As the saying goes, the people who know you best are often your enemies.
Falkrest and Ravenholdt have been fighting each other for many years, and they know each other very well.
On the contrary, outsiders like Saryan and "old friends" like Barov who have not met Faculest for many years can easily be deceived by his substitute method.
According to Jorazzi, Duke Faculest's substitute was trained since childhood and looks very similar to him. Very few people know about this.
Unfortunately, Jorachi Ravenholdt is one of them.
Due to the deliberate imitation since childhood, it is difficult to tell the difference between the avatar's speech tone and behavior and the original person.
Alex and Haas have not seen Duke Faculest in person for at least 6 years. Considering that the syndicate organization cultivated by Faculest has grown stronger and stronger in the past six years, the Duke himself, as the leader, is pampered. Being fat is not surprising.
If Jorach hadn't personally admitted that he had had a fierce fight with Duke Faculest not long ago, Sarlayan wouldn't have thought about being a substitute at all.
With the speed of the sharp-tailed swift, Sarlayan originally expected to be able to go back and forth between Ravenholdt Manor and Steinbred within a day.
In just one day, Duke Fakureste, who is still injured, should not be so anxious to summon him again. Even if the other party sends people over, those experienced backlight blade thieves can find excuses to kill Fakureste. St's messenger blocked it.
But if the injured fat man is not Duke Facrest himself... the situation will become more complicated.
Sharlayan and the barrage netizens were not 100% sure that Faculest would be suspicious of the Quel'Thalas delegation.
But at this juncture, everything must be considered carefully and comprehensively. One wrong step may ruin the overall situation.
Ravenholdt and Falkrest have been fighting for many years, and Jorazi knows Duke Falkrest's character better than anyone else. Sarlayan's worries are indeed justified.
Time was running out, and there was no room for Duke Ravenholdt to make any remarks.
After standing there with his chin in his hand and thinking for a few minutes, Cholazzi finally made up his mind.
"You are right, we are going to have a big fight with Faculest anyway. The more forces we unite, the greater the chance of Ravenholdt's victory."
"Joraci Ravenholdt, on behalf of the Duke Ravenholdt family, officially joins the camp of His Highness Yinseton Perenolde."
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When Sharlayan arrived at Ravenholdt Manor and began to persuade Duke Ravenholdt with his sharp tongue, Tinagosa, who was blessed with invisibility, also drove Valeera to their destination—— The ruins of the original Alterac Royal City.
In the final battle on the Burning Plains, the remnants of the Horde were completely defeated by the Alliance. Trolls, ogres and other Horde-affiliated races fled in panic.
Most of the orcs were captured by the Alliance and thrown into concentration camps called Internment Camps.
Some of the remaining tribe members escaped back to Draenor through the Dark Portal, and some followed the brothers Red and Maimu to join the Black Dragon, and have since called themselves members of the "orthodox tribe".
In addition, there are many tribal soldiers living in the wilderness and turning into bandits.
Ogres are a native species of Draenor. At the peak of the Gorria Empire, orcs were just slaves of ogres.
With the help of Draenor's elements, the orcs overthrew the ogres' enslavement and gradually developed into the largest force in Draenor.
However, the irony is that when the orcs enslaved the ogres, they did not rely on the element that originally helped them escape slavery, but the chaotic energy brought by Gul'dan - evil energy.
As the head of state Margok was killed by the two-headed ogre traitor Cho'gall, the once prosperous Gorian Empire was completely destroyed.
Although ordinary ogres are powerful, their intelligence is very low. The core strength of the Goria Empire is the two-headed ogre with extremely high intelligence and strong affinity for arcane magic.
After the fall of the Goria Empire, a large number of ogres were enslaved by the orcs and followed the Horde army through the Dark Portal to Azeroth.
Ogres and orcs are not the same people, and they have no obligation to devote themselves to the tribe.
After the Horde was defeated, the reluctant ogres took the opportunity to escape and became king in the wilderness of Azeroth.
The Frostmaul Ogre is one of the typical representatives.
The climate in the Alterac Snow Mountains is bitterly cold. After the Alterac King City was captured by the Alliance, Terenas did not even think about re-opening the place. The once prosperous Snow Mountain King City fell into disrepair.
The Syndicate originally planned to rebuild the ruined royal city as a stronghold, but who knew that the plan could not keep up with the changes.
When the thieves of the Syndicate came to the ruins of the royal city to check the situation, they unexpectedly found that it was occupied by a group of ogres.
There are only a few hundred ogres occupying the ruins of Alterac City. If the Syndicate is determined to attack, they will definitely be able to take back Alterac City at a certain cost.
However, in order to avoid the battle attracting the attention of Lordaeron, Duke Faculest has never made up his mind to go to war with the ogres.
This drags on for several years.
The ogre, who once had brown skin, adapted to the snowy mountain environment and transformed like a chameleon into ice-blue skin, greatly improving its cold resistance.
When Tinagosa and Valeera landed outside the ruins of Alterac's royal city, a large number of Frostmaul ogres were hunting separately in the snowy mountains.
The ogre is tall and strong, and looks powerful.
Many people call ogres fat. In fact, that is the fat they deliberately cultivated in order to reduce the impact of enemy attacks.
Even though ogres look chubby on the surface, they are actually full of strong muscles underneath their fat.
After landing on the ground, Valeela rubbed the little head of Tina Gosa who had returned to human form.
"Tina, just stay here and wait for me to come back. I will sneak into Alterac King City alone to find the whereabouts of Meri Dongfeng."
Tinagosa raised her mouth slightly unhappily, but she also knew that her strength was not enough, and forcing her to follow Valeera would only hinder her.
"Okay, be careful and light the flare when you need help. I will rush over as soon as possible."
Valeela smiled and kissed Tina on the forehead: "I know, you have to hide well and don't be discovered by the ogres who are out hunting... I'm leaving."
After entering the legend, Valeera's stealth skills became more and more proficient, and she suddenly disappeared from Tina without any smoke. Only shallow footprints could be seen on the ground covered with thick snow, gradually extending towards the royal city.
Tina Gosa observed her surroundings vigilantly, then set off along the mountain wall and found a cave where a snow monster had lived.
The entrance to the cave is very hidden, blocked by a large number of snow-covered trees.
Some long-dried blood stains and dull snow monster hair can still be seen on the ground inside the cave. The original owner here probably died at the hands of the Frostmaul Ogres.
After entering the cave, Tinagosa released illusions to cover the entrance of the cave.
Viewed from the outside, the entrance to the cave has disappeared, replaced by the same snow-covered mountain walls as the surroundings.
"Hmm~"
With nothing to do for the time being, Tina tilted her head and was lost in thought for a while.
"How should we pass the time? Chat with Stella remotely... huh?"
Just when the naughty little Tina was about to send a note to Stella Gosa who was working in Unicorn Town, her keen hearing endowed by the dragon blood suddenly caught some strange movements.
Taking back her playfulness, Tina cautiously approached the entrance of the cave and looked around.
Under the cover of the illusion, the creatures passing by could not see Tina.
A small group of humans wearing thick fur cloaks were heading toward the Royal City of Alterac step by step despite the wind and snow.
Tina counted and found that there were 13 people in this team, and their actions in the heavy snow seemed to have a strong purpose.
'Could it be...'
Tina Gosa's expression became serious. She tried her best to control her aura and carefully observed these uninvited guests.
Tina saw the equipment of those people under their cloaks blown by the strong wind. These people were all wearing very representative leather armor exclusive to the Syndicate.
"really."
Tinagosa frowned, quickly wrote a sentence on the note in her hand, used her soul link to capture Valeela's coordinates, and sent the note over.
"Why does the Syndicate know about our actions? Could it be that something happened to Steinbred?"
