This question will go a long way. If you want to talk about it from the beginning, I probably have to start from the background of the first generation of Warcraft or even earlier, and I don’t know everything. If you are interested, I highly recommend it. Go find the official novel of Warcraft and you will understand it after reading the whole series.
Ignore the timeline and tell you a few things I know roughly. Corrections are welcome if there are no details. The following is purely handwritten.
Tribal side:
The lord of Orgrimmar, Thrall, is also the leader of the entire tribe. His father was the previous chief of the orc tribe. Born in the time period of the second generation of Warcraft, the orcs were defeated and a large number of orcs were captured and imprisoned in a prison in the east of Hillsbrad. Thrall was also one of the prisoners. There, Thrall was helped to learn from the human woman Jane. After gaining human knowledge, Thrall later successfully escaped under the guidance of the last guardian Medivh, and joined forces with his uncle's old hero Hellscream to lead the remaining orcs to escape to the Western Continent. And established the main city of Orgrimmar, and later concluded a non-aggression treaty with Jenny, the leader of the survivors of Lordaeron. This related plot can be seen in Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos, the Frozen Throne Orc RPG campaign, and WOW. The caves of old Hillsbrad can be appreciated.
The Lord of Thunder Bluff, Kane, the tauren chief. Tauren are the aborigines of the Western Continent. When Thrall led the orcs to escape to the Western Continent, they soon came into contact with the tauren. At that time, the tauren planned to move north to avoid the encirclement and suppression of their old enemy Centaur. Thrall decisively offered help and helped the tauren move safely. Later, the tauren established the main city in Thunder Bluff and swore to join the tribe to repay Thrall for his help. This episode can be played in Reign of Chaos.
The Lord of the Undercity, Sylvanas, the former ranger general of Quethalas, the main city of the high elves, was killed in the battle against the attack of Arthas' undead army, and was later transformed by Arthas. A banshee, controlled by the will of the Lich King (this section belongs to the Reign of Chaos). Later, when Illidan attacked the Frozen Throne, the Lich King's will weakened. Sylvanas got rid of the control and cooperated with the three dreadlords of the Burning Legion. Driven by a strong desire for revenge, he rebelled against Arthas. Lose your life. When the Dread Lord thought he was done, Sylvanas rebelled again and cooperated with the human general (forgot his name, I’m an idiot, there’s more to come later) on the condition that the city of Lordaeron was returned, and the two Dread Lords were killed. The next one surrendered, and then rebelled again, killing the human generals and taking over the city of Lordaeron, renamed it the Undercity, and called on all the undead who had escaped the control of the Lich King to avenge the Lich King. And renamed himself: The Forgotten, remembering that he had become an undead after sacrificing his life to protect his family, but in the end he was hated by his family as an enemy. The above plots are all in the Frozen Throne. Later, for strategic needs, Sylvanas joined the Horde. In WOW-WLK, Sylvanas, a veteran who turned betrayal into an art, was actually betrayed by the surrendered Dreadlord. She almost lost the Undercity, but only regained her hometown with the help of Thrall. It must be said. It's a travesty.
Blood Elf, to be honest, I still don’t know the names of the blood elf city lords. I only know that one is a countess and the other is an archmage = =. The background is the Reign of Chaos. After Arthas defeated the high elves' main city of Quethalas, he resurrected Kel'Thuzad in the Sunwell, the source of magic for the high elves. The sunwell was contaminated, and all the high elves suddenly lost the magic power they relied on for survival. Most of them became "lost-hearted" (there are many near the main city of WOW blood elves). A small number of elites, led by Prince Kael'thas, renamed themselves blood elves. They have remembered the blood-sea hatred against the Lich King. Kael'thas Si led the crowd to join the Human Alliance Army, hoping to kill Arthas with his own hands. However, he was discriminated against and excluded by the human general (the S13 mentioned above) and was forced to escape. He joined Illidan's command and followed him to develop in the outside world. And accompanied the army to attack the Frozen Throne (this section is the Frozen Throne). After Illidan was defeated, he had to retreat to Outland to rest. Having escaped the pursuit of the Lich King and the wrath of the Burning Legion, Kael'thas discovered that the master behind Illidan, Kil'jaeden, one of the two giants of the Burning Legion, was more powerful and possessed more power. Strong magic power, so he skipped Illidan and started direct contact with the Burning Legion. In order to consolidate his power in the outer realm, Kael'thas attacked the draenei who possessed high-end technology and robbed the draenei's starship fortress (the Germans were too weak...
), captured Mulu, the Naaru who had a good relationship with the draenei (he was a member of the Jigsaw Puzzle, the boss of Sand City in Outland), and later discovered that the Naaru were pure energy beings with endless light energy, so they made a Through a series of dangerous energy-focused experiments, the blood elves mastered the power of the Holy Light and acquired the profession of Paladin (WOW in the 1970s). After Kael'thas was defeated (by the player - -), he planned to join the Burning Legion's plan. She had a miscarriage and fled back to the Sunwell. The blood elf countess showed her last loyalty and gave Muru to Kael'thas. Later, she led most of the blood elf knights she had trained to join Shattrath City and changed her name to the Astrologers. Fight against the Burning Legion represented by Illidan. The remaining part of the earth led by the blood elf archmage, under the recommendation of Sylvanas, the leader of the Forsaken who was originally a member of the same race, joined the tribe to fight against the Lich King together. (The part where the Countess turned from darkness to light in Shattrath City can often be seen in the center of Sand City. As for the chaos of the WOW timeline, ignore the order of this period - -)
Lord of the Cityless: Troll The leader Vol'jin seems to be called this. Trolls are one of the oldest aborigines in the world of Azeroth. They established a powerful empire in ancient times. They were later attacked by the Insect God and collapsed. They were scattered into several small tribes. Vol'jin is located in the Western Continent. The coastal trolls on the eastern coast were almost wiped out by the murlocs when they were aided by Thrall. Before his death, the tribal elder asked Vol'jin to lead the remaining people to join the tribe and swear allegiance.
Alliance:
The Lord of the Night Elf City: High Priest Tyrande, one of the oldest races on earth, an aborigine of the forest area of ??the Western Continent, was previously affected by addiction to magic. They resisted the invasion of the Burning Legion and defended the earth at a huge cost. Later, the high priest Tyrande and the archdruid Malfurion believed that magic was the fault, and banned the practice of magic for the entire clan. Expelled those of the same race who practiced magic (the latter exiled themselves to the Eastern Continent and called themselves high elves, the predecessors of the blood elves). Later, during the Reign of Chaos, he had a great conflict with the deforestation orcs. Later, under the arrangement of Medivh, he met Thrall and Jenny, the leader of the human survivors of Lordaeron. In order to resist the general attack of the Burning Legion, the three parties agreed Join forces to fight the enemy. After the war, Jenny joined the Alliance through her efforts. Later, in the Frozen Throne, she sensed that Illidan's reckless attack on the Frozen Throne would cause great harm to the world, so Tyrande and Malfurion stopped Illidan together. .
The Lord of Ironforge: Bronzebeard. There are many brothers in the Bronzebeard family, and I still can't figure out which one is which. Anyway, one of them must be an adventurer who travels around the world. The specific reason is not clear, but the dwarves are the race that has the closest communication with humans. In the background of the 1st and 2nd generations of Warcraft, they joined the human army many times to fight against the orcs, so as a die-hard member of the alliance, they continue to fight against the Burning Legion.
Stormwind City Lord: That level 5 invincible kid - - is actually the regent next to him. The old king is missing. If you play human in WOW, you can know the general cause and effect through a series of tasks. It is one of the seven human coalition forces fighting against the orcs. After Lordaeron was wiped out by natural disasters, Stormwind City became the last remaining fortress in the eastern continent of humanity. However, there is a KB force called the Defias Brotherhood whose goal is to overthrow Stormwind City. It is said that the boss of this force was originally the contractor who built Stormwind City. He rebelled because he did not pay for the construction of Stormwind City. Well, it is very realistic~
Draenei: I don’t know the name of the city lord. It’s a tragic race. They have the high-tech ability to build interstellar fortresses for interstellar travel, but they were killed by Kael’thas. Most of the fleet was taken away, and the rest crashed in the western sea of ??the western continent, so he and the blood elves were not in conflict with Dai Tian, ??so he joined the alliance.
Lord of the small town: Jenny, she has a good background. She is the proud disciple of the chief mage of the Mage City and the lover of Prince Alsace. Her father is an admiral and my father is a Li Gang-level figure. , was ordered to work with Arthas during the Reign of Chaos to investigate the source of natural disasters and plagues. Later, Arthas was carried away by anger and wanted to cleanse Stratholme City. Jenny's dissuasion failed and left Arthas. Later, he worked in Medivh. Under the guidance of Lordaeron, he led the human survivors of Lordaeron across the ocean to the Western Continent and established a base there.
Later, he became a key figure in mediating exchanges between the tribe and the alliance, and then there were rumors of an affair with Thrall - -
The Lord of No City: Dwarf King XXX (the same name is forgotten - -), different races, In the same situation, he had the same disease as the trolls, and he also had high technology like the draenei, but a leprosy suddenly broke out, so he had to evacuate his home and seek help from the nearby Ironforge dwarves, and then lived in Ironforge.