Bluefur's background

Bluefur was very young when his father, a Taunka fisherman, took him and the family pet, a grayish gorilla and her snow white son, out in the boat. It was a pleasure ride, skimming soundlessly across the water and watching the fish jump in the early morning sun. The young Bluefur was great friends with the little white gorilla, and they stuck together in the boat, every so often touching a finger into the icy water.

Suddenly a thick fog shrouded the water. Bluefur's father stopped the boat and sat silent, calm but alert. But nothing is alert enough to spot the bone-like horn and fin of an approaching threshadon, and the old Taunka was no exception. Only when it was too late did he notice the giant head and long neck of the beast and it rammed the boat, causing it to sway violently.

The grey mother gorilla snatched up her son and Bluefur, then jumped into the freezing waters. The taunka fisherman was quickly killed by the threshadon, but it had no interest in eating the body. It disappeared into the depths of the ocean and swam silently away, leaving the gorilla and her helpless burdens alone. She set a strong pace and started swimming southeast.

Twelve hours later the shivering, gasping mother gorilla dragged herself onto the orange shores of Durotar. She still carried two near-dead younglings, and the need to get them to safety was stronger than her need to rest. She struggled over the burning orange sands, fending off raptors and scorpids with desperate aggression. Finely she collapsed outside the gates of Orgrimmar, gasped once, and died. A guard found the body of the gorilla and, after a bit of searching, Bluefur and his young friend. They had moved out of the scorching sun and into the shade of a large orange rock, too young to look for help and too weak to move any farther. The guard knew that the younglings would soon die in the heat, so he carefully picked them up and took them to the Orphanage.

When Bluefur was old enough, he set off into the world to find a purpose. His "brother", named Utara, followed him at his side. That purpose was found when he heard of a land called Northerend, and about the Tuanka people that lived there. He fealt strangly drawn to the Tauren-like people...

(Bluefur actauly got Utara -Uhk'loc- at level 70. But thats not how I'm going to remember it.)