Whenever World of Warcraft Horde warchief Sylvanas Windrunner was mentioned at BlizzCon 2018, division swept the room. Some people booed, some people cheered. Sylvanas is on a genocidal rampage, you see, and it’s caused a schism in the Horde. Some people follow her – and will to the ends of the, um, Azeroth – while others openly rebel under the hashtag Not My Warchief.
Some people are angry with her. When Sylvanas torched the very important World Tree Teldrassil, a bit like the mean guy at the end of Avatar (sorry if you haven’t seen it but where have you been?), her number-two, Vorok Saurfang, mutinied. He removed his shoulder pads and walked away – and the #NotMyWarchief supporters followed in solidarity with him.
“I’ve heard these discussions on the internet about ‘she’s going off the rails’, but is she?” -Alex Afrasiabi
Source: Eurogamer World of Warcraft and the masterplan for Sylvanas