The situation instantly became volatile, and the opposing sentiments that had been suppressed for so long erupted within the Horde.
Severely wounded, Cairne Bloodhoof briefly regained consciousness after passing the critical stage. To stabilize the situation among the Tauren, he decisively passed the chieftainship to his son, Baine Bloodhoof. Baine had been entrusted with the position at a critical moment. All Tauren were now waiting in confusion for their chieftain's orders. If even he panicked, the situation would only worsen.
The Tauren's internal political response had been swift, but someone else had moved even faster—or rather, had planned everything long ago, one link after another.
The Horde government immediately took concrete action. Elite Kor'kron troops began moving into towns across the Mulgore Plains and the Tauren's primary city, Thunder Bluff, claiming they were protecting important Horde figures and stabilizing the internal situation of their Tauren brothers.
But Baine Bloodhoof and the ruling class saw it clearly: Garrosh was full of shit.
Stabilizing the Tauren brothers' internal situation? More like stabilizing and controlling certain groups. To quickly reduce the possibility of civil war, wasn't controlling the opposition's upper ranks exactly what Garrosh could do?
At the same time, another piece of news enraged the Tauren. The Terror Totem Tauren appeared to have formally severed all ties with the Alliance, refusing a new shipment of military supplies from them and declaring the Alliance their enemy.
This should have been good news. After all, the Terror Totem clan had always opposed the Horde and had rejected countless offers to be brought into the fold or join it. But given the current overall situation, Terror Totem cutting ties with the Alliance at this moment was not a good thing.
As expected, several days later, the Terror Totem clan formally declared its allegiance to Horde