Joint Law Enforcement

Having learned of Deathwing and his world-ending army's plans, Thrall, the Cenarion Circle, and the Dragon Alliance naturally devised corresponding countermeasures. The first target of those measures was the Wing Lord, the organizational head of the world-ending army.

Led by the Life-Binder Alexstrasza, the various armies fighting to save the world devised a decapitation strategy: lure Deathwing to a chosen location, surround him, and kill him.

The decapitation plan was executed very successfully. As a fellow Dragon Aspect, Alexstrasza was intimately familiar with Deathwing's habits. She successfully lured him to the Twilight Highlands with an artifact, then, adhering to the notion that there was no need to show honor to demons, joined Ysera in ganging up on Deathwing.

The plan succeeded, but its outcome was less than satisfactory. Due to dragons' innate pride, mortals had not been permitted to intervene in the battle. Even Zul'ra only received word afterward. The hunt for the Black Dragon ended with Alexstrasza and Ysera lightly wounded, while Deathwing escaped with grievous injuries.

"Disorganized and undisciplined." Zul'ra curled his lip as he read the message Thrall had sent back by telegram. Deathwing had been badly injured and could no longer casually emerge to attack cities, which was good news, but Zul'ra truly thought little of the tactical plan.

A decapitation strike was one thing when they knew the enemy's strategy, but they had made no strategic deployments to crush the world-ending army in one blow. By startling the snake like this, they were bound to face another hard fight later.

Though he disapproved greatly, the battle had already been fought, and Alexstrasza and Ysera had ultimately restrained the menace that was Deathwing. That was indeed a good thing.

Zul'ra began making arrangements, ordering all Horde territories to conduct another strict sweep, including the Amani, Quel'Thalas,