Tharek Blackblade

Tharek Blackblade was a warrior of the Shadowmoon Clan crippled in his young adulthood. Despite his inability to fight, Tharek made himself useful in the clan, eventually finding a mate and producing one son, Korbis. Although Tharek would not live to see it, Korbis became a noteworthy figure during the Rise of the Horde.
==The Early Years==
===Childhood and Adolescence===
Tharek was born roughly sixty-five years before the creation of the Horde, in Shadowmoon Valley. The fourth son of a grunt and his mate, a huntress, Tharek was raised like most orclings; he grew up running around, hunting small game, and, of course, found himself in the occasional scuffle with another young orc. 
Likewise, Tharek would be beset with a common tragedy in the life of any orc whose father is a warrior; the death of their father. In Tharek's case, this occurred when he was ten years old and soon to enter training to fight for the Shadowmoon Clan. Tharek's father was killed in an insignificant skirmish between the Shadowmoon and Warsong clans; he was one of the few casualties of either side. Death was common even when the orcs were at peace; the mourning was quick and Tharek overcame his sorrow in a matter of days. 
Tharek's mother never found another mate, as she had already produced several children and was nearing her middle age, and thus, the end of her fertility. Tharek would go through the most important time of his life thus far without a father. 
Having hunted often with his mother in addition to his various physical activities, Tharek's young frame was already fairly muscular by the time he entered training. Eager, fit, and capable, Tharek longed for the days he would follow in his father's footsteps and become a full-fledged warrior, even if he would perish in the name of the Shadowmoon Clan, like his father before him.
===Warrior of the Shadowmoon Clan===
Category:Orc
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Category:Deceased