Lightning's Blade (US PvP) is a medium population server (also referred to as a realm) for the MMORPG, World of Warcraft. ^[0]The server was launched in 2004 and is one of many eligible servers for inbound Character Realm Transfers. ^[1]

The estimated Alliance to Horde ratio is 27.3% Alliance and 72.5% Horde with 0.2% Unknown (most likely Neutral Pandaren), making it a predominantly Horde dominated server.

There are an estimated 261,807 characters on the Lightning's Blade server, 67.1% of which are male characters and 32.9% of which are female characters.

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The most popular Character Race on Lightning's Blade is Blood Elf, accounting for 21.8% of the population.

The most popular Character Class on Lightning's Blade is Hunter, accounting for 10.7% of the total population.

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The Lightning's Blade server is named after the Lightning's Blade clan: an Orc clan that dwelled in northeastern Gorgrond.

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The Lightning's Blade clan had strong ties to the Thunderlord clan.

After the Horde had conquered much of Draenor, the threat of starvation caused many Orcs to turn on each other, clashing in short-lived battles that left hundreds dead.

The Lightning's Blade was one of the clans who suffered greatly in these conflicts.

When the Horde invaded Azeroth, the Lightning's Blade were left behind on Draenor.

After the war, Ner'zhul attempted to reforge the Horde with a promise of new worlds, and managed to attain the partial loyalty of the Lightning's Blade.

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