Orgrimmar

Orgrimmar is the capital of the orcs and of the Horde as a whole, and the seat of the Horde Council that leads the faction. It sits in a set of valleys on the northern edge of Durotar in Kalimdor, partly carved into the mountains behind it. Like every capital it has banks, class and profession trainers and auction houses, and it is the main hub for Horde players.

Thrall founded the city after the Battle of Mount Hyjal and named it after his mentor Orgrim Doomhammer. In Cataclysm, Garrosh Hellscream rebuilt it as a harder, more military city of iron and stone, and in Mists of Pandaria it became a raid itself, the Siege of Orgrimmar, making it the first capital city featured in a raid.

The city follows the curving ground of northern Durotar and is split into natural valleys. The central valley is the busiest, with the auction house, bank, inn and flight master close together.

• There is a bank and an auction house in nearly every valley.
• The Wind Rider Master is by a hut on the Skyway, just north of the Valley of Strength.
• Portals are in the Pathfinder's Den inside the city gates and at the Western Earthshrine.
• With 35 mailboxes, Orgrimmar has more than any other major city.

The city has been ruled in turn by Warchiefs Thrall, Garrosh Hellscream and Vol'jin, then by Overlord Varok Saurfang with Warchief Sylvanas Windrunner. After the Fourth War, the Horde leaders gathered at the Orgrimmar Embassy and chose a Horde Council instead of a new warchief. In Shadowlands, Rokhan took over Grommash Hold and the leadership of the city.

• Dragonflight: residents joined the Dragonscale Expedition and dracthyr settled around the city.
• The War Within: a few earthen who joined the Horde made their home in Orgrimmar.
• Midnight: the Twilight's Blade tried to recruit in the Cleft of Shadow until Grand Magister Rommath stopped them.