The next morning, Yu Lin Bloodhawk promptly received the information extracted from the captured pirates. Their ship had originally set out from the pirate shipyard in Gadgetzan, bound for the waters around Ratchet. Fewer goblin merchant ships had been traveling to and from Gadgetzan lately, so they had wanted to try their luck near Ratchet and see whether they could plunder a ship or two. More than four days had passed since they left Ratchet, and they had encountered no other vessels along the way. They had never expected their first encounter to end with them being captured by high elves.
Still, the interrogation had not been entirely fruitless. At least they had obtained the precise location of the Bloodsail Buccaneers' base in Desolace. After consulting the map, Yu Lin Bloodhawk immediately sent gryphon riders to scout it out. At noon, however, the riders returned and reported that there was not a single ship or person there. All they had found were numerous signs that many humans had once been stationed there. Judging by the traces left on the ground, the scouting squad believed the site bore the marks of a hurried retreat.
Upon receiving the report, Yu Lin Bloodhawk immediately took out a map of Desolace and compared it with his memories. The location more or less matched the place he remembered, leaving him fairly certain that this was a temporary Bloodsail Buccaneer camp. But why was there not a single ship or person there now? That puzzled him.
"Brother-in-law, is something wrong?" Sylvanas asked curiously, noticing his puzzled expression as he studied the map.
"Strange!" Yu Lin Bloodhawk rested a hand over the location of the Bloodsail Buccaneer camp in Desolace. "Why aren't there any ships? Why isn't anyone there? This isn't normal!"
"Should there be ships and