The High Lord of Wildhammer was supposed to be Kurdran Wildhammer.
Ever since Kurdran and the soldiers of the expeditionary force were trapped in Draenor, Falstad had no choice but to shoulder the responsibility of the lord, and this has been the case for nearly ten years.
After finally surviving Kurdran's return, Falstad thought he could finally unload his burden and soar into the sky once again on his gryphon.
However...he was happy too early.
After the Council of the Three Hammers was re-established, Kurdran snatched the position of Wildhammer representative without hesitation. Since then, he has settled in Ironforge, busy exchanging words with Bronzebeard and Blackhammer representatives all day long.
When Falstad, who was half a step too late to react, came to his senses, he realized that he seemed unable to get rid of the blame, and could only continue to stay at Eagle's Nest Mountain as Lord of the Wildhammer in frustration.
Back to Quel'Thalas.
Originally, Kael'thas wanted to wait until Sharlayan returned from his business trip to discuss the issue of updating the army's equipment with him.
Unexpectedly, Sarlayan set out in a hurry without even getting hot at home. Kael'thas, who learned of this, could only postpone the discussion temporarily in a state of laughter and laughter.
This time, the Shenying family is truly mobilizing the whole family.
In addition to Aunt Alyssa staying at home to take care of the children, even Welles also temporarily applied for leave from the Sun King and accompanied Julian to Stromgarde, heading south from the Arathi Highlands and passing through the wetlands to Northeron.
Stellagosa and Tinargosa were still visiting relatives in Cordala. Jaina, who had just finished her work, hurried back from Dalaran to join the search team.
Onyxia, who had always been lazy, vaguely noticed something strange behind this incident, and volunteered to follow Welles and Julian to Northeron first.
After sending away the three-person team headed by Onyxia, Sharlayan teleported to the Eagle's Nest Mountain in the Hinterlands with Jaina and Valeera.
In the early years, Sarlayan and Valeera had many interactions with Falstad, including the secret operation to sneak into Grim Batol to rescue the Red Dragon Queen.
Since then, the two have established a good personal relationship.
When he learned that Sarlayan wanted to find a guide who was familiar with Northeron's situation, Falstad readily agreed.
"Salayan, take my badge and go directly to Northron."
Falstad stretched out his thick short hand and slapped a badge with a scarred surface into Sarlayan's hand.
"As you know, although the Wildhammer dwarves withdrew from their old capital of Grim Batol many years ago and moved to the Eagle's Nest Mountain, many people of the Wildhammer clan still live there.
.”
"Take my badge and go to Dunward Village in Northron to find a gryphon knight named Delvin Stormhammer. That guy is my old comrade. He will be your local guide."
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When the three Sarlayans got the help they wanted from the Eagle's Nest Mountain, Onyxia had already flown to the skies above Northeron with Vellath and Julian.
After turning on the Eagle Eye technique and scanning downwards, Welles and Julian frowned unconsciously.
Onyxia asked in confusion: "Orcs? Why are there orcs here?"
Welles pointed thoughtfully at the sparse orc village below: "Look over there. Judging from the patterns on the totem pole, these orcs should be from the Dragonmaw clan."
Onyxia continued to ask doubtfully: "Didn't the Dragonmaw clan have been hunted down by the dragon clan many years ago and disappeared? Why do they dare to jump out?"
"It is true that they disappeared, but the Dragonmaw clan was not completely destroyed."
Julian gave an explanation: "After the Battle of Grim Batol, the dragon alliance led by the red dragon did deal a devastating blow to the Dragonmaw Orcs still remaining in Azeroth."
"Yinas and I stayed in Northeron for a long time to track down the whereabouts of Cho'gall. Since then, scattered and hidden Dragonmaw orcs can be found in Northeron."
"After Chief Nekros died in the Battle of Grim Batol, the leaderless Dragonmaw clan was completely in disarray. But looking at them now...it seems they have found a backbone again?"
"Could it be..."
Welles narrowed his eyes and analyzed: "According to the intelligence obtained by Backlight Blade in the early years, Nekros inherited the position from the former chief Zuluhid, but the abdicated chief Zuluhid was not dead.
, but returned to Draenor in an attempt to return to his roots."
"Now that the Dark Portal connecting Draenor and Azeroth has been opened again, could it be that Zuluhid disguised himself and sneaked into the crowd and sneaked back to Azeroth?"
"Zuluhid?"
Julian asked in astonishment: "Even if Zuluhid is still alive, that old guy should be close to the limit of the lifespan of the orcs, right? Does he still have the prestige and strength to unify the dragonmaw orcs?"
As we all know, the tradition of the orcs has always been to respect the strong, especially those die-hard remnants of the old tribe who once drank the blood of demons.
Welles did not give a clear answer to this, but he gave Julian an example based on the intelligence he had.
"As far as I know, Zuluhid is one of the very few senior tribe officials who have never drank the blood of demons. Even though he has lost the favor of the elements, he still adheres to the shamanic way in his mind."
"By the way, the old tribal warchief Orgrim Doomhammer has always had great respect for this old shaman who sticks to his beliefs."
"Julian, you should also have heard the relevant information about the new tribe's great chief Gu Yin'er regaining the trust of the elements."
"Do you think it is possible for Zuluhid, who has come to Azeroth again and has never been exposed to evil energy, to be lost and recovered like Guyin'er?"
"This..." Julian was entrusted with his jaw and fell into deep thought: "It's not impossible, you mean..."
"Well, but at this stage, this is just speculation."
Welles said meaningfully: "The Dragonmaw clan is the best clan among the orcs at taming and controlling flying dragon creatures."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "If these dragon roar orcs who appear again in Northeron are really related to Zuluhid... Onyxia's worries may become a reality."
Due to the large-scale turmoil caused by the Dragon Soul, Notheron has a close relationship with the dragon clan, and the red dragon clan still has a stronghold here called Vermilion Sanctuary.
Although there is no evidence for the time being, when Onyxia heard about the resurgence of Notheron, she subconsciously thought that there might be dragons involved behind the matter.
It is obviously impossible for the Dragon Sleeping Temple to take the initiative to intervene in this matter. If they knew that the Dragon Roar Orcs were making a comeback, they might not immediately send people over to wipe them off the map.
However, the fact is that Longmian Temple did not receive any early warning message from Vermilion Sanctuary.
But this is not surprising. Vermilion Sanctuary is located in the northwest of Notheron near the wetlands, while the Dragonmaw Orcs discovered by Onyxia and the others live in the southeastern coastal area. Their activity ranges are completely different.
Onyxia turned thoughtfully and looked at the ruins of a Wildhammer dwarf village not far to the west of the Dragonmaw stronghold: "It seems that we have to wait until Sarlayan and the others bring Falstad's message.
Let’s talk about it after we get here.”
"As the intelligent race closest to the Dragonmaw Orcs' activity area, the local Wildhammer dwarves should know a lot of information about them."
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The habits of the Wildhammer dwarves who stayed in Northeron were very different from those of their relatives who moved to Eagle's Nest Mountain. Compared with the "city brats" in their eyes, these stubborn Wildhammer dwarves who stayed in their ancestral land were more wild.
You will appear less friendly to outsiders.
Julian and Villais tried to proactively contact the local residents as allies of the Wildhammer dwarves, but they were never able to gain the trust of these xenophobic Wildhammer dwarves.
On the other side, after sending Julian and Welles to their destination, Onyxia turned around and went to the Vermilion Sanctuary.
As expected, the red dragons in Sanctuary knew nothing about the Dragonmaw Orcs' reappearance.
However, Onyxia did ask some news about Yinnas from the mouths of these red dragons.
As Julian said, Yin Nas did come here to worship her parents, but she did not stay in the Vermilion Sanctuary for a long time, and the local red dragons knew nothing about Yin Nas's disappearance.
Considering that Vermilion Sanctuary didn't even have an adult red dragon, Onyxia didn't expect much from them from the beginning.
"You'd better contact Longmian Temple immediately and inform His Majesty Yin Sera, who is on duty, about the situation here."
Standing under the Tree of Life in the center of the Vermilion Sanctuary, Onyxia frowned and said, "Urge Wyrmrest Temple to send reinforcements as soon as possible. I have a bad feeling."