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But not all the tauren are happy with Cairne's leadership. The Grimtotem tribe, in particular, view all other races as enemies, and seek to overthrow Cairne's rule of the tauren. In many ways, they are tauren equivalent of a mafia: their Elder Crone Magatha Grimtotem maintains the facade of allegiance to Cairne and the Horde within the city of Thunder Bluff, but commands her tribesmen in other settlements to anyone who comes near. They sometimes attack even tauren who are known to associate themselves with other races. Oddly, the only race they do not seem to hate is the Forsaken, a few of which have even become part of the Grimtotem clan. It is because of this association that the forsaken were allowed a cave within Thunder Bluff to use for their own mysterious purposes, although no one knows what sort of betrayal the Forsaken and the Grimtotem have planned for their hosts. Most other tauren quite rightly treat both groups with deep suspicion.
Excepting the Grimtotems, of course, tauren generally view all other races amiably, and give them the benefit of the doubt. They are especially close to the orcs of course, due to their common vision of the world and mutual assistance in times of need. Some tauren even look past their mistrust of the Forsaken and hope to help them cure themselves of their undead condition. The blood elves, on the other hand, reek of arcane magic, and the tauren have a great deal of difficulty around this poisonous energy. Ironically, they generally have no enmity against the Alliance unless physically threatened, and even have a deep respect for the night elves, whom they associate with their ancient myths of the children of the moon -- the luminous left eye of the Earthmother herself.
