LUKE NIXEY

The Horde began on the peaceful planet of Draenor when the Shaman Ner'zhul was contacted by what he thought was a peaceful spirit. This "spirit" went by the name Kil'jaeden. Kil'jaeden told him lies about the power of warlock magics and convinced him to abandon shamanism. Word quickly spread about this new form of magic Ner'zhul could wield and others soon followed in his footsteps and also became warlocks.

Ner'zhul began to form all the tribes into one single tribe known as the Horde. The Horde then began to wage war against the peaceful and elusive Draenei while under the guidance of Kil'jaeden. Ner'zhul, disgusted at what was happening to his people and he turned his back on the archdemon. But it was far to late to reverse the damage he had done and his apprentice, Gul'dan, eagerly filled in the place that his mentor had left behind.

Gul'dan soon realized that when it came to public relations, he was useless. To make up for this, Gul'dan chose a puppet to run the Horde. Someone who was well respected but easily manipulatable. This man was Blackhand, chieftain of the Blackrock tribe. Gul'dan manipulated the orcs to make Blackhand their warchief.

The Horde quickly destroyed the Draenei and were left on Draenor with nothing to wage war on. The tribes began to fight amongst themselves and Gul'dan thought all his work would be put to waste and the Horde would be destroyed. This was until he was contacted by Mediv Medivh, who was currently under the control of Sargeras, contacted Gul'dan instructing him to build a gateway between Azeroth and Draenor. Along with that, Medivh offered him the power of the Eye of Sargeras, a magical artifact rumored to give its wielder the power of a god. Gul'dan eagerly agreed with the deal and began constructing on what we call The Dark Portal

Gul'dan used his puppet Blackhand to rally the orc forces and prepare their assault on Azeroth. Eventually, the portal was complete and the orcs began their invasion. They arrived in an area of the swamp of sorrows which would later be known as the blasted lands where the set up the first Orcish settlement on Azeroth. You know it today as Stonard.

The orcs began to launch small raids on human settlements, slowly progressing in aggression until they were leading full scale assaults. From there they began taking over town after town quickly making their way to Stormwind City where they initiated the first major battle led by the Twilights Hammer Clan. This first assault failed completely, but they didn't give up so easily. The orcs pulled an ace from their sleeve.

Garona Halforcen while under Gul'dans' spell was forced to murder King Llane, her closest friend. With Llane dead, the armies of Stormwind soon fell and the kingdom with it. Every human who didn't board the ships sailing to Southshore was gruesomly murdered During the later parts of the war against Stormwind (which would later be referred to as the first war.), there was a slight change of leadership within the Horde. At the start of the First War, the apprentice of the Magus Medivh, Khadgar, and the orcish emissary Garona, had found out that Medivh played a major role in the Orcs invading Azeroth. The two went to confront Medivh about his evil schemes, along with Anduin Lothar, The Lion of Azeroth, the talks then turned violent but the three were able to miraculously defeat Medivh, when khadgar stabbed him in the gut. Though Khadgar was turned into an old man by Medivh's twisted magic. Gul'dan, unfortunately for him, choose to communicate with the Guardian at the moment he died, thus resulting in Gul'dan ending up in an unshakable coma.

With Gul'dan out of the way Orgrim Doomhammer, a warrior of Blackhand's Blackrock Clan, (thats's a mouth full) challenged Blackhand, totally owned him and took control of both the clan and the Horde. Doomhammer later sought out the warlocks of Gul'dan's shadow council, and slaughtered every last one of them, except for Gul'dan who was defenseless in a coma and his apprentice, the two headed ogre-magi, Cho'gall.

Orgrim Doomhammer, the new Warchief of the Horde, took over where Blackhand had been forced to end. After defeating the humans of Stormwind, whom then fled north, Orgrim followed and came across the mountains of Khaz Modan. There, he met the dwarves and also defeated them, but the dwarves had their giant, unbreakable bastion of Ironforge where the survivors held out, realizing that they were no match against a force as large as the Horde.

With the entire southern Eastern Kingdoms under their control, the Horde began collecting recourses, and allies in the new and interesting land they had conquered. They found the goblins, little green creatures, with extreme cunning and technical prowess, and an incredible appreciation of coins. They also found the ogres, who were in the orcs taste, perfect for the Horde. The ogres were big, strong, easily enraged and stupid, meaning; Easily manipulated. Afterwards, the Horde created giant ships, with an almost infinite number of oars, these ships would carry them across the sea, where the last bit of human resistance awaited them.