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Meanwhile, in the war-torn lands of the south, the scattered remnants of the Horde fought
for their very survival. Though Grom Hellscream and his Warsong clan managed to evade capture,
Deadeye and his Bleeding Hollow clan were rounded up and placed in the internment camps
in Lordaeron. Notwithstanding these costly uprisings, the camps' wardens soon re-established
control over their brutish charges. However, unknown to the Alliance, a large
force of orcs still roamed free in the northern wastes of Khaz Modan. The Dragonmaw Clan,
led by the infamous warlock Nekros, was using an ancient artifact known as the Demon Soul
to control the Dragonqueen, Alexstrasza, and her dragonflight. With the Dragonqueen as
his hostage, Nekros built up a secret army within the abandoned - some say cursed - Wildhammer
stronghold of Grim Batol. Planning to unleash his forces and the mighty red dragons on the
Alliance, Nekros hoped to reunite the Horde and continue its conquest of Azeroth. His
vision did not come to pass: a small group of resistance fighters, led by the human mage
Rhonin managed to destroy the Demon Soul and free the Dragonqueen from Nekros' command.
In their fury, Alexstrasza's dragons tore Grim Batol apart and incinerated the greater
bulk of the Dragonmaw clan. Nekros' grand schemes of reunification came crashing down
as the Alliance troops rounded up the remaining orc survivors and threw them into the waiting
internment camps. The Dragonmaw clan's defeat signaled the end of the Horde, and the end
of the orcs' furious bloodlust.