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In the wake of the Cataclysm, the Barrens, once the Horde’s lifeline across Kalimdor, lies in ruin. Floods carve deep scars through the land while quilboar and centaur rise to claim what remains. You march alongside the Horde’s defenders: Gotura Fourwinds, Kargal Battlescar, Sergra Darkthorn, Thork, and Regthar Deathgate, fighting not for conquest, but survival.

But the Horde’s spirit is changing. From shaman and hunter to soldier and warlord, every victory feeds a growing hunger. When the campaign reaches Stonetalon Mountains, that hunger becomes fury. Under Overlord Krom’gar and the banner of Garrosh Hellscream, the Horde’s mercy is tested and shattered.

The Warchief’s Mercy is a sweeping retelling of the Barrens and Stonetalon questlines, where survival hardens into zealotry and the Horde’s ideals are reforged in blood and ash...

Lore portion starts at (14:18)From the dust of Durotar to the blood-soaked forests of Ashenvale, the Horde rises anew.Under Garrosh Hellscream’s iron banners, an age of ambition and fire begins, one forged in sweat, steel, and sacrifice.In the valleys where orcs once trained beneath the desert sun, the drums of war now echo through flooded rivers and burning shores. Troll seers glimpse fel shadows returning, goblin engineers shape devastation from ingenuity, and the Horde’s cities swell with the thunder of forges and the roar of war engines.Yet power is never without cost. As the Horde expands east into Azshara and north into Ashenvale, every victory leaves scars upon the land, forests screaming beneath sawblades, spirits fading into silence, and warriors questioning whether strength alone can define honor.From the first trials in the Valley of Trials to the great sieges that darken Kalimdor’s skies, this is the birth of the modern Horde, relentless, divided, and unstoppable.Tides of Lore: Episode 49 – “The Horde War Machine.”Every empire begins with a single strike of the hammer.

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The moon over Ashenvale burns red with memory. In the wake of Garrosh Hellscream’s advance, the night elves brace against a storm that no prayer can calm. Tyrande Whisperwind leads her Sentinels into the heart of the forest, where faith falters beneath firelight and prophecy waits in the silence between arrows.

Within Darnassus, the echoes of justice twist into obsession. Maiev Shadowsong hunts the shadows of her own purpose, driven by wounds that neither duty nor divinity can heal. Jarod Shadowsong follows in her wake, racing to stop a reckoning before it consumes them both.

And deep among the roots and embers, Malfurion Stormrage confronts the breaking of balance itself. The forest that once answered his call now weeps and burns, torn between vengeance and renewal....