Post by faroth on Jan 14, 2009 20:21:39 GMT -5
It is a curious thing, I feel, to see the human views on various topics, particularly as we venture through such dark times. What happened is a tragedy, there is no arguing that. There are many who take up the banner of peace, setting aside their differences. Some who stood before the Wrath Gate are soldiers that have proven themselves in battle time and time again facing the same green skinned, tusked face they stood beside on that frozen ground. Many of the orcs who fought in the first two wars, likely some who even razed Stormwind to the ground, still battle under the Warchief Thrall's banner. It is no easy thing to look into the eyes of the very same person you watched slaughter your children without remorse and call them "ally." For some, it is an impossible task; forgiveness is something that cannot be given.
For others, absolution is given easily, and perhaps too quickly. Peace between the Horde and Alliance has been tenuous at best these past ten years and in that time there has been little progress made in truly finding peace. The orcs continue to devestate Ashenvale. I wonder, sometimes, if Tyrande would be willing to negotiate commerce with the orcs. Our wisps could safely harvest lumber for their needs. Surely the tauren druids do not support the deforestation, yet Thrall has sent no diplomatic emmissary to meet with Elune's chosen priestess. To my knowledge, Jaina has not received any requests to facilitate such discussions. The dwarves of Alterac Valley seek answers, yet allow themselves to lose sight of their goal in the bloodlust for driving the orcs out while the Forsaken press further south from Lordaeron into the remnants of the kingdom of Strom, and one day perhaps into Khaz Modan.
There is no mistake, the Horde have not carved a living for themselves, content to hold their borders. Instead, they continue to expand, to seek new lands. Within their borders are the necessary resources to maintain a peaceful kingdom. Lumber in the Plaguelands were the Scourge driven out, Tirsifal Glades all the way south to the borders of Gilneas. Leave the people of Strom to their land. Leave Ashenvale alone. The dwarves need no further digging in Alterac Valley as answers seem to be elsewhere. Leave the orcs to their valley, the home they've managed to build.
The Alliance has not waged this war and the Horde has made no attempt to seek diplomatic resolution. In the ten years of tentative peace, their leaders have been blind to the wickedness within their own people, so blinded to the threat from within by focusing on perceived threats from without.
Varian Wrynn has declared war. When Arthas is eventually defeated, I fear open war shall be uopn us all, whether we wish it or not. But is it unwise? I cannot say. I do believe the Warchief wishes for peace, for his people to be left alone. And while his intentions are pure, I feel he has many shortcomings in achieveing them. Sylvannas is...more complicated, more troubled than most realize. There is malice in her voice, cruelty in her actions, yet such pain in her eyes. I fear that the civil war within her city has weakened her resolution, her strength as a leader. Though she stands once again in control, I question that control. Is it truly safe to leave the Forsaken to their own devices? Despite the apparent demise of those who carried out this betrayal upon both Horde and Alliance, were they all swept away in the battle? Are the Forsaken still loyal to Sylvannas? And if so, where does the Banshee Queen truly stand? Was she unaware of what was being done, or is her shock and outrage part of a deeper plan, one that even I would have never seen coming from her?
I fear that we hate blindly, and rush to war with those that are different, those who have brought such suffering to us as well as those who have not. Yet I also fear that we forgive too easily, allowing the wicked to go unpunished alongside the innocent.
And to what end does either path bring us?
That is, after all, the answer we all seek.
For others, absolution is given easily, and perhaps too quickly. Peace between the Horde and Alliance has been tenuous at best these past ten years and in that time there has been little progress made in truly finding peace. The orcs continue to devestate Ashenvale. I wonder, sometimes, if Tyrande would be willing to negotiate commerce with the orcs. Our wisps could safely harvest lumber for their needs. Surely the tauren druids do not support the deforestation, yet Thrall has sent no diplomatic emmissary to meet with Elune's chosen priestess. To my knowledge, Jaina has not received any requests to facilitate such discussions. The dwarves of Alterac Valley seek answers, yet allow themselves to lose sight of their goal in the bloodlust for driving the orcs out while the Forsaken press further south from Lordaeron into the remnants of the kingdom of Strom, and one day perhaps into Khaz Modan.
There is no mistake, the Horde have not carved a living for themselves, content to hold their borders. Instead, they continue to expand, to seek new lands. Within their borders are the necessary resources to maintain a peaceful kingdom. Lumber in the Plaguelands were the Scourge driven out, Tirsifal Glades all the way south to the borders of Gilneas. Leave the people of Strom to their land. Leave Ashenvale alone. The dwarves need no further digging in Alterac Valley as answers seem to be elsewhere. Leave the orcs to their valley, the home they've managed to build.
The Alliance has not waged this war and the Horde has made no attempt to seek diplomatic resolution. In the ten years of tentative peace, their leaders have been blind to the wickedness within their own people, so blinded to the threat from within by focusing on perceived threats from without.
Varian Wrynn has declared war. When Arthas is eventually defeated, I fear open war shall be uopn us all, whether we wish it or not. But is it unwise? I cannot say. I do believe the Warchief wishes for peace, for his people to be left alone. And while his intentions are pure, I feel he has many shortcomings in achieveing them. Sylvannas is...more complicated, more troubled than most realize. There is malice in her voice, cruelty in her actions, yet such pain in her eyes. I fear that the civil war within her city has weakened her resolution, her strength as a leader. Though she stands once again in control, I question that control. Is it truly safe to leave the Forsaken to their own devices? Despite the apparent demise of those who carried out this betrayal upon both Horde and Alliance, were they all swept away in the battle? Are the Forsaken still loyal to Sylvannas? And if so, where does the Banshee Queen truly stand? Was she unaware of what was being done, or is her shock and outrage part of a deeper plan, one that even I would have never seen coming from her?
I fear that we hate blindly, and rush to war with those that are different, those who have brought such suffering to us as well as those who have not. Yet I also fear that we forgive too easily, allowing the wicked to go unpunished alongside the innocent.
And to what end does either path bring us?
That is, after all, the answer we all seek.