Skar said, "The author of Eternal Stars has actually stopped updating for more than half a year. Before, he regularly sent manuscripts anonymously and published them in the underground printing press in Yuexi Town. There are rumors that the author's true identity is Alvin is the son of a certain farmer. You can't blame him for stopping the show. It is said that he encountered an accident while on a business trip." Skarr sighed as he spoke, "This work is a rare conscience of this era. I sincerely pray that nothing happens to him.”
Oster was stunned, why was it so familiar? He seemed to have heard it somewhere.
Skar added, "However, last week I took the opportunity to go to Yuexi Town to sell goods, and I sat at the underground book club. There I read the last volume published six months ago, which is also the second volume of the Stonemason Brothers. I can briefly talk to you first."
Auster was shocked. No wonder this man always disappeared without a trace. He disappeared for several days and he was chasing after him. As the leader of a gang and the leader of the rebels, it was so hard for the enemy to find time to escape at the moment. Hardcore book lover.
Skar led everyone to a nearby outpost to take a rest. Sitting around the table, boiling a pot of tea, Skarr began to talk about the history of the Brotherhood and the origin of the armory;
"...As recorded in Eternity of the Stars, for thousands of years, the priests and nobles in this land have controlled the use of holy light and magic, and have supernatural powers that are like gods. To ordinary people, These rulers with divine power are aloof and cannot disobey; no matter what kind of oppression and exploitation they suffer, the people can only endure it silently without the slightest ability to resist.
Later, the orc uprising came. These alien refugees used the evil power of the Burning Legion to defeat the rulers who claimed to have divine power. Although the uprising was short-lived, it failed a few years later due to insufficient support and a comprehensive counterattack by the Alliance. However, some of the so-called demonic technologies left behind by the orcs were not completely destroyed and were quietly preserved by the people;
Shortly after the war, a craftsman organization originating from the Stone Tablet Lake area developed magic engineering technology suitable for civilian use by referring to the ordnance used during the occupation by the Orc Rebel Army and some of the books left by the legion of demons. As a result, their skills improved rapidly and they manufactured a large number of mechanical tools and equipment, which greatly improved the local people's ability to explore nature, produce and build.
This organization was later selected by Lord Protector Turalyon, who was in power at the time, to be responsible for the reconstruction of Stormwind City. Speaking of Turalyon, this paladin lord, apart from being very devout in doctrine, is also a good hand in planning, construction and industrial development. The modernization of the Stormwind Kingdom actually started during the period of the Papal Kingdom. The Lord Protector doesn't mind whose skills are used, as long as the job is done well. So the craftsmen exerted their unparalleled talents and worked hard, and it took nearly ten years to build the most advanced and prosperous city in history.
However, those years coincided with the most frequent changes in the power of Stormwind City; not long after the start of construction, Turalyon traveled through the Stargate Expedition to Outland and his whereabouts are unknown, and the Papal State was subsequently overthrown and replaced by the First Republic. During the Republic, the Anti-Stormwind Alliance frequently attacked the city, and construction work was intermittent. It was not until the restoration of the Third Dynasty of Wrynn that the main body of the new city was completed.
Although several rounds of expansion have been completed at this time, Stormwind City, which has twenty regions, is known as the light of the Alliance and is second to none in the entire Azeroth. The third dynasty in power, however, withheld this huge amount of project money owed by the previous dynasty for various reasons;
I don’t know whether it was because they were afraid that the advanced technology mastered by the craftsmen would threaten the rule, or whether the nobles and the church simply wanted to use this large amount of money to relieve financial pressure; in the end, the craftsmen not only did not receive any compensation, but also resorted to using demonic magic and assisting the orcs during the war. For the crime of working in the army, they were all exiled to the wild West at that time.
Under the leadership of the outstanding leader Edwin Van Cleef, the craftsmen who left their hometown did not feel sorry for themselves, nor did they surrender. Instead, they actively joined the tide of western reclamation, helping the immigrants to make tools, improve crops, and build roads in the mountains;
In every field, every road, every farm, and every market town in the West, the hard work of craftsmen is left. It can be said that without the Brotherhood, the West would not be what it is today. They have also won the deep support and love of the residents and have become the de facto administrators of the wilderness here. How prestigious was the Masons' Union in the West back then? The officials and laws of the kingdom were ignored at all, and the people only recognized the instructions of the one with the gear tattoo on his body.
However, the good times did not last long. With the discovery of a large number of gold mines and the cultivation of large tracts of fertile land, the west became increasingly prosperous and developed. Its industrial and agricultural output once surpassed Elwynn State and became the richest region in the kingdom, attracting the coveted attention of Stormwind City.
The rulers who were jealous of the prosperity of the west extended their tentacles, and the royal army quickly took over a large area of land and used it as a granary and source of soldiers. Garrison fortresses and knightly territories were established one after another, and exorbitant taxes and corvees were imposed by force, which aroused increasing dissatisfaction and resistance among the residents.
As a union representative, Van Cleef went to Stormwind City to negotiate with the Royal Court, but was arbitrarily and unreasonably detained. The royal family could not bribe the upright brotherhood leader, and could not find any bad deeds in him, so they accused him of being disrespectful to the queen and arrested him and imprisoned him.
That night, after he heard the news that he was about to be executed, he easily opened the cell door and escaped through the sewer he built with his own hands. He took one last look at his beloved city and left.
After returning to the west, the awakened Van Cleef established the Defias People's Army and began to mobilize the masses to riot. The craftsmen united the vast number of farmers in the west and adopted a new emblem, consisting of the craftsman's hammer and the harvest witch's sickle, as the symbol of the People's Army.
Van Cleef was not only an outstanding craftsman, but also a military and organizational genius. His team quickly grew and defeated the royal army with mages, cavalry and siege tanks. Not only did they liberate the entire west, they also once controlled large areas of Elwynn Forest. Seeing that the rule of the Third Dynasty was about to be overthrown again, the rulers of Stormwind cried out and were ready to abandon the city and flee again at any time;
However, at this moment, Van Cleef was suddenly assassinated in a heavily guarded secret base deep in the Hope Mine. With the death of the leader, everything came to nothing.
Originally, the rebel army was complicated and full of contradictions. It was only because of Van Cleef's personal charm that he suppressed all forces and was able to unite and face the outside world. Now that they have lost the core of their leadership, and Van Cleef's death was too strange and unexpected, there was no time to arrange funeral arrangements. The rebel army began to disintegrate internally, and was defeated by the royal army one by one.
The remnants continued to fight for months, but were ultimately defeated. Defias's base area, originally the most prosperous area of Yuexi Town in the entire west, was massacred and set on fire by the Kingdom's army, and was reduced to ruins. Years later, it has not fully recovered.
After the Defias Uprising was suppressed, the royal family and the church were afraid of another revolt by the people. Not only did they brutally cleanse the areas where the Brotherhood once operated, they also completely destroyed magical engineering artifacts and drawings, and prohibited anyone from studying or mentioning them;
Since then, almost everything about the Brotherhood has been erased, including its most valuable crafts. The rulers used their best method to throw all the dirty water on the rebels, slandering Defias as a murderous criminal gang and the source of all unrest. This is the story of the West so far. "
Speaking of this, Skar held the tea cup, took a sip, and continued slowly;
"...What is not written in the book is that at the last moment, Van Cleef only had time to leave this warehouse to his successor. But unfortunately, because the handover was too hasty, I currently do not have full control of this place. The technology reproduced in factories outside is just the tip of the iceberg of the Brotherhood's industry;
I established my initial base based on this valley and attracted a group of loyal warriors. And used the equipment in this valley, as well as intercepted part of the magical raw materials stored by the kingdom and the church, to create some light engineering weapons. We usually pretend to be beggars and go out, robbing the rich to give to the poor, eradicating evil and gangsters, and waiting for the opportunity.
Now, the disaster situation is so critical that people are in dire straits and starving to death everywhere. Instead of opening warehouses for relief, the royal family continued to increase exorbitant taxes and went on war campaigns for the interests of the upper class, sending large numbers of young people to the north as cannon fodder. The church controlled a large population and cultivated land, but maintained the most backward production and management methods, and did not allow serfs. They fled famine and took the opportunity to traffic people into slavery; local officials only protected the rich, and even colluded with big businessmen and landlords to exploit refugees and line their own pockets.
The Kingdom of Stormwind's rule in the west is already crumbling like a shabby house, and it only needs one last kick to make it completely collapse. So, I organized the rebels in Heishan County and formed the current rebel army with members of the Beggar Gang as the backbone. "
