Ogri'la

Ogri'la is an ogre campsite in Blade's Edge Mountains. It is inhabited by friendly ogre magi who offer quests and reputation rewards with their own faction.

Ogri'la is a community of Blade's Edge ogres who have transcended their brutish nature — and the domination by the gronn — to achieve enlightenment, aided by the powerful influence of the Apexis Crystals. The ogres are in battle with the forces of the Burning Legion, seeking to claim the Apexis Crystals for themselves, and the black dragonflight. The ogres are aided by the Sha'tari Skyguard and by adventurers who overthrew Gruul the Dragonkiller's sons, ending their control over the ogre clans of Blade's Edge.

Other ogres mention Ogri'la as a sort of promised land. For example, if you attack and kill the common ogres in Blade's Edge Mountains after becoming king or queen of the ogres, they will say various phrases referencing Ogri'la upon death.

• "[King/Queen] think... there really is... an Ogri'la?"
• "Me go to... Ogri'la."

When Azeroth was struck by the Cataclysm, the ogre Mog'dorg the Wizened left Outland in order to lend a hand, as seen in the quest The Protectors of Hyjal, where Mog'dorg the Wizened is one of several NPCs who may help the player. In the quest, he utters the following lines, indicating that the ogres of Ogri'la may not have forgotten how the people of Azeroth aided them in their own time of need:

• "I heard Azeroth needed saving. May I lend a hand?"
• "We ogres are not all bad."
• "You have the support of Ogri'la."
• "We are friends of the world you call Azeroth. I am happy to provide any assistance that I can."
• "It is time that I returned to Ogri'la. I hope you do not forget about us, as we have not forgotten you."

''"The Ogre plateau of enlightenment opens to those who prove their worth in Blade's Edge Mountains. Level 70 players will be able to help the Ogres of Ogri'la battle invading forces and engage in new and exciting quests, such as a repeatable and ever popular bombing-run, this time using your own flying mount but with a dangerous twist! Featuring tons of new quests, the Ogri'la faction, 5-person bosses, and rare and epic items, Ogri'la is a place we're hoping all will aspire to enter." (World of Warcraft Under-Development Page, for patch 2.1.0)''

Ogri'la is situated on a plateau near the western edge of the Blade's Edge Mountains, west of Sylvanaar, and between Forge Camp Terror and Forge Camp Wrath. It is only accessible by a flying mount or flight form. (Players can also access the plateau after having honored reputation with the Sha'tari Skyguard via the transportation between Terokkar Forest and Blade's Edge, but players still need to be able to fly to access the Skyguard camp near Skettis.)

• Mog'dorg the Wizened
• Kronk
• Chu'a'lor
• Gahk
• Torkus
• Ogri'la Storyteller
• Ogri'la Peacekeeper
• Tork
• Torki
• Torkus Jr.

At with the Ogri'la faction, the ogres will greet and praise the player (similar to the Sha'tari Skyguard). The ogres will also wave, bow, dance, emote, or emote if the player is nearby. Gahk will also say a few of his own, in Low Common.

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Once every two hours, a group of Skyguard will launch an attack from the Skyguard base at Ogri'la to Bash'ir Landing. Three waves of attackers will spawn and attack the Skyguard NPCs, each wave stronger than the previous. If the Skyguard NPCs are killed the event is over. At the end of each wave a boss has to be defeated. Once he is defeated a NPC vendor will spawn with rare items. Three different vendors are available, each with better items like flasks and unique gems. These can only be bought with Apexis Shards.

The waves of mobs get stronger fast. The first phase will require about three people to beat, the second phase can not be done without a Karazhan-size raid force and the last phase needs a full 25 man raid group to beat.

Vendors:

• Phase 1: Aether-tech Assistant Potion vendor
• Phase 2: Aether-tech Adept Gem vendor
• Phase 3: Aether-tech Master Meta gem and Geode vendor

• The concept of Ogri'la is based on the fictional valley of, which itself is based on the Buddhist myth of . This concept seems to go beyond just the similar name, as other ogres seem to consider Ogri'la somewhat of a "promised land" (see above).
• As ogre mages who have liberated themselves from the gronn and learned from arakkoa (or arakkoa artifacts, as the case may be), Ogri'la could be seen as a successor to the Gorian Empire.
• A cut mission referred to Ogri'la as "the other city of mages", comparing it to Dalaran.