As a traditional son of the Kingdom of Gilneas, Ulysses had little regard for the people of the Kingdom of Lordaeron. Gilneas had been founded before Lordaeron, but unfortunately, whether in military might or economic strength, it could not compare.
It had always lived in Lordaeron's shadow.
With their territories so close together, the Kingdom of Lordaeron and the Kingdom of Gilneas had hardly enjoyed uninterrupted peace over the past thousand years. Wars broke out from time to time.
They had fought countless times, and overall, Gilneas had lost more often than it won. It had barely managed to hold its ground, with no strength left to launch an offensive.
For a born-and-bred Gilnean to harbor no resentment toward the people of Lordaeron would have been strange indeed.
Now the tables had turned. The Kingdom of Gilneas was at the height of its power, while the Kingdom of Lordaeron had fallen. To the people of Gilneas, the most detestable thing was not the undead, but those who constantly clamored to restore their fallen kingdom.
All the original nobles of Gilneas shared this view, and as one of them, Ulysses was naturally no exception.
Ultimately, it all came down to their interests.
These nobles had reaped enormous benefits from Gilneas's expansion. Every one of them had gained more land, and on average, they had risen roughly one rank in the nobility.
Where had all these benefits come from? The answer was obvious.
Naturally, they had come from the Kingdom of Lordaeron, carved out of the holdings of its nobles.
The nobles of Lordaeron, stung by their losses and diminished interests, were naturally unwilling to accept this. Gilneas's policies favored its own nobles, so they had other ideas. They wanted to restore their kingdom and bring back Lordaeron's rule, thereby protecting their