Yu Lin Bloodhawk finally decided to reveal his plan.
Sylvanas was delighted and immediately called the officers and mages together for a brief meeting.
After the meeting, the elves were organized into a choir to rehearse, because an elven chorus was on the program for that evening's celebration. Supposedly, it had been prepared to give their distant guests from Outland a warm welcome and express the elves' enthusiasm for their arrival.
The song was provided by Yu Lin Bloodhawk, City Lord of Quel'Danil City, and set to music with the help of a noble mage well versed in music. Its lyrics were then translated into Azeroth's Common and adapted. Apparently, although it differed somewhat from the original, the differences were not too great.
The elves had little time to rehearse-only an hour-because the celebration was due to begin at nine that evening. Why nine? Commander Sylvanas explained that the guests had just finished eating eggs and might still be having trouble digesting them, so they would first be given an hour or two to clean up eggshell fragments and the like.
Most importantly, there were distinguished shamans among the guests, and those people were very fussy. Every time they finished eating eggs, they needed plenty of exercise; otherwise, their excess energy would give them hyperactivity disorder. The choral song was simple. How simple? So simple that every elf had learned it after half an hour. Their singing was not quite accurate, and they often went off-key, but that did not matter. As long as they could sing it, that was enough.
Some of the elven mages joined the choir rehearsal, while others did not, because they had to prepare instruments for the accompaniment. Unfortunately, after searching everywhere, they found that only one mage had brought a harp. Still, it would