My Rebirth and the Strange Adventure of Black Zhen

After the failure of the first invasion of the Burning Legion, most of the high elves who worshipped magic power were sucked into the seabed by the huge whirlpool formed by the explosion of the "Well of Eternity" and then became the Naga. Although the few remaining high elves survived, they lost their original noble status and the power to study the magic they worshipped. After the druids represented by Malfurion, who were extremely disgusted with magic, came to power, the activities of the high elves were closely monitored and controlled. Fortunately, the demon hunter Illidan reshaped the "Well of Eternity" and gave the high elves new hope.

After waiting for hundreds of years under the restraint of the druids, the high elves finally decided to challenge the laws established by the druids. Led by the radical leader Dath'Remar, the high elves gradually resumed the use of magic. Such a move made the druids deeply uneasy. It also escalated the struggle between the two major factions in the night elves. However, compared with the druid regime that was in its heyday, the power of Dath'Remar and his followers was still very immature. After they cast a magic storm on Ashenvale and hoped to prove the power of magic to the rulers, the druids arrested many high elves in the name of violating the law. The authorities could not execute their compatriots for such a reason, so in order to consolidate the druid regime and prevent similar situations from happening again, Dath'Remar and the high elves were ordered to be expelled and never allowed to return. In this way, the high elves left their homeland and walked towards the unknown world.

Dath'Remar and his followers crossed the ocean and settled in the continent of Lordaeron on the other side of the ocean. However, the bright future that the High Elves had been waiting for did not appear. Instead, disasters occurred one after another: First, due to being away from the "Well of Eternity", they not only lost the physiological characteristics of the Night Elves, but also had less energy than before; even more terrible was that the local indigenous people, the trolls, did not welcome these outsiders at all, because the empire of Quel'Thalas, which belonged to the High Elves and was established by Dath'Remar, was built on an ancient troll ruin. The trolls believed that the High Elves had blasphemed their gods. Therefore, a full-scale war between the High Elves and the trolls broke out.

This was a very long war. Although the elves were far less numerous than the trolls, they relied on magic to always have the upper hand and created a barrier of rune stones at the border of Quel'Thalas to protect their territory. This situation lasted for nearly four thousand years. Finally, a reversal occurred. The long-term comfort made the high elves slack off, while the trolls who had been planning for a long time had been accumulating strength. Under the crazy offensive of the trolls, the elven empire was in danger. Under such circumstances, the elves had to consider asking for help from the humans, whom they had always disdained to interact with.

At that time, human civilization was still in its infancy. The human world was composed of multiple tribes, which lacked contact and a unified will. Wars within the human world continued. Later, a tribe called "Arathi" rose rapidly. In a very short period of time, this tribe completed the unification of the human world and established a country belonging to humans - "Arathor". When the news that the elves were retreating on the battlefield reached the capital "Strongwind Castle", humans did not pay much attention. Like the elves, humans also did not care about the life and death of each other. Therefore, when the envoys of Quel'Thalas visited Strom Castle for the first time, they did not receive any promises or assistance. The elves realized the profit-seeking nature of humans, so they sent envoys again. This time, the elves not only brought requests, but also brought considerable rewards, that is, they promised to teach magic to humans. After that, the elves and humans began their trade. With the help of humans, the elves finally won a thorough victory over the trolls; and humans also mastered the magic from the elves as they wished. To express their gratitude to humans, the elves made a promise to King Thoradin of the Kingdom of Arathor: to advance and retreat together and never abandon each other. Thus, the covenant between humans and the upper elves was established.

Unfortunately, this covenant was not strong. Although in order to abide by the covenant, Quel'Thalas joined the Alliance and helped humans win the war. But after the Second Orc War, the high elves believed that they had repaid the favor owed to humans, and their forests were burned in large areas during the war. They withdrew from the Alliance on the grounds that humans were not fighting well. This incident made some humans dissatisfied with the upper elves, and also laid the groundwork for the subsequent split.

Perhaps the high elves hoped to live peacefully. But the appearance of Ner'zhul's undead army shattered their fantasy. Led by the fallen prince and death knight Arthas, the undead army destroyed the defense of the Quel'Thalas Empire with overwhelming force. Their arrival not only almost destroyed the empire that the high elves had worked so hard to build, but also polluted the source of power of the upper elves - the "Sunwell". As a substitute for the "Well of Eternity", the "Sunwell" was originally the high elves' hope to expand themselves. And its destruction also marked the end of the high elves.

The high elves who survived the invasion of the undead swore revenge and called themselves "blood elves". They were led by the young prince Kael'thas, the last blood of the royal family of Quel'Thalas. Although they had a tenacious will to fight, they were gradually weakening without the source of magical energy.

The common enemy brought the blood elves and humans together again. The ancient covenant was also re-established. However, the blood elves did not receive full trust from humans. At least, some humans were suspicious of the blood elves from the beginning. Garithos, the human general and the commander of the Alliance who was responsible for resisting the army of the undead in Lordaeron, was one of them. Therefore, while he was organizing the resistance movement, he was closely watching the blood elves' every move. Moreover, he never concealed his distrust of the blood elves and the prince. This made Kael'thas quite dissatisfied. However, although the noble prince had a proud heart, he still showed his loyalty to the Alliance and his obedience to Garithos's leadership.

However, Kael'thas's tolerance not only failed to win Garithos' respect, but made this arrogant guy even more arrogant. Garithos ordered the blood elves to attack the undead, but did not give Kael'thas the necessary support. This was obviously intended to put the blood elves in an extremely dangerous situation. The blood elf prince was very angry, but he was forced to accept this impossible task.

At the critical moment, the sea witch Vashj of the Naga tribe arrived with her tribe. Although Kael'thas was hesitant, the need for form and his subtle feelings towards the Naga, who were also descendants of the upper elves, especially Vashj who had helped Kael'thas, made the prince accept their assistance.

Blood elves and Naga, two tribes with the same ancestry, fought off an army of undead. Kael'thas was grateful to the sea witch for completing his order. But he did not realize that all this was actually a plot by the Naga. Vashj kept hinting to the young prince that she had the ability to help Kael'thas and his people get rid of the pain of losing the source of magic, and also warned him that the blood elves would be in a more unfavorable situation in the Alliance. This did make Kael'thas waver a little, but he still could not make him make up his mind. At this time, Garithos suddenly appeared with his army. The irritable general found that Kael'thas was with their enemy, the Naga, and immediately concluded that the prince and his blood elves had betrayed the Alliance. Kael'thas quickly asked the Naga to leave and wanted to explain to Garithos. But how could Garithos, who had long been prejudiced against the blood elves, listen to Kael'thas' explanation. The commander of the Alliance army in Lordaeron arrested and imprisoned the blood elves and announced that they would be executed. This made Kael'thas fall into extreme pain. In the dungeon beneath the ruins of Dalaran, the blood elf prince was disillusioned with the Alliance and was waiting for the end in agony.

Vashj appeared at the critical moment. With her help, Kael'thas led the blood elves out of prison. At this time, the prince finally made up his mind: to part ways with the foolish humans and their alliance. After that, he followed Vashj's advice and surrendered to the master of the Naga, Illidan.

In Draenor, the broken orcs' homeland, Kael'thas met the demon hunter again. He sought from Illidan a way to relieve the blood elves' pain of craving for magic. Illidan told the young prince that he could not fulfill Kael'thas' request. But he could help the blood elf prince and his people obtain powerful magic to relieve their pain. That was to join the demon Kil'jaeden like him. At this time, Kael'thas still had a rejection of demons in his heart. But after being innocently accused of "betrayal" by humans, he had no other way out. At the same time, he also had a premonition of the situation that the blood elves might face after losing the support of magic. Combining various factors, coupled with Illidan's advice, Kael'thas finally made a choice - to pledge allegiance to Illidan, the servant of the demon. In fact, this was his only choice.

Afterwards, the blood elf mage Kael'thas and the naga sea witch Vashj became the right-hand men of the demon hunter Illidan, seeking survival in the cracks between the Alliance, the Undead Scourge, and the Burning Legion.

Perhaps after reading this, most of you will feel indignant about what happened to Kael'thas. Indeed, Kael'thas' betrayal was mainly due to external reasons. Under repeated difficulties, Kael'thas remained restrained and calm. But Garithos's unreasonableness pushed the blood elves into a desperate situation. Coupled with the instigation and seduction of the cunning female naga, Kael'thas's betrayal was reasonable.

However, let's think about it. There is a reason why Garithos is so harsh to the blood elves. The alliance between the blood elves and humans has been very utilitarian from the beginning. The two tribes that lacked understanding and trust in each other came together because of a deal. Although they fought side by side, their hearts were never connected. After the war, although the two countries expressed goodwill to each other, such friendship was destined to be short-lived. In the war with the orcs, the blood elves and humans came together again. However, this time the identities of the two changed. The blood elves, who were originally the recipients of aid, became the suppliers of aid. This also caused a subtle change in the relationship between the two tribes. The blood elves hope to repay the favors they owed in the early years through their participation in the war. Even some of them think that the blood elves never owed humans anything, because they had already paid it back by teaching humans magic. Therefore, the blood elves think they have reason to get more respect from humans. However, humans have different ideas: although humans benefited from the blood elves in the past, that small gift cannot be compared with the contribution made by humans. Therefore, humans can always hold their heads high in front of blood elves. As for the blood elves joining the war between humans and orcs, it is entirely their obligation and they do not need too much thanks. It is a common psychology in reality to remember the favors you have done to others and forget the help others have given you. This is where the two sides diverge.

On the other hand, the blood elves have always had an extremely arrogant personality. They even despise their fellow night elves, not to mention the "ignorant and inferior" humans. The poor performance of humans in the battle with the orcs and the repeated defeats made the blood elves begin to re-examine their allies. When they felt that their fate with humans had come to an end, they announced their decision to withdraw from the Alliance. Although the war was over and the Alliance had won, the situation was still unstable. Therefore, the departure of the blood elves at this time made humans very dissatisfied. They believed that the blood elves were an ungrateful group. The distrust between each other deepened further.

Therefore, when the blood elves were almost destroyed by the attack of the undead army and Kael'thas led the remaining soldiers to defect to the Alliance, some humans would naturally be suspicious and dissatisfied. This is probably the reason why Garithos did not trust the blood elves and made things difficult for them.

As a skilled and powerful wizard, Kael rose to prominence among the Kirin Tor. His continued study of magic eventually led him to the Violet Keep, where he met Jaina Proudmoore, then an apprentice. Although the huge age difference between them filled Kael with guilt and self-doubt, he was immediately attracted to this talented and lovable young woman. Kael's confession of love to Jaina was ultimately unsuccessful, as she only wanted to devote herself to her magic - she seemed to have no interest in anything else. Kael was deeply hurt when rumors spread that Jaina had fallen in love with Prince Arthas Menethil. Although Jaina and Arthas soon parted ways, Kael was clear that they still loved each other. Kael and Jaina would never have a relationship beyond a barely-there friendship. Note: In the WAR3 expansion pack "Frozen Throne", there is a dialogue between Arthas and Kael'thas: King Arthas: Kael'thas, are you still upset that I took Jaina away from you? Kael'thas: You took everything from me, and all I have left is hatred!