Once Willyx brought Yu Lin Bloodhawk the nautical chart showing the route across the Maelstrom, whether Willyx actually went to Kalimdor would no longer matter very much.
Still, Yu Lin Bloodhawk hoped Willyx would come along. The fellow was silver-tongued and well connected; he could even do business with the Night Elves. Yu Lin Bloodhawk wanted to bring him along in case he proved useful.
There was another consideration: Willyx was a Goblin, after all. Once Yu Lin Bloodhawk and his fleet completed the long voyage across the Maelstrom and reached Kalimdor, they would inevitably need large quantities of supplies.
The only faction Yu Lin Bloodhawk could think of on Kalimdor that could provide his fleet with supplies in such quantities was the Goblins. With Willyx handling the negotiations, things would become much easier.
Once the journey to Kalimdor truly entered his schedule, Yu Lin Bloodhawk could no longer remain as hands-off as he had been before.
The Hinterlands was Yu Lin Bloodhawk's home base and the foundation of his power. If he went to Kalimdor, he would have to leave someone there who could both manage the place and keep anyone harboring ill intentions in check.
That person also had to be someone he could trust absolutely. Otherwise, if something like the Council's previous decision to attend the Alliance Meeting happened again, it would probably be too late by the time he returned from Kalimdor.
Or, if his luck was even worse, he might return from Kalimdor to discover that his home base belonged to someone else. Wouldn't that leave him and the others homeless when they had merely gone away for a while?
As things stood, the people Yu Lin Bloodhawk trusted most were undoubtedly Alleria and Sylvanas. Both were fully capable of managing his base in the