As much as I wish the past three years didn’t happen, we’re stuck with what we got, so, ideal wish granted scenario
The Horde Council would be thus:
Warchief Thrall (Presiding Officer)
Overlord Geya’rah
Queen Talanji
Chieftain Rokhan
Kiro of the Vulpera
Lashk of the Tortollan
Chieftain Baine Bloodhoof
Chieftain Mayla Highmountain
Chieftain Roanauk Icemist
Queen Calia Menethil
Regent Lord Lor’themar
Master Ji Firepaw
The Monkey King
Trade Prince Gazlowe
Grand Magistrix Thalyssra
And odd number such that in the event of a tie, Thrall is the deciding vote. Warchief (Presiding Officer) is elected only unanimously, but can be removed by simple majority (50% + 1)
Important Addendums in such a scenario:
Calia has some Shadow development (perhaps alternates between Shadow and Light?) and works with the Primus to help the Forsaken
Yaungol are still in talks in joining the Earthmother Confederacy, not finalized
Primus helps Helya deal with her trauma without being Evil, goes beat up Odyn for attempting to usurp the Shadowlands, Helya works with the Forsaken from then on
As noted, the Council of Tribes is established and all trolls are unified once more. ALL TROLLS.
The Trade Coalition is made actual in-game canon
Gonna do Alliance next.
Yes, all Alliance-race pirates will be under Kul Tiras, under Lord Flynn Fairwind as the secret Pirate King
Borrowing from colonial privateers working for their respective crowns.
edit: oh and Governor Velicinda is back because why not, we’re in the Maw, she was cool. I’d get Brother Zelling back too tbh.
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New super image (original)
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super image v10, divided by Alliance, Horde, and Neutral
Seeing those words together again after all these years makes me happy.
And then I feel a yawning chasm of sadness when I realise it’s not real
In all seriousness, Thrall returning to a political position was a real highlight for me. Reading about him at the head of a Horde Army in Shadow’s Rising sent shivers down my spine haha! Warchief Thrall was always the best version of Thrall.
Anyway, totally support this idea overall. Although, are the Tortollan a part of the Horde now? Missed the memo on that one if so!
Anselm would be under Belmont and Nazgrel would be part of the Orc council! I wasn’t about to list everyone lmao
Just look at the Zanchuli Council
Pain
They were added to the Zanchuli Council, so it stands to reason they are, since all their homes are in Zandalar while only an outpost and a few bars exist in Kul Tiras.
Their racial motto is “We will slaughter any who stand in our way” so like, they’re the Forsaken. They’re not the kiss-alliance-happy-zombies. War criminals is what they do haha
This council and the one set up by blizzard are pretty unrepresentative and unrealistic. Factions like orgrimmar should have a lot more votes than say the bilgewater cartel, or the bloodelves. They bring a lot more to the table.
And nah votes aren’t proportional to power, that would leave the Tauren with the least votes even though by all accounts they’re probably the most populous Horde race.
What you just said sounds super silly. Orgrimmar is and has been the literal backbone of the horde. The Tauren have been depicted as anything but numerous.