Gurubashi War

The Gurubashi War was a major conflict fought between the human Kingdom of Azeroth and a coalition of Gurubashi jungle troll tribes, in the south of the Eastern Kingdoms. Occurring around 18 years before the First War, the Gurubashi War saw a massive army of trolls lay siege to, and nearly sack, Stormwind City itself in response to the assassination of their previous warlord.

The war was preceded by a long period of smaller conflicts between the two factions, largely over the territories bordering Stranglethorn Vale that Stormwindian settlers began expanding into. Though initially isolated, the conflict quickly escalated out of control, despite the best efforts of Stormwind's King Barathen Wrynn.

The final provocation came when Prince Llane Wrynn personally led a small party to strike at the Gurubashi leadership in central Stranglethorn, which succeeded in uniting the trolls against Stormwind. Though costly and close-run, the human kingdom eventually emerged victorious, largely due to the intervention of the Guardian Medivh.

With the entire troll army completely destroyed or routed at the gates of Stormwind City, the jungle trolls of the south would never succeed in threatening the kingdom again. The war's conclusion also marked the beginning of nearly two decades of relative peace for Stormwind, to be eventually interrupted by the onset of the First War against the Orcish Horde.