Grizzlemaw



Grizzlemaw is a city of polar furbolgs that reside in the Grizzly Hills of Northrend. Grizzlemaw is seen as the seat of all furbolg culture, and is ruled by the chieftain Baergar Blackpaw of the Frostpaw tribe. Furbolgs are nomadic, following caribou and other prey through established territories. Grizzlemaw is the exception. A few stories claim the city was built on the site of the Frost Paw tribe’s lodge and made large enough to accommodate several tribes at once. The Frost Paw then invited other friendly tribes to shelter the winter with them. The resulting ties changed the furbolgs from scattered hunters to a stronger, more unified race, and the Grizzly Hills from ancestral hunting grounds to a loosely defined nation.

It is surrounded by a tall wooden palisade surrounding massive stone and wood houses. Guard towers mark the four corners, and smaller ones flank the double doors in front. Furbolgs are simple and uncomplicated, and so is their home. Furs cover the floors and furniture, which is large and comfortable, and woven tapestries lend some color to the walls. Weapons and other trophies are mounted above doors and windows, which have thin sheets of skin to keep out the cold. Large fire pits stand at the center of every house, and some large rooms have their own smaller pits down the middle.

The furbolg of Grizzlemaw are all hostile, and are around level 73-75. They are part of the Redfang and Frostpaw tribes, which are constantly at war. Killing furbolgs from one side can make you temporarily neutral with the other for five minutes (unless you kill more of the opposition, in which case you may remain so as long as you're nearby).

History
Thousands of years ago, the ancient druids planted the great tree Vordrassil in the Grizzly Hills of what is now Northrend, an early attempt at the creation of a World Tree. However, once it was fully grown, the druids destroyed it, having discovered that it was tainted. The furbolg eventually moved into the stump left behind and built their city of Grizzlemaw.

Vordrassil fell to earth in several segments spread across the west-central portion of the Grizzly Hills, where they rooted deep into the ground. Foul oozes surround these segments, known as Vordrassil's Heart, Vordrassil's Limb and Vordrassil's Tears. A corruptive darkness resides in the depths. The corruption has also spread to the furbolgs in Grizzlemaw itself, and it is here both sides Alliance and Horde began their investigation into what went wrong. Collecting samples of oozes as well as readings of the darkness within the fallen tree.

adventures are then sent into Grizzlemaw to burn the sapling of Vordrassil and return with its ashes, and to collect Vordrassil's seeds to prevent the furbolg from regrowing it. Once the ashes are purified, they journey to Ursoc's Den to confront the corrupted Ancient. After defeating him and sprinkling Vordrassil's ashes on his corpse, the freed spirit of Ursoc appears and reveals that Vordrassil was tainted by Yogg-Saron

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