"So this has been going on for at least a year?" Dirithis felt his scalp prickle.
"More or less. If it really is a plague, I reckon it'll break out in the next few years. If you have any family there, you'd better arrange for them to move somewhere else. Gilneas isn't safe to stay in anymore! Too dangerous! It's a shame none of those people listened to me back then. They all laughed and called me crazy."
Yu Lin Bloodhawk said, "I'd forgotten all about it, actually. It only came back to me later when I wanted Dire Wolves. I'm only telling you because you're my friend and you've helped me so much."
"Those bastards! They treated something this important as a joke!" Dirithis was furious.
Yu Lin Bloodhawk chuckled. "You can't really blame them. I was just an ordinary elf back then. It was perfectly normal for no one to believe me. Besides, the whole story sounded so far-fetched that they weren't wrong to doubt it."
"I need to get back as soon as possible!" Dirithis said.
"You should at least take your gold back with you! Let's see what goodies you've brought me." Yu Lin Bloodhawk smiled.
Dirithis took out the manifest, and Yu Lin Bloodhawk's eyes lit up: five Gryphons, 190 Mountain Lions, 400 Frostwolves, ninety Snow Leopards, 600 Dire Wolves, over 700 Common Boars, and 360 Wild Bears. There were also two silver elites, an Iceclaw Bear and a Frostwolf, bringing the total to over two thousand.
Yu Lin Bloodhawk stared at the manifest in astonishment. "So many! Did you go all the way to Ironforge to catch them?"
Snow Leopards, Iceclaw Bears, and Frostwolves could only be found around Ironforge in the dwarven kingdom.
Dirithis smiled. "The dwarves' snowy mountains are wonderful! Practically every