Trag Highmountain Trag Highmountain is a tauren from the Highmountain tribe — which is known to have fierce warriors in the Horde . Trag was one of the first tauren to explore Lordaeron , where he befriended a human noble . Biography . The Barony . Trag Highmountain chanced upon a small human barony in the Alterac Mountains . The barony was controlled by the kind and gentle Baron Valimar Mordis . The two soon became friends and Trag decided to stay . When the Scourge later came and slaughtered his friend and everybody else , Trag hid away . . . but not before killing some ghoul s . Shadows of Ice . Sometime later , a now undead Baron Valimar , running from the Scourge , returned to his ruined fortress as a Forsaken and encountered Trag there , and together they worked to destroy the Scourge . They were after a particular Scourge leader , Ichor , who wielded the Orb of Ner ' zhul — which could revive ancient behemoth s or even frost wyrm s . The Baron wished to use it to raise a large army of undead , but kept some of his plans secret from Highmountain . A young " human " woman , Anveena Teague , arrived in the vicinity of the castle . She was " rescued " by Trag and the Baron . The Baron intended to sacrifice the innocent Anveena – who held powerful magic within her — in order to utilize the Orb ' s power ; this did not sit well with Trag . He soon awakened himself to the fact that the Baron he once knew was dead and gone , and that what stood in the Baron ' s place was no better than the Scourge . He tried to rescue Anveena but was defeated by Valimar . Trag awoke and confronted the Baron again as he raised his undead monstrosities . Trag closed his huge fist around the Orb in the Baron ' s hand , shattering it , and causing the frost wyrm that the Baron had summoned to come crashing down onto the castle , killing them both . Fallen . Though killed by the fallen remains of the frost wyrm , Trag was raised in undeath by the Orb of Ner ' Zhul ' s final magical act . Haunted by visions of Northrend and hearing the call of the Lich King , Trag sought out the Highmountain clan shaman , Sulamm , in hopes of reversing the curse and returning to life . At the Henge of the Earth Mother , Sulamm placed Trag in a trance state , promising to end his suffering ; in truth , Sulamm had informed the tribe of Trag ' s fate , and lead by Ornamm , his kinsmen now attempted to burn him alive in a flaming pit . Within his mind , Trag began to stir . Trag awoke through what he assumed was the same power that returned him to life , he defeated his kin without bloodshed , and left the shaman Sulamm in a trance state rather than killing him , stating that he wouldn ' t kill a person that could not defend himself . He even ignored the Lich King ' s whispers of killing his tribesmen . Fear . Fleeing towards Northrend , Trag avoided his kin and tried to slip past the orc s . The corruption caused Trag to suffer from fits of violent thought , and he felt he would eventually succumb to the power of the Lich King . However , Trag encountered Thrall , who became aware of his presence through his shamanic magic . Thrall offered to help , but Trag lost control of himself and the two battled . Even after calming down , Trag warned him to run before Trag lost control of himself again . However , Thrall outright refused to fight him , nor abandon him to fight against the voice of the Lich King alone . Thrall then told of how he had once feared becoming the animal Aedelas Blackmoore thought him to be , of falling into bloodlust to escape that fear ; but the truth is , bloodlust would have only hidden his fear , leaving it to eat away at him forever . By bringing peace into his soul ( possibly by facing his fear and accepting that his past is part of who he is ) , Thrall conquered his fear , survived , and found his redemption . If Thrall could do it , if Grom Hellscream could do it , so too could Trag if he would allow Thrall to help him . Trag denied that Thrall could do anything for him and warned him away once more . Thrall again refused , and when told that he would be struck down in accepting such a fate , he asked that Trag look him in the eyes " as you do so I know my executioner " . Trag prepared to kill Thrall , only to see in his eyes that he truly does understand Trag ' s fear , a calm understanding that allowed Thrall to beat his own fear , and from which Trag now draws enough strength to deny the Lich King ' s demands to kill him . Thrall offered him shelter and safety with the orcs , which Trag turned down ; he knew even better than Arthas that his fear would have turned him into a monster , but can ' t fully trust himself around others just yet . He decided to continue to Northrend and ensure for himself that he will never become one of the Scourge , even if that means self - destruction . Thrall told him that a Horde fleet of ships on the nearby shores of Durotar would be sailing north soon , and offered a small Frostwolf clan mark should he need to contact orcs . Trag turned down the mark but thanked Thrall for the offer ; he was kind to someone who might have killed him . Thrall admitted with a smile that he wouldn ' t have just stood there if Trag had tried , but had judged the tauren correctly . Thrall said he would ask the spirits to watch over Trag and to his surprise bid him farewell by name , even though Trag had not mentioned it . Trag stowed away on one of the ships and reached Northrend . Even though he was almost sure that he would fail , more so that he would die , Trag was determined to meet his fate . . . without fear . Fiend . In the Borean Tundra Trag meets a traveling Taunka , who takes him in his village . Suprised by the Taunka ' s hospitality , Trag ultimatly fights off a Scourge attack on his new friends and travels alone to Icecrown Citadel , where the Lich King awaits . Fate . Trag Highmountain fought his way to the Lich King , only to become one of his death knights . He was put in charge of the assault on Icemist . However , Trag retained control of himself and tried to kill the Lich King . Failing , he was thrown out of Icecrown Citadel and taken in by the Taunka . World of Warcraft . Trag Highmountain made his first appearance in the game with patch 3 . 2 and the Crusaders ' Coliseum . He appears as a tauren death knight in Tier 8 battlegear and is part of The Taunka . He can be seen speaking to Akiak . Despite Trag claiming he was going to join in the assault of Icecrown Citadel he was nowhere to be found within the citadel .