So...How Many "Hordes" are we Gonna Cycle Through?

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The Real-And-Proper-For-Real-This-Time-Guys-We-Are-The-True Horde.

It's made up of orcs wearing armour made of orcs and wielding orcs as weapons. They're also so oldschool shamanistic they have Sentry Totems strapped to their backs and are only allowed to cast a single Chain Heal every half a minute.

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Summed up like that Horde sounds seriously unstable.

Can a similar list be made for Alliance?

It goes like this.

Alliance of Lorderon (Aka The Grand Alliance, pre WC3)
Alliance of Stormwind (post WC3)

[Jeurda]

Horde is like Power Rangers, need a new one every year or two.

Next up is Lost Galaxy Horde.

And as quickly as that, my day has been made.

[Mihalik]

The Latter Day Titans Horde.

Patch 7.0 a convicted Goblin swindler will find two golden tablets in the deserts of Tanaris written in a ancient language nobody speaks anymore. But during his sleep he is visited by a Naaru who helps him translate the tablets into pre-Shattering Kaldorei. From these tablets he discovers that the Titans who are the servants of the light originated from Azeroth, and they actually left to go pacify planets in the name of the Light for other Azerothians who live exemplary lives and serve the Light, to rule after death.

After this the tablets are promptly misplaced.

Yet our brave Goblin, inspired by the Light begins preaching his new found faith of Light worship and polygamy and people from across Kalimdor flock to his new Temple, built in Ungoro. Tho soon Orgrimmar authorities step in and put an end to the practice of polygamy, but in exchange grant Ungoro representation in the New Horde. They are also granted Tax exemption.

Soon the LDTH begins sending out their younglings across Azeroth to preach the one true faith to all people, Alliance, Horde, Neutral or Semi-Sentients. These young Elders become notorious for pestering tired peasants as they are trying to commute to work.

But soon trouble is brewing in Orgrimmar, in the upcoming elections the Troll Vol'jin will face off the LDTH member and true Orc Gauntlets Mitten. Who will be the new Warchief?

[Kaganfindel]

It goes like this.

Alliance of Lorderon (Aka The Grand Alliance, pre WC3)
Alliance of Stormwind (post WC3)

I'd have called the second one "Stormwind and His Amazing Friends," but that's about the size of it.

[Mihalik]

I'd have called the second one "Stormwind and His Amazing Friends," but that's about the size of it.

To be honest the Alliance of Lordaeron was even more human then this one. It was mostly made up by a variety of human kingdoms with a barebones elven and dwarven presence.

[Drilnos]

New Horde
Newer Horde
Horde Classic
Diet Horde
Crystal Horde
Horde 10
Golden Horde
Mithril Horde
Thorium Horde
Fel Iron Horde
Magnesium Horde
Manganese Horde
The One Horde
The Five Horde
Horde of Hordes
Horde of Hoards
Trying Horde
Iron Horde 2: Electric Boogaloo
Two and a Half Orcs

Really I expect it to go on forever.

[Farabee]

I just hope we never get Nazi Horde again.

[Khaza-R]

It goes like this.

Alliance of Lorderon (Aka The Grand Alliance, pre WC3)
Alliance of Stormwind (post WC3)

I'd argue there was also Garithos's Alliance intermittently between the two.

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I just hope we never get Nazi Horde again.

Next Expansion: Hordestein New Order

Thrall wakes up in a world where the old Horde won the second war, the resistance must now begin!

I'd argue there was also Garithos's Alliance intermittently between the two.

i'd say he was the last remnant of the first Alliance complete with its human supremacist ideals.

[Csnyder]

its the same horde, only the leader changes

[Mihalik]

I'd argue there was also Garithos's Alliance intermittently between the two.

Garithos lead the Alliance Remnant, remnant of the Alliance of Lordaeron, that is why he received Dwarven and Stormwind aid. As far as they seen it, he still represented the Alliance of Loardaeron as the highest ranking military leader left.

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its the same horde, only the leader changes

Debatable. Each Horde faction makes it pretty clear that they consider themselves the "real Horde" and the other ones are "faaaaaaaaake". There also tend to be significant ideological, structural and organizational differences.

[Khaza-R]

Garithos lead the Alliance Remnant, remnant of the Alliance of Lordaeron, that is why he received Dwarven and Stormwind aid. As far as they seen it, he still represented the Alliance of Loardaeron as the highest ranking military leader left.

Ah, I never knew he was aided by Stormwind. I thought he was a splinter faction of the old Alliance of Lordaeron like Theramore. Thanks for clarifying

its the same horde, only the leader changes

I'd say up until Tides of Darkness it was. But then it splintered into 3 groups: Thrall and the "New Horde", Ren Blackhand and the "Dark Horde", and lastly, Kargath Bladefist and the "Fel Horde".

[Mihalik]

Ah, I never knew he was aided by Stormwind. I thought he was a splinter faction of the old Alliance of Lordaeron like Theramore. Thanks for clarifying

Well Stormwind at that time was still rebuilding, but he did receive supplies and volunteers from Stormwind, which at that time was the only remaining and active Human kingdom.

Stormwind only really became the Human figurehead of the Alliance after the death of Garrithos and the destruction of the Alliance Remnant.

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Ah, I never knew he was aided by Stormwind. I thought he was a splinter faction of the old Alliance of Lordaeron like Theramore. Thanks for clarifying

I wasn't aware that Stormwind did anything to help Garithos during the third war. His forces were aided by the dwarves, but I was under the assumption those units were already under Lorderon's command when the kingdom fell.

[Jaymega]

How many more expansions does WoW have?

That many more hordes. Also, "TITAN" is a first person game where you play as Thrall leading a team to take down Sargeras...or the Taliban. My sources get murky at the end there.

[InDecisive]

Don't forget the space horde.

They're coming for us.

[Doomchicken]

Margate is possibly the funniest typo I've seen for Kargath. Anyway. Next will be the FUZZY HORDE, led by the Virmen Warchief anklescratcher.

[Khaza-R]

Margate is possibly the funniest typo I've seen for Kargath. Anyway. Next will be the FUZZY HORDE, led by the Virmen Warchief anklescratcher.

Well, the Mongrel Horde was almost a real thing...

[StationaryHawk]

When you're a faction filled with deceit and where one orc can kill another to become leader, you're bound to get some people who want to be the next big thing. Thus, many Hordes.

I like the Fed Horde though.