying all the Shatterspear trolls before they could become a bigger problem. Huntress Sandrya Moonfall led her Sentinels there, and she asked Alliance adventurers to aid her in kill their chieftain, Jor'kil.^[7]

The death of their chieftain was nearly the final chapter in Shatterspear tribal history. As their former leader fell to the might of the Alliance heroes, the remaining trolls disbanded the tribe,^[8] and its remnants who escaped retribution went their separate ways, abandoning Darkshore.^[9] Some of these refugees found shelter within the Horde, while others joined various organizations.^[10] While the Horde offered them protection, in time most returned to Shatterspear Vale to reform their broken tribe.^[1]

Battle for Azeroth and aftermath[]

Survivors of the Shatterspear who joined the Horde were used during the War of the Thorns, notably in the invasion of Lor'danel, because of their knowledge of the land.^[11] The Shatterspear War Camp was also used as forward outposts for the Horde.

Several Shatterspear emissaries can also be found on Zandalar, at the Terrace of the Speakers. As with the Revantusk tribe, these are the only Speakers friendly to Horde players.

By the time of the Battle for Darkshore, the Shatterspear have reclaimed some of their territories. They have a strong presence in both the Shatterspear Pass and the Shatterspear War Camp, though no longer in the Ruins of Mathystra. They are, once again, being attacked from the air by the Alliance in the vale.

In the end, the Alliance won the Battle for Darkshore,^[12] and the tribe continues to live in Shatterspear Vale under their new chieftain, Ohseso, who continues to rebuild in hopes that the tribe can ever answer the Horde's call. Even after the battles for Darkshore, the Shatterspears still chose harmony over bloodshed. They try to honor their bargains with both the night elves and the Horde. At some point after the Fourth War, they were visited by Zekhan and Rexxar. They learned that what they need is simply medicine for bad days and bringing back letters to Orgrimmar, with well wishes for the Horde Council. Like the Darkspears, they put their home and people above all else.^[1]

NPCs[]

• Post-Cataclysm[]

  Forces[]

• Pre-Cataclysm[]

  The named denizens of Shatterspear Vale, pre-Cataclysm.

Notes[]

• The majority of the Shatterspear tribe uses skin tones unavailable to players, such as light-green skin tones used by forest trolls and a darker skin tone, later used by Speaker Ik'nal.
  • As of patch 8.1.0 with the update to Darkshore through the Darkshore warfront, the Shatterspear tribe have the traditional jungle troll blue tones appearing more often.

References[]

External links[]

• Wowhead
• WoWDB