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The Grimtotem were among the tauren tribes drawn into Cairne Bloodhoof's political world, but their leader Magatha never shared his confidence in cooperation with outsiders. Magatha's rise to authority was tied to marriage and the death of her mate. Her rivalry with Cairne became one of Thunder Bluff's most important political divisions.
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The Grimtotem were among the tauren tribes drawn into Cairne Bloodhoof's political world, but their leader Magatha never shared his confidence in cooperation with outsiders. A gifted shaman from an early age, she sought influence among the tribes and looked upon the other peoples of Kalimdor with hostility. Her Grimtotem warriors favored a harder course than Cairne's partnership with the orcs.
Magatha's rise to authority was tied to marriage and the death of her mate. The loss was described as a climbing accident, while rumors surrounding her part in the circumstances remained unproven. Whatever the truth, she emerged as the forceful matriarch of the tribe and commanded warriors who believed the tauren should reclaim lands they considered ancestral rather than compromise with foreign neighbors.
Her rivalry with Cairne became one of Thunder Bluff's most important political divisions. The new city could gather tribes on its rises, but it could not erase their different beliefs about the future. Magatha's followers remained a challenge within tauren society, illustrating how the end of centaur-driven wandering had created a new struggle over who should lead the settled nation and what kind of people it would become.
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