Fantastic Racism: After the death of Lothar, Turalyon realizes the Orcs are not from Azeroth and are not of the Light.He resolves these doubts not by realizing that the orcs are not as bad as he thinks they are, but by finding a (later established to be fundamentally untrue) loophole that lets him denounce the orcs as purely evil without compromising the Light's inherent benevolence.
Dramatically Missing the Point: Turalyon spends a lot of the book in religion induced doubt, as he can't reconcile the fact that the Light (specifically its capacity for goodness) resides in everyone with the way the orcs are Always Chaotic Evil. Deus Exit Machina: Lothar spends half the book hunting Orcs in a distant forest in the Hintherlands because had he been there for the battles that happened during that time, he'd have defeated the Horde single-handedly. Darkest Hour: The Siege of Lordaeron is this for the Alliance. Colonel Badass: Turalyon fulfills this role for much of the book. Also the Alliance has to deal with its own traitors, though no human-on-human fighting happens at all. Civil Warcraft: Occurs with Doomhammer and Guldan. Church Militant: Paladins don't exist before this war but are introduced by the Church of the Light. The dialogue between Gul'dan and his minions in the Tomb of Sargeras is quoted verbatim from the flashback in Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. Continuity Porn: Despite the removal of a lot of specific missions and the gnomes/goblins, there are ALOT of cameos in the book. It's terribly ironic that he dies in such an ignomous and pointless manner. The Captain: Daelin Proudmoore is at his most heroic and awesome here. "Young Trust" was a nickname given to Khadgar by Medivh, who pointed out the same thing. Call-Back: When Khadgar first meets Magni, Magni points out that his name means "Trust" in Dwarven. Lothar is the only one capable and willing to handle the burden of leading the heroes. 
Black-and-White Morality: Orgrim Doomhammer and Kilrogg Deadeye are pretty much the only orcs who get portrayed positively at all, and even they openly want to commit genocide on all Azerothian races to prevent themselves from suffering a death by starvation.The defeat of their warchief sends the the Horde into a full retreat. After Lothar's death, his lieutenant Turalyon picks up his broken sword and knocks out Doomhammer. During the battle, he encounters the Alliance supreme commander Lord Anduin Lothar. The Alliance besieges the stronghold, when the orc warchief Orgrim Doomhammer leads a counter-attack. Battle-Halting Duel: The next-to-last battle between The Alliance and The Horde takes place near Blackrock Spire, the orc stronghold.Battle Couple: Turalyon and Alleria Windrunner.Armies Are Evil: The Horde is violent evil scum, despite Doomhammer's attempts to provide some moral ambiguity.
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