Before long, every prisoner in Stormwind Prison had been released. As Burning Blade Clan blademasters Samuro and Lantresor of the Blade freed the prisoners, they also used Wind Walk to kill commanders such as the captain of Stormwind Prison's guard, leaving the prison guards utterly unable to organize a response to the prisoners' riot.
After the two blademasters completed their tasks, they returned to the sewer they had entered through earlier and met up.
"Stormwind's defense commander-in-chief, Marcus Jonathan, will soon summon nearby Alliance legions to suppress the unrest. These criminals won't last long. I hope they move faster." Even with powerful figures among the prisoners like the gnoll Hogger, Stormwind had now gathered the vast majority of the Alliance's forces. Any one legion would be enough to swiftly crush the relatively few prisoners.
As the riot erupted in Stormwind Prison, Lilian Voss of the Forsaken, Taoshi the Pandaren, and Arluin the Nightborne began setting fires throughout Stormwind with torches.
Arluin the Nightborne threw a torch into a pile of clutter in Cathedral Square. The flames swiftly grew into a blaze, devouring everything around them.
"Who said stone buildings can't catch fire? Stormwind, what a pity. If you had built the city according to Edwin VanCleef's complete blueprints, you could have quickly used the interconnected waterways and sand to put out the flames. Your shortsightedness has given us the perfect opportunity." Arluin the Nightborne had once taken Stormwind's blueprints to Gazlowe, the Horde's master architect, hoping to obtain useful information.
Holding Edwin VanCleef's first draft, Gazlowe had clicked his tongue in wonder. Even he could not help admiring the Stonemasons' Brotherhood's masterful craftsmanship, which had made Stormwind nearly impregnable by design.
But when Gazlowe received the complete, stripped-down version of Stormwind's blueprints, his expression contained nothing but contempt. To save