It was a Friday night and it had been weeks since the last large scale invasion was planned. Members of both the Horde and Alliance had been spending the majority of their time focused on leveling up. It was time to take a break and focus on what the Race War server is really all about, fighting!

Many Alliance guilds gathered at Refugee Point in the Arathi Highlands. The Warlocks summoned players from all over the world and more Alliance players were headed in on foot.

Some of the Guilds Represented: Knights of Doomshire, Kali Swarm, Warbucket, Naturals, CDC, New Age of Craft, United Legions Alliance, Blood Legion, Kaaos, Darkness Falls, Misfits, DIE, and Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Hammerfall
The first target for the Alliance attack was the Horde town of Hammerfall. Mounted Alliance players led the charge while foot soldiers (those without horses) brought up the rear. Mounted scouts patrolled the area for any Horde defenders.

The Horde army of Hammerfall was away so the attack was a complete surprise with very light resistance. Within minutes, Hammerfall was secure, with the few existing Horde inhabitants dead or dying. The Alliance invaders celebrated their victory by gathering at the top of Hammerfall for pictures.

Go'Shek Farm
Go'Shek Farm in the Arathi Highlands is known as a location of intense fighting so it was chosen as the next target for the Alliance invaders. Oddly enough, there were no Horde players there so the Alliance invaders slaughtered the NPCs and claimed the farm.

Tarren Mill
After their victory at Go'Shek, the Alliance raiding party reformed at Thoradin's Wall to allow the foot soldiers time to catch up to their mounted comrades. Once gathered, they were all off to invade Tarren Mill. Along the way, one poor Horde member was caught and killed by the Alliance army.

The Orchards of Tarren Mill were the first hit. The level fifty Deathguards were not enough to fend off so many Alliance players.

Many low level Horde members were hiding out at the Inn so it was an important Alliance target. Members of the Horde fought valiantly to defend the Tarren Mill's Inn with the fight spreading into the middle of town. Tarren Mill was soon cleansed of resistance as several additional Alliance guilds caught up with the initial raiding party.

There were 106 players in Hillsbrad for the attack with three screens of alliance players raiding the town. [view 1] [view 2] [view 3]. The fighting in Tarren Mill lasted approximately 20-30 minutes before the Alliance army moved on.

After regrouping at Hillsbrad Farms, the Alliance army set off towards Silverpine Forest, deep within enemy territory. The road was full of alliance players. Since Silverpine Forest is a Horde occupied area, the Alliance players were forced to use emotes unless attacked.

The next Horde base hit was The Sepulcher, where the Alliance army had been defeated by the guards in a previous raid, but the guards were no match for them this time. The Sepulcher was completely secured and the Alliance moved onto the T intersection to regroup.

Feeling bold about their success, the raiding party wanted to attack The Undercity! They snuck into the town via the back sewer entrance. Once inside, they faced a level 90 abomination guard and it took the entire army to bring it down!

March of the Lemmings
After defeating the first abomination guard, the army continued on until they reached a fork in the road. Without the aid of a scout, the army leader made a key military blunder by blindly choosing the left path. The left path ended at a complete drop off which caused many Alliance players to stumble and fall to their deaths. The bottom of the drop was in complete disarray as alliance players were dead, lost, or faced with fighting several very powerful level 90 Undercity Guardian Abominations.

While the Alliance was busy in the Undercity, the Horde had gathered in Tarren Mill and from there moved onto the Undercity to defend their home city from the Alliance invasion.

The Horde held strong and defeated the invading Alliance army. Many alliance players were slaughtered by the powerful Horde defenders. Using the only means possible for escape, the remaining Alliance army utilized their Hearthstones to gate away to safety.

Not deterred by their minor defeat in the Undercity, the raiding party continued onto Auberdine in Darkshore on the continent of Kalimdor. Destroying everything in their path, the Alliance army snuck into Stonetalon.

Launching a counterattack of their own, the Horde army leveled the towns of Darkshire and Lakeshire, slaughtering all Alliance inhabitants. The Horde army held these two towns for a very long time as the Alliance inhabitants all screamed for help.

Having heard the screams of the Alliance members in both Darkshire and Lakeshire, the Alliance army immediately left Stonetalon and rushed towards Booty Bay. Once in Booty Bay, the Alliance army made haste towards Darkshire. The Alliance army regrouped outside of Darkshire and rushed in to defend the town.

Area of Effect spells where the theme of the battle. The Alliance players worked to turn the tide as Alliance members from all over came to defend the town. The remaining Horde invaders were hunted down and killed. Order had returned to Darkshire along with a lot of corpses!

We hope you enjoyed this tale. We will continue to work on community reports for player events and encourage players to submit their own. Thank you for helping us beta test combat on the race war server. We will continue to make changes based on your feedback.

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