Garrosh, Warchief?

It's on the tongues of the rumor spreaders and naysayers of the internet that when the Cataclysm happens, Thrall will be taking leave of the Horde for a...special project alongside Jaina Proudmoore. So the question arrises, who is going to be the next warchief?

Rumors and speculation abound hint that it's going to be the newest super badass, or just plain ass depending on how you look at things, Garrosh Hellscream.

This choice of new warchief, assuming they are true, is not exactly popular among the WoW fanbase. In fact, someone on WoW Insider managed to come up with a list of people who would make better warchiefs than Garrosh Hellscream, found here.

LOL at #15 and 16 :D

I have to agree, Garrosh would make a lousy warchief. Right now when I look at Garrosh, I see the Horde version of Joffrey Baratheon from A Song of Ice and Fire, who, as everyone who is smart enough to have read that series knows, is a bloodthirsty little fucker. (Btw, if you're not smart enough to have read that series, GTFO your computer now and go get it, the first volume is A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin). Anyway, the point is, Garrosh, like Joffrey, is going to mess things up...a lot. The moment he gets into power is the moment the war between the Horde and Alliance goes to a new level of violence, and everything that Thrall has done to bring the Horde up out of the dark is going to be ruined in very short order.

For a lot of citizens of Horde, this is very much wanted actually. With the recent declaration of war against the Horde by Varian Wrynn and the alliance, and renewed aggression between the two factions, more than a few of the Horde have been viewing Thrall's wishes for peace as weak and frustrating, and they want action to be taken. I'm sure a lot of alliance also saw this in guys like Bolvar, Jaina, Tyrande, and King Magni before Varian came back, and their new king served as a breath of fresh air in the Horde vs Alliance theatre.

Garrosh Hellscream might be the same thing for the Horde. Tragic? Yes, and a lot of both Horde and Alliance lives will be lost in that war, especially with the Cataclysm killing the world and Deathwing breathing down everyone's necks. Not a good time to start a war, Garrosh! But then again, what stopped Varian from doing the same thing when the Lich King was still at large.

...Holy crap, here I am talking like Wrath of the Lich King is already over! Ah well, at this point I really am more looking forward to Cataclysm.

Anyway, I think that Garrosh taking over the Horde and butting heads with Varian in an all out gankfest is going to be a very interesting story. Garrosh is possibly going to bring the Horde back down to where it was when Blackhand's days, or at least Orgrim Doomhammer anyway. Garrosh is definately more like Orgrim. He's nobody's bitch, unlike Blackhand who was a tool for Gul'dan. This will create two scenarios. 1) It will give Thrall a chance to be a hero again when his duties to the Council of Tirisfal are completed and 2) it will give Varian a chance to make up for his past moments of being a total douche bag. Thrall and Varian working together to bring down Garrosh?

Might be interesting. :)