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The Alliance of
Lordaeron
Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness
Lord Lothar rallied the remnants of Azeroth's armies
after their defeat at Stormwind Keep, and then
launched a massive exodus across the sea to the
northern kingdom of Lordaeron. Convinced that the
Horde would overcome all of humanity if left
unchecked, the leaders of the seven Human nations
met and agreed to unite in what would become known
as the Alliance of Lordaeron. Appointed as Supreme
Commander of the Alliance forces, Lord Lothar
prepared his armies for the coming of the Horde.
Aided by his lieutenants, Uther the Lightbringer,
Admiral Daelin Proudmoore, and Turalyon, Lothar was
able to convince Lordaeron's demi-Human races of the
impending threat as well. The Alliance succeeded in
gaining the support of the stoic Dwarves of
Ironforge and a small number of High Elves of
Quel'Thalas. The Elves, led at that time by
Anasterian Sunstrider, were largely uninterested in
the coming conflict. However, they were duty-bound
to aid Lothar because he was the last descendent of
the Arathi bloodline, which had aided the Elves in
ages past.
The Horde, now led by Warchief Doomhammer, brought
in Ogres from its homeworld of Draenor and
conscripted the disenfranchised Amani forest trolls
into its fold. Setting out on a massive campaign to
overrun the Dwarf kingdom of Khaz Modan and the
southern reaches of Lordaeron, the Horde
effortlessly decimated all opposition.
The epic battles of the Second War ranged from
large-scale naval skirmishes to massive aerial
dogfights. Somehow the Horde had unearthed a
powerful artifact known as the Demon Soul and used
it to enslave the ancient Dragonqueen, Alexstrasza.
Threatening to destroy her precious eggs, the Horde
forced Alexstrasza to send her grown children to
war. The noble red dragons were forced to fight for
the Horde, and fight they did.
The war raged across the continents of Khaz Modan,
Lordaeron, and Azeroth itself. As part of its
northern campaign, the Horde succeeded in burning
down the borderlands of Quel'Thalas, thereby
ensuring the Elves' final commitment to the
Alliance's cause. The greater cities and townships
of Lordaeron were razed and devastated by the
conflict. Despite the absence of reinforcements and
overwhelming odds, Lothar and his allies succeeded
in holding their enemies at bay.
However, during the final days of the Second War, as
the Horde's victory over the Alliance seemed almost
assured, a terrible feud erupted between the two
most powerful Orcs on Azeroth. As Doomhammer
prepared his final assault against the Capital City
of Lordaeron -- an assault that would have crushed
the last remnants of the Alliance -- Gul'dan and his
followers abandoned their posts and set out to sea.
The bewildered Doomhammer, having lost nearly half
of his standing forces to Gul'dan's treachery, was
forced to pull back and forsake his greatest chance
at victory over the Alliance. . . .
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