Warchief

Warchief, or War Chief, was a title used by the leader of the modern Horde. The title has also been used by leaders of the Horde's offshoots and previous incarnations—the Old Horde, the Horde of Draenor, the Fel Horde, the Dark Horde, and the Iron Horde, as well as the film universe's.

During the war with the draenei before the opening of the Dark Portal, Gul'dan envisioned two groups of leaders for the orcs when he united them into the Horde: the Shadow Council who shared his vision, and the publicly elected Warchief to be its puppet. On Draenor, Ner'zhul took the title in the event Gul'dan should ever return. The Warchief became the title of the Horde's supreme leader, though their duties no longer included simply war.

The position was ultimately retired following the Fourth War, after the tenure of Sylvanas Windrunner was riddled with controversy in the wake of warchiefs such as Garrosh Hellscream. Instead, the Horde is now led by the Horde Council; though it is unknown if the position will be restored should the Horde go to war again.

Other organizations, primarily orcish clans or offshoots of the Horde, have warchiefs as well.

The Warchief of the Horde stands as the undisputed leader. The warchief holds dominion over the entire Horde. The warchief maintains the Horde, has the power to declare war for the entire Horde, take any precaution to ensure the stability and security of the Horde's member states, and has the final say in the induction of new Horde members.

All members of the Horde have to swear a blood oath to join the Horde and are thus obligated to follow the warchief's commands and support the warchief in times of war if the warchief calls upon them for aid.

The position of warchief can be attained by having the previous warchief chose a successor or challenging the current warchief to a Mak'gora: a prearranged duel with deadly weapons between two people following a formal procedure in the presence of witnesses and traditionally fought until one party yields or is killed, usually to settle a quarrel involving a point of honor. Above all else, the title warchief is granted to those who display strength and decisive action. Warchiefs must be able to gain respect via combat effectiveness and martial conquests but also have enough tact to keep the Horde united and stable.

The warchief may accept ambassadors and advisors from all the different tribes and members of the Horde to makes sure their voices are heard in the running of the fledgling hegemony but ultimately, only the warchief has the final say in matters concerning the entire Horde.

Being warchief wasn't just about being a military leader. It was also among a warchief's duty to hear petitioners about more mundane matters and to settle disputes as a neutral third party.

The Warchief of the Horde has several personal staff:

• A unit of the Kor'kron Guard acted as the bodyguards. They used to be an elite band of orcs created to serve the Warchief as protectors and enforcers of his command.
• Several heralds.
• Brolic, blade of the Warchief
• Bragor Bloodfist, hand of the Warchief
• Overlord Hun Maimfist, hand of the Warchief
• Far Seer Regulkut, eyes of the Warchief
• Shadow Hunter Ty'jin, ears of the Warchief
• Saru Steelfury warchief's personal smith
• Close advisors like Burx and Kalthar (in the years after the Battle for Mount Hyjal), later replaced by Eitrigg and Rehgar Earthfury
• Spies, one of which was human and operated back when Thrall was Warchief.

• Just prior to the revolution in Durotar during the Fourth War, Anduin Wrynn expected Varok Saurfang to be Warchief after the deposition of Sylvanas Windrunner.
• Foreman Magrok planned to become the warchief of the Horde.
• In Warcraft: Orcs & Humans and Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, it is a rank you can achieve.
• In The Frozen Throne, an ogre warchief appeared during Misconceptions.
• According to Rhonin, Nekros Skullcrusher could have become Warchief of the Horde with the Demon Soul's power.
• There is an unreleased yaungol warchief named Humongous.
• With Thrall and Sylvanas Windrunner within the Shadowlands campaign, Vol'jin within the Night Fae Campaign, and Ner'zhul and Garrosh Hellscream being present within the Sanctum of Domination, Blackhand and Orgrim Doomhammer are the only former Warchiefs of the Horde to not feature in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands.
• After the Purge of Dalaran, Rommath told Lor'themar Theron he would make a fine Warchief, to which the blood elf leader responded that it may come to that.
• An unreleased ID of Johnny Awesome has him with the title.

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