| abstract | - Trade Prince Jastor Gallywix (simply known as Trade Jastor Gallywix) is the current leader of the Bilgewater Cartel goblins and although technically one of the extended Horde leaders is nevertheless an antagonistic and villainous individual, his extreme level of unlikable traits and tendency to scheme against his own people have made many theorise that he may be intended to be a temporary leader who may be disposed of in the future - a theory possibly backed up by Thrall stating Gallywix shall lead the goblins "for now". Trade Prince Gallywix is introduced to players early on in their career as goblins and instantly views them as rivals in the race for the Trade Prince role. He takes the only ship out of Kezan and forces players to become his slaves after buying their place in the ship which sails to Azshara - however during the voyage the ship is sunk when the goblins are caught in a battle between the Alliance and Horde navies. Unfortunately for the goblins Gallywix survived this event and was the first goblin to be freed by the player during the aftermath, after this the player rescues Thrall and prepares to use a rocket sling to get to a larger isle only for Gallywix to arrive and swears to crush the players before using the rocket sling himself. Gallywix proceeds to go on a rampage of sorts, enslaving his own people - going as far as turning Chip Endale (a former ally of the player) against the player, if the player is male Gallywix also shows his nasty side via dating Candy Cane, who was designed to be the player's girlfriend. Having had enough of Gallywix the players team up with Thrall to fight him and defeat the tiny tyrant - Gallywix shows himself to be a coward at heart and promises to repent if he's allowed to continue running the cartel. Thrall decides to grant Gallywix's request as long as they ally with the Horde, which Gallywix does - sadly Gallywix doesn't show signs of changing as his next action is to insult the players by saying he's not talking to them and they aren't getting a raise. Gallywix currently cannot be encountered by non-goblin characters nor fought by Alliance characters, appearing only in the goblin starting areas which other characters can never go to, further suggesting he is not the true faction leader for the goblin race. There was an online petition to replace Gallywix with a benevolent fan-made character named Mida Silvertongue, which was so popular that Mida was actually put in the game as a minor character named "Boss Mida", however it is unlikely Blizzard will give her any larger role.
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