Stormwind army

The Stormwind Army is the backbone of Stormwind's Armed Forces. Considered by many to be the proudest men and women in service to the King, these soldiers defend the interest of Stormwind and the Alliance. Before the return of King Varian Wrynn, the army had been thrown into disarray and scattered due to the efforts of the broodmother Onyxia of the Black Dragonflight who at the time was masquerading under the guise of Lady Katrana Prestor. With the Varian back in command of his army, reinforcements and aid were sent throughout the Kingdom of Stormwind to help secure them once again.

The Armies of Stormwind have seen fighting in Outland, Northrend and with the start of the Alliance-Horde War have been dispatched to strategic fronts to reinforce their allies or to secure the home line across their kingdom.

Organization
The Stormwind Army is compramised of several distinct units that involve the actual armed forces that get dispatched to reinforce or even invade other territories and the Stormwind Guard which takes care of problems on the home front throughout the Kingdom of Stormwind. 7 tends to work very close with the army aswell as the rest of the entire Alliance.

It can be assumed granted the way the army seems to be used that soldiers are either assigned duties in a certain sect of the army, whether it being deployed to a front or simply being assigned guard duty in one of the kingdom's realms. Another possibility could be that they do tours of duty where they are assigned to a specific area and for a set amount of time before receiving new orders and relocate to where necessary. It is also probably possible that soldiers can apply to stay stationed in a specific location or request to be sent to a certain destination although this most likely would not always be approved if the situation was too urgent.

The guards that patrol Stormwind City likely do not get ordered out onto front lines as their line of work is more policing than military. If the city on the other hand is the sight of a battle by rare chance they would fight alongside the army.

Notable Groups

 * Stormwind Guard
 * Stormwind City Guard
 * Stormwind Royal Guard
 * Stormwind Elite
 * Stormwind Captain
 * Westfall Brigade
 * Bravo Company
 * Marshtide Watch
 * Rebel Camp
 * Valiance Expedition
 * Knights of the Silver Hand

Notable NPCs

 * Highlord Bolvar Fordragon was the former Regent of Stormwind and the top general of the Valiance Expedition. He would ultimately fall due to treachery at the Wrathgate and unbeknown to the rest of Stormwind, was reborn to take up the mantle of the Lich King.


 * General Marcus Jonathan is the High Commander of Stormwind Defense. He is responsible for the day to day operations of the Stormwind Army, and commands it with great honor.


 * General Arlos is the only known surviving general of the Valiance Expedition.


 * Captain of the Guard Melris Malagan commands the Stormwind City Guard.


 * Reginald Windsor was a high ranking Marshal in the Stormwind Army. He was a legendary commander who wielded the epic hammer Ironfoe, and he had been a living legend in Stormwind. He was later assigned the post of commanding all Alliance forces in the Burning Steppes. He was taken captive by a dark iron raiding party, and eventually was rescued and traveled to Stormwind, and revealed that Lady Katrana Prestor was actually Onyxia of the Blackdragon Flight. Marshal Windsor was killed by Onyxia in the keep, and is remembered as one of Stormwind's greatest heroes.


 * Gryan Stoutmantle has been promoted to the rank of Marshal for his leadership during the armies dis-organization and involvement with leading the Westfall Brigade in Northrend. It falls to him for commanding the army in Westfall and ensuring the law is upheld. Considering the mass transients seeking refuge in Sentinel Hill and the rise of organized crime in the region once again this is no easy task.


 * Marshal Marris is the leader of the Stormwind Army unit in Lakeshire. He sits by the Lakeshire Bridge overseeing the day to day defense of the town.


 * Marshal McBride is in charge of the military forces in Northshire Abbey, the human starting location. He is the quest giver for all of the class-specific introductory quests for humans. With Blackrock Orcs attempting to invading the small enclave, his job has become much more dire than it use to be.


 * Marshal Haggard is a former leader of the Stormwind army, and lives in a house near the Eastvale Logging Camp.


 * Marshal Redpath oversaw the army stationed at Southshore until it's destruction and his death.


 * Colonel Troteman and John J. Keeshan lead the Bravo Company battalion.


 * Lieutenant Doren leads the Rebel Camp.


 * Joanna Blueheart is the Marshtide Commander of Marshtide Watch.


 * Commander Ashlam Valorfist commands the Alliance armies of Chillwind Camp.


 * Thassarian is a Death Knight commander of Stormwind. He was chosen to spearhead King Varian Wrynn's campaign for Andorhal.

Reactions to the neglect before Varian's return
The Stormwind army was criticized harshly by the leaders of the surrounding zones, Westfall's Gryan Stoutmantle, Redridge Mountains' Magistrate Solomon, and Duskwood's Lord Ello Ebonlocke, for their lack of response to the zones' troubles. In Redridge, and Lakeshire in particular, there was at least a presence of the Stormwind army, even though the soldiers there, like the ones in Elwynn Forest, give many quests to help alleviate the problems in the zone. In Westfall, the people have formed The People's Militia to fight against the Defias Brotherhood and the gnolls and mechanical monsters that have taken over their fields and the town of Moonbrook. In Duskwood, the people have formed a militia called The Night Watch, assembled to battle the undead, worgen, ogres, and vicious spiders that have taken over most of the zone outside of the town of Darkshire.