Bristleback tribe

Bristleback tribe
Brambleblade Ravine
Main leader	Chief Squealer Thornmantle
Formerly	Chief Sharptusk Thornmantle †
Secondary leaders	Three-Tooth
Race(s)	Quilboar
Character classes	Geomancer, Hunter, Shaman, Thief, Thornweaver, Warrior
Base of operations	Agama'gor, Brambleblade Ravine, Bramblescar, Red Rocks
Theater of operations	Southern Barrens, Mulgore
Status	Active

Bristlebacks invadind Red Cloud Mesa.

The Bristleback tribe (or the Bristleback Quilboars) is a tribe of quilboar that inhabit Mulgore and the Barrens.

The Bristlebacks of Brambleblade Ravine are at war with the tauren of Camp Narache and they encroached on the area of Red Cloud Mesa. They train Battleboars to be malicious. Young tauren entered the ravine and killed the Bristleback leader Chief Sharptusk Thornmantle. The quilboar also ravaged the tauren burial site of Red Rocks.

In the Barrens they were at war with the Razormane quilboar. At the start of the war against the Lich King, Bristlebacks became more aggressive and killed a female tauren and her young son. When Hamuul Runetotem performed a ritual for the deceased in Red Rocks a few of them attacked the Archdruid.

During the Cataclysm, quilboar of Mulgore were in turmoil. New High Chieftain Baine Bloodhoof stopped the war against them allowing them to take resources from a newly-created river. Some time later, the Bristlebacks attacked the Red Cloud Mesa tauren once again.

The bristlebacks dig up the blood shards and use them in battles as totems for their strength and magic.

During the Fourth War, several of them appeared on Kul Tiras as members of the Bilge Rats.

Members

Named

Name	Role	Status	Location
Gukk'rok	Geopriest	Killable	Agama'gor, Southern Barrens
Sabersnout	Bristleback champion	Killable	Southern Barrens
Three-Tooth	Leader (Barrens)	Killable	The Overgrowth, Southern Barrens
Sharptusk Thornmantle	Leader, chief (formerly)	Deceased	None
Squealer Thornmantle	Leader, chief (Mulgore)	Killable	Thornmantle's Hideout, Mulgore
Swinegart Spearhide		Killable	Agama'gor, Southern Barrens

• Sangtusk

Unnamed

Bristleback Brute in Hearthstone.

Blood Shard Bristleback in Hearthstone.

• • Young Battleboar
  • Bristleback Assault Boar
  • Bristleback Bladewarden
  • Bristleback Gun Thief
  • Bristleback Interloper
  • Bristleback Invader
  • Bristleback Invaders
  • Bristleback Onlooker
  • Bristleback Thorncaller
  • Bristleback Thornweaver
  • Deviate Crone
  • Deviate Thornweaver
  • Thornguard
  • Bristleback Clubber
  • Bristleback Horker
  • Bristleback Pounder
• The subject of this section was removed from World of Warcraft in patch 4.0.3a but is present in Classic Era.
  • Bristleback Battleboar
  • Bristleback Geomancer
  • Bristleback Hunter
  • Bristleback Shaman
  • Bristleback Quilboar
  • Bristleback Water Seeker
  The subject of this section did not make it out of the beta stages.
  • Bristleback Arsonist
  • Bristleback Defender
  • Bristleback Mystic
  • Flashback Quilboar

Items and objects

•  [Bristleback Challenge Treads]
•  [Bristleback Belt]
•  [Bristleback Challenge Ring]
•  [Bristleback Attack Plans]
• Bristleback Cage

In the RPG

This section contains information from the Warcraft RPG which is considered non-canon.

Bristlebacks tend to be larger and stronger than most quilboar.

Gallery

• 

  Bristleback Knight in Hearthstone.

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB