Garush recruits at the Bulwark

Full History

An orc named Garush served as an Argent Dawn officer at the Bulwark, carrying the order's anti-Scourge mission to travelers approaching from the Forsaken lands. His presence demonstrates that the Dawn's cause was not confined to the surviving humans of Lordaeron. An orc could stand beside members of other peoples in the struggle against undeath. The enemy beyond the frontier had little respect for the banners of the living.

The Bulwark lay on the edge of the Western Plaguelands, where the destruction caused by the Scourge still dominated the countryside. From that station, Garush offered the Argent Dawn Commission, a token of service associated with gathering Scourgestones. The commission joined an otherwise personal fight to a continuing organization. Those who volunteered could bring evidence of combat with the undead back to the order and receive recognition for their efforts.

Original quest material establishes Garush's station and duties, not the eventual fate of every recruit. His significance is modest but distinctive: the scene places a Horde-associated race within an order that operates independently of Horde command. On a border defined by plague and hostility, his role illustrates how the scale of the undead threat could produce alliances outside the usual divisions of Azeroth.