When he asked this question, everyone looked at him with disdain. The old man with a shiny head said, "Young man, you are not the kind to easily believe in nonsense like 'Support the God King and avenge Lordaeron'" People. Adults need to have a little thinking ability, otherwise they will easily be sold and paid for others."
Under the careful guidance of his old friend, Oster finally understood the history of the Alliance and the three wars in this world, or in the real World of Warcraft;
There are three main aspects: 1. The full name of the alliance is the "Holy Titan Alliance", but it is neither holy, nor a Titan, nor an alliance; 2. The orcs are slaves trafficked from the interstellar world, and the First and Second Wars were slave uprisings; 3. Terenas, the last High King, initiated the religious reform, triggering the Alliance Civil War, the Third War, which ended with the destruction of Lordaeron and Quel'Thalas.
Let’s talk about the first point first. About 2,000 years ago, the Arathor Empire, which was equivalent to Rome in this world, suffered from long-term internal and external troubles, and was finally captured by barbarians and officially died.
Although Stromgarde was recaptured, the human race on this continent has since been divided into seven kingdoms (Lordaeron, Dalaran, Alterac, Kul Tiras, Gilneas, Stromgarde, and Stormwind City) and several The ten independent city-states were never unified again. All the major countries want to inherit the title of Emperor Alasuo, and they have been fighting each other for hundreds of years, but no one is convinced by the other.
Later, Lordaeron, the strongest among the Seven Kingdoms, came up with an idea. Since everyone is descended from the Titans, there is no need to kill each other. They should unite to defeat the heretics, punch Amani, and kick Khaz Modan. Now the glory of Arathor Empire. Therefore, a national alliance with the teachings of the Holy Light as its core was launched, claiming to unite all Holy Light believers and use the sword of the Holy Light to fight for living space for the plows of Titan's creation. The name of the alliance was designated as the "Holy Titan Alliance".
The "holy" refers to the alliance's inseparable relationship with the Holy Light Church since its birth. As Auster has long known, this world church is not a fraud organization that pretends to be a god, but a real office of the gods in the human world. The Holy Light faith, which originated in the North, is highly exclusive. The Knights of the Silver Hand, to which the Church of the Holy Light belongs, possesses the indestructible and capable power of the Holy Light and is one of the most powerful military organizations in the world at that time. In the alliance's series of external expansions, the Holy Knights have acted as the backbone of the force.
However, here comes the biggest problem. Except for Lordaeron, none of the Seven Kingdoms believe in the Holy Light Doctrine. Alterac and Gilneas believe in the Harvest Witch, Kul Tiras believes in the Tidesage, Stromgarde and Stormwind City both believe in mixed beliefs and have no national religion, and Dalaran is the most extreme. The mages actually use the Burning Legion. The spell-casting skills of mortals are sworn enemies of the Holy Light and Titans.
Therefore, the Alliance has been experiencing many conflicts over religious beliefs for a long time. Lordaeron has always wanted to promote the teachings of the Holy Light to the entire Alliance, which has aroused strong opposition from various countries. In the end, most of the regions and people in the alliance have nothing to do with the word "sacred".
"Titan" refers to Titan creations. The establishment of the alliance largely relied on the identity of the descendants of the Titans. However, the funny thing is that the Khaz Modan dwarves, who are also descendants of the Titans, were initially targeted for crusade due to territorial conflicts, while the albino elves of Quel'Thalas, who were not created by the Titans and did not believe in the Holy Light, were Traditional friendly relations were absorbed;
Later, with the needs of war and trade, the elves of Quel'Thalas were squeezed out due to conflicts of interest with the Dalaran Kirin Tor, and the defeated Khaz Modan dwarves joined together with the Gnomeregan dwarves. It is enough to prove that the identification standard of "Titan" identity can be changed at any time according to needs.
"Alliance" is better understood. Initially, what Lordaeron wanted to establish was a unified union that would inherit the territory and population of the Arathor Empire. The Kingdom of Lordaeron's comprehensive strength is stronger than all other countries. With this alliance, it can gradually gain dominance based on its strength. The leader is temporarily called the Supreme King, and when the time comes, he will be called the Emperor.
But its calculations are as obvious as lice on a bald man's head. Countries are not stupid, and they always cooperate to compete. Lordaeron can't overwhelm the six countries at the same time, and can never take advantage. After years of wrangling, the Alliance stipulated that the position of Supreme King should be nominated by the big countries and voted by all countries. Big countries have one vote for each country, and small countries have one vote for each country. Over the past thousand years, dozens of high kings have been produced. The King of Lordaeron has been elected five or six times, even less than the Admiral of Kul Tiras, who does not even have the title of King.
And a series of alliance laws have been introduced to limit the power of the Supreme King. For example, the Supreme King has no right to interfere with the fact that each country has independent administrative power, judicial power and military power. Major decisions are decided by a vote of the King's Parliament, and each country has the right to vote in a referendum to withdraw from the alliance. Therefore, it has always been a piece of loose sand, like Gilneas, quitting and joining at every turn, just like playing house; the "Alliance" is not a unified union at all, and it is more appropriate to call it the "United Nations".
Hearing this, Auster suddenly realized and said, "In other words, the Alliance was established more than a thousand years before the Dark Portal opened. It was not an organization to resist the invasion of the Orcs, but to regain Rome. Bah, regain it. Arathor Empire, right?”
This time it was my brother's turn to be surprised, "The Door of Darkness?... Oh, you are talking about the Door of Hope. As for the invasion of orcs, it is a bit nonsense. After all, they are also slaves trafficked from aliens."
Oster picked up his chin that fell on the ground and begged him to elaborate.
The second point is the orc war.
Although humans are a race with an extremely short lifespan, they have a high affinity for almost all magical elements and a strong ability to learn various production and manufacturing technologies. In addition, they also have mobility and reproductive capabilities that are unmatched by long-lived races. At first, the trolls who had occupied the eastern continent for thousands of years, the dwarves who guarded the Titan ruins in the mountains, and the albino elves who were exiled here did not take this young nomad seriously, but soon they began to pay attention to him. Contempt paid its price.
Watching this teenager become an adult, breed offspring, and practice for ten years to reach the proficiency level of a great mage, great craftsman, sword master, and shooting master, and the huge population base can always produce bug-like talented individuals. Races and ethnic groups were either beaten to the point of abandoning their cities or lands, or were forced to engage in trade and marriage. An elf noble once lamented that the souls of long-lived races are like burning incense, while the souls of humans are like sparks. Although it is only a moment, the light and heat produced is no less than that of a long life.
Although it is divided and scattered, it does not affect the expansion of human countries and their victory. On the eve of the opening of the Gate of Hope, the Alliance in a broad sense was already the absolute hegemon of the eastern continent, bordered by Quel'Thalas in the north and Stranglethorn Vale in the south.
The old man paused and continued, "It's a long story about the orcs. After the alliance expanded to its limit, the main economic pillar was the plantations and industries and mines in various places, and the labor force was the slaves of the conquered races. Because the territory is too large, The indigenous troll slaves were overwhelmed and died of disease and starvation in large numbers. The plantation owners wanted to find a new slave race to replace them. They paid a large price for the Magician Guild to find ways to find channels from the outer continent.
These mages are also honest people. They have just got rid of the reputation of being evil accomplices and are eager to prove themselves. They found partners directly from aliens, neither from the Western Continent nor from the North.
It was an alien named Velen, who was said to have lived for tens of thousands of years. Although the draenei under his command all look the same as the demons of the Burning Legion, their behavior styles are quite different. Velen only cares about profit, which is completely different from those legion demons who clamor for liberation and freedom all day long.
Hundreds of years before the Door of Hope opened, Velen sold hundreds of thousands of slaves of all races from Draenor to Azeroth through magical rifts. The later Gate of Hope was actually created by expanding these cracks. Otherwise, such a large-scale interstellar portal would not be built overnight.
Among the slaves, orcs make up the majority. They are strong and can eat anything, but they are surprisingly docile and obedient. It is said that it is because Delaney added order magic to the water they drink. Therefore, they are loved by the majority of slave owners in plantations and mines. Of course, the way they are loved is Make the best use of everything more strictly.
Later, a year before the Star Gate opened, something big happened in Dexing. No one knew what it was, and it wasn't written in the book. In short, Dexing was about to explode. Velen hurriedly escaped to Aixing in a spaceship, but there were still millions of civilians at risk on Dexing.
Medivh Elan, the former president of the Magic Federation, is the biggest traitor to the Alliance and the Kingdom of Stormwind. He expanded the interstellar slave trade rift, opened the largest portal in history, and admitted German refugees to Azeroth. At first, Medivh traveled all over the eastern continent but was ignored. In the end, only Gurubashi agreed to let him open the door on the east side of the Great Swamp in the country's temple area out of mercy.
For the orc refugees, this is a door of hope, but for the human, dwarf, and elven slave owners, it is indeed quite dark. Medivh claimed to be atonement for the mistakes of the previous generations of mages. The Magic Federation expelled him and claimed that he had been brainwashed by the demons of the Burning Legion.
As the population of orcs poured into the Great Swamp increased significantly, humans still regarded them as slaves and hunted them wildly. In addition, the order magic that Velen had used to control the orcs to obey suddenly failed, so the orcs joined forces with trolls, ogres and other slaves to launch a major riot. They captured Stormwind City within a year, and then sent their troops northward to occupy most of the Eastern Continent. .
Of course, in the end the uprising was suppressed by the Alliance who responded quickly, and Medivh worked tirelessly to bring the remaining orcs to the Western Continent in batches. This is all a story for later. "
