ome
members of the Horde had been planning to destroy the
night elf village of Astranaar for quite some time.
At 9:30 pm on Wednesday the 5th of July, many of them
gathered at Kargathia Keep in the Warsong Lumber Camp
(Ashenvale), where they finished shaping their plan.
Reports
from the horde taking part in the raid on Astranaar,
have informed the Azeroth Journal that they planned
to blow up the base, using special explosive traps and
dynamite bought from goblins. It is not clear if there
were enough traps to cause serious structural damage
to the village.
Many
horde and night elf men and women fell during the first
part of the battle. Alliance reinforcements arrived
in time to stop the attack, before many of the traps
were in place. Some minor damage was caused to some
civilian houses and an elven barracks, by the traps
that were placed before the alliance could muster a
strong resistance.
This
was clearly not just another random attack, but carefully
planned, as the
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attackers steered away from any civilians. Although
appearing not to want to cause harm to any civilians,
the horde did kill one. This seemed to be more of
an accident than intentional.
The
attackers said that this raid was in honor of
their hero Grom Hellscream, and since the base
he built in Moonglade was destroyed by night elves,
it seemed right,
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to
them, to destroy a night elf base. Whatever the
reason, they were outclassed by the alliance,
and finally defeated.
Unfortunately,
the Azeroth Journal was not permitted to publish
photographs of the inside of the Keep, since it
would disclose the identity of the attackers,
who wish to remain unknown.
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