Highmountain tauren

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This article is about the Highmountain tauren lore. For the allied race's page, see Highmountain tauren (playable). For tauren in general, see Tauren.
Not to be confused with Highmountain tribe (Legends).
Highmountain tauren
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Playable Highmountain tauren in heritage armor.


During the third invasion of the Burning Legion, the drogbar, who had previously lived in peace with the Highmountain, rose up and stole the sacred  [Hammer of Khaz'goroth], shattering the unity of the four tribes. The tauren found aid from adventurers from outside Highmountain, who defeated the drogbar and recovered the Hammer. Not long afterward, the Highmountain tauren joined their kin from Kalimdor as members of the Horde.


Sprig Hashhoof, a typical Highmountain tauren.

War of the Ancients


Joining with the Kaldorei Resistance alongside the furbolgs and earthen, Huln and his tauren played a crucial role in several battles during the War of the Ancients. For his bravery and his rescue of the moose Eche'ro, Huln and his people received a blessing from the Wild God Cenarius, so that they would always have the demigod's favor: the Horns of Eche'ro.[2] After the war, Huln returned home. With the aid of a powerful artifact known as the  [Hammer of Khaz'goroth], he banished the black dragon Deathwing from the region and liberated the dragon's drogbar slaves. In Huln's honor, the four tribes renamed their homeland "Highmountain".[4]


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A tauren riding a moose.


Joining the Horde


After corresponding with Chieftain Baine Bloodhoof in the aftermath of the Argus Campaign, Mayla Highmountain accepted an invitation to attend a feast in Thunder Bluff. This was the first time that the Highmountain tauren had visited Kalimdor. Yet when Baine and the Horde champion greeted their Highmountain tauren guests, Spiritwalker Ebonhorn was tormented by the Old Gods' forces of Uul'gyneth attempting to corrupt him,[7] and he and Mayla were forced to retreat back to Thunder Totem while Baine and the Horde champion defended Thunder Bluff from Uul'gyneth's invasion force.[8][9] Apparently, the wards Ebonhorn had been maintaining in Highmountain weakened just enough to let the Darkness seep through.[10]

Later on, Baine and the Horde champion traveled to Thunder Totem to offer their aid to mend Ebonhorn,[11] who has been fighting unconsciously to keep a darkness from consuming him. Mayla sent the Horde champion to Spiritwalker Graysky,[12] who has the Horde champion undergo Spiritwalker rituals to walk in the memories of Igrul the Scalebane,[13] Oenia Skyhorn,[14] and Huln Highmountain in order to restore the wards that kept the dark corrupting forces at bay.[15] After restoring the wards, Ebonhorn regained consciousness[16] and revealed Uul'gyneth sought to return and conquer Highmountain. Baine, Mayla, the Horde champion, and Ebonhorn left to join Lasan Skyhorn, Aviash, and Jale Rivermane at Highmountain Summit to thwart the Necrodark's ritual to incarnate Uul'gyneth[10] and restore the final ward. They failed however, and Uul'gyneth was summoned into the physical realm,[17] leaving the Horde champion little choice but to vanquish Uul'gyneth the Darkness. After the battle, Mayla expressed her gratitude for rescuing her people from the Old Gods.[18] Impressed by the strength and courage of the Horde, Mayla and Baine traveled to Orgrimmar to pledge the Highmountain tauren to the Horde.[19]

Appearance and culture

The Highmountain tauren appear largely similar to their Kalimdor cousins, with the main difference being their prominent antler-like Horns of Eche'ro,[2] rather than the more bovine-looking horns seen on yaungol, tauren and taunka. Both males and females have these antlers, though the ones seen on females are much smaller. The Highmountain tauren inscribe and decorate their antlers to show their particular tribe affiliation or even their rank within that tribe.[1]

Much like the Kalimdor tauren, the Highmountain tauren worship the Earth Mother[20][21][22] and her two eyes, An'she (the sun)[23][24] and Mu'sha (the White Lady).[25] It is, however, unclear if they acknowledge the Sky Father.




Mounts and companions

The Highmountain tauren frequently use the large and powerful moose of Highmountain as mounts or cook their meat as food.[29] Highmountain elderhorns are the favored mount of Highmountain hunters, able to leap across the rushing rivers of Pinerock Basin even when saddled with a full-sized tauren.[30] The tauren train the sure-footed Highmountain thunderhoof moose to safely traverse the paths and peaks of Highmountain.[31] At one point, moosebone was the most common material for fishhooks: solid enough to carve a barb into, but pliable enough not to break off in the mouth of a large salmon. Many tauren fishermen carved elaborate designs into their "lucky hooks".[32] The Highmountain tribes cherish the hide of a rare and elusive creature, the Majestic Elderhorn, for their most important ceremonies.[33]

The enormous Great Eagles of Highmountain are revered by the Skyhorn tribe,[34] who use them as mounts in much the same way as the Frostborn dwarves of the Storm Peaks.


Name Role Affiliation Status Location
Neutral   Huln Highmountain Leader of the tauren tribes during the War of the Ancients and wielder of  [Talonclaw] Highmountain Tribe Deceased Unknown
Neutral  Ulan Highmountain Former High Chieftain of Highmountain, killed by Dargrul Highmountain Tribe Deceased Unknown
Horde  Mayla Highmountain Daughter of Ulan and current High Chieftain Highmountain Tribe Alive Various Locations
Horde  Jale Rivermane Rivermane chieftain Rivermane tribe, Highmountain Tribe Alive Various Locations
Horde  Lasan Skyhorn Skyhorn chieftain Skyhorn tribe, Highmountain Tribe Alive Various Locations
Mob   Torok Bloodtotem Bloodtotem and later Feltotem chieftain Bloodtotem tribe, Burning Legion Killable Various Locations
Neutral  Rethu Ironhorn Legendary miner and blacksmith and one of the first settlers in Highmountain Unknown Deceased Broken Isles
Neutral  Warbrave Oro Highmountain warbrave, killed by Dargrul Highmountain Tribe Deceased Various Locations
Neutral  Oakin Ironbull Rivermane emissary to the Bloodtotem tribe, killed by Marakhan Rivermane tribe, Highmountain Tribe Deceased Various Locations
Neutral  Trand Prepfoot Founder and leader of the Prepfoot Prepfoot Alive Prepfoot Compound, Highmountain
Neutral  Dorro Highmountain Former chieftain of the Highmountain Tribe and wielder of  [Talonclaw], killed by Dakarr Highmountain Tribe Deceased Lair of the Beast, Stormheim
Neutral  Apata Highmountain Descendant of Dorro, accompanies survival hunters in search of Talonclaw but is killed by Dakarr Highmountain Tribe Deceased Various Locations


From top to bottom: Skyhorn, Bloodtotem and Rivermane.
