New Alliance

The New Alliance (normally referred to as simply the Alliance) was a small band of human and elven warriors that fought back against the Scourge in the aftermath of the Third War. They were led by Grand Marshal Garithos and the force consisted of humans, blood elves led by Prince Kael'thas Sunstrider and dwarves under both Bronzebeard and Wildhammer.

Background
During the Third War, Dalaran was destroyed by Archimonde, but many of the Burning Legion demons went to Kalimdor and were defeated. Lord Garithos became the Grand Marshal of the survivors of the Alliance of Lordaeron and managed to retake Dalaran.

Blood elves
Garithos and his men were joined by Prince Kael'thas Sunstrider and his healthiest warriors voluntarily, although they were met with suspicions by the prejudiced human Garithos. Garithos assigned the blood elves increasingly difficult missions, he stationed them throughout Silverpine Forest and would have perished if not for the help of Tyrande and Maiev. They returned to Dalaran but were scolded by Garithos and ordered them to repair three observatories, after the repairs Lord Garithos went to the front lines and left Kael'thas to await orders. The next day an emissary sent by Garithos withdraw the human and dwarven troops from Kael'thas control and send them to the fornt lines, then Dalvengyr and an undead army launched an attack to Kael'thas' bases. When the blood elves were going to be defeated, Lady Vashj and her naga appeared and helped Kael'thas. The combined armies attacked the undeads and managed to kill Dalvengyr, but later Garithos arrived and saw the naga, he condemned this action as treason and imprisioned the blood elves for excecuting them later.

Divided
The New Alliance was divided into two groups: the human and dwarves loyal to Garithos and Kael'thas' forces, the blood elves who were imprisoned.

Imprisoned and sentenced to death, the blood elves were rescued by Vashj. Kael'thas fought his way throughout the dungeons of Dalaran, defeating the Garithos' Enforcers and to his former friend Kassan. The blood elves planned to reopen the portal opened by Kel'thuzad to bring Archimonde to Azeroth and redirect it to Outland, where they would meet Illidan, however, they would need to keep Garithos at bay while his men crossed the portal. The portal was attacked by the Garithos' Elite Guard with the suicide mission of destroying it. Kael'thas, Vashj and some engineers planned the defense and managed to hold Garithos.

Mind-controlled
Sometime after the blood elves escaped and Arthas left to defend the Lich King Garithos and his forces were bewitched by Detheroc. The the New Alliance attacked the forces of Sylvanas and Varimathras along with Detheroc's undead but were pushed back and eventually freed from attacked Detheroc's enslavement. Sylvanas then proposed an alliance with Garithos, at which he was offended by such an offer as Sylvanas had been part of the undead army that drove the humans out of Lordaeron in the first place. However, running out of military options, he assembled what was left of his forces and met Sylvanas outside of the base.

Annihilation
The elves had left the New Alliance and the Wildhammer dwarves were annihilated, with just humans and Bronzebeard dwarves left; yet the New Alliance persisted and went to the Capital City.

Sylvanas, Varimathras and Garithos planned to attack the Capital City, they knew that Balnazzar could only be defeated through attrition, so Sylvanas decided that Garithos' men would attack from the rear, while Sylvanas's forces would attack from the front. Balnazzar was unprepared by an attack of both armies. Garithos' was informed of the missing Ironforge dwarves, he was infuriated, but went in their search. He found and insulted them, commading them to help him in the battle, right after the dwarves joined his forces. With both arimes attacking from different sides, Balnazzar's Forces, the Dreadlord Insurgents and the Dreadlord Loyalists were defeated.

Balnazzar was "killed" by his brother Varimathras, then Garithos named Sylvanas' undead "wretched animals" and that they should leave his city, however Sylvanas ordered to Varimathras to kill Garithos, which he did with glee and then slew his army, the New Alliance was annihilated. Sylvanas then renamed her faction as the Forsaken telling that Varimathras she would slaughter anyone who stands in their way.

Command structure

 * [[Image:BTNHeroDreadLord.png|18px]]Detheroc/[[Image:BTNTichondrius.png|18px]]Balnazzar - Mind-controllers. (Deceased/Defeated)
 * [[Image:BTNGarithos.png|18px]] Garithos - Grand Marshal. (Deceased)
 * Kael'thas - Prince and leader of the blood elves. (Defected for Illidan's forces and later the Burning Legion.)
 * Alliance Remnants - A group of humans, dwarves and blood elves. (The humans and dwarves were slain by the Forsaken and the blood elves joined Illidan and later the Burning Legion or the Sha'tar.)
 * Emissary - Informer to the troops. (Fate unknown.)
 * [[Image:BTNBandit.png|18px]] Kassan - Jailor of the dungeons of Dalaran. (Deceased)
 * Garithos' Enforcers (Defeated by Kael'thas and later slain.)
 * Garithos' Elite Guard (Defeated by Kael'thas and later slain.)
 * Rest of the army.