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About the title of WC3

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Nope. Not at all. The Black Rock Clan dosen't really play a big role in WC3 anyway. They are just some orcs in the way.
 
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Roc is also a term for a mythical bird in Egyptian lore, it could mean that birds in Warcraft play a bigger part than you know.

Reign of Chaos could also be interpreted as Rain of Chaos, which means the ability Rain of Chaos has significance in Warcraft.

It could also mean Rock, you know, plain rocks, they might be referring to those as well.

And just like that we have begun a conspiracy about the true nature of WC3s title.
 
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The rocks that fall from the sky refer to the fallen angels described in the bible, since they are of light.
 

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Reign of Chaos is an awesome title. «Reign» is a the exercise of complete rule, and «chaos» is well... disorder. It is very fitting, come to think of it, if we have in mind the game's plot.
For once, the greatest enemy (or, if you want to be accurate, the tools the Great Enemy, the Burning Legion, utilizes) are the Undead and not the Orcs. Then a Prince, an heir to the throne, slaughtering his own people, sailing to forsaken lands and sinking ships of his own kingdom as a mean to achieve vengeance for his pride, and then turning to the very thing he fought. Then, both Orcs and Humans risking the lives of their people following the words of a prophet seen by most as a madman and eventually discarding old hatreds to stand together against a greater threat. And Ashenvale... will it ever stand to see a similar chaos?
I think the title refers to that, there's no big mystery here. Just because the abbreviation is read «rock» doesn't mean it has to do with the Blackrock. On top of that, as someone pointed out already, they didn't play an important role in Warcraft III. It was nice to start the Human Campaign fighting them, though. It brought back the feeling from the older Warcraft games while not limiting the Human Campaign to a single theme: first the orcish uprisings, then the mysterious plague and the sinister force behind it.
 
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