Gretari stared into the mists of the murky swamp . It was his duty to protect his mother and his father and the people of Stonard from the Alliance . The Horde had few settlements in this area of the Eastern Kingdoms . This one could not fall it was the outpost closest to the Dark Portal itself . Gretari then spotted a group of about five human soldiers advancing down the swamp . He decided to wait and see which direction they would be heading . To Gretari's despair they turned out to be frontrunners of a huge Alliance army . Gretari immediatly hollered "Contact" to warn his base . He then went to find his family to get them in a safe hiding place so they would remain unharmed from the alliance .