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This alternate lore picks up after Blackhand is made warchief and the invasion of the Black Morass, but before the razing and second invasion of Stormwind.
The First War:
The Shadow Wars
The Second War:
The Northern Wars:
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The First War:
- ·Rockard and Stonard are founded, Blackhand orders these two towns to be heavily reinforced and to be built with thick walls.
- Go'el (Thrall) is born in Alterac Mountains.
- ·Orgrim Doomhammer discovers the existence of the Shadow Council.
- ·Blackhand bolsters the Sythegore Arm and decides that the horde must rely on their versatile riders to beat the humans.
- ·Doomhammer travels to Draenor and Bladefist Mountains to council with Fenris the Hunter.
- ·Blackhand, on the order of Gul’Dan launches an attack against Grand Hamlet and razes it completely, there are no survivors.
- ·King Llane Wrynn decides to Reinforce Moonbrook and Goldshire, and they build palisades around both towns as well as bolster their defenses with a full battalion of soldiers each.
- ·Blackhand launches an attack on Goldshire, but are defeated with heavy casualties.
- ·Ner’Zhul and some loyal shamans begins to research on a way to lift the Blood of Mannoroth from the orcs.
- ·Blackhand calls reinforcements form Draenor, and the entire Warsong Clan as well as the Burning Blade Clan are moved to the frontlines.
- ·With new reinforcements, Blackhand makes an overwhelming push against Moonbrook and Goldshire, and captures the towns.
- ·The Warsong Clan are sent to pillage Northshire, and Uther as well as some other clerics barely escapes.
- ·Orgrim returns to Azeroth with the Thunderlord Clan, Stonard is expanded and made the orcish capital on Azeroth.
- ·Blackhand orders the Bonechewer clan to Azeroth, despite Gul’Dan’s orders to leave them on Draenor.
- Medihv is slain by Kilrogg Deadeye and his elite guard as they sack Karazhan.
- ·Gul’Dan gathers the Twilight’s Hammer clan and the Stormreaver clan and leaves the shore of westfall for the broken isles. He falls in coma some time later because of Medihv's death.
- ·Blackhand seizes the opportunity and makes himself leader of the Shadow Council.
- ·Orgrim, as Blackhand’s second in command, convinces Blackhand to lift the exile of the Frostwolf Clan.
- ·The Frostwolf Clan returns to Draenor.
- ·Ner’Zhul cleanses the Shadowmoon clan and makes contact with Drek’Thar.
- ·Together, the Frostwolf and Shadowmoon Clans manage to cleanse the Shattered Hand clan from the Blood Haze.
- ·Blackhand invades and razes Stormwind, King Llane dies, Sir Anduin Lothar rallies the survivors and leaves for the shores of Lordaeron.
- King Terenas sends a messenger to Gilneas, the only northern nation who is not in the Alliance, to ask for help with the survivors. The messenger is killed in the woods, leaving Gilneas unknowing about the razing of Stormwind by the Horde.
- ·The First War ends.
The Shadow Wars
- ·The Dragonmaw clan and the Laughing Skull clan attempts to assassinate Blackhand. Blackhand survives, but Nekros Skullcrusher seizes power in the Shadow Council.
- ·The Burning Blade clan returns to Draenor and sides with the Shadow Council.
- ·Blackhand agrees to cleanse the Blackrock clan, the Bleeding Hollow and the Thunderlord Clan, Grom refuses and the Warsong clan and Bonechewer clan conquers Stormwind from Blackhand’s rule.
- ·Gul’Dan awakes from coma and continues his search for the Tomb of Sargeras.
- ·Grom allies with the Shadow Council.
- ·Blackhand and Ner’Zhul Drives the Shadow Council away from Karabor.
- ·Drek’Thar suggests that they should give Karabor back to the Draenei and Ner´Zhul agrees.
- ·Velen and the Draenei are at peace with the Horde.
- ·The Shadow Council conquers Westfall, Elwyn and Duskwood, they make Northshire Abbey their new Headquarters and rename it the Shadow Temple.
- ·The Horde regains the contact and respect from the Spirits.
- ·Grom Hellscream challenges Nekros Skullcrusher to decide who is going to lead the Shadow Horde, Grom wins and becomes warchief of the Shadow Horde, he rules from the capital city of Stormsong, built on the ruins of Stormwind.
- ·Blackhand builds a large wall on the border between The Black Morass and Deadwind Pass.
- ·Grom invades Redridge Mountains, and quickly moves his armies to The Burning Steppes.
- ·Gruul retakes control of many ogre tribes and Takes control of Blade’s Edge mountains and The Fields of Farahlon.
- Finally, quarantine is lifted for the victims of the Red Pox, the Horde is reinforced with fresh warriors.
- ·King Magni Bronzebeard receives word of where his daughter is, and invades the Badlands.
- ·Moira Bronzebeard gives birth to a daughter named Kria, she is the heir to both the Dark Iron and Bronzebeard clans.
- ·Gruul invades Zangarmarsh and takes it, but the Horde reinforces the borders with thick walls and prevents him from conquering anything more.
- ·The Shadow Wars ends.
The Second War:
- ·The Shadow Horde Lays siege to Blackrock Spire, Magni Bronzebeard invades the Searing Gorge.
- ·Emperor Dagren Thaurissan is slain by Grom’s warriors and they invade Blackrock Mountain, many Dark Iron flee with Moira and encounter her father’s army.
- ·Moira and the refugees are sent back to Magni’s new fortress in the Badlands known as Stormhammer Hold, Magni and his warriors invades Blackrock Spire.
- ·Magni is slain in combat, but the dwarves win the battle and claims Blackrock Spire, Muradin is made King of the dwarves.
- ·The Shadow Horde assaults Blackrock Spire and slaughter many dwarves there. Barely half the army escapes to Stormhammer Hold.
- ·The Shadow Horde lays siege to Stormhammer Hold while another part of their army invades Loch Modan.
- ·Gul’Dan is slain in the Tomb of Sargeras, Cho’Gall and the Stormreaver and Twilight’s Hammer clan sets sail for Westfall.
- ·Teron Gorefiend and some other necrolytes begin experimenting with corruption of holy magic.
- ·Cho’Gall lands on the shores of Westfall, he is immediately taken to the Shadow Council’s headquarters in the Shadow Temple.
- ·Stormhammer hold is deserted, the dwarves flee to Ironforge, barely escaping interception by the other portion of the Shadow Horde’s army.
- ·The Horde Invades Duskwood and takes it, they continue down into Stranglethorn Vale.
- ·The Horde takes Stranglethorn Vale and discovers the goblin city of Booty Bay, they declare war on the remains of the Gurubashi Empire.
- ·The Horde starts trade with the goblins of Booty Bay.
- ·The Shadow Horde takes Loch Modan and invades Dun Morogh.
- ·The Shadow Horde lays siege to Ironforge.
- ·Warriors from the Alliance, assisted by the fleet of Kul Tiras, lands on the shores of Westfall.
- ·The Alliance Warriors retakes Westfall and start their invasion of Elwyn.
- ·Forces from the Alliance encounter the Horde in a border skirmish, and are defeated.
- ·The Alliance lays siege to Stormsong, Grom orders his army to return from Ironforge.
- ·Muradin orders large parts of his army to retake the deserted hold of Grim Batol, he also orders the dam in Loch Modan to be reinforced.
- ·Grom’s army arrives Elwyn just in time and takes the Alliance forces by surprise, this results in a massive genocide of all Alliance forces in Elwyn.
- ·Grom orders the Shadow Horde to slaughter the Alliance forces left in Westfall.
- ·The Alliance forces are slaughtered, Grom moves for Ironforge again.
- ·Ambushers from the Shadow Horde attacks a Horde scout party in Duskwood and slay Rend and Maim, Blackhand decides to assault Stormsong.
- ·Blackhand’s siege on Stormsong begins.
- ·Blackhand takes the city, Grom and his bodyguards escape to Blackrock Spire.
- ·Blackhand takes Westfall and Elwyn, the Shadow Temple in Northshire is protected by a magic shield, and thus the Horde is not able to take the Valley.
- ·Muradin attempt to drive Grom’s Army out of Dun Morogh, but fails and takes immense casualties.
- ·Grom’s Army manages to take Ironforge, but his army is severely diminished.
- ·Muradin barely escapes to Grim Batol, the dwarven defenders of the Stonewrought Dam manage to prevent the Shadow Horde’s conquest.
- ·The Horde takes Redridge.
- ·The Horde invades the Burning Steppes, Grom moves his capital to Ironforge.
- Blackhand sends a scout force by sea northwards.
- Blackhand and Ner'Zhul agrees to split the Horde in two, Blackhand will rule the Horde on Azeroth, Ner'Zhul will rule on Draenor. Shadowmoon, Frostwolf and Shattered Hand follows Ner'Zhul, Blackrock, Bleeding Hollow and Thunderlord follows Blackhand, but all clans are present on both worlds.
- The war between the Gurubashi and Blackhand's Horde ends, and unstable peace settles on Azeroth. The Second War ends.
- Blackhand's scout force are intercepted by Kul Tiras frigates, and lands upon the shores of Gilneas.
- Northshire Valley are lifted from the ground by foul sorcery, leaving behind a large crater.
- The Shadow Temple floats away to a position directly over Blackrock Spire.
- The survivors from the Horde Scout Force are taken to Genn Greymane. Greymane and the Leader of the Scout Force, Grothnak Ghostwolf, starts negotiating a treaty between the two forces, the Greymane Wall is reinforced.
- The Warlocks of the Shadow Temple lands the temple on a tall peak in the Searing Gorge, they start delving out crypts beneath the temple.
- A caravan of goblins are spotted heading towards the Burning Steppes with a huge tank of volatile chemicals.
- Blackhand makes Orgrim Doomhammer Chieftain of Stonard.
- The Gurubashi suffers from a major split into two fractions, the Skullsplitters and some Bloodscalp trolls led by Watha Ukhora decides to join with the Horde as it is the strongest faction in southern Azeroth. The rest of the Gurubashi continues to follow Jammal'an, northwestern Stranglethorn is conquered by the Horde, the Bloodscalps following Gurubashi takes the former Skullsplitter territories.
- The Dark Portal mysteriously explodes and Medihv is again seen in Karazhan.
- Karazhan is magically sealed.
- In the crypts of the Shadow Temple, Teron Gorefiend starts experimenting with orcish bodies and volatile chemicals.
- By combining unholy magic and vile chemistry, Teron and his acolytes manages to create a new breed if undead from orcish corpses.
- A messenger from the Shadow Temple delivers news to Grom about this, and large caravans transporting dead bodies are sent to the Searing Gorge.
- Grothnak and Genn Graymane negotiates a trade agreement between Gilneas and the Horde, the relationship between Gilneas and the Alliance worsens.
- Urukal gives birth to a son, Kornak Blackhand, she dies during the birthing. Kornak is now Blackhand's only living relative and child.
- Blackhand constructs a monument in the middle of Westfall in honour to Urukal, this giant monolith is blessed by the elemental spirits and becomes the main center on Azeroth for practicing shamanism.
- Blackhand orders his finest Blacksmiths to forge him a weapon of incredible power for his son's naming day.
- Teron Gorefiend gather his most loyal followers and warriors from the Burning Blade clan and creates the Fiendblood Clan, they start practicing a new form of magic developed from the Corrupted Light magic. It is called Blood Magic
- Kornak´s naming day finally arrives, and the blacksmiths presents the axe Windfury. It is indeed a powerful weapon and a rival to Doomhammer and Gorehowl.
- The new undead created in Shadow Temple is found wandering through the Searing Gorge under the command of Fiendblood Necrolytes.
- The Alliance sends reinforcements to the dwarves in the wetlands, 1400 fresh soldiers are sent to Menethil Harbour.
- Genn Greymane invades silverpine and takes it without almost any resistance and losses, King Terenas sends a messenger to Gilneas to ask what is happening.
- Kul Tiras declares war on Gilneas, the borders to silverpine are garrisoned with alliance soldiers.
- Alterac Kingdom declares themselves neutral to all other human kingdoms, Dalaran does the same though for different goals.
- The messenger returns to Terenas with a letter saying that Genn Greymane are declaring war on Kul Tiras, Lordaeron and Stromgarde. It also tells that Greymane is uninterested in the Alliance, and that they have found a stronger ally in the Horde.
- Blackhand dispatches a large force of Bleeding Hollow Warriors to take to the sea and attack Kul Tiras from it´s undefended southern coasts.
- Gilnean Galleons assault the Harbors of Boralus, a large naval battle between Gilneas and Kul Tiras takes place. Kul Tiras wins, but loses half of their fleet to the Gilnean War Ships.
- Aedelas Blackmoore sends troops from Durnholde to try to liberate south-western Silverpine, they are slaughtered by the superior Gilnean Army.
- The Calm years ends.
The Northern Wars:
- Stromgarde send reinforcements to Kul Tiras from Tol Barad.
- King Terenas sends a large force of warriors to northern Silverpine, they clash with the Gilnean army.
- On Draenor, Gruul and his minions raze the walls around Zangarmarsh and wanders deep into Hellfire Penninsuela before Kargath Bladefist and his warriors Stops them at Hellfire Citadel.
- A warband of Ogres led by Durn the Hungerer, a son of Gruul, Attack Garadar. Ner'zhul sends Durotan to deal with the matters.
- Genn Greymane finally learn about the razing of Stormwind, he send messages about a temporary ceasefire to the warring nations and puts the Alliance with the Horde on hold, Grothnak and the scout force are prisoners again.
- The elves of Quel'Thalas are taken by surprise by an unsuspected push into southern Eversong by a huge army of Forest Trolls led by Zul'Jin.
- The Bleeding Hollow forces who was sent to attack Kul Tiras, loose their course in a storm and lands upon the shores of the Broken Isles.
- The Naruu starts communicating with Ner'zhul, telling him that they are the protectors of the Draenei and that they will forgive the orcs despite them slaughtering the Draenei, however, they want to teach him about the Light.
- Durotan's and Durn's forces attack each other, the Frostwolf warriors win and Durotan slay Durn in a truly heroic battle, a legend is born.
- Zul'Jin attacks Tranquillien and Windrunner village with great success, the elves musters their forces at the shores of the Elrendar River.
- Grand Marshal Garithos and Grand Admiral Daelin Proudmoore manages to convince most of the Alliance that Genn Greymane is a traitor, and that they cannot let such a large and powerful kingdom grow uncontrolled. They do convince the Alliance that a war is necessary for the continued safety of the Aliiance nations.
- Baron Silverlaine is sentenced to death for high treason for not defending Silverpine, but he turns to Genn, who accept him into the nobles of Gilneas.
- Grand Marshal Garithos musters a large army and head for an attack on Gilneas.
- Gilneas are again offered an alliance with the Horde, who explains that it was the Shadow Horde, the orcs occupying most of Khaz Modan, that razed Stormwind, not the Horde. Genn Greymane reluctantly accept the alliance, and the Horde is again fighting on Gilneas' side.
- Gruul leads a head-on attack on Hellfire Citadel.
- ---Here map starts---
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