Mag'har orc

The Mag'har orcsUltimate Visual Guide, pg. 115Wolfheart, chapter 4 ("uncorrupted" in Orcish), also known as "brown orcs",Heart of Rage (BC Classic)Makuru's Vengeance are the orcs that escaped the corruption of the Burning Legion and thereby retained their natural brown or gray skin color. On Draenor, they were a result of isolation from the Horde due to being quarantined in Garadar. They have a noble shamanistic tradition cultivating a mighty tribal society that was centered around survival, regulating themselves through ritualized combat and personal honor. On the , the orcs did not take up the fel because of the intervention of Garrosh Hellscream, causing them to remain uncorrupted.
==History==
===Outland Mag'har===
Years prior to the Blood Pact with Mannoroth, a virulent plague known as the "red pox" spread among the orcish clans, and Geyah established a quarantine village in Nagrand, naming it Garadar after Garad. Those that were quarantined managed to avoid the corruption that plagued even their parents and the rest of the world. The orcs, and Nagrand, came to be referred to as "Mag'har" — which in Orcish means "uncorrupted".Beyond the Dark Portal, pg. 355
====The Burning Crusade====
The current leader of the Mag'har, the venerable Greatmother Geyah, is an old and wise orc, yet she recently fell extremely ill. Garrosh Hellscream, the son of Grommash Hellscream, served as the Mag'har's military chief, aided by Jorin Deadeye, son of the venerable chieftain of the Bleeding Hollow clan Kilrogg Deadeye. Garrosh was to succeed Geyah as chieftain of the Mag'har should she pass. Warchief Thrall of the New Horde met with the Mag'har and reconnected with the old traditions. The Mag'har joined the Horde, and taught the orcs about their past and the old ways.
Several Mag'har orcs also traveled to Shattrath City, allying with Lower City. The Laughing Skull Ruins were once inhabited by the Mag'har before the location was taken by the Warmaul.
The Mag'har outpost of Sunspring Post was sacked by the Murkblood tribe of Broken. They killed roughly a thousand Mag'har orcsOrtor My Old Friend... and dumped their bodies in the lake. Otonbu the Sage worried that catastrophe would set back any chance of peace between the Mag'har and the Kurenai, another tribe of Broken, for years.Stopping the Spread 
====Wrath of the Lich King====
Garrosh was the first Mag'har to set foot in Orgrimmar. A number of Mag'har joined the Horde's war effort, notably during the campaign against the Lich King and the Alliance, Deathwing and in the Pandaren Campaign. Mag'har orcs in the Horde became a more common sight once Garrosh became its Warchief. 
Among the Mag'har who joined Garrosh on Azeroth are Dranosh Saurfang, Cromush, Grebo, Glubgok, Lucretia, Saurboz, Gash'nul, Rok'nah, Dalgan, and Ishi. Even children like Namond and Gogu ventured beyond the Portal. Korgol Crushskull can be found at the Darkmoon Faire. Mag'har war drummers also participate in the assault on the Seething Shore.
====Mists of Pandaria====
While many members of the Horde rebelled against Garrosh's reign as Warchief, many loyal Mag'har sided with him and could be found in Orgrimmar and the Underhold as part of the True Horde.
====Legion====
Several Mag'har orcs were captured on the Broken Shore during the Burning Legion's third invasion.
====Dragonflight====
When the Kosh'harg festival tradition was renewed in Durotar, many Mag'har made the trip from Outland. Jorin Deadeye intended to reunite the Azerothian and Mag'har branches of the Bleeding Hollow clan, seeing that the future of the orcs was there.Honor and Glory
===Alternate Draenor Mag'har===
For untold generations, the orc clans of battled one another in endless war. But when offered them the blood of his demonic masters, the disparate tribes of Mag'har—the orcish word for "uncorrupted"—refused the dark bargain and banded together to drive out the Burning Legion. United under the leadership of , the Mag'har pledged to one day repay Azeroth's heroes for aiding their cause. As war against the Alliance intensifies, the Horde must call upon the might of the Mag'har to seize victory.Preview: Mag'har Orcs and Dark Iron Dwarves, April 28th 2018
====Battle for Azeroth====
A lot of Mag'har from the alternate Draenor, enough to field a significant force,Steve Danuser on Twitter have joined the Horde through efforts of Eitrigg.
Most of them sided with Sylvanas Windrunner during Varok Saurfang's uprising.
==Notable==
====Mag'har of Outland====
Name 	Role(s) 	Status	Location 	Affiliation(s)
Aggralan 	Member of the Earthen Ring and wife to Thrall. 	 	Various 	Horde, Frostwolf clan, The Mag'har, Earthen Ring
Geyah 	Mother of Durotan. Spiritual leader of the Mag'har. 	 	Garadar, Nagrand 	The Mag'har, formerly Frostwolf clan
Kashur 	Previous elder shaman of the Frostwolf clan and Drek'Thar's mentor. 	 	Spirit Fields, Nagrand 	The Mag'har, Frostwolf clan
Garrosh Hellscream	Son of Grom Hellscream and mastermind behind the Iron Horde on alternate , formerly Warchief of the Horde. Slain by Thrall in a mak'gora.	 	Various 	Iron Horde formerly The Mag'har, Warsong Offensive, Horde
Garm Wolfbrother 	Last Chieftain of the Thunderlord clan. 	 	Thunderlord Stronghold, Blade's Edge Mountains	The Mag'har, Thunderlord clan
Dranosh Saurfang 	Son of Varok Saurfang, killed at the Battle of Angrathar the Wrathgate. Raised as a death knight and slain by the adventurers. 	 	Buried in the Ancestral Grounds, Nagrand 	Scourge, formerly Horde, Warsong Offensive
Jorin Deadeye 	Son of Kilrogg Deadeye and Warchief of the Bleeding Hollow clan. 	 	Garadar, Nagrand 	Bleeding Hollow clan, The Mag'har
Ishi 	Blademaster and champion of Warchief Garrosh Hellscream. Slain by the adventurers. 	 	Garrosh'ar Advance, Kun-Lai Summit 	Horde
Cromush 	High Warlord of the Horde. 	 	Hillsbrad Foothills 	Horde
Nakha 	Founder of the Lok'osh. 	 	Valley of Honor, Orgrimmar 	Lok'osh, Mag'har, Horde
====Mag'har of alternate Draenor====
Name 	Role(s) 	Status	Location	Affiliation(s)
 	Chieftain of the Frostwolf clan 	 	Various 	Frostwolf orcs, Horde
 	Warchief of the , former warchief of the Iron Horde	 	Various 	, , formerly Iron Horde
Geya'rah	Overlord of the 	 	 	, Frostwolf clan, Horde
 	Durotan's mate and mother of Geya'rah 	 	Various 	Frostwolf orcs, Horde
==Architecture==
The architecture of the Mag'har seems to be inspired from the orcish buildings from Warcraft: Orcs & Humans. This suggests that during the First War, orcs used similar building types to those back at home on Draenor. However, over time, their buildings become more and more "warlike" and less nomadic. Those back on Draenor/Outland never changed their building style.
==Notes and trivia==
*Geyah once called the land of Nagrand itself "mag'har", uncorrupted.Beyond the Dark Portal, chapter 23 As such, the term does not apply only to orcs.
*The adjective derived from "Mag'har" is "Mag'hari".Mag'hari ProcessionMag'hari Chieftain's Staff
*Representatives of the alternate universe Mag'har orcs appeared in Orgrimmar with the 8.0 pre-patch, before they were supposed to show up and be made available, due to an unintentional phasing error.Steve Danuser on Twitter: "Correct, that's not intentional. A phasing error we'll track down. For now, pretend you've been granted a glimpse into the future..." They were removed shortly after.
*A large number of skins for orc characters in Heroes of the Storm make them look like Mag'har, such as , , and .
*Mag'har, being a type of Orc, are also largely based upon Balkan, West Asian (particularly Turkish), with other varied and specific elements from other cultures.
**For general Orc cultural inspiration, see Orcs#Notes and trivia
**Mag'har is pronounced similar to the name have for themselves, "magyar".
**The seven clans of the Iron Horde resemble the seven clans of the , as well as the dynamic between the clan chieftain and farseer shaman resembles the balance between the magyar , which means warchief, and , which means sacred prince and oversaw spiritual matters.
**The unification of the Iron Horde's seven clans through a blood oath resembles the unifying the seven magyar tribes.
**The 's lunar basis may be based upon the used by Mongolians, Turkic peoples traditionally, and others.
**Likewise the "moonwillow" in the area whose roots extend into the Shadowmoon Burial Grounds may be based upon the recurring death-related myths and practices involving trees.
==Speculation==
Since mok'nathal and Mag'har orcs largely look the same, the ethnicity of characters like Orhan Ogreblade, Uda the Beast, and Lucretia is unclear.
==Gallery==
Garrosh in Icecrown Citadel.jpg|Original male Mag'har orc NPC model.
SaurfangTheYounger.jpg|Male Mag'har orc NPC model from 6.0.
Draka Frostfire Ridge.jpg|Female Mag'har orc NPC model from 6.0.
Luhk.jpg|Non-brown skin colors were added from 6.0.
Taskmaster Banegore.jpg|NPC pale white Mag'har orc model.
Mag'har orc Allied Race.jpg|Models from 8.0. including the upright male model.
Borka the Brute.jpg|Mag'har dire orc.
Durak Legion.jpg|Mag'har orc male child.
Olgra-draenor.jpg|Mag'har orc female child.
Battle Standard of the Mag'har.jpg|Mag'har standard in Nagrand.
Mag'har crest OG.jpg|Mag'har orc crest in the Orgrimmar Embassy.
GarroshCata.jpg|Garrosh Hellscream unique model from Cataclysm.
Garrosh Hellscream (tactics).jpg|Garrosh Hellscream unique model from patch 5.4.
Grommash Black Gate.jpg|Grommash Hellscream (alternate universe)
Blackhand WoD.jpg|Blackhand (alternate universe)
Kargath WoD.jpg|Kargath Bladefist (alternate universe)
Ner'zhul WoD model.jpg|Ner'zhul (alternate universe)
WoDKilrogg model.jpg|Kilrogg Deadeye (alternate universe)
Durotan in game.jpg|Durotan (alternate universe)
Hans and Franz.jpg|Hans'gar and Franzok in Blackrock Foundry.
Mag'har Deadeye Male.jpg|Mag'har Deadeye
;Art
Warlords of Draenor box art.jpg| and the Iron Horde.
Garad vs Fenris.jpg|From a Savage World comic
New Allied Races Ready to Recruit.jpg|Mag'har against Dark Iron dwarf.
Mag'har crest.png|Mag'har icon.
Race-icon-draenororcs.png|Orc icon as seen in archaeology in .
Race-icon-draenororcsbig.png|Orc icon as seen in archaeology in .
;Movie
Blackhand (film).jpg|Blackhand
Movie-press-image15.jpg|Durotan and Orgrim
Draka-film2.jpg|Draka
;Heroes of the Storm
Thrall Mag'har HotS.jpg|Mag'har Thrall skin
Samuro Warsong HotS.jpg|Warsong Samuro skin
Samuro Shattered Hand HotS.jpg|Shattered Hand Samuro skin
;Fan art
SHandMHandClaw.jpg|Fan concept of the Shattered hand skin to the male orc player model.
SHandFHandClaw.jpg|Fan concept of the Shattered hand skin to the female orc player model.
Fanart - Mag'har orc by Anatoly Zelensky.jpg|Mag'har orc by Anatoly Zelensky.
==References==
 
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