A dozen or so days after the Battle of Corin's Crossing, the paladin Davy, who had remained there and gradually turned the strategic crossroads into a makeshift fortress, finally received Uther and the others from the Knights of the Silver Hand, along with the main force sent to quell the rebellion in the Knights of the Silver Hand and eastern Tirisfal Glades. Hermione, Harry, and the thousands of Lordaeron soldiers and civilians gathered there also saw the arrival of nearly ten thousand knights and Lordaeron infantry.
After the army rested briefly at Corin's Crossing for a day, assigned officers to reinforce its defenses, and arranged the necessary cleanup operations, Hermione and Harry resolutely joined Uther and his all-cavalry force. Alongside nearly two thousand powerful paladins of the Knights of the Silver Hand, they set out on the King's Road for Stratholme.
Hermione hadn't wanted to go at first. She was tired of traveling from place to place, but Harry had become increasingly extreme and stubborn, and she couldn't talk him out of it. In the end, she had no choice but to join him on the journey to Stratholme...
A purely cavalry force traveled far faster than a mixed army, especially when nearly the entire group consisted of powerful Silver Hand paladins and lightweight carriages.
So, after just three to five days of rapid marching, they were already nearing the outskirts of Stratholme.
It was said that
Prince Arthas and his army had already left Hearthglen, heading north along a mountain trail and through a secret mine to take a shortcut to Stratholme. They must have arrived by now.
Uther's main force and the Silver Hand paladins—the heavy cavalry at its core—couldn't possibly travel along such a rugged, dangerous mountain trail or through a mine. That was why they had