Zul'jin

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Zul'jin

Gender	Male
Race	Forest Troll
Character class
Affiliation	The Horde
Occupation	Forest Troll Leader

In the fictional Warcraft Universe, Zul'jin (pronounced zool-jinn) is a ferocious Forest Troll leader known for his strange love of scarves. Zul'jin was helpful in instrumenting and coordinating attacks against the Alliance on Azeroth.

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Zul'jin was a Troll leader who, for many years, coordinated daring raids and attacks against the Elves of Quel'Thalas. He was known for his daring raids on guarded Elven Villages and was responsible for uniting many of the Nomadic Troll Parties into a formidable fighting force. This notoriety and Zul'jin's prestige eventually gave way to the belief that he was the Trolls' undisputed leader and almost all Trolls followed his leadership unconditionally.

After the first war, Orgrim Doomhammer tried to forge an alliance with Zul'jin but he turned down the offer as the Trolls did not wish to be tied into an agreement that involved War. However, after the High Elves joined the Alliance, Zul'jin reluctantly agreed to help Doomhammer in order to save the Trolls from being destroyed.

After the second war ended in defeat for the Horde, Zul'jin and his cadre were put into an Alliance internment camp; however after the third war began, no record exists of what happened to Zul'jin. Most of the Trolls returned to their Nomadic lifestyle once they were freed from the internment camps and lived mainly in small villages on the fringes of forests, away from Humans and other denizens of the land. Some have speculated that Zul'jin is now a merchant, while others believe he is missing, dead or living as a hermit. However, these are all unfounded theories and are pure speculation.

Blizzard stated not too long ago that Zul'jin's own tribe was the Amani, a group of trolls that live in Eversong Forest and once belonged to a mighty troll empire. More facts about this are now believed to be available with the recent expansion The Burning Crusade.

[edit] In-Game Hints At Zul'jin's Fate

Troll Headhunters in Warcraft III, after their training is over, say: "Vengeance for Zul'jin". It may be assumed that they believe that Zul'jin was killed by The Alliance, possibly during the attacks on the internment camps. Although this is odd, as jungle trolls hate Forest Trolls and vice versa.
In the game World of Warcraft, if the player visits the island off the coast of Stranglethorn Vale, two Trolls have a dialogue that suggests Zul'jin might be alive. "Zul'jin? Missing... probably dead".
In World of Warcraft, if the player visits Revantusk Village in the Hinterlands, one of the Trolls - Mystica Yayo'jin - states: "If Zul'jin were here, he would have destroyed the whole lot of them with a flick of his wrist - alas, Zul'jin has not returned yet, and we are left to our own devices." One might assume from this that Zul'jin is believed to be alive, yet no one knows where he is.