Since the end of the Troll War more than 2,800 years ago, the Amani Empire, which once dominated the Eastern Kingdom, has been on a decline.
Before the Troll War, Quel'Thalas could only go on the defensive in the face of Amani's pressing pressure. The two generations of Sun Kings after Dath'Remar all died in battle to protect the kingdom.
As the Troll War came to an end, Quel'Thalas finally turned from defense to offense, suppressing the Amani clan who fled hastily back to their hometown near Zul'Aman, and no longer had the arrogance it once had.
After Zul'Aman was captured by Quel'Thalas, the remnants of the Amani who fled survived for a few more years.
Today, the Amani organization has completely disappeared, and the captured trolls have been sent to the mines across Quel'Thalas to do hard work, with no possibility of turning over again.
Without Amani's suppression, Deadwood and Evil Branch, the two largest forest troll clans, naturally began to compete for the throne of the clan master.
The effects of the Troll Wars on forest trolls are still felt today.
In addition to dead trees and evil branches, Backlight Blade searched the entire Eastern Kingdom and could not find a few clans that could be brought to the table. Most of them were people like Bad Teeth who had gradually forgotten the hatred of their ancestors and struggled all day long on the edge of food and clothing. small clan.
If you don't even have enough to eat, where can you find the energy to remember those ancient hatreds that can't be beaten by eight poles?
Therefore, when Quel'Thalas took the initiative to extend an olive branch to the Maltooth clan, which was struggling under the oppression of the Evil Branch, the chief of the Maltooth clan, who was at the end of their rope, came over without saying a word, in order to let the few tribesmen survive. People can have a full meal.
Sarlayan has always been a man of his word.
After the Maltooth clan opened its village to Quel'Thalas as the only port in the Hinterlands, as the operation of the trade route gradually got on track, a large amount of external resources were transported to the Maltooth village for transit.
These various resources are mainly sold to the Wildhammer dwarves, but as a port transfer station, the Maltooth clan has also benefited a lot from the stable maritime trade between the Wildhammer dwarves and the high elves.
Today, the Maltooth Clan no longer has to worry about food and clothing. What scares them most is their neighbor next door - the Evil Branch Troll.
As early as the Amani clan...even when Zul'jin still existed, the Vilebranch trolls had made no secret of their ambition to seize the throne.
In order to gain more recognition from the forest troll clans, they did not adopt a gentle strategy towards the small and medium-sized clans near them, but implemented the tough tactics of Shunchang Niyue.
Because the Evil Branch Trolls are so powerful, most of the oppressed small and medium-sized clans can only succumb to their power.
There are also strong-minded people like the Briarblade clan who would rather die than surrender, but the result...all the forest troll clans around the Hinterlands have seen it.
Although the tragic end of the Jingblade clan shocked many small clans who were dissatisfied with Evil Branch, it also gave them a sense of crisis in their hearts.
Considering the Evil Branch Troll's habit of holding living sacrifices, who dares to pat their chest and guarantee that they will not become the next Briarblade Clan?
So what about the other option, to join the Deadwood Clan?
In the eyes of most small forest troll clans, this idea is also unrealistic.
As one of the few large clans among the forest trolls, the Deadwood Clan, even if its attitude towards its fellow clansmen is milder than that of the Evil Branch, is not much better. After all, they all follow the same ancient forest troll culture.
In other words, the Deadwood Trolls also maintain the cultural tradition of cannibalism and human sacrifice.
Compared to the large clans with complete inheritance and stubborn ideas, the small clans of forest trolls are more "enlightened".
It doesn't matter what kind of hatred the country and the family have. If the sky falls, there will be someone tall to hold it up.
We are willing to follow anyone who can feed my people and give us a sense of security.
After several years of detailed investigation by the Backlight Blade, Sarlayan was already familiar with the current situation of the forest troll clans.
It can be said that as long as the two last large clans of forest trolls, Deadwood and Evil Branch, are eliminated, the ancient culture inherited by the Amani Empire will be completely eliminated.
In barrage terms...this is called treating guests, beheading them, and accepting them as dogs.
The Evil Branch Troll has the Wildhammer dwarves to cooperate in the extermination. Of course, a "surprise" must be prepared for the Deadwood Troll.
The Stromgarde Trolls have been suffering for a long time. If it were not for his lack of strength, Danas would have long ago wanted to raise all his troops to kill all the deadwood trolls that had humiliated the Stromgardians.
Part of his capital, Stromgarde, had actually been occupied by the enemy. As one of the most victorious generals of the expeditionary force, Danaus could not bear this humiliation.
After learning that Quel'Thalas decided to take the lead in making the Amani Empire history, Danas, who had long been determined to take revenge, discussed it with the disbanded and reorganized Council, and quickly agreed to Quel'Thalas... or Talk about Sarlayan's plan.
Stromgard had not previously assisted in the Battle of Hyjal that was fought on the other side of the sea. During the natural disasters, it also suffered a whole battle due to its own lack of national strength.
After several years of silent development, this weather-beaten country has finally regained some of its vitality.
House Trollbane was once the most powerful warrior under Emperor Thoradin.
After the six nations of the Alliance left Arathi, the land of human dragons, only the Trollbane family decided to stay in the ruined city of Strom and continue to guard the roots of the Arathor Empire.
As the saying goes, if a soldier is a raging enemy, a general will be raging in the nest.
Under the leadership of Trollbane, a royal family full of martial virtues, the soldiers of the Kingdom of Stromgard have always ranked first among the seven human kingdoms in terms of individual combat effectiveness.
Although Stromgard fell into decline for several years after the accidental death of Thoras Trollbane, it was still a powerful force.
Many of the distinguished military nobles who had followed Solas into the battle were still alive. These nobles had propped up the backbone of the Kingdom of Stromgard, and had also given a gift to Dana, who had returned from Draenor to inherit the throne. Sri Lanka's strong support.
Unlike the ministers of the civil service department, if Xungui wants to maintain his status or even advance further, he can only rely on his own bravery on the battlefield.
When these military heroes learned that Danas planned to launch revenge against the Deadwood Troll, they immediately enthusiastically expressed their support for the new king's decision.
During the reign of Galin, the prestigious Arathi Highland Cavalry was disbanded by this fatuous king.
After Danas officially ascended the throne, he immediately announced the reorganization of the Highland Cavalry Regiment.
The senior leaders of Stromgard have witnessed with their own eyes the disastrous consequences of the weakening of the country's military strength in the past few years. Even the civil servants who have always disliked warriors have expressed strong support for Danas' decision.
People who can hold high positions can't all be idiots, they still understand the principle of losing one's lips and teeth.
When Sarlayan set sail from Darth Visser Port southeast of Silvermoon City, the top leaders of the Kingdom of Stromgard also formally unified their opinions.
The reorganized elite Highland Cavalry Regiment set out from Stromgarde and headed west into the Hillsbrad Hills.
In order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, Danas greeted King Inseton Perenold next door before the cavalry regiment was dispatched.
The Highland Cavalry Regiment will only take the mountain road southeast of Hillsbrad to the Hinterlands and will not stay in the hilly areas for a long time.
Yinseton believed in the character of Danas, a war hero, but considering the territorial disputes between the two countries over Hillsbrad, Yinseton ordered Duke Ravenholdt to lead a large number of thieves to monitor the highlands along the way. Movement of the Cavalry Regiment.
Facts have proved that Danas, who is a soldier, is indeed not the kind of two-faced villain.
The Highland Cavalry entered the Hinterlands via a forbidden road. They marched silently, avoiding the eyes of dead trees and evil branches, and entered the Eagle's Nest Mountain to meet up with the Wildhammer dwarves who had been waiting here.
By the way, the reason why such a noisy cavalry regiment can perfectly avoid the surveillance of the Eagle's Nest Mountain by the deadwood and evil branch trolls is largely due to the thieves of the Backlight Blade.
In order to maintain close contact with the Wildhammer dwarves, after obtaining Falstad's permission, the high elves established an outpost on the highlands east of the Eagle's Nest Mountain a few years ago, called Quel'danil Lodge.
After Sarlayan decided to launch a war against the Hinterlands, almost all of the Backlight Blade elites, including Julian, came out, except for the king's valet, Welles, who remained at the Sunstrider Court as always.
While all parties had begun to prepare for the upcoming war, Sharlayan also rode the south wind all the way down the river. An entire high elf fast fleet landed quietly at the Maltooth Village in the eastern Hinterlands. port.
"So……"
After stepping off the ship, Sarlayan immediately learned about the latest situation in the Hinterlands through the Backlight Blade intelligence network controlled by Valeela.
"As the agent of the Sun King, I ordered that the operation of 'resolving hatred' officially begins."
