Alliance

**Alliance** |  Horde

*Humans, night elves, dwarves, gnomes and the magical high elves make up the illustrious Alliance. Proud and noble, courageous and wise, these races work together to preserve order in Azeroth. The Alliance is driven by honor and tradition. Its rulers are champions of justice, hope, knowledge, and faith.*
*In a time when chaos and uncertainty reign, the Alliance remains steadfast in its determination to bring light to the darkest corners of the world.*

The **Alliance**, also known as the **Grand Alliance**, is one of two major political factions of the mortal races in Azeroth, its counterpart being the Horde. Driven by tradition, the Alliance consists of powerful cultures and groups bound not by desperation or necessity, but by their deep commitments to abstract concepts like nobility, honor, faith, justice, and sacrifice. Striving to represent these high ideals, its many different peoples all contribute their technical, arcane, and spiritual wisdom toward the shared goal of preserving order on Azeroth and creating a peaceful and just world.

The Grand Alliance can be considered an evolution of the Alliance of Lordaeron, the memories of the allegiances and idealism of the Alliance of Lordaeron ― centered in the homonymous continent ― served as the ultimate inspiration for the new Alliance of the present day. The modern organization has the bulk of its forces on Northern Kalimdor and the south-eastern continents of Khaz Modan and Azeroth. Some of the members of the previous Alliance (such as Stormwind and Ironforge) are members of the Grand Alliance.

## Background

With Lordaeron's fall and the devastation of the northern kingdoms, the rebuilt city of Stormwind became the new base of the Alliance, with the Ironforge dwarves becoming their staunchest and closest geographical allies. The gnomes of Gnomeregan had been unable to help in the Third War as they were dealing with their own issues closer to home — namely a trogg invasion of their city. Because an invasion of troggs paled in comparison to the might of the Scourge, the gnomes decided they would fight their war alone. In the end, following Sicco Thermaplugg's treachery, they were forced to flee Gnomeregan and with their High Tinker, Gelbin Mekkatorque, settled in Ironforge with the dwarves as refugees. Indebted to their allies for their hospitality in their time of need, the gnomes again offered their services to the Alliance. The night elves, dealing with the loss of their immortality and having been exposed to the world outside their forests once more, decided they would have to make alliances with the wider world. Because of the animosity with the orcs for their continuing lumbering of Warsong Gulch, the night elves, in the end, joined the Alliance.

Five years later, the High Elves of Quel'thalas began to gather in caravans and travel south after the abandonment and apparent betrayal of Kael'thalas Sunstrider, seeing that her people needed her, Vereesa joined the Silvermoon Remnant. and began acting as Speaker of this faction, eventually getting his people to reunify with the Alliance once again.

## Alliance Member Races

The Alliance is made up of five noble races.

###   Humans:

One of the founding races and the youngest of the 5 races that make up the Alliance, diplomatic and full of life, they are the main pillar of the Alliance and those who keep it together in addition to being the largest race in terms of population.

Its greatest stronghold is Stormwind City after the fall of the Kingdom of Lordaeron in the Third War.

###   Dwarves:

The Dwarves of Khaz Modan and the Wildhammer, known for their robust forge and very powerful war machinery, in addition to being one of the oldest in Azeroth.

Their capital, Ironforge, hidden among the mountains of Dun Morogh, stands as the largest dwarven stronghold after the War of the Three Hammers, their brothers, the Wildhammer Dwarves, are located in the mountains of The Hinterlands.

Proud and with a strong relationship with the human race, they did not hesitate to join the New Alliance after the fall of the Kingdom of Lordaeron and the disintegration of the Alliance of Lordaeron, they feel that they have a life debt that they will never be able to repay to humans.

###   Gnomes:

The ingenious gnomes of Gnomeregan, of short stature but great intellect, have maintained a strong relationship with the dwarves of Ironforge and this has led them to join the Great Alliance, although they did not participate in the Third War due to their problems with Troggs in their city, have rejoined the Alliance after the betrayal of Sicco Thermoplug.

Thus, they lend their ingenuity and inventions as they fight alongside the Alliance to recover their lost capital.

###   Night Elves:

The mysterious and secretive Night Elves had maintained cordial relations with both the Alliance and the Horde after the third war, with the loss of their beloved World Tree, they had decided to go out into the world once again.

But the constant aggressions of the Horde towards their forests and their people, pushed them to formally join the Alliance and sever any relationship with the Horde, thus, as members of the Alliance, they lend their vast ancient knowledge to their new allies as they fight for Defend your forests from the Wild Horde.

###   High Elves:

The Proud and magical High Elves of Quel'thalas suffered great losses during the Third War, when the plague swept through Quel'thalas, destroying Silvermoon and the Sunwell, and killing the majority of the elven population. reducing it to historical limits.

Repentant, the Elves have migrated south in search of a new future, with the help of Vereesa Windrunner, they were accepted back into the Alliance while struggling with their political problems and addiction to arcane magic.