Humanity's first unified country was called the Arathor Empire, which was established by Emperor Thoradin by integrating multiple early settlements.
After forming an alliance with Quel'Thalas and defeating the arrogant forest trolls, the Arathor Empire's national power entered its peak period.
But with the disappearance of the elderly Emperor Thoradin, the Arathor Empire gradually turned from prosperity to decline, and eventually split into seven human kingdoms.
The seven kingdoms are Lordaeron, Dalaran, Alterac, Gilneas, Stromgarde, Kul Tiras and the Kingdom of Stormwind.
The six human kingdoms are all located in the northern part of the continent and compete for territory with each other. Only the Kingdom of Stormwind is rooted in the southern part of the continent and therefore has the most extensive territory.
The seven human kingdoms all claim that they continue the bloodline of the Arathor Empire, but strictly speaking, only the Kingdom of Stormwind is the orthodox successor of the Arathor Empire.
The reason comes from the Lothar family.
After more than two thousand years of development, the direct descendants of Emperor Thoradin became fewer and fewer, and eventually only Lothar remained.
Ever since the nobles of the Arathor Empire left the south to establish the Kingdom of Stormwind, the Lothar family has always been with them.
Although the Lothar family cannot aspire to the supreme power due to the secret agreement of the Seven Kingdoms, as compensation, the Wrynn royal family of the Kingdom of Stormwind has always treated them well.
In the generation of Llane Wrynn and Anduin Lothar, the two have become close friends who talk to each other without talking to each other.
After the last guardian Medivh also joined this small circle, Prince Llane's father, King Baratheon, once thought that the time had come for the Kingdom of Stormwind to take off.
Even the powerful Arathor Empire will rise and fall, and the Kingdom of Stormwind, which uses the lion emblem as its national symbol, will naturally be no exception.
At its peak, the Kingdom of Stormwind had an extremely vast territory.
The Searing Gorge and Burning Steppes did not start out looking like this charred and desolate place.
During the War of the Three Hammers of the Dwarves more than 200 years ago, the Dark Iron King Thaurissan summoned Ragnaros, the King of Fire Elements, and a huge active volcano rose from the depths of the ground, causing the surrounding area to be devastated.
drastic environmental changes.
Before this, the Burning Plains was originally part of the Redridge Mountains and the northern border of the Kingdom of Stormwind.
From the Burning Plains below, the Redridge Mountains, Black Swamp, Westfall, and the vast Elwynn Forest are all territories under the name of the Kingdom of Stormwind.
When King Baratheon was on the throne, three impetuous young men, Llane, Medivh and Anduin Lothar, even invaded Stranglethorn Vale and began to gradually encroach on the jungle troll's inherent territory.
If it weren't for the ghost of Sargeras possessing Medivh, which caused Medivh to accidentally kill his father due to losing control of his magic power, and he was in a coma for many years, the Kingdom of Stormwind might have captured Stranglethorn Vale long before the orcs invaded.
Already.
It was precisely because of the coma of Guardian Medivh that the Kingdom of Stormwind's peak national power began to gradually decline, thus triggering a series of subsequent changes.
The First Orc War was actually a war between the Kingdom of Stormwind and the Horde.
As King Llane was unexpectedly assassinated by Garona, the leaderless Stormwind City was quickly captured by the Horde. Prince Varian fled to Lordaeron to seek refuge under the protection of Lothar, the Togo minister.
More than a year ago, the first generation alliance won the decisive battle against the tribe.
With the support of Terenas, who had other agendas, Prince Varian led the people and nobles who fled to the north to return to their homeland and began to rebuild the war-torn country.
When Sarlayan and the three came to the sky above Goldshire, the Kingdom of Stormwind, which had not yet been rebuilt, had already begun to show its splendor, and the Elwynn Forest, which was in need of reconstruction, was a prosperous scene.
Ironically, the people of the Kingdom of Stormwind are full of vitality because the war resulted in the death of a large number of nobles, thus leaving a lot of unmanaged land. The exploitation of the farmers was much lighter than before the destruction of the country.
From a certain perspective, this can be regarded as breaking and then establishing.
But Sarlayan knew that this situation was only temporary.
As Ms. Presto waved her long sleeves in the aristocratic social circle, sooner or later the good days of the peasants would end, and they would once again feel the pain of being exploited by aristocratic officials.
Under the guidance of the Stormwind City Air Guard, Sarlayan's transformed griffin landed at the still very crude flight point and transformed back into its human form in front of the flight controller.
"You...you..."
The flight controller was a Mediterranean uncle. He had never seen a druid before, and the sight of him transforming into a living person made his heart unbearable.
Stellagosa took action in time and hypnotized the poor flight controller, causing him to forget a small part of the memory related to this.
While the Mediterranean uncle sat drowsily against the wall and sat on the ground, the three of them quickened their pace and left the flying platform, officially entering the trade area of Stormwind City.
Although complete reconstruction has not yet been completed, Stormwind City has already completed its planning at this time, and all areas of the city have basically taken shape.
By comparing the flat map provided by the barrage, Sarlayan roughly understood the structure of Stormwind City.
This capital city is divided into 8 areas: trading area, old city, mage area, church area, dwarf area, garden area, port and Stormwind Fortress.
The trading area where the three Sarlayans are currently located is the most visited area in Stormwind City.
Traveling merchants from all over the kingdom will sell their products here, and residents of Stormwind City will also come here to buy their daily necessities.
The second invasion of the orcs shocked the top management of Stormwind Kingdom, but this news was not actually known to the general public. After all, the scale of the battle between the two sides was very small, far from being comparable to the previous war.
For the ordinary people of the Kingdom of Stormwind, the terrible war ended more than a year ago, and they could finally return to their homes and enjoy a peaceful life after taking refuge far away from their homeland.
Compared with the Gaoling tribe, whose customs are still relatively primitive, human civilization appears to be more advanced. This is the first time that Little Star has seen such a prosperous and densely populated modern city.
Seeing Stellagosa's excited look, Sarlayan and Valeera did not rush to get down to business and took this curious baby around the city.
It's not that Sarlayan and Valeela were slacking off. During the visit to the city, Valeela took the opportunity to find out the structure of the city, which may be used when executing the plan later.
It is said that there are 8 major areas, but in fact the port and garden area have not been built yet, and there are still few dwarves in the dwarf area.
Only 5 areas have actually been put into use. Excluding the Stormwind Fortress area where the Wrynn royal family and nobles live, there are only 4 areas that need to be focused on investigation.
The trade area has the largest flow of people and the security conditions are average to above average.
The old city is a mixed bag, but because it is close to Stormwind Fortress, there are a large number of guards stationed near the area, and the security conditions are not bad.
The safest area is the mage area where the mage masters live. Very few rogues dare to mess with the mage head.
And the last church area...
Due to the devout faith of all human nations in the Holy Light Church, there are not many guards in the church square, but the security conditions are quite good. Usually no one comes here to cause trouble.
The canal surrounding the entire Stormwind City is still under construction, and the sound of clanking stones can be heard everywhere in the city.
Standing on the roof of a luxurious residence in the Mage District, Sarlayan overlooked the surrounding scenery and commented: "Overall, this is a very dynamic city, at least... now."
Valeera, who habitually played with throwing knives, asked: "What are you going to do next? You don't want to simply shout Onyxia's name rudely, do you?"
Sharlayan shook his head and laughed: "How is that possible? It would be too reckless to do that. Even if Onyxia can be provoked, we are not sure we can keep her."
"Don't forget, I have an official status now."
"Here~"
Sarlayan took out a golden-red coat of arms engraved with the mark of the phoenix from the space package.
"This is the identity certificate given to me by the Sun King. I can openly and openly request an audience with the young King Varian in the name of the nobles of Quel'Thalas."
"If nothing goes wrong, King Valeela should hold a small welcome banquet for us."
"Valeera, Stella."
Sarlayan solemnly said to the two of them: "I will deal with the nobles of the Stormwind Kingdom at the banquet, and you will use your respective specialties to quietly investigate the people present."
"Once you find a suspicious person, don't show hostility rashly. We will discuss the next plan after the banquet."