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Baine Bloodhoof
Title	<High Chieftain>
Gender	Male
Race	Tauren (Humanoid)
Level	?? (Boss)
Class	Warrior (presumed)Tauren Chieftain(presumed)
Affiliation(s)	The Horde, Confederated Tribes of the Tauren
Occupation	High Chiefain of the Tauren, formerly Leader of Bloodhoof Village,Chieftain of the Bloodhoof
Location	High Rise, Thunder Bluff
Status	Alive
Relative(s)	Elder Bloodhoof (ancestor), Cairne Bloodhoof (father), Tamaala (mother)

Baine Bloodhoof, son of the late venerated chieftain Cairne Bloodhoof, is the current High Chieftain of the tauren and leader of the Bloodhoof tribe.

Biography

Baine in Warcraft III.

Baine fought alongside his father with pride and respect, and continued to defend his people when they established a home for themselves in Mulgore. However, in an attack by the centaur on their village, Baine was taken captive and taken back to their camp. He managed to stay alive, but he began to lose hope when all his fellow captives were killed one by one until he was the only one left.

The tauren Tagar told Rexxar to find him and bring him back. So, Baine was rescued by Rexxar, and they battled their way together through hordes of centaur until they finally made it back to Cairne, who was overjoyed to see his son alive. After he was brought back with the help of Bovan Windtotem, Cairne Bloodhoof decided to join Rexxar's party.

At Bloodhoof Village, Baine Bloodhoof leads an investigation into Venture Company operations to the east and a campaign against the Palemane gnolls to the west. With his father growing older, Baine takes a greater role in the leadership of the tauren with each passing year. He has grown into a formidable warrior, but it will be some time before he matches his legendary father’s exploits.

Baine attempted to warn the dwarven miners of Bael'dun Digsite that their violent mining methods were hurting the spirits of the Earth and even attempted to scare them off by sending Adventurers to break their tools. However the dwarves did not listen and continued using explosives on the earth. In Cataclysm Baine was shown to be right as the enraged Spirits of the Earth rose from the ground and killed the dwarves of Bael'dun Digsite.

Stormrage

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Main article: World of Warcraft: Stormrage

Taking place after the defeat of the Lich King, the book shows that Baine has become a major leader of the tauren. When the Emerald Nightmare begins to slowly claim all of the denizens of Thunder Bluff, he helps guide his people in their resistance, if however futile. Later, when Malfurion Stormrage calls for the warriors of Azeroth into battle against the Nightmare, he is one of the many to answer. Once within the Emerald Dream, Baine once against shows his aptitude for leadership. When the Horde express agitation about Malfurion giving leadership to Varian Wrynn for the battle, Baine is the first to stand by his side, alleviating all tension and showing that this conflict was above their petty differences. Although they fight a seemingly hopeless battle, the united Azeroth eventually claims victory, and Baine is able to return to his people to help repair the damage.

Lands of Mystery

This section contains information from the Warcraft RPG which is considered non-canon.

This information is from the RPG, however it is contradicted by the events in Cataclysm.

It would seem that after Brann Bronzebeard had a chance to speak to the tauren chieftain at Thunder Bluff about the dwarves of Bael'dun Digsite, that Baine Bloodhoof asked a group of young tauren to act as emissaries to the dwarven excavation of Bael’dun to convince the dwarves to cease their careless digging. Given enough effort, the tauren apparently convinced the dwarves to allow a shaman to oversee their site to make sure that the land is properly cared for during the excavation, and that the dwarves return to the land as much as they take. Baine then asked them to deal with the Venture Company as well – a more difficult proposition, however, it seems a few good axe swings were likely more effective than conventional diplomacy.

Ascension on the Eve of the Shattering

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Main article: The Shattering: Prelude to Cataclysm

As the war in Northrend carried on, Baine led his people in Cairne's place whenever his father was absent, such as Cairne's journey to Warsong Hold. Baine is shown to be an effective and beloved leader, a worthy successor to his father.

Cairne is killed by Grimtotem treachery during a duel with the new Warchief, Garrosh Hellscream, in the arena in Orgrimmar. Upon his death, Magatha Grimtotem, Cairne's sworn rival, orders her tribe to take over Mulgore and kill everyone in it, and sends assassins to Bloodhoof Village to kill Baine, who remains unaware of what happened in Orgrimmar. However, Baine is tipped off by a Grimtotem defector, the shaman Stormsong, and manages to escape under the cover of a kodo stampede, sending messengers to other villages warning them of the Grimtotems' treachery. They then make their escape to Camp Taurajo, where they join Hamuul Runetotem who had also managed to escape an attempt on his life. Eager to avenge his father and reclaim Thunder Bluff, Baine requests Hamuul's advice on how to fight Magatha. He informs the young chieftain that their potential allies are few, with Garrosh's allegiances unclear, the Forsaken being unable to help (as orcs loyal to Garrosh patrol the Undercity thanks to past events), the blood elves being too far away, and the Darkspear trolls being too few. Realizing he could not call upon friends, Baine decides to ask aid from an honorable enemy: Jaina Proudmoore.

While there, Baine meets Prince Anduin Wrynn, heir to the throne of Stormwind; after an initial uneasiness, Baine warms to the young man, so unlike his warrior father, King Varian. His sadness and churning emotions at all that has transpired cause great empathy in Anduin; in an act of friendship, he gives Baine the great hammer Fearbreaker, an ancient heirloom given to him by King Magni Bronzebeard. The weapon "likes" Baine and steadies him with the Light that it wields, and he promises to treasure it always. Jaina is moved by this gesture, and agrees to provide Baine monetary support in his efforts to bring down Magatha and the Grimtotems.

Now openly supporting Baine, Stormsong travels to Ratchet to enlist the aid of its leader, Gazlowe. The goblin engineer - who had always liked "the old bull", as he called Cairne - agrees to assist Baine in his quest, providing zeppelins, explosives and other supplies. Garrosh, convinced by his advisor Eitrigg to atone for what happened in the arena, also provides a large Horde force to join with Baine. With the materials and manpower he needs, Baine leads a surprise attack on Thunder Bluff, under the cover of a false storm provided by Stormsong's shamanic powers. Baine succeeds in defeating Magatha, but decides to spare her life. Allowing those Grimtotems who would follow him to remain, Baine exiles Magatha and her loyalists.

Baine confronts Garrosh in Thousand Needles, accusing him of willfully participating in Magatha's treachery. Garrosh insists that he was unaware of the trickery until it was too late, and expects that Baine will also challenge him. Baine refuses, believing that Cairne's challenge was intended to unite the Horde and another challenge would divide it further, and begrudgingly considers the matter settled. Though he is still angry at Garrosh for his part in his father's death (after all, Garrosh had upped the ante by making the Mak'gora a duel to the death), Baine acknowledges him as his Warchief, to which Garrosh, admiring the new High Chieftain, pledges the loyalty of the Horde to the new leader of the tauren.

In World of Warcraft

Baine in World of Warcraft.

Baine Bloodhoof is a level 10 quest giver located at Bloodhoof Village in the tauren starting zone of Mulgore.

He starts the following quests:

•  [6] Sharing the Land
•  [6] Rite of Vision
•  [8] Dwarven Digging

 

See also: List of Mulgore NPCs

Elemental Unrest

During the Elemental Unrest Baine aids in the defense of Thunder Bluff by combating the water and wind elementals that appear on the Spirit Rise.

Baine as High Chieftain after Cairne's death

Cataclysm

This section concerns content related to Cataclysm.

With Cairne's death after his duel with Garrosh and liberating Thunder Bluff from the Grimtotems, Baine succeeds his father as racial leader of the tauren in Cataclysm and is located at Cairne's tent in the High Rise in Thunder Bluff. His role in Bloodhoof Village is replaced by by Ahmo Thunderhorn.

Baine will help Tauren players in the War Dance fight against Orno Grimtotem.

Quotes

Text:

Greetings young one, and welcome to Thunder Bluff. You'll find safe refuge from the burdens of the world here. All denizes of the Horde are welcome here.

The spirits of the present and past come alive here this sacred place, my friend. Honor them, and in doing so honor yourself.

Greetings:

• "I am Baine, son of Cairne, now Chief of the Bloodhoof Tauren."

• "Never despair, friend. The eyes of the Earthmother are upon us."

• "Honor the Earthmother, always. This is the way of the Tauren."

• "Ish-ne-halo-por-ah"

Quote From  [10] Walk With The Earth Mother

• "The world is torn, and our Horde allies have turned down dark paths. We must guide them. Even in the darkest hour, we will bravely hold our heads high, and honor the Earth Mother in all we do."

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB

Preceded by: Cairne Bloodhoof

Position: Chieftain of the united tribes of the Tauren

Succeeded by: Incumbent

Preceded by: Cairne Bloodhoof

Position: Chieftain of the Bloodhoof tribe

Succeeded by: Incumbent