Garrosh Hellscream

Garrosh Hellscream is one of the most controversial "heroes" of the Horde in the MMORPG World Of Warcraft and although he has yet to openly turn against his own people he has committed a number of acts in his lengthy career that have arguably pushed him very near the category of a tyrant.

Garrosh is now the acting Warchief of the entire Horde following the events of Cataclysm and his rule has already been tainted with great conflict and death, Garrosh is a very different ruler from Thrall - while Thrall has always been compassionate and well-liked by his allies Garrosh has always been a brutal orc who values the old orc value of "death before dishonor".

Garrosh is quick to assert his power in ways that have seen him accused of being a warmonger by many of the Horde, foremost amongst them the troll leader Vol'jin - who blasted Garrosh with a hateful speech on how Garrosh had only earned his place as new warchief due to his status as the son of the legendary Grom Hellscream and that Garrosh was a danger to the new Horde.

Garrosh responded by banishing Vol'jin and the trolls from Orgrimarr (although he did not go as far as removing them entirely from the Horde: Garrosh may be a brutal leader but he is not by any means a mindless brute).

Garrosh was also challenged by the Tauren chieftien Cairne Bloodhoof to a duel after the tauren chief began to believe Garrosh had deliberately prevented a peaceful means to obtain resources from Ashenvale - during this duel Garrosh had his axe "blessed" by Magatha Grimtotem, however she had poisoned the axe and thus Garrosh killed Cairne (this, arguably was not entirely Garrosh's fault however as he was not aware of this).

Garrosh's hatred of the Alliance however is extremely evident and he shows almost xenophobic hatred for the Alliance and their allies as well as those he judges as weak or disloyal: under Garrosh's new rule the Horde has become much more warlike and the motto of "death before dishonor" is now quickly becoming a way of life as Garrosh and his loyalists are prone to "dismissing" those that displease them via instant execution.

Garrosh has yet to fall entirely from grace however and in his long career he has done many heroic deeds, it is mainly Garrosh's brutish nature and absolute hatred of the Alliance that makes him what he is today and although widely distrusted and feared (for good reason) Thrall at least seems to believe that their is still good left in Garrosh - only time will tell if Thrall's faith in Garrosh was not misplaced..