Satisfied. Rex was thoroughly satisfied now.
He had finally resolved this thorny problem.
Helping Thrall escape Durnholde Keep would have been difficult for him. But if he approached it from another angle and passed the task to someone else-Stormwind City, for instance-wouldn't that solve the whole problem perfectly?
The answer was yes.
This thorny problem had now been transferred into Bolvar Fordragon's hands.
Rex had never had a good impression of Stormwind City. From beginning to end, it had never given him any reason to think well of it.
There was no room for two tigers on one mountain, either. From the dispute over who would serve as Marshal during the recapture of Lordaeron City to the present day, Stormwind City's moves had grown increasingly bold.
Under the Leader of the Alliance, Stormwind City's position now seemed to be that of a subordinate, and it was not satisfied with that status.
There was only one position that would truly satisfy it: Leader of the Alliance.
As Stormwind City had grown stronger over recent years, it had also become increasingly restless.
Back when it acknowledged the Kingdom of Gilneas as the leader of the Alliance, Stormwind City had been forced into it. It had no other choice.
The Kingdom of Lordaeron had kept it on a tight leash. Although Lordaeron had helped it restore its kingdom, Lordaeron had essentially retained control of its finances, and most of its tax revenue had to be handed over. The noble warhorses of Elwynn Forest, for example, renowned as the finest horses in Azeroth, had become standard equipment for the Order of the Silver Hand.
One of the biggest reasons for the Order of the Silver Hand's current decline was that it could no longer obtain those noble horses from Elwynn Forest. Stormwind City refused