Spoilers: The Solland reputation and the game's Da Plan; no campaign ending.
The name the Empire already knew
Creative Assembly's introduction calls Gorbad the emperor-slaying warboss who burned Solland. He built Iron Rock. He led Waaagh! after Waaagh!. The deeds inside the Empire turned the name into a byword. Among orcs he is the cold and calculating one: formations, archers, cavalry, and artillery, rather than a rush that trusts mass alone.
On the battlefield he rides the warboar Gnarla and carries the axe Morglor the Mangler. The role is front-line support. He stands where the line is, and the army's mix is the point of the campaign. The article is dated 9 December 2024. The community post's next step names 12 December for the pack and for Update 6.0.
Da Plan, without the numbers
Da Plan is the campaign tool. A tactic wants a combination of units. The army qualifies by fielding that mix. The plan opens through objectives, or through a Yooreeka after battles are won. The job is the match between the roster you recruited and the tactic you claimed.
The same Greenskin update moved Wurrzag's start to the Southland jungles, at Cuexotl, and it kept Skarsnik's orc recruitment locked to ownership of Karak Eight Peaks. Losing the hold removes those orc buildings across the faction. Gorbad's own faction is the Ironclaw Orcs. Snagla Grobspit is the legendary hero shipped in the pack: a spider-rider with a separate mission, not a second copy of Da Plan.
The byword and the sandbox
Solland and Iron Rock belong to the reputation the introduction is using. An Immortal Empires war that happens to burn an Empire province is the player's campaign. It does not automatically become that older byword, and it does not have to. Grimgor is the Black Orc on foot. Azhag has the crown. Gorbad is the planner on the boar.
Greasus, Skrag, and the Chaos Dwarf lords are outside this race. Inside it, the shared tools are still Waaagh! and Scrap. Da Plan is the part that asks the army list to mean something before the fight starts.
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Sources
- Omens of Destruction: Introducing Gorbad Ironclaw — totalwar.com
- CA: Omens of Destruction — Gorbad — community.creative-assembly.com
- Gorbad – Omens of Destruction — store.steampowered.com