Was the war of Year 5 of the Dark Portal really about to end so soon?
Even King Terenas Menethil himself had not expected this.
The Horde, which had still been trading blows with the Alliance a few months earlier, had suddenly collapsed in just a few short months... According to Thoradin Trollbane's report, nearly seventy thousand orcs had died beneath Thoradin's Wall. The Horde had suffered a devastating blow and was beyond recovery!
Terenas was in a very good mood, for the overall course of the war was developing in precisely the direction he most wanted to see.
Kul Tiras's naval fleet had been completely annihilated, leaving it gravely weakened. It would probably take more than a decade to recover.
The same was true of Stromgarde. It had endured more than two years of war directly, and the already barren lands of the Arathi Highlands had suffered terribly as well.
As for Alterac and Stormwind City, there was little more to say. Even their kings had fallen at the Horde's hands, while countless nobles had been killed or wounded. Terenas intended to befriend the distant and attack the nearby, helping Stormwind City rebuild its kingdom while gradually nibbling away at Alterac's territory. This would maximize Lordaeron's gains without provoking too much resentment from the other Alliance nations.
Dwarves and elves had never cared much about internal human affairs, nor did they have many ties to them. The lofty mages of Dalaran were much the same. Although Terenas could do nothing about them, they would likewise find it difficult to interfere with the Alliance's inner core.
The only remaining problem was Gilneas. Still, Terenas was confident that, within a few years after the war, he could push that arrogant fool Greymane out of the Alliance's ranks...
Lordaeron would become the