At Sylvanas's words, the elven rangers lining both sides of the road bowed to Rhode in respect.
That made the onlookers even more excited.
Mage Rhode, whom they had waited so long to see, had finally arrived!
Mullen's mouth hung wide open in disbelief.
"N-Norn? Am I seeing things? How could he be Archmage Rhode?"
Norn laughed inwardly, but he could only play innocent. "I have no idea!"
Out on the road, Rhode was staring at Sylvanas.
This future Banshee Queen was undoubtedly the most important female character in World of Warcraft's story, with an even larger role than Jaina.
As the general of Quel'Thalas's Ranger Corps, she had fought fiercely when the Death Knight Arthas led the undead Scourge in a massive invasion of Quel'Thalas, but she had ultimately fallen to his Rune blade.
Yet Sylvanas had not been allowed to rest in peace.
The wicked Death Knight had no intention of letting the valiant Sylvanas find release in death. Using the evil magic of the cursed blade Frostmourne, he had cruelly resurrected her through witchcraft and transformed her into the evil Banshee Queen.
As punishment, she had been denied peace for all eternity and subjected to an endless curse.
Thus Sylvanas had become the undead Scourge's Banshee Queen, bound to serve the Lich King forever.
She had grown increasingly evil, becoming one of Arthas's principal commanders.
Corrupted by dark power, her once-beautiful body had become hideous. Her smooth, delicate, healthy wheat-colored skin had turned dark, and her hair, once as radiant as the silver moon, had turned black. The bow and arrows in her hands, once blessed personally by a high-ranking priest of Elune and imbued with the silver moon's magic, had become arrows of death tipped in black.
Deep in her heart, however, she had always harbored