The Lich King recalled all the Undead Mages assigned to the second wave of attackers.
Undead Mages were not mindless tools for charging into battle. As spellcasters, they fulfilled multiple roles in war. They were also among the few creatures in the Scourge's ranks allowed to retain wills of their own.
Most Undead Mages had a clear understanding of themselves and their memories from life. Quite a few had begun to regret accepting necrotic energy and becoming devotees of death, but that transformation was irreversible.
A world filled with death and cold was hardly appealing, but if they abandoned their current ideals, the living would simply eradicate them as monsters.
Things had already come this far. It was too late for regrets. More than anyone else, the Undead Mages on the Kul Tiras front feared the outcome of this war. Their lives depended on it.
The campaign in the Inland Sea had failed, and Guardwatch Ridge was under heavy attack. The balance of the war was tipping toward Kul Tiras. The Undead Mages were starting to crack. This was not the future the Lich King had described. What had happened to the Undead Scourge sweeping aside all resistance, destroying the Alliance's kingdoms, sustaining war through conquest, and swelling its ranks with every battle?
How had the war instead become so hopelessly bogged down?
The bad news did not end there. With the main force of the Combined Fleet hammering Guardwatch Ridge, whether they could even hold it was uncertain.
The course of the war had profoundly affected the Undead Mages' morale. Their emotions had plunged like a roller coaster, leaving their hearts filled with despair.
Fortunately, the Lich King had still taken sensible countermeasures.
With Guardwatch Ridge under attack, the Lich King dispatched large numbers of troops to Sailgather Harbor