A week later, "Medivh" returned, but the Half-Orc Garona was not with him.
It seemed Medivh had left her in Stormwind City. Perhaps she had already become a close friend of King Llane Wrynn by now.
But Karin had no mind to concern himself with that.
"Medivh" landed on Karazhan's rooftop, just as he had expected... he could not help breathing a sigh of relief at that.
Moroes and Kuke had been very busy these past few days... they were preparing for the banquet!
Holding a thick broom, Moroes swept all the lower floors of Karazhan... though Karin felt that the places he had swept were dirtier and messier than before.
As for Kuke, her kitchen was already piled high with ingredients; she seemed very happy, because she would be cooking for the banquet.
Karin kept a constant eye on developments in the tower, and he had already made certain preparations himself; these included taking advantage of Medivh's absence to write a letter to Kel'Thuzad and Khadgar in Stormwind City. He had used coded language, but they should understand what he meant.
Atumen had already arrived at Karazhan. The easygoing Stablehand was completely off his guard... because Moroes and Kuke had offered him a very high fee, much higher than ordinary clients paid.
He had brought all his horses and stable hands, and Moroes had roughly converted Karazhan's first floor into a stable to accommodate them!
Besides that, Moroes had also invited an opera troupe from Lakeshire. The entire troupe numbered thirty or so people... they would put on several performances for the visiting nobles at the opera house on Karazhan's fourth floor.
They mainly rehearsed three pieces, all carefully selected by Moroes.
The guests were the last to arrive...
Many nobles... nobles from Dawn Forest, nobles from the