As he encountered more and more Night Elf sentinels along the way, Herad worked out a rough picture of their situation.
These people, who lived off whatever their surroundings provided, were clearly short on metal resources.
The valiant Night Elf warriors of the War of the Ancients had now all become hapless archers.
Although archers were not much weaker than warriors in combat.
But without capable melee units holding the front line, how could archers attack without worry?
Even in the age of firearms, tanks still served as the spearhead, working with infantry in combined-arms tactics.
The Night Elves' only reliable melee units were Druids who transformed into giant bears.
Most Druids, however, trained in the Emerald Dream.
They were rarely awake.
Trying to wake a sleeping Druid was a process comparable to archaeology!
The only saving grace was that the Night Elves had few enemies.
The only ones on Kalimdor who dared oppose the Night Elves were the satyr demons, who had fallen from the ranks of the Night Elves during the War of the Ancients.
Because those creatures were natives of Azeroth who had become demons, the Twisting Nether would resurrect them on Azeroth after they died.
They were like respawning monsters in a game.
But monsters only waited in place for players to kill them.
Satyr demons, on the other hand, hid away to build up their strength before emerging to take revenge on the Night Elves.
These demons were not particularly powerful, but they posed a considerable threat to the Night Elves.
They plotted against the unsuspecting and knew the terrain.
All of this greatly increased the threat posed by the satyr demons.
Faced with this endless civil war, the Night Elves found it a headache but had no way to resolve it.
Druids were formidable,