Sand troll

Sand trollsTabetha's TaskMolten Cay Salvage are a subgroup of jungle trolls that dwell in the Tanaris desert. The subgroup arose by adapting to the beating of the hot Tanaris sun after being separated from their Eastern Kingdoms brethren in the Great Sundering.World of Warcraft: The Magazine Volume 2 Issue 1
A sand troll empire has never been formed - in fact the only known tribes of sand trolls are the Farraki (also known as the Sandfury) and Sandscalp tribes. Sand trolls mostly keep to themselves and attack all outsiders.
==History==
===Ancient history===
Several thousand years prior to the War of the Ancients, the Sandfury tribe (then known as the Razorbranch tribe)World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 1, pg. 76 (map) was originally part of the Gurubashi Empire. The Great Sundering split the jungle trolls' territory, which left the Sandfury in the middle of the desert of Tanaris. The capital of the Sandfury is the troll city of Zul'Farrak, but they have few other remaining settlements - Tanaris has long since reclaimed them, leaving it dotted with buried ruins. The trolls have been forced to give up the majority of Tanaris to outsiders, and are thus fierce to defend what remains theirs.The Troll Compendium: Sand Troll Tribes
===Elemental Unrest===
The Sandfury allied with the Twilight's Hammer shortly prior to the Cataclysm. Under the leadership of Hydromancer Kulratha, they attempted to summon Kai'ju Gahz'rilla for the Twilight cult. This alliance did not appear to last long after that.:
===Traveler===
Zathra is a mercenary hired by the Hidden to track down the compass owned by Greydon Thorne, and later by his son Aramar Thorne. Chief Ukorz Sandscalp is revealed to still be alive.Traveler: The Spiral Path
===Pandaria===
The Sandfury, now calling themselves the Farraki, allied with Zul's Zandalari trolls during their invasion of Pandaria. A large number of sand trolls can be found on the Isle of Thunder and inside the Throne of Thunder.
===Draenor===
A single sand troll, Defector Dazgo, apparently joined the Iron Horde on .
===Battle for Azeroth===
Once again referred to as the Sandfury, they can be found at Tal'farrak in Zuldazar.
General Jakra'zet is a sand troll on the Zanchuli Council, the leading council of the Zandalari. He earned his place after the Horde crushed his people to dust, and so he does not like the Horde.Rastakhan (quest)
==Culture==
To survive the harsh desert lands the Farraki trolls learned the secrets of blood magic - drinking blood allowed them to access the darkest voodoo powers.Blood to Thrive They also practice necromancy upon their own dead, allowing their ancestors to help the tribe survive in their harsh desert environment. When you need every troll you have to help out to get by, having one of them die is a big problem, which is why the Farraki learned to raise the dead with voodoo. Farraki zombies are imbued with the darkest of mojo.Darkest Mojo (quest)
The powerful loa Bwonsamdi watches over the spirits of the Darkspear trolls, but many of the Farraki tribe's fallen members are offered no such protection after death. These tortured spirits obey Zum'rah, a cruel witch doctor who uses his dark magic to force the city's dead into unending service.Adventure Guide entry for Witch Doctor Zum'rah
Sand trolls are frequently cannibalistic, though not always.The Troll Compendium: Cannibalism
===Faith===
The sand trolls have worshiped a monstrous hydra called Gahz'rilla for thousands of years. Ever wary of the beast's icy wrath, the trolls will only rouse Gahz'rilla when they have plentiful sacrifices to sate the ravenous creature's appetite.Adventure Guide entry for Gahz'rilla Within Zul'Farrak, the legendary hydra is a common motif in architecture and ornamentation.Gahz'rilla Figurine The ornamentation modeled after the hydra demigod is Gahz'ridian (as coined by Marvon Rivetseeker).Gahz'ridian (quest)
Like most other troll cultures, the sand trolls worship the loa: a complex pantheon of primal, often animalistic spirits and gods. It is unknown to what extent the sand trolls retain the Gurubashi pantheon, but they are known to worship at least three loa: Eraka no Kimbul, Ueetay no Mueh'zala and Elortha no Shadra.Tablet of Theka
==Appearance==
Sand trolls have coarse, cracked skin tending toward brown and gold colors, (with some sand trolls being an orange-gold)World of Warcraft: Traveler, pg. 94 bearing only a rough resemblance to their jungle troll ancestors. Sand trolls also have thinner manes of hair than their brethren. Sand troll females can be 6 feet tall.World of Warcraft: Traveler, chapter 10 Whether 6' is short, tall or average for a female is unknown. Unlike most other trolls, whose tusks are of an ivory (lighter, sometimes darker) color, the tusks of sand trolls vary between dark gray to black.
Sand trolls have brown and striking blue eyes. Sul the Sandcrawler has white or silvery eyes. Undead sand trolls instead have golden eyes.
==Known tribes==
*Sandfury / Farraki tribe
*Sandscalp tribe
==Notable==
Name 	Role 	Status	Location
 	Sandfury chieftain 	 	Zul'Farrak
 	Farraki representative on the Council of Elders 	 	Throne of Thunder
 	Overseer of Sul 	 	Zul'Farrak
 	Ally of the Iron Horde 	 	The Pit, Gorgrond
 	Member of the Zanchuli Council 	 	Dazar'alor, Zuldazar
 	Sandbringer 	 	Tanaris
 	Warleader 	 	Tanaris
 	Attempted to summon Kai'ju Gahz'rilla during the Elemental Unrest	 	Zul'Farrak
 	Searched for Sul'thraze the Lasher, was killed by his own people 	 	Tanaris
 	Companion of Shadowpriest Sezz'ziz 	 	Zul'Farrak
 	Overseer of the shooting gallery at the Darkmoon Faire 	 	Darkmoon Island
 	Companion of Ukorz Sandscalp 	 	Zul'Farrak
 	Shadowpriest 	 	Zul'Farrak
 	Sandfury hero and martyr 	 	Zul'Farrak
 	Hydromancer 	 	
Zul'Farrak	 	 	
 	Mercenary of the Hidden 	 	Feralas
 	Witch doctor commanding the spirits of the dead. 	 	Zul'Farrak
==Trivia==
*Their blue eyes might be a reference to the , a race of desert people in the science fiction novel , who also had blue eyes.
*There are a number of sand trolls in Hearthstone: , , , and .
*Although a Sand troll, the "Crystal Merchant" in Hearthstone is depicted clearly with 5 fingers (the thumb is behind the Crystal), making her one of the few Trolls with this trait. Since normally Trolls have 3 fingers on their hand and two front toes. This might be an error by the artist or made on purpose: It might be that she is a half Sand troll and half Night elf. The "Generous Mummy", from Uldum, is most probably also a Sand troll (Undead) showing clearly 5 fingers on both hands. Finally "Lelior" a character from Warcraft: Legends Volume 1 The Journey, was a quarter Troll since his mother was a half Night elf and half Troll.
==Gallery==
Mazoga.jpg|Male sand troll
Sandfury Blood Drinker.jpg|Female sand troll
Zumonga.jpg|Dire sand trolls use the same model as most other dire trolls.
Traveler-Zathra.jpg|Zathra in Traveler.
Sandfury Zul'jin HotS.jpg|Sandfury Zul'jin skin in Heroes of the Storm.
File:Crystal Merchant ingame.png|Fan-made ingame adaptation of the Crystal merchant
;Hearthstone
Body Wrapper HS.jpg| in Hearthstone.
Crystal Merchant HS.jpg|
Embalming Ritual HS.jpg|
Former Champ HS.jpg|
Ironhorn Drummer HS.jpg|
Sand Drudge HS.jpg|
Sandshaper Rhogi HS.jpg|
Generous Mummy HS.jpg|
==References==
 
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