Today I took the little ones for walk in Mulgore and gave them a lesson. One of them asked why we allied ourselves with the Forsaken, as their foul Gutterspeak fills the streets of Thunder Bluff often enough. I asked her why she thought we were fighting and her only answer was that her father fought them, and his father too. It seems war can have a way of becoming a cycle that even the participants don't understand. That is no way to win.
Tauren history is not as rich and recorded as Trolls or even Orcs. Our ways and traditions are more defined than our past actions. Our current alliance with the Forsaken defines us as much as anything in our past, and it is this union that many of my people find hard to bear. I don't speak of our soldiers and volunteers. Many of us see the Forsaken as our brothers in arms and will fight beside any and all of them. As a member of the Druidic Order I have a responsibility to my people to articulate our cause and relate it to our traditions of worship: namely, the Earthmother.
And so I told the young ones of the Scourge and the curse of the Forsaken. I told them of the crimes of the Dwarves and the arrogance of the Humans. I told them of the plight of the Orcs and the dangers of the Burning Legion. I also told them of the importance of balance in the world and that the Tauren have always been here because of their enlightened approach to that world.
But the war drags on and we forget why we fight. The Grim carries the standard because the Horde won't act. Our leaders are fine with the peoples of Azeroth at loggerheads. They don't realize that balance must be maintained and that, in our age, peace must be aquired through annihilation. This was the little ones lesson today. Let them not forget what we fight for when it becomes their turn...
Cristok of Mulgore