Horde

Steppe empire name

A horde is a large, loosely organized group, often with connotations of chaos or threat: A horde of tourists descended on the village.

The word originally referred to nomadic groups of Central Asian warriors—Mongol hordes, Tatar hordes—and retains associations with overwhelming numbers and rough behavior.

In fantasy gaming, hordes are masses of enemies, often undead or monstrous.

crowd

mob

Disorderly, aggressive crowd

swarmMass of moving insects
throngDense pressing crowd
massQuantity of matter

multitude · legion · army · pack · drove · flood · wave · stampede · crush · press

insect

swarm

Mass of moving insects

locustsSwarming crop-destroying grasshoppers
beesWinged pollinators
antsSocial colony insects

termites · infestation · colony · plague · buzzing · descending · devouring · crawling · flying · migration

barbarian

Mongol

Central Asian pastoral people

nomadHomeless wanderer by choice
raiderOne who attacks suddenly
invaderOne who enters aggressively

conqueror · pillager · marauder · warrior · Genghis · steppe · cavalry · tribal · plunder · sack

gaming

Warcraft

Fantasy strategy game series

orcSavage fantasy humanoid
undeadDeceased yet animate
trollDeliberate online antagonist

faction · raid · guild · player · battleground · PvP · zerg · rush · spawn · respawn

zombie

undead

Deceased yet animate

shamblingAwkward, unsteady walking
apocalypseTotal civilizational collapse
outbreakSudden eruption of trouble

walker · infected · survivors · overrun · siege · barricade · herd · groaning · rotting · relentless

Horde

mob

swarm

Mongol

Warcraft

undead

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