Rise of the blood elves

296【Gratitude】

Throughout the night, Angmar learned about the royal etiquette of Stormwind Kingdom with the help of the ceremonial officer.

Due to its latest establishment and remote location, this human country, which originated from the ancient Kingdom of Arathor, has been excluded from the mainstream world for thousands of years and has not had close contacts with the other six countries.This resulted in the development of relatively different customs and cultures, one of which was the royal etiquette that was vastly different from that of Lordaeron.

In ordinary people's perception, the north of the Sador Strait where the Arathi Highlands and the wetlands meet is the mainstream world of mankind, because Stromgard, Lordaeron, Dalaran, Alterac, and Gilneas Kul Tiras and everyone gathered around here.

As for the Kingdom of Stormwind in the far south, it is a frontier place that only exists in imagination. Whenever it is mentioned, the only things that come to people's minds are the hot and humid tropical jungles, annoying mosquitoes and flies, and the dangers lurking in the dense forests. beast

Holy light, how can people live in a place like that?

In fact, the environment of the Kingdom of Stormwind is not as harsh as people think. Not only is the climate more pleasant than in the north, the population is comparable to the most powerful Kingdom of Lordaeron, but it is also rich in water and grass, and has endless fertile fields. Within the scope of the seven human kingdoms, there are no There is no place more livable than the singing and singing Elwynn Forest.

The misunderstanding arises because very few people have been to the Kingdom of Stormwind.There are thousands of mountains and rivers separating the south and the north. The overland route needs to go through the crocodile-infested and dangerous wetlands, passing through the alpine Khaz Modan. If you don't freeze to death, then walk up the unknown Redridge Mountains. It would take several months to reach the border of Stormwind Kingdom.

Any area along the way is enough to make the average person die several times.

The land route is almost impassable, and the only way to get to the Kingdom of Stormwind is by sea.But in addition to adventurers, there are also a few ordinary people who are willing to go to the rumored backcountry to suffer. This leads to pitiful little real information transmitted back, and it is difficult to reverse people's wrong perceptions.

This situation did not change until the beginning of the second war.

The orcs destroyed the Kingdom of Stormwind and forced the entire country to seek refuge in the north. They also united the seven human kingdoms together for an unprecedented time and greatly promoted the exchanges between the Kingdom of Stormwind and the other six countries, from culture to population to trade and cooperation. And enough.

After the war, a small-scale population migration occurred among the seven human nations.

The root cause is that the top leaders of the alliance did not execute the orc captives who had caused great suffering to the people, but instead imprisoned them in asylums.

First of all, this caused a certain amount of panic to the civilians. Even if the Lordaeron authorities repeatedly stated the safety of the containment measures, people did not want to live near the shelter. Who knew whether these beasts would escape from prison and launch a war that could destroy them? human war

Secondly, due to the large number of requirements for the operation of shelters, and the fact that countries have exhausted supplies during the war, are heavily in debt, and have a lot of waste to do, the tax rate has been greatly increased compared to before the war.

Life became difficult.

The combination of these two reasons led to a large number of civilians choosing to move south to the rebuilding Kingdom of Stormwind to start a new life.

This kind of population migration reached its peak in the 18th year of the Black Gate calendar, when Thrall gathered the power of the Frostwolf clan and the Warsong clan to liberate the orc compatriots in the shelter.

This two-year war caused great panic, and everyone in the north was in danger.Although the war only involved the line from the Hillsbrad Hills to the Arathi Highlands, people had long been afraid of the orcs. Driven by pessimistic expectations about the war, hundreds of thousands of people were killed in the past two years. The common people boarded the ships heading south and moved their families to the Kingdom of Stormwind.

Facts have proved that these people made the right choice.Because the orcs had just escaped from prison and crossed west, natural disasters struck.The plague swept across the entire north, leaving every house empty and the population plummeting.

During this year, whether it was the survivors of Lordaeron or the unprotected Kingdom of Gilneas before the Greymane Wall was built, a large number of civilians fled to the south in order to avoid this annihilation. disaster.

Although there are no specific statistics on the two population migrations, they probably numbered in the millions.

Most of the civilians who fled were young people.The elderly were reluctant to leave and could not bear the hardships of the months-long voyage.From a certain perspective, it is the influx of these young and strong laborers that has injected fresh blood into the Kingdom of Stormwind.

Thanks to the demographic dividend, the Kingdom of Stormwind will finally develop in the next few years and move to the forefront of Azeroth, becoming the well-deserved leader of the human world and the new alliance.

Angmar has three things to do on this trip.

The first is to continue the previous good relationship and create a mutually beneficial and friendly environment for Quel'Thalas and the Kingdom of Stormwind.The kingdom's finance minister hopes that Prince Kael'thas can waive the port tax for all trade ships from the Kingdom of Stormwind. This will encourage more merchants to come to Quel'Thalas and bring urgent needs to the blood elves who are rebuilding. supplies.

Of course, it would be better if the other party can also come up with corresponding preferential tax rate terms.However, these things are not what Angmar, a layman, needs to worry about, because there are a large number of financial professionals among the entourage.

The second point and the third point have the same goal. On the one hand, they are trying to win over the Stormwind Kingdom to join the coalition of various races. On the other hand, they are persuading the Stormwind Kingdom to play its due role in the Northern Expedition in the near future.

it's time.

But there was a black dragon standing in front of him.In the form of Countess Katrana Presto, the black dragon princess Onyxia controls the politics of the Kingdom of Stormwind.

By the way, Angmar has another mission.

During the mission, he contacted the two magisters and their men who had gone to Dusk Forest earlier to find the reclusive Meili Dongfeng.

The next day, an envoy composed of the deputy to the Kingdom's Finance Minister, the Sunstrider Royal Ceremony Officer, and dozens of senior Sunfury Legion officer guards waited respectfully at Angmar's palace in the Royal Court area. Outside residence.

"let's start."

After walking out of the heavily guarded courtyard, Angmar put on the robe passed down from the former Grand Mage and waved his hands to the waiting mages.

When the mages opened the portal, the Royal Ceremony Officer whispered dissatisfiedly in his ear: "Grand Magister, you should tidy up your appearance in the room. This is a very rude move."

"Okay, I won't do it next time," Angmar nodded, then opened his arms and gestured to the ceremonial officer, "Do me a favor, belt."

The etiquette officer walked up behind him with a dark face, pulled the belt hanging crookedly from the belt buckle, and handed it to his hand.

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Gem embellishments, the enchantment-enhancing locks closed, and Angmar smiled in thanks.

"Thank you."

"Oh, you're welcome, Grand Mage." The etiquette officer sighed.

"Has Archbishop Benedictus arrived?" Angmar took out his pocket watch and looked around.

With the efforts of Dalaran and the mages of Quel'Thalas, Archbishop Faol's "freezing plan" has been completed. According to the agreement, yesterday evening, Archbishop Benedictus and the priests of the church would bring the magic Ao and Princess Calia came to Silvermoon City and arrived here early this morning, heading to Stormwind City with the blood elf envoys.

Angmar is on an envoy, and they will return to North County in order to properly treat the two seriously injured people.

Not long after he finished speaking, Benedictus' figure appeared at a corner in the direction of the palace.Behind him were a group of plainly dressed priests, including members of the Silver Hand.Two carriages floated in the air, and the carriage, which could avoid the bumps affecting the wounded inside, was also among the crowd.

"Sorry, I just went to say goodbye to His Royal Highness, the noble prince." Benedictus stepped forward enthusiastically and held Angmar's right hand. "I have been busy treating the teacher. I haven't had the chance to come here this time. Get to know you well, you are indeed as young and successful as the rumors say, Angmar Morningstar. Although it is a little too late, I must thank you for your previous righteous deeds. This kind of kindness is really difficult for the Holy Light Church to repay."

He was referring to the fact that not long ago, Angmar found Faol and helped him escape from the control of the Lich King.

Looking at the Archbishop's face filled with joy, Angmar nodded humbly and said:

"Greetings to you, respected Archbishop. Archbishop Fao is the most selfless saint. In order to prevent this holiness from being stained by natural disasters, I should do this."