With Rex's return, the Kingdom of Gilneas's intelligence network, which had been lying low, began operating far and wide.
Rex had already called the paladins out of the Industrial Base.
Their specific assignment was to patrol the Kingdom of Gilneas, working with the intelligence network and providing muscle.
As for Rex himself, he was preparing to leave Lordaeron City and the Eastern Kingdoms for Kalimdor.
After much consideration, Rex decided that he simply could not entrust the journey to the Emerald Dream to anyone else. Searching his memories, he found that gaining access to the Emerald Dream would be difficult no matter whom he sent.
Anyone of low status would be denied entry and driven away by the green dragons outright. Someone of higher status might not be turned away immediately, but would receive no warm welcome either. They would end up at an impasse, left waiting indefinitely-and that was already a relatively good outcome.
Finding an intermediary was therefore essential.
After thinking it over, he concluded that only the night elves could truly serve as intermediaries.
Yet after looking through the people of the Kingdom of Gilneas for someone with connections to the night elves and a reasonably good relationship with them, Rex found that no one had much contact with them at all.
In the end, Rex decided to make the trip himself. He had to visit Kalimdor anyway, as he intended to have a proper talk with Thrall about the Horde's actions this time.
This stop would be right along his route. The green dragons guarding the Emerald Dream would not accommodate just anyone, but Tyrande was another matter. As the de facto ruler of the night elves, she and her people had maintained contact with the green dragons for a long time. The two sides could