Well, the thing is, the recent events showed how vulnerable Undercity is. So should the forsaken trust the alliance overall and Turalyon specifically, so much that they would go to the same place?
I mean, wasn’t the Varoks goal to make Telsdrassil hostage? Undercity is just as “in the middle of nowhere” and a problematic place if the alliance would get it. Sounds to me like the forsaken might without a single weapon swing do what the entire horde could not with the original Teldrassil plan.
And do it with extra style points: Turalyon is from Lordaeron, so that would win him over to be more tolerant to the forsaken and the horde, the horde will get easy and vulnerable target in case of another conflict. And if the alliance will pressure, the horde can always point at how generous they were and how the alliance is abusing their good will. Could be a way to use one part of the alliance to pressure others on the political front.
If there will be obtained new knowledge of how to fix things done by the scourge, the entire Plaguelands are also part of the ex-Lordaeron territories. And Stratholme is an iconic place in the game.
I have a few extra thought on why that could be a good idea to move to Stratholme from Undercity, but it’s just a lengthy rant.
When the capital city of Lordaeron existed in it’s original form it was a good-enough place. Dalaran and Alterac could reinforce that place, and prevent it from being fully surrounded. Besides, Stratholme could help to deal with the potential enemies attacking from the north via the sea. It is not hard to notice, that not much of those things still exist, not to mention that ruins are ruins, not the best defensive structure.
These days Undercity could be sieged from the north, from the west, the main source of water is also the source of whatever turned into the blight, so sustaining the garrison that is not all undead could be a huge problem, it is very out of the way for every horde nation, there is no real way for the horde navy to have a good hold there and protect the place.
But here is the deal. Undercity is not the only place that suffered from the scourge and the plague. That affected all of Plaguelands too. And it is also a part of ex-Lordaeron territories. So if during the events in Shadowlands mortals will learn how to address this all they can also learn how to fix Plaguelands. And in Plaguelands, there is Stratholme. Is it any good?
- in has easy access to the sea, making it a great stronghold for naval protection of the horde on this side
- it is an open area, so blocking sea side would be very hard
- Plaguelands is a gateway to Quel’Thalas. Not only in can help to protect this place, but also to get reinforcements from there
- it has natural defense in a form of mountains that would strongly limit the number of enemies that could try to siege the place
- if the forsaken learn how to deal with the scourge, this is a place where they can get plenty of extra undead, that are easily anti-alliance (if not even anti-Menethil)
- the scourge around the area can be an extra line of defense that could be very welcome for the forsaken, since they were rather badly defeated and need all the help they can get on that front.
But, of course, nostalgia is strong with Undercity.
PS: thanks to Khallar for the feedback on the Undercity topic.
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