Dal'rend Blackhand, (or Dal'Rend) commonly
known as Rend, was the ruler of the Dark Horde and was considered to be a great
threat to Thrall's mastery of the Horde when he was Warchief. Rend is the
bloodthirsty son of the former Warchief of the Horde, Blackhand the Destroyer.
He believed that he was the rightful Warchief of the Horde due to lineage, and
sought to overthrow Thrall. To this end, he allied the forces of the Dark Horde
with Nefarian. The two used their combined resources to re-create the chromatic
dragonflight, which they hoped to unleash upon the world once again. His mount
was a massive chromatic drake named Gyth.
Background
Rend and his brother and sister had a short
childhood due to Warlocks aging of children, but unlike other Orc parents
Blackhand was happy to put forward his children first for artificial aging.
After 'coming of age' Rend served with the other members of the First Horde in
the fight to exterminate the Draenei. After the Siege of Telmor, Durotan was
offered the city as reward for leading the raid on it. When Durotan turned it
down, Blackhand and his family were more than happy to take Telmor as their
own, even going so far as wearing the clothes and sleeping in the beds of the
Draenei they had killed. This ended when
the whole of the Orcish Horde was moved to Hellfire Citadel to better carry out
the orders of Blackhand.
During the Second War, Rend served as
lieutenant to Warchief Orgrim Doomhammer. He and his brother Maim often
questioned Doomhammer's orders, as Orgrim killed Blackhand the Destroyer and
took his place as Warchief. However, Orgrim allowed the insubordination because
the two brothers were leaders of the powerful Black Tooth Grin clan.
During the siege of the Capital City of
Lordaeron, Rend was ordered by Doomhammer to have his clan break off and chase
after the traitorous Gul'dan, who had taken to the sea in search of the Eye of
Sargeras.
Rend and Maim later personally fought
Turalyon at the Dark Portal, only to flee when it became evident that the
paladin had the upper hand.
Rend and Maim took control of the remaining
Blackrock orcs and began to rebuild the Horde at Blackrock Spire. About two
years later, the Dark Portal reopened and emissaries from Ner'zhul were
immediately sent to Rend and Main asking them to rejoin the Horde, and to ask
to borrow the red dragons held captive by the allied Dragonmaw clan. Rend
refused. Not long after, Nefarian came to Blackrock Spire and took control of
the Blackhand brothers and the forces under their control. Eventually, Dark
Iron dwarves from Blackrock Depths swarmed up and tried to destroy the Dark
Horde. The Dark Horde fought back, and Maim was killed in savage battle. His
sacrifice, plus Rend's alliance with the Black Dragonflight, allowed them to
drive back the Dark Irons and maintain their hold on Blackrock Spire.
History as told by Eitrigg
At the end of the Second War, Rend and his
brother, Maim, fled to find sanctuary within the mountainous stronghold of
Blackrock Spire. It was there that Rend declared himself Warchief of the
weakened Blackrock clan.
Rend and his brother Maim ruled the Spire,
in constant conflict with the Dark Iron Dwarves. They managed to displace the
dwarves in the upper portion of the city, but only after the dragons came and
only after the death of Maim.
Quotes
from Nefarius and Rend
Nefarius: "Excellent... it would
appear as if the meddlesome insects have arrived just in time to feed my
legion. Welcome, mortals!"
Nefarius: "Let not even a drop of
their blood remain upon the arena floor, my children. Feast on their
souls!"
Nefarius: "Foolsss... Kill the one in
the dress!"
Rend: "Sire, let me join the fray! I
shall tear their spines out with my bare hands!"
Nefarius: "Concentrate your attacks
upon the healer!"
Nefarius: "Inconceivable!"
Nefarius: "Do not force my hand,
children! I shall use your hides to line my boots."
Rend: "Defilers!"
Rend: "Impossible!"
Nefarius: "Your efforts will prove
fruitless. None shall stand in our way!"
Nefarius: "THIS CANNOT BE!!! Rend,
deal with these insects."
Rend: "With pleasure..."
Nefarius: "The Warchief shall make
quick work of you, mortals. Prepare yourselves!"
Nefarius: "Taste in my power!"
(upon buffing Rend's drake, Gyth)
Nefarius: "Your victory shall be short
lived. The days of both the Alliance and Horde are coming to an end. The next
time we meet shall be the last."
Strategies
This encounter is pretty simple, once
several waves of enemies are taken out (Either 1 Elite chromatic dragonkin and
an orc handler or 2 dragonkin; and 3 chromatic whelps) he will come through the
gate to face you. It is important to note throughout this fight that a
multitude of orcs spawn at the top of the arena. They will remain there until
the event is completed.
This fight can be done simply: Everyone DPS
Gyth (His mount) until Rend falls off, then another Tank keeps Rend busy while
everyone finishes Gyth off, from there it is an easy matter of DPSing the crap
out of Rend until he falls. 2 warriors, 2 Rogues, 2 mages, a Priest, a Warlock,
and 2 of any other class can bring him down without even coming close to any
deaths.
Note that if anyone has the Inv jewelry
ring 01 [Seal of Ascension] (UBRS key), by equipping it and Using it he can
summon a giant spectral dragon (Vaelastrasz, whom you will later fight in
Blackwing Lair), who will heal everyone for five thousand as well as damage
Rend. Nefarius will eventually banish him, however timely use of the UBRS key
can ensure victory. Summoning Vaelastrasz when Rend falls off Gyth triggers him
to attack Rend, while using it any any time beforehand only causes him to heal
the raid. The ring is on a 3 minute cooldown, and this is shared with any other
raid member who holds a Seal of Ascension. Equipping the ring will also
randomly provide a +100 Resistance buff to any school of magic that Gyth uses.
At higher levels, it is of paramount
importance that Rend be brought down slowly. If he is brought down too fast, he
will not get a chance to jump off of his mount (which he does when he has about
25% of his health remaining, if you DPS him down first) and, though Rend will
be lootable, the Stadium door will remain closed, and necessitate that the
instance be reset. This also applies if you choose to DPS down Gyth first; Rend
drops off him when Gyth has around 25% health remaining, and any attack that
kills Gyth before Rend dismounts will have the same effect, except that Rend
will despawn instead of leaving a corpse to be looted (Gyth can be looted as
normal, however).
For mages, warlocks, hunters, and other
classes with (temporary) pets, it is important that you do not put them on
aggressive mode, since they might aggro the spectators on top of the ledge with
ranged attacks. This is especially important to mages using Mirror Image: since
there is no pet bar for the mage to control the images, they will attack the
nearest hostile target in range should they still be up after Rend's and Gyth's
deaths (namely, the spectators). A mage soloing this event should either DPS
Rend or Gyth slowly to ensure the images despawn before the end of the fight,
or not cast it at all.
Notes
In the cancelled Warcraft Adventures: Lord
of the Clans, Rend and his brother would have been the two who killed Thrall`s
father Durotan.
In Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne on
Chapter 6 of the Blood elf campaign, blademasters named Maim and Rend reside in
the orc camp directly south of where the Master of Pain is located. Horde
Player's Guide and Warcraft II hint that they went through the Dark Portal to
Outland (and eventually became part of Magtheridon's Fel Horde). However, these
events seem to be retconned in World of Warcraft.
Trivia
Rend and Maim (his brother's name) are two
words that have definitions having to do with violence.
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