Before Garrosh Hellscream, former Warchief of the Horde, came from alternate Azeroth and changed the timeline, Kargath Bladefist was raised a slave to the Ogres of Gorian Empire. Imprisoned within the depths of Highmaul, Kargath strived to earn his freedom, in which turned him into a gladiator in the Highmaul arena. In order to earn his freedom, he had to take 100 orc lives. This moment marked the birth of the Shattered Hand clan.