Just as a group of long-time friends were hanging out and joking with each other, Ronin's new wife, Tess Greymane, happened to come down from the living area on the upper floor of the mage tower.
Sharlayan has long known that the Princess of Gilneas is not the good-natured princess that most people stereotype her as.
Valeera and Stellagosa are the secretaries around Sarlayan who are responsible for intelligence and administrative work respectively. They have heard about Princess Tess's nature for a long time and are no strangers to her.
Khadgar, who didn't know much about Tess, saw the princess joining the chat. He immediately stood up nervously and gave her a mage salute in a serious manner.
As a royal princess who has been genetically optimized for countless generations, although Tess's appearance is not as good as that of the high elves who specialize in handsome men and beauties, she is still an outstanding beauty in human aesthetics.
The appearance of this Princess of Gilneas is very deceptive. At first glance, her features give people a sickly feeling, but in fact...
"Hello everyone, you don't need to be so polite to me, and you don't need to use honorifics. You can be more relaxed."
The soft-looking Tess revealed her cheerful and cheerful personality as soon as she opened her mouth. Under the amused eyes of Sharlayan and others, Khadgar showed a confused expression as expected.
Khadgar noticed the gloating of Sarlayan and others, and couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth: "Uh~ Princess Tess's character... is somewhat different from what I imagined."
In the conventional wisdom of many people, a princess should be weak and play the role of a vase, as long as she can be as beautiful as a flower and attract a marriage partner with a sufficient background.
However, this stereotype began to change after Calia Menethil ascended to the throne of queen.
The former Jialia was undoubtedly the most qualified princess image in most people's minds.
After determined to become a queen and lead the country, Calia gradually got rid of the false trap imposed on her by Terenas, and slowly revealed her own talents and courage.
As the royal princesses of the seven human kingdoms, Caliya, Jaina, Tess and other princesses are close friends who have had many contacts since childhood.
Jaina has been independent since she was a child. She left the protection of Daelin early and went to the distant Quel'Thalas to study alone. Later, after graduating from Kael'thas, she became the disciple of Antonidas again.
Among the princesses of the seven human kingdoms, Jaina was the first to show her abilities, followed by Caliya, who was inspired by Sharlayan and gradually awakened.
Among all the second-generation princesses, Caliya is the eldest, and other younger princesses will inevitably regard her every move as an example and comparison.
According to the information Sharlayan learned, Princess Tess was frail and sickly when she was a child, and was not as flamboyant as she is now.
Under the careful care of Gilneas royal apothecary Clennan Aranas, Tess gradually recovered to her health as she grew up.
After being inspired and encouraged by Caliya, Tess plucked up the courage to take the initiative to express to her father Jean that she wanted to do something in her career.
As we all know, the King of Gilneas, Genn Greymane, is a very stubborn old man. He did not hesitate to reject his daughter's request that did not fit the image of a princess.
Thanks to the secret help of Liam, the enlightened and doting Prince of Gilneas, Tess secretly began to receive basic combat training without telling the old king.
Once she broke free from the shackles of her identity, Tess quickly revealed her innate talent.
In just a few years, Princess Gilneas almost started from scratch, relying on hard training and outstanding talent to train herself into an excellent thief.
Judging from Sarlayan's current vision, Princess Tess, who has not yet entered the epic realm, is still a bit unsatisfied.
But Sarlayan needs to emphasize this point. This is the height that Tess has reached after several years of hard study. Before that, she could be said to be a completely blank sheet of paper.
Considering that the stubborn Jean cannot let Tess move around, it is obviously impossible for her to have the opportunity to go abroad for experience.
This resulted in Tess's opportunity for actual combat experience being far less than that of Valeela who had traveled extensively with Sarlayan.
Even so, Tess pushed the thief level to 46 through her unremitting efforts, and even Valeela had to praise her genius.
The marriage of Ronin and Tess does have an obvious political purpose. Dalaran and Gilneas, who are neighbors of each other, can take this opportunity to reach in-depth cooperation and jointly develop the Silverpine Forest that has been disrupted by the Scourge.
However, unknown to Jean, the young couple Ronin and Tess actually had other plans.
It is the nature of intelligent creatures to report to a group for warmth, and all known combat positions in Sarlayan have their own exclusive organizations.
For example, the Hall of Valor, the holy land of warriors, the Fan Pass, which secretly gathers a large number of outstanding hunters, the Cenarion Circle, whose reputation has long spread throughout the world, and the Ring of the Earth, which was only established a few years ago, etc.
Coincidentally, the thieves profession also has an exclusive underground organization called the Uncrowned Ones to keep warm.
The nominal leader of the Uncrowned Ones is Jorach Ravenholdt, Duke of Alterac.
Before the restoration of Alterac, Duke Ravenholdt indeed spent a lot of effort to recruit thieves from all over the world in order to regain his homeland from Lordaeron.
With Etherton Perenolde successfully repelling Lordaeron's attack with the support of many countries, including Quel'Thalas, the historic kingdom of Alterac finally re-established itself on the ruins of the royal city. stood up.
After that, Duke Ravenholdt, who was entrusted with the heavy responsibility, focused most of his energy on assisting Etherton in governing the country, and the control over the uncrowned was inevitably relaxed.
In the absence of supervisors, the once fairly disciplined Uncrowned Ones quickly deteriorated, and the identities of the thieves who joined them became increasingly mixed.
After Ronin confirmed his marriage to Tess, he specifically asked Duke Ravenholdt about this matter.
Jorazzi, who was busy with official duties, felt helpless at the corruption of the Uncrowned, but he was already quite young and did not have the energy to operate the two lines precisely, so he could only choose the lesser of two evils.
After learning that Ronin and Sarlayan were interested in taking over the management of the Uncrowned, Jorach agreed without saying a word. He also did not want to see the organization he established become a dirty place.
Coincidentally, the current headquarters of the Uncrowned Ones is located in the mysterious sewers of Dalaran. Together with the Blackface...oh no, the warlocks of the Black Scythe Council, they are also known as the sewer duo.
Long before Tess officially married into Dalaran, Ronin had discussed with Sharlayan the plan to recruit and reorganize the Uncrowned Ones.
With Jorachi Ravenholdt gradually fading out of the organization, today's Uncrowned Ones can't even pick a single person who can take the lead, leaving only a group of miscellaneous fish hiding in the sewers fighting for power.
According to the information detected by the Backlight Blade, the current Uncrowned Ones do not even have an epic-level thief. In the true sense, the pack of rats is leaderless.
Nominally, Jolazi still holds the title of leader of the Uncrowned, but he has not personally intervened in the internal affairs of the Uncrowned for a long time.
If there are no tigers in the mountains, monkeys will naturally be the kings.
Not to mention Valeera, as long as she holds the title of Wife of the Kirin Tor Speaker, Tess can quickly regain high-level control of the Uncrowned One.
If you want to control an underground organization, you can't just rely on fighting and killing, but you also need enough human sophistication.
Princess Tess's background is undoubtedly strong enough. Whether she is the Princess of Gilneas or the wife of the Kirin Tor Speaker, it is destined that the rats hiding in the shadows will not dare to attack her easily.
If Garona, the executive leader that Sharlayan had long chosen, was still busy with other things in Draenor, Tess, who was gearing up, would have wanted to take action against the Uncrowned One now.
"Actually...it's not impossible."
Regarding Princess Tess's eagerness to express herself after finally escaping from the control of her parents, Sarlayan turned her eyes to Valeela.
"With Duke Ravenholdt's backing, Valeela can easily defeat all the scum of the Uncrowned by herself, but... the key lies in the subsequent operations and management of the organization."
Sarlayan looked at Princess Tess thoughtfully: "Your Highness, please forgive me."
"Although you are very talented, you are still too young after all, and because you were raised in a greenhouse since childhood, you lack sufficient understanding and empathy for the sufferings in the world."
"It's impossible for you alone to run the filthy Uncrowned One well. Even with Luo Ning's help, it will be difficult to achieve the goal."
"Since Valeera cannot stay in Dalaran permanently, we need a strong person who can hold the place."
