Mrog Hellflank

Mrog Hellflank
Gender	Male
Race	Quilboar
Character class	Warrior, Rogue
Age	30 years old
Height	3'8"
Weight	4st 10lb
Birthplace	Unknown
Affiliation(s)	Bristleback tribe
Status	Alive

Mrog Hellflank is the leader of a band of Bristleback quilboar who survived the expelling from the Fields of Blood shortly after the Cataclysm.

Background

Hellflank is a skilled warrior of the Bristleback tribe of quilboar not only for his savagery in battle, but due to the fact that he is able to coordinate his fury through his cunning and tactical mind. Unlike the warriors of his tribe, Mrog is swift and uses more technical blows instead of reckless onslaughts. His weapon is Goresnort, a two-handed axe forged by his ancestors and which he has inherited from his father after his death trying to fend off the newly arrived forces of the Orcish Horde during the colonization of Kalimdor.

Cataclysm

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Mrog was among the Bristleback survivors from the invasion of Horde and Alliance forces at the Fields of Blood, Hellflank later rallied some of said survivors and hid in the shadows of the Southern Barrens, training them in combat and preparing them for a massive assault against both forces at their former holdings in order to reclaim their lost lands.

Vendetta Conflict

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See: Vendetta Conflict

With the Horde too busy with inner fights and the Alliance focusing on feeding the ensuing rebellion, Mrog gave his quilboar the order to strike, his group, composed of around 40 male quilboar, marched their way to the Fields of Blood. However, a miscalculation in taking the safest route ended up clashing the band against a Kor'kron token force sent to take over Vendetta Point. Quilboar and orcish forces fought, resulting in a dire defeat for the humanoid swines. Around eighteen quilboar were killed that day. The survivors, Hellflank being among them, were made prisoners of war in cells located exactly at the Fields of Blood, the convenient location was a taunt from Overseer Balrocia Dreadhowl directed to the pig-people. Because of the huge failure of their assault after almost a whole year of hiding and preparation plus their casualties on that day and also due to the place where they were made prisoners, Mrog's quilboar fell into lethargy, except for himself. While in prison, Mrog found out that many others of his tribe were imprisoned after attempting to fight back the Kor'kron expansion from their small base camps near the Fields of Blood, they were pretty much as lethargic as those of his band. Later on, Mrog managed to escape amid an invasion of both blood elven and gnomish forces at Vendetta Point, which allowed him to escape, recover his family axe and use it to destroy as much cages as he could before the Kor'kron attacked and forced his retreat.

Mrog managed to rescue six of his fellow tribesmen, this time hiding themselves in the shadows of the Overgrowth, where they plot their next move in order to save the rest of their brethren. But not even the Overgrowth proved to be a safe haven, the Kor'kron under Daw'gar Stripribs invaded the region, slaughtering as many quilboar and humans as they could, among the deaths were the six men Hellflank managed to rescue, Mrog himself managed to survive the ambush staged against them, slaughtering the remaining invaders before moving to other portions of the Overgrowth, amid these moves to find survivors, Hellflank stumbled upon the battle at Teegan's Expedition, where he spotted the Grey Legion aiding the Northwatch humans in fending off the Kor'kron, and succeeding in doing so. The quilboar opened a malicious and ambitious smile and snort-chuckled a bit, retreating to the shadows of the Overgrowth and following the Legion on their way back to Grey Point. After hours stalking at them in the proximities of the base camp, Mrog approached the forces there and was about to be attacked by the ghoulish guards of Grey Point if not for Leugim to order them not to do it.

After introducing himself and expressing his interest in the coalition of Grey Point, the ensuing discussions culminated with a pact, in which the Grey Legion, Azureseeker Expedition and Gnomeregan Blackjacks agreed to aid the Bristleback prisoners at the Fields of Blood, supply them with weapons and armor, and, together, expel the Kor'kron from the Southern Barrens. In addition, Hellflank's imposed pact also demanded that all three factions abandoned the land they claimed and gave it back to the quilboar as they were natives to them, while Nimbus and Saulanar were less than eager to accept it, Leugim strangely agreed with his terms.

Mrog believes that the Grey Legion and the Azureseeker Expedition have realized the mistake of siding with orcs and now share the same hatred for them as Hellflank and his people do, hence his desire for an approach.

Mrog leads his brethren against the Kor'kron.

With the aid of Initiate Nehu, the quilboar prisoners were freed and armed with Alliance swords and Horde shields, fighting alongside the Gnomeregan Blackjacks and the Azureseeker Expedition in their assault at the Fields of Blood, with Mrog as the one to guide their bloody swarm attacks.

With the Kor'kron at the Fields of Blood slaughtered, Mrog sealed his pact of mutual assistance with the three guilds, but admitted that he couldn't speak for the rest of his tribe, but assured that those quilboar who pledged themselves to him will be by the coalition's side to bask in more orcish blood.

Trivia

• Mrog Hellflank is actually both a reference and a parody of Grom Hellscream of the orcish Warsong Clan. His first name, "Mrog", is an anagram of "Grom", while the surname, "Hellflank", is a reference to "Hellscream". Note that, to compensate the fact that the quilboar race lack the blademaster class, he is both a warrior and a rogue, classes that a quilboar can be. The fact that he carries a banner on his back also contributes to give him this pseudo blademaster look.

• Mrog's weapon is also another reference to Grom Hellscream. Hellflank's axe is named "Goresnort", a pun on Gorehowl, the axe of the Warsong chieftain, which is now wielded by his son, Garrosh.