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"Open the gates!" Standing beneath the towering wall, Orys wore a proud expression on his honest face as he shouted.
The Greymane Wall still soared into the clouds, looking magnificent and unconquerable. The heavy snow blanketing the Lordaeron subcontinent had not changed it in the slightest.
It stood alone between heaven and earth. It had always been so, and would remain so!
Creak, creak, creak.
The sturdy wooden gates, reinforced by countless spells, slowly opened. Burly, muscular men strained to pull them apart, veins bulging with the effort.
"Move out." Watching the gates slowly open, Rex waved a hand, and the supply convoy continued forward. Without any delay, they soon passed through the Greymane Wall and headed toward Gilneas City.
As Gilneas gradually expanded its territory, occupying the two prime regions of the Hillsbrad Foothills and Tirisfal Glades, the Greymane Wall had lost its original purpose. What had once been a position held by an elite army was now manned by a guard force of only a few hundred.
The demands of war had made the Greymane Wall important. Once territorial expansion left it deep within the interior, it lost its strategic value and provided no strategic buffer. It still had a guard force only because Rex and King Genn valued Old Gilneas. Otherwise, even fewer soldiers would have remained stationed there.
Within Old Gilneas, the journey to Gilneas City did not take long once one passed through the Greymane Wall. At full speed, the Netherwing King could reach it in less than an hour by air. Traveling overland would take somewhat longer, but still only a little over an hour. Now, however, the snow blocking the roads and the supplies they carried slowed their progress.
Rex