"Back then, I was patrolling the hills with my subordinates when we were suddenly swallowed up by a beast tide. As my soldiers fought with all their might and fell one after another, the Red Dragon Queen happened to pass by."
"The Red Dragon Queen admired our courage and rescued the survivors from the beast tide. She brought us back to the Dragon-Breath Wilderness and bestowed dragon blood on us to cultivate."
"We longed to go home, so we trained with everything we had, constantly fighting in the Dragon-Breath Wilderness to improve our strength. The Red Dragon Queen saw that I stood out, appointed me General Weilong, and had me lead my subordinates in serving Shyvana."
"Half a year ago, Shyvana had the idea of becoming independent. I suggested she become a lord on the edge of the Dragon-Breath Wilderness, hoping I might get the chance to contact the Hobarton Family and let them know I was still alive."
"By the grace of the gods, I never expected to run into your army so soon after arriving here."
Rhine recounted the details of his experiences over the years.
The Red Dragon Queen had rescued Rhine and the others, bestowed dragon blood on them, and transformed them into Dragon Servants.
They had survived, but lost their freedom. All these years, Rhine had been climbing the ranks to earn the chance to contact his family.
"So that's how it was."
Medivh had raised many dragons himself, so he knew all too well how tightly a Dragon's bloodline bound its Dragon Servants.
It wasn't that Rhine didn't want to come back. As he'd said, he had a home he couldn't return to.
Rhine had struggled for years to prove his worth before finally earning the chance to leave the depths of the Dragon-Breath