One of the worse and a genuinely bad thing the Alliance did is still the Taurajo massacre. But in the same consistency as Blizzard writes the Horde as villains, this has also been downplayed heavily by the writers with excuses for the Alliance. Such as “only some civlians died”, and “It was because of false information”, and the biggest of all, Baine himself saying it was a legitimate target so they shouldn’t seek revenge.
Blizzard seems allergic to simply letting dark acts by the Alliance be done without giving writer justification for it.
This is true, but I do also feel there is a bit a difference in simply saying “We should not seek revenge. It is not our way and it will only cause further death” compared to “Actually, this hunter-gatherer camp was a military target. They only had themselves to blame. We shouldn’t go to war because of it”.
Was it? I was under the impression it was a tauren village with basically civilians and hunters, without any relevant military presence (outside of a couple of warriors)?
But in the end who cares really. It happened what, 14 years ago?
By that logic no actual village or town in Warcraft is a legitimate military target as they only have civilians and guards.
No Taurajo is a legitimate target because hunters are ranged troops for the Horde military, they supply the Horde with meat, pelts, and knowledge about the lay of the lands, the secret paths and they can scout for the Horde army.
They should at the very least be given the chance to leave. Then again it is difficult to treat WoW with modern moral categories. Tauren don’t even have a strict “official army” most likely.
As i said earlier, it’s a pointless comparison in the grand scheme of things outside of the low key “you guys actually play bad guys and should feel bad” angle some people gun for.
It’s hard to really take the topic too seriously when there’s a precedent of narrative double standards and focus on what lingers in the story.
