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Rend and Maim, sons of the deposed Blackhand, led the Black Tooth Grin clan in defense of the Dark Portal. Blackhand's death had divided loyalties inside the Horde, even as Doomhammer tried to bring the war effort under firmer control. The portal's defense became especially important as Alliance armies recovered and drove the Horde back.
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Rend and Maim, sons of the deposed Blackhand, led the Black Tooth Grin clan in defense of the Dark Portal. Their assignment guarded the passage between Draenor and Azeroth, a point of immense strategic value to the Horde. The clan's position combined loyalty to the old Blackhand line with the practical need to keep the invasion route secure.
Blackhand's death had divided loyalties inside the Horde, even as Doomhammer tried to bring the war effort under firmer control. Rend and Maim retained followers and a distinct identity. Holding the portal in the Black Morass meant protecting reinforcements and communication with the world from which the orcs had come. An army could conquer human ground, but without the gateway its connection to Draenor would remain vulnerable.
The portal's defense became especially important as Alliance armies recovered and drove the Horde back. The Black Tooth Grin's role recalls that the Horde was not a single undifferentiated force but a coalition of clans with competing histories. The sons' presence at the gateway joined the internal politics of orc leadership to the larger campaign on two worlds.
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