Ariok

Ariok is a Blackrock orc initially encountered at Flamestar Post (only visible to Horde players) in the Burning Steppes. He later moves to Chiselgrip and finally Flame Crest. He is the son of Eitrigg.

For Alliance players, his counterpart is John J. Keeshan, who offers the Alliance version of his quests.

Ariok is a Blackrock by birth and spent a large part of his youth inside Blackrock Mountain. He doesn't share their goals and objectives. He has befriended and received help from the Dark Iron dwarves of the Thorium Brotherhood more than once.

At some point, he met with Thura.

At the time of the Cataclysm, Ariok worked closely with his father in order to prevent the Blackrock clan from invading the Redridge Mountains. However, while Ariok respected his father's plan, he served his own sense of justice and believed it was time to end the treachery of the Blackrock clan for good. He enlisted Horde adventurers to thin the herd and eliminate the leadership of the Blackrock orcs and their allies within the Burning Steppes. The Dark Horde leadership within the Burning Steppes was eliminated in the end, with the culmination of Eitrigg's and Ariok's plan seeing High Warlock Xi'lun unable to control the Pitlord he summoned. The uncontrolled pitlord consequently wiped out most of the Blackrock forces.

Ariok was part of the initial Azerothian expedition to and was seen fighting Iron Horde Grunts alongside many others at the Dark Portal in Blasted Lands and Tanaan Jungle. During the Assault on the Dark Portal, Khadgar tasked him and the adventurers with distracting the Eye of Kilrogg at the Bleeding Altar so the rest of the group could advance without being noticed. However, and the Bleeding Hollow Clan spotted them and prepared to attack the group. Ariok empowered himself with the blood magic of the Bleeding Hollow and attacked the Warlord in order to buy the rest of the group time to escape.

Ariok survived his encounter with Kilrogg and still remains in the form of a hulking berserker. Adventurers follow Ariok into Zeth'gol to discover the Bleeding Hollow Clan's plans. Obtaining Kilrogg's eye would show what and where Kilrogg was, as well as anger the spirits. With Ariok distracting the restless spirits, the adventurer spies on Kilrogg and oddly enough. Kilrogg, panicking that his home is in danger and wants to pull back, is told by Gul'dan that his men need to continue searching for the cipher. Ariok wanted to know what happened when the adventurer used the eye afterward. Enraged after he was told, he sprinted to Hellfire Citadel to end Kilrogg before he loses everything.

Ariok has been imprisoned in by Kilrogg. Succeeding in keeping him alive when fel substance is pouring into him will result in Ariok becoming a follower.

Years later, Ariok was still afflicted by the blood magic ritual despite the efforts of he and his father to find a cure, causing him to avoid contact with most of the Horde. Although uneasy, he attended the reinvigorated Kosh'harg festival at Razor Hill, wishing to support his father's wishes, and considered asking Jorin Deadeye and the Bleeding Hollow in attendance for help with his form.

Ariok is a Arms Warrior Garrison follower with the following abilities:

• Flamestar Post
• Warchief's Command: Burning Steppes!
• Burning Vengeance (Horde)
• Stocking Up (Horde)
• A Future Project (Horde)
• Mud Hunter (Horde)
• The Sand, the Cider, and the Orb (Horde)
• Return to Ariok
• Chiselgrip, the Heart of the Steppes (Horde)

• Flame Crest
• A Deal With a Dragon (Horde)
• Blood Tour (Horde)
• Draconic Vanguard (Horde)
• Assault on Dreadmaul Rock (Horde)

• In Pursuit of Gul'dan
• Finding the Killer
• Following the Bloody Path
• The Bleeding Hollow
• The Eye of Kilrogg

• I serve my father and respect his plan... but I also serve my own sense of justice. I have seen enough treachery from my Blackrock brothers to fill a thousand books. And now they plan to invade Redridge, for no reason other than blind territorialism.

• The treachery stops here. It's time for the final chapter. And it's not going to be a happy ending.

• What can I do to help?

• Intro
• yell
• yell

• Low health
• yell

• Death
• yell

• A Race Against Slime
• yell

• On approach
• say

• His generic name during Altar Altercation is Liberated Frostwolf Prisoner. When encountered with another player in Tanaan Jungle, he is named Friendly Orc Brute with regular Mag'har model.
• Ariok's skin color is normally greyish green, like the other Blackrock clan orcs, but after turning into a dire orc his skin color becomes a deep black, like the Blackrock orcs of Draenor.
• When failed to be rescued in Hellfire Citadel, he dies as a skeletal orc.
• Ariok is voiced by Greg Chun in Warlords of Draenor.
• He has an invisible Follower recruiting spell: