Escape of Lothar and Human refugees from the recently fallen Stormwind, ending of the First War. (Art by Stanton Feng)

ut from the perspective of anyone but the Horde it was the Forsaken doing it.

This is incorrect. Jaina briefs Varian before he launches his attack. Again, game does not like to communicate much of anything. Varian enters the Undercity knowing full well the situation and that the Forsaken did not attack them.

Not to mention the attack used the weapon Sylvanas had been developing all through vanilla and continues to use now.

Yes, people are allowed to have and make weapons. The Forsaken were perfecting a blight that works against the scourge for a long time.

The Alliance attacks on the Barrens were orchestrated by the Theramore rebels, deceiving the Alliance into retaliation for their own protection.

This is incorrect. In the past that was the case. For many years in game you had the loosely defined Northwatch operating as a quasi-military force representing the remnants of Daelen's army. They were not recognized by Theramore proper as per the truce.

But come Catacylsm, that group no longer exists in the story. Theramore and the Alliance as a whole has raised arms against the Horde and its civilians. it is explicitly stated that Theramore has broken the truce it holds with the Horde.

his is just What I talked about above, twisted Horde apologism desperate to seem like less of the bad guys

So, i'm afraid not. As you can see, almost every point you have brought up is factually wrong. The game has not told you the story.

You are flatly, plainly wrong and seem to be playing the game from only one side's perspective.

Buddy, see, you shouldn't say things like this in case you end up as wrong as you just were.

But to recap and make it super clear where you were wrong.

  • You claim Varian was unaware the Forsaken did not attack him. This is objectively wrong. Jaina reveals the details before the invasion.
  • You claim that Theramore did not attack the Horde, only rebels. This is incorrect, and based off older lore. Those rebels no longer exist come Cataclysm. Theramore has explicitly broken its truce and there is a full invasion force in the barrens and Durotar.

I am afraid you were the one practicing one sided apologia.

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