The Blackrock Expeditionary Force and the eastern army of the Valiance Expedition officially entered Dragonblight, marking the gathering of the Horde's and Alliance Expedition's elite forces. However, before they could formally attack the Wrathgate, the gateway to Icecrown Glacier, the Blue Dragonflight and Red Dragonflight, which had been facing off at Wyrmrest Temple, finally grew restless.
Because the Ruby Dragonshrine had fallen to the Scourge, the enraged red dragons turned their fury upon the Blue Dragonflight's sanctuary. Relying on their numerical advantage, they launched a surprise attack on the Azure Dragonshrine.
The Azure Dragonshrine was already very close to Wyrmrest Temple, so most of the blue dragons went out to meet the attack. As a result, the green dragons from the Emerald Dragonshrine east of the Azure Dragonshrine took the opportunity to raid their home.
Although Ysera, the slumbering Green Dragon Queen, did not participate in the battle, this operation represented the Green Dragonflight taking the Red Dragonflight's side. That was understandable, though. After all, Ysera and Alexstrasza, the Red Dragon Queen, were sisters.
The Blue Dragonflight had already been vastly outnumbered by the Red Dragonflight. With the Green Dragonflight joining in, that disparity became even more lopsided.
When Rend rode the chromatic dragon Gyth to the Azure Dragonshrine, he happened to see the blue dragons cleaning up their sanctuary, which had nearly become ruins. However, thanks to the green dragons' nature, the Azure Dragonshrine, once saturated with arcane energy and barren of even a blade of grass, now had some greenery. It did not look too bad.
Just as Rend and the blue dragon prince Arygos were discussing how to deal with the allied forces of the Red Dragonflight and Blue Dragonflight, a red dragon suddenly appeared near the Azure Dragonshrine.
The outcome was easy to imagine. Though this