Voluntary Will Decree and the Earthquake

The greatest problem with the Forsaken reproducing lay in how it violated common sense. Many people did not want to be denied peace after death. However, Zul'ra believed that quite a few people did not want to die, so, after discussing the matter with Cairne Bloodhoof, Vol'jin, Lianda, and others, he issued the Voluntary Will Decree.

The so-called Voluntary Will Decree allowed Horde citizens to voluntarily sign a will. Should they die in an accident, they would be resurrected through a phylactery and join the Forsaken race, thus continuing the Forsaken lineage.

Naturally, this method of continuing the race could not satisfy Sylvanas, but it was already the greatest concession Zul'ra could make. Yet neither of them had expected that, after the decree was issued, it would actually draw a response from a number of people. However, those who responded did not do so out of the human weakness Zul'ra had anticipated.

Of course, some people had signed the decree out of fear of death. But a considerable portion of them had done so in pursuit of love. Yes, love.

Sylvanas herself, along with the Dark Rangers and banshees under her command, had all been Blood Elves before becoming resurrected Forsaken. Though they had died, the cold aura unique to death, coupled with the beauty they had retained from life, made them enormously popular among men.

Take a Sin'dorei hunter named Mogos, for example. After signing the decree, he took his certificate and went to confess his love to Velonara, Sylvanas's trusted Dark Ranger.

Besides Sin'dorei like Mogos, some humans from Durnholde and Stormwind—especially nobles—also expressed interest in signing the decree, so they would have an excuse to strike up conversations and pursue relationships with the Dark Rangers and banshees they imagined to be pitiful, lonely, and cold.

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