![]() Of the original Human kingdoms, only Stormwind remains - the others are either destroyed or have retreated from the world behind walls of stone or raw magical power, leaving the Humans of Stormwind as the sole representatives of their people. This new Horde stands as a faction of those outcast from their homes or their former lives, banding together in the face of a hostile world.Īt this point in the story, the Alliance is wholly different from the group that called itself that in Warcraft 1 or 2. Joined with them are the Darkspear Trolls that they aided against a Naga Sea Witch on their trip from the Eastern Kingdoms the Tauren, newly established in Mulgore, who allied with the Orcs after they were saved from a long slow extermination at the hooves of the marauding Centaur bands and their dishonorable hit and fade tactics and the Forsaken, the undead residents of the Plaguelands, once the great Kingdom of Lordaeron that were betrayed and slaughtered by their own Prince as part of the plot that brought the Legion back to Azeroth. Hellscream’s death in particular - striking down the Pit Fiend Mannoroth whose blood Hellscream was the first to drink in the pact between the Orcs and the Legion - has allowed them to regain their sense of pride, and they’ve settled in the harsh lands they’ve named Durotar on the edge of Kalimdor. Their role in the victory atop Hyjal and the sacrifice of Grommash Hellscream has given them a new lease on life. Under the leadership of their young Warchief Thrall, the Orcs have regained a sense of purpose. It does an excellent job of setting up exactly what’s going on - four years after the destruction of Archimonde atop the slopes of Mount Hyjal thanks to the ragtag band of Orcs, Tauren, Night Elves and Humans who stood against him long enough to allow Malfurion Stormrage to blow up something - his default solution to any crisis involving the Legion, in this case the World Tree Nordrassil - the groups that once stood shoulder to shoulder have grown quarrelsome again. ![]() It’s been fifteen years since I saw that trailer and it still hits me right in the gut.
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