Jiaoshou spotted a mistake: Jaina's father should be called Daelin Proudmoore. I accidentally consulted an incorrect source, and it led me astray too. I'll go fix it now.
Time was utterly merciless. It would not stop for any event or any person. No one could halt its advance. No matter how overwhelming your power, even if you became a god or a revered ancestor, you could not freeze time forever.
Quite some time had passed since Rex arrived in Ambermill. He rose early at daybreak that morning. It was the date agreed upon in the letter, and whatever Scott the orc intended to do, he would have to make a move now. Uther and Daelin Proudmoore had both appeared in Ambermill, and neither had concealed his presence.
The two men were far too distinctive to hide easily. Having them disguise themselves as someone else would hardly work, given Daelin Proudmoore's pride and Uther's stubborn convictions.
Neither man was inclined to compromise; Rex had learned that much from dealing with them over the past few days. Both Daelin Proudmoore and Uther possessed a peculiar confidence that they could capture Scott, as though the moment he showed himself, escape would become impossible.
Rex did not know whether to attribute that to the confidence of Hero Rank fighters or to the arrogance shared by everyone at Hero Rank.
Rex had met quite a few Hero Rank fighters himself. Counting Rachel, Kael'thas, Uther, and the others, there were already a handful. All of them had tremendous confidence in themselves. To put it plainly, they possessed an imposing presence, as though nothing in the world posed any challenge to them.
Since neither Daelin Proudmoore nor Uther could remain hidden, that role naturally fell to Kael'thas. Although Kael'thas had lived longer than either of them, that