When the Tidehunter Neptulon was brought out, he remained under extremely tight guard. His captors allowed him no contact whatsoever with the outside world, and he was wrapped in a thick layer of leather. An ordinary person would never have recognized what beast that hide had come from.
Had Rex been there, he would not have been able to identify what the Tidehunter Neptulon was wearing either.
For Jaina and Limas, however, it was no challenge at all.
The leather wrapped around the Tidehunter Neptulon came from a kind of enormous beast found in Outland.
Many people would have recognized the beast's name: the leather was made from the hide of a gronn, one of the creatures that had rendered great service to the orcs in their war against the humans. The leather had no other special properties; its greatest effect was to block out the elements.
Wrapping the Tidehunter Neptulon in it prevented him from absorbing the elements and building up his strength. The Underground Prison already provided that effect while he was held there. Its different rooms had a variety of features. Some were sturdily built and constantly filled with a strange odor that left their occupants weak all over, designed to deal with powerful warriors. Others had measures tailored to prisoners of different classes.
The place to which they brought the Tidehunter Neptulon was a manor.
Although Rex was using the Tidehunter Neptulon as bait to draw out the undead this time, he would not allow matters to spiral beyond his control. The Tidehunter Neptulon could not be taken too far from Lordaeron City.
There were manors scattered throughout the outskirts of Lordaeron City, and the surrounding land was almost entirely covered in farms.
Industrialization had only just begun to develop in Azeroth, and the goblins were