The Story of Varok Saurfang - Part 1 of 2 [Lore]
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- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
- Varok Saurfang, Brother of Broxigar, has stood with the Horde for a very long time. One could say that he is the embodiment of what it means to be Horde, but what is his story?! That's what we're going to talk about today. I hope you'll enjoy!
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Saurfang will never have a heart attack. His heart isn't nearly foolish enough to attack him.
Nice :)
that was great
Hehehe let's get this going
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Just re-watching the video and re-lost it over your comment 4 years later 😂
Watching Nobbel before going sleep is like having someone reading you bed time story and I love it tbh
He is a great lore master :)
So much this.
Saurfang`s alts:
Saurfang's Hunter alt can tame druids.
Saurfang's Warlock alt can Enslave Kil'Jaeden.
Saurfang's Priest alt can Mind Control Yogg-Saron.
Saurfang's Paladin alt can kill the enemy by Bubble HSing.
Saurfang's Death Knight alt can tank in Unholy Presence.
Saurfang's Shaman alt can summon up to ten totems.
Saurfang's Mage alt can open a portal to the Great Dark Beyond.
Saurfang's Druid alt can shapeshift into Saurfang.
Saurfang's Rogue alt can kill while stealthed and not break stealth.
Saurfang's Demon Hunter alt ran out of demons to kill, thus becoming a regular Hunter.
Saurfang's Warrior alt has a unique 51-point Fury talent called Saurfang's grip. It allows the wielder to use four two-handed weapons at once, two in each hand, and use Cleave with all of them simultaneously.
Peter Alex i guess saurfang doesn't play monk?
It does. Its called Chuck Norris.
Word
Unholy persure is no longer a thing
actually Saurfang's Death Knight have army of the dead as permanent pet
23:52
Garrosh: "And you, Blood Elf."
Me: "Well shit...."
It's a little known fact that it doesn't count as a real Nobbel video unless the Wrathgate Cinematic is shown or at least mentioned.
Or unless at least one name is mispronounced. :D
spikegilfer1997 iiii
Well...
It's one of the best cinematics ^w^
It's because the Wrathgate was a very important part of the lore for pretty much everyone
Varok Saurfang, the 100 year old orc, the orc who lived three lives the orc who literally has seen it all killed it all and is known to never know defeat, so much so even the alliance achievement for killing him states he doesn't die he simply gets tired of your shit and fakes his death so you will leave him alone as your mere sticks and stones bore him to death.
"Damage High Overlord Saurfang until he humors you by pretending to die." Yeah it's pretty great
He's just too good char 😂😂😂😂
hahahahahahahaha, I can not stop laughing.... :,D
High Overlord Varok Saurfang, the definition of a honorable Orc warrior, the very embodiment of what the Horde means. One of my favorite lore characters and as a long time Horde player he comes from the most badass line of orcs. His brother wounded Sargares, his son was a honorable warrior and Varok himself is respected not only by the Horde but the alliance as well
Well, he has seen his fare share of war horrors, and even commited them during his time as a puppet of the legion (as stated in this video), so he did learn alot, he endured alot and still his beliefs stay strong and in the right place.
Personally I think he is one of the best characters in lore, because he is not perfect, he also isn't a blind follower to the warchief, but always acts true to his beliefs how the horde SHOULD be.
And boy does he deliver as a badass in that way.
JoJo is not an anime He wasn't even most of the time he killed them under the effects of the blood of mannoroth.
JoJo is not an anime I'm pretty sure the Alliance has also killed many orcish children.
You said most, most is not all. Besides, there's the quest in Redridge where Keeshan is accused of having murdered Orc children, and he reacts to it as if before, in the past, the Alliance didn't mind killing orcish children.
JoJo is not an anime I never said the Horde are saints. All I'm trying to do here is point out that the Alliance aren't saints either.
Seeing the old Wrath Gate cinematic makes me want to see a remastered Wrath Gate with the new models.
I'm sure some machinma artist will do it eventually.
"NOTHING GOOD HAS EVER COME OUT OF SILITHUS!"
He would know.
lol Muradin "Get back on your ship and we'll spare your life". Something tells me Muradin and his crew of generic NPC's would have gotten absolutely crushed by Saurfang.
Njnetsfan15 There were also players.
i dont think he was in the mood to pretend to die at that time.
Man Tirion just because your way taller than everyone else doesn't mean you need to shove ash bringer in there faces 15:26
why is he so big?
POLET TRGOPROMET I think it’s because of how important the npc is. The lich king is also as big as mograin, this may be so that they stick out of the crowd so you can see them.
it's easier to target him and then you know that he is a important dude. also he fight the lich king who is also huge(same reasons as tirion). PS this is a rather late reply
Designated Vegetable Intresting.
I was waiting for this for a long time! Finally some quality badass warrior and brother of the legend himself Broxigar! Thanks Nobbel!
The stories of both Saurfangs are so incredible....and so tragic. Dranosh would've undoubtedly become the warchief in Garrosh's stead, I believe Thrall even said so in an old comic or something of the sort. He was honorable & well liked by even the Alliance. Of course his reign as leader of the Horde would lead to an unbridled era of peace, and the game wouldn't be able to continue as such; but it's still crazy to think what he could've done. At the very least Varok is now the racial leader of the Orcs. A position he sorely deserves, especially since Thrall's been a lame duck ever since he got back from alternate Draenor.
I'd say more than most. I've read about 12-13 of the WoW novels, most of the comics online, and keep as up to date as possible about what goes on in the game. I also know a fair amount Diablo, and have played D1 & D3. Eventually I'd like to get to reading those novels as well. And then there's Overwatch, which I've looked up just about every piece of lore I can find (which isn't much unfortunately). I don't really like RTSs so I haven't bothered with StarCraft & I also don't care much about Hearthstone or Heroes of the Storm. Though I do play other games as well :p (Mostly RPGs like the older Final Fantasy's & etc.)
Lol, you could say that, yes.
Discuss what?
uh, yeah sure, I guess
lol dude your Kinda wierd
Holy shit, I love that even his son cleaves so hard it went to a commercial break.
"...To which Archimonde and Kil'Jaeden willingly accepted, but Prophet Velen knew that this was not de wey." -Nobbel, embracing the inner Knuckles
Gavin Morris I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed that.
I fucking love these lore videos, keep being awesome Nobbel
Sitting here watching this and I get a outtro like whut that wasn't 24 minutes really lol. This is why I love watching Nobel
SAURFANG FOR WARCHIEF!!!!
FOR THE HORDE!!!!
Id switch to Horde if Blizz made Saurfang warchief, and did it right.
Um... I'd prefer Baine. Bloodhoof4Warchief 2018 join the campaign
im down for a saurfang warchief, as long as they make sylvanas step down and dont make her a garrosh 2.0
I am honestly on the #teamBaine too, with Saurfang as 2nd in command And the high general. And of course only if Sylvanas realizes her appointment as Warchief was trickery of OGs And steps down.
If nothing else, we deserve a QQ moment that Is not a death of a character. Emotionaly saturated cinematic with Thrall, Saurfang/Baine, Sylvanas And Nathanos, even Voljins Spirit. Talking about what really happened before Voljin died. Sylvanas And Thrall kneeling at Saurfang/Baine vowing their loyalty. OH please, make IT happen
Varok Saurfang for Warchief 2018! Make the Horde great again!!!
he is too old :/
I mean orcs age slower compared to humans BUT EVEN FOR ORC STANDARTS he is too old! he wont make for too long as warchief ...
wait... is he one of oldest orcs alive currently or is it just me(with name atleast)
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@@makaramuss Drek'thar and Drak'thul I believe.
NolaGamer Makes me sad to read that comment now 😭
I have bad news
Story of Varok Saurfang, yet another excuse for Nobbel to use the Wrath Gate cinematic
the greatest badass of the entire history. And still with the lowest screen time ever
*second greatest.
next to whom?
After his bro. The dude from the book who also appeared in Legion.
Him and Grom are tied for second, right behind Varok’s brother Brox. The orc who managed to wound the lord of the burning legion himself.
Making Saurfang warchief is literally the one thing that would make me want to ditch the alliance forever and swear my undying loyalty to the horde
I will say of all the characters in Warcraft Saurfang holds a special place in my heart. Definitely deserves to be warchief.
With Garrosh being Garrosh and Vol jin didnt do much and now Sylvanas is trying to drag Horde through mud Saurfang and his moraly and honor is what the Horde needs to be great again
Martin Mikus to be great...not again tho. Horde was never great..decent at max
meh I respect sylvanas more then another warmongering orc
zombiekiller2112 sylvanas is the one dragging us into this war, saurfang sure as hell wouldn't do that. he has collaborated with the alliance in silithus and respects them, nothing like garrosh or sylvanas
How do you even know that. There has been no leaks on who has burned down the tree and the alliance is the one who attacked undercity because of my least favorite character in WoW, Genn.
1.) Sylvanas has broadcast text in BfA leaked that involve her talking about forming a new empire in Kalimdor. She intends to do it by kicking the Alliance out i.e. burning down Teldrassil. A move that Saurfang takes HUGE objection to.
2.) During the battle for Lordaeron a conversation between Sylvanas and Saurfang takes place. Saufang's text isn't in yet, but Sylvavas' text is a lot of her berating Saurfang. Talking about how she doesn't care about his honor and that she will do anything it takes to keep her people going regardless of how dishonorable it is. She then mocks him for not fearing death on the battlefield, saying that maybe she'll raise him again to serve her (not something a good person would do). One final stab is her saying that he can go be with his son.
3.) (SPOILER TERRITORY) At the battle, Saurfang turns himself in after realizing what the Horde is becoming. The next phase of the story for the Horde involves you sneaking into Stormwind to free Saurfang from the Stockades. After freeing him, he says he'll "buy you some time" and walks up to the guards requesting to speak with Anduin. No info about why he wants to speak with him has been released yet, but my bet is it's about Sylvanas and possibly peace. Others are thinking he might turn traitor, but I doubt that. It would make for a cool story, but I'm pretty sure he just sees no other way to deal with Sylvavas now that she has such a tight hold on the Horde. He isn't about to let another Garrosh happen and Sylvavas has the potential to be even worse than Garrosh was.
In terms of who strikes first, well Saurfang wouldn't have a good enough motivation to lash out at Sylvanas and turn himself in had she not done something atrocious already. He and Baine are suspiscious of the azerite mining, but that wouldn't be enough to make an orc like Saurfang go rogue like that. So my money is that Sylvavas, wanting her empire, attacks Teldrassil and the Alliance assaults Lordaeron as a counter attack. Yeah, Genn has been wanting to take the castle for a while now and has a huge murder boner for Sylvavas, but he's also very shrewd and Anduin has never once shown any hint of wanting war. He has always pushed for peace and for him to authorize a full siege like that would take something drastic. Something like losing an entire city. And so, with Genn taking this opportunity to "guide" the new king into doing what he's wanted to do for ages, Anduin's hand is forced. At least that's the order that makes sense for me. Anduin has no real reason to just attack Lordaeron out of nowhere. Even with Genn's meddling. If he did then that would be some serious character assassination for peace-loving Anduin.
So yeah. Sylvanas is war-hungry and power-hungry and is willing to do anything to make her new empire. The whole reason she wants the azerite is to gain power and build weapons. I'm going to guess that the burning of Teldrassil will be commited by one of these new weapons of hers.
Of course, this could all be changed. Blizz has certainly disappointed in the past in terms of their narratives, but I have faith in this new expansion with people like Christie Golden on the writing staff this time around.
Saurfang pretty much fuckiung lives and breaths badassery.
Nobbel one shotting Cthun as he mentions the great sacrifices that were made, yessss. Your subtle comedic timing is really solid.
I am a guy who never played WoW or the old RTS games (maybe like an hour of Reign of Chaos when I was young), who came to fucking love Saurfang by just watching the cinematics and trailers (goes on to show how good those are) . Start watching this video, 5 mins in and I am overwhelmed from the information overload (more like overwhelmed from the first min and came back to my senses in min 5 lol )
I'll tell you what, no matter how many times I see the scene of Saurfang getting his son at Icecrown I always get choked up. Poor guy. :'(
This orc is such a badass, I feel like he’s gonna go out like a boss in BFA.
Welp...
I feel like the one of the reasons Saurfang doesn't go with us is because he feels indebted to the Wrynn family
@Ornn, Kassadin & Ryze Inc.
maybe you didn't watch the video but how is he indebted to someone that took him by force and refused to show him honor when he asked for death in battle?
you alliance- I swear, deluding one's self constantly.
Varian Wrynn is the one that allows him to his son's body if you are playing on the Alliance side, despite Muradin trying to stop him. That's a pretty massive gesture and Saurfang probably feels indebted due to that.
Thank you so much for this Nobbel
0:50 VELEN KNOWS DA WAE MY BRUDDAS!!
Varok Saurfang for the presi.. Warchief!
Make horde great again!
I love how in the boring tundra they have the old garrosh and new saurfang, but in ICC it's the new(ish) garrosh and old saurfang
In siege of Orgrimmar you see Varoks new model lol
We do not want Sylvanas! We want Saurfang!
we do not want sylvanas reduced to a one note villain, like Garrosh was. One this that makes WoW work is that both sides have good and nobility, and each side has a beef against the other. But after Garrosh, and now if they make Sylvanas so bad Saurfang has to lead another rebellion or defect, it will ruin the horde, defining them clearly as the 'bad guys'.
fugu pinkeye Sylvanas is already "bad guy".
J0ku8 why was she even made warchief?
fugu pinkeye - I don't play wow but from a lore perspective i'm biased to the alliance. It was actually nice to see the alliance starting shit this time around because it's usually the hoard and in addition to that just being boring after a while, it's annoying to watch the alliance be the perpetual victim and always be the "good guy" when they have about as many people in the alliance that would attack the hoard if given the chance as there are people in the hoard that would do the same and have.
J0ku8 - I suppose it depends on your personal view of a villain. I honestly think Genn is more of a bad guy than Sylvanas is.
Sylvanas is destined for hell, and she is trying to find any means to avoid it. I honestly think Sylvanas has one of the strongest motivations to do bad things, but she strives not to turn anyone against her.
Genn really doesn't seem to care what he has to sacrifice just as long as he can screw her plans over. Granted, she killed his son, but that's no excuse for lying to his king and committing war crimes.
I'm not commending Sylvanas for the bad things she does, but is a character really worth support if their whole purpose revolves around screwing things over for someone else?
Man... anytime I want to find out about anything related to Warcraft lore... bam, Nobbel has it covered :) Cheers, yet again!
While Thrall was the warchief he stayed with his advisors in the Valley of Honor. Garrosh moved to the Valley of Strengh by the Cataclysm expansion.
YES! Literally just watched your Brox video this afternoon and was thinking that Varok really needs one.
your vids are awesome, best thing to listen to whilst leveling...an allied race, keep them coming ;)
So many side stories that was already covered before numerous times just to milk the video length. It's beautiful.
23:20 I wish we had that Garrosh back, instead blizz ruined him and killed him.
Yeah, if only Cata Garry would kick some sense into his future self.
He’s a complete legend character in the lore. Fucker killed everyone attacking orgrimmar. Should be warchief tbh.
My headcanon, in order to explain ICC, the Horde wins the airship battle, lands first, and the majority of the forces get wiped out. The airship pulls back before the Horde's Champions of Azeroth are slain. The Alliance lands shortly after and charge into the fray feeling superior at seeing the Horde airship flee and the scene plays out as normal, just with the balcony being more corpsey than usual.
After the battle, the Horde airship returns and the cutscene plays out as normal. The Horde Champions then rally with the Alliance Champions as they push forward in a joint effort to Arthas.
Eventually the 40 Champions for each side get to and defeat Arthas, but ICC took its toll and whittled the Champions down to the 36 that eventually survive to Legion where they collect the 36 artifact weapons.
I've been waiting for you to do Saurfang for so long thank you Nobbel it was well worth the wait
I bet you this vid is rockin right now! Always great content Nobbel!
Wow. I heard of Saurfang. It is interesting to see his story. He was one of the orcs at the opening of the Dark Portal. He had some adventures. I would like to see what happens in part 2.
15:49 Blizzard did appoint a winner in the Gunship battle. In lore the Alliance did win
I don't get it either, Saurfang could cleave away all competition
If you scale it up to a realistic battle (airships would have hundreds a side and cannons etc) there's no way he could win it solo.
Nobbel ! Talk about the Drogbars of highmountain. Are they trolls? Oversized goblins?
I had no idea he was apart of the Blackrock clan! This makes me love him even more since all the back story I made up for my orcs revolves around the Blackrock clan!!!
so is Eitrigg. BRC Orcs are badass
The Blackrock clan is my second favorite clan, right behind the Frostwolves.
This is why I think Saurfang would never betray the Horde. He embodies the Horde more than anyone else, he is also an orc of strict principles and has a code of honour that he would die before breaking. He truly is the best that the orcs have to offer!
Saurfang for Warchief!
to think that garrosh cried foul when someone else killed children then he orders a mana bomb to blast theramore to the ground
Shows how full of holes and inconsistency the story of Warcraft has been. Feels like they change their mind about a character every expansion.
Rest well, Old Soldier..
Great voice and nice storytelling. Thank you sir
Garrosh got fucked badly in the lore.
YES!! FINALLY! thank you Nobbel. i've been dying to hear the story of my Favorite Horde Character in the game
Varok Saurfang is so bad ass, that not even Tirion can pierce him with the Ashbringer 15:26
"Honour, no matter how dire the battle, never forsake it!"
That was said by Saurfang? OvO"
Damn, so he was the one who Garrosh quoted...
Saurfang x Windrunner Mak'gora HIPE IS REAL
Saurfang can cleave a Banshee in half.
Zeljko Nikolic I sure Hope he can, I like sylvannas but hope she dies, I dont like her rule
I wonder how Sylvanas's plot Armor would fit against Saurfangs four wielded legendary weapons...
Ladidslav Bříza No banshee Powers, I bet she would get REKT
With banshee powers this fight could be cool to watch. Withou banshee powers she is done :D
Oh I can't wait to see what's next. I know his story, but you have a way to make sure all the details are in there, and make it exciting! Would be nice if there was a cut seen of Varok taken his son body to Nagrand laying him to rest. It would of been nice to see how the horde honor there dead. It would give another in site to their culture. I'm sure it would be loaded with feels and tear jerking moments.
You teach me so much lore I forgot and didn't look up...great vid can't wait for pt2
legend among the Horde? more like legend among all!!!
Man the goose bums when i hear saurfang the younger scream his rallying cry. Best ingame cinematic
I'm a horde player mostly but damn I dropped a couple of tears when varian jumped out of the portal to let varok take his son's body
always thought it was funny the way he YEETS Krom'Gar off that bridge
I came here from the newest WoW cinematic. I forgot how much I miss WoW lore and how complicated it is to not mistaken some characters. Now I have to rewatch at least 3 more to understand the whole story again
I can never hear 'the way' normal ever again, thanks VRchat
Varok:If he and Chuck Norris got into a fight,the entire universe would implode
7:45
Jeez, Poor Varok.
The guy has PTSD, he needs a hug or something.
I want to have upright orcs T_T
Man Jaina disagrees to dismantle the horde. Those were the times
Well, you got your orcs. lol
always had to laugh about that part (23:20) "i learned about honor" and is mad because krom'gar bombed a place full of innocent.. later he himself bombs theramore. sure, it's an alliance place but definitly a lot of innocents lived there, too.
@@dumbpig1564 I haven't read it but how is it possible no civilians were killed? Mass evacuation?
Thank you for doing what you are doing Nobbel!
Wow, Nobbel red my mind. I wanted to look up videos about saurfang lore and here it is.
Nobble has once again proven himself my favourite person on RUclips
The old voice acting for Varok sounds to "human". I'm glad they changed it.
No one fights like Saurfang, instills fright like Saurfang, no one cleaves and turns fools into shite like Saurfang!
makes u think what would have been if varok was chosen for warchief over garrosh
Our new warcheif! Plus his awesome new sidekick, zappy boi.
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How many people were surprised to find Saurfang actually had a first name?
Velen to Sageras: "YOU DO NOT NO THE WAY"
these videos are soo good
Driven here as a result of the new WoW cinematic - "Old Soldier" - SAURFANG FOR WARCHIEF!!!"
Idk abouut you guys BUT i honestly think that if the Saurfang the youngest would had the axe of his uncle Brox , he woud parry that arthas swing and nailed that bag of bones easily.
The two things I hate rewatching are the ending of the green mile and Saurfang meeting Dranosh atop Icecrown Citadel. Fuck those feels, goddamnit.
I remember that quest and Garrosh's reaction made no sense to me. Here I went into SoO to kill him, yet he gets mad about some innocents?
Mormodes
Too many chefs at the pot or however the saying goes.
Each added what they thought the recipe should be, ultimately making a mess
The events in Stonetalon Mountain are at the beginning of cata. At this point in time Garrosh only wanted to conquer Kalimdor and was still an arrogant, but honorable orc.
The events in Theramore are after Deathwings defeat at the end of cata. At this point Garrosh was so pissed about the alliances tenacity and the disagreement of the other leaders, that he went to genocidal maniac.
It is not a mess, but a simple slowly descent into madness.
Theramore was a military base not a civilian city. That's why it was 'ok' to bomb it.
Ah, the famous Stonetalon Mountains scene that made us think they were going down a neat little character development arc for Garrosh, only to go straight back to “yeah this guy is just an asshole” the very next expansion.
OMG HE FUKN DID 1 I recommended this a few weeks ago! TY Nobble!
11:40 scene that followed will be loved & honoured for a long time. Thank you Blizzard. For the horde!
Did you know that Saurfang and Lord Crowley refuse to fight eachother
Last time that happened the shockwaves awakened Deathwing
Finally :D I was waiting for that.
Garrosh : AM I A MURDERER
Me: Nah bro u Cool
Garrosh did nothing wrong
Saurfang for warchief!
You know it just occured to me that once they had been freed from their fel bloodrage, that the orcs memories of their murderous past likely made them come down with a mass case of PTSD...
Yup, poor buggers.
Tanking Saurfang would be difficult, because to avoid his Cleave you'd not only have to face him away from the raid, but also away from the direction of any major city or inhabited area.
23:39
"By my right as Warchief, I hereby relieve you of duty!"
*Grabs Krom'Gar by the groin*
Kinky.
Thanks for this video Nobbel Saurfang is my favorite character and honestly I think he is the best orc in lore. I really hope he doesn't go Alliance though since to me he is the incarnation or embodiment of the good principles of the horde.
With pride, every of my mornings for the last 2 years start with the alarm cut edit of dranosh's warcry from the wrathgate cinematic.
9:10 This speech is needed in todays society.
This is just personal headcanon but to me the winner of the Airship fight is whoever cleared the raid on its highest setting first.
" My boy dies at Wrathgate, I am only here to collect his body" ;_;