Mag'har orc (playable)

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This article is about the playable race. For the Mag'har orc lore in general, see Mag'har orc. For the Outland Mag'har orcs, see Mag'har (faction). For the alternate Draenor orcs, see Iron Horde.

Mag'har orcs
Character classes	Hunter, Mage, Monk, Priest, Rogue, Shaman, Warrior
Main language	Orcish
Racial leader	Overlord Geya'rah
Capital	Orgrimmar
Racial mount	[Mag'har Direwolf]

Four allied races that will be released in the future. Mag'har orc second from the left.

The Mag'har orcs are an allied race affiliated with the Horde. These orcs are from alternate Draenor.

Background

Main article: Iron Horde#History

Race preview

For untold generations, the orc clans of Draenor battled one another in endless war. But when Gul'dan 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 Grommash Hellscream, 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.

Note: the official Battle for Azeroth website says "In the aftermath of the fall of Hellfire Citadel..." instead of "United under the leadership of Grommash Hellscream..."

Creation screen description

The orc clans of Draenor never drank the demon blood that corrupted their distant kin. Proud and defiant, they stood united as one tribe--the Mag'har. With their unrelenting courage and fierce sense of honor, the Mag'har now fight to claim a new home on Azeroth.

Opening cutscene

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Appearance

Mag'har can have:

• Black skin and rocky growths (Blackrocks)
• Gray skin, can also be mutilated (Burning Blades, Laughing Skulls, Shadowmoons, Shattered Hands)
• Brown skin, can also have brown or white tattoos (Bleeding Hollows for white tattoos, Burning Blades, Frostwolves, Shadowmoons, Thunderlords, Warsongs for brown tattoos)

Gray skin with yellow eyes (Dragonmaws) and pale white (Shattered Hands) are not available.

Unlocking

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Classes

Those who play as Mag'har orc can choose from the following classes:

•  Hunter
•  Mage
•  Monk
•  Priest
•  Rogue
•  Shaman
•  Warrior

Reasons for the classes

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Starting attributes

	Base	Hunter	Mage	Monk	Priest	Rogue	Shaman	Warrior
Strength	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Agility	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Stamina	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Intellect	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Racial traits

[Ancestral Call] - active - 2 min cooldown
Invoke the spirits of your ancestors granting you their power. Increases a random secondary stat by 102 for 12 seconds.
[Open Skies] - passive
Increases mounted speed by 10%.
[Savage Blood] - passive
Reduces the duration of Poisons, Diseases, and Curses by 10%.
[Sympathetic Vigor] -passive
Increases pet health by 10%.

Reasons for racial traits

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Reputation

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Notes & trivia

• A Thieving Scoundrel wearing alternate Frostwolf armor can be seen in the Underbelly of Dalaran.
• Mag'har orcs wearing alternate Warsong armor can be seen playing drums on the Horde gunship during the Seething Shore battleground.
• Mag'har shaman totems look like small cups of unity.
• The Hood, a Shattered Hand rogue that looked like those of the Iron Horde was originally planned to appear in Legion.
• One of the playable Mag'har haircut is called "The Dreadnaught".

Gallery

• Mag'har orc male.jpg
• Mag'har orc female.jpg
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  Mag'har orc shaman totems.

Speculation

This article or section includes speculation, observations or opinions possibly supported by lore or by Blizzard officials. It should not be taken as representing official lore.

The ending cinematic of the Hellfire Citadel raid confirms that brown orcs are seen among the draenei forces that liberated the Citadel and Grommash Hellscream with it. As such, these brown orcs were presumably friendly to the draenei and Azeroth forces during the battle. This, along with the presence of friendly Frostwolf, Laughing Skull and Shadowmoon forces during the Warlords of Draenor storyline, as well as the fact that many Blackrock orcs deserted indicates that these playable Mag'har orcs might be reformed Iron Horde members.

This wouldn't be the first time that previous enemies would be made playable in a later expansion pack, and the more evil/extremists members of the Iron Horde were presumably killed already during the Hellfire Citadel raid, leaving out the uncorrupted orcs as those that didn't wished to join the Burning Legion. Whether the remains of the Blackfuse Company or Highmaul ogres could join the Horde as well remains to be seen.

The datamined Gorgrond map seems to be free of Primals presence, indicating the capital of these alternate Draenor orcs could potentially be Blackrock Foundry.