Chapter 659: The Shadows in Stormwind City
In the current Azeroth, there is a clear distinction between the three forces of the Oath, the Alliance, and the Horde. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Although there are many races of Night Elves, Minotaurs, Dark Spear Trolls, Slippery Blade Naga Blood Elves and Delaney, except for the Night Elves, everyone is two or three kittens, and the resources of the Kalimdor Continent can fully carry the development of the Oath.
The Alliance held the vast majority of the Eastern Kingdoms - and by that amount, at least Quel'Thalas and Gilneth to the north had joined the Oath.
Oh, and the Valley of Thorns to the south is actually a troll territory?
The Alliance wants to destroy the Horde, I really want to!
But after the events of Draenor, the Coalition found the Oath to be very delicate.
Obviously, Drunken Wind's wall-riding approach made the Alliance very unhappy - against the premise of fighting demons, he did not take a stand in the conflict between the Alliance and the Horde, which undoubtedly made the Alliance have a lot of resentment towards Drunken Wind.
But it's useless to have grudges - the oath is the strongest, the loudest voice, and you can't take the oath if you're dissatisfied.
So recently, when the leaders of the alliance were preparing for the Northern Expedition, they were also thinking about how to strengthen the alliance.
Isn't the oath that the alliance did not allow the alliance to destroy the tribe because it did not want its strength to be wasted in a civil war?
But what if the alliance outweighs the tribe by a large margin?
Then the situation will be very different!
If the Alliance were to become as powerful as the Oath, then the Horde would be in for it—and the Oath would not stop it.
And the existence of the new Riptide Fort allowed the alliance to see an opportunity.
The current alliance is made up of humans (Stormwind, Kul Tiras, and some smaller city-states), dwarves (three hammers), and gnomes, and it is very likely that Riptide will return to the alliance after the Northern Expedition, and if the Forsaken join the alliance, then at least the tribes of the Arathi Highlands will not be able to hold it.
And when the time comes, the Sauracha Basin will become a nail in the arm of the Alliance in Northrend, and the orcs' sphere of influence will be suppressed in Durotal!
Therefore, at this time, Kalia is of great significance to the alliance.
This is also the reason why when he got the news of Kalia, Sal felt his head hurt for the first time.
Durontar's orcs are mobilizing, Zur has gone to Zudak to communicate with the frost trolls, the orcs brought back from Draenor need to be resettled, and Thrall is busy right now.
At this very busy time, the alliance gave the tribe a lot of eye medicine.
As for the possibility of the Forsaken joining the Alliance, Thrall deliberated with Drektar and Grandmother Gaiaan.
The odds are great, and the tribe has nothing to do.
Now Thrall could count on Zor - if the Troll Prophet had mastered the power of Arcane, Shadow, and Light as he himself claimed, he could still fight, or something might really happen to the Horde.
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Soon, though, Thrall stopped worrying about the Forsaken joining the Alliance—he began to worry about Taresha's safety.
Because, Kalia was assassinated in Stormwind.
You may not believe it, but under the protection of MI7 and the Forsaken Guard, Kalia was assassinated in Stormwind!
It happened very suddenly.
In the middle of the night on the seventh day after Kalia arrived in Stormwind, while the army of Stormwind was mobilizing for the Northern Expedition, and while Varian was constantly tempting Kalia to want the Forsaken to join the Alliance, an Assassin infiltrated the official residence where Kalia was entertained and carried out a frenzied assassination campaign.
It was a spooky assassination.
According to eyewitnesses who later arrived to help, there were five Assassins, all of whom were quite skilled assassins, and they were not discovered by anyone until they entered the compound where Kalia was, and after the assassination failed, they also slipped away, leaving not much evidence behind.
Only Kalia was seriously injured.
King Varian was furious after visiting Kalia, and it is said that well-informed sources revealed that the head of MI7 had been sprayed with dog's blood by His Majesty the Angry.
Who had MI7 boast that the official residence where Kalia was hosted was more guarded than the royal palace - it was a slap in the face that the Assassins had invaded so easily, and none of the sentinels and outposts had not even detected anomalies.
At the same time, Khadgar scolded the mages in charge of the Mansion's enchantment - but compared to the hapless ones at MI7, these mages were lucky.
On the one hand, it is because Khadgar does not swear much, and compared to the veteran warrior and mocking Majesty Varian, Khadgar's accusations are extremely ashamed of these mages, but they are not always disgraced to the whole family; On the other hand, it was because in this kind of residence, the protection of the mages was auxiliary, and the Assassins slipped through the door when the shift was changing and the guards were lax.
No matter how strong the barrier is, it can't block the door!
While holding accountable, Stormwind began a major manhunt.
According to MI7's speculation, it is very likely that the assassin this time was from Ravenhold Manor, and Varian immediately sent his own emissaries to Ravenhold to conduct some investigations.
At the same time, martial law began in Stormwind, and the Stormwind guards began an investigation of the floating population, and even the vegetable farmers from the Elwyn Forest were questioned.
Nothing to gain.
In this regard, the alliance officials have long expected it.
After all, this is a world of magic.
This kind of mortal-level search is very difficult to really find the murderer.
What's more, judging from the entire assassination process, there is a high probability that there are internal ghosts within Stormwind City.
It is even possible that even MI7 has been partially corroded.
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As for Kalia, the Forsaken Queen is in a bad state right now.
The poison in her is really vicious, this shadow poison will destroy the body of the Forsaken, while using and transforming the power of the Poisoned Forsaken themselves, and then use the Forsaken's own power to transform new toxins and deepen the effect of poisoning.
Due to the Forsaken's special constitution, there is nothing the priests can do about this poison, and forcibly dispel it is likely to hurt Kalia.
Talesa consulted with the Forsaken Guardian before informing Fao.
Perhaps only Archbishop Fao, who believed in the Light during his lifetime and studied the shadows after his death, was able to save Kalia......