Tribes

PREFACE

The tauren are an ancient, proud race of hunters and warriors. Resembling humanoid bovines, the tauren have lived off the lands of Kalimdor for ages untold. Tribes were scattered and nomadic throughout the lands of Kalimdor, with many settlements in the Barrens, especially. Constantly harassed by the centaur, the Bloodhoof tribe was on the verge of extinction until the orcish Warchief Thrall stepped in to aid them in their journey to the grasslands of Mulgore. Cairne Bloodhoof, the tribe's chieftain, allied with Thrall's Horde, and later, united the tauren tribes under a single government, centred in the newly established tauren city of Thunder Bluff. The tauren stood alongside many of the other races during the Battle of Mount Hyjal, where they defeated the demonlord Archimonde and saved Azeroth from the Burning Legion.

Amongst these races were the night elves of the northern forests of Kalimdor, whose druidic magic was the stuff of legend. In ancient times, the tauren themselves were druids, but forgot much of the druidic demigod Cenarius' teachings over the generations. Malfurion Stormrage, the leader of the night elven druids, befriended the tauren Hamuul Runetotem, and taught him the old ways of the druid. Hamuul in turn founded a study of druidism in Thunder Bluff.

For the most part, the tauren tribes are amicable with one another and share a deep respect and devotion to Cairne. This is not true, however, of Magatha, leader of the Grimtotem tribe. These tauren have always been aloof and ill-tempered, but since Magatha's rise to power, they have become increasingly hostile to their brethren, and Magatha remains the most vocal critic of Cairne's politics.

Tribes

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