The Grimtotem Clan is a die-hard radical group among the tauren. Their leader, Magatha, had always had great distrust and rejection of foreign tribes before accepting Sharlayan's enlightenment.
This is a prophecy that Magatha Grimtotem, the current leader of the Grimtotem clan, heard from her father, a spirit walker.
"Outsiders will bring disaster."
Both Magatha and his father misinterpreted this prophecy, thinking that the so-called outsiders refer to all foreign races except the tauren.
A few years ago, Sharlayan reinterpreted the true meaning of this prophecy for the stubborn Magatha by helping the tauren defeat the centaurs and successfully relocate to Mulgore.
The so-called outsiders do not refer to other mortal races that also live in Azeroth, but to evil forces such as the Burning Legion and the Ancient Gods from beyond the sky.
Sarlayan didn't know if Magatha really listened to his advice. According to the letters written when Kane and Hamuul last contacted each other, Magatha had become much more honest in recent years and no longer often advised Kai. En is tougher on foreigners.
Among the peace-loving tauren clan, the overly energetic Grimtotem clan is undoubtedly an anomaly.
Perhaps in order to kill the excess energy of his people, Magatha sent them to Thousand Needles to open up trade routes. However, by mistake, he met the Garak centaur who had taken refuge here.
Over the years, the Grimtotem clan has come to trouble Garak's centaur every now and then.
The terrain of the Thousand Needles Stone Forest is not as endless as Mashanshe. There is not much terrain for the centaur to charge with full strength, which makes up for the tauren's mobility disadvantage to a certain extent.
Moreover, Hamuul, the leader of the Runetotem clan who was far away in Mulgore, did not let Grimtotem fight alone.
With Sharlayan's help, Hamuul, who had already longed for the Druin's ways, successfully became a disciple of the Archdruin Malfurion Stormrage.
Facts have proved that Hamuul is indeed very talented. It only took him 2 years to be announced as a disciple by Malfurion who was quite emotional.
After that, Hamuul brought the way of Druyin back to Mulgore, and more and more tauren chose to become Druyin who were close to nature.
After receiving the exploration report sent back from the Thousand Needles Stone Forest by the Grimtotem Clan, Hamuul immediately noticed a large number of wyverns settling in the Wind Lair in the southwest of the Stone Forest.
When they migrated from Mashanshei to Mulgore, the tauren had not yet opened the mountain tunnel between Mulgore and Desolace. They had to go around the Stonetalon Mountains and the Barrens in the north to reach their new home.
After Hamuul, who went out to study, brought back Dru'in's inheritance to the Tauren, Kane immediately ordered Dru'in, who had gradually developed in scale, to return to Stonetalon Mountain and tame the local wyverns for the Tauren to use.
The wyvern group in Stonetalon Mountain is not large, at least far from being comparable to the Wind Nest in Thousand Needles.
It just so happened that it would be much easier to have the help of flying mounts when traveling in areas with complex terrain like Thousand Needles Stone Forest.
While the energetic Grimtotem clan was busy fighting with the Garak Centaur at the front, Hamuul also led the Druyin quietly into Thousand Needles, aiming directly at Wind Nest.
After several years of hard work, with the air support provided by the flying dragon knights, the tauren have completely suppressed the Garak centaurs and firmly controlled them near the rocky cave near the Shining Plains in the eastern part of the stone forest.
Sarlayan is relatively face-blind to the tauren race. It is difficult to identify who they are just by their appearance. He must rely on the decorations on their bodies to barely identify them.
But he was at least certain that he had never seen this young-looking Black Bull of Horror Totem.
There are few traces of high elves' activities on the continent of Kalimdor. Even if there are, they are mainly concentrated in the Un'Goro Crater and the Tanaris Desert.
Judging from the direction of movement of Sarlayan and his party, the young black bull speculated that they came from Tanaris.
While the other party looked at him thoughtfully with his bull's eyes, Sarlayan was also observing this unknown black bull.
He could feel the restlessness in the other person that originated from young people, and he was obviously a restless little guy.
Without waiting for the other party to speak again, Sarlayan took the initiative to introduce himself with a friendly smile.
"Hello, young man of the Grimtotem clan, I am Sharlayan Deepshadow, from Quel'Thalas across the sea."
"Salayan...Deep Shadow?"
The young Hei Niu was stunned for a moment, and then showed a surprised expression.
"I heard your name from my aunt! She said you were a great benefactor to the Tauren clan!"
"aunt?"
Sarlayan raised his eyebrows slightly: "I don't know many Grimtotem clans. Could it be that the aunt you are talking about is..."
A honest smile appeared on the young Hei Niu's face: "Yes, my aunt is the clan leader Magatha. My name is Anak. I'm glad to meet you, Mr. Deep Shadow."
[Ah~ It turns out to be this guy. 】
[The leader of the Black Cloud Peak Horror Totem Stronghold, the poor tool man who took the blame for Magatha in the original history. 】
After listening to the barrage's explanation, Sarlayan roughly understood the life of Anak Grimtotem.
In the original history without Sharlayan, Magatha had always held the belief that foreigners were a scourge. As the patriarch, her extreme ideas also affected the younger generation of Grimtotem.
The grumpy Magatha always believed that Kane and Hamuir were too gentle to foreigners, and it was not until the Cataclysm version that he finally couldn't bear it and attacked Kane.
Kane was old at the time, but he was still willing to dedicate everything he had to the tribe.
When the position of chief of the tribe was passed into the hands of a certain Brainless Howler, Kane couldn't stand his radical approach and took the initiative to challenge Brainless Howler to a traditional orc Makgora duel in an attempt to change his extreme decisions.
In terms of combat effectiveness, the brainless roar at that time was still no match for Kane who had experienced many battles. In the early stages of the duel, Kane clearly had the upper hand, but he accidentally made a small wound on his body with an axe.
However, it was this small wound that killed Kane.
Magatha had already made a plan and applied poison to the ax of Brainless Roar in advance.
The two ignorant people became her puppets. When Kane noticed the onset of toxicity, the situation had developed out of control.
Affected by the poison, Kane, who was weak in arms and legs, was suffocated and killed by Brainless Roar. A generation of legendary tauren heroes died in this despicable conspiracy.
Magatha had already thought of an escape route before taking action, and the scapegoat she pushed out was her unlucky nephew Anak, the little black cow with a simple and honest smile in front of Sarlayan.
Because Sharlayan changed Magatha's fate in advance and moved to Mulgore to establish Thunder Bluff, the Grimtotem leader's behavior has obviously become gentler, and he is no longer so extreme in hating foreigners.
As the leader of a clan, Magatha's words and deeds will naturally affect other members of the same clan.
It was also from that time that the Horrible Totem, which had been alienated from other clans due to differences in ideas, truly integrated into the big tauren family.
Magatha almost went astray due to her misinterpretation of the prophecy. She was still a little scared when she thought about it afterwards. She was always grateful to Sarlayan for giving her guidance and would occasionally mention his name and deeds in front of her juniors.
It was also from this that Anak learned about Sarlayan's name. After learning the origin and purpose of the group, he warmly invited the six Sarlayans to go to Black Cloud Peak to take a rest.
Sarlayan declined Anak's invitation: "Thank you Anak, but let's forget it. We still have a lot of things to do. Let's talk about it next time we have a chance."
"Say hello to Magatha for me. If I have time after I finish my work, I will go to Thunder Bluff to meet her, Hamuul and Kane."
Anak nodded hurriedly: "Okay, I will definitely take your words to you. May Mother Earth protect your future."
Watching Anak leading the Grimtotem warriors to clean up the battlefield, Onyxia asked curiously: "Isn't it said that the Grimtotem clan is the radical faction among the tauren? Why do I feel that... these black bulls are pretty good? pure."
Sarlayan shook his head and smiled: "People change. Maybe the change in Magatha's behavior has affected the entire tribe. This is always a good thing."
After bidding farewell to the Grimtotem warriors, Sarlayan and his party continued northward along the forested rocks and took the large elevator built by the tauren into the Barrens.
"This is it."
Standing in front of the large elevator and looking up into the distance, Sarlayan could already see a large number of wild boars moving nearby.
There are two core strongholds of the quilboar, namely the holy land of Razormarsh controlled by the Razor clan, and the Razor Highlands controlled by the Deathrattle clan to the east of the swamp, which is the burial ground of the quilboar.
"so?"
Tinagosa, who was sitting on Sharlayan's shoulders and swaying her calves, asked: "How are we going to find Agamaggan's bound soul through these massive quilboar obstacles? We can't fight all the way into Razorfen."
Sarlayan smiled and touched Tina's little head: "Of course not, although it is not impossible, but it is too inefficient."
"Valeela and I will sneak in, and the four of you will find a way to attract the attention of the quilboars outside. It would be best to lure Calgar Thornribs out as well."
Jaina tilted her head and asked, "What should we do specifically?"
Sarlayan spread his hands and said, "This is up to you to decide. You can't just ask me about everything. Use your brain to think of a plan."
It is human nature to be lazy. Usually it is Sharlayan who makes the plan. Jaina and Stellagosa just need to follow it without thinking.
It was easier this way, but Sarlayan didn't want his partners to develop a habit of dependence.
"No way, since you said so..."
Onyxia, who had always been lazy and fun-loving, was the first to understand Sarlayan's intention. She raised her hands and rubbed her cheeks vigorously, and her usually lazy eyes became serious.
"You and Valeela should set off first. I'll think about it first and see how we can lure out as many wild boars hiding in the mud in the swamp as possible."
