They said they were going to find the Night Elves, but Su Ming did not actually fly northeast. Instead, he headed southwest, tens of thousands of kilometers away.
He planned to pull Illidan Stormrage out of the Vault of the Wardens.
During the Burning Legion's first invasion ten thousand years ago, that Night Elf had transformed himself into a half-demon by drawing the Demon Soul into his body. He created the profession of Demon Hunter, blew up the Well of Eternity, and drove back Sargeras.
However, that also shattered the continental plates and created Azeroth's current geography. The ancient High Elves split into today's Night Elves, High Elves, and Nightborne, while he was branded a criminal.
Illidan's brother, Malfurion, sentenced him to life imprisonment.
It really was a tragedy. Whenever the Night Elves faced a crisis they could not resolve, Tyrande would think of Illidan at Malfurion's prompting and ask him to come out and fix everything.
Once the crisis was over, Malfurion would immediately turn his back on him and throw Illidan into prison again.
If Su Ming had not come, Tyrande would still have released Illidan when the Scourge swept across Azeroth. After that lovestruck hero fought the Lich King to the death, Malfurion would show up again, exile his own brother to Outland, and allow Watchman Maiev to hunt him down.
If Su Ming had to name the Alliance leader he hated most, it would undoubtedly be Malfurion. The man was simply the shame of the Druid world.
Normally, he hid in a tree hollow on Nordrassil and slept, sending his soul into the Emerald Dream to live there, because he believed even the air in the Emerald Dream was sweet, while living on Azeroth was a form of torture for him.
But whenever he woke up,