So after my last topic had overall good responses ignoring the racists making tasteless Jokes, I ask all of you now what qualities should the future Warlord of the Amani Bring with him or her? Assuming they aren’t the main Antagonist this time and willing to be friendly.
They should prioritize literacy programs, and feeding the children.
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What makes you think they can’t read?
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Realizing silvermoon isn’t going anywhere, and try a diplomatic approach with the blood elves for more land and find a way to end to the bloodshed.
I’m making a cute little reference to historical anti-colonial leaders
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They aren’t a backwater tribe. They are the main force of all forest trolls. I think they have all tools of civilization on their hands.
They could realise they have a shared enemy in the alliance.
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With Lady Liadrin meeting with turalyon regularly and arator living in silvermoon, not sure how true that is anymore.
For the blood elves at least
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According to Blizzard the Darkspear Tribe can’t read and they have been part of the Horde for years now.
The Amani should be led by the nobles of Silvermoon after surrendering to them finally and allow them to annex Zul’Aman.
The Darkspear have an excuse by being isolated from the mainland tribes for years.
Get out.
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They should appeal to Talanjii to intercede.
Ideally, this would put Talanjii in an difficult position: She can either advocate for the Amani, potentially alienating the Horde in the process, or fail to do so, essentially surrendering the Zandalari’s status as the Troll hegemon. Even if she does advocate for them, it’s not clear that should could accomplish anything. It’s not like she has any real leverage… unless, say, some sort of disaster were to befall Quel’thalas. Something so dire it would require them to have every shred of support possible behind them.
So Midnight happens, the void happens, and Zandalar refuses to send aid unless Silvermoon makes concessions. This makes perfect sense for them, given their history, but there’s no reason why most of the rest of the Horde should have any patience for it. What are the Amani to Orgrimmar? To Thunder Bluff? Irrelevant at best and enemies at worst. The Darkspear are a more complicated story, though. Zul’jin’s name still carries weight there.
Use this as an opportunity to expose deeper rifts in the Horde. Most of these nations have no real shared interests beyond a shared enemy in the Alliance, and with faction conflict at an all-time-low, I think it’s time for some fraying.
That’s an excuse? They’ve been with the Horde for almost as long if not longer than they were exiled from Stranglethorn.
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You don’t create an empire without having a written language.
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I see your yellow Parenti
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Sometimes you create one as you go, like Genghis Khan did for the Mongols. Literacy however was far from universal. Only the backbone of the chain of command really needed it.
They should be led to a biiig trench and then shot full of arrows by a squad of Thalassian Rangers. 
It is always the racists gathering under Amani related topics.
Assuming for a moment that the Amani are eventually meant to join the Horde, this character should address the Horde’s severe power imbalance issues.
My recommendation is a Druid, and while the obvious explanation is that they’re the Champion of the Amani Loa, I’d actually prefer to steer away from that. Rather than a shapeshifting Feral/Guardian Druid, focus on Restoration.
The new Amani Warlord should be the sort of healer who puts Sally Whitemane to shame, someone who repeatedly brings their fallen warriors back to life, mends wounds, and heals the land. Their power over nature rivals the Archdruids of the Cenarion Circle, and this individual is capable of performing acts of healing even Malfurion cannot.
Storywise, this character should have been leading a small warband securing remote pockets of territory in the northern eastern kingdoms abandoned by the living, but claimed by the Scourge. Not only does their warband eliminate the scourge in these areas, but this druid heals the lands, rejuvinating and replenishing the living forces.
Then, with a political acumen and tactical thinking that’d shock most races, this individual offers displaced forest trolls these isolated, thriving spaces as homes for new villages. Since the Third War, they’ve effectively been settling numerous minor settlements, with able men and women to train them into an effective force (throw in some warrior/shaman/hunter B-Tier characters here).
Thus as Midnight begins this Druid decides to marshal their meticulously created forces, claim the role of Emperor/Empress of the Amani Empire, and begin the fight to safeguard the trolls from the forces of the Void unleashed in Quel’Thalas.
Rather than taking an antagonistic view of the Horde, this character instead has the perspective that the Horde needs to prove itself to them before they’ll work with it, otherwise, they’ll remain neutral. After all, it was the Horde which allied with the Blood Elves to begin with, Horde forces which repeatedly raided and razed Zul’Aman. The Zandalari alone will not be enough for this Druid to feel the Horde is worthy of his/her people’s allegiance.
In regards to the Blood Elves and Quel’Thalas, the Druid is ambivalent at best. To their mind, the elves keep destroying themselves if left well enough alone, splintering their already decimated numbers repeatedly into increasingly small factions all at war with one another. They’re content to sit back and see if the elves destroy one another. Should the elves get their act together, this Druid’s priority would be establishing immutable borders, and discussing reparations for past atrocities committed on both sides. Assuming the elves come to the negotiating table in good faith, the Druid will be willing to hear them out. They’re not looking to rake the elves over the coals, but neither are they going to allow millennia of atrocities committed by both sides to be ignored in the pursuit of a false peace. After all, for the conflict to end with any chance at permanence, both sides must find satisfaction.
The elves and the trolls will never be friends and, even if the Amani Empire does join the Horde, neither will they ever truly be allied. Neighbors is the best that can be hoped for. The Amani would sooner work alongside the Horde’s other trolls than the elves.
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That word gets thrown around so much these days, it’s lost all meaning and any weight it once had
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The first actual serious response here. Thank you very much.