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The book tells the tale of Thrall, a young orc orphaned by assassins who kill both his parents. After being found by a human named Blackmoore, Thrall is taken to his castle, where he is raised to fight in gladitorial games to earn the alcoholic Blackmoore money. After escaping the castle with the help of a human girl, Taretha, Thrall travels to reunite the orcs.
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* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: The original source for the plot was a [[Full Throttle]]-like game starring Thrall. While never released, all the material release concerning the game indicates that the book is quite an improvement.
** Though never released, someone managed to get a hold of it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ6tg1Id6-c here]. As expected, the game didn't particularly hold up to Blizzard's standards, though the voice acting is absolutely fantastic.
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* [[Anticlimax Boss]]: There's no doubt as to the outcome when Thrall finally gets to Blackmoore. It was even in the trailer for the game.
* [[Aristocrats Are Evil]]: Blackmoore comes from a shamed noble house. He is willing to reclaim the family's position by any means necessary, including {{spoiler|raising Thrall to use as a puppet general, thereby gaining command an army of orcs to use against Lordaeron.}}
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* [[Drop the Hammer]]: The Doomhammer.
* [[Dead Little Sister]]: {{spoiler|Taretha. Technically inverted since she's older}}.
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: Sergeant.
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Thrall is frequently subject to this.
* [[Genius Bruiser]]
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* [[Gladiator Revolt]]
* [[The Horde]]: Thrall makes The Horde 3.0. It's not yet an Alliance, consisting of just orcs.
* [[Humans Are
* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]]: Langston to a certain extent. Blackmoore is actually just a gigantic bully but does too much evil to be considered sympathetic.
* [[Kick the Dog]]: Blackmoore has dozens of moments like this in his treatment of Thrall and Taretha Foxton.
* [[Kick the Son of
* [[Magic Knight]]: Thrall is proficient in both melee combat and spellcasting (as a Shaman).
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Thrall keeps the name, which means "slave", so that neither he nor Blackmoore will forget what the latter has done when the former comes back with a vengeance.
* [[Messianic Archetype]]: Thrall is basically a cross between Moses and Spartacus, plus some green paint.
* [[My Master, Right or Wrong]]: During the siege, Sergeant sees that Blackmoore's gone mad and that Langston is completely useless, but takes up the responsibility of defending the keep because they all think that Thrall won't stop until Blackmoore's dead.
* [[No Name Given]]: Sergeant. Lampshaded a couple times.
* [[Not Afraid of You Anymore]]: Thrall has this moment just before his final battle with Blackmoore.
* [[The Obi
** Regarding shamanic stuff, Drek'thar definitely fills the role.
** Drek'thar also points out, in a strange and roundabout sort of way, Blackmoore was one too.
* [[Oh Crap]]: Sergeant and Langston's reaction when Blackmoore pushes Thrall too far, triggering his [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]].
* [[Old Master]]: Sergeant is the only decent man in Durnholde.
* [[Our Orcs Are Different]]: A bit of [[Fridge Brilliance]] when you realize that the previous two books chronologically had treated them as total monsters.
* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]
* [[Red Right Hand]]: Amongst the Orcs, Thrall's blue eyes mark him as untainted despite having green skin.
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* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: The big finale. Thrall is a tremendously mellow guy, for an Orc. The measures necessary to get him up to this are damn near ridiculous. [[Moral Event Horizon|And horrifying.]]
* [[Smug Snake]]: Blackmoore
* [[The Siege]]: Completely subverted. The bad guys are the few defenders manning the great fortress, while the hero is leading the massive horde trying to rip the place down. They even succeed too.
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* [[Your Approval Fills Me
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