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of history: why, when they had

Stromgarde from the union of the

were sophisticated clockwork toys)

the chance, did the Alliance not

Alliance before the Third War, with

and the works attributed to him

slaughter the Horde prisoners

Silvermoon quickly following suit.

are of doubtful authorship. They

and be done with the threat of the

At this point in our narrative,

are full of inconsistencies and

orcs forever? Was it mercy that

our sources become hazy. I am

contradictions, and apart from a

stayed their hand; their faith in the

forced to rely on the dubious

select group of writings, should

Light; or the need for slaves (long

oral histories kept by the furtive

be avoided by serious historians.

outlawed in their own kingdoms)

Farseers of Orgrimmar, whose

Of Ner’zhul’s madness I will

to build the roads and fortresses

verses I heard uttered only briefly

speak only briefly. After the Second

necessary to link the nations of

during my adventure in Orgrimmar.

War, the Orc chieftain united the

Alliance to one another? We may

No less dubious are the works

‘old clans’ of Draenor. There, he

never know, but it is tempting to

of Brann Bronzebeard. While

opened many portals in the hopes

see Fate’s hand at work here. It

historians owe much to his work,

of conquering many worlds. Though

was their displeasure with this

his inquiries often strain credulity

this conflict was but brief, Orcs and

decision that drove Gilneas and

(he once suggested that gnomes

Humans lost much: Stormwind

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