Talk:Azotha/@comment-7263041-20151010095304/@comment-25471990-20151010181449

The Zandalari were a priest case, and somehow held one of the greatest empires in Kalimdor.

http://wow.gamepedia.com/Zandalari_Troll_Wars

"The Zandalari Troll Wars, also known as the Zandalari Wars,were local conflicts fought about 12,000 ago. The Zandalari and the Mogu boasted the most powerful empires in Azeroth, and were allied with each other."

We know that they held modern day Zandalar, if nothing else, with the Amani and Zandalari holding a great deal of territory prior the the Night Elves' rise to power. It would make sense to me that the Zandalari would have occupied a similiar position to what they do right now, lording over both empires and beating them into submission if they commited sacrilige (ie. Zul'Gurub and Zul'drak). Were they respected? Sure, but I believe they were also feared.

As for the Mogu, they were probably a bigger threat than the Amani.

http://wow.gamepedia.com/Zandalari_Troll_Wars

"They trusted the other not to attack, because they were confident they would defeat the other. While Zandalari and mogu stood back to back, they did not watch the other and did not see the other falter."

Outright aggression? That's hard to say. This was an alliance of convenience, similiar to the Americans and Soviets during World War Two, and they made it out of fear.

Despite the Zandalari's war against the Pandaren, it is also speculated that they may have helped orchistrate the revolution in the first place, to weaken Pandaria.

http://wow.gamepedia.com/Zandalari

"Taran Zhu theorized that humans and possibly even some Zandalari may have sided with the Pandaren in the pandaren rebellion 12,000 years ago."

Perhaps they realized that Pandaria remained strong without the mogu, and saw the Pandaren as a threat.