Tandred and Galin also shared common enemies with Patrick, and they had once been allies, at least in name, so neither would reject his proposal outright. Politically speaking, neither Stromgarde nor Kul Tiras was a vassal state of the Kingdom of Stormwind. Although both had suffered devastating losses, neither had allied with Stormwind City to seek its assistance.
After all, compared with the Alliance, the Horde was far too weak. With the Battle of Ahn'Qiraj about to begin, its future losses were impossible to estimate. If there was a chance to weaken the Alliance to some extent, the Horde's leaders naturally would not let it slip away.
Before joining together to form the Horde, the Orcs, Tauren, and Trolls had all suffered tremendous disasters, while the Forsaken had enemies almost everywhere. Even in terms of logistics, the Horde could not begin to compare with the Alliance. The Dwarves of Ironforge were a major supplier of military equipment to the entire Alliance Army, and Stormwind City itself possessed considerable strength. Moreover, large numbers of survivors had fled to Stormwind City after the Third War, giving the humans a faint tendency toward becoming the Alliance's foremost race.
As for the Night Elves, they were an even more powerful race. They had inherited the Elven legacy from the Kaldorei era of the War of the Ancients, and with the blessings of the five Dragon Aspects, their overall strength was beyond anything the other races could match.
The only area in which the Horde could compare with the Alliance was individual combat ability. Orcs, Trolls, and Tauren were all individually powerful, and their innate advantage in strength allowed them to look down on other races. In any other respect, however, there was simply no comparison.
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