When Varian first learned of Aiden Perenolde's betrayal, he flew into a rage. Stormwind City had already been destroyed by the orcs, and human blood had practically flowed in rivers beneath their blades, yet this king of Alterac had actually betrayed all humanity. Varian could scarcely believe it.
Later, Lothar fell in battle at Blackrock Spire while leading the Alliance Army in pursuit of the Horde. When the news arrived, Varian's hatred of the Horde grew even stronger. As a child, he had watched Garona tear out his father's heart before his very eyes. After Stormwind City's destruction, Varian had always regarded Anduin Lothar as his pillar of strength. It was Lothar's loyalty to his people, and his example in raising an Alliance Army to resist the orcs, that had shown Stormwind City's survivors that victory lay in the not-too-distant future.
Yet just as the Horde retreated in defeat, Varian's pillar of strength came crashing down. The young prince could not accept it. When he later learned that the Kingdom of Alterac had secretly betrayed the Alliance and helped the Horde's orcs attack Lordaeron City, he wanted nothing more than to drag Aiden Perenolde before him and demand answers.
"The Alliance must call Alterac's traitors to account. Because of their betrayal, tens of thousands of soldiers and countless civilians died in the war. These losses were entirely Aiden Perenolde's doing."
Among those present, apart from Dalaran's representatives, Antonidas and Patrick, who had not expressed their positions, almost every other representative demanded that the traitors be brought to account.
The atmosphere of the negotiations put considerable pressure on the Barov Family. "Friends of the Alliance, the remaining members of Alterac's noble houses have already been handed over to His Majesty Terenas."
When Terenas took measures against the Kingdom of Alterac,