Battle of Andorhal

Battle of Andorhal
Conflict	Alliance-Horde War (Cataclysm)
Place	Andorhal, Western Plaguelands
Outcome	Forsaken strategic victory Scourge forces annihilated Alliance forces repulsed with heavy casualties Forsaken forces capture city
Combatants
Horde Forsaken
Horde Forsaken
Alliance Kingdom of Stormwind
Alliance Kingdom of Stormwind
Scourge
Scourge
Commanders
Sylvanas Windrunner Koltira Deathweaver Aradne †
Sylvanas Windrunner Koltira Deathweaver Aradne †
Thassarian Lurid †
Thassarian Lurid †
Araj the Summoner † Darkmaster Gandling The Ravenian † Rattlegore †
Araj the Summoner † Darkmaster Gandling The Ravenian † Rattlegore †
Strength
1 Deathknight 1 Dark ranger Adventurers Deathguard Elite Val'kyr
1 Deathknight 1 Dark ranger Adventurers Deathguard Elite Val'kyr
1 Deathknight Adventurers Andorhal Soldiers Human Militia
1 Deathknight Adventurers Andorhal Soldiers Human Militia
1 Lich 1 Necromancer 1 Bone Golem 1 Wight Abominations Lesser undead
1 Lich 1 Necromancer 1 Bone Golem 1 Wight Abominations Lesser undead
Casualties
Heavy, reinforced by raised Alliance forces 1 Val'kyr
Heavy, reinforced by raised Alliance forces 1 Val'kyr
Moderate military losses Militia annihilated
Moderate military losses Militia annihilated
1 Lich 1 Bone Golem 1 Wight All undead
1 Lich 1 Bone Golem 1 Wight All undead

The Battle of Andorhal was a three-way battle between the Forsaken, the Alliance, and the remaining Scourge forces.

History

Origin

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With the Lich King defeated, the Alliance and Horde were able to claim separate portions of Andorhal and soon after began a crusade to claim the whole city, while the Scourge tried to keep their territory. Over the course of the battle both Koltira Deathweaver and Thassarian send adventurers to deal with the remaining Scourge forces. After defeating their leaders, the two enter a truce with one another. Some time afterwards, the peasant militia defies Thassarian's orders, launching their own assault on the Forsaken. After repelling the invasion, Koltira sends agents of the Horde to speak with Lindsay Ravensun.

Forsaken Counter-Attack

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Upon meeting Ravensun, it is revealed that she is in reality Sylvanas Windrunner, who is aware of the truce between Koltira and Thassarian, dating back to their service as death knights of the Scourge. Using the val'kyr, she resurrects slain Alliance soldiers - many no more than peasant militia - before sending agents of the Horde to eliminate Thassarian. Many of these agents, including the Val'kyr commander, Aradne, are slain by the Alliance forces led by heroic adventurers. Despite their valiant efforts however, the Alliance are forced to retreat from Andorhal. As Horde forces enter the Alliance camp, all they find is the slain body of Lurid, Thassarian's skeletal minion, and discover that Thassarian and the remaining Alliance forces have retreated from Andorhal. With Andorhal now in control of the Forsaken, Sylvanas calls Koltira to her and after berating him about his "weakness" and Arthas' failure to remove such weakness, a portal appears and a chain drags him into the Undercity, where Sylvanas promises to eliminate his compassion for Thassarian and ensure his loyalty is to the Horde and more specifically the Forsaken.