In the Elwynn Forest on the southern continent of the Eastern Kingdom, this area suitable for human and animal survival is not only the most important territory of the human Kingdom of Stormwind, but also the location of Stormwind City, the capital of the Kingdom of Stormwind.
Since the Kingdom of Stormwind itself is close to the equator of the planet Azeroth, and its territory is between the tropics and subtropics, and Elwynn Forest is adjacent to the Endless Sea to the west, it has both the marine climate environment and the Azeroth climate zone. Under the influence, the Elwynn Forest in the Kingdom of Stormwind has a very pleasant climate, the sky is always clear, and it is like spring all year round. It is an excellent place for human beings to thrive!
Although Stormwind City was captured and destroyed by the orcs during the first war of the orc invasion, in the sixth year of the Dark Portal, after the Alliance defeated the orcs and destroyed the Dark Portal, the dignitaries and refugees of the Kingdom of Stormwind Then he returned here and repaired his home.
They later hired a large number of workers and members of the Masons' Union, and once again built a more majestic stone fortress on the ruins of the original Stormwind City that had been ravaged by the orcs! It was precisely because of this incident that the Defias Brotherhood happened later. Wasn't it because of the Stormwind Kingdom's default on its debt?
The Mason Brotherhood has so many mouths to eat, and it has worked so hard to rebuild another majestic Stormwind City for your Stormwind Kingdom, but what is the result? After the repairs were completed, you, Stormwind City, defaulted on your debt... and even tried to drag on the hard-earned money of other migrant workers. With this delay, it was no different from defaulting on your debt.
So, can Van Cleef not rise up and riot? You have a problem in Stormwind City, but the Stonemasons Guild doesn’t have a problem? Besides, where is the contract written in black and white? The masons completed the siege on time, but you, Stormwind City, finally said: No money?
It is precisely because of this that the armed conflicts between the two sides will continue to escalate, and will become more and more serious in the later period. And because the Brotherhood has always been at a disadvantage in the confrontation with Stormwind City, for this reason, a certain black dragon girl who has an unclear relationship with the Defias Brotherhood entrusted her brother in Blackstone Mountain to use the black dragon. With her special power, she forged a powerful two-handed sword for the Brotherhood, that is - Ashkandi, the Sword of the Brotherhood, which aims to balance the balance of power between the two parties and has reached her own ulterior conspiracy. This is why the Sword of the Brotherhood is so powerful and has a dragon-shaped decorative hilt. (Purely a wild guess)
It's a pity that in the original timeline, before this powerful two-handed sword could be delivered, it was brought to disaster by a group of stupid men, and they also created something that once the Sword of the Brotherhood came out, there would be no more brother's bullshit. matter……
Well, I won’t go into details when it happened before. It was a headless case. Under various factors, each had its own reasons. Therefore, in the end, the Brotherhood and the Kingdom of Storms could only Draw the knife and speak!
And now, on the edge of the cliffs and mountains to the northeast of Stormwind City, stands a huge white rock fortress, which is the core of Stormwind City - Stormwind Fortress. This castle is the result of the hard work of the original stonemason union workers!
This huge stone structure fortress is located on the cliff in the north of the city. This huge fortress-like fortress can not only guard Stormwind City, but also provide the king and other nobles of the city with protection. An ideal and safe place to live.
At this time, in the King's Governing Hall in the main building of Stormwind Fortress, Countess Katrana Presto and Duke Bolvar Fordragon, the kingdom's top executive, were assisting King Varian Wrynn in handling some military and political matters in the Kingdom of Stormwind. affairs.
Originally, Ms. Katrana Presto was not qualified to accompany the king and participate in the country's management affairs with Duke Bolvar in the king's ruling hall. However, at that time, when this beautiful and well-informed countess came to Stormwind City, she quickly gained the appreciation of Duke Bolvar, and soon rose to the upper echelons of the political circles of the Kingdom of Stormwind. Until now , already has a very good influence.
There are a lot of rumors about this countess in the aristocratic circle of Stormwind Kingdom. In fact, many people think that Bolvar must have fallen in love with the young and beautiful Ms. Katrana Presto, so she was able to fly to the top of the Kingdom of Storm like a rocket. This is already close to the mark. Young guys must be in spring and want old cows to eat young grass! But this is human nature. No wonder, who wouldn’t want such a young girl without knowing her true identity?
Otherwise, why would he go to great lengths to support this countess to rise to power for no reason? After all these years, has he taken less care of this lady? Anyone who is not blind can see what dirty thoughts this guy is thinking! This is the so-called playing with fire and self-immolation. In the original timeline, this also vaguely foreshadowed his subsequent ending.
"By the way, is there anything particularly important happening in our Kingdom of Storms recently?"
King Varian Wrynn dropped a document and quill in his hand and asked the two assistants standing aside. He has long been impatient with dealing with these trivial chores every day. Because of this, in normal times, most of the time, he would make friends with the two people in front of him to deal with insignificant government affairs, and he was happy to take some time off, and only when he encountered some important events, as a Only the king would ask.
"My Majesty, there is nothing particularly important, that is, something related to the Defias Brotherhood. Recently, they..."
Before Duke Bolvar could speak, Countess Katrana Preiss stepped forward with a smile and began to report some things. Of course she knew that King Varian didn't like to hear these things about the Defias Brotherhood. , but she didn’t know why, but she would always choose the right time to report the things that upset His Majesty the King the most, and she would always achieve the results she expected.
"Okay, I get a headache when I talk about the Defias Brotherhood! Okay, okay, I'll trouble you two about the things here first. I'll go out for a walk first, and I won't do anything like this again in the future. Let’s discuss it.”
As expected, King Varian could no longer sit still when he heard Countess Katrana pronounce the words Fidia Brotherhood!
This matter was a thorn in his heart that he could never get rid of. As soon as he talked about this, his heart ached! Anyway, there is nothing major going on in the Kingdom of Stormwind right now. It's just a certain noble being extravagant or corrupt, or maybe the Defias Brotherhood has come out to cause trouble again, etc... He, Varian, has long suffered. Enough of this!
In fact, what King Varian does not know at all is that whether it is the black dragons and blackstone orcs causing trouble in the Burning Plains, or the riots of the migrant workers of the Stonemasons Union, or the increasing corruption of the noble officials in Stormwind City, they are all happening before his eyes. This arm he regarded as his own was inextricably linked to Countess Katlana, an important minister of the kingdom!
"As you command, my lord."
Countess Katrana performed a ladylike salute. When she saw the king walking away, she turned around and looked at Duke Bolvar beside her with a half-smile.
"Your Excellency, please tell me, how should we deal with the Defias Brotherhood now? Continue to suppress it? Or let it go?"
Katrana raised the roll of parchment in her hand. On it were written the various evil deeds committed by the recently troubled stonemason armed forces and the request for reinforcements.
"Sigh...Katlana, I don't really want to get involved in this matter. Since the reward is in your hands, you can handle it according to the old rules."
Bolvar shook his head. He also felt that the Defias Brotherhood was very difficult. We have suppressed, we have beaten, we have talked! After all these years, Stormwind City still has nothing to do against the opponent!
Anyway, he, Bolvar, has already understood that the Kingdom of Stormwind was at fault in this matter of the Brotherhood. It was the Kingdom that first violated the contract and owed them a large amount of gold coins. In the end, due to various reasons, By coincidence, it was a pity that the other party started an armed rebellion.
At this point, the two sides can only continue to confront each other like this. Anyway, there should be a day when things calm down!
Of course, there is no way to perfectly solve this mess now, but unless the Kingdom of Stormwind is willing to pay several times more gold coins than the original breach of contract as compensation, and promises not to hold anyone else accountable. , maybe there is still a slight possibility of an agreement.
But...Stormwind City and the entire Stormwind Kingdom simply cannot afford this money!
You know, this is the wages of all the craftsmen who built the entire Stormwind City. The wages and materials for building such a main city are so huge that Duke Bolvar gets very flustered when he thinks about it! It's no wonder why His Majesty the King doesn't want to take care of this matter. Bolvar doesn't want to face this when he is in the wrong!
Now, with the Kingdom of Stormwind losing quite a few mines and farmland due to the Defias Brotherhood, the kingdom's treasury is already quite tight! Where can I come up with those multiples of compensation for negotiation? Not to mention multiple times, they can't even get half of the back wages now!
What's more, considering the current widespread corruption and extravagance of noble officials, it is already very good to be able to maintain the national treasury without running a deficit! If the black dragons and blackstone orcs in the Burning Plains hadn't suddenly stopped making noise for unknown reasons recently, Stormwind City's financial situation might have been in deficit and faced collapse!
Therefore, what Storm Kingdom is doing now is: since it can’t pay back the money, let alone several times the liquidated damages, let’s continue to suppress it... There should be a day when the suppression is completely suppressed! By then, maybe...you really don't have to pay back this money, right?
"OK."
The countess nodded slightly, understanding the attitude of the king and the duke towards this matter.
"Well, Your Majesty Duke, here is an official letter from the four countries in the northern continent. They said in the official letter: the Kingdom of Quel'Thalas, the Kingdom of Lordaeron, the Wildhammer dwarves of Eagle's Nest Mountain, and the newly emerged The Kingdom of Fire formally formed an alliance two days ago. Now, the original Alliance of Lordaeron no longer exists! In the future, the external affairs of the four countries will be handled by the newly established Flame Alliance... It seems that their alliance is very closely connected. It’s so tight!”
Countess Katlana explained Gong Han's content at least once, and then looked at the Duke and smiled slightly, which fascinated Bolvar for a short while.
This official letter was delivered through the hands of the high elf envoys who left yesterday. Here, they are the only ones in Stormwind City who still have such a little connection with the north. But now, as soon as these envoys leave, the Kingdom of Stormwind in the south and the dwarves of Ironforge, even if they have temporarily lost contact with the countries in the northern continent.
"Your Excellency, how should we deal with this matter? Should we try to restore the Flame Alliance? Or... continue to wait for the report to be handled by His Majesty the King himself?"
Katlana seemed to have heard only a few words from her brother about the flame kingdom that suddenly appeared and was composed of fire elemental beings. The strength of the other party should not be underestimated.
It seems that they are inextricably related to Ragnaros, the Fire Demon King under Blackstone Mountain. When he captured the Fire Eagle in the mountains of Lordaeron, he was beaten by the other party's queen. . Later, he and Ragnaros had a fierce battle and both suffered losses. This is also the reason why recently the Blackstone Orcs and Black Dragons in the Burning Plains no longer dare to cause trouble and torment the Kingdom of Stormwind. They have all reduced their strength to guard against the Balrogs and Black Iron Dwarves under the Blackstone Mountain...
Katlana has been very annoyed about this matter! Just because of her incompetent brother's chaos, her recent arrangements were disrupted a lot. Without the restraints of the black dragons and black stone orcs, the Kingdom of Storms suddenly became calmer and calmer! If the kingdom were to continue to develop slowly and smoothly like this, it would be seriously inconsistent with her original intention!
"Forget it, King Varian has already stated his position. We and Ironforge refuse to recognize the Fire Kingdom of the Laoshizi. Of course, we will not recognize their Fire Alliance! This matter is put on hold for the time being. No reply, no acknowledgement! By the way, please notify MI7 later and ask them to start sending people to lurk to the north, set up an intelligence station, and try to collect more intelligence!"
After frowning and thinking for a while, Duke Bolvar quickly decided on a response plan.
In fact, he has never understood this matter. Why do those people in Lordaeron so condone those fire elements to establish a country on their original land? Now you actually take the initiative to join forces to form an alliance? This is incredible! However, when the information is seriously unequal, it is difficult for him to judge the other party's thoughts, so for the time being, he can only deal with it this way!
"We don't know anything about the situation in the north now, and we have to rely on other people's envoys to know even a little bit. In the past, this was simply ridiculous! So, Katlana, this matter needs to be handled as soon as possible!"
This is the only way to deal with it now. Besides, their southern continent is separated from the north by a strait and a large area where the undead are ravaged! Even if they, the Kingdom of Stormwind, wanted to interfere in the affairs of the northerners, they would not be able to intervene!
What's more, there are still a lot of bad things going on in their Kingdom of Stormwind, like the Fidia Brotherhood just now, and the Burning Plains in the east. With so much to take care of themselves, how can they have time to care about others?
"Okay, I will give the order later and let them prepare to carry out this task as soon as possible."
Katrana nodded and held all these documents in her arms. The power was in her hands unknowingly. But King Varian and Duke Bolvar were still unaware. She couldn't help but laugh a little happily, and stunned Bolvar opposite.
"Your Excellency, then, I will go back first. If I am free another day, I will invite you to have lunch. See you tomorrow."
"Okay...ok..."
It wasn't until Countess Catalana's figure completely disappeared from the door that Bolvar finally came back to his senses. Then, he stroked the beard on his chin, not knowing what he was thinking about. After a while, he finally Under the confused and envious eyes of the Stormwind City guards, he strode away humming a little tune.
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On the second day after the Flame Alliance was officially established, Braving the cold north wind, the City of Fire once again dispatched their fire elemental army. Their nearly 50,000 high-level fire elementals who were more resistant to cold were High Steward Shannox was ordered to go to Quel'Thalas and the Hinterlands to help the high elves and Wildhammer dwarves clear out the undead that were still wandering around during the last month of winter.
The Queen of the Flame Kingdom, Her Majesty Anne, the leader of the Flame Alliance, disappeared early in the morning the day after the alliance was formed. No one knows where she will go to run wild again...
As the youngest of the three Bronzebeard dwarf brothers, Brian Bronzebeard, he and his second brother Muradin Bronzebeard are both very active members of the "Explorers Association". At the same time, Brian Bronzebeard Suga is also one of the founders of the Explorers Association.
Initially, Brian and Samuel Strange Hand established this explorer organization together. They aim to search every corner of the world of Azeroth, search for the treasures left behind by the Creation Titans, and at the same time bring together all the information about the history, people, culture, etc. of the world of Azeroth into the world. Inside the largest library.
As one of the founders and chief members of this organization, Brian once vowed that he would personally travel to every corner of the world of Azeroth and explore all the secrets of Azeroth.
In Brian's original plan, he planned to set off in another year or two. However, when he saw the raging undead on the northern continent, he could no longer sit still. He decided to explore in advance. Let’s take a look at the Eastern Continent. Maybe when will the geographical information he explored be used?
Therefore, Brian Bronzebeard set out from Ironforge and went south a long time ago. He passed through Elwynn Forest and Western Wilds, and then came to Stranglethorn Vale in the south. Here, he compiled his thoughts on this area. After sending back the last report in the foggy forest, I encountered the first big danger!
Because, he discovered the ruins of an ancient city hidden in the deepest part of Stranglethorn Valley, but he was also surrounded by a large group of savage forest troll headhunters and almost lost his life.
However, in the end, he managed to escape because he met a very strange little girl mage. She actually beat away those terrifying man-eating trolls who were said to like eating intelligent creatures very much.
"Thank you very much for your help! Little mage, Brian Bronzebeard will always remember your helping hand. If it weren't for you, I would probably be here!"
After killing a troll headhunter who was still trying to resist with an axe, Brian Bronzebeard sat down on the ground and panted heavily. At the same time, he turned to thank the little girl who had just helped him a lot.
"By the way! Why did you appear in this place?"
Brian was very curious about the appearance of such a little girl in this inaccessible place where trolls tortured her. Wasn't she afraid that the trolls would take her back and cook her?
"I'm not a little mage! People have names, you can call me Annie! The reason why I helped you just now was just that I happened to meet you when passing by! Then why are you here? The bearded little mage dwarf?"
Little Annie has been a little bored recently. She has been to many places. Originally, she had been playing in the northern continent. However, it is now the cold winter season in the northern continent. There is ice and snow everywhere. It is cold and not fun, and she doesn't like it very much.
Therefore, this time she made a long-distance teleportation in one go and went directly to the south. Unexpectedly, she encountered such a bearded dwarf here who was besieged by man-eating monsters. At first, she thought they were from the same clan as the group of dwarves who had just arrived at her castle and were eating and drinking in the sea, so she helped him a little.
"Okay, with respect to Master Anne, let me introduce you formally. My name is Brian Bronzebeard. I am a Bronzebeard dwarf from Ironforge. At the same time, I am also an adventure enthusiast. When I come here, I am ready to continue For my adventure!”
Brian began to formally introduce his identity. He was an explorer and had long been determined to travel throughout the world of Azeroth. Coming to Stranglethorn Valley was just the first stop on his adventure.
On the contrary, it is this little human girl who looks clean. It seems abnormal for her to appear here, right? Brian never remembered that there were any signs of human activity here in the south.
"Huh? Explorer? It sounds so awesome. Is there anything fun going on here?"
When she first came here, Annie didn't like the climate and environment of this forest very much. She walked around for a while, and it seemed that there was nothing delicious or interesting here. If she hadn't happened to meet such a dwarf just now, she would have It has been prepared to teleport away for a long time.
"Fun? It doesn't seem to be anything, right? I just got a piece of news from the troll carvings. It is said that there is their holy land to the east. I am planning to go east to continue my work in the troll's ruined holy land. Adventure.”
This news was important information he found from the carvings on a stone slab of their trolls when he just explored the ruins of this troll. It seemed that it was the ruins of a city in the ancient troll empire, and is now the holy land of their trolls. Regarding this, Brian said he must study it carefully. This is one of the important topics of his expedition and must not be missed.
"Huh? Holy land? Adventure? It sounds like fun... Then, I'll go with you for a few days!"
Annie thought about it seriously, and it seemed that adventure or something sounded interesting. She decided to just play here for a few days! There was nothing going on over there in the Fire Kingdom, and even if there was, she wouldn't be too lazy to take care of anything fun happening now!
"Do you live nearby? Don't you need to go home?"
Brian Bronzebeard was a little surprised to see this little girl planning to go on an adventure with him. She should be a human, right? Are her family so worried about her going out to play like this? Although I just saw the opponent's spell-casting method, I think he is a relatively powerful mage, but after all, he is still a little girl, right? What if you encounter a powerful enemy?
"My home is no longer here, it's far away in the north! Besides, I'm a powerful mage, and no one can control me now! If I want to go back, I just need to open the portal and swish. You can go back now!”
Little Annie looked at the dirty Brian with disdain. He must have walked here on his legs, right? She won't be running around like him all the time. If she wants to go back, she can teleport back to the palace in the City of Fire at any time. The Master is so awesome. If she wants to go back, she can just read the message and open the door!
Little Annie still remembered that a few days ago, she met a group of adventurers a place further north from here. At that time, after they knew about her ability, they asked her to help them drive a short distance. The portal, after removing the treasure chests they found, gave her a full reward of one hundred gold coins!
"Well, you're still the best!"
Brian Bronzebeard muttered in a low voice. He knew that the Master could open teleportation gates and teleport over long distances. This spell is really very convenient, especially for Brian who likes adventure. If he knows this spell, it will greatly facilitate his exploration hobby. It's a pity that Brian can't learn such high-end and magnificent spells. He is now an explorer, and at the same time, he is just a warrior who is not very good at fighting!
"Wait a minute, I'm going to get something!"
After calling out to the bearded dwarf who was packing his things and preparing to leave, little Annie trotted into a jungle and seemed to be rummaging around for something.
"You... put it down quickly! That... those are the eggs of the raptors. The raptors are the most ferocious hunters in this jungle! Once they find out that you have taken their eggs, they will follow the scent in groups If you follow me, you will be in big trouble!"
When Brian finished packing his things and packages, he saw little Annie emerging from the grass, holding a huge white round egg in her left and right hands. He was so frightened that he quickly screamed and planned to stop him. It would be best if he could tell her Put the eggs back before the velociraptors come back, and try to remove or cover up the smell that's left on them, otherwise it's going to be big trouble.
Of course he knew these eggs, those were Velociraptor eggs! These crazy jungle hunters are the most ferocious and at the same time the most protective of their cubs! Once they find that their eggs are missing, they will be in trouble! As an explorer himself, Brian knows this very well. In the wild, no matter what time, you should never steal the eggs or cubs of ferocious beasts. Otherwise, you will definitely get yourself into big trouble. This The little girl is really messy!
"Tch, it's just Velociraptors, I'm not afraid of them!"
Under Brian's horrified gaze, little Annie carefully stuffed the two eggs into her own space pocket. She was going to take them back and let the chefs make delicious delicacies for her! After the two eggs were put together with the pile that was originally put in, she patted the stains on her hands and said relaxedly.
"Last time, there was a very big and fierce Tyrannosaurus rex. It was stingy and refused to let me eat its eggs. Then, I captured it back to my house and asked my chefs to roast it whole and eat it. !Hmph!"
If those velociraptors dare to chase me, that would be great! Little Annie has recently eaten big dinosaurs and great white sharks, and she wouldn't mind a change if they dare to come! I just don’t know if those velociraptors are tasty or not, and do they have a lot of meat on them?
"Okay, it's up to you, but I'm warning you! If you follow me, if danger arises, I won't be able to take care of you. When the time comes, I will definitely run away!"
Seeing this little girl being so careless about life and death, Brian, who has rich experience in jungle survival, quickly issued a warning. If the velociraptors really come after them, Brian has a lot of experience in escaping. By then, he won't be able to take care of this little girl anymore!
"Don't worry, I will never drag you down! I am very strong, and when it comes to the ability to escape, you are absolutely no match for me! If I really want to escape, I will only You need to use teleportation spells, and with a swish, you’ll be gone!”
If it were just this kind of wild animal, Annie would never have thought of running away or anything! She said, catch one at one end, a pair at both ends, and if a large group comes...then just cast a fear spell to scare them away!
Besides, they are just a group of velociraptors, not a group of giant dragons, so what is there to worry about? Don't you just eat a few of their eggs? Dare to come and cause trouble in front of her?
"You, you...well...you're cruel! Let's get out of here as soon as possible now!"
These words simply left Brian speechless... Very good! You are Master, you run fast! But Brian can't run fast! Is this irresponsible behavior not a drag on him? So what is a drag?
But now is not the time to argue about this. If the raptors come back later, they won't argue with him about who stole their eggs! Therefore, the most correct thing to do now is to leave here as quickly as possible. Maybe, once they reach the territory of other animals, they will not dare to chase them again, right?
Just now, at the beginning, Brian naively thought that meeting this little girl mage today was his lucky day and would save him from becoming food for the troll headhunters. But now it seems that he was really too naive. At the moment, it is nothing more than the difference between switching between raptor food and troll food!
