Darkspear (US PvP) is a high population server (also referred to as a realm) for the MMORPG, World of Warcraft. ^[0]The server was launched in 2004. ^[1]

The estimated Alliance to Horde ratio is 77.7% Alliance and 22.2% Horde with 0.1% Unknown (most likely Neutral Pandaren), making it a predominantly Alliance dominated server.

There are an estimated 665,647 characters on the Darkspear server, 63.1% of which are male characters and 36.9% of which are female characters.

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The most popular Character Race on Darkspear is Human, accounting for 35.6% of the population.

The two most popular Character Classes on Darkspear are Druid and Death Knight, each accounting for 10.6% of the total population.

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The Darkspear server is named after the Darkspear Troll Tribe.

Some members of the tribe belong to the Darkspear Trolls faction of the Horde.

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Once a part of the Gurubashi Empire, the portion that would eventually become Darkspear suffered heavily when the empire split into separate tribes as they were smaller than the rest.

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The Darkspear were in war with the Skullsplitter tribe for years.

The Bloodscalp tribe is also said to be their enemy.

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As tribal rivalries erupted throughout the former Gurubashi Empire, the Darkspear tribe found themselves driven from their homeland in Stranglethorn Vale.

Having remembered the ogre mage Mai'Zoth, the exile happened some time after the Second War (considering Mai'Zoth was created by Gul'dan during the war).

Having settled on the Darkspear islands, the tribe soon found themselves entangled in a conflict with a group of murlocs.

Eventually they also found new enemies in humans when a Kul Tiras-fleet led by Kelen the Seeker landed on the island in search for some orcs who had stolen some ships.

The trolls' fate seemed sealed until the Orcish Warchief Thrall and his band of newly freed orcs, which were the orcs the humans were looking for, took shelter on the island after a heavy storm.

The orcs managed to defeat the humans, but their victory was short-lived.

Controlled by a Sea Witch, the Underworld Minions captured the Darkspears' leader Sen'jin along with Thrall and several orcs, trolls and humans.

They were all brought to a complex prison made by caves below the island.

Thrall managed to free himself and his companions, but was ultimately unable to save the trolls' leader.

Although Sen'jin was sacrificed to the Sea Witch, he was able to reveal a vision he had in which Thrall would lead the Darkspear trolls from the island.

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After returning to the island's surface, Thrall and his followers managed to fend off further attacks by the Sea Witch and her murloc minions, and set sail for Kalimdor once again.

Under the new leadership of Vol'jin, the Darkspear swore allegiance to Thrall's Horde and followed him to Kalimdor.

Now considered enemies by all other troll organizations except the Revantusk, Shatterspear, and the Zandalari, the Darkspear are held in contempt to this day.

Yet, the Darkspear have not forgotten being driven from their ancestral homes, and this animosity is eagerly returned - especially towards the other jungle trolls.

Having reached and founded the orc's new homeland, Durotar, the trolls carved out another home for themselves — this time among the Echo Isles on the eastern shores of the new orc kingdom.

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However, with another approach by Kul Tiras and its navy, the Darkspear were forced to retreat inland under an onslaught of Destroyers, battleships, and Gryphon riders of the commander Admiral Daelin Proudmoore.

The trolls berserkers and bat riders fighting alongside their Horde brethren led by the beastmaster Rexxar, defeated the enemy armada and reclaimed their new home.

Shortly thereafter, a witch doctor by the name of Zalazane began using dark magic to take the minds of his fellow Darkspear.

As his army of mindless followers grew, Vol'jin ordered the free trolls to evacuate, and Zalazane took control of the Echo Isles.

The Darkspear have since settled on the nearby shore, naming their new village after their old leader, Sen'jin.

From Sen'jin Village they, along with their allies, send forces to battle Zalazane and his enslaved army.

The Darkspears' efforts, however, failed to drive Zalazane from the Echo Isles.

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