 Farraki tribe / Sandfury tribe | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Main leader | Unknown |
| Formerly |
 Sul the Sandcrawler † Ukorz Sandscalp † |
| Race(s) |
  Sand troll |
| Character classes | Acolyte, Axethrower, Witch doctor, Shadow hunter, Hydromancer |
| Capital | Zul'Farrak |
| Theater of operations | Tanaris |
| Language(s) | Zandali |
| Affiliation | Zandalari |
| Formerly | Gurubashi Empire,[1] Twilight's Hammer clan (Old Gods' forces) |
The Farraki tribe,[2][3][4] formerly known as the Sandfury tribe[5] (sometimes spelled Sand Fury),[6] is the only known tribe of sand trolls, located in the deserts of Southern Kalimdor.
History
Ancient history
Several thousand years prior to the War of the Ancients, the Sandfury tribe was originally part of the Gurubashi empire. The Great Sundering split the jungle trolls' territory, which left the Sandfury tribe in the middle of the desert of Tanaris.[7] The capital of the Sandfury is the troll city of Zul'Farrak,[5] 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.[5]
Long ago the Sandfury waged a brutal war against the qiraji. The martyr Theka was slain and thus Zul'Farrak still stands because of his brave sacrifice. Even in death he maintains a vigil over his beloved city, and it is said that the dozens of insectoid warriors who killed him were cursed to live as mindless scarabs, scuttling at the martyr's side.[8]
They worship Gahz'rilla as a deity.
Modern era
By a few years after the Third War, much of the Sandfury homeland lay in ruins, its cities squatted in by invading ogres and Wastewander bandits. The tribe had developed hostility toward both the Horde and the Alliance, as well as the silithid descendants of the Aqir, and the goblins who founded the nearby city of Gadgetzan in service to the Steamwheedle Trade Princes. Adventurers from those factions were in part attracted to Zul'Farrak due to [Sul'thraze the Lasher], which was rumored to reside in Zul'Farrak.[5] Chief Ukorz Sandscalp was obsessed with restoring his tribe to its former glory, raised on stories of a time when trolls lorded over their ancient lands without interference from foreign interlopers.[9] Nevertheless, new battles broke out daily between the sand trolls and a wide assortment of interlopers.
The Sandfury need every troll to pitch in just to scrape by, so they learned to raise the dead with voodoo so every troll could continue working even after death.[10]
Alliances with other powers
Zul'Farrak
Shortly before the Shattering of the world the Sandfury trolls were working with Cho'gall and the Twilight's Hammer. Led by Hydromancer Kulratha, they attempted to have the great hydra Kai'ju Gahz'rilla attack Stormwind and Thunder Bluff. Adventurers led by Varian Wrynn and Cairne Bloodhoof defeated Gahz'rilla and killed Kulratha.
After the Shattering the Sandfury did not seem to have a particularly active connection to the Twilight's Hammer, having none of the ambassadors present in other cities such as Shadowforge. Neither Alliance nor Horde have made any moves to crush the trolls of Tanaris, although the Bilgewater Cartel goblins attempted to ally with the Dunemaul ogres that occupy several former troll settlements.
By a short time after the Shattering, Zul'Farrak had become a wasteland[11]. In their desperation the Sandfury tribe joined the Zandalari together with the Amani, Gurubashi and Drakkari in their attempt to reclaim their former glory.
Expedition to Pandaria
An expedition composed of the four main troll tribes united under the Zandalari banner arrived upon the northern shores of the mist-shrouded continent of Pandaria and quickly dispatched their representatives to reforge their old alliance with the mogu. In that expedition, it was made clear that the sand trolls had renamed from "Sandfury" to "Farraki".[12][2][3] Possibly to abide to the pattern of other tribes and empires, where the strongest tribes take on the name of their subspecies' capital. An example of this is the Gurubashi tribe of Zul'Gurub.
Important individuals
| Name | Role | Condition | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
 Chief Ukorz Sandscalp
|
Former Leader of the tribe | Deceased[11]-Killable (WoW) | Zul'Farrak |
| Sul the Sandcrawler
|
Current leader of the Farraki | Killable | Lightning Promenade, Throne of Thunder |
 Hydromancer Velratha
|
Hydromancer of the tribe and sister of Kulratha | Deceased[13]-Killable (WoW) | Zul'Farrak |
| Theka the Martyr
|
Hero of the tribe, watching over his city in death. | Undead-Killable | Zul'Farrak |
| Antu'sul
|
The Keeper of Sul, owner of  [Sang'thraze the Deflector]
|
Deceased[11]-Killable (WoW) | Zul'Farrak |
 Mazoga
|
Deceased[14] | Tanaris and Zul'Farrak | |
| Hydromancer Kulratha
|
Member of the Twilight Hammer[13] and sister of Velratha | Deceased[13] | Zul'Farrak |
Trivia
- The Sandfury trolls make a tempering agents from sandstones.[15]
References
- ^
[Sandfury Coin]
- ^ a b Patch 5.0.4
- ^ a b Patch 5.2.0
- ^ Horridon#Quotes
- ^ a b c d Troll Compendium: Sand Troll Tribes
- ^ World of Warcraft: The Magazine Volume 2 Issue 1
- ^ The Troll Compendium: Sand Trolls
- ^ Theka the Martyr
- ^ Chief Ukorz Sandscalp
- ^ Quest:Darkest Mojo
- ^ a b c Patch 4.1.0#Trailer
- ^ Loreology on Twitter (2013-07-22)
- ^ a b c Elemental Unrest
- ^ Mazoga's Spirit
- ^ Quest:Troll Temper
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