The first suspect that came to Rex's mind was Stormwind City. This was purely a case of judging others by his own suspicious standards. In Rex's eyes, Stormwind City was now the greatest threat to Gilneas-from the perspective of the Alliance of Gilneas, at least. Only Stormwind City could compete for the position of Leader of the Alliance. None of the other kingdoms qualified.
The Kingdom of Quel'Thalas and Ironforge, for instance, were ruled out simply because of their race. They were not human.
The world was that starkly pragmatic. Humans, a race that had still been ignorant and backward a few thousand years ago, had become one of the strongest races in Azeroth over those millennia of development. In the Eastern Kingdoms, they were the strongest, without question.
The dwarves would only qualify to compete if they could unite their divided Bronzebeard, Wildhammer, and Dark Iron clans. The High Elves stood even less of a chance. Population had always been their sore point. Unlike the Night Elves, who had spent their time recuperating and rebuilding, the High Elves had fought no shortage of battles. After arriving in the Eastern Kingdoms, they had waged war against the trolls for well over a thousand years. Humans could have recovered their strength after a few centuries of peace, but the High Elves could not. Limited by their population, they needed several times as long as humans to recover.
After all, High Elves did not reproduce as readily as humans, and they took far longer to mature.
Of the Six Kingdoms of humanity, only Stromgarde had fallen into decline. The other five were all formidable powers.
It was much like the Horde's succession: its second Warchief had still been an orc, not a member of another race. The fundamental reason was that the