The devastating Second War against the Orcish Horde left the Alliance of Lordaeron in a state of shock and disarray. The bloodthirsty Orcs, led by the mighty Warchief Orgrim Doomhammer, not only smashed their way through the Dwarf-held lands of Khaz Modan, but had razed many of Lordaeron's central provinces as well. The unrelenting Orcs even succeeded in ravaging the Elves' remote kingdom of Quel'Thalas before their rampage was finally stopped. The Alliance armies led by Sir Anduin Lothar, Uther the Lightbringer, and Admiral Daelin Proudmoore pushed the Orcs south into the shattered land of Azeroth - the first kingdom to fall before the Orcs' ruthless onslaught.