Skoll Shorties

My brain told me he joined in near the end and Wowpedia seemingly phrased it like that too so I just assumed he joined in near the end of it right before entering Grommash Hold.

Nah, he's essentially the last line before the door. The metaphor is sort of saying that he's the one who determines if you get to go inside as warchief or not, so he's the point where she gets off the skeleton horse and walks inside after they have a momentary staredown and bow.

Huh, interesting. It's been a couple of years since I've read the book so things like that didn't stick with me.

See I'd normally think that's one of the big moments that stick with you, but I'm always looking at metaphor like that. It's the story and Saurfang saying 'you're not in charge unless I say you are. If you step out of line, I'm the one who ruins you.' Which was portentous, obv.