Alliance (WoW AU)

The Alliance (also called the Grand Alliance) is one of two major political factions of the mortal races in Azeroth, its counterpart being the Horde which the Alliance has traditionally been at odds with. Driven by tradition that reaches back to before the Dark Portal, the Alliance consists of powerful cultures and groups bound not by desperation or necessity, but by their deep commitments to abstract concepts like nobility, honor, faith, justice, and sacrifice. Striving to represent these high ideals, its many different peoples all contribute their technical, arcane, and spiritual wisdom toward the shared goal of preserving order on Azeroth and creating a peaceful and just world. This is its greatest strength as opposed to the Horde: the Alliance is a natural organization spanning many decades that has united more culturally-similar entities than the disparate and outsider membership of the Horde.

The Grand Alliance itself is an evolution of the original Alliance of Lordaeron and the memories of the allegiances and idealism of the Alliance of Lordaeron―centered in the homonymous continent―served as the ultimate inspiration for the new Alliance of the present day. The Alliance is led by a High Protector, a post held by Varian Wrynn until his death at the Battle of the Broken Shore. Following his death, the Grand Council (the successor to the Council of Seven Kingdoms) elected Genn Greymane as the Alliance's leader; despite Varian attempting to groom his son for the role, he was deemed too young and inexperienced for the job of leading the Alliance.

The Alliance is an evolution of the original Alliance of Lordaeron, The modern organization has the bulk of its forces on Northern Kalimdor and the south-eastern continents of Khaz Modan and Azeroth. Some of the members of the previous Alliance (such as Stormwind and Ironforge) are members of the Grand Alliance.