As the saying went, when a wall fell, everyone gave it a shove; when a drum broke, ten thousand people beat on it.
The Horde's full-scale and increasingly fierce civil war had become the focus of every faction in the world, while news outlets of all kinds kept close track of the latest developments.
Those death-defying war correspondents racked their brains and tried every possible method just to get exclusive headlines.
A few elite rogues got lucky. They successfully infiltrated the fully sealed-off Orgrimmar and used their Image Crystals to capture things that greatly interested the outside world.
Many large iron cages had been placed in the square by Orgrimmar's gates. Members of every Horde-affiliated race were locked inside, including Orcs.
Without exception, they were all people unwilling to obey Garrosh's orders who had failed to escape Orgrimmar in time.
A Pandaren bound in chains and manacles knelt in the square, surrounded by several Kor'kron elite soldiers and War Shamans. They punched and kicked him from time to time, laughing mockingly all the while.
He was Ji Firepalm, leader of the Fire Gold Sect Monks.
This live broadcast immediately caused an uproar across the world. International opinion had already been overwhelmingly critical of Garrosh's brutal, oppressive rule and his treatment of dissenters. Now that there was conclusive footage, condemnation erupted everywhere.
The Shaohao Dynasty, which had remained silent until now, immediately issued a public statement. They could temporarily refrain from holding Garrosh accountable for the destruction in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms, but they could not tolerate the Pandaren currently being abused by Kor'kron troops. Therefore, the Shaohao Dynasty announced that it would dispatch an army of high-ranking Monks led by Shadow-Pan Leader Taran Zhu across the sea to the Kalimdor Continent, where they would join the Horde Rebel Army's