In the next few days, until the enthronement ceremony, the royal city could barely be considered calm.
Since Arthas has not yet made up his mind on what to do next, the diehard forces who are eagerly following him and waiting for a comeback are temporarily holding back.
Compared with Arthas, who was in a pretty good mood, Jaina had been quite annoyed in recent days.
As Alsace's unrequited love and first love, time and distance did not make Jaina's impression in his mind fade. On the contrary, the long absence of her had beautified Jaina's image to some extent.
Arthas had long known Jaina's determination to pursue the truth through magical research, and for this reason she was willing to give up her easy access to the throne of Kul Tiras.
Arthas, who had just lost the competition for the throne, was still unable to understand Jaina's philosophy. After all, Arthas had been taught by Terenas since he was a child, telling him to become a wise monarch who would lead Lordaeron to continue to grow.
At the end of Terenas' reign, he knew that he had no chance to realize the dream of the Menethil royal family to unify the human kingdoms in his own generation, so he handed this long-cherished wish that had been passed down for many generations into the hands of Arthas.
This heavy dream invisibly added a lot of invisible pressure to the young Alsace. He still remembers the eager look on his father's hand when he was dying.
It is a good thing to have dreams. Only by having clear goals ahead can the kings of Lordaeron from generation to generation never forget their original aspirations and work hard.
But in Sharlayan's view, as this unattainable ideal is passed down from generation to generation, the ultimate goal of the Menethil family has deviated from the original track, becoming more and more paranoid, and gradually becoming a curse that binds future generations.
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In the process of remotely guiding Calia's growth, Sarlayan deliberately downplayed the Menethil family's dream of unifying the seven human kingdoms, and used words to induce her to think in another direction that was similar but not the same.
Sarlayan hopes that Calia can start rebuilding the international alliance organization that has existed for a long time but is now gradually disappearing in name only - the Alliance.
Under the enlightenment of the barrage, Sharlayan had long known that there were many branch races of the elves living in various parts of Azeroth.
In addition to the drastic reduction in population, Cinderlean, who has lost the ability to reproduce independently, and must rely on distant relatives for support, and Kael'thas, who has a gentle personality, have no plans to annex other declining elven branches into Quel'Thalas.
They want to connect each other through common interests and similar positions.
The night elves far away on the other side of the sea still have deep prejudices against the descendants of the high elves, but even so, with the diplomatic efforts of Quel'Thalas, the high elves have established a solid relationship with their distant relatives on the other side of the Endless Sea.
trade routes.
At this stage, Sharlayan does not force the night elves to quickly change their ten thousand-year prejudice against the highborne. It is enough for both parties to maintain normal economic and trade cooperation. If necessary, they can stand together for Azeroth.
enemy.
Changing people's inherent concepts cannot be accomplished overnight. It requires the joint efforts of both Quel'Thalas and the Night Republic. Little by little improvements have already penetrated into the labeled cognition of the night elves.
For the same reason, Sarlayan believed that the Menethil royal family did not need to forcefully merge the seven human kingdoms that were split from the Arathor Empire into one country.
After more than 2,000 years of development, the seven human kingdoms have formed their own different cultures and customs.
If they are forcibly brought together, conflicts between them are almost inevitable due to conflicts in living habits and concepts.
Terenas has proven this with his own actions.
Even though the country has been subjugated for several years, the people of Alterac living in the snowy mountains are still unwilling to surrender to Lordaeron.
Perhaps they would be forced to make concessions temporarily due to their livelihood, but when Etherton Perenold, who had the right to inherit the throne, stood up and raised his voice, the Alterac people who still cherished their homeland quickly regained their former passion.
Living in the Alterac Snow Mountains with harsh conditions all year round, the people of Alterac have always been fierce and fierce, and are called Snow Mountain Barbarians by the people of Lordaeron who consider themselves civilized people.
After the Battle of Alterac, under the personal call of the famous generals Haas and King Etherton, a large number of young men in Alterac who were still passionate rushed to respond to the recruitment order to form a new army.
Two years have passed. Although it cannot be said that the old outlook has been completely restored, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Alterac is on the right track again under the leadership of a young and promising new king, and its national power is increasing day by day.
The people of Alterac, who have regained their lives after suffering, believe that sooner or later, under the leadership of King Etherton, they will regain everything they have lost.
It also includes the dignity and glory that were thrown to the ground by the traitor King Aiden Perenold and left to be trampled upon by others.
The reconstruction of the Kingdom of Stormwind is also a typical example.
It is true that many former people of the Kingdom of Stormwind did not want to return to Heartbreak and chose to stay in Lordaeron and resettle their homes after the war.
These refugees from the south contributed to the rapid development of Lordaeron after the war to a certain extent.
As outsiders, refugees have lower labor costs than locals, and many dirty jobs can be left to them.
However, what cannot be ignored is that more than half of the people of the Kingdom of Stormwind still responded to King Varian Wrynn's call and followed him to return to the southern part of the continent to rebuild their homeland.
Several years later, the Kingdom of Stormwind once again stood in the southern part of the Eastern Continent. It was well organized by King Varian who worked hard to govern, and it was a prosperous scene.
Limited by human and material resource constraints, the rebuilt Kingdom of Stormwind is far from reaching its peak.
Varian prioritized rebuilding the richest Elwynn Forest, and in recent years has gradually begun to move into the mineral-rich Redridge Mountains and the Dusk Forest, which mainly produces wood, herbs and furs.
Unfortunately, the originally fertile western wilderness was eroded by the evil energy of the Shadow Council warlocks when the orcs occupied it. It has long since degraded into a barren western wilderness, and its development value has been greatly reduced.
However, no matter how small the mosquitoes are, they are still meat. Once he is freed from the development of Redridge Mountains and Duskwood, Varian will still try to revive Westfall.
Regarding this point, the Kingdom of Stormwind officially made a request for assistance to Quel'Thalas, hoping that the high elves could send druids to help them restore the land activity in the western wilderness.
That's right, high elf druid.
Thanks to Sharlayan's efforts to promote by example, many "young people" in the southern part of Eversong Forest joined the Druid organization of Quel'Thalas called the Light of Life.
The young people mentioned here are according to the standards of Quel'Thalas. Elves under 1,000 years old can be counted as the young generation.
Young high elves are more receptive to new things. Driven by Sarlayan's leading role, more and more high elves who failed in the selection of arcanists chose to switch to the path of druidry.
After all, Druid is still a noble spellcaster profession, and it is much better than becoming a loser or a thief who can only be active in the dark.
Sarlayan was a little bit dumbfounded by the inherent concepts that the high elves had developed over thousands of years. It was difficult for him to change the people's innate contempt for the melee profession with his own efforts.
Even if they have converted to druid training, most high elves have abandoned the transformation system like worn shoes.
More than 65% of people chose the balance system, 30% chose the restoration system, and the last 5% were reluctantly dragged into the transformation system by Sharlayan.
Without further ado, let’s get back to the topic.
Under Sharlayan's continued guidance, Calia gradually gave up the Menethil family's obsession with unifying the seven human kingdoms, and instead planned to use the alliance, a framework that had already been established, to integrate the remaining six kingdoms.
In the alliance of nations led by Lordaeron.
The Second Orc War was the highlight of the Alliance. Unfortunately, due to Terenas's series of cunning operations after the war, to this day, the Alliance has long existed in name only.
The Kingdom of Stormwind took the opportunity to win over the Kingdom of Khaz Modan and the Kingdom of Gnomeregan in the southern part of the continent in the name of the Alliance, which were gradually drifting away from Lordaeron. There was a tendency to rebuild a new alliance headed by the Kingdom of Stormwind.
Although Calia and Varian are young and have a good relationship, Calia has no intention of giving up the leadership of the alliance to the Kingdom of Stormwind when it comes to national interests.
The conference of representatives of various countries after the coronation ceremony is an excellent opportunity. Calia plans to re-flag the alliance's banner and persuade other countries to rejoin in order to deal with the Burning Legion's threats against the Dark Portal and various parts of Azeroth.
alliance.
After finally getting rid of Arthas's stalking, Jaina took advantage of the slight time difference to unknowingly activate the spatial coordinates engraved on Sarlayan's body and teleport directly to the Quel'Thalas embassy.
In Ann's temporary office.
After listening to Sharlayan and Calia's plans for this national congress, Jaina, who represented Kul Tiras, rubbed her straight nose thoughtfully.
"So, Quel'Thalas also plans to return to the Alliance?"