Sarlayan is still unable to determine whether the name Gorn'am is the real name of the ancient god Draenor, or whether it is a name artificially given to it by the Gorria Empire.
In any case, the ancient god Draenor finally has a relatively formal name to refer to.
Sarlayan had read through the historical documents preserved by the two factions of arakkoa.
As the saying goes, the butt determines the head. Although these documents have many gaps and contradictions in some details, looking at the records from both parties, it is still possible to restore the entire process of the Apexis Empire from its rise to its decline.
After the orcs escaped from the enslavement of the ogres with the help of the elements, the Gorian Empire that once dominated Draenor fell into decline, leaving only a few independent city-states including Highmaul and Blade Tower Fortress.
Through the relatively complete historical stone tablets preserved by the Mag'har clan, Sarlayan understood most of the history from the time when the orcs were freed from slavery to the present.
Until Sharlayan obtained the historical records provided by the Ogrila clan, his understanding of the period between the fall of the Apexis Empire and the rise of the orcs was always blank.
With this period of history completed, Sarlayan finally pieced together a relatively complete development history of Draenor civilization.
The information I learned from the barrage before was correct. The establishment of the Goria Empire was inseparable from the help of the Apexis Crystal.
The ogres are the descendants of Grond, the creator of Aggramar. Their bloodline contains considerable arcane talents, but they have never been able to be developed correctly before.
Under the ulterior teachings of the arakkoa who were determined to revive the Apexis Empire, the first ogre to master arcane power showed great potential.
According to the historical records left by Ogrila, his name was Gog, and he once defeated an adult Gronn with one hand with his powerful arcane power.
Gog, known as the Gronn Killer, led the ogres who gradually developed arcane talents to overthrow the rule of the One-Eyed Demon. Later, they broke up with the arakkoa who had met Tu Qiong and expelled all the arakkoa in the territory.
At this point, the ogre hero began to be called Gorgog, which means "King Gorg" in the ogre language.
With the support of a large number of ogres, Gaug established a new and powerful empire-the Goria Empire.
When reading this, Sarlayan corrected a cognitive misunderstanding.
Two-headed ogres are not the only ones with the ability to learn arcane magic.
In theory, all ogres have the opportunity to activate the Titan-Forged genes latent in their bloodlines.
As we all know, Titan creations are creatures of order, and they are born with good arcane affinity.
The two-headed ogre was born after the Gorian Empire was established and arcane magic became popular among the ogres.
Due to long-term close contact with the primitive arcane power, the bloodline of the ogres has been affected, and a very small number of their descendants will be born with two heads.
The mages of the Goria Empire were very curious about this special phenomenon. After some research, they first confirmed one thing.
The two-headed ogre is far superior to ordinary ogres in terms of arcane affinity and intelligence. It has strong arcane talent since birth and is a natural spellcaster.
Therefore, the two-headed kin gradually began to be regarded as a good omen by the ogres.
As time goes by, the Gorria Empire, whose arcane civilization becomes more and more developed, can even artificially create two-headed ogres.
With the exception of the first King Gog, every subsequent generation of Gorian head of state was without exception a two-headed ogre.
After the destruction of Highmaul, the last magical city-state of the Goria Empire, the two-headed ogres were mercilessly slaughtered by the old tribe.
Without the extremely intelligent two-headed ogre leader, the ogre tribe that had long been accustomed to this management model seemed to have returned to the primitive era overnight.
A large number of ogres were forcibly recruited by the old tribe. They were driven to Azeroth to participate in the invasion and were used as cannon fodder to consume the enemy's vitality.
The Orgrila clan was one of the few survivors after the destruction of Highmaul.
When the Old Horde invaded the city, Mal'gok, the last leader of Highmaul, knew he would not survive.
In order to preserve the hope of the ogre clan rising again, he handed over a large number of books kept in Highmaul to the ogre mages of Ogrila to take away, and personally led the remaining two-headed ogres to fight until the last moment.
Thanks to Mal'gok's deathbed arrangements, Sarlayan was able to read the records of Gorn'am.
According to the historical documents left by the arakkoa and the ogres, it is inferred that Gorn'am first appeared before the establishment of the Apexis Empire, and it was the wind serpent demigod Setai who was bewitched by it to embrace the power of the void.
Goun'am should have first appeared around 5,000 years before the Black Gate.
Since Draenor is not nourished by the power of the Star Soul, Goun'am's development speed cannot be compared with that of the Ancient God of Azeroth.
5,000 years ago, Goun'amu was not yet mature.
The time when it really became active was at the end of the Apexis Empire and the early days of the Gallia Empire, that is, around 1200-1000 BC.
The Apexis arakkoa, which gradually fell into decline due to civil war, failed to record the details related to Gorn'am, and the ogres who replaced them to dominate Draenor obtained the official naming rights of this ancient god.
"really……"
After reading all the records about the name Goun'am, Sarlayan touched his chin thoughtfully.
"The main area of activity of Goun'am was in the Arak Peak Generation... which was later known as the Arak Peak Forest."
Onyxia the lazy dog ignored it. While Sharlayan concentrated on reading the documents, Jaina was there to help him sort out the historical slates containing useful information. She also read a lot about Goun'am. information.
At this time, Jaina rubbed her eyebrows in confusion: "The Gorian Empire's observation record of Goun'am only reaches 600 years before the Black Gate, but the Gorian Empire was destroyed 400 years before the Black Gate."
"Why did Gao En'am suddenly disappear in the past 200 years? This is not in line with the behavior of the ancient gods."
Onyxia, who was lying aside lazily basking in the sun, said casually: "Maybe Goun'am found out that she was being watched by the ogres, so she deliberately hid to avoid their sight."
"wrong."
After pondering for a moment, Sarlayan gave a guess: "Look carefully at the records from 600 to 500 years before the Black Gate."
Jaina calmly lowered her head and checked again. She was very smart and quickly discovered the clues.
"During this period... it happened to coincide with the rise of the elements?"
"That's right."
Sarlayan analyzed with some thought: "The elements of Draenor were used by Aggramar to make Grond in ancient times, and they suffered a lot of losses as a result."
"In the tens of millions of years since then, the elements of Draenor have not condensed into entities. It was not until more than 500 years before the Black Gate that a large number of elemental entities began to be truly active in Draenor."
"The then head of state of the Goria Empire was very wary of this sudden rise of alien power."
"The conflict between the ogres and the elemental entities lasted for nearly 200 years. For a long time, the ogres completely enslaved the elements."
"The Goria Empire was finally overthrown by the orcs because of the wrath of the elements, but the orcs are just a carrier of the wrath of the elements."
"Elemental entity..."
Jaina touched her chin thoughtfully: "I probably understand that the reason why Goun'am suddenly became low-key is because water elemental and earth elemental entities began to expand wildly in the ocean and land of Draenor. .”
"Gorn'am is far from as powerful as the Ancient God of Azeroth. In order to ensure that it can successfully complete the mission of eroding the planet assigned by the Lord of the Void, it chose to temporarily avoid its peak."
Sarlayan curled his lips sarcastically: "It wanted to pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger, but in the end it really turned itself into a pig."
"Starting from 400 years before the Black Gate, the orcs, who relied heavily on elemental power, gradually replaced the ogres and became the strongest force in Draenor."
"In order to avoid a direct conflict with the Throne of Elements, which was in full swing at the time, Goun'am, who was hiding under the peak of Arak, continued to hide his power and bide his time, waiting for the day when the Throne of Elements would gradually decline."
"Good news, it has indeed arrived. The arrogant Throne of the Elements has been completely shattered by the Shadow Council, which has the power of evil."
"Bad news, the entire Draenor is in a state of chronic death due to the erosion of evil energy. The ancient gods who coexist with the planet will naturally be greatly affected by this."
Onyxia shook her head dumbfounded: "Isn't this guy too meek? How come he always encounters all kinds of bad luck? It's too cheap for an ancient god to treat him like this. "
