Arcane Queen's Fiery Revenge

Queen Azshara locked herself in Dazar'alor's throne hall and summoned her most loyal Varo'then to guard the doors for her.

The Loa who obeyed the Queen all manifested in physical form at Dazar'alor's Altar of Spirits. Today, they were to assist their supreme Queen in completing a supreme ritual.

Well, "assist" here really meant "expendable materials."

The Queen did not need them to display any individual wisdom or initiative. She merely needed these Loa to serve as living energy sources when necessary, allowing Azshara to gather enough power to use as a "door-knocker" for opening the ruins of the Pantheon.

Establishing a stable connection with a place that existed beyond all perception naturally required a positioning node, an activation incantation, and energy. The Queen already possessed the first two. The Loa were doing quite well to be of help in such an important matter.

Besides these "living, self-propelled energy sources," who consumed a few wisps of Faith Power every hundred kilometers and were very good at saying auspicious things to amuse people, the Queen had made thorough preparations for today's ritual. She had even summoned her Magic Prince to assist her.

This was clearly a highly complex ritual.

To ensure success on the first try and avoid draining the poor Loa under her command dry during a second attempt, Azshara took some time to personally alter the traditional decorations around Dazar'alor's ancient throne hall, replacing all the flashy but useless Loa statues with intricate and profound star charts.

Upon closer inspection, those star charts changed in real time according to the laws governing the movement of the starry sea.

This was practically the most perfect astronomical chart Azeroth could produce. It was said to have come from insights the Queen gained while studying the observatory in Ulduar.

In truth, a