During the War of the Ancients ten thousand years ago, Malfurion Stormrage was undoubtedly one of the most important figures in the mortal camp. He made a major contribution to the final expulsion of Sargeras and the Burning Legion.
Malfurion studied under the forest demigod Cenarius and was the first druid in the history of Azeroth. He was also the most powerful druid so far, if not the only one.
Fandral Staghelm, Kodar Steelclaw, Shaun Moonclaw, and Rensa Gianthoof, among other backbones of the Cenarion Circle, are all disciples taught by Malfurion.
Although in the original history, Malfurion squatted in the beast's den and slept all day long, in fact, he did not fish, but assisted the green dragon in the Emerald Dream to maintain the dream world and curb the expansion of the nightmare forces.
According to the barrage, in the game plot they know, Malfurion's role has been consciously compressed, and his strength has also plummeted.
In the final analysis, Malfurion is too strong, and other races cannot play without weakening him.
As long as there is a forest, he can theoretically summon an entire army of tree people and ancient war trees by himself. How the hell is this going to happen?
Compared with Malfurion's personal strength that reached the pinnacle of mortals, his ability to govern was not very outstanding.
...But there is one thing to say, no matter how shabby it is, it is much better than Tyrande.
With Jarod's return, Maiev, who was already frustrated, regained her fighting spirit and was determined to change the status quo of the night elves being abandoned by Tyrande.
But it is not easy to achieve this goal. Tyrande, who is still addicted to human food, will not hand over the power obediently.
Although Malfurion was embarrassed by Tyrande's insistence on holding on to power, he was still his own stupid wife, and he couldn't turn his elbows outward.
After the last major gathering of all races in Azeroth, the conflict between the Shadow Elf conservatives and the reformists finally officially broke out.
This internal dispute was jokingly called a quarrel between two strong women.
Although Jarod, Staghelm, and Malfurion all wanted to change the status quo of the night elves, except for Staghelm who was more radical, the other two were all honest people with relatively gentle personalities.
The ones who really charged forward and fought fiercely were none other than Tyrande and Maiev, the two lionesses who refused to give in to each other.
After suppressing Illidan Stormrage in the Watcher's Prison for ten thousand years, Maiev saw all Tyrande's actions during these ten thousand years.
With her only relative, Jarod, returning with his wife, Maiev, who had regained her fighting spirit, finally couldn't bear Tyrande's incompetence.
According to the information sent back by the agents of the Backlight Blade, there are still many female priests in the Moon God belief system who firmly believe in Maiev, believing that she is the true leader who can lead the Moon God Church and the night elves back to their peak.
Tyrande? It's just the old king who fell from the sky because of Elune's favor.
If there was no such thing as Tyrande, with Maiev's ability and qualifications, the authority of the high priest would never fall to anyone else.
Although Tyrande has promoted many young cronies who are loyal to her in the Church of the Moon over the past ten thousand years, the senior priests have always been dissatisfied with her and have always been dissatisfied with her instructions.
After Maiev officially returned, she shouted the slogan of reform and waved her arms, and the senior priests who had been waiting for a long time joined her without hesitation.
The Moon God priests loyal to Tyrande still sit on Mount Hyjal, while the priests who follow Maiev are stationed in Astrana in Ashenvale with their spiritual leader.
Although both sides intend to control the scale of the conflict, if the internal friction continues like this, the night elves, who are still united, may split into two countries with different ideas.
This result was obviously something Malfurion didn't want to see.
It was a matter of national importance, and Malfurion could not help but continue to sidetrack him. He finally decided to stand up and resolve this internal dispute.
After secretly talking to Jarod, he first made a suggestion.
Since the demise of the Night Empire, the night elves in the post-Azshara era have never established a legally unified country, and Malfurion and Tyrande are only nominal leaders of the race.
When faced with challenges from other authority figures within the race, even if the two of them wanted to use their power to forcefully suppress them, they would still be unreasonable.
Tyrande is definitely to blame for the fact that this strange political system has been able to last for so many years.
In Malfurion's view, the night elves no longer need a king to hold them down, so the political system of empires and kingdoms is impossible to achieve.
Jarod had obtained a lot of information about the current world when communicating with Sarlayan in Azsuna, and learned that the kingdom of high elves had a special governing body like the Parliament.
No king? It doesn't matter, it's okay to have a parliamentary coalition to govern.
Tyrande and Maiev disagree with each other, and allowing them to continue their fight will only harm the interests of the night elves as a whole.
In this case, it is better to simply integrate the two of them into the framework of parliament and form a new political system that uses voting to determine the direction of the country.
Hearing this, Sarlayan looked at Staghelm with a strange expression.
"...Parliamentary system? If we have leaders elected by the people, it will be a proper republic."
"Elected leader? Republic?"
Deer Helmet was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and fell into deep thought.
The corner of Sarlayan's mouth twitched: "I just said it casually, don't take it seriously."
"No……"
Staghelit rubbed his thick beard thoughtfully: "Maybe... it's feasible?"
Neither Malfurion nor Jarod were professional political leaders, and the political system they came up with was imperfect and had many loopholes.
The biggest question is who should appoint, remove and replace leaders.
If there is no effective and mature plan, even if a parliament is formed, it will eventually turn into an embarrassing situation where chickens and ducks are talking.
Different from the kingdom system of Quel'Thalas, the republic system was learned by Sharlayan from Danmaku. In theory, this system does not exist in Azeroth at this stage.
The core of a republic is the popular election of leaders. It does not pay attention to such frivolous things as the divine right of kings and the monarch appointed by destiny, and there will be no hereditary power to govern. Public opinion is the foundation of the national system.
In the different world where the barrage is located, the history of the republic can be traced back to a country called ancient Greece.
In their view, the night elves' current loose government system without a king does have the basis for a republic.
But the premise is that...the current nominal leader of the night elves can accept the consequences of election failure.
It's you, Tyrande.
Malfurion hoped to gather all the elven clans, and his purpose was to pool their wisdom and use the wisdom of these distant relatives to help the night elves formulate a new political system that could be maintained stably in the long term.
Among the many elven leaders, Malfurion can be considered the most humble.
But the xenophobic ideas engraved in the bones of the elves will still affect some of his decisions.
For example, now, when encountering a political crisis, Malfurion's first consideration is not to seek help from foreign races such as humans, dwarves, gnomes, and tauren, but to seek assistance from related races such as high elves, high elves, and children of the night.
Malfurion must sit in Nordrassil. With him and Jarod, they can barely suppress the incompatible Tyrande and Maiev.
But suppression is not a long-term solution after all, and the conflicts that are getting deeper and deeper will eventually break out again.
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Sarlayan said somewhat tangledly: "Don't rush to a conclusion first, let's talk about the specific time of this elf gathering."
Staghelm shook his head, temporarily putting aside some of the thoughts etched in his mind.
"Two months later, it will be held in the Dream Woodland of Val'sharah. All members of the Elf Tribe can elect representatives to participate."
Sarlayan nodded solemnly: "Understood, I will convey the news to Prince Kael'thas."
"Even if he cannot be present in person due to the complicated affairs in the kingdom, Quel'Thalas will send heavyweight representatives to attend the meeting."
Staghelit sighed softly: "I hope that day can come soon. I'm really fed up with the depressing atmosphere during this period."
Watching Staghelm lead the delegation to leave the Unicorn Village and head towards the northern part of the forest, Sarlayan looked at their backs and rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
"Parliament, a republic..."
Valeela next to Sarlayan raised her eyebrows: "What? Do you really have a plan?"
"So be it."
Sarlayan, who had come back to his senses, smiled noncommittally: "It's too early to consider this now. Let's wait until the enthronement ceremony is over before we take a long-term approach."
Chapter 409 The Night Elf Republic?
