Add in the old New World setting, circa 2010-2014

Political Entities/Great Alliance/Overview.txt

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+	The Great Alliance is the name still applied to what used to be a 
+massive alliance of monstrous tribes and horde lands. 
+
+Past History
+
+	The Great Alliance originally began as a loose alliance of Drowish 
+nations in the Underdark, specifically between powerful spellcasters in 
+neighboring Drowish cities. Looking to extend their reach beyond their 
+own caverns, they looked to devilish alliances. Pulling in dark forces 
+as allies, they were able to unite with neighboring cities – dominating 
+them, and destroying whoever they could not. After a few hundred years of 
+their underground empire building, their dark allies began to secretly 
+create routes out into the overworld; and when the preparations were 
+complete, the underground hordes piled out onto their unsuspecting ground-
+dwelling neighbors. They had no warning. No defense. And quickly, no hope.
+	At this time, the alliance was mainly drow and drow-led forces, named 
+the Daughters of the Queen, for the five drowish families who led and 
+formed the center of the horde. Upon reaching the surface, they contacted 
+other existing monstrous populations that had begun to similarly emerge, 
+and the Great Alliance soon came to be. The Daughters of the Queen were 
+still at the center, but now there were other warlords who gathered around 
+their standard – and, in time, hundreds of warlords came.  The Great 
+Alliance was thus formed. And under their heel, they placed the necks of 
+all good men across the world. 
+
+Present Day
+
+	Now, the situation is quite different. During the slave rebellions, 
+much of the alliance fell to in-fighting, resulting in a loss of any central 
+power structure. In one encounter, the Daughters of the Queen were forced to 
+return to their underground caverns, at least temporarily. Many of the 
+nations, upon seeing the alliance failing, neither took part in the offense 
+or the in-fighting, deciding instead to simply return to their former 
+existence. 
+	There is no longer any central power structure, as there used to be with 
+the Daughters of the Queen. Now disputes between warlords are settled 
+amongst themselves – usually with tragically bloody consequences. The 
+last few remnants of the original Great Alliance are desperately trying to 
+find a way to reunite everyone, to rebuild their massive armies, thus to 
+march on Braddock and his rebellious slaves. But unfortunately, that 
+glorious day is far away.