Dota 2 Hero Lore - Axe & Goodkind
Whats popping gamers?
DOTA 2
Mogul Khan the Axe is an Oglodi, and hes known
for being big and strong, but kind of an idiot.
The Oglodis are a kind of people in the dotaverse
distinguishable by their size, red skin, and
orcish behavior. He spends his time searching
for adventure and challenge, alongside his
bard, goodkind. She writes best-selling novels
about their endeavors, as we can see in the
comic “the last castle”. But before we
talk about his current activities - how did
Axe become Axe?
From his Dota 2 bio, we learn that long ago
when Axe was a little grunt, (untested grunt)
he joined the Red Mist army. He has always
been obsessed with achievement and recognition,
so he had set his goal to become the general
of the army, or as the Oglodi call it, the
Khan. After the demon-worshipping tarnsmen
had destroyed the oglodi capital, the red
mist horde had been formed, in order to get
revenge. They, including axe, went on the
seven year campaign of the thousand tarns,
where Axe had proven himself exceptional at
battle. But, he did not only limit himself
to killing tarnsmen. He also didnt hesitate
to slay anyone higher ranking than him in
the red mist, in order to faster rank up closer
to the khan title. As a result of the tarnsmens
defense, and Axes offense, by the end of the
campaign, there was only one member left - mogul.
Now crowned Mogul Khan, the Axe - the red
mist horde general - the one man army.
Though with the tarnsmen defeated, and no
one else in the red mist, axe probably got
bored. So he set out on an adventure, looking
for new challenges and stories to sell. If
you wanna know more about the other oglodis
and the continuation of the story about the
red mist after axe left it, i have a video
that covers everything about the oglodis,
which should pop up in the right corner.
Axe and disruptor seem to be on very good
terms, beyond just the tie of them both being
oglodis. Though they do make fun of eachothers
size and intelligence respectively. Warlock,
however, Axe seems to really disrespect. He
also seems to be friendly with bristleback,
and have rivalry with other axe wielders like
troll warlord and centaur warrunner. He is
very adamant about chopping wood when near
treant, and talks a lot of shit to the keen
like sniper and alchemist. Winter wyvern seems
to be fond of Axe, which explains why, as
i will get back to, she wants to kill goodkind
in artifact. Oracle has this to say: “Fear
death along the edge that is both axe and
man.” Which i interpret as basically axes
axe is hecking deadly and so is axe, as in
axe himself. But its very different, depending
on who oracle is warning. Is he warning the
ones who meet axe? Or axe himself? I dont
know. Let me know what you make of this prophecy.
COMIC
The last castle is a comic about Axe and Goodkind,
where they are infiltrating the fortress of
valhessi, in order to obtain the seven jeweled
crown. It shows us how capable Axe is in battle,
how he fortunately uses his bloodlust for
good heroic causes, and the relationship between
him and Goodkind. They are a very cute duo,
since you have the big brawny Axe whos lack
of intelligence makes him refer to himself
in third person, and then the small but eloquent
best selling author Goodkind. The comic shows
that Axe is not evil at all, he is just so
stupid that he may appear like it. His adventures
in general take down bad people, and he shows
concern and fondness for his friend Goodkind.
This is despite the fact that he hates keenfolk
for being small and intelligent.
ARTIFACT
Their partnership continues in Artifact, where
the basics of Axe’s story is that he and
Goodkind are looking for action after sales
have gone down. Other than that we dont know
much about how his story will progress. What
we do know though, is that he is training
goodkind to fight, he has been healed by the
leader of the rumusque faith, he has been
fighting OD and Kanna, who we know are on
the dire side, he has also been fighting bloodseeker
and invoker, and he has been fighting alongside
tinker and bloodseeker. Wether these are all
different timelines, or they all happened,
is unknown, and i dont think we will know
until artifact 2.0 comes out. Axe giving goodkind
combat training though, may be because winter
wyvern is trying to kill her. Winter wyvern
is also a writer, and her strategy when competing
with other authors, is to just eat them. “Writers
block. It is an awful condition that can ensnare
even the most prolific of authors. Once the
words used to flow freely from my lips to
my scribe Thrael's ears...but lately I have
been... distracted by the pulp drivel Goodkind
unleashes into the world. I had no idea that
the adventures of a monosyllabic red thug
could capture so many readers, yet if I am
to be honest my own works feel boring in comparison...
it's vexing. Ah well, I guess it's time to
find Goodkind and eat her.” It is unknown
if winter wyvern wants to end goodkind and
then go back to write her own books, OR if
she actually wants to REPLACE goodkind, as
axes bard. The former is most likely the case,
but the latter is also propable since winter
wyvern is fond of axe in dota 2 voice lines.
“Alright Axe, show me that the stories about
you are true...” “It would appear that
Goodkind didn't embellish as much as I thought...”
What Axe is doing with Lady Ashnu i have no
clue, but since she is tending to him it must
mean he is opposed to the undead. Something
else we discover in artifact, is that axe
has this to say about his past in the red
mist: “Axe doesn't look back on his time
in the Red Mist with particular fondness,
but he acknowledges that he learned a lot
about violence.” meaning that maybe he regrets
what he did.
UNDERLORDS
In underlords he is simply in the fight because
he has been promised good stories. So it seems
like after all the red mist business, and
whatever is happening betwene him, kanna,
sorla, winter wyvern and bloodseeker, at the
end of the day he is always first and foremost
an edventurer. That is, until one day, he
bumped his head.
AXE UNLEASHED & JUNGLE TERRAIN
Recently, Axe got yet another immortal, called
Axe unleashed. Immortals are great, because
they always give some new lore. But this time,
valve gave us an extra treat, with new voicelines
added. DUring ti9, the battlepass gave you
both access to axe unleashed, AND a new jungle
terrain - the overgrown empire. The empire
is located within the jungle called fellstrath,
and its very likely that it was this exact
jungle that Axe and goodkind were visiting
when axe got… unleashed. Lets hear Axes
recollection of what happened when he lost
his Axe.
”Just when Axe was ready to kill the wounded
griftoft, it jumped into the river.”
”The tiny scribe said it didn't matter,
but it mattered to Axe. So Axe went into the
river.” By scribe, he means goodkind.
”But swimming was to har.. uhm.. the fight
was unfair with Axe's axe. So Axe had to drop
it.”
”After Axe choked the beast, it made a good
raft. That was nice. Because Axe needed a
nap.”
”Axe woke up when the griftoft raft went
over a waterfall. Then Axe hit his head on
a rock, and got sleepy again.”
”Now Axe is alone. Alone with no axe. The
only law here is jungle law, and Axe's fists
are the enforcers!”
So Axe is alone, naked and axeless, running
around in the jungle, having left goodkind
behind, defenseless. Its unknown what happens
after this, like does axe ever get his axe
back? Is goodkind okay, and will they reunite?
Is this just one particular timeline, or is
it actual progression in his general story?
Ok, so this was the basics of Axe. Lets move
on to the roots and references of the hero,
before we finally get to the juicy deep dive
part.
DOTA 1
In dota 1, he was the leader of the half-tribe
the bloodied axe clan. This was after the
war between humans and orcs had made some
orcish warriors corrupted by demonic influence.
Mogul Kahn was killed by humans, but he had
been revived by demons so he could keep fighting.
SPECULATION
Now! Theres 1 oglodi that is very significant,
and referred to a lot surrounding axe both
in dota 2 and artifact voice lines that i
havent touched yet. Sorla Khan. And that is
because i wanted to save it for last, because
there is a rumor we need to adress.
When Sorla Khans name was initially public,
some poeple suspected it was her last name,
and that maybe that meant she is Axe’s wife.
But, when it was revealed Khan is just the
title of the red mist general, people abandoned
the theory. And it remained completely abandoned,
until Artifact was released, and people read
Time of triumph. "I've written a lot of books
about Axe, the most popular of which is easily
'The Roshan Expedition'. Personally I think,
'Red Mist, Red Passion' is better, but people
heard 'erotic thriller' and never gave it
a chance." So goodkind has made a novel that
has 2 key things: eroticism and the red mist.
Unless Axe is gay, which statistically is
unlikely and he has given no reason to believe
it, its not unreasonable to assume that whoever
he was romantic with must have been a female.
We have yet to see any other female oglodi
that Axe knows, AND that happens to be in
the red mist. But if they were lovers in the
past, wouldnt either of them talk about it
when they meet in Artifact? Well, thats whats
so interesting. From dota 2, we know that
sorla is pist at axe. From Axes voice lines,
we know that he knew her in the past. “So
you're a Khan now Sorla... impressive.”
“You're smarter than Axe, but you'll never
be stronger.” “If you were as smart as
people say you are you never would have challenged
Axe.” “The Red Mist should have stayed
dead!” So immediately most people including
myself, would assume sorla is pist at axe
for killing his own red mist members in the
past. But what if, the reason why they are
not awkward, shy or affectionate towards eachother,
is because the break up was a bad one, and
sorla is left very hurt and bitter? Ok, but
her being very pist at axe is actualy just
from voice line sin dota. In artifact, she
is actually only hostile to him if hes on
the enemy side. When hes on her side, shes
very forgiving. Almost… too forgiving. “Welcome
home, Mogul” “With my mind and your brawn
- no one will stop us.” She does speak of
him betraying the red mist, but is dueling
your superiors to rise in rank really betrayal?
I mean, dont get me wrong, i agree with Sorla
that its a very shitty thing to do, but i
wouldnt call it BETRAYAL. “You betrayed
the Red Mist Axe, and now you'll answer for
it.” What if Axe left her to go on his adventures
WITH ANOTHER WOMAN - GOODKIND - and she took
that VERY personally to the point of calling
his original rise to Khan betrayal? When in
fact, he betrayed her LOVE?
Dont worry, i dont think goodkind is taking
that BRC, i think they are just friends. But
just imagine if you were Sorla. She is very
traditional, and favors the old oglodi ways,
and probably as a traditional Oglodi, has
a disdain for small, weak people. And with
the paranoia of jealousy, maybe to her it
seems like Axe ran off with another woman.
And a weak little nerd, on top of that. Axe
ruined the Red mist and left her hanging brokenhearted
to deal with the aftermath.
There is one small detail that ruins this
theory, though. Well to be fair this theory
is very far fetched in general, but shh…
SINCE the novel is called red mist red passion,
that would mean axe and sorla met in the red
mist, while axe was part of it and it was
still numerous. It would have to be the red
mist army that went on the seven year campaign
vs the tarnsmen, as that is the only red mist
horde axe was ever part of. But axe was the
only survivor left in the end, so that would
mean sorla had to die too.
Ok, one last thing. Juggernaut says in his
arcana voice pack: “Axe, when this battle
is over we must discuss what to do about Sorla
Khan.” Like as if its somehow axes responsability.
WHY would jugg talk to Axe specifically? It
must be because he has some sort of special
relation to her… like a FIRE between them,
and maybe through the power of love, could
axe persuade sorla to stop it with her endless
violence?
So actually, Axe is a hecking STUD, who can
freely choose between a cute elf nerd girl,
a powerful oglodi queen, a pious healing tradwife,
or, even a dragon if hes into that freaky
stuff. Axe is basically the protagonist in
a harem isekai anime. And he definately has
a certain type that is attracted to him, since
they all share that they have charismatic
influence. Axe can barely speak and think,
while they all have big brains. The moral
of the story of Axe is that in order to attract
femoids, especially smart ones, you should
change your name to an object you like, refer
to yourself in third person, be unnesesarily
violent and walk around bare-chested talking
shit to nerdy ass manlets. HOW TYPICAL.
Ok just to clarify, just in case it isnt clear,
most likely Axe is not romantically involved
with either of the 4, and neither of them
have crushes on eachother. This was just for
fun.
Thank you so much for watching gamers, hope
you have a wonderful day! Your feedback is
always appreciated. PEACEEE
