Jaina was raised by Sharlayan, Valeela and others. Sharlayan and Stellagosa both doted on this little sister, and Tinagosa regarded her as a lifelong friend.
Only Valeera's attitude towards Jaina is relatively harsh, similar to the urging of Little Star to Tina Gosa who is looking forward to her sister Jackie Chan.
...Of course, there may be some reasons why the younger sister rebelled and snatched the man. Regarding this, Sarlayan did not want to delve too deeply into it.
Although there is an age gap between Jaina and Calia, the eldest daughter of the seven human kingdoms, they have known each other since childhood and can still be regarded as best friends.
Putting herself in her shoes, Gianna thought that Calia's previous 20 years had been unsatisfactory.
Terena has always positioned her as a vase for political marriage, and has never paid any attention to cultivating her political abilities.
Thanks to Sharlayan's teachings, Calia, who had been trapped in the palace of Lordaeron and watched the sky from a well, was finally able to open her eyes and see the world.
Thanks to her broadened horizons, Calia did not want to continue to be constrained in the small palace.
Terenas made many misguided moves in the later years of his rule. With the collapse of the old alliance and the financial pressure brought by maintaining a large number of orc shelters, Lordaeron, which was originally at its peak of national power, gradually weakened to the naked eye.
After the restoration of Alterac, which was swallowed up by Terenas, the power of Lordaeron can no longer be suppressed.
The house leaked and it rained all night, and Arthas took the initiative to provoke Quel'Thalas at this time due to personal emotional reasons, exposing his character flaws that were far from mature enough in front of Calia.
If her horizons had not been broadened by Sharlayan, Calia might not have any thoughts about this.
However, Alsace's impulsive behavior made Calia, who was growing increasingly capable, begin to worry about the future of the country after he succeeded to the throne.
By leveraging the prestige she gained by supporting the Peace Faction and brokering peace talks in the Alterac War, Calia demonstrated her influence in the Kingdom of Lordaeron for the first time, and gained the recognition of a large number of moderate ministers and nobles.
Because of their different philosophies, after Terenas passed away due to illness, Calia and Arthas had serious differences over the future development direction of the country.
Even if she puts aside her personal emotional bias, Calia does not believe that Arthas is right to advocate continued oppression of Quel'Thalas.
This time, that time.
In the early years, there were many objective reasons for Lordaeron's ability to overtake the established powerhouse Quel'Thalas and secure its position as the leader of the Eastern Kingdom.
One is the crazy internal strife in Quel'Thalas, and the other is the miserable fertility rate of the high elves.
In addition, Lordaeron, as the leading country of the alliance, reaped the biggest dividends after winning the war with the old tribe. The combination of multiple factors allowed Lordaeron to reach its peak that year.
However, due to Terenas' over-expanded ambitions, Lordaeron was very open to the distribution of interests after the war, which directly led to the rapid disintegration of the old alliance that had been united not long ago, and also laid the foundation for the decline of Lordaeron.
After finally gaining recognition from most of the powerful people in the country, Calia was finally able to ascend the throne and become the queen.
However, before the smug Calia could implement her long-prepared reform strategy, Alsace, who was still dissatisfied, made another mistake.
And this time he caused a major natural disaster that swept through most of the kingdom, which directly caused the already declining national power of Lordaeron to plummet like a cliff.
To this day, Calia is still trying to regain Stratholme City, which was occupied by the Scourge, through diplomatic efforts and completely regain the entire land of Lordaeron.
After the end of the Natural Disaster, the traumatized Lordaeron finally ushered in a relatively stable period of recovery.
With the help of Druin in Quel'Thalas, the plague that spread in East Tirisfal has been basically eliminated, but the once prosperous East Wilder region is still devastated.
In contrast, Quel'Thalas began to make strides again under the leadership of Kael'thas.
Under the circumstances, Quel'Thalas has actually secretly regained the title of the strongest country in the Eastern Kingdom, but many people have not yet realized this problem.
Even after entering a rare period of peace, Calia, who is the queen, still cannot relax.
Due to the historical problems caused by the two consecutive turmoils in Arthas, the military strength and power in the hands of the powerful nobles in Lordaeron made Calia feel like a stick in her throat.
She desperately wants to return most of the power to the central government through reforms, but this kind of thing of cutting off other people's cakes is obviously not so easy to achieve.
Jaina, who was also born into a noble family, can understand the thoughts of those nobles if she puts herself in their shoes.
Why should I spit out the benefits that I have already eaten?
Stratholme could not take it back in a short period of time and use it as Calia's political achievements. After thinking about it, Calia could only bite the bullet and borrow the influence of the Archduke of Deep Shadow, who was the most popular recently.
The relationship between Calia and Sarlayan is indeed good, but she is still worried about whether this use without saying hello will anger Sarlayan.
The best result is of course that Sarlayan accepts the marriage without hesitation.
With the powerful Archduke of Deep Shadow standing behind him, the nobles in Lordaeron who dance happily are just chickens and dogs.
But... Calia herself knows that this possibility is extremely slim.
The development of the situation was just as Calia expected, and Sarlayan once again declined the olive branch she extended.
The good news is that Duke Shenying did not expose her little trick, but instead kindly supported her in a more tactful way.
It's a pity that the best result that was expected could not be achieved, but the matter has come to this, and Calia is very satisfied to have the understanding and help of Sarlayan.
There were some things that Sharlayan himself couldn't say, so it was up to Jaina, Calia's best friend, to explain the situation on his behalf.
...However, this girl's words and deeds were somewhat beyond Sarlayan's expectations, and she actually gave Calia another vain hope in front of him.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After receiving Sharlayan's blessing of life, Calia's theoretical lifespan will be longer than that of Ronin who uses arcane magic to extend his life, and his physical fitness will continue to improve a lot.
of improvement.
Next, she should use Sarlayan's acquiescence to further use his influence to defeat those powerful lords and ministers who are opposed to reform who are still jumping up and down in the country.
"By the way, I almost forgot to say that."
Before leaving, Sarlayan hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to tell his guess.
"Alsace's body has indeed died, but if I guess correctly, his soul is still alive. There is a high probability that he was secretly dragged to the Shadow Realm by someone behind the scenes."
"What?!"
Calia's expression suddenly changed with a smile on her face, and she asked with a complicated expression: "Arthas...could he be able to return to Azeroth again?"
From a personal emotional point of view, as the eldest sister, Calia hopes that Arthas is still alive and it is best to get rid of those things that tempted him to fall.
But reason told Calia that this was just her wishful thinking, and the mysterious mastermind would never let go of such a useful knife.
Sarlayan shook his head solemnly: "Not sure. Theoretically, any soul that enters the Shadow Realm will have difficulty reappearing in the material world."
"However, the situation in the Shadow Realm has not been peaceful in recent years. I can't say what kind of development it will have in the future."
Zoval is still suppressed in the Maw and cannot go out, and Denathrius is also busy playing hide-and-seek with the rebels who have turned to guerrilla warfare. Logically speaking, there should not be much turmoil in the Shadow Realm.
However, Sarlayan was still unsure of the soldier's position. There were many barrages reminding him repeatedly that there was something fishy about the soldier's failure and capture. He might have other ideas behind his back, and he might cause new troubles in the future.
Come.
The Sword of Sorrow series was all created by the amnesiac weapon master...that is, the Talisman Engraver, and Arthas, as the user of the prototype sword Frostmourne, is obviously valuable to the soldier master.
The past few years have been a precious period of development for Azeroth. Sharlayan can't spare the time to go to the Shadow Realm to clean up the troubles, so he can only wait and see what happens.
Jaina hugged Calia one last time before leaving: "We will continue to pay attention to Arthas's movements. I personally suggest that you don't have any expectations for him."
"As the saying goes, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment."
"With Alsace's extreme and unyielding character, the possibility of him returning to the right path... is almost zero."
"Why"
Calia smiled bitterly and patted Jaina on the back: "I know, I just... feel sorry for my father who passed away due to illness, for not being able to take good care of Alsace on his behalf."
Sarlayan shook his head and advised: "It is his own choice that Arthas has reached this point. It is also his fault that Terenas failed to set an example and shape his character and outlook on life. There is no reason to blame him.
Come on your head."
Watching Sarlayan and Valeera walk out of the palace and fade away, Calia's eyes gradually became firm and sharp.
"Salayan has already helped me a lot, now...it's time to see how I perform."