Azeroth Trail of Light

The first half of the 21st year of Black Gate slowly dissipated in the aftermath of the Battle of Mount Hyjal, and it seemed calm, but the second half of the year was full of turmoil, from the Eye of Sargeras bombing Northrend, which led to the discovery of the Titan ruins, to the sudden The battle of the giant dragons, everything makes the real bosses who hide under the peaceful curtain feel that the world has become a little unreal in an instant.

In addition to the 20-year undead natural disaster at the Black Gate and the Battle of Mount Hyjal, the emergence of four major events in a row seems to indicate that the peace of ten thousand years has been broken, and the whole world seems to have entered a catastrophe. , on the road of disorderly progress.

But in the eyes of those who are truly knowledgeable, all these changes are inseparable from one person.

A mysterious knight who rose from the northern border, shined in the ravages of undead natural disasters, and then participated in the Battle of Hyjal, helping demon hunters bombard Northrend, and was finally recognized by the dragon kings in the dragon battle.

It is often said that the way to measure a man's worth is by looking at his friends and his opponents.

From this perspective, the mysterious Flame of Justice, Dawn Knight Dick Tang, is truly a legendary figure, and the attention of the upper echelons will naturally attract a lot of discussion from the lower echelons, especially in the 22nd year 4 of the Black Gate. When Theramore's special envoy visited Stormwind City that month, the songs of the elven troubadours who came with the team made the Dawn Knight even more mysterious.

In the 21-year dragon war at Heimen, the residents of Lakeside Town in the Storm Kingdom all saw the giant dragon that covered the sky and the sun. , Naturally, it was specially written by the human official.

Especially after the Archbishop of the Cathedral of Light, Saint Benedictus, personally awarded Dick the title of "Dawn Knight", Dick of Theramore and Mograine, the Ashbringer who was active in the northern border, became saints. Two spokesmen for the Cavaliers.

There are rumors that the Dawn Knight took his noble wife to live in seclusion in the North County Abbey after the Dragon War. When the world faces disaster again, he will still stand up.

There are also rumors that Dick is regarded as a guest of honor by the elves, and even the high priest of the moon is committed to marry.

The most exaggerated rumor is that the Knight of Dawn is actually dead, and died in the knight civil war in northern Xinjiang. The reason is that everyone who has seen Dick knows that he wears the Silver Hand badge on his chest, and it is well known that at the end of the 22nd year of the Black Gate, the Scarlet Crusade, which received military support from the Kingdom of Stormwind, officially left the Silver Hand. The two fought fiercely, but the Silver Hand was defeated and gave up most of the defense area in East Dalomere.

Finally, with the intervention of the Argent Dawn and the Quel'Thalas Elven Empire, the almost scattered Silver Hand was able to preserve Light's Hope Chapel.

That was also the last time that matters related to Dick appeared in the eyes of the world. Since then, there has been no news from the Dawn Knight.

It's been 23 years since the Black Gate, and almost 2 years have passed since the Dragon War. 2 years is enough for many things to happen. For example, no one talks about Dick anymore, and now even Theramore itself hates the upcoming visit to this country. The ruler of Kul Tiras, the hero of mankind, "Admiral" Daelin Proudmoore.

Dick is like a shooting star, it is so brilliant when it crosses the sky, but it is silent and extremely fast, and it disappears in a flash!

"Clang, clang, clang!"

Very regular knocking sounded in the guard camp of Theramore Palace. It was a hot furnace, the most popular high-temperature furnace for forging in Azeroth. Dick was naked to the waist, holding a black Forging hammer, with a serious face, was beating on a long sword that had been roughly formed.

This long sword is the template of the classic knight sword popular in Azeroth, but it is shorter than other knight swords. Its whole body is silver, and the handle placed on the side is also very simple and atmospheric, without too much texture Modification, and from the holy aura coming from its sword body, it can also be seen that this is a real magic weapon.

This kind of weapon is a boutique in Azeroth, generally has good special effects, and is very durable.

Dick spent a month carefully forging this sword, using the blueprint of the "True Silver Holy Sword" in his forging list. Although it took a lot of effort, it only took 2 years , Dick's forging level is naturally impossible to improve too fast, and considering the age of the user, he deliberately made it into a style between a short sword and a long sword, so the quality of this sword is actually only blue.

But for its upcoming owner, this level of weapon is actually enough.

"boom."

The door of the forging room was pushed open, and Anduin, who was wearing a white shirt and a blue coat, walked in, holding a letter in his hand, and playing with a small ball of warm holy light in his other hand, the light was shining on him. The nimble little hands changed shapes, sometimes it was a rabbit, sometimes it was a horse, and finally it turned into a lion and a wild boar.

The little prince should have just had lunch. Princess Kalia has strict requirements on him, and she personally acts as Anduin's etiquette instructor. The scene of eating in a proper manner is not only for Anduin, but also for Di It was a painful experience for K.

"Mentor, Madian sent a letter, and he invited us to attend his coming-of-age ceremony in Karazhan at the end of this month!"

Anduin dispelled the holy light, and then said enthusiastically that he has been in Theramore for 2 years, compared to when he first came, he has lost a bit of delicacy, a bit of youth, and his body is much stronger , although he is only 8 years old now, he looks no different from a teenager.

Anduin will formally receive the initial training of a paladin next year, but to be honest, the little prince has used the Holy Light quite well during the two years by Dick's side. After breaking away from education, he was more or less playful and careless. Once he even sneaked into the swamp outside Theramore City, wanting to see the dragon's lair where his father was imprisoned. As a result, while trekking through the swamp, fell into the hands of ogres.

If Rexxar hadn't happened to stay in the Jueqiang ogre tribe at that time, I'm afraid the little prince would suffer. But even so, when Rexxar sent the yelling Anduin back with the war eagle Spire, the blood on his body made Princess Kalia almost faint.

Since then, this kid's range of activities has been strictly controlled within Theramore City.

Since Varian's situation has not been very good, Anduin only returns to Stormwind City for 3 months every year, at least 1 of which is spent in Karazhan, where he has his " "Good brother" Madian accompanied him. For children of this age, the whole world is very mysterious, and Karazhan is simply a playground that will never get bored.

Of course, this does not mean that the little prince has a bad time in Theramore. After all, there are things here that are not found in other places, such as friendly and mysterious, tall and mountain-like tauren, and treacherous ones who always try to trick him into his pocket. The goblin merchant of royal gold coins, the mysterious and beautiful elf traveler and druid, the stupid and ugly wild boar, and the big wild boar that often appears near Theramore.

Agamaggan, the power of the demigod allows this giant wild boar with a kind and cheerful personality to appear wherever it wants. Of course, the injury caused by the Battle of Mount Hyjal has not yet healed, so it spends most of the time Wandering in the Emerald Dream, but occasionally when the mood comes, I will go back to the thorny Razor Heights, or come to Sierra for lunch.

The little prince really likes this super giant handsome wild boar that is very clean and covered in thorn armor. Although at his age, he may not be able to tell what kind of terrifying power is contained in this wild boar, but this does not mean It didn't prevent him from becoming friends with the friendly demigod, especially after sharing the cream cake secretly made by Stormwind, Agamaggan also fell in love with this little man.

Dick knew from Jaina that every time Agamaggan appeared, he would quietly take the little prince to the Emerald Dreamland or other places to play. Of course, this is a child's secret, and it is protected by Agamaggan. Anduin was even safer than staying in Theramore, so Dick didn't expose it, who hasn't had a childhood?

Dick put down the forging hammer and sword in his hand, took a handkerchief to wipe his face and hands, and reached out to take the letter in Anduin's hand. On the envelope made of the best paper, there was a delicate The wax seal of the head of the crow is apparently made by Moros.

After sealing Karazhan for more than half a year, the old mage Meri-Dongfeng finally succeeded in sealing the inverted tower below Karazhan. Madian also went back to Karazhan at that time. Ms. Aegwynn was unwilling to face that full of sadness. The place of memory, so it stayed in the court of Theramore.

Dick knew that this lady, who had become an ordinary person, was unwilling to meet the man she had deeply hurt, Medivh's father, Median's grandfather, the only person she had ever had skin-to-skin contact with. , the Royal Archmage of Stormwind, Nieras Elam, who now lives in Karazhan in ghost form.

The tragic man who had exhausted all his efforts to save his son, and even after death, his obsessive soul wanted to protect his son.

"Well, he also invited Ms. Aegwynn, not bad."

Satisfied, Dick returned the envelope to Anduin, who was obsessively touching the unfinished long sword on the table, and patted his head.

"You go and give the letter to Ms. Aegwynn, and then try to persuade her to agree to go there together. If you succeed, I will teach you how to use the holy light to get out of the sheath."

"real?"

Anduin's eyes lit up. He had long been envious of the skill of throwing a brilliant long sword of light with his bare hands. This was something no other paladin could do. After getting Dick's approval, Excitedly, he supported the ceremonial sword hanging on his waist, and ran out quickly.

Dick picked up the forging hammer. He was actually very skeptical. If he really had attributes and talents, the little prince's affinity for the Holy Light might be a terrifying MAX. protect his wonders.

That was a scene that Jaina discovered by chance, which shocked Dick and Liadrin who came over after hearing the news. Even Anwena clamored to leave Dick and become the heroic spirit of this cute little guy.

But today is destined to be troublesome. Before Dick could repair the blade of the long sword, the sound transmission stone on the table jumped, and Jaina's anxious voice sounded in the forging room,

"Dick, come back quickly, that idiot Thrall accepted those Blackrock orcs! Now they are taking those orcs off the ship at the port of Durotar!"

"boom!"

The paladin closed the sound transmission stone with a gloomy expression, picked up the gray cloak next to him, and strode out of the forging room.

"Thal, are the Blackrock orcs crazy?"

On the other side, the port of the barren Durotar is a stop built by orcs. Generally, only goblin merchant ships will pass here. food and weapons.

Overall, the goblin Bilgewater Cartel has found a good buyer in Kalimdor, and even goblin towns in the Barrens are getting busier with the new route.

But this time, the goblins moved a bit too much. At the same time, a fleet of more than 30 large merchant ships was floating on the coastline of the barren land. This immediately attracted the attention of the scouts from the northern fortress. When the elite scouts trained by the watchmen sneaked into the astonishingly large number of merchant ships, they discovered the "cargo" transported by the goblins this time.

It's not some moldy food, or rusty weapons, but people!

Black-skinned orcs!

More than 30 merchant ships were loaded with these Blackrock orcs, and they sailed across the ocean from the Eastern Continent to Kalimdor. The end point of their voyage was the Bay of Blades in Durotar.

The commander of the northern fortress, Baron Eligor of Theramore notified the news to the Theramore officials at the first time. After 1 hour, all the senior officials of Theramore gathered in the conference room of the palace. The expressions on the face are not good-looking.

Most of the people here have experienced the orc wars back then, and some old ministers even went to battle to kill orcs in person, so for Orgrimmar, which is almost the neighbor of Theramore, the entire Theramore takes a neutral attitude. Responding with a hostile attitude.

The same is true for the orcs, too much blood has been shed on both sides, to the point where unless this generation dies, it is impossible to wash away.