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The Doomhammer is the eponymous signature weapon of the Doommhammer family of the Blackrock Clan, passed down from father to son. It was forged for the first of the Doomhammer line generations ago, a noble weapon for a noble line. Although the hilt of the hammer has been replaced, the actual hammerhead itself has endured as a testament of the crafter's skill. In Rise of the Horde, it is implies that the draenei might have had something to do with the weapon's creation.
In spite of the name, the Doomhammer is a weapon of good, bringing doom to enemies of the orcs and upholding the family's honor. There was a prophecy that one day, when the orcs had fallen to barbarism and evil, the Doomhammer would be taken away from the family by the Spirits for their crimes. However, the prophecy also stated that, while the Doomhammer family would die out, the weapon would be passed on to another orc, who would use the Doomhammer and its powers to turn the orcs back from evil.
As is the nature of such prophecies, the orcs did indeed fall, due to the manipulations of Gul'dan and Kil'jaeden. Orgrim, last of the Doomhammer line, passed the weapon on to his protege Thrall, who has redeemed the orcish race and completed the prophecy.