Background/Lore

[Huatar Earthspear]

Not long ago, there roamed a tribe of indigenous Tauren Hunters, who thrived off of the land they had hunted and lived off of. Nomadic within the southern Barrens, this tribe was known as the Earthspear, named after the weapon that its chieftain at the time received from his honored ancestors. The Earthspear was a weapon used by one of the greatest Tauren hunters, and so the chieftain of this tribe of hunters used the spear to unite them into what they would be known as one of the greatest tribes of Hunters and Warriors.

They made their settlement into the southern Barrens, a large camp that bustled with all of the Earthspear kin. However, after a while the Centaur in the south took notice, and began to raid the settlement constantly at night.

The Tauren tribe stood their ground and after each attack, rebuilt what they had lost. However, it wasn't until the settlement was entirely vulnerable did the tribe suffer its heaviest loss: near destruction. The Earthspear guardians and warriors had joined with the Horde to fight in the great war, and this gave the Centaur a great chance to attack. The entire settlement was wiped out, its people slaughtered. Those Earthspear that joined with Thrall and the Horde never returned to the land they fought so hard to protect.

However, near the ruins of the old campground, only a single male emerged to find his home destroyed. Huatar Earthspear, the only son of the late Chieftain, was sent away to complete the last of his rites, his final trials into Adulthood, when the attack happened. What he found was his home destroyed, his friends, family, and kin slaughtered.

Since then, Huatar traversed the lands alone until he arrived in Mulgore, where the rest of his Tauren brothers and sisters had settled following the great war. He took up his blade that he had gone through much to acquire and decided to join the fight for the Horde.

And now, after all of his training and service to the Horde, Huatar returned to the ruins of his former home, gazing upon it; seeing what was once and never will be. He picked up the spear of his people, and raised it high into the sky. From there, it was clear.

The Earthspear will rise again.

[Huatar Earthspear]

History of the Earthspear

Through a three-chapter epic about the life of his great ancestor, Huatar spoke much of the actual origins of his tribe. What he said and taken into account were highly accurate; the tribe originated from a nomadic gathering of former Braves and Kin of the old Bloodhoof Tribe several centuries prior to the arrival of the Orcs on Kalimdor. Led by Bronn Bravewind, (Not yet adopted the future Tribe Name he would soon create) this group of warriors and hunters treaded the Valley of Needles to seek and carve out a home, while fending off the marauding Centaurs. When they had scaled the cliffs into the Barrens, they wasted no time in traversing North.

They eventually found a home nestled within the mountains of the plains, in a brush thicket near the sea.

One night after they settled into their new home, Bronn recieved both a dream and a vision from honored ancestors; that he should journey to the northern Barrens and undertake a trial that would test him to capabilities. Naturally, he accepted and left without word to the direction of his suspected "trial." In the northern Barrens lied a cave that exhumed natural magic, commanded heavily by the spirits. There was nothing recorded of what happened when he went in; when he came out, Bronn was stronger and much wiser, and his spear was changed in ways not even he could ever imagine nor explain.

The staff of the spear was carved of several shining runes that invoked prayers to the Earthmother, and the actual blade was crafted into a fine steel, capable of slaying anything in just a well-practiced stab or slice.

This weapon was known to become the Earthspear, and thus Bronn had adopted his new tribe and Tribal Name. From then to the ends of time, they would be known as the Earthspear.

Bronn led his new tribe for many years. Near the end of his time, Bronn was already at least 98 years old, and yet he still exhibited and displayed great strength and unending wisdom in his old age. His youngest son, who was no older than 50, and who lived to become Huatar's great grandfather, was sent on his trials by his father. Young Kard discovered a roving army of Centaur heading straight for the Earthspear Campgrounds, and immediately returned without completing his trials to warn Ancestor Bronn. Upon learning of this discovery, Bronn entrusted the leadership of the Tribe to Kard as well as the fabled Earthspear, and gathered many of the Tribe's Braves to meet with the large Centaur Army. What resulted was a battle of epic proportions, but the only one left standing was a very weakened Bronn Earthspear and the warlord of the Centaur, as well as several bodyguards. Bronn fought to his bitter end, and slayed the Warlord before breathing his final breath; Grandfather Kard had watched the entire battle, honored at the sacrifice of his great father and carried on the leadership of the Earthspear. The leadership passed down for a total of three more generations until it ended with Huatar's father, Grimn Earthspear.

When Grimn had been chieftain, the Orcs had already arrived on the shores of Kalimdor; Huatar had been taking his trials when the tribes of Tauren were called together in an Alliance with Thrall and his Horde. All of the Earthspear Braves were sent to fight against the new invaders; none returned, and this left the rest of the tribe very vulnerable and weak. Plotting Centaur took this opportunity to wipe out what was left behind, seemingly bringing about the end of the Earthspear.

However, Huatar returned to a devastated and otherwise destroyed tribe. To honor the memories of his ancestors and his late father, Huatar had not taken up the position of Chieftain until he felt he was ready to lead his Tribe. Nevertheless, that time came many years following the Third War.

Huatar Earthspear had taken up the mantle of Chieftain when he was 58 years old, and still leads his tribe with utmost dignity, pride, and honor--in memory to his glorified Ancestors and blood line. As the only living Blood left of the Earthspear, it falls to Huatar to rebuild what he had once lost.