Darkspear Trolls The Darkspear Trolls are the tribe of exiled trolls that have joined forces with Thrall and the Horde . They now call Sen ' jin Village and the Echo Isles their home , although some still live in Orgrimmar , in the Valley of Spirits . They are currently led by Vol ' jin . History . As tribal rivalries erupted throughout the former Gurubashi Empire , the Darkspear Tribe found themselves driven from their homeland in Stranglethorn Vale . Having settled in what are believed today to be the Broken Isles , the tribe soon found themselves entangled in a conflict with a band of murlocs . Their fate seemed sealed until the orcish Warchief Thrall and his band of newly freed orcs took shelter on their island home . Controlled by a Sea Witch , a group of rampaging murlocs captured the Darkspears ' leader Sen ' jin , along with Thrall and several other orcs and trolls . Thrall managed to free himself and others , but was ultimately unable to save the trolls ' leader . Although Sen ' jin was sacrificed to the Sea Witch , he was able to reveal a vision he had in which Thrall would lead the Darkspear from the island . After returning to the island , Thrall and his followers managed to fend off further attacks by the Sea Witch and her murloc minions , and set sail for Kalimdor once again . Under the new leadership of Vol ' jin , the Darkspear swore allegiance to Thrall ' s Horde and followed him to Kalimdor . Now considered enemies by all other trolls except the Revantusk and the Zandalari , the Darkspear are held in contempt to this day . Yet , the Darkspear have not forgotten being driven from their ancestral homes and this animosity is eagerly returned , especially towards the other jungle trolls . Having reached the orc ' s new homeland , Durotar , the trolls carved out another home for themselves - this time among the Echo Isles on the eastern shores of the new orc kingdom . However , with the coming of Kul Tiras and its navy , the Darkspear were forced to retreat inland under the onslaught of the misguided commander Daelin Proudmoore . The trolls , fighting alongside their horde brethren , defeated the enemy and reclaimed their new homeland . Shortly thereafter , a witch doctor by the name of Zalazane began using dark magic to take the minds of his fellow Darkspear . As his army of mindless followers grew , Vol ' jin ordered the free trolls to evacuate , and Zalazane took control of the Echo Isles . The Darkspear have since settled on the nearby shore , naming their new village after their old leader , Sen ' jin . From Sen ' jin Village they , along with their allies , send forces to battle Zalazane and his enslaved army . In Patch 5 . 3 . After the eventual defeat of Zalazane , the trolls retook the Echo Isles and built a thriving community there . Using the islands to raise their raptor companions , the Darkspear have once again become a mighty tribe . Following the betrayal and attempted assassination of Vol ' jin by the Horde Warchief Garrosh Hellscream , the Darkspear now find themselves in open rebellion . . . even fighting alongside the Alliance in an attempt to de - throne the arrogant and dangerous Hellscream . After the defeat of the tyrant Garrosh , Thrall bestows upon Vol ' jin the title of Warchief for his efforts and thus effectively proclaims him the leader of the Horde . Reputation . Surrounding zone Durotar contain the most quests for gaining reputation with the Darkspear Trolls . As well , higher level players with the Burning Crusade also have a good amount of quests in Zangarmarsh . In Northrend , aspirants of the Argent Tournament can gain repuation as well . A few reputation quests for level 90 characters were introduced with Patch 5 . 1 . As a reward for being exalted with the Darkspear Trolls , non - troll Horde players are able to purchase raptor mounts . Reputation prior to Cataclysm . had the repeatable cloth reputation quests . Rewards . There are no rewards until ( not counting trolls who want to purchase their racial mounts ) . Armor can be purchased from on the plateau south of the Valley of Wisdom , Orgrimmar : Troll racial mounts can be purchased from in Sen ' jin Village , Durotar : The special Argent Tournament mount is sold by at the Argent Tournament Grounds , Icecrown , Northrend :