After the Troll War, when the rewards were given for merit, the high-spirited Anasteria gave two choices to the Sangunar family and the Deep Shadow family respectively.
One is to set the fiefdom in the northern part of the more prosperous forest, but the territory area will be relatively small.
The second is to move the fiefdom farther into the southern forest, so that the fiefdom area can be larger.
The Sangunar family chose one, while the Deep Shadow family chose two.
Thousands of years have passed, and the two families who were once barons have gradually embarked on different paths.
The Sangunar family continues to be deeply involved in the military, while the Deep Shadow family has tempered its former sharpness and become the most mysterious hidden blade around the Sun King.
It is difficult to say which one is better between the two choices. Although in terms of title, the Deep Shadow family is temporarily in the lead, this is the result of Villes playing himself as a lonely minister.
The Sangunar family's fiefdom is located at the junction of the northern and southern parts of Yongsong Forest, in the riverside plain north of the Allendale River.
Since Valeera and Sarlayan's relationship is almost certain, the already good relationship between the Sangunar family and the Deep Shadow family has become even closer.
If you include the Farstrider residence further north, the administrative headquarters of the Farstriders, a fast passage from Silvermoon City to the front line of Zul'Aman is formed.
Sarlayan himself would not have thought of these details, but he has a whole world of troll netizens as a staff of advisers.
The northern part of Yongsong Forest has been developed by the high elves for thousands of years. Very mature forest roads have been opened up, and the riverside area is a large plain with fertile soil.
Sarlayan had heard from Prince Kael'thas before that the Sun King had begun preparations for the paladins that the high elves were about to form, so that Sarlayan could return and "enlighten" the selected preliminary knights.
The Paladin force, which is scheduled to be named the Legion of the Morning Herald, will most likely settle on the banks of the Quelador River, the mother river of Quel'Thalas.
The Querador River runs through most of Yongsong Forest, and the Arendal River connecting the north and south is also one of its tributaries.
Thanks to the huge energy of the Sunwell and the harmony of the Tree of Life, Sas'ala, it is almost impossible for floods to occur in the everlasting Eversong Forest where the weather is smooth.
As a result, the banks of the Querador River became the area with the most fertile soil in Yonge Forest and the most suitable area for growing various crops.
Over the years, the Sangunal family has made profits from the high-quality wine they produce.
Although they are inferior to the Shenying family in terms of title, their property income is more substantial than that of the Shenying family.
Paladin, the saint is in front, the knight is behind.
Needless to say, Holy means they can use Holy Light on the battlefield.
What about knights? If you want to raise an elite cavalry force, what are the most important conditions?
The answer is mounts.
Anyone with a little common sense knows that the main role of a knight is to attack enemy formations on the battlefield, and strong breakthrough power and mobility are essential.
The regular ground combat mount in Quel'Thalas is the chocobo. This mount is fast and agile, but lacks impact.
Chocobo is very suitable as a mount for rangers and mages who advocate guerrilla warfare, but it is not so suitable for paladins who need to rush into battle.
Anastria has screened a variety of mounts suitable for Paladins in advance, and finally he selected a special species that was born by bathing in the magic of the Sunwell in the Eversong Forest.
Quel'Thalas Pegasus.
The appearance of the Quel'Thalas Unicorn is very similar to the unicorn mentioned in the barrage.
The fur color of most unicorns is snow-white, and a few are darker light gray in color. They have a spiral horn on their forehead.
Perhaps because of the magical nourishment of the Sunwell, the unicorn is stronger and more intelligent than the war horses commonly used by humans.
But I don’t know if it is affected by the magic of the Sunwell. This kind of precious unicorn is rare in number, and like the high elves, the fertility rate is low.
It is for this reason that the Sun King did not regard the Unicorn as the official mount of Quel'Thalas. Their reproduction rate could not keep up with the consumption rate on the battlefield, and the chocobo population was still too large.
Since we want to build an elite paladin force, we must select the best resources from all aspects.
Anastria fell in love with the unicorn horses and planned to collect the unicorn horses scattered throughout the Yongsong Forest and transport them to the territory of the Sangunar family for domestication.
The contemporary Baron Sangunar had no objection to this. Anyway, the Sun King also made it clear that he would compensate for the loss of their winery, and both parties were happy.
If this fast passage from Silvermoon City to Zul'Aman is opened, the Morning Frontier Legion starting from Silvermoon City can reach the front line of Zul'Aman within an hour at the earliest.
Once the construction of Sarlayan's fiefdom is completed, it will be able to provide strong logistical support for this highly mobile cavalry.
Valeela struck her palm with a sudden realization: "It seems that the Sun King has already begun preparations in advance to completely eradicate Zul'Aman."
Sarlayan nodded in agreement: "The war between the Amani trolls and the Quel'dorei has lasted for thousands of years. Although the high elves have the upper hand most of the time, there is such a terrible thing at the door.
My son, no king can sleep peacefully."
Not to mention that during the battle to defend Quel'Thalas two years ago, the Amani trolls took the opportunity to get involved with the tribe and marched to Silverymoon City in a show of force.
Although the Amani chief Zuljin was ambushed by Anastria and tricked into entering the city to kill him, the shame of being beaten to the city gate by the forest troll was always remembered by the old king.
In the past two years, the main theme of the countries in the Eastern Continent, including Quel'Thalas, has been peaceful development. They have just experienced a full-scale war, and all the countries participating in the war are silently licking their wounds.
This also includes the Amani trolls whose chieftain was killed.
Zuljin's son was killed by Sharlayan at Sunmark Peak, leaving no successor.
Although the backlight blade cannot detect the situation inside the heavily guarded Zul'Aman, you can guess with your buttocks that those Amani trolls must be fighting for the position of the new chieftain.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Once the Morning Frontier Legion is formed, the army of high elves can take advantage of the internal turmoil in Amani to quickly move south and completely wipe out the old enemy's power from the Eversong Forest in one fell swoop.
The victory in the Troll War was the most proud achievement in the old king's life.
It starts here and ends here.
Before abdicating the throne, Anasteria planned to completely eliminate the threat of the Amani trolls and bring a successful end to his career as king.
"Take down Zul'Aman..."
Valeera stared at the map thoughtfully: "Although it is difficult to complete this goal within half a year, it is not completely impossible."
"As a frontline stronghold, your fiefdom will play a very important role in this local war. If you can take this opportunity to eradicate the Amani trolls, it will be a great thing for the development of your fiefdom."
Sarlayan smiled understandingly: "So, we must seize the time and build the prototype of the fiefdom as soon as possible."
"I'll leave this work to you and Stella to supervise. I still have other important tasks to complete."
Valeera and Stellagosa nodded knowingly: "Paladin? Just in time, the spies sent by the Backlight Blade to Lordaeron to learn the training process have successfully completed their mission and returned today. Today I reported to the Sun King
, he even mentioned it casually."
"Does it sound good...ha~"
Anasteria is an old fox who has been in power for more than 3,000 years. Sarlayan does not think that he really just mentioned it casually. Most likely, he wanted to use Valeera's mouth to convey some information to him.
"Uncle Villes has helped me with the preliminary preparations. Tomorrow morning, you will go directly to Taquelin to recruit people. I will go to the riverside camp outside the city to meet the Paladin reserves."
A strange smile appeared on the corner of Sarlayan's mouth: "It's time for them to understand the nature of the Holy Light."
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The Sun King issued an invitation to all races in Azeroth in the name of Quel'Thalas.
No matter what the major races and countries think in their hearts, at least on the surface they are happy to say that they will make time as soon as possible and rush to Quel'Thalas to attend the conference.
It is said that the prophet Velen and the old king had a very happy conversation, and Anasteria planned to temporarily put aside state affairs and personally lead Velen to visit the prosperous Quel'Thalas.
Sarlayan was noncommittal about the Sun King's display, and there must be a deeper meaning behind his decision.
After saying goodbye to Valeera and others early the next morning, Sarlayan first said hello to the Sun King and the Silver Moon Council, and then walked resolutely to the Paladin Preparatory Camp outside the city.
As soon as he entered the camp, Sarlayan first saw an acquaintance who came to greet him.
Member of the Silver Moon Parliament, High Priest Vondelor's favorite apprentice, and noble female priest Liadrin.