Among the dire wolves of Quel'Thalas, gray ones were the most common, followed by white ones. The only black ones were the hundred-odd Giant Vilebranch Dire Wolves. Yu Lin Bloodhawk did not know whether gray would also be the most common color among their crossbred offspring, but whatever the case, since this batch was gray, he might as well use gray ones from now on!
He planned to assign wolf pups to these children using the same ratio as the City Lord Guard, with one owl for every five children. That meant he needed 960 wolf pups in total. He released an owl, asking Sylvanas to send him another 360 gray crossbred wolf pups.
There were no owls available yet. Those would have to wait until the goblin importer named Willyx arrived. There was no way he would assign female bears to these children.
Admittedly, these female bears were hundreds or thousands of times better than wolf pups, but he could not let these children take part in battle. Rather than assigning the bears to the children, he would be better off saving them for Quel'Danil's future City Guard.
Although the City Guard would rarely take part in battle and would mainly defend Quel'Danil City, no one could guarantee that the Vilebranch Trolls would not turn against them. If they did, and there were not enough soldiers, the City Guard would have to take the female bears into battle. After all, however expensive the bears were, they were not worth more than elven lives.
December was almost upon them, but there was still no word from the goblin importer named Willyx. Sylvanas, however, had already sent over the 360 wolf pups. Yu Lin Bloodhawk worked out the timing and decided it should be about time. Once the owls arrived and