Eastern Kingdoms, Burning Steppes.
Black dragons blanketed the skies as they completely surrounded Blackrock Mountain. Even more surprisingly, the Blue Dragonflight had appeared as well, joining the Black Dragonflight in encircling the Blackwing Cult.
This sudden internal strike within the Dragon Legion left the Alliance rather bewildered, but they soon learned the reasons behind it.
Black Dragon Princess Onyxia had originally been attending a meeting in Stormwind Keep, locked in an intense argument with Grand Duke Bolvar. The atmosphere had been utterly confrontational, as the noble politicians on each side launched wave after wave of fierce attacks against the other. It was essentially two armies facing off in a battle without smoke or fire.
King Varian had long grown accustomed to this. He sat on his throne in a daze, nobody knew what he was thinking, but he had definitely lost track of the subject.
Ever since the Black Dragon Princess publicly revealed her identity, she and Grand Duke Bolvar had never gotten along, and their differences in political views had only continued to pile up.
Bolvar represented the royalist faction, or rather, the faction loyal to the monarchy. They steadfastly followed the Wrynn royal family, and the Stormwind Royal Court was the source of their power.
The Black Dragon Princess, meanwhile, represented the noble faction. The nobles of every rank throughout the Stormwind Kingdom now obeyed Onyxia without question.
The noble brothers did not care whether Onyxia was human or black dragon. As long as the esteemed Countess Katrana could protect the interests of the noble class and secure greater power for them, that was enough.
Power struggles in human nations had always been bloody. Countless people had fallen while climbing upward, while countless more followed in their footsteps. Now, even black dragons could not escape this pattern, because