During the time that Sharlayan left, several major events occurred within the night elves.
First up is the return of legendary commander Jarod Shadowsong.
Since successfully expelling the Burning Legion 10,000 years ago, this legendary commander who united all major races has quietly disappeared from the world's sight.
Regarding Jarod's departure, there are many versions of rumors among the night elves.
Some say Jarod was seriously injured in the final battle and returned to Elune's arms not long after the war.
Some people also say that Garrod was raped by some people, and his achievements shocked the world. He had no choice but to resign from his position and hide his achievements and fame.
Some people say that Jarod actually has another purpose, and wants to achieve his political conspiracy by retreating and overthrowing the existing stable regime of the night elves.
There are so many versions of the rumor that people are not sure which one is closest to the truth.
Since Jarod never returned for ten thousand years, all the gossip about him gradually faded away over time.
But now that Jarod suddenly returns without warning, the night elf society suddenly explodes, and many rumors that have long disappeared are once again rampant.
The good old man Malfurion immediately stood up and expressed his opinion, welcoming Jarod's return when Azeroth was once again in turmoil, and stated that he would hand over full control of the night elves' army to him.
But for some reason, Malfurion's declaration only remained at the verbal stage, and then nothing happened.
Rumor has it that Master Stormrage had a quarrel with Tyrande, the High Priest of the Moon, in the temple beneath the Nordrassil trees.
One of the parties firmly disagreed with allowing Jarod to take power again, and even mentioned Maiev Shadowsong, the sister who returned with Jarod.
"Rumors? Ha!"
Sarlayan said with a half-smile: "It's probably true. In this matter, Master Stormrage, who is indifferent to fame and fortune, had a disagreement with his partner who clings to power."
"How could Tyrande allow his biggest rival, Maiev, to return to the center? You can guess with your butt that she will firmly oppose it."
Even after ten thousand years, there are still many priests loyal to Maiev in the Sisters of Elune, the moon god's religious organization.
However, all of these people are highly respected veterans, and it is impossible for Tyrande to eliminate them all.
Fortunately, Maiev was more conscious. After the war, she founded her own Watcher organization. From then on, she stayed away from the core of power and captured wandering demons all over the world.
Jarod once told Sharlayan very guiltily. He speculated that Maiev was probably frustrated because he left without saying goodbye, and was unwilling to compete with Tyrande again, so he took the initiative to give in and avoid After the war, the internal strife of the Sisters of Elune was resolved.
Look what Tyrande has done in these ten thousand years?
She did nothing. What the night elves were like ten thousand years ago is still the same ten thousand years later.
Do you dare to believe this?
Ten thousand years, exactly ten thousand years, the night elves, who once had a highly magical civilization, have made no progress at all. Instead, they have set a reverse course in the development of magic.
On the contrary, the high elves that split from the night elves are developing more and more prosperously.
Although the Sun King has gradually stagnated in recent years due to his old age, he has worked hard and achieved success in defeating the peak forest troll.
What about Tyrande?
Werewolf chaos? That was the work of Malfurion and Shandris, not a matter of concern to Tyrande.
What is the difference between this and grabbing a political amateur from the street to take power? It's fine for me to be a typical person.
Maiev is surprised by the sudden return of Jarod and his wife Sarah Hill.
Although she immediately found her brother and beat him up, she then unequivocally supported Jarod in regaining military power and reforming the regular night elf army except for the Sentinels.
The Sentinel Force is indeed the elite of the night elves, but the leader of this force is Shandris Feathermoon, the adopted daughter of High Priest Tyrande. She directly obeys Tyrande's orders. Strictly speaking, she should be considered a subordinate of the Sisters of Elune. armed organization.
Sarlayan had already heard a lot about the shortcomings of the theocratic organization controlling the army, such as the Crusades, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, forced conversions, etc.
Devout faith can ensure that the theocratic army always has a high fighting spirit, but these single-minded soldiers will only obey the orders of the leader who is in charge of the theocratic power, the agent who takes power on behalf of the gods, that is, Tyrande himself.
What is the difference between this and the Pope's private army?
What about the rest of the night elves' regular armies?
What, you said that all the resources have been given to the sentry troops and there are no extra resources to raise another elite force?
Oh, that's okay.
It turns out that the night elves, who own most of Kalimdor, are so poor.
Why are you so poor?
Because the boss in power doesn’t understand business operations or diplomacy! Even the nearby natural allies, the tauren, can be turned away.
Jarod's return rekindled Maiev's long-extinguished fighting spirit, and she planned to take this opportunity to return to the center and correct some of Tyran's wrong ideas.
Did Malfurion, the druid leader, know about Tyrande's incompetence?
Of course he knew, but what could he, a good-tempered rake-eared man, do? Listen to your wife and go with her.
During the time when Malfurion was sleeping in the Emerald Dream, Fandral Staghelm, the archdruid who acted for Malfurion, had long been disgusted with Tyrande's incompetence, and he even publicly shouted That famous saying has been around for years.
"Tyrande has no idea how to lead our people!"
Once upon a time, Fandral Staghelm told the truth, but his own butt was not clean either.
In the original history, Fandral was finally nailed to the pillar of shame for betraying his people, and the words he left behind were no longer taken seriously.
Fanned by the gloating druid reformists headed by Fandral Staghelm, the renewed competition between Tyrande and Maiev became fierce from the beginning.
In the Sisterhood of Elune, supporters of both sides were evenly divided, but among the people, the people who had long been dissatisfied with Tyrande made the high priest very embarrassed.
According to anonymous statistics collected privately by Fandral Staghelm during his visits to the people, Tyrande and Maiev's support ratio among the people was as high as three to seven.
70% of this still belongs to others.
Among the top night elves, Tyrande still received strong support from Malfurion, and the two sides were generally evenly matched.
Fandral Staghelm and the Shadowsong siblings both agreed to attend the Azeroth Conference and took this opportunity to announce the strong return of the night elves to the countries of Azeroth.
But Tyrande arrogantly believed that there was no need to show the power of the night elves to foreigners. As long as someone dared to invade the territory of the night elves, she would let the enemy know what it means to be a powerful country.
"so?"
Sarlayan spread his hands and asked, dumbfounded, "How will the night elves decide in the end? Should they send representatives to attend the meeting?"
Velless nodded: "The archdruid Malfurion Staghelm convinced the bull-tempered high priest. Although Tyrande Whisperwind himself would not come, she arranged for Shandris Feathermoon to be her representative."
"In addition to General Feathermoon, Fandral Staghelm, Maiev Shadowsong, and Jarod Shadowsong will all come in person. They probably want to take this opportunity to express their open stance."
Valeela said thoughtfully: "If the High Priest of Whisperwind is still so stubborn...sooner or later a conflict will break out within the night elves, and their power structure will also face a reshuffle."
Sarlayan said noncommittally: "The long-term pain is worse than the short-term pain. Rather than letting the incompetent person who is a corpse-eater continue to control the power, it is better to limit her power early and let the development of the night elves, which has been stagnant for thousands of years, get back on track."
Verlescau asked more generally: "How do you think the internal conflicts of the night elves will develop in the future, and what will the final power structure look like?"
Sarlayan lowered his head and pondered: "With Malfurion's full support, it is impossible to completely remove Tyrande from the throne of power."
"My guess is that eventually both sides will manage their differences, compromise with each other, and redistribute power at the top."
"What it will be like...it's hard to say now, but at least it won't be worse than incompetent people taking over the power."
Valeera curled her lips: "I still think a conflict will break out between the two factions, and Tyrande will be beaten to the end. From now on, he will stay away from the center of power and be a powerful thug without thinking."
Although her governance skills in politics, diplomacy, economics and trade are all poor, Tyrande is Elune's favored one after all, and there is no doubt about her personal strength and determination to protect Azeroth.
However, sometimes we are afraid that good intentions will lead to bad things, and putting inappropriate people in inappropriate positions may eventually lead to tragedies that no one wants to see.
Sarlayan sighed softly: "I hope it won't really get into trouble in the end. The Burning Legion is hiding in the dark and watching eagerly. Internal conflict is not a good choice at this time."
