Honoring Worthy Talent

Salanis was pleased by Lianda's enthusiasm, but the suitable candidates this queen had put forward struck him as quite interesting. Telestra and Rommath aside, the rest—Salanis, Malande, and the like—were basically royalists or figures connected to the royalist faction. As for the council faction, such as Lor'themar and Liadrin, she did not mention them at all.

Whether Lianda had done this intentionally or not, she was signaling to the Horde that Quel'Thalas still had internal divisions. As for what she meant by displaying those divisions to him, only she herself knew.

Leaving Lianda's thoughts aside, after sounding things out with the Sun Queen, Salanis left Orgrimmar and personally went to Silvermoon City to seek out Rommath, whom he favored. Lor'themar, currently serving as Quel'Thalas's prime minister, could not leave his post, so Rommath was his only option. As for why he had come in person, it was naturally to show his willingness to honor worthy talent.

Rommath had originally been Kael'thas's most loyal subordinate. When Kael'thas left Quel'Thalas, although he appointed Lor'themar as prime minister, he had in reality still intended to control Quel'Thalas's affairs through Rommath. This showed how solid their relationship had been.

It was precisely because their relationship had been so close that Rommath had held great hopes for Kael'thas. He helped him stabilize the situation and keep Quel'Thalas firmly under control, repeatedly hoping that Kael'thas would shoulder his responsibilities and restore the Sin'dorei. Yet who could have expected that the man would stand him up time and again, only to eventually join the Burning Legion?

Rommath had once been an outstanding Sin'dorei mage before going to Dalaran for further study. Though he had been utterly loyal to Kael'thas, he still possessed fundamental integrity and refused to sink into depravity alongside him.

Though he had not gone