Basically, it comes down to who really will support our fluff. That's really what all the alliances are about, let's not kid ourselves any longer. No point on presenting these alliances only to not have them work out in the end.
This is what I said a few pages ago.
Sorry guys, but count me out of this campaign now. GW put an entirely poor premise on us, by not thinking out their campaign much. Now, with the new releases for our miniature line to 'finish us off' means well will not get any new miniatures for the next 5-7 years. This is a financial blunder IMO for GW to make, meaning that all the new races get new stuff, and sales for older armies are not fostered.
What annoys me just as much, the Dwarves are acting entirely out of character and what they are doing is making me sick. They talk about us as the enemy, forgetting all kinds of alliances we have had for more than 2500 years. They give away our land, and make all kinds of offers to all manner of enemies and wrong doers of the Dwarfs. The way GW presented the Dwarfs to me in the NC fluff was that they were too stubborn to ask for ANYONES help in looking for the crown. Now the guys at Bugmans ignore this, and gain real world alliances with ogres and elves. They ARE playing serious WAAC, and that is not how I enjoy these campaign things.
The Elves (not all, but a fair chunk) make me sick preferring to ally with Stunties than us, and the perception that we are a weak race is unjustified arrogance. We are the most innovative of all Warhammer Races, and where Teclis (and others) see the future of the entire world resting upon our shoulders.
The Ogres should be neutral. They eat anything, and love money, so it would make sense they would not have any actual alliances. But whatever.
I give up on the fluff. Tell me where to post my battles, but I'm not going to be reading much more of this, nor am I going to be reading too much of the NC fluff anymore(except our marvellous stuff of course). Here I was looking forward to something that actually made sense story wise, and would be fun. Instead GW writes a campaign around selling miniatures. Who would have thought?
Anyway, sorry for my rant.
Good Luck guys.