The leaders of the various factions took their seats, but only delegates and leaders had seats; everyone accompanying them could only stand behind them. The arrangements were orderly. The Alliance and the Horde naturally occupied opposite ends of the conference table, while Patrick and the others representing neutral powers were seated in the middle. Whether the person arranging the seats had done so deliberately or not, another old acquaintance was sitting beside Patrick.
Wheat-colored hair and beard, a standard suit of violet plate armor, and a staff burning with golden flames in his hand-this was Rhonin, the ill-fated mage who now chaired Dalaran's Kirin Tor Council.
Seeing Patrick arrive, Rhonin watched the movements of his party as well. After all, what had happened between the Blood Elves and Dalaran was now known across the continent. In particular, the story of Garithos forcing Kael'thas out of Azeroth had spread like wildfire among both the Alliance and the Horde.
Apart from Dalaran itself, which stubbornly refused to acknowledge the matter, virtually all the other races knew about it. Dalaran's leadership was still working hard to cover up the Garithos incident while loudly proclaiming that they lived in harmony with the High Elves who remained in the Violet Citadel. But as a senior Blood Elf leader, Patrick naturally would not show Dalaran a friendly face.
Putting my seat beside Rhonin's-it looks like whoever arranged the seating did quite a bit of homework.
At that moment, both Rhonin and Jaina kept looking Patrick over. Presumably, when Thrall contacted Jaina and the Cenarion Circle contacted the Alliance, both requesting Dalaran's attendance at this meeting, Jaina and Rhonin had already drawn their own conclusions.
Besides Jaina and Rhonin, one other person had been watching Patrick the whole time: Taelan Tirion Fordring, lord of Hearthglen. Almost every