So it has been awhile, and posting may soon become a bit sparse thanks to finals preparation. That said, I wanted to type up some loose storyline threads involving the Horde Ogres.
What is the Stonemaul Clan doing currently?
The Stonemaul clan has not really been that active since Cataclysm, and kind of Pandaria. The last we really have heard of them is an emissary, named Or’Dac, of their clan being sent to Pandaria. Sadly, this NPC was just a jobber for an Alliance quest, I think a daily, so what he was up to there is…unknown really.
The Stonemaul Clan in Feralas, at the end of their questline, is said by Orhan Ogreblade to just be mustering up Horde forces to help defend Horde territory against the Alliance. If the Gordunni have completely left Dire Maul, according to the Traveler book series, then likely anyone there would be having skirmishes against the Alliance and whatever Gordunni are still in Feralas. Now, I don’t know the timing of the Traveler books, but the other questline occurred during Cataclysm, so what is going on now needs to be addressed.
This leads us to Dustwallow Marsh. At the end of the questline involving the Stonemaul, we destroy most of Onyxia’s eggs, kill off a lot of the dragonkin mobs, and after running off the corrupt warchief, the Stonemaul clan can finally…umm…err…sit in their makeshift village and continue wanting their own village back…
This to me is one of the biggest loose threads. Just why haven’t they gone back to the Stonemaul ruins and taken it back? If I were to answer this question, I’d have it where there are constant battles between the dragonkin mobs and the Stonemaul clan, leading to a stalemate, with the dragonkin raids becoming more numerous and more powerful. Likely, they might be on their own here since the Horde has been very busy.
I mean, we dealt with Garrosh’s shenanigans on Pandaria, had to fight off the Iron Horde in WoD, then had to fight off a whole legion of demons in…err…Legion. Now we got into a huge war with the Alliance, lost Undercity, and now it’s looking like a coup may occur in the very near future. And yet, the Stonemaul Clan don’t appear.
So I just scratch my head in thinking about what exactly they’re doing during all this time. Considering how much they owe the Horde, you’d think someone would remember them and ask them to pull out of Feralas and spare who they could in Dustwallow to help against the Legion. They were working with the Alliance during this time period, for that matter, and the world’s fate was at stake. Multiple times, even.
Did any of Onyxia’s eggs survive?
During the Dustwallow questline, although we destroy a bunch of eggs, and if I recall correctly, it was implied that not all the eggs were destroyed. After all, the quest asks us to destroy a small handful of eggs. I would be surprised if some of the eggs did not get taken and hidden away to safely raise elsewhere. This storyline could be used as a reason why the Stonemaul have not been able to reclaim their home.
What happened to Mok’Morokk?
At the end of the Stonemaul Clan Dustwallow questline, we run off Mok’Morokk. Not kill, but run off. We have not heard from him since. If I were to guess, he may have ran off to rather off his own clan, of whatever creatures he could beat up, and get some form of power again. I don’t see him joining the dragonkin mobs, and I would hope he wouldn’t just join them as that wouldn’t make for good writing. His whereabouts should be addressed and taken care of.
What is Megs Dreadshredder doing with the Dunemaul?
At the end of the Dunemaul questline in Tanaris, Megs is sending the Dunemaul clan off to “help the Horde.” Whether this is actually helping the Horde or herself can be very much debated, but since then…we haven’t really seen what happened to the Dunemaul. In fact, I don’t think Megs has done very much since then either, and that was also during Cataclysm.
Another thing to note is that during the Legion invasions, if one occured in Tanaris, the Dunemaul would get enslaved, granted the player character could rescue some of them. Honestly, I don’t really view this as canon, and even if it was, it doesn’t explain what it is they were sent off to do. Addressing this storyline would be best done involving the Stonemaul clan, as it helps add some flavor to playable Ogres of some sort.
What happened to the AU Draenor Ogres that came with the Mag’Har Orcs?
We know a group of them came with the Mag’Har Orcs, and as I’ve mentioned before, they haven’t really made any appearance of any sort during BfA. Even if it shows that only a few Ogres came, only a small group of the Mag’Har was shown in their unlock questline, and theres enough of the Mag’Har to adventure and control a lot of creatures from Draenor in the fight against the Alliance.
Because of that, it can be assumed that a reasonable amount did come, and I doubt they just waddled off to make their own huts or caves to just survive in the wilderness and to have whatever meager power they would have on their own. The best case scenario is to either have them form their own Gorian clan and be a part of the Horde, or just simply outright join the Stonemaul clan and still be a part of the Horde.
Whew, that was quite a bit of typing. That is all the loose threads I can think of right now. If I remember anything in particular, I will be sure to post it here.
That said, it’d be easy to tie these loose ends together when making Ogres playable, and could make for a great storyline if done properly. ^^