Does Zul have anything to do with Zul'Farrak or Zul'Gurub?

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Just interested, can’t find anything on Google.

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Ask in the story section. All the lore nerds there will be able to give you a phone book’s worth of answers. :stuck_out_tongue:

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nothing. he has nothing to do with zul’aman either.

zul just seems to be a “common” word in troll language. lmao

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In lore, anything Troll related that has Zul or Atal as part of the name would imply, to me, a memorial to a God for a particular Faction of the Trolls.

Atal’Farrak & Zul’Farrak - shrines/temples/memorials to Atal & Zul, resp. for the Farraki Trolls.
Atal’Hakkar - Hakkari
Zul’Gurub - Gurubashi
Zul’Aman - Amani
Zul’Drak - Drakkari

Many of the areas in Zuldazar have ‘twins’ in Kalimdor & Eastern Kingdoms; even Zuldazar, as a zone, has Atal’Dazar as a city, within it.

EDIT 1:
I don’t claim any authority on the subject, I’m just speculating.
EDIT 2 (last one, honest)
All this ^^^ is from memory, too.

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If it helps:

From the Blizzard Community site:
"Zul’Gurub was the capital of the Gurubashi jungle trolls, a tribe that once controlled the vast jungles of the south. It was here that Jin’do the Hexxer summoned the savage loa Hakkar the Soulflayer into Azeroth. Of late, these efforts have begun anew amid an alliance between the Gurubashi and Zandalar trolls that seeks to establish a unified troll empire.

The influence of that savage civilization can be seen in Zul’Gurub’s raised platforms and vine-covered arches, though, arguably, the most important part of the city’s history is recent. It was in Zul’Gurub that Jin’do the Hexxer enslaved several high priests of the Gurubashi to aid him in summoning their dread god, Hakkar the Soulflayer, into Azeroth.
The presence of the Soulflayer presented a grave threat to the world, and, before Hakkar and his priests could dominate the continent, they were thwarted by the dedicated effort of heroes mobilized from the four corners of Azeroth. Jin’do was slain in the conflict, but his restless spirit burned with shame at his failure, and it drifted in the spirit world, seeking a way to return… and a plan.

Jin’do forced his way back to Azeroth to call on allies old and new: the worshippers of Hakkar, the exile Zanzil, and even Hakkar’s former enemies among the Zandalar tribe. Together, they will rebuild Zul’Gurub - not for the glory of their defeated god, but to take his brutal power for their own, and see the troll race stand triumphant over a broken world."

From Wowhead - Zul’Gurub page.

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Zul means Voodoo master. The Aman and Gurub is based on the tribes living there. Same with Farrak.

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Zul made Arthas the lich king and Zul made Archimond horny and fucc that tree

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Unfortunately that is RPG lore and is outdated and likely non-canon as most RPG books are.

It’s unknown what Zul means for now OP, only that it’s a prefix often used in many names of troll cities, among their chieftains and nobility so it definitely has some great importance. It’s speculated that it means ‘‘The Great’’ because of this reason, although that is just a headcanon. It would make sense however, seeing as Zul’gurub and Zul’aman both have this prefix and it could signify the greatness of their empires. Also if I remember correctly, ‘‘Jin’’ prefix means ‘‘chief’’ so Zul’jin could mean ‘‘The Great Chief’’. Again these are only speculations. Since the RPG books were proclaimed to be non-canon, the meaning of the word is unknown at the moment.

Hope this helped.

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Not at all.
Just don’t let Zakkaru start talking about trolls, then you’ll be here until you wither and die.

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I support this theory. As for Eighjan’s guess, there’s no troll god/loa called Atal, and while Zul exists he is not a god, only a prophet. Significant sure, but you’d think they’d name cities after Rastakhan instead of him. The names probably even predate his birth.

Also Atal seems to be related to tombs. The Temple of Atal’Hakkar is where Hakkar was buried or perhaps imprisoned. While Atal’Dazar and Kings’ Rest are technically different instances you can think of them as the same structure lorewise - the entrance to KR is right where the AD endboss is after all. And Dazar is buried in Kings’ Rest.

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Also, the suffix ‘‘Alor’’ means ‘‘temple’’ such as Dazar’alor and Jintha’alor which both can be classified as temples as they house the altars to the most revered loas.

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That was Ner’zhul… and he was an Orc.

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I defer to those whose Troll lore knowledge is better than mine, but it was logical to me - reinforced by the Horridon encounter - that the suffixes to sites like Zul’Farrak had ‘tribal’ significance.

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I just realized Zuldazar is one apostrophe and one capitalization away from Zul’Dazar. What think you?

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