Stormwind City, Stormwind Keep.
Grand Duke Bolvar received Jaina's urgent message, and Jaina explained the situation at the continental leaders' council currently being held in Kalon Grove, along with the words and actions of the Stormwind City representative Katrana had sent.
"So Katrana is unwilling to send troops to Ahn'Qiraj?" After hearing Jaina's explanation, Bolvar also understood that this Battle of Ahn'Qiraj concerned the entire continent. Even neutral organizations had attended the meeting, and by any reasonable measure, the Kingdom of Stormwind should not have been absent.
"Yes. The representative of the House of Lords seems intent on passing the buck and has kept putting off taking a position." Jaina disliked the black-haired Countess Katrana too, so she changed "Stormwind City's representative" to "the House of Lords' representative." A difference of three words in the original phrasing, yet worlds apart in meaning. "The Cenarion Circle is hosting this meeting. The great dwarven explorer Brann Bronzebeard and the Night Elf priestess Shiroma discovered that the seal on the Ahn'Qiraj Empire was incomplete, so Archdruid Fandral Staghelm invited the entire continent to discuss a battle plan against the Ahn'Qiraj Empire. Every faction has responded enthusiastically to this council convened by the Cenarion Circle."
After Jaina arrived, Bolvar immediately consulted a great many records. As Bolvar saw it, the Qiraji's strength was simply beyond imagination: during the War of the Shifting Sands a thousand years ago, they had defeated the Night Elves' main forces, and even the Dragonflight's full intervention had proved futile. In the end, only the Wyrmrest Accord's sacrifice had bought the Night Elves time, allowing all the Druids to cast their spell together, with Shiroma invoking Elune's blessing as well, to seal away the entire Ahn'Qiraj Empire.
How powerful the Night Elves had been a thousand years ago! Having inherited