World of Warcraft Community Magazine Issue 8 | Page 69
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has you have to retake a look
more like political or spiritual
infamous Guldan for as long as
at the World of Warcraft’s most
choices. Yet when we started
they have existed as a race; the
basic element, and that element
this world, the Alliance was
false prophet nearly led them
is the Horde versus the Alliance.
formed to protect certain races
to be the slaves of demons for
from other races; the Horde was
an eternity. While For Humans,
formed to be free of the races
Jaina Proudmoore has redeeming
has evolved, every race on both
who considered themselves
qualities, she has also been
sides evolved along with it. The
superior. Can we go back to that?
borderline close to becoming as
As World of Warcraft’s story
much of a genocidal maniac as
politics of the world began to
mimic real life international
The short answer is no; to see
Garrosh Hellscream. She may
politics and ideologies. One great
the story go straight back into
have very well become like her
example of this is the neutral
Orcs and Humans killing each
father Daelin Proudmoore, who
trade zone that is called Booty
other, it would probably lose
in sheer ignorance and racism
Bay. This zone does not hold
the interest of gamers after a
ended up falling to Rexxar’s
any respect to either faction
short time. Simple war stories
blade. A world changing event
and simply exists to conduct
have been done to death and it’s
does not have to happen by
business. With the Pandaren
nothing new under the sun. Yet
deadly dragons or Old Gods. One
being the first race on Azeroth
In the longer term, these two big
person with no mystic powers
that can choose to join either the
races have had their fair share
could very well save the world; or
Alliance or Horde, you begin to
of heroes and villains. Orcs have
bring it to its knees. Its not like
realize that these factions are
had to live with the sins of the
we’ve had to deal with Orcs vs.
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