Zul'Gurub


 * This page is about the outdoor subzone and history of Zul'Gurub. For the raid instance removed in patch 4.0.3a, see Zul'Gurub (raid). For the 5-man instance added in patch 4.1.0, see Zul'Gurub (instance).

Zul'Gurub is an area located in northeastern Stranglethorn Vale. It is the capital of the jungle troll tribes, led by the Gurubashi, worshippers of the terrible god, Hakkar the Soulflayer, who personally inhabited a temple in the deepest parts of the city. It is believed that Zul'Farrak was once an outpost of this kingdom but was lost in the Sundering.

History
Over a thousand years ago the powerful Gurubashi Empire was torn apart by a massive civil war. An influential group of troll priests, known as the Atal'ai, called forth the avatar of an ancient and terrible blood-god named Hakkar the Soulflayer. Though the priests were defeated and ultimately exiled, the great troll empire collapsed upon itself. The exiled priests fled far to the north, into the Swamp of Sorrows, where they erected a great temple to Hakkar in order to prepare for his arrival into the physical world.

In time, the Atal'ai priests discovered that Hakkar's physical form could only be summoned within the ancient capital of the Gurubashi Empire, Zul'Gurub. The priests met with success in their quest to call forth Hakkar — the dreaded Soulflayer was summoned and made his abode in the heart of the Gurubashi ruins.

In order to quell the blood god, the trolls of the land banded together and sent a contingent of High Priests into the ancient city. Each priest was a powerful champion of the Primal Gods - Bat, Panther, Tiger, Spider, and Snake - but despite their best efforts, they fell under the sway of Hakkar. The champions and their Primal God aspects started feeding the awesome power of the Soulflayer. Any adventurers brave enough to venture into the foreboding ruins had to overcome the High Priests if they were to have any hope of confronting the mighty blood god.

After the Cataclysm
However, a party of adventurers was eventually able to defeat Hakkar and his Gurubashi priests. Zul'Gurub soon fell into disrepair and was mostly consumed by the jungle. Jin'do the Hexxer survived as a shade, and slowly started to regather Hakkar's followers and began to rebuild Zul'Gurub.

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Zul'Gurub