Originally Posted by
wych
In terms of Alliance it wouldn't be too hard
Genn - Selfish leader, trying to undermine Varian and causing unrest in the Alliance. His Worgen are ferocious and should be focusing on retaking Gilneas fully.
Tyrande - Wise night elf leader, great in Guerilla warfare
Velen - One of the most powerful leaders on Azeroth, incredibly old and wise with visions of the future. Should be offering tactical advice and be telling Varian to show strong morals and fight for unity between Alliance and Horde. Maybe he could go at logger heads with Genn as they see opposite sides of the coin.
Sylvanas may have been pretty irrelevant in MoP but she had MASSIVE lore in Cataclysm, more than any alliance leader not-Varian (and even then arguably more) has since the beginning of WoW.
I'm sick of the Alliance getting fobbed off with novels, sure flesh the story out in the novels, but the thing is lots of Alliance leaders literally HAVEN'T got any story in game past the original starting zone, or ever.
Anyway I don't want to turn it into a "who got fucked over more" debate, because they're boring and have been done to death.
Blizzard have failed for both sides since the beginning of WoW to make a cohesive storyline, and I feel since Cataclysm this has been more evident on the Alliance side.