Years ago, Sharlayan planned to build Draenor into an outpost to defend against the invasion of the Burning Legion.
Due to the planet barrier set up by Titan, demons above demigods cannot easily enter Azeroth. Even if one occasionally sneaks in, it is through an "invitation" initiated by someone on Azeroth's side.
Therefore, with the various countries in Azeroth tightening their internal control, it is almost impossible for the Burning Legion to project large numbers of elite troops and high-level demons into Azeroth.
Unless we can rely on a large magic source to provide energy to pull the demon army into the planet barrier, just like the War of the Ancients and Archimonde's stowaway this time.
This is why Sargeras tried every means to lure Medivh to build an interstellar portal connecting Draenor and Azeroth.
The purpose is to use Draenor as a springboard to bypass the defenses of the planet's barrier and march the Burning Legion's army into Azeroth through the Dark Portal.
If Sharlayan had not revealed the information to Kel'Thuzad in advance and asked him to pat his chest and assure Kil'jaeden that the Scourge had a way to introduce Archimonde to Azeroth, the fraudster would definitely put a heavy treasure on the man who was sitting there. The Kazak side of Rano.
And this was not in line with Sarlayan's original plan.
Anyway, this wave of attacks from the Burning Legion, which have been prepared for many years, is bound to be launched. Instead of putting the initiative in the hands of the other party, it is better to choose where Archimonde will stay and induce him to make decisions through the Defiler's character flaws throughout the process. action.
Sharlayan deliberately asked Archimonde to descend directly on Azeroth in a simpler and more crude way, in order to dispel Kil'jaeden's idea of sending more troops to Draenor.
According to the original plan, Sharlayan planned to send the main force of the Scourge to be stationed in Draenor.
Although Sharlayan changed Ner'zhul's destiny of tearing Draenor into Outland, Draenor, which had been deeply eroded by evil energy, was still dying slowly.
Centered on Hellfire Peninsula and Shadowmoon Valley, the pollution of evil energy is still spreading further.
The southern part of Talador Forest where the ruins of Auchindoun are located was affected by the erosion of evil energy from Shadowmoon Valley, and gradually evolved into a lifeless wasteland.
The northern Talador Forest and southern Gorgrond adjacent to the Hellfire Peninsula have not escaped erosion.
The level of the Zangar Sea adjacent to the two places is gradually lowering. Affected by the intrusion of seawater into the land, the northern Talador and southern Gorgrond areas are separated from their original areas, forming a brand new landform.
Locals call this area of shallow water Zangarmarsh.
On the other side, the Arak Peaks, which is also directly bordering Shadowmoon Valley, has also undergone serious geological changes.
The dry land in the southern part of Fenglin gradually disintegrated under the erosion of the sea water and fragmented into a large number of islands of different sizes.
This is also the reason why the arakkoa exiles fled collectively to settle in the ruins of Auchindoun, because their original homeland no longer exists.
To this day, the Tongtian Peak where the arakkoa nobles live still stands tall.
According to the predictions of Khadgar and other expeditionary force scholars, the disintegration of the Arak Peaks is irreversible. Sooner or later, the proud Winged Crow People will lower their proud heads and be forced to move north as a family.
And this will inevitably lead to the resumption of the conflicts and hatred between the arakkoa exiles and the arakkoa nobles that have lasted for many years.
Adal and other naaru personally went to Hellfire Peninsula and the border of Shadowmoon Valley to explore, and they came to the conclusion that... these two lands are hopeless.
The evil energy completely destroyed the soil activity in Shadowmoon Valley and Hellfire Peninsula. The Naaru could only create a small area of holy soil on the border between the two places to prevent the further spread of the evil energy erosion area.
However, this approach will kill one thousand enemies and cause eight hundred losses to oneself.
The dangers of becoming a holy land have been mentioned before, so I won’t repeat them here.
To explain it in an easy-to-understand way, except that the area of the holy soil will not actively spread outwards, there is no essential difference between the land contaminated by evil energy and the land contaminated by the holy light. In the final analysis, they will destroy the vitality of the soil.
In other words, Naaru's emergency plan treats the symptoms but not the root cause, and cannot fundamentally solve the problem of Draenor being eroded by evil energy.
Just because Naru couldn't do it, it didn't mean that Dru Yin, who had the power of nature, couldn't do it either.
Sarlayan once followed the expeditionary force to Draenor and personally inspected the soil of Hellfire Peninsula.
Although his ability at the time was far from being able to reverse the pollution, in theory, Dru Yin should be able to use the gentle power of life to regenerate the inactive soil that had been deeply eroded by evil energy after spending a lot of time and energy. activation.
Of course, this is just theory.
Even if Azeroth is willing to invest sufficient resources, the time required will be at least hundreds of years, and the results will not be seen in three or two days.
According to the expedition generals such as Danas and Alleria, the Burning Legion has long regarded Shadowmoon Valley and Hellfire Peninsula as their forward base for the invasion of Azeroth.
The demon base in Shadowmoon Valley is the Temple of Karabor that was breached and abandoned by the old tribe many years ago.
The demons in Hellfire Peninsula gather in large numbers at Kil'jaeden's Throne in the northern part of the peninsula.
On the other hand, there are still a large number of red-skinned evil orcs living in the Hellfire Fortress in the center of the Hellfire Peninsula.
These evil orcs, whose brains have been burned out by the high concentration of evil energy, are not of the same mind as the demons of the Legion, but they also threaten the security of Hellfire Peninsula.
As the coalition forces composed of the Expeditionary Force and the local natives of Draenor cooperated with the army of Watchfort to launch a large-scale counterattack, the demons in Hellfire Peninsula suffered heavy losses, and most of them fled back to Kil'jaeden's Throne and did not dare to go out at will.
After the expeditionary force returned to Azeroth, the remaining Alliance forces rebuilt the ruins of Honor Keep that the expeditionary force had been forced to abandon.
The Draenor coalition, headed by the Mag'har orcs, also built an outpost on a high platform directly opposite the Honor Keep and close to Kil'jaeden's Throne, constantly monitoring the demonic movements of Kil'jaeden's Throne.
These two strongholds, one in the south and one in the north, suppressed the evil orcs of Hellfire Citadel very uncomfortably.
The steady stream of reinforcements coming from Zangarmarsh is also further constricting the movement space of the evil orcs.
If no external force intervenes to change the situation, there should be another war on the Hellfire Peninsula in the foreseeable future.
But this time it is not a battle between the Expeditionary Force and the Burning Legion, but a civil war between the Mag'har orcs and the evil orcs to clean up the door.
To use Danmaku's joke, the lives of evil orcs also matter.
Rather than wasting the lives of these fel orcs in internal fights with the Mag'har orcs, it would be better to find another way to send them to the battlefield as cannon fodder against the Burning Legion.
Perhaps in line with the saying that evil people will be punished by evil people, according to the barrage, Yin Lidan subdued these evil orcs with a single mind in the original history and made them cannon fodder under Yin Lidan, the king of the outside world.
Yin Lidan, who has transformed into a demon, is destined to no longer be accepted by the mainstream of Azeroth. Even Malfurion and Tyrande will not agree to his continued stay in Kalimdor.
For the same reason, the Alliance will not allow a powerful demigod-level demon to settle in the Eastern Kingdoms and Northrend.
In this case, Yin Lidan can only choose a place other than Azeroth to start, and Draenor is the best choice.
Before the Druids purify the fel-polluted lands of Hellfire Peninsula and Shadowmoon Valley, the best people left in Draenor are special races like demons and undead that don't require much logistical supplies.
In addition to the Scourge who will move sooner or later, the demons should be provided by Yin Lidan Stormrage who has been transformed into a member of the demons.
It has to be said that even though his behavior is incompatible with the mainstream of Azeroth, Yin Lidan does have a very strong personality.
In the original history, the demons who followed Yin Lidan knew that their leader was not of the same mind as their old club, the Burning Legion, but they were still willing to follow Yin Lidan and raise the flag of rebellion against the Legion.
Sarlayan didn't know what method Yin Lidan used to tame his men, and there was no need to delve deeper.
He only needs to know that Yin Lidan has the ability to help Azeroth defend the bridgehead of Draenor.
"Delanor..."
Yin Lidan has a very good mind, and he also knows that there is no place for him in Azeroth.
After listening to Sarlayan's analysis, Yin Lidan touched his chin with his paw thoughtfully.
"Interesting, descendant of Dath'Remar's people, I accepted your deal, but..."
Yin Lidan "looked" at Sarlayan with an interested expression: "As you said, I need some help as a self-made man. Where are the reinforcements you mentioned?"
Sarlayan smiled meaningfully: "I know you are in a hurry, but don't be anxious yet."
"Since the ownership of the Scourge Legion has not yet been settled, your biggest reinforcement is still in the hands of others. However, I can help you attract an old acquaintance first."
"Do you still remember Queen Azshara who promoted you in the Eternal Palace?"
