Alleria did not want anyone to see what was on her mind. While everyone was still bewildered, she patted Lor'themar on the shoulder and said, "Tomorrow, I'll have the Gryphon Riders bring over some first-aid bandages and magic potions. Hold out a little longer. I still have matters to deal with at the Arathi border corps, so I'll head back first!
"I only came this time to see how serious your casualties were. Now that I've seen them, it's time for me to go."
Lor'themar had yet to recover from his confusion. Hearing Alleria's words, he nodded woodenly. By the time he came to his senses, Alleria had already taken off on her Gryphon.
Lothar had waited two months. Just as his patience was about to run out, Dalaran's newly organized Spellcaster Corps finally arrived. The anger rising within him slowly subsided.
Lothar promptly convened a meeting to plan the Alliance's general offensive.
At the meeting, Lothar decided that the Alliance would launch a full-scale offensive along three routes, attacking the Farm, the Lumber Mill, and the Mine simultaneously.
Of these three locations, the Farm held the greatest concentration of Orcs and was where the Orcs Main Force was stationed. Lothar and Turalyon would therefore lead this force in a frontal assault, supported by Dalaran's Spellcaster Corps.
After taking the Farm, they would swiftly advance toward Refuge Valley and link up with the remnants of the Allied Army there, then turn back to attack Arathi Castle.
Two-thirds of Arathi had already fallen into Orc hands, but one-third remained under the control of Stromgarde's Allied Army garrison. The defenders there fought fiercely, and the Orcs had never managed to take it.
The main force led by Lothar and Turalyon had two objectives. The first was to completely reclaim the Farm and