Rise of the blood elves

Angmar gently knocked on the door, and Kael'thas' tired voice came from inside: "Come in."

Kael'thas sat on the chair very inelegantly, with his legs propped up on the table, his head leaning against the back of the chair and his eyes closed, completely devoid of the majesty of a prince.

In the previous operation to destroy the Sunwell, even after rigorous calculations, in order to ensure that the magical energy transmitted in the reverse direction by the Moon Crystal was enough to overload the Sunwell, Kael'thas, Rommath, and Astalor had to do their best. Full strength, almost overdraft.

"Your Highness the Prince." Angmar bowed and saluted.

"Sit." Kael'thas opened his tired eyes, took a deep breath, and sat up.

Angmar nodded slightly and sat down opposite Kael'thas respectfully.

"I must apologize to you, or rather, to all my compatriots." Kael'thas sighed heavily, "You reminded me of the imminent threat over and over again, but I never took the Scourge to heart. I have to admit, I was very wrong. My innate arrogance destroyed this kingdom and destroyed my father. If I had listened to your advice, perhaps none of this would have happened."

At this time, Kael'thas' face was full of regret, which was very different from his usual appearance.He watched Quel'Thalas being destroyed and its people being massacred, how could he feel better? What's more, all this had been foreseen by his advisors, but he turned a deaf ear.

This last descendant of the Sunstrider had never felt such intense regret in his long life.

In front of his people, he is powerful, majestic and contagious. Everyone will place their hope of getting out of the predicament on him and regard him as their spiritual pillar.

But behind closed doors, Kael'thas can become discouraged by confusion and helplessness.

"Your Highness, there is no need to blame yourself. You have done a good enough job. The deceased have passed away. The only thing we can do is to uphold their legacy and restore the ancient kingdom of Quel'Thalas to its glory." Angmar said softly. .

Kael'thas turned to look out the window, then turned back after a while and said with a wry smile: "Tell me about your upbringing. I'm curious as to what gave you such a far-sighted vision. Just treat it as casual chat. .”

After saying that, Kael'thas leaned back into the soft seat and closed his eyes.Angmar knew that he was really tired.

However, Your Highness, my far-sighted vision does not come from my growth experience, but from my familiarity with the historical process.

Thinking of this, Angmar said: "I was born into a civilian family in Corona Village. My parents died in a troll attack when I was very young. Mr. Anselon adopted me and he is my magic enlightenment teacher."

Anselon also has another title, "The Guide."In future generations, he will open his doors to teach at the Yingyu Pool outside Silver Moon City, teaching magic knowledge to civilian apprentices for free.He is Angmar's adoptive father.

"When I was ten years old, I was admitted to Fasselin Academy. With the support of the royal family, I completed my studies as a magic apprentice and a junior mage. However, I did not stay at the academy for further studies, but went to Dalaran for advanced magic. I studied at the academy for two years. Then you know everything, Your Highness. After graduation, I was discovered by you and became your advisor until now."

Fasselin Academy, also known as Fasselin Royal Academy of Magic, located on Sunstrider Island, is an institution of higher learning and magic established by the Sunstrider royal family.Known as the "Cradle of Magisters", this place has trained many outstanding mages in Quel'Thalas, most of whom later successfully passed the Magister Qualification Selection.

Kael'thas suddenly looked at Angmar and chuckled: "I didn't discover you, it was that guy Lana'thel."

Angmar was stunned.

Kael'thas continued: "I did a lot of magic experiments at that time, and the financial budget was seriously overrun for six months in a row, which made Lannasel, who was in charge of the accounts, breathless. She asked me for an assistant, and I She agreed. So she chose you. As for why she put you on my advisory board, it's because the salary of a low-level advisor is much lower than that of one from Dalaran."

Angmar couldn't help but feel ashamed.He has been an advisor to Kael'thas for three years, but in the first year, he was forced to do accounting work by the prince's personal attendant Lana Thel all day long. Even when he ate and slept, he kept piles of account books. inside.

There is no way, Kael'thas has too many expenses, not to mention food and clothing, what really accounts for the most is the various magic experiments that have never stopped. The gold coins spent every month are enough to buy Dalaran. A mansion on the most expensive street.

A few months later, when Lannathel found that Angmar was fully qualified for her job, she left all the accounting matters to him, became a hands-off shopkeeper, and enjoyed traveling around the mountains and rivers all day long.

It was only at that time that Angmar learned that Lana Thel, the "Blood Queen" of later generations, had such a side.

"Until Romance told me that the young consultant who was always bullied by Lana'thel not only passed the Dalaran Intermediate Qualification Examination in his spare time, but also published several papers on the history of the orcs, which caused a lot of trouble in Dalaran. Sensation, I realized that I had buried a valuable talent, so I transferred you back to my side." Kael'thas said.

Angmar said thankfully: "Your Highness, thanks to your wise move, otherwise I will never give up until Miss Lannasel is exhausted."

"Hahaha" Kael'thas laughed heartily, "It's rare to meet such an honest child. Of course she has to make the best use of everything. Now that the break is over, let's talk about business."

Kael'thas stopped laughing, sat upright, and his expression became serious.

Angmar's face couldn't help but straighten.

Kael'thas said: "As I said yesterday, I am ready to lead my people back to the Alliance. The destruction of Quel'Thalas made me realize how powerful the Scourge is, and we can no longer be alone. Once the Alliance army is completely destroyed, We will be trapped in an isolated and helpless situation. We must form an expeditionary force as soon as possible to completely eliminate the threat of natural disasters in the south, so that we can recover and rebuild our homeland in a safe environment."

Angmar's mood was very complicated. From the bottom of his heart, he didn't want Kael'thas to make such a decision.

In the official history, when Kael'thas led his clan's elites south to support the war, he was deliberately challenged by Alliance Grand Marshal Garithos and was entrusted with a suicidal mission.Forced to accept help from the naga, the blood elves were accused of being traitors and thrown into underground prisons in the ruins of Dalaran.

In the end, the blood elves chose to join Illidan's command under Naga's recommendation and headed to the Outlands.After meeting Kil'jaeden, Kael'thas fell because he was promised supernatural power that could save his people from fire and water.

But Kael'thas was right, and Angmar had no way to refute it.

In the official history, Quel'Thalas was indirectly saved from disaster because of Illidan's series of actions.

Illidan first used the Eye of Sargeras to cast a spell to attack Icecrown Glacier. Although he failed to destroy the Lich King, it caused the latter's container to be damaged and his power continued to drain.

After occupying Outland, he was forced to return to Azeroth under Kil'jaeden's order, trying to completely eliminate the Lich King.

The Lich King had to recall Arthas and his main force to protect himself.As a result, the Scourge's control over Lordaeron declined, and Sylvanas, the Banshee King, took the opportunity to mutiny, reducing the pressure on the Alliance.

The situation on the battlefield of Lordaeron finally ended with the destruction of the main force of the Scourge.The blood elves were able to quietly lick their wounds and regain their strength in a safe environment.

"Your Highness, my advice remains unchanged. Before you go south to support the Alliance, we must improve the Alliance's bad feeling towards us in advance." Angmar suggested.

During the second war, the high elves and blood elves only sent a volunteer force to respond to the ancient covenant with humans instead of regular troops. To put it bluntly, it was a fool's errand.

But when the orcs invaded Quel'Thalas, the Alliance army sent half of its troops to the rescue. They shed their heads and blood on the land of Quel'Thalas, and were finally able to repel the orcs and ensure the safety of Quel'Thalas. .

As a result, when the Royal City of Lordaeron was besieged, the Alliance army was too late to come back for reinforcements, and it almost fell.

Who is more upright and decisive?

After the war, the actions of the high elves and blood elves completely pushed their former allies far away.

The war put huge financial pressure on the member states of the alliance. After the war, they not only had to carry out a lot of reconstruction work, but also had to bear the high cost of building and maintaining orc shelters.

Later, Gilneas withdrew; Stromgarde declined due to economic pressure, and bandits were everywhere; the reconstruction of the Kingdom of Stormwind cost a lot of money and was unable to provide any assistance; the Bronzebeard dwarves of the Kingdom of Khaz Modan, and the Wildhammer tribe of the Eagle's Nest Mountain The body itself is small, and the aid materials and gold coins are only a drop in the bucket.

At this time, the high elf blood elves did not issue any official statement and quietly withdrew from the alliance.It was clear that the matter had nothing to do with them, and they didn't even have some symbolic aid supplies.

Only the three words "white-eyed wolf" can describe what they did.

Even Angmar couldn't help but feel aggrieved for humanity when he thought of this period of history.He didn't comment on King Anastarian, but those noble members of the Silver Moon Parliament were all useless people who only talked in ivory towers.

Let me ask, which other human being would entrust trust to such a selfish race?

Therefore, when Kael'thas went south to defect to the Alliance, Garithos' obviously deliberately embarrassing and dishonorable move was not opposed by the military's top brass.

Angmar knows this very well. If the blood elves hope to have a better future, they must rebuild their old relationship with the Alliance as soon as possible. But this is easier said than done.

"I never realized in the past that the Alliance would become our indispensable ally." Kael'thas sighed. "The times have restricted the vision of too many people. This is indeed our tragedy. Your proposition is correct, but Quel'Thalas is riddled with holes and cannot take care of itself, so what can we do to help them?"

Kael'thas seemed to be talking to himself rather than asking.Because everyone knows that today's blood elves really don't have the capital to help their former allies.

He rubbed his brows tiredly and said: "I need a special envoy to contact the Alliance for me. In addition, due to the chaos of the magic network caused by the explosion of the Sunwell, I will not be able to attend Kirin Tor Six through magic projection during this period. People's Council, so I also need an agent. I would like to entrust these two tasks to you, young advisor."

Angmar reacted, quickly stood up and saluted: "It is my honor to take on such an important responsibility, Your Highness."

"I don't need you to do too much. It's enough to use your smart mind to help me assess the situation. Your status as special envoy should help you carry out your work better." Prince Kael'thas sighed, his face a little bitter, " In fact, even if we can't rebuild our old friendship, we have to defect to the alliance. I hope I can stabilize the situation at home as soon as possible, and then lead the troops south to support them. I hope they can regard us as good people who help us in times of need, rather than trying to exchange for them. Another stepping stone in selfless return.”

He said in a tone that even he didn't believe, and then smiled bitterly.

"Your Highness, they will." Angmar bowed again and exited the room.

Kael'thas doesn't need him to do much, but his status as special envoy allows him to do a lot.