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It is the era of an Old Horde, forged with steel rather than fel blood. A union of great orc clans, the Iron Horde, tramples the planet Draenor beneath terrifying war machines. Azeroth falls next. Worlds uncounted will follow.
You must mount a desperate charge on Draenor – savage home of orcs and adopted bastion of stoic draenei – at this pivotal moment. Your allies are legends from across time; your fortress a foothold in an alien land. Lead the armies of one world against another…before the future itself is unmade.
Let's ignore the stupidly high number of retcons present on the rest of the opening page where the characters are concerned (Gul'dan an outcast, what a joke). And hey, let's ignore the fact that the Orcs were firmly under Demonic sway long before they drank the blood of Mannoroth.
It still makes absolutely no sense why this would be a threat. The Orcs invaded Azeroth. That happened in the past. So, what, now we're worried about another invasion from the past?
And the premise is to stop the future from being unmade? Why? Why would that be bad? There's literally no downside to this. The Scourge doesn't happen, the Draenei genocide is abated, the Orcs don't fall to barbarism, the Burning Legion doesn't gain a foothold to invade Azeroth. Maybe Medivh is saved from Sargeras and the world doesn't lose The Guardian.
Unless they're going to pull out a stupid plot device like "time will self-destruct."
I'm not happy.