All right, not everyone was celebrating. The Hozen who had been driven completely back to their old homeland were unhappy—very unhappy—extremely unhappy.
They felt insulted, bullied! Were they not afraid of the wrath of the Hozen?!
Well... apparently, they were not.
Trash talk was one thing, but there was still nothing they could do. The Valley of the Four Winds was off-limits now. Those golden-armored metal men from the outside world were patrolling everywhere, while the Pandaren of the Shaohao Dynasty had also strengthened their defenses around the dynasty's core granary.
To the Shaohao Dynasty, the Valley of the Four Winds was what Westfall was to the Stormwind Kingdom. Its status as the foremost breadbasket was unshakable; they depended on this place's agricultural and livestock output.
It was all flatland with a mild climate, unlike the Redridge Mountains and Elwynn Forest, where the terrain varied wildly and the natural ecosystems were complex.
The Jade Forest... well, they had completely lost its interior. The Hozen had retreated once more to their original coastal territory beneath the northwestern cliffs. All the Pandaren and Jinyu land they had fought tooth and nail to seize over the years had now been reclaimed.
As for the King of Monkeys, heh. The King of Monkeys was even less likely to help these poor relatives of his.
But the Hozen had brought this upon themselves. After the Shaohao Dynasty was restored, the King of Monkeys had repeatedly sent people to recruit these poor relatives living in the Jade Forest. He had tried to bring them into Pandaren society, assimilate them completely, let them receive the blessings of civilization, and live as officially recognized citizens of the dynasty.
But the Hozen refused. They refused no matter what. You could talk until the sky cracked, but they would not