By noon, Yu Lin Bloodhawk had learned what he wanted from their conversation. He rose to take his leave and head home, and the elderly villagers once again brought up the relatives they had previously mentioned who wanted to move here.
Yu Lin Bloodhawk readily agreed and promised to choose new villages in good locations for them. The elderly villagers were delighted to receive a definite answer.
Yu Lin Bloodhawk cared a great deal about these elderly villagers. Those who had arrived first were all family members of his most trusted subordinates. He could not afford to neglect their relatives either, because they might well become the people most loyal to him.
After returning to his residence, Yu Lin Bloodhawk went nowhere else. He needed to think things through carefully. Only after spending two full days considering the matter did he summon the City Lord's Representative for a detailed discussion.
He instructed the City Lord's Representative to propose to the Council that resettlement and a population census be treated as Quel'Danil's most important priorities for the immediate future.
Naturally, Yu Lin Bloodhawk also discussed the crisis on the Seaside Plain with the City Lord's Representative, but that matter still had to come after settling the High Elf civilians who had newly migrated from Quel'Thalas.
He told the City Lord's Representative that Quel'Danil's future stability hinged entirely on whether this new group of High Elf civilians could settle permanently in The Hinterlands.
At present, Quel'Danil enjoyed very good relations with the Wildhammer Dwarves. Until the Wildhammer Dwarves moved to Aerie Peak, Quel'Danil could still draw on their strength. The crisis on the Seaside Plain was therefore not yet urgent, and Quel'Danil still had enough time.
However, as the war drew to a close, the crisis on the Seaside Plain would become