Monday, September 28, 2009 @ 7:34 AM
Once upon a time the Titans created Watchers who were entrusted the job of guarding and protecting over the prison of old god, Yogg-Saron. The prison as we know it as Ulduar, has been opened by curious explorers and adventurers so as to provide us with new raid content(they always do so). Hodir apparently once stayed at Temple of Winter in Storm Peaks but has since moved to Veil of Winter in Ulduar probably due to influence from Yogg-Saron, where he had frozen some stupid NPCs who thought that 4man Hodir was a good idea.
So what really is Hodir, is he a Titan or just a Titan construct or a frost giant granted powers by the Titans? Quests and current lores point towards the latter, as with his other companions in Ulduar (Freya, Thorim and Mimiron). The so called keepers of Ulduar were somewhat powerful inhabitants of Storm Peaks long ago.
As usual with most god-like beings in Azeroth, they have a fan base of loyal followers dedicated to serving them and in this case the Sons of Hodir. They are a bunch of frost giants in the south eastern part of Storm Peaks residing in their safe haven called Niffilem, with King Jokkum at the helm because his dad was somehow frozen but still craves for giant worms(we poor soul got to get worms for him)[Feeding Arngrim]. If you have gone through the long chain quests, you would have known that there was a conflict between Loken and Thorim and Hodir, but the plot most probably started with Loken trying to stir things up. You will start with helping Thorim's supporters (Vrykuls) and eventually leads to the Sons of Hodir, and lastly resolved the issue between Thorim and them.
If you think about it, you have helped Thorim to get back his hammer from Sons of Hodir, so as to defeat him in Ulduar and get it xD. Even more bewildering, its a tanking weapon? [Legacy of Thunder]
Now back to Hodir, he wasnt quite around during the conflict and we dont know where he went to, probably hes fighting the 4 NPCs in Ulduar. Meanwhile, we adventurers are forced to please his fans by helping to polish his helmet[Polishing the Helm], and take part in his favourite pastime of killing wild wyrms[Thrusting Hodir's Spear]. After helping to keep his gears in perfect state, we will then face him in Ulduar where we will get our revenge from all the hard work he made us do just to get their famous shoulder inscriptions.
Labels: Hodir, Lore, SoH, Storm Peaks, Temple of Winter, Thorim, Titans, Ulduar, Warcraft, WoW, Yogg-Saron