The Giant's Table

PREFACE

Read The Assassination of Fenwick Thatros.

After their rise to power in Lordaeron the Forsaken quickly realized that they would need assistance fighting the Scourge, the Scarlet Crusade, and any number of their other numerous enemies in the volatile Plaguelands. Sylvanas Windrunner, the Forsaken's Banshee Queen, sent envoys and entreaties to the Horde, requesting an alliance with them.

Thrall, Cairne Bloodhoof, and Vol'jin - the leaders of the Horde - were suspicious of Sylvanas' intentions, but the orcs were painted into a philosophical quandary. The orcs had been subjugated by the Burning Legion and were used as pawns in their destructive crusade, much as the Forsaken had been by their former Scourge masters. Urged by several highly-respected shaman within the Horde, Thrall accepted their claims and they entered into a wary alliance with them. Since then, the Forsaken have traveled openly in Horde territory, and the other races of the Horde are welcome in Forsaken lands.

This has not come without consequences, however. The humans of the Alliance saw the Forsaken as an occupying force in their former centre of power - despite the fact that many of the Forsaken had, while living, inhabited the area, and their entry into the Horde exacerbated growing tensions with the Alliance, and many human leaders took the Forsaken's choice to ally with the orcs - who had been enemies of theirs for over a generation - justified their suspicions that the Forsaken could not be trusted.

The resulting schism has made it nearly impossible for the Forsaken to reconnect with their living counterparts, or find any trace of their old lives. Many have become embittered and some have abandoned their living names to adopt new ones in death, in an effort to start anew.

Others have not.

The Giant's Table

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