Guardpoint Ridge had fallen.
The hallowed site of the Third Pirates Extermination War, Daelin's Gate, which symbolized the invincibility of the Kul Tiras Navy, had been blown to pieces overnight.
It was undoubtedly the heaviest blow the Kul Tiras Navy could have suffered.
By the time news of Guardpoint Ridge's fall reached Morris Town, it was already noon the following day.
Rowan, Jaina, and their companions arrived in Boralus through Rhonin's Teleportation Spell.
Kul Tiras entered an emergency wartime state. The leaders of every family and merchants' guild under its jurisdiction were required to attend a meeting at Proudmoore Keep.
The meeting was somber. Everyone wore grim expressions, filled with unease, anxiety, or dejection.
The leaders of the Five Great Houses of Kul Tiras sat at the very front of the keep's great hall.
Kainings, commander of the First Fleet's First Army, delivered an impassioned speech before the war.
Its general message was that Kul Tiras had entered a wartime state once again, and he hoped the families and merchants' guilds would set aside their differences, unite against their common enemy, support their country, and win the Fourth Pirates Extermination Campaign.
As the newly appointed leader of the Norwington Family, Rowan sat in one of the five chairs that represented the pinnacle of power in Kul Tiras.
As the head of the military, Admiral Daelin had never liked interfering in the country's economy.
The other three lords exchanged glances. None of them wanted to be the first to speak.
Under Kul Tiras law, once the country entered a wartime state, all merchants' guilds and economic organizations were required to serve the war effort.
But that service was not without limits. Ensuring that every family's contribution was fair and appropriate was no simple matter.
Lord Stormsong glanced at Rowan and cleared