An Uneasy Place in the Horde

Freedom from the Scourge did not make the Forsaken welcome among the living. They needed allies who could see a reason to deal with them, even when trust was scarce. Tauren support helped open the way to Thrall and the Horde.

The agreement offered protection to Sylvanas’s people and an eastern foothold to their allies. It also brought a community driven by vengeance into a coalition whose members did not share all of its purposes.

Beneath Undercity, the Royal Apothecary Society pursued a plague that could strike the undead. Its experiments showed the dangers beneath that uneasy alliance.