The darkness and chaos on Hakkari Island went far beyond this. Once deals were struck behind the scenes, carrying them out beyond the island was an even bloodier, more ruthless affair.
But Yu Lin Bloodhawk did not care how dark things grew on Hakkari Island. Thirteen and the others were pirates now, after all, and pirates ought to do what pirates did. More importantly, the Hakkari Island Free Trade Zone had become this way on his orders. Many sources of secret intelligence could be found in such a black market, and as the island's unquestioned authorities, they could also issue missions for anything they wanted done. In plain terms, Hakkari Island was Yu Lin Bloodhawk's dirty-work proxy. Anything unsuitable for the regular army could be posted there as a mission, and there was no problem at all with letting outlaws who recognized no national borders carry it out.
The situation in Stranglethorn Vale was largely developing as Yu Lin Bloodhawk had expected. With Quel'Danil's powerful navy backing and supporting pirates like Thirteen, their achievements fell well within expectations.
The only thing that surprised Yu Lin Bloodhawk was Zuga's defection. During his dealings with the Gurubashi Trolls at the Gurubashi arena, Zuga had secretly established contact with Yeh'kinya, a priest of Hakkar, at some unknown point. Then, while Thirteen and the others led most of Hakkari Island's main fleet away to reinforce the Expeditionary Army Corps, he had taken his trusted followers and defected to the Gurubashi Trolls. Taking advantage of the island's depleted defenses, he had also brought many of the Zul'Aman Troll prisoners held there into Zul'Gurub. By the time Thirteen and the others returned with the main force, it was too late. Zuga had taken roughly a third of Hakkari Island's Zul'Aman Troll prisoners.
What did Zuga intend