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Medivh appeared to Thrall as a prophet and urged him to carry the Horde across the sea to Kalimdor. The orcish generation that Thrall led had endured the defeat of the Second War and the internment camps. The prophet's advice mattered because it placed Thrall on the route by which former enemies could oppose the Legion together.
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Medivh appeared to Thrall as a prophet and urged him to carry the Horde across the sea to Kalimdor. The warning promised a danger greater than any border conflict with human kingdoms. Thrall had begun gathering orcs freed from captivity, but survival now required departure from familiar lands. The expedition would reshape the New Horde and bring it into contact with peoples seeking refuge on another continent.
The orcish generation that Thrall led had endured the defeat of the Second War and the internment camps. Medivh's message offered a path beyond renewed conflict with Lordaeron. In the Warcraft III prologue, Thrall sought ships at Southshore to carry his followers west. This practical act was the beginning of an enormous migration, not a military campaign to conquer another human city. The fleet set out toward a continent the orcs did not fully know.
Their journey would bring the Horde among Darkspear trolls and tauren, and eventually to the defense of Mount Hyjal. The prophet's advice mattered because it placed Thrall on the route by which former enemies could oppose the Legion together. The exodus marks the moment the New Horde ceased to define its future solely by the lands it had invaded.
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