Alliance of Lordaeron The Alliance of Lordaeron ( aka Lordaeron Alliance , Great Alliance , or Alliance ) was the union of the seven human kingdom s , along with the dwarves of Khaz Modan ( which also included the gnome s of Gnomeregan ) and Aerie Peak , the high elves of Quel ' Thalas , and others with major political influence including the Church of the Holy Light . Following the destruction of the Kingdom of Azeroth by the Orcish Horde , its survivors fled to Lordaeron . Realizing the threat the orc s posed , Regent Lord Anduin Lothar , leader of Azeroth ' s refugees , was able to convince the leaders of the other human kingdoms , as well as the dwarves and gnomes , whose lands had come under siege by the Horde , to join against the orcs . The high elves joined reluctantly , being honor - bound to come to the aid of Lothar , the last descendant of the Arathi bloodline . Their reluctance turned to grudging enthusiasm when they realized that the Amani had joined the fight . Later in the war , the Wildhammer dwarves of Aerie Peak joined the conflict on the side of the Alliance . The Alliance of Lordaeron was led by King Terenas Menethil II , who accepted ambassadors or the monarchs from all member nations and races to his capital . Rarely did the monarchs of the major realms come together . Generally they spoke through couriers and diplomats , with the occasional state visit thrown in as well . One of the inner council of the Kirin Tor had ever been present at such events ( with the exception of one meeting Dalaran was not invited , lead by Lord Prestor , though spied upon by Krasus ) . While Terenas was highest in charge of the Alliance regarding military , each nation and race retained a great deal of autonomy and self - government in internal affairs . This agreement , however , was only effective during wartime , and led the Alliance to victory in the Second War , but to its ravaging during the attack of the Scourge . The Alliance of Lordaeron was radically reformed after the Third War , thus creating an Alliance between the humans , the ironforge dwarves , the night elves , the draenei , and the gnomes , as well as lesser groups including high elves , half - elves , wildhammer dwarves , and a few half - orcs . The blood elves were not a member race , due to their departure to Outland or new allegiance to the Horde . The Seven Kingdoms , heart of the Alliance . When the refugees from Stormwind arrived on the shores of Lordaeron bringing their tales of the Horde , the humans saw the common sense in forming an Alliance of their countries , and with their neighbor races . It was not as simple as that , however . When the refugees arrived on the shores of Lordaeron fleeing the horrible Horde , King Terenas of Lordaeron called delegates from the seven nations of humanity together to meet to discuss the threat . King Terenas of Lordaeron called the other human kings together to discuss the Horde and Stormwind . King Terenas took the refugees at their word about the danger in the south , and agreed to join forces . Backed by Daelin Proudmoore of Kul Tiras , he moved that the humans unite to save the Stormwind people and remove the Horde from the land . The other five leaders were harder to convince . Kul Tiras , Dalaran and Stromgarde were agreeable , while Gilneas and Alterac were hesitant . As they were meeting , the Ironforge dwarves faced the Horde as it rampaged through their lands , and knew they needed aid if we were to protect their homeland . The Horde also caught the attention of the high elves in Quel ' Thalas . Each of the races approached the humans to discuss the Horde and to eventually join the Alliance . Most of the human countries , after much quarreling , finally agreed to unite for the betterment of the future . They called themselves the Alliance and put their armies under the control of Lothar , who had faced the Horde . They included all seven of the human nations , some more grudgingly than others . Stormwind . Stormwind , the shattered southern country , brought its resolute and angry refugees into the Alliance . Now under the rule of the Regent Lord Anduin Lothar , these people once made up the mightiest of the human kingdoms . They mourned their beloved King Llane who died when Stormwind fell to the Horde , and they settled near Southshore , determined to take back their homes . Lordaeron . Lordaeron ' s King Terenas proved to be Stormwind ' s staunchest ally , calling a conclave of all human kingdoms to meet to discuss the fall of Stormwind . Its armies were the heart and backbone of the Alliance . Stromgarde . Lordaeron ’ s opposite was Stromgarde ; its leader , Thoras Trollbane , led his kingdom with a strict , martial philosophy . While Lordaeron brought the priests , Stromgarde brought the warriors . This kingdom borders Khaz Modan , and served as the first area of defense from land - based attacks for the humans and sent half of its standing armies to the main Alliance army . Stromgarde left the Alliance after the Second War , upset with certain political decisions . Kul Tiras . Admiral Daelin Proudmoore led the island kingdom of Kul Tiras . Kul Tiras was a naval and merchant country , and thus both rich and powerful . Proudmoore was an ally of Anduin Lothar , so he was Azeroth ' s second strongest - patron . Daelin Proudmoore , also the father of Jaina Proudmoore , would later go on to terrorize the Horde on Kalimdor , souring relations between the Alliance and Horde ; he would meet his death at the hands of Horde heroes . Gilneas . Genn Greymane ruled Gilneas , the peninsula nation near Kul Tiras . Personally , he was an isolationist leader who only aided the Alliance when it benefited him . He joined the Alliance in the Second War , but offered only token support . His coast is well fortified to this day , and a strong wall separates his peninsula from the rest of the continent . No one has seen the lands of Gilneas — or the people of Gilneas — since the wall was erected . Until the Cataclysm , when the people Of Gilneas chose to flee from the invading Forsaken and were welcomed to night elven lands with the primary refuge being Teldrassil . Dalaran . Dalaran was a nation populated by , and run by , magi . The Kirin Tor ran the country as a conclave , their committee leading the magi in an intellectual as well as political fashion . Antonidas was the true ruler of the Kirin Tor , and his wise , fatherly countenance became the sect ' s public face . They were once a powerful nation , strong allies of the Alliance , trading considerable knowledge for the protection of the other nations . Dalaran ’ s archmagi were invaluable in the Second War . Later , in the Third War , Arthas and Archimonde of the Burning Legion destroyed Dalaran . Currently only a giant , magically pulsating crater remains in the area where the city once was , while the city itself is floating over Northrend . Alterac . Lord Aiden Perenolde , perhaps the most notorious human noble of the Second War , was in charge of Alterac at the beginning of hostilities . Perenolde was cowardly and his will weak ; he betrayed the Alliance , sending ships to strike at their vulnerabilities . Captured and ousted , now Lord Aliden Perenolde , Aiden ' s son , leads the Syndicate , a bandit group that includes Alterac ' s fallen nobles who seek to reclaim their kingdom . They also have holdings in the ruins of the City of Stromgarde and Durnholde Keep . In their desperation , it appears they have formed an alliance with the Argus Wake an arm of the notorious orcish Shadow Council . Other regions . Quel ' Thalas . Quel ' Thalas , the kingdom of the high elves , is located on the northern tip of the continent of Lordaeron , northeast of Stratholme . At the time of the Horde ' s approaching invasion of Lordaeron , King Terenas sent emissaries to King Anasterian Sunstrider and the Convocation of Silvermoon . In it , Terenas mentioned that Lord Lothar was the last descendant of King Thoradin of Arathor . Millennia earlier , during the Troll Wars , the elves had made a pact to aid Thoradin and his descendants , the Arathi . Anasterian , seeking an opportunity to fulfill the Sunstrider Dynasty ' s debt to Thoradin , grudgingly sent a small force to the Alliance armies stationed in Hillsbrad . The party was led by Alleria Windrunner , a captain in the Silvermoon Ranger Corps . When the Horde invaded Quel ' Thalas and began burning the edges of Eversong Woods , Alleria ran ahead to Silvermoon to warn of the oncoming Horde , and that , when Anasterian and the Council refused to acknowledge the threat , Alleria threw the head of a forest troll at Anasterian ' s feet , saying that she and her sister Vereesa had slain the troll near the river not far from Silvermoon . This provoked a reaction from the high king , who had fought against the trolls during the great war millennia earlier , and he ordered the full mobilization of his army to combat the Horde onslaught . The Hinterlands . Located to the southeast of the Capital City , the Hinterlands are home to the Wildhammer clan , renowned for their use of gryphons . Led at that time by Kurdran Wildhammer , the Wildhammer clan came under attack by what ultimately proved to be a diversionary tactic by Orgrim Doomhammer . The Warchief deduced that if he sent a force to attack the Hinterlands , the Alliance would respond , allowing him to take the remainder of his forces into Quel ' Thalas with the aid of Zul ' jin and the Amani . Realizing their plans , Lothar dispatched Turalyon and Khadgar , along with half the Alliance forces , to travel north to Quel ' Thalas and come to the aid of the elves , while he aided Kurdran in clearing out the remaining Horde forces in the Hinterlands . Kurdran and his Wildhammers later came to the aid of Daelin Proudmoore ' s forces in the Great Sea , allowing the Admiral ' s ships to focus on the ships while the gryphon riders battled the dragon riders of the Horde . Khaz Modan and the Kingdom of Ironforge . The Kingdom of Ironforge ( aka kingdom of Khaz Modan ) is the dwarven kingdom of the Ironforge dwarves in the continent of Khaz Modan . It includes the lands of Dun Morogh and Loch Modan in the foothills of Ironforge Mountain . On their way to Lordaeron , the Horde conquered Khaz Modan and laid siege to the city of Ironforge itself , but were unable to penetrate its defenses . The capture of Khaz Modan allowed the Horde to obtain the mineral resources required to build a fleet of vessels to sail across the Great Sea into the Hillsbrad Foothills in southern Lordaeron . With their defeat at the Capital City , Orgrim Doomhammer ordered a general retreat into Khaz Modan ; Kilrogg Deadeye , chieftain of the Bleeding Hollow , informed Doomhammer that if left unchecked — if his clan retreated to Azeroth with the remainder of the Horde — the dwarves would attack or , worse , link up with the Alliance armies that were most likely pursuing them . Gnomeregan . Gnomeregan has been the gnomes ' capital city and home of the gnomish race for generations . It is located within the dwarven realm of Dun Morogh in the Kingdom of Ironforge . Not long after the War of the Hammers , the Ironforge dwarves gave gnomes a place to build themselves a city , in the dwarven owned mountains of Dun Morogh , not too far from Ironforge itself . Thus the gnomes and dwarves built Gnomeregan . As members of the dwarven side of the Alliance , gnomes served the Alliance well during the Second War , providing valuable technology such as submarines and gyrocopters to aid their cause , but , oddly , during the Third War gnomes did not lend their aid to the Alliance , barricading themselves in their city . This event greatly shocked the Alliance , but it was later revealed that the gnomes had their reasons . Ancient vile race known as the troggs had dug their way into the city within depths of the earth , and devastated the gnome population after lenghtly battle , finally driving the survivors to seek refuge within the capital , Ironforge . Tol Barad . Tol Barad was a lesser human kingdom . It was the location of an island citadel controlled by Stromgarde during the war . Other major groups and entities within the Alliance . Church of Light . The Church of Light was a strong supporter of Alliance ' s effort . During the First War , the Clerics of Northshire bravely supported armies of the Kingdom of Azeroth with clerics who healed wounds and channeled devastating powers of Holy Light against their foes . With the defeat of Azeroth in the War , Alonsus Faol and his surviving brethren fled their base of operation at Northshire Abbey with the kingdom ' s other survivors to the shores of Lordaeron . There , Archbishop Alonsus Faol was one of the key figures in forming of the Alliance . Alonsus Faol and his brethren continued to offert hope and teachings and power of the Light to anyone in need , but realising that it would take more than people armed with power of the Light alone , Alonsus , and along with his young apperentice Uther the Lightbringer , created an order of holy knights , Paladins , known as the Silver Hand . Gnomes . Gnomes were not founding members of the Alliance , they were only represented by the dwarves , and considered part of the dwarven forces . Even though they were not leading members , they became major contributors to the war effort . Gnomes brought technical innovations to the battle front . Knights of the Silver Hand . At the onset of the Second War , when the Alliance formed and began mustering its forces , several abbots openly wept as they realized that their pacifist priests would need to learn the arts of war ; but Archbishop Alonsus Faol saw an opportunity to unite the sword and the chalice to create a new breed of holy knights : Paladins who were mighty with the hammer as well as the holy magic of the divine . He founded the Knights of the Silver Hand and began training paladins immediately . Uther was his first and greatest paladin . Daval Prestor . During the middle of the Second War , the Alliance was approached by a man who offered his support to their cause - Daval Prestor , who claimed to be ruler of " a small kingdom in the north " . However , as it would later be revealed , Daval Prestor was in fact the great black dragon Deathwing in disguise , who sought to manipulate the Alliance for his own deeds . It is not known if there really was a " kingdom " that he ruled . Meetings . " Tides of Darkness " and " Day of the Dragon " show some of the important meetings during the Second War . Included in these meetings were usually the human monarchs , the Kirin Tor , and the Church of the Holy Light , as well as a few other important individuals . The above image details one of these early meetings of the leaders and representatives of Alliance of Lordaeron . At several of the meetings ( though not all of them ) were the monarchs and leaders of the seven human kingdoms and representatives from the dwarven and elven nations . The initial meetings included the monarchs of the nations lordaeron , as well as important leaders and individuals from other organizations , and cities . The large man with the axe is Thoras Trollbane , and the pair in front of him are Terenas Menethil II and Anduin Lothar . Daelin Proudmoore is the man in the tricorn hat . Seated next to him is a female ambassador from Quel ' Thalas ( speculation would point to Alleria or Sylvanas Windrunner ) . On her right , the quiet - cultured looking man is Aiden Perenolde . The mage with his back to us may be the Dalaran leader Antonidas , or Khadgar who was also at the meetings ( however it is more likely Khadgar because Antonidas is described as being bald ) . Next to him is large bearish man , with the heavy beard , on whose tunic can be observed to bear the letter " G , " this is Genn Greymane . The dwarf is an emissary from Khaz Modan , who also represented the gnomes of Gnomeregan . Alonsus Faol was also at the meetings as well , representing the Church of Light .