On the other side of the mountain and on the other side of the sea is Theramore...
Well, the magical girl Jaina still chose Theramore Peninsula in Dustwallow Swamp as her foothold, so this isolated human city on the continent of Kalimdor is still called Theramore.
Ocean trade is always profitable, and Alliance merchants have been suffering from the goblins in Ratchet City and Steamwheedle Port for a long time, so the appearance of Theramore immediately attracted the attention of capitalists.
The fledgling city was in dire straits, and Jaina desperately needed support from her relatives in the Eastern Kingdoms.
However, the continent of Lordaeron was in raging war, and the whole country of Kul Tiras participated in the war. The ones who really helped Jaina a lot were Dalaran, Ironforge, and Stormwind City.
As an academic mage city, Dalaran also needs to make a profit. Kalimdor is rich in products, and many local-specific magic materials are sought-after and rare goods. Supporting elementary school girls is supporting yourself.
The same goes for Ironforge. Although even King Magni Bronzebeard went north to fight the undead disaster, the geographical conditions determined that the Bronzebeard dwarves could not survive, and the whole family was lost. Twenty years after the end of the Second Orc War, Ironforge enjoyed huge war dividends, deeply understood the importance of the Alliance, and never ignored Jaina's orders.
However, the more important potential reason is precisely because of Stormwind City.
If you don’t occupy the trade position, others will.
For the new Kingdom of Stormwind, there are two main appearance routes.
One is the traditional northbound trade route. Because it is very similar to the fellows in Lordaeron, it is basically based on volume rather than price. It is a traditional bulk goods trade.
Trade on the road basically ends at Ironforge. Going further north, profits are not enough to support losses.
Maritime trade stopped at Palatine Bay for re-export.
The other is the ocean shipping with the Gadgetzan goblins.
There is no absolute fairness in Azeroth. Because of the existence of the maelstrom, all sea ships must avoid natural disasters here and go around the north and south.
However, whether you go around the south or the north depends a lot.
Logically speaking, given the geographical location of Stormwind City, it is natural that we should take the southern route.
However, if you take the southern route, there is a sea of fog further south, and there is always heavy fog that blocks the sky and the sun. It is really a ghost. Moreover, the number of islands in the southern route is far less than that of the northern route, making it difficult to resupply along the way.
Therefore, most of the transactions with goblins are half-way transactions. The cargo owners in Stormwind City and the goblin plutocrats in Steamwheedle Port transfer goods on the islands in the middle, and they are always worried about pirate attacks.
Against the background that the undead natural disaster broke out and the traditional northern trade routes were almost cut off, the emergence of Theramore gave the rich men of Stormwind City great hope.
Because the business groups in the south can use Menethil Port to circumvent the Baladin Gulf Grand Alliance system established by the Lordaeron Alliance.
Because the location is so good, the ocean-going fleets of Stormwind City and Ironforge can resupply at Menethil Port and then sail all the way to Dustwallow Swamp. As the waist and belly of the Kalimdor continent, Theramore is perfect. It plays the important role of transportation transfer station and trade distribution center.
With such a bright future, it is not surprising that Theramore has attracted a large amount of angel investment.
The people of Kul Tiran have never been shy about making profits in business, but Jaina looked a little worried as she looked at the city of Theramore that was taking shape.
The war in Lordaeron was raging, but he was far away on the other side of the sea and built a city almost from scratch.
Is this really good?
Although the future shown to her by the prophet was so important, her concern for her father and her sense of belonging to the alliance made Jaina occasionally reflect on whether what she did was really right.
But this is her own city, and Theramore was the first time Jaina realized how much the word career meant.
It is her own child, and nothing worries Jaina more than this city built by her own hands.
On such a calm day, another fleet from Stormwind City docked loaded with various goods.
On the dock, the stevedores operated the cranes and pulleys to continuously load and unload the cargo. While the ship owners were settling the accounts and checking the cargo lists, they were also negotiating with the local merchants in Theramore to purchase the goods.
Thriving is Theramore today.
The merchants of Stormwind City brought not only tangible goods to Theramore, but also intangible news.
There are also mages that Jaina recruited from Dalaran.
The most important one among them is the magical advisor sent by the Archmage Modera from the Kirin Tor Council of Six.
Although Jaina was proud of her magical talent, she was still worried that her young self was far from reaching the pinnacle of the magical world.
In other words, Jaina is not strong enough.
So she asked her teacher for help.
Antonidas is indeed dead, but as a mage, he is dead but not completely dead. This is normal.
Through Antonidas's connections, Modera reached out to Jaina.
Jaina was secretly contacted by a female mage who called herself Angmar.
Elegant, knowledgeable, and outstanding in temperament, this Angmar quickly gained Jaina's trust in just about ten minutes of conversation during their first meeting.
Therefore, after obtaining the title of Chief Magical Advisor, Angmar proposed to teach Jaina privately.
According to Angmar, Modera spent a huge amount of favors to invite him to come out.
At the same time, Angmar felt that Jaina was a promising talent and could not bear the thought of her, a wonder in the mage world, delaying her studies because of the tedious government work.
Great, Jaina readily agreed.
So, during the third lesson, an accident happened.
Jaina's shrill scream triggered the magic alert, and the guards rushed into the top floor of Jaina's mage tower.
"go out."
Jaina yelled.
"Sir, you..."
"There was a little accident. I'm fine. You go out first."
Jaina's coherent words convinced everyone present that accidents in magic experiments were indeed normal.
But when everyone saw that Gianna, who originally had smooth blond hair, had half of her hair turned white, they were worried and wanted to laugh but did not dare to show it. It was very uncomfortable.
"I'm fine. You go out first and remember to close the door."
With Jaina's soft words of reassurance, the guards left.
"Magna, I don't remember your methods being so rough."
Jaina gently touched the familiar decorations around her and complained in a nostalgic mood.
"You may be familiar with me, but I have only known you for less than a week."
Aegwynn, who calls herself Angmar, no longer pretends, she shows off her cards.
"I know, I know, I know it all, but it doesn't matter, this is the price of the transaction."
Jaina clenched her fist and hit her head, then turned around to save Magna Aegwynn.
"It's good to see you again."
Magna Aegwynn used her strong willpower to curb her counterattack instinct and allowed Jaina to hold on to her body tightly.
"What should I say, welcome back?"
"No, I want to hear you scold me again, the same thing you always say."
Jaina leaned her head on Magna Aegwynn's shoulder and made an incredible request.
"You are giving me a hard time. The curse words I often say have to take into account your employer's status... Are the rats in the sewers of Dalaran more thoughtful than you?"
Magna Aegwynn was not very interested in guessing riddles, so she said casually.
Then, Jaina finally couldn't help but shed tears.
"I'm back."
