Stromgarde City

Stromgarde City, also known as Stromgarde Keep, is the capital of the Kingdom of Stromgarde. The city was renamed from Strom following the splintering of the Kingdom of Arathor. Following the death of Thoras Trollbane and the rise of the Syndicate, the city and the surrounding areas have fallen in dark times. Ogres have overrun the mage district and the Tower of Arathor while the Syndicate, under Lord Falconcrest, have taken the keep and the eastern district. Meanwhile, the forces of Stromgarde under Thoras' son Galen have held onto the north-western part and the Sanctum.

Construction
The city of Strom was built by the Arathi tribe of humans in the midst of the Troll Wars. It was the center of the Arathorian Empire for many years after the end of the wars until the splintering of the other kingdoms. Those who remained renamed the city to Stromgarde.

The Great Wars
By the time of the Second War, Stromgarde was now a harbor city and controlled the Arathi Highlands and the island of Tol Barad, and was one of the most powerful kingdoms. Led by King Thoras Trollbane, they were close allies with Lordaeron and were one of the first to join the Alliance of Lordaeron. The armies of Stromgarde were very prominent during the wars, half of it sent to the front with the rest preventing an orcish invasion through Khaz Modan.

They were the first to be suspicious of Alterac, and after sending a small force to investigate, discovered that Perenolde let the orcs through some unguarded mountain passes. After killing the orcs, Thoras' men stayed there in order to prevent more orcs from going through.

Following the end of the war, Thoras asked that the eastern portion of the Kingdom of Alterac be annexed to Stromgarde for their efforts in the war, and left the Alliance following Terenas' refusal to execute the orcs.

Recent Days
During the Third War, they managed to prevent the Scourge from ravaging their lands, and sent the Stromgarde Brigade with Lady Jaina Proudmoore and the Human Expedition to Kalimdor. However, Thoras Trollbane was mysteriously assassinated, and the city came under siege by the Alterac Syndicate and the Boulderfist Clan of ogres, who now occupy the city. With Galen Trollbane's death and ressurection at the hands of the Forsaken, the future of the city remains unknown.