I have obtained the Ogre Child!
As it turns out, this guy can be used in pet battles, where he mostly decks people in the face. I guess Azeroth’s child labor laws are more relaxed than I thought.
Anyway, I have seen a couple of idle animations with him (more on animations in general later in the post). The main one I’ve seen is where he will randomly lie down and sleep:
When he does, he sleeps for awhile and won’t follow you until he eventually wakes up. You have to dismiss and summon him if you want to break him out of sleeping…not that you would want to. Do YOU want to deal with a cranky Ogre child? Didn’t think so. Let the Ogre sleep. It’s more healthy for him and you.
Another thing to point out is the size of the Ogre Child, which is smaller than I thought:
I assume this is because this is a mini pet, and they usually have a base size and are meant to not get in the way. Still, he is fairly tiny when you’re walking around regularly.
As a comparison, I went to Brackenwall Village to compare sizes to the old Ogre model NPC and to show him around the MU Stonemaul Clan’s…well, not really home, but their…current residence? Well, you know what I mean. Here is Tharg meeting my Ogre child:
I honestly don’t know if the Ogre child as a NPC and not a mini pet would be any bigger or not. I imagine an Ogre baby around that size, but a child to be a bit bigger. Guess we’ll see if the model ever gets reused.
Oh and for anyone wondering, I didn’t notice any reactions from any of the NPC’s there with the Ogre Child following me. Not that I expected any of course, but was still something I thought of testing out.
I know the Ogre Child has more animations, but I have only seen two while standing around. Usually, he’ll just fall asleep if anything. One time, he did sit down and I tried to take a screenshot, only to have him quickly get up when I got a good angle. He has yet to sit down again.
However, apparently people have found animations by using this:
It’s something I’ll have to look into getting. See, the merchants selling these seem to only want shiny polished pet charms, scoffing at my piles of mere polished pet charms. So unless I invest in some heavy duty polishing or find another item to turn into the Ogre Child model, it’ll be a bit before I can do anything with it.
I also tried to dance with the Ogre Child, only to have him no-sell me. Guess I tend to go into the cringe territory when dealing with children. Man I feel old and out of touch…
If anything else of interest comes up with the Ogre Child, I’ll be sure to post here. Man, saying Ogre Child multiple times makes me feel like the Mandalorian…only not as epic…and less corporate evil…and not nearly as cool.
Dream big, Ogre fans! 
