Cairne Bloodhoof was the High Chieftain of the united tribes of the Tauren, chieftain of the Bloodhoof, leader of Thunder Bluff, and the final wielder of the Bloodhoof Runespear. Allying with the Axis upon its arrival on the Kalimdor system, Cairne stood as one of its wisest and most venerated leaders, until his unfortunate death in a duel against Mara Jade, a Jedi Master and former Emperor's Hand. He was succeeded as chief by his son Baine Bloodhoof in the second war.