As we all know, the high elves and the forest trolls have an irresolvable hatred. This has been accumulated since Dath'Remar occupied the holy land of the forest troll clan and established Silvermoon City.
The forest trolls dreamed of wiping out the high elves and regaining the Holy Land, but until today, their wish has still not been realized, and instead they have left themselves half-dead.
Since the destruction of the Amani, the overlord clan of forest trolls, the most powerful forest trolls in existence are the Vilebranch clan who settled in the Hinterland Highlands.
The Evil Branch Troll had followed the late Amani Empire chief Zul'jin to join the camp of the old tribe. Under Gul'dan's plan, he came to Silvermoon City and was only one step away from completing the execution of the ancestors of the Amani Empire.
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However, under the influence of the butterfly effect caused by the fledgling Sarlayan, the arrogant Zul'jin was eventually defeated and died, and his ambition to capture Silvermoon City came to nothing.
There is a good saying in Danmu that waste of opportunities will lead to retribution.
After Quel'Thalas struggled through its weakest period, revenge against the Amani Empire came unexpectedly.
With the defeat of Zul'Aman, the Amani clan completely became history. After Zul'jin was born, the forest trolls that had the potential to resurrect were driven into the stinking ditch.
Without the restraint of Amani as the clan leader, the remaining forest troll clans have been fighting on their own since then.
In order to compete for the vacant throne of the clan leader, the strongest Xiezhi and Deadwood clans have already regarded each other as a thorn in their side and a thorn in their flesh that must be removed.
Due to the weakening of the Kingdom of Stromgard, the Deadwood Trolls who also lived in the Arathi Highlands once showed greater development potential than the Evil Branch.
However, with the return of Danas, the alliance was rebuilt under the leadership of Calia. With the mutual help of many allies, the Kingdom of Stromgard began to glow with new vitality.
As the saying goes, one thing is declining and the other is growing, and there is no room for two tigers in one mountain.
The re-emergence of Stromgard will inevitably affect the Deadwood Trolls, their close neighbor.
The Witherwood Trolls, whose territory spans Arathi and the Hinterlands, are finding it increasingly difficult to survive and develop in the Arathi Highlands. As a last resort, they can only shift their focus to the Hinterlands, which is only separated from Arathi by a mountain.
Compared to Stromgard, whose national power is gradually recovering, although the situation in the Hinterland Highlands is also very complicated, the Deadwood Trolls face relatively light pressure from the Alliance.
The reason is very simple, because there is the evil branch troll in front of us.
As the three major dwarf clans reestablished the Three Hammers Council, a large number of Wildhammer dwarves moved to Ironforge, the capital of the Kingdom of Khaz Modan, at the call of Kurdran, the Wildhammer representative.
Although this greatly enhanced the cohesion of the Kingdom of Khaz Modan in a short period of time, it also inevitably weakened the influence and deterrence of the Wildhammer dwarves in the Hinterlands.
As the saying goes, one goes down and the other goes up.
Now that the Wildhammer clan has returned its development focus to Ironforge, the ambitious Vilebranch trolls will certainly not let go of this opportunity to expand their sphere of influence.
Sarlayan has long received intelligence about the changes in the situation in the Hinterlands. The Evil Branch clan, eager to expand its territory, has increased its pressure on other small and medium-sized forest troll clans in order to strengthen its own military strength.
It was against this background that the Maltooth clan, which settled on the eastern coast of the Hinterlands, was forced to seek refuge in the Alliance in order to gain a living space.
Of course, Sharlayan would not sit back and watch the Evil Branch rapidly expand its power. He suggested that Falstad, who stayed in the Eagle's Nest Mountain, introduce another powerful forest troll clan overtly or covertly to completely disrupt the situation in the Hinterlands.
Falstad is a powerful warrior who is self-aware of his abilities.
Leading the gryphon knights to charge into battle was his strength, but in terms of strategic planning, Falstad believed that even his allies could not match the reputation of the Archduke Deep Shadow, who was growing in popularity.
In the end, Falstad adopted Sarlayan's suggestion, and he gradually withdrew the garrison that had remained in the mountains of the southern Hinterlands to guard against the deadwood trolls.
The Deadwood Trolls, who were living an increasingly difficult life in the Arathi Highlands, quickly discovered this loophole. After confirming that there was no trap, they quickly made up their mind to move the main force of the Deadwood clan to the Hinterlands.
Subsequent developments proved Sarlayan's vision, and the Deadwood Troll did indeed live up to his expectations.
Since the withdrawal of the Wildhammer dwarves was very subtle, the Vilebranch Trolls, who were busy forcing other forest troll clan warbands, failed to notice the unusual movements in the southwest of the Hinterlands.
When the Evil Branch Troll came back to his senses, he was surprised to find that the Shadraro Temple, which originally belonged to the Evil Branch Clan, had been captured by the Deadwood Troll who concentrated their forces to break through. The nearby Altar of Zul sounded the highest level of
alarm.
Shadralo is a temple dedicated to the spider Loa Shadra. The Spider Queen, nicknamed the Silk Dancer, has always resided in the Holy Mountain of Zuldazar. Occasionally, she will respond to the call of the forest troll and send down a clone to help.
Loa doesn't value the ownership of his own temple. As long as he continues to send faith to them, it doesn't matter which force occupies the temple.
The Deadwood Trolls were not stupid. After capturing Shadraro, they immediately renewed their faith in Spider Queen Shadra, and soon transformed Shadraro into the main stronghold of the Deadwood Clan in the Hinterlands.
This is where things get interesting. The Deadwood Clan and the Evil Branch Clan, both forest trolls, have a long-standing feud. The enemies are naturally extremely jealous when they meet.
The Wildhammer dwarves of Eyrie Mountain took advantage of the large-scale migration of their tribesmen and deliberately lowered their presence to show their weakness to the enemy. The Deadwood Trolls and Vilebranch Trolls, who had no worries, boldly fought in the Hinterlands Highlands.
Unlike frost trolls and jungle trolls, the hatred between high elves and forest trolls can never be resolved.
The ancestral land of the forest trolls is still firmly occupied by the high elves, and even their ancestral graves have been dug up and transformed into a habitat for the giant eagles of Quel'Thalas.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. The high elves and Wildhammer dwarves who have the same enemies have already cooperated a lot. This time the battle of Notheron has further deepened the relationship between the two races.
Just in time, after freeing up troops from Northeron, which has restored peace, the Wildhammer dwarves can also focus more on the Hinterlands.
Deadwood and Evil Branch, these two forest troll clans that are trying to fool each other, the Wildhammer dwarves and the high elves don't want to let anyone go.
Sarlayan planned to take this opportunity to wipe out the two remaining large clans of forest trolls in one fell swoop, and completely trample this long-standing enemy into the mud so that they would never be able to stand up again.
Even without the feud between the High Elves and the Forest Trolls, the existence of the Evil Branch Trolls has always threatened the survival of the Maltooth Clan, which had defected to the Alliance early, and also directly affected the security of the gold trade route that the High Elves were actively preparing.
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Due to the existence of the Temple of Atal'Hakkar, the Swamp of Sorrows has always been under the surveillance of the green dragon clan.
With Sarlayan, a hybrid of both dragon and high elf blood, as the liaison, the green dragon clan is unlikely to have any objections to the high elves settling in the Swamp of Sorrows.
Rather, they welcome the high elves to join, and they can also share part of the pressure of monitoring the Atalhaka Temple.
Not to mention the Cursed Land. Due to the existence of the Dark Portal to and from Draenor, this place has long been operated as a major stronghold of the Alliance, undertaking the important task of connecting the two worlds.
Draenor today is very different from what it was during the Second Orc War.
Under Sharlayan's planning, Draenor became Azeroth's bridgehead against the Burning Legion's massive attack.
Looking left and right, there is only one unstable factor like the Hinterlands on the entire golden route. Of course, Sarlayan wants to eliminate the threat as soon as possible.
However, before leaving Northeron and returning north, Sarlayan still has some miscellaneous things to deal with.
The first thing to bear the brunt is to receive the Black Dragon Clan's most precious treasure that Nefarian handed over on his own initiative - the Seed of Shadow Flame.
The Shadow Flame Seed is a blazing black flame that doesn't look very eye-catching on the outside.
According to the agreement, Nefarian, who had shed a lot of burdens, readily asked Onyxia to hand it over to Sarlayan on his behalf. He took a small piece of flesh and blood that Sarlayan had cut off on his own initiative and planned to return to the experiment.
Room retreat.
Oh, by the way, in order to ensure that Nefarian does not act recklessly, and also to protect Nefarian from being assassinated by the angry Deathwing, Yinnas will also follow him to the Blackwing Lair, and the two of them can still be together.
Share each other’s research experiences in genetic engineering.
"Is this the Shadow Flame Seed?"
After taking the black flame from Onyxia's hand, Sarlayan felt the scorching temperature on his palm and touched his chin thoughtfully.
"It seems that before we deal with the Hinterlands problem, we have to make another trip to Ulduar and ask Azadas for help."