The important character of World of Warcraft returns in patch 8.2

World of Warcraft: Battle for AzerothThe story of this man is quite predictable so far. Apart from some strange branches like the knife of Legion Coming back to life, the Horde fought against the Alliance, as Blizzard had announced. And it seems that the two factions will put aside their differences to handle the enemies of the Void before the end of the expansion, just as the players suspected it to do.

In the latest public test domain update, where Blizzard is testing the new Rise of Azshara patch, a well-known character returned to the cast just in time to save his beloved Horde.

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After a few years of wandering in Azeroth, Thrall came back to help his people. Thrall was the main protagonist of the Orc campaign in Warcraft 3and served as a warlord of the Horde for many years World of Warcraft. It disappeared shortly after the beginning of Legionand the players have not seen it since.

We do not know exactly how Thrall will return to the Horde. Once the players have reached the Nazjatar zone, one of their faction leaders will send them to help Baine Bloodhoof, a Horde leader that the Horde's warlord, Sylvanas Windrunner, has the same name. intend to perform. He is in the dungeons of Orgrimmar and players will have to fight in areas of the Orgrimmar headquarters raid in 2013.

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During the rescue, players will meet with an Alliance and Horde group. Jaina Proudmoore and Mathias Shaw lead the Alliance, while Saurfang and Thrall form the Horde Rescue Team. It seems that in his search for allies, Saurfang met with Thrall and recruited him for the next Horde rebellion. The Horde and Alliance teams bicker, but Thrall encourages both factions to work together to save their common ally.

There are currently several alternative cinematics during the rescue attempt, and it is unclear how this will end. The only definitive thing this new mission teaches us is that Thrall is back and has a role to play in the coming war. Depending on what happens to Saurfang in Battle for AzerothThrall could even return to the position of warlord.

At the time when he was warlord, Thrall helped establish the city of Orgrimmar to the Horde. Thrall ceased to be his warlord to save the planet and players began to negatively call it "green Jesus." After Thrall, the post of Warchief was awarded to Garrosh Hellscream. Garrosh was the big bad guy for the expansion of Mists of Panderia and the last boss of the Orgrimmar headquarters.

After Thrall helped players to continue Garrosh in time Draenor WarlordsThrall lost his link with the Elements and gave up his weapon to shamanic players. After that, he disappeared into the desert to meditate.

This is the first time that Thrall is back in World of Warcraft since 2016. It's also the first time that Chris Metzen, co-founder of Blizzard, has been expressing the character since he retired. Metzen appeared during a World of Warcraft panel at the BlizzCon 2018 to tease the return of his character.

It's unclear when Blizzard will release hotfix 8.2 on World of WarcraftLive servers. Players will likely have to wait until the end of May to see Thrall storm the Orgrimmar dungeons.