Yu Lin Bloodhawk stroked the runes metal door.
The Undead Underground City!
This might have been the boldest decision he had made since coming to Azeroth! Seizing the trolls' Jintha'Alor to build Quel'Danil, stealing the Dragon Soul, establishing a pirate force to wipe out the Bloodsails, even crossing the Great Sea to seize the Valley of Trials, capturing a pirate shipyard, and conquering Dire Maul-none of those had been as risky as this decision. After all, those ventures had all involved dealing with the living people of Azeroth.
This time, however, he was dealing not with the living, but with the dead. Behind this door lay another unknown world, a world of the dead. Yu Lin Bloodhawk did not know whether what lurked beyond it was a future threat to Azeroth's World of the Living or the future salvation of the High Elf Kingdom of Quel'Thalas.
Yu Lin Bloodhawk could not be certain how the native powers of the Shadowlands viewed Azeroth, or whether they intended to meddle in its World of the Living. Nor did he know whether this Undead Underground City could serve any purpose before the undead Scourge arrived.
Knowing both yourself and your enemy meant never fearing defeat, and that had always been Yu Lin Bloodhawk's guiding principle in warfare. He did have hopes for this Undead Underground City, and they went far beyond simply housing his reforged people. His greater hope was to use it to understand the undead, discover their weaknesses, and find a path forward for the High Elf Kingdom of Quel'Thalas.
Yu Lin Bloodhawk knew very well how sensitive the appearance of an Undead Underground City at this point in time would be to the other races of the World of the Living. If it were exposed to the world now, the