It has been more than 1,200 years since the Kul Tirans moved from the Eastern Continent to the isolated islands overseas, and successfully carved out their own maritime kingdom.
After thousands of years of development, Kul Tiras combined with the surrounding environment and gradually developed a special profession unique to the country, Tide Sage.
The headquarters of the Tidesage is located in the Stormsong Valley on the archipelago, and is managed by House Stormsong, one of the four great houses of Kul Tiras.
Sarlayan had had some in-depth contact with the Tide Sage in Kul Tiras before. At first, he thought that these spellcasters with powerful water control abilities were shamans specializing in water elements.
Jaina firmly rejected Sharlayan's speculation and gave the correct official answer from Kul Tiras.
Although the Tide Sages can skillfully manipulate the power of the water element, they are not shamans, but essentially priests.
That's right, Pastor.
When it comes to priests, most people will immediately think of the Holy Light.
However, the priests who master the Holy Light are only the evangelists of the Holy Light Church, and cannot generally refer to all priests in Azeroth.
The priest is a religious position and is not limited to the Holy Light Church. Other denominations will naturally have their own priests.
The Tide Sages are priests affiliated with the Church of Poseidon. This sect is unique to Kul Tiras. All Tide Sages believe in the broad concept of "sea". They believe that there must be people they believe in in the vast and boundless sea. of Poseidon.
This is also the reason why the Tide Sage in the original history was easily corrupted by the ancient god Enzos.
The ancient gods are good at disguising and manipulating people's hearts, and Enzos happens to live in the deep sea, which perfectly fits the Poseidon Church's definition of the so-called "Poseidon" that does not actually exist.
In addition, Enzos and Naga act as "god envoys". It is not easy for those who pretend to be gods and ghosts to deceive the Tide Sage.
However, when a large number of defectors appeared in the Tide Sage, En'zoth was close to being completely jailbroken, and its tentacles could easily touch every corner of Azeroth.
At least at this point in time, Enzos, who has not yet broken free of the seal, cannot cover the sky with one hand, and the Tide Sage has not yet been corrupted by the power of the ancient gods from the depths of the sea.
As a priest of the Poseidon Church, Tide Sage's form of power is very simple, which is simply controlling water.
It may sound like nothing worth worrying about, but if a power is studied to the extreme, the power it can display must not be underestimated.
When Kul Tiras ships set sail, they will invite tidesages to accompany them. These priests who are extremely sensitive to currents will guide the crew to safe passages and avoid natural disasters such as storms.
In addition to guiding the route, the Tide Sage, as a spellcaster, also has considerable combat effectiveness, especially in areas where water exists.
If a shaman is allowed to fight the Tide Sage with only water spells, the shaman will definitely lose if both parties are of the same level.
Warships equipped with large-caliber artillery could not pose a sufficient threat to the Nagas who dived into the water to fight, and submarines had not yet been developed in this era.
Sarlayan had long planned to curb Naga's rapid development momentum. To this end, he had previously made a request to the National Defense Research Institute, asking them to use their brains to develop a set of equipment that would allow soldiers to fight flexibly underwater.
There are many factors that affect land people fighting underwater, the most critical of which are water resistance and breathing problems.
Because they are accustomed to living on land with only slight wind resistance, many people feel uncomfortable when moving in water with greater resistance, and they are unable to hold their breath for a long time without the assistance of equipment.
Danmaku proposed the concept of an underwater equipment called an oxygen tank, but Sarlayan didn't like the bulky tank that contained oxygen.
Naga is not blind or stupid. If they come into contact with such an obvious gas storage device a few times, they will definitely stare at the oxygen tank and attack.
Fortunately, there are magical means in Azeroth that can replace the role of oxygen tanks.
This spell is called underwater breathing, and it is just a low-level magic. High elves with arcane affinity can easily master it after a period of study.
It has been more than a year since Sarlayan made the request to the National Defense Research Institute in advance, and the researchers responsible for this topic finally came up with the final product after multiple revisions.
After many underwater tests, the institute found that swinging weapons such as swords, axes and hammers cannot perform optimally under the resistance of seawater, while slender penetrating weapons such as spears and bayonets will be more effective underwater. .
After more than a year of development and testing, the National Defense Research Institute submitted the finished product to Kael'thas at the beginning of this year.
The entire set of underwater combat equipment consists of three pieces.
The first is weapons. Referring to the shape of weapons commonly used by Nagas, the researchers also chose a thrusting trident.
The second is armor. Taking into account issues such as underwater resistance and buoyancy, the institute used bulky armor, adopted Sarlayan's suggestion, and used tough shark skin to make a close-fitting water support, and enchanted each water support. A special magic that can resist the high pressure of the deep sea.
The third is a respirator, a flat pendant that can be hidden inside the water.
The underwater breathing spell is solidified in the pendant. The user only needs to continue pouring magic power into the pendant to maintain the effect of underwater breathing.
Because it is only a small magic-level spell, breathing underwater consumes very little magic power.
Even high elf civilians without any training can rely on their innate magic power to maintain underwater breathing for more than an hour.
But... this is specifically for high elves who have an innate affinity for arcane magic and have been bathed in the light of the sunwell for a long time.
If it were used by the sailors of Kul Tiras, rough men at sea who had not been specially trained in meditation could only last for about ten minutes at most.
After the successful research on underwater combat equipment, the busy Kael'thas never let the underwater combat troops, who had already completed the selection of materials and started daily training, go into actual combat.
In order to ensure that the plan has a higher success rate, and more importantly... to save the lives of those soldiers in Quel'Thalas who cannot afford to die, Kael'thas proposed to invite the Tide Sages of Kul Tiras to accompany the army. Act and use them as your last resort.
Sharlayan agreed with Kael'thas' caution. It's always good to be prepared.
"I will contact Daelin through Jaina... By the way."
Sarlayan turned to look at Welles: "Uncle, has the war in Howling Fjord been decided?"
Welles smiled and nodded: "Not long after you set off, good news came from Howling Fjord."
"The artillery of Kul Tiras finally destroyed the wall of Utgard Castle. Under the leadership of King Daelin, the Kul Tiran Marines with high morale entered the city."
"On the top of Utgard, His Majesty Daelin personally beheaded the Vrykul leader Yin Milon in a one-on-one duel. As a result, the morale of the Vrykul people collapsed, and this long-lasting war finally came to an end. "
Sarlayan had already predicted the outcome of the war. The national strength of the two sides was not at the same level at all. As long as the city defense of Utgard Castle could be broken, it was only a matter of time before Kul Tiras won.
Daelin was once an admiral of the Alliance. In terms of individual combat prowess, even during the Second Orc War when the Alliance reached its peak, there were only a handful of people in the human kingdoms who could compare with him.
Yin Milong is an ancient king in the legend of the Vrykul people, and his personal fighting power is also very powerful. Under normal conditions, Yin Milong and Dai Lin are about the same strength. Once they fight, they are likely to fall into a long stalemate.
Unfortunately, due to the continued harassment of Kul Tiras, Yin Milon's injuries sustained in the previous internal fight among the Dragonflayer Vrykul never healed.
In such a bad state, it was natural that Dai Lin would be defeated when facing the energetic and energetic Dai Lin who was holding the artifact Tide Sword.
Sarlayan continued to ask calmly: "Then where is Daelin now? Has he returned to Boralus in triumph?"
"Yes."
Kael'thas took over and said: "Half a month ago, a grand celebration ceremony was held in Port Boralus. Even Princess Jaina, who was far away in Dalaran, was recalled to her hometown by Daelin who was in a happy mood. Attend a banquet held in the palace.”
"It's a rare trip home. Jaina, who has already graduated, did not return to Dalaran immediately after the celebration. Instead, she stayed in the palace of Boralus... Um, trying to shift the blame?"
"ah?"
Sarlayan looked at Kael'thas with a confused expression: "What does it mean to blame?"
Kael'thas smiled and spread his hands: "Literally, she wants her younger brother Tandre, who is growing up, to take over the position of Crown Prince of Kul Tiras, so that she can pursue her ideals and her lover without any worries. .”
Seeing Kael'thas' joking expression when he looked at him, Sharlayan felt a little embarrassed. Valeera's needle-like gaze next to him made him shiver even more.
"Ah...is she too anxious? How old is Tandre?"
