Knight and Honor
Azeroth Year 25 since the Great Conflict (The Dark Portal Open and Conflict between Orcs and Humans)
Chapter 09: Lo'Gosh
"What is the meaning of this?" Rehgar demands.
"Your team is soft Reghar. We're going to show you who the real champions of the Dire Maul is." The Darkspear troll said.
"Nothing like a friendly competition eh Rehgar?" Sparkeye said as he walks to them. "I bet you forty silver that my team is better than yours."
"Make it eighty and you're on," Rehgar said.
Valeera charge and hits the undead before she attempts to slice the troll. The Tauren, however, shoulder slams into her back sending her flying. She lands on the ground and the Tauren quickly slams its giant hoof into her stomach. Valeera was in deep trouble. She was pinned down and couldn't escape. She yelled out but she couldn't break free.
"Fool. She walked right into it." Broll said in anger.
"Say goodbye princess." The troll said as he attempts to behead her.
She closes her eyes as the sword swings down.
Only she hears the sound of a 'Klang' and the sound of metal breaking. Valeera opens her eyes to see the trolls sword had broken. Croc-bait was standing over her and had a purple glowing sword as the trolls receive a cut on his face. It was rather deep, but it wasn't fatal. The troll manages to leap back to avoid his head from being sliced in half.
Croc-bait brings his fist back as it glows purple and slams it into the Taurens gut. The Tauren bellows out and flew backward and lands on his back away from Valeera.
"A bit eager are we?" Croc-Bait said as he offers Valeera to stand up. She does so but wobbles over.
"I think my ribs are broken," Valeera mutters. She was bleeding from the side of her mouth.
He looks at her and places his hands on her. A purple glow began to appear around her and she could feel herself healing. Her ribs were snap back into place and the broken bones were mending.
The undead charges at them but croc-bait raises his hands as a purple glow emits from his hands and hits the undead. The undead quickly disperses into ash.
"No way?!" Sparkeye said. "Who is this human?"
The troll charges as the Tauren does. The human flicks his arm at the troll and a purple sword appeared and was launch into the troll's chest. Killing him at once. The Tauren swings down and Valeera found herself by Broll's side. The Taurens ax slams into the ground and the human was nowhere to be seen.
"So simple. Even a blind man could see it." The human said on top of the Tauren's upper back. A purple sword appears in his hands and slams down through the Tauren's neck. The Tauren coughs out blood and wobbles for a bit before he falls face first into the ground defeated and dead.
"My team," Sparkeye said in shock.
"You lost. Pay up." Rehgar said with a grin.
Sparkeye grumbles as he pays Rehgar and walks off.
"Thank you!" Valeera said as she hugs the human. "I only wanted to teach Broll a lesson. It's my fault that he couldn't fight. I drained his energy." Valeera said as she hugs the human.
Rehgar eyes the human carefully.
'The boy is just a whelp. Not yet a man. Yet the way he fought, it was like he's been in a thousand battles before. Thrall said humans call these people 'prodigies'. Those who are gifted in the art of battle. Who is the human? I would have to consult Thrall about him before pressing this any further. He is clearly of someone of importance. He is no commoner.' Rhegar said.
An orc walks over to Broll and stands over him who was sitting down trying to catch his breath.
"Rehgar said these weak hearted louts would give me a fight! You're only kidding yourself. This loser is too weak to even stand. I shall kill him first." The orc said.
"No, you can't! He isn't weak he's…" Valeera shouted but it was no use. The orc swings his sword down at Broll and Valeera watch in horror at her mistake would result in Broll's death.
Only for Broll to appear next to her and the human caught the sword with his bare hands.
"What?!" The orc said in surprise. He looks at the human and could see a very frightening look on the human's face. This wasn't just the look of a warrior who's been in battles, but of a predator looking at its prey. The orc felt very afraid for a strange reason.
The humans draw his sword up thrusts it forward slamming it into the orc's throat. The orc falls back on the ground dead.
"Wicked!" Valeera said as she watches the entire thing unfold. "I wish croc-bait could remember where he learns to fight like that. I'd ask his teacher for some lessons! Broll and I are lucky when he stepped in when he did or we'd be beyond even your healing spells Rehgar." Valeera said as Reghar finishes healing her. "Why did you do it? Set the blademaster on us when we'd just faced down Sparkeye's three gladiators?"
"You need to learn to expect the unexpected Valeera," Rehgar said.
"It's a lesson your blademaster could have used. He was far too overconfident for his own good. By the time he realized he was wrong, it was too late. Crafty, Rehgar. That's going to be our edge isn't it." Broll said.
"Hyku miscalculated. He thought you were weak and croc-bait couldn't do anything about saving you. Croc-bait is far more powerful than he appears to be." Rehgar says.
"You know the Alliance is going to be looking for him," Broll said.
"If they can vouch for him being one of them, I'll gladly give him back. I'm not going to be the reason why a war erupts between the Alliance and Horde when Warchief Thrall is pushing for peace talks with the Alliance. The Warchief will have my head if I don't comply with giving back one of their own." Rehgar says.
Broll said nothing. The key word was if they could vouch for him being one of them. Rehgar would only do so if the Alliance confronted him about him. As long as Rehgar kept him in Horde territory he was allowed to keep him for as long as possible. Another fact, given his fighting abilities, Rehgar did not want him loose and running free. Already Rehgar could see he was a threat to the Horde.
"I'm sorry, Broll. For draining your energy earlier. It's just… you made me furious and I wanted to pay you back but I didn't want to get you hurt and…" Valeera said as she attempts to apologize.
"Rehgar should have considered energy thieving ways of Blood Elves before he put you on our team." Broll snarls.
"That's enough. Don't get into another fight. We just had two and could use a break. Valeera, don't do that to a member of your teammates again. Broll, try to control your rage and anger against her. You can't judge her actions base on the actions of her people." The human snaps. The two elves fall silent immediately. "Pity your shaman magic couldn't restore my memory, Rehgar." The human said as he walks back to his team.
"Your body remembers how to fight! That's all that matters." Rehgar said as he picks up the blade masters sword. "The blademaster's swords are yours, according to the rules of combat," Rehgar said handing the human the swords.
"I don't think I'm one for swords, Rehgar. Sell them. I could use an outfit. I'm getting tired of walking around in rags." The human said.
"I will spend twenty silver for your outfit," Rehgar said.
"You just won eighty silver after I defeat Sparkeye's team. You will use that silver for my outfit. Besides, you know that I can win the Dire Maul. What is worth more to you? Eighty Silver? Or a thousand gold prize?" The human said.
Rehgar looks at croc-bait very carefully then breaks into a grin.
"You bargain like a goblin. Very well, but you better whin the Dire Maul. Because I'm betting heavily on you, Croc-bait." Rehgar says with a grin. "Follow me, and don't think even think of wandering off on your own. The guards will eat you for dinner." Rehgar says as he beckons the trio to follow him. He walks over to the arena master and tells him to sell the swords.
The trio follows Rehgar and knew this was a rare privilege. As gladiators, they didn't have the right to wander the streets of Orgimmar. They had to accompany Rehgar as he was their master. Therefore he was responsible for them and had to vouch there were his slaves.
They didn't walk far and enter a tailoring shop.
"I trust cloth will be good for you," Rehgar said.
"It will do." The human said as they enter the shop.
"Welcome to my…" An orc said. "Rehgar! How rare of your to visit. Do you need some new clothes?" The orc asks.
"Not today Magar. Croc-bait needs an outfit. As you can see, he's in rags." Rehgar said as the human steps forward.
"He's human. Not to mention he's just a boy." Magar said.
"He's with me." Rehgar replies.
Magar looks at Rehgar careful with careful eyes.
"You are playing with fire, Rehgar. I know you're desperate to win the Dire Maul. But you need to be careful this doesn't end up as a political disaster for the Horde. Warchief Thrall was specific that we don't do something to the humans that jeopardize the treaty. This could be seen as a violation of the treaty." Magar said.
"If the Alliance claims him as one of them of their own, I'll gladly return him. I will respect the treaty and the Warchief words." Rehgar said wisely.
"I hope so, Rehgar. The Horde has more pressing concerns at the moment and can't afford a war with the Alliance." Magar says. He turns to the human. "I've never made anything for a human before. Yet I will do my best. What kind of outfit do you want?" He asks.
"Make it something like this." The human said as he brings his hands together and an illusion appeared of outfit that was black. It looks like a rogue's outfit. It was black in nature.
(If you've seen Elektra's Daredevil Outfit. The one from Future Fight, Daredevil Edition, Harry's outfit look likes that. Basically, he's going to be the magical version of a rogue. More will explain later on as the story progress. No face mask.)
"A rogue? Very well I'll get to work." Magar said as he begins to put together the outfit together. He took the measurements of human and immediately sewed it together.
"How is it?" Magar asks.
The human puts on his outfit but as he does, Valeera gasps out loud.
"What is it?" Rehgar asks.
"That sigil on his upper bicep area. I know it! He's nobility!" Valeera said.
Rehgar narrows his eyes at her words.
"He's a noble? A noble human?" Broll asks.
Valeera shook her head.
"Not a human nobility mark. That's a High Elf sigil. The Windrunner family. He's a member of the Windrunner family! But how? There are no humans in that family!" Valeera said.
This was an interesting puzzle.
"If he belongs to Sylvanas, she's going to have my head," Rehgar mutters.
This only verified that he was indeed someone of grave importance. Did he get caught in a storm from Theramore?
"What are you all gawking at?" The human asks as he steps forward in his new outfit.
"Nothing," Broll said.
"I'm ready." The human said.
"How much?" Reghar asks.
"For you… sixty silver." Magar said.
Reghar pays the man and they walk out and heads to the Hall of Legends. Where the Horde has gathered weapons from the ages from their wars and battle they have collected. All these weapons were unclaimed and free to collect for any new hero of the Horde.
"Now that you've completed your gladiatorial training, you may choose the weapon you will carry into the area at Dire Maul," Rehgar says as they look around.
"These!" Valeera said in an eager voice. "A set of orc daggers! A long knife! Sharp as a dragon's teeth and beautiful well balance." Valeera said as she holds up a pair of green daggers.
"I choose a druid staff!" Broll said as he picks up a druid staff. "What of you, croc-bait?" Broll asks.
The human walks around the room and opens a chest. Finally, he pulls out a pair of black daggers and holds them in front of him.
"These will do." He said as he grabs a holster and puts them on his back. He pauses as he passes and sword and looks at it. He grabs it and looks at it. It was magnificent worked. An elven blade that was taken most likely from the second war. He puts the sword on his back.
With that, Rehgar took them to the on top of Orgrimmar.
"Glad you were able to provide a group transport, Captain Grizzgear. You'll be happy to hear that this payment is from your old friend Sparkeye." Rehgar says as he pays the captain.
"Good old, Sparkeye. Always eager to wager… seldom wisely." The captain said as he takes the silver.
"What news from across the sea, Captain?" Rehgar asks.
"Dark rumors. Under Rend Blackhand, the Blackrock Orcs are wreaking havoc beyond Grim Batol… while the Dark Iron Dwarves are moving from their deep caverns out into the world. The groups are skirmishing across the Burning Steppes." Captain Grizzgear says as the Zeppelin takes off to Dire Maul.
"Croc-bait is a phenomenal fighter, but there is still something odd about him. Like… something's missing. Have you notice he's never once even smiled." Valeera says in a soft tone.
"What's he got to smile about? You'd act oddly too if you didn't know who you were. Expect on you might be an improvement." Broll whispers back.
"Two teammates constantly bickering while the other stares out to the horizon and broods. You have problems there." Captain Gizzgear said.
"They don't have to like each other to fight well together. Still, if I don't see things improve between them, I may make a change at Dire Maul." Rehgar says.
They enter Feralas where they could see many other zeppelins in the sky as they head to the arena.
"Let's go," Rehgar said as he leads his team to the arena. The arena where all over the Horde, people from all came to either cheer or jeer at the gladiators to fight in the games.
Rehgar's team walks through the entrance where a crowd was gathering to inspect his team. Jeers were screaming down upon them as they look upon the Night Elf with antlers, and a young Blood Elf who had yet to reach adulthood, and a human boy who look no more than a boy walking behind Rehgar.
"That scrawny human is supposed to take Rehgar's slain orc champion Bloodeye Redfist?!"
"Rehgar is losing it. This team looks pathetic."
"That is a bunch of waste. Where's the muscle? Where is the power?"
"I hear the human and she-elf have yet to be blooded!"
"They call pinkskin 'croc-bait'. He will be good Ogre breakfast!"
"The only survivor of this group will be Broll. If he survives the third round. The other two are as good as dead."
"Here comes the future champions!" Someone shouted. Rehgar's team turn to see three ogre's walking down the arena.
"Come on, you can show gaze later," Rehgar said as he leads them to their area.
The first few days were those of single combat. Rehgar had signed them up for single combat and team battle. However, all three of them had to survive their single battles. The crowd didn't believe Rehgar luck would hold and bet heavily against him. Yet Rehgar knew with each victory, his pouch will only get fatter and heavier.
Broll won his match with eases. Once the centaur was on his side Broll pounce and he forfeits immediately.
Valeera too won her match. She was quick and stabs her opponent in the throat killing him at once.
Croc-bait enters the arena and his opponent was a frostmane troll. The crowd didn't believe had a chance and were hoping for Rehgar's winning streak to finally end. Many were hoping to see his blood splatter across the arena floor.
The human unsheathes his blade and walks forward towards the frostmane troll.
"Aren't you a little young to be playing with swords." The frostmane trolls ask.
"It will be over quick." The human said. "You won't feel a thing."
"Arrogant little snot. I'm going to bleed you dry and…" The trolls said but he never finished.
The human was standing behind him with his sword pointing towards the ground diagonally and the troll falls forward as his head rolls separated from his body.
The crowd was in disbelief. No one had seen the human even move. Some thought it was rigged.
"They can protest all they want. They refuse to believe their eyes. That human is perhaps the most dangerous gladiator in the arena. We haven't even begun to see his true power. That blindness will be my making! At these odds, I'll have thirty years pay. Tomorrow my winnings alone will make me the richest gladiator master in Kalimdor!" Rehgar mutters.
With that, the singles ended and team battles would begin. Unfortunately, only eight teams were able to participate. Meaning that qualify rounds would be at the beginning of qualifying the next and the day after being the semifinals and the fourth day would be the finals.
Luck, however, seemed finally work against Rehgar. The team he would face on the first day would be none other the Orge's. The odds favorites to win the Dire Maul competition. Almost everyone was betting heavily on the Orge's. The exception was Rehgar and his friends who were betting heavily for Rehgar's team to pull the upset and win.
It was the crack of dawn, yet Dire Maul arena was full with the roar of the crowd.
"Orges. Delightful, aren't they?" Valeera said.
"They're bigger than we are and stronger. We have to be faster and smarter." The human said.
"No problem. For a second, you had me worried." Valeera said with a smile.
"This is serious Valeera! I've seen Giago fight. He's strong and got a long reach… but he's left swing is slow. I might be able to take him." Broll said.
The orges charge intent on using their size and power to win.
"Hey, scrawny elf girl!" The two head ogre said or at least one of it's said.
"We squash you like a tiny bug!" the other head said.
"Wonderful. In the race of half-wits, it's going to be a dead heat." Valeera said as she dodges an attack.
"Ha! Elf girl call you dumb!" The left head said.
"Me? No. You dumb one!" The right head said.
The crowd was cheering for the orges to crush Rehgar's unusual team.
Broll manages to finally injure Giago and wound him to the point he fell to his knees.
"Quiet dancing around me human. I'll give you a quick death." Brlee the blue orge said as he slams his sword into the ground as the human dodges the sword.
"Tempting. But let me give you some advice. Always know your surroundings." The human said with a smile. He swings. "Broll! Head down!" The human said as he ducks. Brolls didn't have look to see what was going to happen. He obeys and ducks just in time as Brlee swing and takes off Giago's head.
This stuns the crowd as they couldn't believe what happen. So many were in shock because they lost so much gold.
The human gathers purple magic and slams it into the blue orge causing him to fly backward.
"Missed me cyclops!" Valeera said as she leaps over the attack by the two head orge. "Maybe you should let two eyes take a swing," Valeera said.
"Yeah, idiot! Listen to elf-girl." The two eye head said as he slams his weapon into the other heads face.
The two started arguing and fighting each other.
This allowed Valeera to slip away towards Broll as she helps him get out from under Giaso body.
The human slips between the blue orge's attack and shoves his sword through the head and killing him at once.
"He fights like Lo'Gosh!" A troll said in the crowd as he stands up in shock.
"Five gold on the two heads!"
"A hundred gold on Lo'Gosh!" Another shouted.
At this point, while a few were still hoping for the orge's victory. Many in the crowd were now betting each other for the young human boy, who was still a teenager, to emerge the victory with what money they had left.
It was down to three on one. The human stood before the two head orge who finally stop arguing and stood before him standing ready.
The two head orge swings but the human disappear before his sword could hit him. He reappears behind the orge with his sword held outright. The two heads flew off the body and lands on the ground as the body collapses.
"Lo'Gosh lives!"
"Lo'Gosh! Lo'Gosh! Lo'Gosh! Lo'Gosh! Lo'Gosh! Lo'Gosh! Lo'Gosh!" the crowd chanted over and over again.
The human holds his sword up and the crowd roar in thunder applause. Many of them chanting 'Lo'Gosh' over and over again.
"We won! We actually won!" Broll said.
"What is it that they're saying?" Valeera asks. She was about to enter the fray again when the human single handily took on the two remaining orges. She thought he was in over in his head but he was able to use their strength against them. In fact, he was responsible for defeating all three orges.
"Lo'Gosh. It means 'Ghost Wolf'. It comes from an old story as old since the first Warchief of the Horde existed. Even Azeroth has its own legend regarding Lo'Gosh. Goldrinn, who fought the Burning Legion and slaughter over a million demons single handily. This wolf was a demigod. Though some stories say he fell in battle while other say he disappeared after the war. Whatever the case, it is believed that his spirit with appears in a mortal to fight alongside them and guide them. Lo'Gosh is a legend shared by orcs, elves, trolls, goblins, and even dwarves." Rehgar says as he approached the duo.
"Wolf. A good name… for the hero of the Dire Maul." Valeera says with a smile.
Lo'Gosh as he was now known walks over to his team and Broll smiles at him. He pulls Valeera into a kiss and the crowd cheers as he kisses her. Valeera was equally surprised but she kisses him back. Feeling strong and passionate feelings about him.
The matches, however, continued. With the crowd on their side, even though they lost a fortune in the official betting pool when the majority of them voted against Rehgar's team, everyone was betting they would win. Rehgar had a very fat purse because of the first round. No one voted against Rehgar's team after the first match. However, so many already lost so much. The crowd was now betting that Rehgar's team would win Dire Maul.
And win they did. Lo'Gosh was crown the undisputed champion with Broll and Valeera crown as the best team Dire Maul has ever seen.
The team wouldn't last as Rehgar sold Valeera to female Tauren Gladiator Mistress Helka.
As the champions walk out of Dire Maul the people cheered. They cheered for Lo'Gosh as he exits the arena. All the visitors would be talking about this for ages to come.
Lo'Gosh walks with his head down and truly thought Valeera would be walking out beside him as champion. He thought they had developed a wonderful relationship. Yet Rehgar sold her off like she was cattle.
"Leaving behind Valeera isn't right," Broll said in a low voice so Rehgar wouldn't listen.
"Is this Broll talking? You sure you weren't hit on the head back in the arena?" Lo'Gosh says.
"I judge her too harshly Lo'Gosh. I never thought Rehgar would sell her… sell any of us. We're a team." Broll said.
"Helka bought her to be a team leader, Broll. She's smart, and she may not know it yet, but she's a skilled tactician. She might be happier…" Lo'Gosh says.
"That's you being humble to heal your feelings. She's still young. And partly because of what she is, she has too many demons. Until she overcomes them… I accepted Rehgar's ownership because I thought I could trust him." Broll replies.
"You're saying you had a choice about your service to him?" Lo'Gosh asks sarcastically.
Yet Lo'Gosh thoughts went to Valeera and pray to what every god's existed that she was alright. Yet he swore he would return her and get her out of this gladiator life.
Rehgar led his team back to Captain Grizzgear Zeppelin where they were heading to Thunder Bluff.
"You can forget it, Rehgar. This trip is going to be on me. I bet all my gold on your team, quietly, as you advised and I made a fortune. If I didn't enjoy my work so much, I'd be able to retire. Though if rumors are true, they say you're seeking a Tauren to join your team." Captain Grizzgear said.
"Helka will have sent word to her aunt. I expect the old hag will be waiting with a list of likely prospects. Though I wonder if any of them will be able to give Lo'Gosh the back up he needs."
"Valeera was good company. She made me want to laugh as often as I wanted to throttle her. Why did Rehgar sell her?" Broll asks in a low voice.
"Gold I suspect. As our master, it's his right. And I think he felt she was an ill fit for our team. She did get injured and lacks experience. Perhaps he thought she was going to slow us down. Or result in our death." Lo'Gosh replies in a low voice.
"She has so much potential," Broll says.
"Indeed she does. She has survived for nearly a hundred years on her own. In this cruel world, that is no means a small feat. She's self-taught but she needs a proper instructor. One to show her how to truly use her gifts. She makes a fine rogue. She might be the greatest rogue there is if she is fully trained." Lo'Gosh replies.
"It worries me if she does reach her full potential. She's already useful. Inexperience, but useful." Broll says.
"We have an unpleasant future don't we," Lo'Gosh says.
"You do plan to escape? But you have amnesia. If you aren't Lo'Gosh the Gladiator Champion, you're nobody. Look there are spring at Thunder Bluff called the 'Pools of Vision. Rumored that they deliver messages from the dead." Broll says.
"We? You want to talk to the dead?" Lo'Gosh asks.
"I'll ask Rehgar if we might partake in a cleansing ritual there. It might help restore your memory." Broll said as he looks at Lo'Gosh. "I lost a daughter. She was Valeera's age. Quick, funny and brave… like Valeera. Maybe that's why…" Broll began but he trails off and falls silent.
Lo'Gosh looks at Broll before looking out to the horizon. Perhaps Broll wasn't being hard on Valeera because she was a blood elf. But because she was a reminder of the daughter he lost. He may have looked at Valeera as a reflection of his own daughter. He was trying to keep her alive so he wouldn't lose her like he lost his daughter.
Unknown to Lo'Gosh, his victory would come with incredible dangers.
A defias brotherhood member kneeled before a senior member.
"It was him I swear it. I had to get a close look at him to be sure. His outfit has changed but no mistake it was him. He is being called 'Lo'Gosh' now. He won the Dire Maul Gladiator Championship. Rumors say he'll be heading to Thunder Bluff." The brother said.
"You did well to come to me. You have earned your reward. A hundred gold coins." The member said as he hands a purse full of gold coins.
The brother bows his head and walks out the room.
"Gakca, attend me. Follow that wretch and kill him. Make it look like a robbery. Which it will be since he carries your fee in his money pouch. After that hire an assassin to find 'Lo'Gosh' and kill him."
"There can be no mistakes this time. I want that man dead." A woman said in the shadows.
Lo'Gosh and Broll walk in the Pool of Vision and could see it was undisturbed. They weren't allowed to bring their weapons, but they bounds were off. They enter the cave and Lo'Gosh were taken back by it's beautiful.
"These caverns are astonishing Broll," Lo'Gosh says.
"But Magatha was right. No one's here. Everyone has fled. Even the forsaken who haunt these caverns. I don't like it." Broll says.
"Still, I don't see any monsters. Our guards thought it was a big joke." Lo'Gosh saws as he looks around the cavern.
"If there is a monster, Magatha probably conjured it, hoping it'll kill us and leave Rehgar free to train her whole clan for battle. I'm tempted to forget the whole thing, except for those flashes of memory that freeze you into immobility. If it were to happen in the midst of battle…" Broll said.
"Good point, so what now?" Lo'Gosh asks.
"We sit and stare into the water… and ask the pools for revelation." Broll said.
Lo'Gosh closed his eyes and he was immediately taken to a memory of a High Elf with remarkable beauty was next to him as he was holding a bow. He fires an arrow and nearly hits the center perfectly. She turns to him and smiles at him. Showing she was proud of him.
"Good, remember to breathe." She says.
Another memory stirs as he was in bed with this elf. They were having sex and she was panting and moaning as he took her. This memory seemed to cause great happiness within him.
He was standing before the High Elves and speaking to them. Urging them to stay united under the one banner they've been under for thousands of years. To not separate and stand united. The High Elves leaders agreed to stay united but were urging him to find them a land to settle in so they can rebuild what they have lost.
He was shirtless as the High Elf was smiling as she burns her family sigil into his right shoulder, just above his biceps. Telling him that he was the first human Dúnedain to bear her family sigil. That they would be together forever and not even death would separate her love for him. She was his first consort.
"Lo'Gosh wake up!" Broll shouted as he senses the danger.
Lo'Gosh wakes up just in time to see the elemental bearing down upon them. Broll stood at the ready.
"Begone!" Lo'Gosh says as his hands glow white and the elemental disappeared.
"It's done," Broll said as he stood at ease. "You have calm the elemental. Though I didn't know you knew Shaman magic."
"I seem to know a lot of magic. Shadow. Druidic. Shamanism. Elemental. Light, even Arcane." Lo'Gosh said.
"You will be very powerful if you truly master all these types of magic. There aren't many who can use so many. In fact, I think you might be the first in Azeroth's history." Broll says.
"I must return. I have a partner. She must be looking for me. I have to leave tonight." Lo'Gosh says.
"Do you know where to look?" Broll asks.
"Stormwind," Lo'Gosh said.
"Stormwind? That's in the Eastern Kingdoms. What are you doing out here?" Broll asks.
"I don't know. I have no memory as to what I'm doing. But I know she's in Stormwind." Lo'Gosh replies.
"Let us return. We'll plan our escape." Broll said.
They exit the cavern and return to the city of Thunder Bluff. They could see the people of Thunder Bluff gather around the entrance of the cave as if they were fearing the worse.
"It's done. The Elemental has been vanquished." Broll said.
"Hamuul wishes to speak to you." A Tauren reports as they nod their head and return to the elder tent.
"So these are your champions, Rehgar. This is the human known as Lo'Gosh?" Hamuul said as she looks at the human.
"'Ghost Wolf?' Because of my pale skin?" Lo'Gosh asks.
"The name denotes high praise and rightly so. Sit, eat, drink. And I will tell you why." Hamuul said. They nod their head and sit down beside the fire.
"The demigod Lo'Gosh was a massive white wolf-beast renowned for his ferocity in battle. He was already ten thousand years old before the first war. Lo'Gosh confronts the demonic Burning Legion in the lush of the land and slew millions of demons. After the sundering became the barrens. Though hopelessly outnumbered, he killed many including Demon Commanders. He succumbs to his wounds. But it is said even death could not destroy his will to save his people." Hamuul says.
"We Night Elves also have a similar tale of Lo'Gosh. While we don't normally get along with Taurens, the one thing we do agree on is Lo'Gosh is believed to be Goldrinn. When the Legion flooded into our world and spark the War of the Ancients… the Ghost or Spirit of Goldrinn aided the Night Elves of Eldre'thalas in holding their city against the demonic onslaught. His spirit guided the elves to key defensives positions at critical moments during the battle. After the battle, Goldrinn was never seen again." Broll said.
"We orcs ride wolves into battle. When our people arrived on Kalimdor, the Tauren's told of Lo'Gosh. We adopted him as our hero in this new world and believe he has guided us well. The Frostwolf Clan return to power is a testament that the Lo'Gosh lives with the Orcs'. The will of orcs is strong like his and even death cannot stop us." Rehgar said.
"The legend of Lo'Gosh extends all throughout Azeroth. Trolls, Goblins, Elves, Dwarves all have their own version of what happened. In each tale, Lo'Gosh unyielding will and sheer ferocity enable him to push through the boundaries of the afterlife to aid his people. His legend endures even to this day." Hamuul says. She reaches into her pouch and pulls out a blue feather. "You may find this useful. Take it as a token of my thanks for destroying the elemental that disturbed our pools of vision. The name 'Lo'Gosh' is a testament to your strength of will. But take care, or your strength of will could be your undoing. You must find balance."
"You have my thanks," Lo'Gosh says. With that said, Broll and Lo'Gosh get up and leave. "I'm missing something here. Why would Hamuul give us a feather?" Lo'Gosh asks once they were outside.
"Do you truly wish to escape?" Broll asks in a low voice in Darnassian.
"My partner is in Stormwind. I must go." Lo'Gosh replies.
"As do I. We will go together. Now while we're unchained. Before Rehgar decides to stop us." Broll said as he takes the feather in his hands. "Hamuul has given us the key and I can use it. Follow me." Broll says he channels his magic into the feather as it glows blue.
Deep in the forest of Ashenvale, a hippogryph hears the calls of a summon, and it takes off to answer the call.
"Quickly, we must return to the Spirit Rise."
"Why?" Lo'Gosh asks.
"Shut up and run. We're leaving now!" Broll said as they took off. The guards saw what they were doing and chase after them.
"The guards really don't want us to escape Broll!" Lo'Gosh says as they run across a bridge. Lo'Gosh stops and cuts the ropes the moment causing the guards that were chasing them on the bridge to fall a thousand feet down. They wouldn't survive. Lo'Gosh had purple wings spread out on his back and he was floating where he once stood. The wings look like butterfly shape with magical energy spread out through them.
"You can fly?!" Broll asks in surprise.
"I could have flown out of Orgimmar or Dire Maul at any time. However, I couldn't leave you and Valeera behind." Lo'Gosh said as he floats over to Broll. "Let's go," Lo'Gosh said.
"Wyverns! Get Wyverns!" The remaining guards shouted.
"How are you getting out of here Broll?" Lo'Gosh asks.
"What do you mean?" Broll asks.
"I can escape at any time. How will you get out of here? I can't exactly carry you." Lo'Gosh asks.
"I got my own way out. My ride is here." Broll said as something lands in front of them.
"A Hippogryph! How did you…?!" Lo'Gosh asks.
"Hamuul's feather called it here. But it was our own will that released the magic." Broll said as he mounts the Hippogryph.
He takes to the air as Lo'Gosh actives his magical wings and takes to the air with him.
Unknown to them, Valeera was watching their escape in silence. She spotted the guards prepare to get on the Wyverns to go after them. She quickly hides in the bushes as Rehgar and Hamuul step out near her, allowing her to listen to their conversation.
"My guards may catch them," Rehgar says calmly as he watches his two remaining gladiators escape into the night.
"You are taking your loss calmly, Rehgar," Hamuul says.
Rehgar watch as his guards takes to the air on Wyverns. "At Dire Maul, I recouped my investment in those two a thousand times over. I knew this day was coming. A man is truly a prisoner as long as he agrees to remain one. Since the day I met Lo'Gosh, he was never my prisoner. He merely played along for the moment because he had nowhere to go. He saw something in the pool and that's driven him onward. I just pray, my actions haven't turned him into an enemy of the Horde." Rehgar says softly. He already knew his guards were no match for Lo'Gosh, whether it was on the ground or in the air. They would all die. Those that would survive would be lucky to walk again.
"After that, in his heart, at least, he is free. And where his heart is, his body may follow, if his will is strong enough. I'm an old hand Hamuul. I recognize a hippogryph feather when I see one. I know what they can do in the right hands. What's its name?"
"Sharptalon. He's quite good really. However, Taurens have no use for Hippogryphs. I kept that feather wonder if it ever would be useful. I'm glad it was." Hamuul says.
"That may be, but I'm not obliged to make their escape an easy one. They will have to fight for it. It will look suspicious if I just let them go. My life as a Gladiator Master is over. Tomorrow I return Orgimmar and seek an audience with the Warchief. I'm sure he will wish to hear about Lo'Gosh." Rehgar says.
Lo'Gosh turns to look behind him and could see several guards attempting to fight them in the air. They would not survive. It looks like no one was getting paid.
Author Notes: I hope everyone enjoys. I'm sorry if the amnesisa upsets all of you, but i'm doing this for a reason. Remember, Harry doesn't have a name yet in Azeroth so he can't really rally people behind him. Remember in Azeroth people follow deeds. They believe in the best warrior and leader. Him becoming Lo'Gosh was destine... or something I had planned. He won't have perminate amnesia. It's only temporary.
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On a side note, I'm not very good at science. So could someone tell me the properties of water and ice and vapor. Not in my reviews, pm me please. I want to explain Harry's ability.
