Gorik's Hammer

Gorik's Hammer is a Dagger and Totem's base-camp in the region of Azshara. Currently little more than a tower and cave, the clan hopes for it to be a clan village in a year's time. It is named after the late Sergeant Gorik, one of the first officers of Dagger and Totem, and a close, personal friend of Chieftain Gremkarc of Orgrimmar.
==Background==
Gorik's Hammer was set up a few years prior to Dagger and Totem's arrival in Azshara. It was put in place to discourage the Kal'dorei of Darnassus from moving into an area so close to the Horde's heartlands. When the threat of battle was curtailed and it was certain that the orc-elf conflict would remain primarily in Ashenvale it was abandoned, and thus functioned as an irregular trading post, resting point, and short-term residence over the next half-decade. Azshara became a land that the Horde always kept its eye on but unable to take advantage of, due to the wars on Outland and Northrend that required its full attention.
When the Lich King fell and the War in the North ended, the Horde had the urge to expand. One of the clan's that had gone through rapid growth during the conflict in Northrend was Dagger and Totem. They had served the Horde well in the Frozen North, their accolades including leading the Warsong Defensive, foiling a Cult of the Damned plot to grow frost wyrm infants into fully-sized monstrosities in a number of weeks, and saving the Stranglethorn Vale from being completely destroyed by a War of the Loas. It was time, Orgrimmar thought, to reward them.
A challenge was set: take Azshara for the Horde, and be granted with the permission, tools, money and peons to construct a village to house the clan. Gremkarc of Orgrimmar responded to this challenge with fervour, immediately directing his clan's attention on conquesting the apricot woodlands. The old ward against Darnassus was garrisoned, and given a proper name: Gorik's Hammer. It was a name in honour of a Sergeant of the clan who met his end in Icecrown: Gorik Darkcast.
The tower has been destroyed at least twice: the first time came when the coastal Naga took the unusual journey inland, encouraged by some foreign influence. They attacked the base, and set the tower alight. The second time came when the wood that the clan used to rebuild the tower was revealed to be haunted, and thus had to be destroyed. Nevertheless, Gorik's Hammer is beginning to take form: the cave at the top of the hill is used as a briefing area, and a wide array of traps dot the surrounding area, making any further attacks very difficult to carry out. The clan is paying the Steamwheedle Cartel a hefty price for the construction of a zeppelin named the G.O Randall (The Good Old Randall), and two new outposts have sprung up: Watrus's Beacon in the central coast, keeping an eye on the Naga, and Thrall's Eye on the very north-eastern cliffs of the region. The beating heart of this project is the Gorik's Hammer, and one day, it will be a village for hundreds of Horde troops to live together and enjoy their prosperity.
(Or eventually a gaping hole in the ground, but hey. Let's be optimistic.)
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