The battle in the Firelands officially ended, but the elves were caught between joy and sorrow.
The Highborne fire mages in particular were on edge.
They had received earth-shattering bad news: His Majesty the Divine Emperor had fucking brought back another spider colony! And they were fucking fire-elemental spiders!
Wasn't this enough already?!
Back then, His Majesty the Divine Emperor took a stroll through the Magic Corridor beneath Suramar City and brought back a huge batch of Arcane Crystallized spiders. Then, with great enthusiasm, he announced that from then on, they would be the mounts of all Highborne.
Now, the world's impression of the Highborne was this: skilled with magic, fond of comfort, and riding spiders.
There were only three impressions, and two of them were jokes!
Fine, the Highborne accepted that they liked comfort. After all, it had been their tradition since ancient times.
But riding spiders had nothing to do with them! They had been forced into it by the Eternal Night Divine Emperor!
It was strange, though. Why was the Divine Emperor Sarodar so obsessed with spiders when there were so many kinds of beasts in Night Elf territory?
Quite a few elves with too much time on their hands had even conducted a series of studies and analyses on the matter, reaching all sorts of messy and unreliable conclusions.
Later, because the Magic Corridor, Suramar City's sewer system, was too small to contain the ever-growing Arcane Spider population, His Majesty the Divine Emperor relocated them all to Amber Spiderweb Valley in western Bloodmyst Isle, letting those Arcane Spiders breed to their hearts' content.
As time passed, under the subtle influence of Divine Emperor Sarodar, many Night Elves also bought an Arcane Spider as a mount.
Now, although Night Sabers remained the mainstream Night Elf mount and