Rise of the blood elves

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In order to curb the torrent of undead from the Scourge, the various member races of the coalition set up a long line of defense across the vast land of Lordaeron.

Among them, the Wildhammer tribe of blood elves and dwarves is responsible for the Stratholme war zone.

As the most densely populated area in the Kingdom of Lordaeron, the plague crisis here is extremely severe.And the large city of Stratholme in Lordaeron, where the former Crown Prince of Lordaeron and current death knight Arthas massacred its citizens due to the plague, is home to most of the undead and walking corpses in the area. The number is one hundred thousand.

Several blood elf legions, together with the Wildhammer dwarves from the Eagle's Nest Mountain, relied on the geographical location to block the roads in and out of Stratholme, firmly blocking the biggest threat in this small area, and then continuously sent out elite troops to sweep away the stranglehold in Stratholme. A small band of undead roaming the Somme region.

This tactic was very effective. In just a few months, a large area of ​​land ranging from the gate of the Kingdom of Quel'Thalas in the north, to Darrow County in the south, and the headquarters of the Knights of the Silver Hand in the Light's Hope Chapel in the east was destroyed. recover.

Because the natural disaster undead that are still stranded in the north have long since lost effective control, and have become a scattered army with an empty number but no unified command, which is completely useless.

In fact, even if it was as powerful as the Lich King in its heyday, it would still be impossible to control every natural disaster undead in detail.He must rely on a large number of slaves with a certain amount of spiritual power, who are the middle and high-level leaders of the Scourge Legion, to achieve this goal.

But after Icecrown was attacked by the Eye of Sargeras's devastating spell, the Lich King was not only severely injured, but his ability to control natural disasters was greatly reduced. He was also forced to recall Arthas, who had just returned from Mount Hyjal. and the main force under his command.

If that was all, after Alsace left, the area controlled by the natural disaster immediately fell into civil war.

The reason is that Kil'jaeden, who created the Lich King, knew that the orc shaman once named Ner'zhul would not obey the Burning Legion for long.But Archimonde foolishly buried the main force of the Burning Legion on Mount Hyjal, and no one could suppress the Scourge, which had long been rebellious.

He ordered several dreadlords who supervised the Scourge to strike first, and while Arthas returned to Northrend, they quickly seized control of the hundreds of thousands of undead armies stranded on the land of Lordaeron.

Kel'Thuzad, who died at the hands of the blood elf Angmar earlier and returned to normal strength due to the loss of his body shaped by the essence of the Sunwell after his resurrection, was unable to resist these fear lords and fled back to Northen early. Virtue.

This action was originally extremely successful.Utilizing the boundless necromancy magic, these Dreadlords sit in the ruins of Lordaeron's royal capital, commanding hundreds of thousands of undead armies from the center, and firmly guard this area of ​​Azeroth for the Burning Legion that was defeated at Mount Hyjal. Lars's forward base is no problem at all.

But no one expected that Sylvanas, the Banshee King, would emerge out of nowhere.

With the help of an ominous blade, she unleashed the will of nearly all the undead in Tirisfal Glades, reclaimed the area with lightning speed, and banished the last remnants of the Burning Legion back to the Twisting Nether.

Due to various reasons above, the large number of undead from natural disasters stranded in the North have neither direct mental control from the Lich King nor effective dispatch from middle- and high-level leaders. Faced with the encirclement and suppression by regular troops from all races of the coalition, almost all No power to fight back.

It is not surprising that most of the Stratholme region was recovered within a few months.

The second major war zone besides this is the Andorhal war zone.The coalition forces made the fastest progress here, and the tactics used were no different from those in the Stratholme battle. The blood elves took the greatest credit.

The blood elves captured the only pass leading to this place from Tirisfal Forest and built a fortress that was easy to defend but difficult to attack.People call the fortress that was quickly built with the help of magic the "Blood Elf Barrier", which is the "Undead Barrier" occupied by the Forgotten in history.

The blood elves' most elite spellbreaker troops and the Sunfury Legion guarded it. Even if there were a hundred times more undead, they could not overcome this iron-like defense line.

The third war zone is the Silver Pine Forest.

Currently, this forest, along with the regular natural disaster troops inside that were originally affiliated with Kel'Thuzad and escaped the control of several Dreadlords, have all been taken over by the Banshee King.The Forgotten are entrenched in the dangerous strongholds established by the Scourge earlier, watching the coalition-occupied areas with eager eyes.

The coalition forces did not engage in friction with them, but relied on the two well-supplied rear areas of the Kingdom of Gilneas and the Hillsbrad Hills to establish a defense line along the southern shore of Lake Lordamre in Ambermere, Greymane Wall.Waiting for the massive military supplies from the Kingdom of Stormwind and Khaz Modan to be transported by water through Nanhai Town, training new troops, increasing military strength, and plotting to take advantage of the Scourge Legion's weakened vitality to conquer Northrend, or to attack Northrend.

War with the Forsaken.

On the south bank of Lake Lordamre, south of the ruins of Dalaran, lies the base camp of the Alliance Army.

With the help of the dwarf's construction machinery, within a few months, the coalition base camp had developed outstanding defense capabilities.

From the mountains in the western part of the Dalaran Great Plains to the shore at the foot of the Alterac Mountains, every half a kilometer there is a 20-meter-tall stone tower with several cannons mounted on the top, which can condescendingly bombard ships on the lake.Between the stone towers are a series of trenches and obstacles such as horses, and near the river beach is a minefield densely covered with waterproof mines that will not be ineffective due to high tides and water.

Soldiers from all races of the coalition stood firm in a strong defensive position like a hedgehog, across the water from the ruins of the royal capital of Lordaeron occupied by the Forsaken on the north shore of Lake Lordamre.

Even though both sides have been at war with each other recently, they both wisely refrained from occupying Fenris Island in the center of the lake, lest the other side take it as a signal to start war.The castle on the island, which once belonged to a certain Lordaeron noble and had been abandoned for a long time due to the invasion of natural disasters, was right in the middle of the sparkling water, telling of the glory and honor of the past.

In the central tent of the coalition base camp, a summit meeting to determine the next important decision of the coalition was taking place.

The participants were all leaders of the various member families of the coalition.

Blood Elf leader Kael'thas Sunstrider, Wildhammer tribe representative Falstad Wildhammer, Gilneas King Genn Greymane, members of the Dalaran Kirin Tor Council, and those from the Knights of the Silver Hand The first generation of Paladins and their followers.

As well as representatives of the nobles and commoners of the remnants of Lordaeron.

That's right, their leader is not Princess Calia Menethil, the last bloodline of the Menethil royal family.

A few months ago, after Archbishop Alonsos Faol was injured by Sylvanas, the master and apprentice worked together until the end of their lives under the protection of Faol's former apprentice, the current Archbishop of the Holy Light Church, Benedictus. The twilight forest shrouded in darkness went away.

This was also the message Angmar left before disappearing.Because the Twilight Forest is the secluded residence of Meili Dongfeng, the first generation of human mage, the legendary mage who was willing to hide in the darkness as an undead body and continue to protect the human world.

He has maintained the form of the undead for more than two thousand years. Only he is accessible to a few insiders and can "cure" and continue the existence of the life of the undead in Faao.But the premise of everything is that those sent by Prince Kael'thas and the Knights of the Silver Hand can find this recluse.

In addition to these leaders of various tribes, after the War of Three Hammers, the leader of the Bronzebeard tribe who inherited the Kingdom of Khaz Modan, King Magni Bronzebeard of the Kingdom of Khaz Modan, and the dwarf leader High Craftsman Mekkatorque, Also come here personally.

of course

There was also King Varian Wrynn himself attending the meeting. Although he did not have the name of regent, he had the actual status of regent.

Countess Katrana Presto is a woman who combines beauty and talent.

"Thank you for taking the trouble to come here to participate in the talks. Before the meeting begins, I have to tell you a regrettable fact."

As one of the founders of the coalition of tribes, Dasohan, the leader of the Knights of the Silver Hand, stood in the middle of the camp, looking solemnly at the leaders of the participating tribes.

"Our attempts to communicate with the Forgotten ended in failure, and all the messengers we sent were brutally killed. In view of what we learned a few days ago, the Forgotten have begun to increase their troops to the Blood Elf Pass and Silverpine Forest. We are also logging and building ships on the north shore of Lake Lordamre. We have every reason to believe that the Forsaken are ready to go to war with us. The joint northern expedition may be in vain."

After hearing these words, the leaders present behaved differently.

Just like Tirion Fordring, most of the Silver Hand paladins attending the meeting had solemn expressions.

Because not long ago, a devastating spell almost tore apart the continent of Northrend, and the Scourge suffered heavy losses.If we don't take this opportunity to launch the Northern Expedition and deal with the threat of the Scourge once and for all, given time, the Lich King will surely make a comeback and once again let the terrible plague sweep the world.

The representative of the remnants of Lordaeron was filled with righteous indignation and said through gritted teeth: "I knew there was no difference between these damn Forsaken and the Scourge."

King Magni Bronzebeard and High Craftsman Mekkatorque did not express their opinions.

This war is far from their homes.Bronzebeard dwarves and gnomes are not the main participants, but providers of supplies.

To them, it didn't matter which one they fought or which potential threat they eliminated in Khaz Modan.After all, even if they knew that the threat of the Scourge was far greater than that of the Forsaken, they could not lead the war with a weak clan.Besides, the Forgotten Ones have basically made their attitude clear.Under such a premise, how can the coalition of various tribes continue their northern expedition? Otherwise, it will only give the Forgotten an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

King Genn Greymane, on the other hand, looked as normal and looked intently. It was difficult for outsiders to judge what he was thinking from his expression.He was back to being the king who showed no attitude at the Alliance summit meeting to discuss the orc problem.

The series of changes have made Greymane deeply impatient.

From the beginning, the blood elves categorically promised that the Forsaken would join the coalition and give up the land of Lordaeron after the Northern Expedition. Now, the war is imminent.

The explosive point lies in the remnants of Lordaeron.

There is nothing wrong with their desire to regain their homeland, but the problem is

Recent research all shows that it is impossible to restore the land that has been corroded by the plague.For the remnants of Lordaeron who are still stranded in the Arathi Highlands and rely on the help of various races to avoid hunger and hardship, moving to other places is the only option.

But they all looked forward to returning to their hometown with 12 yuan, as if they firmly believed that they could grow food and rebuild their homes on the land that had been reduced to wasteland, doing something that even the mages of Dalaran considered impossible. Possible things.

The Forsaken who occupy the Tirisfal region are a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh of the remnants of Lordaeron.

The two sides distrust each other. One side regards the other side as a terrifying existence that is no different from a natural disaster, and the other side takes precautions knowing this.In the eyes of the other side, all the actions of both sides are actions that escalate the situation. A few thoughtful people simply cannot resist the coercion of the majority, so the situation becomes increasingly tense.

Greymane could smell a strange smell. Someone had deceived everyone. An invisible hand was driving the hatred between the two sides behind the scenes.He didn't know what this person's purpose was, but at least the Northern Expedition would be frustrated, and the Northern Territory would once again fall into the vortex of war.When this battle is over, the Scourge Legion will not give this world any chance.

Thinking this, Greymane glanced at Katrana calmly.

This woman made him feel terrible.

Not only because of her unparalleled charm and skills far superior to men, but also because she gained the support of the remnants of Lordaeron in a very short period of time.

He has been in office for decades and has gone through all the vicissitudes of life, but Greymane feels that he is nothing compared to this woman who has controlled the politics of the Kingdom of Stormwind in just 12 years.What's really scary is that the spy he sent to the Kingdom of Storms not long ago reported that this woman's past was nothing.

No one knows where she came from or where she grew up.It was as if she was born to be so flawless.

Greymane knew that such a person did not exist in this world.

This is weird, very weird.

Kael'thas and the members of the Kirin Tor Council looked at each other, with deep helplessness in each other's eyes.

They knew Katrana was not normal.But nothing could be found, and he had to be afraid of this person's terrible influence, so he was tied up in many investigations.After all, she and the Kingdom of Storm she represents are the most important members of the coalition of nations.

The food and armaments shipped from the south almost met most of the needs of the nearly [-] coalition soldiers.Even Quel'Thalas has escaped its current difficulties thanks to the assistance of the Kingdom of Stormwind.Not to mention, the millions of Lordaeron remnants are almost the most fanatical supporters of this countess.

Prince Kael'thas couldn't help but miss his long-lost advisor once again, the new Grand Magister of Quel'Thalas, the one who always stayed by his side during the most difficult moments and gave him the most pertinent advice. Young, although inexperienced, he is extremely loyal to Quel'Thalas, full of enthusiasm and perseverance.

if

If only Angmar was still here.

Prince Kael'thas couldn't help but sigh secretly.