Just as Rex had expected, before he could confirm whether Jaina was safe, a letter from Daelin Proudmoore arrived in Gilneas's capital and found its way into his hands. In it, Daelin Proudmoore asked Rex to meet him in Dalaran. After receiving the letter, Rex went to the palace to see the father he had acquired in this life, then prepared to leave for Dalaran. This meeting with Daelin Proudmoore was one he could not avoid.
With that letter, Rex had already been dragged into the incident. If he refused to go to Dalaran now, it would be fine as long as nothing happened to Jaina. But if she came to any harm, it would mean war. Gilneas would face an attack by the armies of Lordaeron and Kul Tiras before the undead Scourge even appeared.
In the ancient history of the country Rex had lived in during his previous life, starting a war over one woman would have been inconceivable, even if Jaina was a princess. At most, it would have led to some troublesome disputes, never war. After all, there had been countless cases of princesses being married off to distant lands to secure peace. In everyone's eyes, sacrificing one woman to prevent a war was worthwhile.
But Azeroth was different. Its cultures were modeled on the West of his previous life. Here, a war over a woman was not inconceivable at all-it was inevitable. Faced with the grief of losing his daughter, Daelin Proudmoore might lay all the blame on Rex, and Arthas might do the same. Then there was Kael'thas, who was no less troublesome. Rex estimated that if Jaina died and he failed to go to Dalaran, the chances of war would be as high as eighty percent.
After all, there was one kind of