Pleasing Saragosa

Afterward, Rend asked Garrosh which force the Sun King Kael'thas Sunstrider had discovered was still stationed in Sholazar Basin. After all, as far as Rend remembered, no Blood Elves in Northrend had survived there until now.

The answer was even more unbelievable: it was Lana'thel. She had not died or become the Blood Queen. Because of General Sokizog, Lana'thel had later gathered the remnants of the Sunfury Legion.

They now numbered nearly three thousand and had established a small Blood Elf outpost in Sholazar Basin. However, their situation was far from good. On one side, undead constantly descended from the snow-covered mountains thousands of meters away near Icecrown Citadel. On the other, the Wolvar and Gorloc of Sholazar Basin continually harassed the Blood Elf Sunfury Outpost. Though the Sunfury Legion was elite enough, its small numbers left it helpless against the vast numbers of Wolvar and Gorloc.

But since the Sun King Kael'thas Sunstrider had gone to support them, those Wolvar and Gorloc who bullied the weak and feared the strong would be in for a bad time.

The reason Garrosh remembered that it was Lana'thel was because Rend had mentioned this strongest female Blood Elf warrior before.

At the same time, Rend learned that Garrosh had an excellent impression of the Blood Elves. Though the Sun King Kael'thas Sunstrider was not a warrior, he was an exceptionally skilled swordsman, and his superb swordsmanship had earned Garrosh's recognition.

The elite Blood Elf Sunfury Legion had also sparred with Hellscream's Honor Guard. The two sides were evenly matched, and as the Sunfury Legion was likewise primarily composed of warriors, it found it easier to earn the Orcs' approval.

Hellscream's Honor Guard was Garrosh's personally formed guard force, made up of elite Mag'har Orcs and Warsong veterans. Its quality was no less