 The Sandfury Tribe | |
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File:Sandfury.jpg A Sandfury troll | |
| Main leader |
 Chief Ukorz Sandscalp |
| Character classes |
Zealot, Acolyte, Hideskinner, Shadowcaster, Axe Thrower, Blood Drinker, Witch Doctor, Firecaller, Guardian, Cretin, Drudge,  [Soul Eater], Shadow hunter, Executioner, Hydromancer |
| Capital | Zul'Farrak |
| Theater of operations | Tanaris |
| Language(s) | Zandali and Low Common |
| Affiliation | Independent, formerly: Twilight's Hammer clan, Old Gods' forces |
Sandfury trolls -otherwise known as the desert trolls or sand trolls- are a race and tribe of trolls found only in the deserts of Southern Kalimdor.[1] Most live in Tanaris. They are known for ruthlessness and dark mysticism and their worship of the hydra Gahz'rilla. They may be a small and anomalous off-shoot of the more common troll races, which descended from the Zandalar trolls.[1] This may have been the jungle trolls.[2] The capital of the Sandfury is the troll city of Zul'Farrak;[2] they have few other remaining settlements - Tanaris has long since been doted with troll ruins.
They call themselves Sandfury trolls, and much else about them is a mystery.[1] But a few things are known. Several thousands years prior to the War of the Ancients, the Sandfury tribe was originally part of the Gurubashi empire. The Great Sundering split the jungle trolls' territory, which left the Sandfury tribe in the middle of the desert of Tanaris. There is the possibility that these trolls were left here to guard against the remaining Aqir.[2]
To survive the harsh desert lands the Sandfury trolls had to learn all the secrets of blood magic, drinking the blood allowed them to access the darkest voodoo powers.[3] They also practice necromancy upon their own dead, allowing their ancestors to help the tribe survive in their harsh desert environment.
Characteristics
Today, they bear little resemblance to the jungle trolls of their lineage.[2] As an example, they have coarse, cracked, tough, gold or brown skin. Also, unlike most other trolls, their tusks are black instead of ivory-colored. The brown-skinned trolls have tough hides, able to withstand the driving sands of the desert winds.[1] One thing the two races share in common is the shamanistic path of Voodoo.
Sand Trolls also have striking blue eyes, which is likely a reference to the Fremen, a race of desert people in the science fiction novel Dune, who also had blue eyes.
The trolls have been forced to give up the majority of Tanaris to outsiders, and are thus fierce to defend what remains theirs.[2] Much of their homeland lies in ruins, its cities squatted in by invading ogres and Wastewander bandits. They are hostile to both the Horde and the Alliance, as well as the silithid, who are descendants of the Aqir, and the goblins ruled by the Steamwheedle Trade Princes, who founded the nearby city of Gadgetzan. Those sentient beings are in part attracted to Zul'Farrak due to [Sul'thraze the Lasher], which is rumored to reside in Zul'Farrak.[2]
Sandfury trolls seem to have one of the most diverse number of social units in their society, ranging from Axe Throwers, Hideskinners, Blood Drinkers, Guardians and Executioners who act as the warriors and hunters of Zul'Farrak, to the Shadow Hunters, Soul Eaters, Firecallers and Witch Doctors who are potent Voodoo casters. It is rumored that slaves are also employed by the Sandfury tribe as warriors, and extra labour. A number of priest-type trolls such as Zealots and Acolytes seem to be at the core of the sand troll civilization, acting as religious leaders. Drudges and Cretins seem to perform the menial labour, similar to the role of peons.
Important individuals
Chief Ukorz Sandscalp- Hydromancer Velratha
- Theka the Martyr
- Antu'sul, The Keeper of Sul
- Mazoga, a traitor to his people
- Hydromancer Kulratha
Cataclysm
Zul'Farrak
The Sandfury trolls are revealed to be working with Cho'Gall and the Twilight's Hammer. Lead by Hydromancer Kulratha, they attempted to have the great hydra Kai'ju Gahz'rilla attack Stormwind and Thunder Bluff. Adventurers lead by Varian Wrynn and Cairne Bloodhoof defeated Gahz'rilla and killed Kulratha.
The Sandfury remain in Zul'Farrak with the Shattering. They do not seem to have a particularly active connection to the Twilight's Hammer, having none of the ambassadors present in other cities such as Shadowforge. Neither Alliance nor Horde have made any moves to crush the trolls of Tanaris, although the Bilgewater Cartel goblins attempt to ally with the Dunemaul ogres that occupy several former troll settlements.
With the Rise of the Zandalari patch (4.1), it is stated that Zul'Farrak is now a wasteland[4]. It's possible that the Sandfury have since been wiped out, although the statement may instead refer to 'Zul'Farrak' as a larger region, similar to Zul'Drak and Zul'Aman, and means the Sandfury's former empire across much of Tanaris. Alternatively, it might mean that the Sandfury are now simply in such low enough numbers that the other troll tribes consider them effectively extinct.
Notes
- The Sandfury trolls, along with the jungle trolls, are among the few tribes not to retrieve an updated model resembling the Amani forest trolls in Patch 3.0.2.
References
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