The first thing Yu Lin Bloodhawk did after reaching Hinterlands was give the City Lord's Household Guard and the few Gryphon Bodyguards leave to return home and reunite with their families. After all, they had been away for so long that it would have been strange if they did not miss their loved ones.
Word of Yu Lin Bloodhawk's return soon spread. He had only rested for a day before the piles of documents delivered to his residence buried him in work. Suddenly, he felt far busier at home than he had been on campaign.
The documents came from Quel'Danil City, the Seaside Plain, and Stranglethorn Vale, and even included military intelligence on regions throughout Azeroth sent by the military staff department. Most concerned events that had occurred while Yu Lin Bloodhawk was leading his forces in Kalimdor. Many had already been annotated by the Quel'Danil Council or the other departments responsible, which meant that a considerable portion of this mountain of paperwork was already out of date.
Still, although some documents were outdated, Yu Lin Bloodhawk had to read those seemingly obsolete reports from beginning to end if he wanted to understand how certain matters had developed. There were plenty of such matters, too. Implementing policies and drawing up battle plans both required consideration of the circumstances at the time and the specific problems they had faced. This was especially true of policies, which often carried on over time and underwent frequent adjustments during implementation.
Yu Lin Bloodhawk spent three whole days reading through every document, leaving him dizzy and bleary-eyed with exhaustion.
Of all these documents, the Quel'Danil Council had sent the most. In its external dealings, the council represented the stance of the highest-ranking High Elves in Hinterlands, so most of its documents concerned the various agreements