Skoll Shorties

Waaaaaaaaay too many people have this mindset that the Tauren should've left the Horde. But that's not how alliances like the Tauren work. It's not just about the fact the Alliance hasn't done them any favors lately but it's the fact the Orcs and Tauren have such a good bond.

I blame the Forsaken and the blood elves. The Alliance and the Horde were supposed to be civilised vs savage, hence why night elves were originally a Horde race, but the addition of Forsaken caused it to shift to simple good vs evil and the addition of blood elves solidifed it.

In retrospect, the perfect racial lineup would be this: Alliance: Humans, dwarves, gnomes, high/blood elves, draenei, Forsaken Horde: Orcs, trolls, tauren, night elves, goblins, worgen

Why would the Worgen ever ever EVER join the Horde when it was the Night Elves who cured them, the Forsaken who nearly destroyed them, and the humans with the aid of an old draenei who allowed them into the alliance???

I mean obviously the timeline at this point would be very different. What I did was to go with the original plan Blizzard had back in 2000 (night elves in Horde and high/blood elves in Alliance, and no Forsaken), and extrapolate from there.

I am still convinced that this plan was better. With NEs in the Horde, it would have a pretty race in it that would also fit in within the broader Horde aesthetic, and NEs themselves would never lose their original savagery and strength, because that's what the Horde is about.

That's basically what the Nightborne slightly became for the Horde. Obviously, the Nightborne aren't as savage as the Night Elves are in comparison but I ultimately think it's a good thing to mix things up with the Horde. With races like the Goblins, Blood Elves, Forsaken, etc.