In all the Orcs Commanders' previous assessments of the High Elves' fighting ability, some of their experience had come from Loch Danmor, Proudmoore, and the Arathi Battleground, while a small portion had drawn on accounts from the Zul'Aman Trolls.
But the Zul'Aman Trolls were poorly equipped. Although they had fought the High Elves on the front lines for years, most Orcs Commanders had paid little attention to their descriptions of the High Elves' strength.
They all believed the Zul'Aman Trolls were too weak and had exaggerated the High Elves' abilities. Thus, when the Orcs High Commanders assessed the High Elves' strength, they had largely dismissed the accounts from the Zul'Aman Trolls. They had merely acknowledged that the High Elves enjoyed certain advantages in forest warfare, without rating their fighting ability particularly highly.
Now, however, the Orcs Vanguard Commander also believed that the Zul'Aman Trolls had not lied. Fighting High Elves in a forest and fighting them on open plains was like facing two entirely different armies, as though the forest granted them a powerful aura that enhanced their strength.
"Singing Forest belongs to us Zul'Aman Trolls, but Singing Forest is also a friend to the High Elves.
Friends, strong as you are, you must be very, very careful when fighting High Elf Rangers in Singing Forest.
Because Singing Forest will never help you Orcs. It will only lend tremendous aid to us Trolls and the High Elves!"
The Orcs Vanguard Commander now recalled those words, spoken by a Troll priest in Zul'Aman while explaining the High Elves' fighting ability to the Orcs High Commanders.
At the time, every Orcs High Commander present had been dismissive. *A forest was just a forest. It wasn't a person, so how could it favor one race over another? These Zul'Aman Trolls might be poor