While the Night Empire was fiercely attacking the Firelands and causing trouble for Ragnaros, things were far from peaceful in Stormwind City as well.
King Varian had actually been assassinated!
The attacker was a middle-aged Alliance lieutenant colonel, an official responsible for Stormwind City's security and administration.
While making a report in Stormwind Keep, he suddenly drew a long dagger flowing with twilight energy and lunged at King Varian.
Fortunately, Prince Anduin was standing nearby. Quick-eyed and swift-handed, he immediately cast Power Word: Shield on his father, blocking that devastating blow.
When his strike failed, the lieutenant colonel began laughing madly, shouting slogans about how Twilight Judgment would eventually descend. His body twisted into a towering Faceless One.
Stormwind Keep immediately erupted into chaos. The royal guards, their eyes blazing with fury, charged forward, intending to hack the hateful Faceless One to pieces.
Varian, having recovered from his shock, was enraged as well. He grabbed the artifact greatsword hanging behind him and charged straight at the Faceless One, putting on a spectacular display of splitting it alive.
Varian was extremely pleased with his son Anduin's performance. For the first time, he felt that perhaps his son's insistence on becoming a priest was not such a bad thing after all.
News of the King's assassination immediately caused a massive uproar throughout Stormwind City. The rogues of SI:7 went into overdrive, desperately searching the entire Stormwind Kingdom for the mastermind or further accomplices.
Garona, who had been training rogue apprentices at SI:7, urgently returned to Stormwind Keep and once again took up the duty of guarding the King.
Seeing Garona in charge of the King's safety, Highlord Bolvar and the others were finally able to relax.
Everyone had absolute confidence in the world's finest rogue master.
After much effort, Prince Anduin finally