“No more WoD posts!” I said. Well, this is actually worth a post, as it might somewhat change my opinion on this expansion as a whole (and even explain why we’re on Draenor).
Though it doesn’t explain why the Garrison is boring, it explains the timeline between the end of MoP and the beginning of WoD. I thought the only way to really explain is if Blizzard made a climatic. But this, I discovered, holds a vault of information.
How did I find it, and what is this thing? It started as a discussion of “Are the Horde really the bad faction, and the Alliance the good?” For many years, I believed the Alliance was on the side of justice and honor, and also symbolizing freedom. While the Horde are blood-thirsty war lovers.
Playing through Warcraft III, that wasn’t the case back then. The Horde are just trying to survive.
Anyway, the discussion went to talking about WoD and the Iron Horde (and why they’re the way they are). It’s because Grommash saw a vision, of the Alliance coming to enslave them. My initial reaction was almost on the lines of: “Bullshit! Where’s the proof?”
I got that proof, and then some. Right here…
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/game/lore/savage-world/hellscream/page-1#readmode
This explains what happened after Garrosh went back in time, what happened to Kairoz, and meeting his father for the first time. And from what I read so far, it’s not “WAAAHH The Alliance were mean to me and the Horde kicked me out!!” It’s completely different from that, and it’s definitely worth a read. I must commend Garrosh for his intelligence and determination of this story.
Yes, it’s old, but I never read this. I’ve read Page 1 and know what happens to Kairoz, but not of what happened afterwards and why the Iron Horde were formed.