To answer the OP, partially propaganda and self fulfilling prophecy. The Forsaken very much seem to have felt like they wouldn’t be accepted because of what they had become, and Sylvanas encouraged this narrative. So setting themselves apart, the Forsaken became more and more Scourgelike in their actions, causing the Alliance to see them as such.
Partially it’s also coincidence. The Forsaken sent emissaries to Stormwind who didn’t return. There could be all kinds of reasons for this. Did the Alliance kill the emissaries due to their undeath? It’s very possible, and the Forsaken seem to believe this. Was there some other interference, such as Onyxia? Or hell, even an accident. The Forsaken emissaries might’ve fell in the lava of Blackrock mountain We don’t know, but either way it reinforced the divide.
Finally, I think the Scourge being so new, horrifying, and fresh in peoples minds really would play a part. Wasn’t so long ago that necromancy was considered near-impossible in the Warcraft universe. Suddenly an army of the dead wipes out the two most powerful nations in the Eastern Kingdoms… it’s a big deal! I reckon a lot of people would have been horrified by their friends and family members who were now undead. I mean look at Thomas Zelling, in BFA. He became undead FOR his family, and they rejected him out of hand. I don’t think that was an exclusive reaction. A lot of Forsaken probably went through the exact same thing.
I suppose it WOULD be very disruptive to find out the true nature of existence and learning that most of what you believe is wrong.
Not exactly sure WHY you think avoiding that disruption is preferable to allowing people to make informed choices that are going to effect them for the rest of eternity though…
“Well, we all ended up in hell forever because we were misinformed about the afterlife. But at least society was able to avoid a rocky transitional period…”
The latest lore shows the Alliance admitting their prejudice and lack of effort in understanding and accepting the Forsaken. Genn, Anduin and Turalyon admit to their faults in how they perceived the Forsaken.
I think this is wonderful lore development for the Alliance. The lack of effort from the Alliance has been one of the main reasons I disliked the Alliance, so it’s nice to see the Alliance taking some responsibility for the status quo.
SOME FORSAKEN. Even Genn made a difference now, he no longer said that all forsaken are bad…but he make clear that only a few…some are normaly, the rest is still…bad and must be killed.
This is no argument in your favor.
And even Turalyon readmitted in BFA that the Plague of Undead must be Purged…so in other words, he maybe will spare calia and faol…but all other forsaken are on his “purge this plague” list. Its easy to oversee the cruel deeds of the forsaken if faol stay before you, but even faol want NOTHING to do with the forsaken, he want to comes to term between humans and undeads but…he despised the forsaken leadership.
You are preaching to the choir. Unsurprisingly this very point is talked about throughout BtS. Iirc one of the very first conversation Anduin had with Faol was about evil Forsaken and evil humans.
I personally think this is a step in the right direction for the Alliance on so many levels. This development is pretty groundbreaking.
Our conversation is less about arguments and more about discussing some of the groundbreaking developments in Exploring Azeroth and BtS. I don’t feel like I’m arguing or debating with anyone really.
a groundbreaking what not exist, deathisfinal. in the epilog it was made very clear that the Forsaken how they are right now can´t allow to continue to exist in this shape.
Anduin blame himself later on for his idiotic try and he take the blame for Teldrassil, it was his fault…and all of it because he wanted this gathering.
In other words, this groundbreaking is only for a limit of time and thereafter it is gone and anduin saw the error in his ways.
Genn will not kill any forsaken/undead on sight now, but he still blame them for all the missdeeds, Turalyon even want to free Lordaeron from the grip of undead and if he could, he would wipe out every undead on azeroth.
In other words, all three you listed before turn their back on the forsaken again, anduin even admitted it in the wot books, it was His fault, he didn´t even Try to stop sylvanas…he wanted peace, but his conditions cost the night elf everything, he blamed himself that instead of put his sword and purge this evil elf sylvanas he agreed on her terms and said “Calia died because she did the wrong thing”, it was his fault that sylvanas was allowed to still exist and could archieve her evil plans.
I´m not sure that this is the groundbreaking you want…or expect.
I personally think it’s groundbreaking for the simple fact that the Alliance is changing their view of the Forsaken.
I realize that evil Forsaken exist, I also realize evil humans exist; the beauty of it all is variety. I think no matter what you fancy you can enjoy your favorite factions/story beats without giving up what made you a fan in the first place. We still have our Rogers and RAS, but showing “good/same Forsaken” and showing humans who are putting in the effort to understanding and accepting the Forsaken is pretty awesome.
All I ever really wanted was the effort from their uncursed and sane counterparts in the Alliance.
Are there Forsaken changing their attitudes towards the Alliance? The Forsaken are also “bad”, subject to prejudice and whatever you blame the Alliance for.
Which is nothing but alliance pandering and gaslighting forsaken identity. The forsaken are the people of Lordaeron, but terribly changed. Why wouldn’t he want to join with former colleagues and help shape the direction of that future.
Characters like Faol only exist to shame and undermine the horde identity in history wow literature that can only be described as alliance fan fiction.
You didn’t even know who Alonsus Faol was until Legion and have the sheer gall to act as though you’re the steward of Lordaeron identity. You can’t even accurately recount the Warcraft 3 campaign where the Forsaken were founded you fraud, to say nothing of Alonsus Faol, who was an important Alliance character going all the way back to Warcraft 2 which you probably couldn’t play because you hadn’t been born yet.
We don’t know, but either way it reinforced the divide.