Thanks to [Woice] for the tip. Jiaoshou was immensely grateful.
Nothing in Zangarmarsh was going smoothly.
After Rex left matters there to others, he focused mainly on the Worgen of the Kingdom of Gilneas. Over the past few days, his concern had been how to successfully recruit a Heroic figure from the Warcraft System World. Naturally, he had paid less attention to Zangarmarsh.
The developments in Zangarmarsh had now gone well beyond Rex's expectations.
Not only had problems arisen with the Marsh Lobsterfolk, but contact between the Alliance and the Horde had also been far from pleasant. Garrosh, the Horde's commander on this occasion, was a young, valiant orc who held no favorable opinion of the Alliance.
Although the previous incident involving the raid on an Alliance caravan had ultimately been resolved, his arrogance kept him from believing he had done anything wrong. After being reprimanded, he instead blamed everything on the Alliance.
To put it in a single sentence, whatever went wrong, it was all the Alliance's fault.
That was what Garrosh believed. With that attitude, how could he possibly get along with Bolvar?
Even in this campaign against the Naga, Garrosh considered the presence of Bolvar and his Alliance troops entirely unnecessary. The Horde alone was enough to deal with the Naga. Under his leadership, defeating them and winning this battle would be easy.
Thus, Garrosh's first meeting with Bolvar ended on bad terms, bringing their encounter to a thoroughly unpleasant close.
Their subsequent meetings went much the same way.
Of course, Rex still knew little about everything happening in Zangarmarsh. How could Bolvar possibly report his disputes with Garrosh honestly to the Expeditionary Force camp?
Would that not expose his incompetence? Bolvar had therefore suppressed all of it. Rex had received no particularly alarming reports, so he